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GOVERNORS OF ARIZONA

PORTRAIT

AND

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

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ARIZONA.

COMMEMORATING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CITIZENS WHO

HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROGRESS OF ARIZONA

AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS RESOURCES.

CHAPMAN PUBLISHING Co.,

CHICAGO,
1901.

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PREFACE.

A CAREFUL study of the growth and development of Arizona leads to the inevitable con-
clusion that the results thus far attained are due to the exceptional enterprise of its citi-
zens. The north and south, the east and west, have contributed hosts of their representa-
tive sons to this future state, and the widely differing characteristics of the citizens of these
several sections of the United States and Mexico, here combined and mingled, have resulted in
bringing Arizona into an increasing prominence. At first largely attracted to the territory by its
remarkable mining possibilities, these men have later turned their attention to other industries.
They have developed agricultural resources in regions once supposed to be arid and barren.
They have built railroads and opened canals. At the same time they have maintained a commend-
able interest in public affairs, and have given able statesmen to control and direct the territorial
legislative work. In fact, whatever progress Arizona has made in the past, and whatever growth
it will enjoy in the future, may be attributed to the energy and determination of its residents,
who have been undaunted by obstacles and undiscouraged by adverse circumstances. In
_the lives of the citizens is the history of Arizona best narrated; and those who read the fol-
lowing pages will become acquainted with men and movements inseparably associated with the
history of the territory.

In the compilation of this work, and in the securing of necessary data, a number of writers
have been engaged for many months. They have visited leading citizens, and have used every
endeavor to produce a work accurate and trustworthy in even the smallest details. Owing to
the great care exercised in the preparation of biographies, the publishers believe they are giv-
ing their readers a work containing few errors of consequence. The biographies of some repre-
sentative citizens will be missed from this work ; this, in some instances, was caused by their
absence from home when our writers called, and in other instances was caused by a failure on
the part of the men themselves to understand the scope of the work. The publishers, however,
have done everything within their power to make the volume a representative work.

The value of the data herein presented will grow with the passing years. Many facts secured
from men concerning their early experiences in the territory are now recorded for the first time,
and their preservation for future generations is thus rendered possible. Posterity will preserve
this volume with care, from the fact that it perpetuates biographical history which otherwise
would be wholly lost. In those now far-distant days will be realized, to a greater degree than at
the present time, the truth of Macaulay's statement that "The history of a country is best told in
the record of the lives of its people."

CHAPMAN PUBLISHING CO.,

CHICAGO.

^BIOGRAPHICAL.

HON. N. O. MURPHY,

GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA.

There is no name more intimately associated
with the history and progress of Arizona than
that of its present chief executive. This fact is
due not alone to his occupancy of the highest
office in the territory, but also to his long and
intimate connection with the mining interests
and public affairs of this future state. The prime
of his life and activity is being passed in the
midst of the enterprises and movements that are
working for territorial growth and development.
Scarcely an industry can be mentioned which
may be regarded as a possible contributor to
local progress that has not felt the impetus of
his encouragement and active co-operation. In
certain important movements he has been par-
ticularly interested and with them his name is
most closely identified.

One of the movements in which he is deeply
interested is the development of the arid regions
of the west. Realizing that sufficient govern-
ment aid is improbable for the reclamation of the
millions of acres of desert lands, it has been his
hope that they might be ceded to the different
states and territories in which they are located,
and in this way, by the outlay of money on the
part of each commonwealth, its own arid lands
may be converted into fertile and wealth-produc-
ing tracts. In advocating this plan, he does so
with the realization that liberal appropriations
cannot be expected from congress, for its mem-
bership is composed of men from states in the
rain sections, who take little interest in the de-
velopment of arid lands. However, if the mat-
ter was placed in the hands of the locality vitally
interested, it would be willing to bear the burden
in order that it might reap the rewards accruing
from the redemption.

Another measure to which Governor Murphy-

has devoted time and thought and labor is the
securing of admission as a state for Arizona.
Believing the territory to be fully ripe for self-
government, he has championed the cause of
statehood through the press and in the legisla-
tive halls of the nation. Admission is warranted
through the enormous increase of population in
the past decade, from 59,620 in 1890 to 122,931
in 1900. It is also warranted by the high char-
acter of the population, which is mainly com-
posed of intelligent Americans. It is warranted
by the mineral resources of the territory, which
has an area in mineral lands of nearly thirty
million acres, with an output from the copper,
gold and silver mines of nearly $40,000,000 a
year, and possibilities for the future that are
illimitable. Then, too, the progress made in
ranching and farming warrants admission to the
Union. The receipts in the Salt River valley are
almost $2,000,000 a year. The aggregate acre-
age now in cultivation in the territory is nearly
one million, and the amount of agricultural land
which may be brought under cultivation is
nearly ten million acres, which equals the entire
agricultural domain of Iowa. The average profit
of agriculture in the Salt River valley is from
$36 to $140 an acre, an amount no eastern state
has equalled. The alfalfa crop alone pays nearly
$36 an acre. One almorid orchard near Mason
City pays its owner over $100 per acre net each
year. Cantaloupe crops have paid their owners
as much as $100 an acre. Other products have
been raised with equal success. When this mag-
nificent showing is considered, added to the
fact that Arizona has a population that only
four states surpassed at the time of their admis-
sion to the Union (California, Kansas, Utah and
Maine) an unprejudiced student of affairs must
concede that Arizona is well worthy to be added
to the galaxy of states, thereby giving to the

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citizens of this commonwealth a stronger feeling
of security in investments, greater facility in the
development of natural resources, an influx of
industrious immigrants from the older states, to-
gether with the privilege of electing public
officials who are directly responsible to the
citizens themselves ; and, lastly, liberty and free-
dom, the greatest privileges of American citizen-
ship.

A native of Maine, born in Lincoln county, in
1849, and in young manhood a teacher in Wis-
consin schools, Governor Murphy came to
Arizona in 1883 to engage in mining with his
brother, Frank M. Murphy, now president of the
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad Com-
pany. His first connection with the official life
of the territory dates from 1889, when he was
appointed territorial secretary of Arizona. Two
years later, in May, 1892, he became governor,
although he had already for more than a year
been executive in all but name. In June, 1892,
he was a delegate from Arizona tO' the national
Republican convention held in Minneapolis,
where he secured, for the first time in a national
platform, a statement as to the necessities of the
arid regions. Although Arizona was at the time
Democratic, in November, 1894, he was elected
territorial delegate to congress, where he did all
within his power to bring before the considera-
tion of that body the needs of the territory as
well as the opportunities it offered for advan-
tageous cultivation.

It is a noteworthy fact that Governor Murphy
is the only territorial governor who has been
twice appointed to the office of executive. His
second term dates from July 16, 1898, at which
time President McKinley appointed him to suc-
ceed Hon. Myron H. McCord, who resigned to
accept the rank of colonel of the First Terri-
torial Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. During his present term, Governor
Murphy has emphasized his fitness for his high
office. Possessing the force of his convictions,
he has always championed movements for the
benefit of the territory, and in his dealings with
the legislature he has shown himself a frank and
fearless executive. In his messages he has
urged the proper assessment of mines, railroads
and personal property, the reorganization of the
Arizona National Guard, the establishment of an

entirely new territorial prison, and the enact-
ment of primary election laws. Whatever makes
for the progress of the territory receives his sup-
port, and, both as public official and private
citizen, he has labored indefatigably for the
progress of Arizona and the development of its
resources.

HON. LOUIS C. HUGHES.

In many respects the life-record of ex-Gov-
ernor Hughes is a history of the territorial de-
velopment of Arizona. Coming to Tucson in
December, 1871, he has since been identified
with the history of the city and territory, and no
name is better known here than his own. Prior
to his arrival in the southwest, he had, by dint
of laborious effort, gained a thorough education
and received admission to the bar; and on his
arrival in Tucson he turned his attention to pro-
fessional practice. Soon afterward he was
appointed probate judge and ex-officio superin-
tendent of schools, later was twice chosen dis-
trict attorney, and also served in various munic-
ipal offices.

Establishing in 1877 the Weekly Star, and in
1878 the Daily Star, Mr. Hughes was thus
placed at the head of the first daily and the first
Democratic journal established in Arizona. Im-
mediately after its establishment, the paper be-
came a power in the territory. In its second
issue it declared a new policy for the treatment
of the Apache Indians, the criminal element of
which had caused constant disturbance and
brought terror among the residents of the ter-
ritory. Being placed on reservations, it had
been the custom of these Indians to sally forth,
at certain seasons, and everywhere they left be-
hind them ruin, disaster and death. Returning
to their reservations, they placed themselves
thereby under the protection of the government,
and Ihe citizens were unable to mete out to
them the punishment their cruelties deserved.
Believing the only remedy was to remove the
worst element of these Indians entirely from the
territory, Mr. Hughes went to Washington, pre-
sented the matter fully to President Cleveland,
and succeeded in having a promise given that
the policy should be given a trial. Gen. Nelfon
A. Miles was appointed to settle the Indian ques-

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tion, which he did within six months by captur-
ing Geronimo and his tribe of Apache Tigers
and banishing them to Florida.

The next important question to which the
Star turned it's attention was regarding the set-
tlement of the land grant titles in the territory.
The obscurity of these titles affected the posses-
sion of fourteen millions of acres in Southern
Arizona. The policy of settling the title by
congress the Star held to be too tedious, assert-
ing that investigation into legality of title was
not a legislative, but a judicial act, and that it
belonged to the judicial department of the gov-
ernment, and not to congressional committees,
which were changed with every congress. The
Star urged the creation of a special judicial tri-
bunal for the purpose of examining and passing
upon all private land claims, Spanish and Mexi-
can grants. The court was created, and in less
than ten years nearly all of the titles had been
settled.

Another measure which the Star advocated
from the first, but which has not yet been real-
ized, was the right of Arizona to statehood. Not
only through his paper, but also by his service as
governor, Mr. Hughes gave himself enthusi-
astically to the movement for creating a state
out of this growing territory, it being his belief
that the formation of a state, with the added
dignities and rights thereby resulting, would at-
tract hither a high class of citizens from the
eastern and middle states.

April 12, 1893, Mr. Hughes was appointed
governor of Arizona, being the eleventh to
occupy this office. His policy as governor was
that of financial retrenchment, and the first year
showed a reduction in the cost of maintaining all
institutions of from fifteen to twenty-five per
cent. Whereas previously the territory often had
an annual deficit of $40,000 or more, during his
first year as governor the expenditures did not
exceed the income ; the second year the income
was $50,000 more than the expenses, this result
being secured without any increase of taxation.
After his retirement from the gubernatorial
chair, Governor Hughes turned his attention to
mining, organizing the Azurita Copper & Gold
Mining Company, of which he is now president,
and which is conceded to be one of the most
valuable groups of copper mines in the country.

CHARLES A. SHIBELL.

Mr. Shibell, who came to Arizona in 1862, and
is now recorder of Pima county, was born in
St. Louis, Mo., August 14, 1841, a son of George
and Mary Agnes (Byrne) Shibell, natives re-
spectively of Pennsylvania and Boston, Mass./
the former of German extraction, the latter of
Irish descent. During the '305 the father settled
in St. Louis, where he had various interests.
During the Mexican war he served as lieutenant
in a Missouri regiment. In 1861 he crossed the
plains to California, where he died at seventy-
seven years of age. His wife died in St. Louis.
Of their five children all but one attained, matur-
ity, Charles A. being next to the oldest, and
the only one in Arizona. In 1854 he accompa-
nied his father to Davenport, Iowa, where he
attended the high school and Iowa College. In
1861 he left St. Louis with his father, traveling
with horse-teams via St. Joe, the North Platte,
and the Sweetwater, Humboldt and Carson
route through South Pass, to California, the trip
from St. Joe consuming sixty days.

After a short period as a clerk in Sacramento,
in the fall of 1861 Mr. Shibell entered the gov-
ernment employ as teamster. February 15, 1862,
he arrived at Fort Yuma, and from there started
toward the Rio Grande with the First and Fifth
California Infantry and the First California Cav-
alry Regiments. During this expedition he vis-
ited Tucson. On the ist of January, 1863, he
was transferred to Arizona, and returned to Tuc-
son, then a small town. After a few months
more of government service, he turned his at-
tention to mining, later engaged in ranching
and in transportation between Tucson and
Yuma. He acted as treasurer of the Tucson
Building & Loan Association and also of the
Citizens Building & Loan Association. From
1865 to 1868 he engaged in farming sixty-five
miles south of Tucson. In 1876 he was elected
sheriff of Pima county, and was re-elected in
1878, serving four years. Next he became inter-
ested in the hotel business, operating what is
now the Occidental. In 1888 he was nominated
county recorder on the Democratic ticket and
was duly re-elected. So satisfactory was his
service that he was re-elected successively in
1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898 and 1900, the last

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time without opposition, and with the endorse-
ment of the Republicans.

By his first marriage Mr. Shibell had four
children: Mamie A. and Lillie M., of Tucson;
Charles B., of Los Angeles, Cal.; and Mercedes
A., Mrs. Green, of Los Angeles. The second
marriage of Mr. Shibell took place in San
Francisco and united him with Miss Nellie Nor-
ton, a native of Alabama. To this union were
born two children: Lionel J., who is in the em-
ploy of the Southern Pacific Railroad; and
Orpha. Fraternally Mr. Shibell is connected
with the National Union and the Ancient Order
of United Workmen. In the Arizona Society
of Pioneers he has held the offices of secretary
and president. During three years in which
he was a member of the board of school trus-
tees he was for one year president, and for two
years clerk of the board.

ALONZO BAILEY.

Alonzo Bailey, ice manufacturer and mining
operator, residing at Globe, Gila county, is
recognized as one of the most influential and
public-spirited citizens of his town. A native
of Dresden, Ohio, he was born February 5, 1847,
and is a son of Lawrence and Laura (Graves)
Bailey, natives respectively of Brookline, N. H.,
and Croton Falls, Mass., and both of English
descent. Lawrence Bailey moved to Ohio in
1830, there married and became a large land
holder. He died in 1871 and his wife in 1867.

Until attaining the age of nineteen years,
Alonzo Bailey resided at home, meantime re-
ceiving his education in the public schools and
Kenyon College. After the death of his mother
in 1867, he went to Colorado and for two years
was engaged in farming and dairy work at Fort
Lupton. Subsequently he engaged in contract-
ing with the Santa Fe and the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railroads in Kansas and Texas for three
years. In 1872 he removed to Silver City, N.
M., where he erected a sawmill, kept a set of
books, and served in various other capacities for
local concerns. His residence in Globe dates
from 1877, and for a year he engaged in mer-
chandising. From that time until 1900 he was
continuously devoted to the same line of busi-
ness, but in that year disposed of his interests.

For some time he acted as president of the Old
Dominion Commercial Company of Globe, es-
tablished in 1891.

From the earliest days of his residence in
Arizona, Mr. Bailey has been interested in min-
ing, and for some time was a principal owner in
the pioneer property and a large investor in the
Old Dominion. For several years he has been
associated with Alfred Kinney in the ice-manu-
facturing business, the two partners having de-
veloped the plant from a capacity of one ton per
day to that of twelve tons. The firm has adopted
the use of a Holden regealed ice machine. In
connection with the plant is a soda-water works.

Fraternally Mr. Bailey is prominent in
Masonry, having been initiated into the order at
Silver City, N. M., in 1876. He is a charter
member of the blue lodge and chapter at Globe;
is a member of Arizona Commandery No. I,
K. T., of Tucson ; and Al Malaikah Temple, N.
M. S., of Los Angeles. In 1884 he served as
grand master of the grand lodge of Arizona,
which he had assisted in organizing two years
before. He is past grand master of the Odd
Fellows for Arizona. In the Episcopal Church
of Globe, of which he was an organizer, he
serves as senior warden. Politically he has
always been a consistent Democrat. He was a
member of the constitutional convention of Ari-
zona and served in the council in the thirteenth
legislature. Among his interests are important
real estate holdings in Globe. In 1880 he mar-
ried Sarah Kennedy, a native of Kansas, and a
daughter of John Kennedy, a pioneer stockman
of Arizona, who was drowned in the Verde river
in 1892. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey have three
children, Wynette, Edith and Gertrude, all re-
siding at home. __.

EDWARD A. SAWYER.

Though a native of Germany, Mr. Sawyer has
been a resident of this country since his eighth
year, and for twenty-three years has been iden-
tified with the far west. Born in 1858, he came
to the United States with an uncle in 1866, and
for eight years resided in Columbia, Tenn.,
where he was educated. In 1874 lie removed to
Cincinnati, Ohio, and in that city remained until
1878. when the excitement accompanying the
development of gold at Leadville, Colo., at-

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tracted him to that camp. About a year later
he removed to Otero, N. M., then a town of
about two thousand inhabitants, but now de-
funct.

The following years, up to 1885, Mr. Sawyer
spent principally in Santa Fe and Albuquerque,
where he continued in the same vocation, that
of clerk in mercantile houses. In 1885 he set-
tled in Winslow, and, forming a partnership
with Julius Lesser, engaged in the general mer-
cantile business, which relation has been sus-
tained to the present time. His business career
has been attended by success. Aside from the
business which engages most of his time, he has
been interested in stock-raising and mining in
various sections of Arizona. With his partner,
at one time he was interested in the manufacture
of brick, their plant producing the material from
which the schoolhouse, roundhouse and depot
hotel at Winslow are constructed.

In politics a Democrat, .Mr. Sawyer is one of
the most influential men of his party in Navajo
county. By appointment he served as the first
county treasurer upon the separation of Navajo
from Apache county in 1895. He was also the
first mayor of Winslow. For several years he
served as a member of the territorial central
Democratic committee. It is a noteworthy fact
that he has attended every territorial Democratic
convention since he became a resident of Ari-
zona. Fraternally he is a member of the blue
lodge in Masonry, a charter member of Winslow
lodge No. 13, in which he has passed all the
chairs, and is connected with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. He is one of the
public-spirited citizens of Winslow, and may al-
ways be depended upon to do his full share
toward furthering any movement inspired by a
desire to advance the best interests of his town.

JUDGE WILLIAM H. BARNES.

Called to the exalted and highly responsible
office of associate justice of the supreme court
of Arizona, Judge William H. Barnes acquitted
himself with distinction during his term, which
covered four years from 1885 to 1889. He also
enjoys the honor of having been the second
president of the Arizona Territorial Bar Associa-
tion, in which organization his counsels have

borne great weight during the more than a dec-
ade and a half of his identification with the
same. High as he undoubtedly stands in his
profession, he is equally important as a factor in
the councils of the Democratic party, and four
times, in 1876, 1880, 1884 and 1892, he was
chosen to represent his locality in the national
conventions of his party in the capacity of a
delegate.

The general public of Tucson and Arizona
maintain such a degree of interest in Judge W.
H. Barnes that the following facts in regard to
his family and early history have been compiled.
His paternal grandfather removed from Mary-
land, his birthplace, to Portsmouth, Ohio, in
the early part of the just-completed century, and
in that town occurred the birth of Rev. William
Barnes, the judge's father, in 1812. He received
a liberal education, completing his studies at
Yale, and was a minister of the Congregational
Church for many years. In 1853 he removed to
Alton, 111., and later, retiring from active labors,
spent his declining days in Jacksonville, 111. For
a wife he had chosen Eunice, daughter of Na-
thaniel Hubbard, and a native of Manchester,
Conn. Her father, who was a farmer, lived and
died in Connecticut, and her mother — a Miss
Talcott in her girlhood — was a niece of the
celebrated hero, Capt. Nathan Hale, who so
tragically lost his life in the war of the Revolu-
tion.

Judge W. H. Barnes was born in Hampton,
Conn., in 1843 — °ne of the four children of Rev.
William and Eunice Barnes. His brother, Capt.
N. H. Barnes, who died at Hartford, Conn., in
1899, was an officer in the United States navy.
When ten years of age, the judge became a resi-
dent of Illinois, and, after leaving the public
schools of Alton entered the Illinois College at
Jacksonville, and subsequently was graduated
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1865,
from the University of Michigan. Then, taking
up the study of law, he was admitted to the bar
of Jacksonville, 111., in 1866, and at once em-
barked in the practice of his chosen profession.
Continuing to rise among the lawyers of that
city, he enjoyed the confidence and genuine re-
gard of all with whom he was associated, and
when he determined to cast in his lot with the
great southwest, it was a matter of sincere re-

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gret to his fellow-citizens of so long standing.
Since 1885 he has been identified with Tucson,
and, as previously stated, was an associate
justice of the supreme court of Arizona during
the first four years of his residence here, repre-
senting the first judicial district. In the
fraternities, he is connected with the Odd Fel-
lows and Order of Elks and was initiated into
Masonry in Tucson Lodge No. 4, F. & A. M.

In his early manhood, Judge Barnes was
united in marriage with Miss Belle J. Daily, the
ceremony being performed in Carthage, 111. The
only child born to them is Josephine, now the
wife of Col. John H. Martin, who has been in
command of the First Arizona National Guard
for the past nine years, and who is the junior
member of the well-known law firm of Barnes &
Martin, of Tucson.

EPES RANDOLPH.

Epes Randolph was born and reared in the
state of Virginia. A civil engineer of some
twenty odd years' experience in the general
practice of the profession, his most important
connections have been as follows : Chief engineer,
Kentucky Central Railway, headquarters Cincin-
nati, Ohio; chief engineer and general superin-
tendent, Elizabethtown, Lexington & Big Sandy
Railway and Ohio & Big Sandy Railroad, head-
quarters Lexington, Ky. ; chief engineer, Hunt-
ington Bridge, crossing the Ohio river at Cincin-
nati, and of the Louisville and Jeffersonville
Bridge, crossing the Ohio river at Louisville, Ky.,
headquarters Cincinnati, Ohio;chief engineer and
general superintendent, Chesapeake, Ohio &
Southwestern Railway and controlled lines, head-
quarters Louisville, Ky. The above engagements
were filled between the years 1880 and 1895.
Superintendent Southern Pacific Company's lines
in Arizona and New Mexico from 1895 to this
date.

J. C. ADAMS.

The present popular postmaster and former
mayor of Phoenix is an exceptionally enterpris-
ing business man, and the important part he has
taken in the development of the city and in the
public affairs of Arizona, entitle him to a promi-
nent place in the roll of public-spirited citizens.

Today the beautiful Hotel Adams, one of the
finest modern hotels of the west and one of the
most imposing buildings in Phoenix, stands as
a monument to his genius and exemplifies the
faith he has always felt in the city's growth and
prosperity.

A native of Kingston, Canada, J. C. Adams
was born in 1862, a son of J. Q. and Margaret
Adams. His youth was chiefly spent in Illinois,
and his literary education was completed in Hed-
cling College, at Abingdon, that state. Later
he took up the study of law, and was graduated
from the law department of the Northwestern
University at Evanston, 111. In the mean time
he traveled for Janeway & Co., of New Bruns-
wick, N. J., remaining in the employ of that firm
for about five years, and making his home in
Rock Island, 111., where he served for a term
in the city council. From 1890 to 1896 he en-
gaged in the practice of law in Chicago, where
he met with an encouraging degree of success.

On coming to Arizona, Mr. Adams made care-
ful investigations into its resources and pros-
pects, and the result was that he concluded to
settle in the territory. Purchasing property on
the corner of Adams street and Central avenue,
Phoenix, he set about the task of erecting the
hotel which bears his name, and which was built
under his personal supervision in every detail.
It is four stories in height, constructed of pressed
brick, with brown stone trimmings, and has a
frontage of a half block on each of the streets
named. The fact is noteworthy that within six
months after the ground was broken for the
foundations, the building was completed, fur-
nished and in running order. Sixty-six of the
two hundred rooms (all outside rooms) are
equipped with private bathrooms, with porce-
lain tubs. Each room is provided with French
windows, opening upon verandas fifteen feet
wide, a very desirable feature in this climate.
The two dining rooms are spacious, the halls
wide, and the office, 60x40 feet, affords every
convenience desired by guests. 'From Novem-
ber to May the hotel is managed on the Ameri-
can plan, rates ranging upward from $3 per day,
while the rest of the year the European plan
prevails.

Few things in Phoenix are better calculated
to disabuse the minds of eastern people of the

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idea that the far west is a semi-civilized com-
munity, where modern luxuries are compara-
tively unknown, than a sojourn, however brief,
at the Hotel Adams. The tables are supplied
with all the delicacies which are procurable from
eastern and western markets, and local mar-
kets vie with one another in providing the best
of everything to the fortunate mortals domiciled
within these hospitable walls. It amazes many
to learn that often sixty employes are connected
with the establishment. Those who are aware
that this is the first hotel business with which
the proprietor has ever been associated are as
much surprised as interested to witness his re-
markable success. The handsome quarters of
the Maricopa Club, those of the New York Life
Insurance Company, also a first-class drug store
and the offices of numerous leading physicians
are located in the hotel building.

From his early manhood Mr. Adams has been
a valued worker in the Republican party, and
at present is chairman of the territorial Re-
publican central committee of Arizona. At
twenty-one he was elected by his party friends
of Rock Island to the city council, which fact
was notable, owing to his residence in a Demo-
cratic ward. Within a year and a half after his
settlement in Phoenix he was elected mayor of
the city, a tribute to his sterling worth and gen-
eral ability. In February, 1891, he resigned that
office to enter upon his present duties as post-
master, and as such has justified the wisdom of
the administration in calling him to this respon-
sible position. In 1899 he served as president of
the Phoenix board of trade. Fraternally he is
connected with the Elks and the Knights of
Pythias.

In 1889 Mr. Adams married Miss Anna
Dimick, of Rock Island, 111., and they have one
child, Margaret.- Mrs. Adams is a daughter of
Otis J. Dimick, a prominent business man of
Rock Island and Chicago.

JUDGE RICHARD E. SLOAN.

Judge Richard E. Sloan is one of the most
conspicuous figures in the history of jurispru-
dence in Arizona. Endowed by nature with
strong mental qualities, a keen, logical power
of resolving knotty problems of law, he is well

adapted to his chosen field of endeavor. His
career at the bar has been one of the greatest
honor, and for many years he has been known
far and wide for his sterling integrity and fear-
less loyalty to his convictions of right and
justice.

The patriotic and worthy family represented
by Judge Sloan is an old and honored one in
the United States. It originated in the northern
part of Ireland several generations ago, and our
subject's great-grandfather, Richard Sloan, was
the founder of the line in America. Settling in
South Carolina, his son Richard, and grandson
Richard, in the direct line of descent, were there
born and dwelt. His son Richard Sloan was a
participant in the Revolutionary war, and spent
his life upon a South Carolina plantation, and
his son, in turn, Richard Sloan, 'held a captaincy
in the war of 1812. Captain Sloan was a stanch
Presbyterian, and was opposed to the slavery
system, for which reason he joined a colony and
located some land in Preble county, Ohio, there
passing the rest of his life.

The parents of Judge Sloan are Dr. Richard
and Mary (Caldwell) Sloan, the former born in
South Carolina and the latter near Hamilton,
Ohio, though her father, Nathan Caldwell, also
was a native of South Carolina. She is of Scotch-
Irish extraction, and her grandfather, Capt.
William Caldwell, of the state just mentioned,
and a planter of prominence, held a commission
as an officer in the war for independence. He
died in Ohio. Nathan Caldwell was one of the
pioneers of the Buckeye state and owned a
valuable farm adjacent to Hamilton. He was
accidentally drowned in the Miami river.

Dr. Richard Sloan was graduated in the Ohio
Medical College at Cincinnati and for many
years was actively engaged in practice in Preble
county, Ohio. A strong abolitionist, he was
identified with the Whig party until the Repub-
licans were organized, when he joined their
ranks. His widow, now in her eightieth year, is
yet living on the old homestead near Oxford,
Ohio, and of their five children two sons and a
daughter survive. Mr. Sloan had been previ-
ously married, and his son by that union, Joseph
G., served in the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteers
during the Civil war and now resides in Pawnee
City, Neb.

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Judge Sloan was born on the farm near Ox-
ford, Ohio, June 22, 1857, and was reared in that
state. An apt student, he pursued a course in
Monmouth College, where he was graduated
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1877, and
later, the degree of Master of Arts was bestowed
upon him. For about a year he taught in a pre-
paratory school and at that time took up legal
studies under the supervision of Mr. James, of
Hamilton, Ohio. In 1878 he went to Denver,
Colo., where he continued his researches in legal
lore, also being employed on the "Rocky Moun-
tain News" as a journalist. In 1879 he went to
Leadville, and later became a temporary resident
of the mining camp of Breckenridge. Remain
ing in that locality until January, 1882, he then
concluded to return to the law.

Matriculating in the Cincinnati (Ohio) Law
College, he was graduated there in 1884 and
started on an extended trip through the west
and northwest. In the autumn he located in
Phoenix, Ariz., and remained there about two
years, engaged in law practice. He then re-
moved to Florence, and in the autumn of 1886
was elected district attorney of Final county. In
1888 he was honored by election to the council
of the fifteenth general assembly of Arizona and
in that session served as chairman of the judi-
ciary committee and was a member of several
other committees. In October, 1889, under the
appointment of President Harrison, he was in-
stalled as associate justice of the Supreme
Court; with his headquarters at Tucson he pre-
sided over the first judicial district which then
embraced the territory now comprised in Pima,
Cochise, Graham and Santa Cruz counties.

June i, 1894, after he had made a splendid
record on the bench, Judge Sloan stepped down
into the private walks of life, owing to the
change in the administration. Having carefully
considered the matter, he decided to make
Prescott his place of future residence, and
arriving here, at once embarked upon a practice
which steadily increased in importance. In July,
1897, he was again honored by the chief execu-
tive of the United States, and under his appoint-
ment assumed once more the arduous duties of
an associate justice of the supreme court of
Arizona. Since that time he has served in the
fourth judicial district which embraces the

counties of Yavapai, Mohave, Coconino, Apache
and Navajo. He belongs to the Territorial Bar
Association. Naturally, the extensive mining
interests of this territory have engaged his earn-
est attention, and besides having made invest-
ments in mining property, he has made a special
study of the laws relating to the subject. In
politics, he is an ardent Republican, as was his
father before him. Like him, reared in the
Presbyterian faith, he adheres to its principles,
though he attends the Congregational Church
of this city.

In Hamilton, Ohio, Judge Sloan married Miss
Mary Brown, one of the native daughters of that
place. Her father, William E. Brown, a success-
ful member of the local bar, is now the president
of the Second National Bank of Hamilton. Mrs.
Brown bore the maiden name of Mary Becket,
and comes of an old and respected family of
Hamilton. Mrs. Sloan possesses qualities which
render her presence a great addition to the best
social circles, and her education was completed
at Vassar College. Three children have been
born of this union : Eleanor, Richard E. and
Mary Caldwell.

ALFRED KINNEY.

Alfred Kinney, ice manufacturer and owner
of important mining enterprises, residing at
Globe, Gila county, has been one of the most
important contributors to the upbuilding of the
community in which he lives. Born in Greene
county, Ohio, January 5, 1856, he is a son of
Aaron and Sarah Kinney, who removed with
their family to Iowa in 1866. At the age of
fourteen years Alfred Kinney left his home to
make a way for himself in the world. Going to
Denver, Colo., he spent three years in the shops
of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, learning
the machinist's trade, after which he removed
to Trinidad in the same territory and operated
a sash and door factory.

After various other ventures, in 1878 he went
to New Mexico and sawed bridge timbers for
the Santa Fe Railroad Company for about two
years. Later he spent two months in Silver
City, N. M., after which he came to Arizona
January 5, 1881, and at once erected a sawmill

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in the Pinal mountains, near Globe. Here he
engaged in sawing logs until May 6, following,
when, while thus laboring, he lost his right arm
by falling partly upon the saw. Six days later,
May 12, 1881, he was united in marriage with
Mrs. Clara Weissig, a native of Germany. Im-
mediately afterward he came to Globe, erected a
house and began the manufacture of ice and the
bottling of soda water. For several years he
continued this business in partnership with
Alonzo Bailey, in the meantime also engaging in
mining in the Globe district. His wife, too, is
interested in mining, and is recognized as an
expert in this business. He owns one group of
mines on Mineral Creek and another group at
Riverside, one of the properties, the Bryan
mine, copper and gold, being held by him at
$100,000.

Politically Mr. Kinney is independent, inva-
riably casting his vote for the man whom he be-
lieves to be best fitted for office. He is identi-
fied with the Knights of Pythias and with the
Odd Fellows, and has passed all the chairs in the
local lodge of the latter order. With his wife,
he is connected with the Rebekah lodge.

COL. WILLIAM CHRISTY.

Col. William Christy, president of the Valley
Bank of Phoenix, is a member of a family long
identified with the history of the United States
and to whose brave endurance of pioneer hard-
ships not a little of the development of our
country may be justly attributed. Originally
from Scotland, thence migrating to the north of
Ireland at the time of the religious persecutions
in the former country, the family settled in New
Jersey during the latter part of the eighteenth
century.

Colonel Christy's grandfather, William
Christy, was a soldier in the war of 1812, during
which conflict he served with valor and fidelity.
By occupation a merchant tailor, he was for
some years engaged in that calling in New-
Jersey, but finally removed with his family to
Ohio, which at the time was considered the "far"
west. By means of blazed trees he followed the
unknown path, through trackless forests and
over wide-rolling prairies, to Trumbull county,

where he settled on new land near Warren.' The
outlook was one to discourage a man of less
strength of character than he possessed. No
improvements had been made. On every hand
could be seen a thick forest. Neighbors there
were none. With the firmness of purpose that
ever characterized him, he set about the difficult
task of placing the land under cultivation. The
first work was to hew the timber and burn the
logs, from which potash was made, and this was
later sold, furnishing the family with money
needed for the paying of taxes. It is a com-
mentary upon the primitive customs of that day
to state that there was little need for money for
any other purpose than this, as the necessities
of life were secured by trade or exchange.

Finally, after years of tireless effort, William
Christy became the owner of a valuable home-
stead, one of the finest for miles around. His
last days were spent in quiet retirement, sur-
rounded by all the comforts of existence. At
the time of his death he was ninety-six years of
age. His wife was Margaret Snook, a native of
Germany, who accompanied her parents to
America in childhood and settled in Penn-
sylvania.

At the time of the removal to Ohio, George
Christy, the Colonel's father, was a boy of
thirteen. His advantages were somewhat better
than those received by many in similar circum-
stances, and his schooling was sufficient to en-
able him to engage successfully in teaching.
Reared to farm pursuits, through his unaided
efforts he cleared a farm comprising about one
hundred acres. Somewhat later he turned his
attention to the mercantile business in Old-
town, where he remained until his store was
burned down. In 1854, accompanied by his
family, he traveled via railroad to Rock Island.
111., and thence with teams to Osceola, Clarke
county, Iowa, where he secured two hundred
acres of government land. Unlike the property
on which his father had settled, this was a tract
of prairie land, and its cultivation was therefore
a less difficult task. He became influential in
local politics and was elected sheriff of Clarke
county on the Whig ticket. At the time of the
slavery agitation, he espoused the cause of the
Abolitionists and had a station of the under-
ground railroad on his farm. When the Repub-

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lican party was organized, he identified himself
with the new movement and ever afterward sup-
ported its principles. His interest in the anti-
slavery cause was so great that he endeavored
to secure admission into the army, as a member
of the "Graybeards" Regiment, but was re-
jected. He lived to see the institution of slavery
abolished and to rejoice in the perpetuity of the
Union. Fraternally he was connected with the
Odd Fellows. At the time of his death, in
August, 1869, he was fifty-four years of age.

The wife of George Christy was Jane Mar-
shall, a native of Trumbull county, Ohio, and a
daughter of Isaac Marshall, who was born, in
Massachusetts, going from there to Ohio about
1800 and improving a farm in Trumbull county.
During the war of 1812 he served as a member
of an Ohio regiment. The farm that he bought
from the government is today owned by his son,
Huston, who is eighty years of age. He himself
died when seventy-five. His father, who was a
Revolutionary soldier, died in Massachusetts.
The family descended from English ancestry and
were of the Presbyterian faith. Mrs. Jane
Christy died at the old home farm in Iowa.
January 13, 1901. Of her nine children all but
three attained mature years, William being the
second child and oldest son. The others are Mrs.
Lucinda Bonar; Marshall, who was a sergeant
in the Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, and is now living
in Phoenix, Ariz.; Miles, a corporal in the
Eighth Iowa Cavalry, and now a business man
of Des Moines, Iowa; Orlo, a farmer living in
Phoenix; and Mrs. Theckla Kendall, of Iowa.
Both Mr. Bonar and Mr. Kendall were soldiers
in the Civil war.

Col. William Christy was born in Trumbull
county, Ohio, February 14, 1841, and was
thirteen years of age when the family settled on
a farm near Oseola, Iowa. Although he had
few opportunities to attend school, he was of
such a diligent, industrious disposition that he
was fitted to teach school, which occupation he
began at the age of seventeen. He was a young
man of twenty when the Civil war threw its dark
shadow over our country. With the patriotic
fervor that was his by right of descent from
Revolutionary forefathers, he determined to en-
list in the Union army. July, 1861, found him a
member of a regiment organized to protect the

border. In October of the same year he en-
listed in the Fifteenth Iowa Infantry, being
mustered into service at Keokuk as a private.
In December, 1862, he was transferred to the
Eighth Iowa Cavalry and was commissioned
second lieutenant of Company D. During his
connection with the Fifteenth Regiment, he
participated in the battle of Shiloh, Siege of
Corinth, and battles of luka and Corinth. Later
he was a member of a cavalry guard in Kentucky
and Tennessee, then took part in the battles of
Dalton, Buzzard's Roost, Snake Creek Gap, and
other engagements preceding the fall of Atlanta
and Stoneman's raid to relieve Andersonville.
In the battle of Jonesboro, July 29, 1864, he was
wounded four times, while leading a sabre
charge. In spite of the wounds in both shoulders
and through the left hand and arm, he made his
way back to the rear of the column and again
led a charge against the enemy.

The next day he was captured by the Confed-
erates and sent to a hospital in Newman, Ga.,
where he was seriously ill for three months.
From there he was transferred to the hospital
at Macon, and in December, 1864, was sent to
Milan prison, but a month later was paroled
under special arrangements. In February he
was exchanged. Meantime, during his imprison-
ment, he had been commissioned captain, and
as such he returned to his regiment, still, how-
ever, carrying his left arm in a sling. He had
command of his company in the Wilson raid, the
capture of Selma, and the battles of Mont-
gomery and Tuscaloosa. As soon as a vacancy
occurred, at the close of the war, he was raised
to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of his regiment.
At Macon, Ga., he was mustered out in August,
1865.

The serious nature of Colonel Christy's
wounds may be inferred from the statement
that, for more than three years after his return
home, he was obliged to carry his left arm in a
sling. This, however, did not prevent him from
entering actively upon a business career. After
completing a course in Bryant & Stratton's
Business College, at Burlington, Iowa, he taught
in that school for six months and then returned
to Osceola. In the spring of 1867 he became
cashier of H. C, Sigler's Bank, in Osceola,
where he remained until 1872, the bank during

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the interval having been merged into the First
National Bank of Osceola.

Meantime Colonel Christy had been active in
the Republican party. His patriotic spirit was
as evident in times of peace as in days of war,
and he was always interested in plans for the
party's welfare and success. In 1872, on the Re-
publican ticket, he was elected state treasurer of
Iowa, receiving a majority of sixty-eight thou-
sand votes and running three thousand ahead of
the presidential candidate, U. S. Grant. At the
expiration of two years he was re-elected to the
office, serving from January, 1873, to January,
1877, and meantime making his home in Des
Moines. On his retirement as state treasurer,
he became cashier and a director of the Capital
City Bank of Des Moines, in which capacity he
continued until 1881, meantime assisting in the
organization of the Merchants National Bank of
Des Moines, of which he was elected cashier.

On account of ill health, Colonel Christy
found it expedient to resign his various positions
in Iowa and seek a more genial climate. Ac-
cordingly, in August, 1882, he came to Arizona,
where he purchased a ranch forty-five miles
north of Prescott. During the eighteen months
of his residence upon that place, he not only re-
gained his health, but found the cultivation of
his land and the raising of cattle a source of
financial profit. Coming to Phoenix in 1883, ne
bought a farm west of Phoenix, consisting of
four hundred and forty acres, and here he has
since made his home, actively superintending its
management and engaging in stock-raising.
With his brother, he was interested in the in-
troduction of the first Shorthorns ever brought
to Arizona, and in this way has been an impor-
tant factor in the development of the stock in-
terests in this territory. Realizing the need of
irrigation, he has been a director in three canal
companies and acted as vice-president of the
company that built the Arizona canal. Alto-
gether, his landed interests in the territory ag-
gregate one thousand acres, much of which is
tillable land.

The management of his property, however,
does not represent the area of Colonel Christy's
activities. In 1883 the Valley Bank was organ-
ized with a capital stock of $50,000 and himself
as cashier. Four years later the capital was in-

creased to $100,000, and in 1890 he was chosen
its president, which responsible position he still
holds. Besides himself, the directors are Lloyd
B. Christy, E. J. Bennett, F. C. Hatch, M. H.
Sherman, J. C. Kirkpatrick and W. D. Ful-
weller; the latter is also cashier and Lloyd B.
Christy assistant cashier. The Valley Bank is
incorporated under the laws of Arizona, and a
general banking business is transacted. Its cor-
respondents are the Continental Bank of Chi-
cago, American Exchange National Bank of
New York, Wells-Fargo & Co's. Bank of San
Francisco, the First National Bank of Los
Angeles and Inter-State National Bank of
Kansas City. From the time of its organization
the Valley Bank has had a successful history and
it has proved a great advantage to the growing
country in which it is located. Its soundness as
a financial institution is known to all bankers,
and it has the confidence of depositors to an un-
usual degree.

In the matter of fruit-raising. Colonel Christy
has been a pioneer. Upon coming to Arizona
and studying the soil, climate, etc., he became
satisfied that citrus fruits could be grown in cer-
tain sections of the territory, and accordingly
gave his attention to the growing of oranges.
He successfully demonstrated that a fine quality
of oranges can be grown here, and also proved
that olives and peaches can be grown. In this
way he has been an influential factor in develop-
ing a new industry whose value will grow with
each passing year.

The marriage of Colonel Christy took place in
Aurora, 111., August 22, 1866, and united him
with Miss Carrie E. Bennett, a native of
Schuyler county, N. Y., and a daughter of
Charles M. Bennett, who removed from New
York to Illinois in an early day. The family of
Colonel and Mrs. Christy consists of five
children, namely : Lloyd B., who is a graduate
of the University of Southern California and as-
sistant cashier of the Valley Bank ; George, a
graduate of the University of Southern Cali-
fornia and Harvard College, who is an attorney
in Phoenix ; Shirley, who acts as general agent
for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York in Arizona and resides at Phoenix ; Carrie
and Carroll, at home. During the Spanish-
American war George and Shirley enlisted in

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the service. The former was one of the first to
enlist in the First Territorial Infantry and
served as captain of Company A. The latter was
chief clerk to Paymaster Stillwell during the war.

In Masonry Colonel Christy stands high. He
was made a Mason in Iowa Lodge No. 5, A. F.
& A. M., at Des Moines, of which he was secre-
tary and treasurer ; since then he has transferred
his membership to Arizona Lodge No. i. He
was made a Royal Arch Mason in Phoenix
Chapter No. i, R. A. M., and is also identified
with the commandery and Shriners at Phoenix,
and California Commandery, Loyal Legion, at
San Francisco. All matters pertaining to the
Grand Army of the Republic receive his
thoughtful attention, and he holds membership
in J. W. Owen Post No. 5. In religion he is
identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church.
At trie time of the building of the edifice here
he was chairman of the building committee.

The political activities of Colonel Christy did
not terminate with his removal from Iowa.
Here, as there, he has been steadfast in his al-
legiance to the Republican party, which un-
doubtedly has no member more prominent than
he, within the bounds of the territory. Under
Governor Irwin, in 1891 he was appointed ter-
ritorial treasurer, which office he filled for one
term. Twice he has been chosen chairman of
the territorial Republican committee, and prior
to his removal from Iowa he held a similar posi-
tion in the state central committee. In 1896 he was
chairman of the territorial delegation to the na-
tional Republican convention held in St. Louis.

From the above review, it will be seen that
Colonel Christy has been a potent factor in the
advancement of Arizona. Not only have the
financial interests of the territory received the
impetus of his soimd judgment and wise over-
sight, but other industries have been benefited
by his residence here, notably the fruit-growing
and cattle-raising interests. Religious, philan-
thropic and educational movements have been
the beneficiaries of his constant regard, and their
welfare has been promoted by his ability and
watchful oversight. In the years to come, when
Arizona shall have risen to statehood and at-
tained a position of eminence among our
western states, the name of Col. William Christy
will be given a high place in the archives of

history and his influence upon the material and
moral interests of the country will be recognized
by an appreciative posterity.

FRED W. MORRISON.

Fred W. Morrison, attorney-at-law, of King-
man, is rapidly coming to the front ranks of
his profession in Mohave county, where his
residence dates back but two years. For twenty-
two months he was associated with Fleetwood
Bell, their partnership having been entered upon
in August, 1899, soon after his arrival here. Be-
ing an able and ambitious young man, full of
energy and determination, he is receiving favor-
able notice among his professional co-workers.

A native of Missouri, Mr. Morrison was born
in Fayette, Howard county, in 1873. He re-
ceived the advantages of a liberal education,
attending the public schools and Central Col-
lege of his native place, after which he pursued
his higher studies in Christian Brothers College
in St. Louis. Before he had reached his ma-
jority, and because he was too young to enter
any profession, he traveled as salesman for a
St. Louis house, and also for some time repre-
sented the business interests of Swift Packing
Company, of Kansas City, on the road. In 1896
he began the study of law in the office of R. C.
Clark, of Fayette. After due preparation, he
took the examination and in July, 1898, was ad-
mitted to the bar. In May, 1899, he was admit-
ted to practice in the supreme court of Missouri.

After establishing an office and practicing law
in Fayette for a few months, Mr. Morrison con-
cluded to try his fortunes in Arizona. In the
spring of 1899 he settled in Prescott and was
connected with the firm of Herndon & Norris
until August, 1899, when he came to Kingman.
His partnership with Mr. Bell was mutually
beneficial, and they were engaged as legal ad-
visers of the Gaddis & Perry Company, also
many of the leading business firms of the city
and county. They established a branch office at
Chloride and built up a large and profitable prac-
tice in that locality, where Mr. Morrison owns
some mining property. He is an active worker
in the Democratic party and is counted upon as
an ardent young politician.

Mr. Bell was graduated from the State Uni-

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versity of Missouri at Columbia in 1897, and
during the same year was admitted to the bar
of his home state, after which he practiced in
Columbia until March, 1899. During June of
that year he began professional practice in Ari-
zona. In the fall of 1900 he sold his interest
in the law business to Mr. Morrison and moved
to Prescott. Since that time the latter gentle-
man has had in charge the management of the
practice they had built up and at the same time
he has increased its volume by the gaining of
additional work along professional lines.

. HON. A. C. BAKER.

Peculiarly qualified by natural talents, by-
systematic training and practical experience,
Hon. A. C. Baker has occupied an enviable
position in the legal profession of Arizona dur-
ing the entire period of his residence in the ter-
ritory. When, step by step, he rose until at last
he was installed as chief justice of the supreme
court of Arizona, he indeed reached a distinction
which he had not expected to attain, but the
same characteristics which had hitherto been
displayed in his career held sway over him, and
every matter coming to his notice received seri-
ous and conscientious consideration. As in the
humbler walks of life and in minor official posi-
tions, so he now justified the confidence reposed
in him and added fresh laurels to his umblem-
ished record.

Judge Baker is a worthy representative of a
sterling old southern family. His father, Hon.
Benjamin H. Baker, was a native of Georgia but
was best known in Alabama, where he was a
very influential citizen. A leading legal light,
his practice was not confined to one locality, but
was carried on in different parts of his state, his
home, meanwhile, being in Crawford, Ala. Dur-
ing the Civil war he was lieutenant-colonel of
the Sixth Alabama Rifles, and his death, in 1864,
was directly traceable to the hardships and ex-
posure to inclement weather which he had en-
dured. For several terms he had served the
people of 'his district as their representative in
the state legislature, and by everyone he was
held in high esteem. In the Masonic order and
in the Methodist Episcopal Church South he was
a prominent member. He married Eliza Greer,

who was born in Forsythe, Ga., a planter's
daughter, and whose last years were spent at
the old homestead in Alabama.

Judge Baker was born in Girard, Russell
county, Ala., February 15, 1845, and ms youth
was spent in Crawford, Ala., where he attended
private schools. At the age of eighteen he en-
listed as a volunteer in Waddell's Battalion of
artillery and was made the color bearer. Gal-
lantly he performed his hazardous duties, taking
part in the siege of Vicksburg and the Georgia
campaign from Dalton to Atlanta. Later he
participated in Wilson's raid at Columbus and
was captured by the Federals, but soon released
on parole. Returning home, he resumed his
preparation for future duties. After spending
three years in the Eastern Alabama Male Col-
lege at Auburn, he left its halls at the close of
the junior year, in order to take tip legal studies
with Judge Williams. Being admitted to the
bar at Tuskogee, in 1868 he established himself
in practice at Crawford, where he remained
some three years. Then going to San Diego,
Cal., he continued professional work there until
1876. The next year was spent in Los Angeles,
after which he resided in San Francisco three
years. Since 1879 ne nas been numbered among
the leading citizens of Phoenix. From 1882 to
1884 he served as district attorney, for four years
was city attorney, and for a like period was as-
sistant United States attorney. In 1887 the firm
of Baker & Bennett was formed and a large
general practice was soon established.

A great worker in the Democratic party,
Judge Baker was a delegate to the national con-
vention at Chicago in 1892, and there served on
the committee on resolutions. He has been
chairman of different conventions of the party,
both county and territorial. Elected to repre-
sent his district in the eleventh general assembly
of Arizona, he won the commendation of his
constituents. In 1893 President Cleveland ap-
pointed him chief justice of the supreme court
of Arizona, in which position he served for four
years. He is ex-president of the Territorial Bar
Association and for one term was a member of
the board of trustees of the Arizona Normal
School. As a lawyer he holds rank among the
ablest men in Arizona. While he is an all-around
practitioner, many of his friends consider that

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his greatest strength lies in criminal law, and
they believe that he easily stands at the head of
his profession in that branch of the practice, hav-
ing won a reputation that is not limited to
Arizona, but extends along' the entire Pacific
coast.

Judge Baker was made a Mason in Auburn,
Ala. At this writing he is connected with
Arizona Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M.; Phoenix
Chapter, R. A. M.; Arizona Commandery, K.
T., and El Zaribah Temple, N. M. S. Religiously
he is an Episcopalian.

The marriage of Judge Baker and Miss Mary
Jesus Alexander was solemnized in Yuma, Ariz.
Her father, H. N. Alexander, attorney for the
Southern Pacific Railroad, was one of the early
settlers of the southwest. Born in Ohio, he
went to Los Angeles when the city was young,
and in California married a daughter of the
noted old Spanish house of Doininguez. Mrs.
Baker was born upon her father's ranch in Los
Angeles county, Cal. Four children comprise
the family of Judge and Mrs. Baker, namely :
Francisco, a student in Marlboro Academy ;
Mary, Alexander and Robert, who are students
in the Phoenix schools.

HON. THOMAS W. PEMBERTON.

In Phoenix, which has risen neath the magic
wand of a latter-day civilization, surrounded by
perpetually happy moods of cloud, sky and air,
and the rendezvous of travelers from all direc-
tions in search of homes and occupation, who
hopefully count no land, however sterile, as be-
yond redemption, have developed on the erst-
while desert vastness the great enterprises which
have been the making of cities in the east and
elsewhere; in the same proportion also, with an
equal largeness of construction, and with an
exceeding intelligence when applied to manage-
ment. It is but natural that Phoenix should
benefit by the experiences of the east, and it is
therefore to the citizens who have settled within
her borders that she is indebted for the knowl-
edge that comes with them, and is here put to
the practical test. To be the chief promoter
in any one of the avenues of growth in the town
of one's adoption is ever a matter of pride with
any true-hearted citizen, and to sav that Mr.

Pemberton is proud of his association with the
development of the light and fuel question, of
which he has been the chief promoter in the city,
is to designate the chief cause of his success.

Of interest always are the early struggles and
attainments of men in high public esteem. Mr.
Pemberton was born in Milwaukee, Wis., Octo-
ber 24, 1845, ancl 's °f English ancestry. His fa-
ther, T. W. Pemberton, was born near Manches-
ter, England, and was a machinist by occupation.
Upon coming to America he lived for a time in
New York, and later removed to Milwaukee,
where he conducted a machine shop, and where
he died in 1849, at the age of thirty-three years.
His wife, Rachel (Cook) Pemberton, was born
in England and died in New Jersey. She was
the mother of three children, of whom Thomas
W. is the only one living. When seven years of
age Thomas W. went with his mother to live
with an uncle near Summerville, Somerset
county, N. J., where he was reared on a farm and
educated in the public schools. When eighteen
years of age he went to New York, and in 1866
removed to Chicago, where he clerked for a
time, and in 1874 started in the produce and
commission business for himself.

Following a wisely directed inclination, Mr.
Pemberton came to Phoenix in 1888, and pur-
chased a farm two and a half miles northeast
of the city. Amid the crude and unpromising
conditions was again demonstrated the power of
man over nature's soil when abandoned by a pre-
historic people to countless centuries of lassi-
tude and inactivity. Upon his farm of eighty
acres the most modern improvements have been
brought about by ceaseless devotion to artificial
irrigation, and is now a paying and satisfactory
investment. In 1894 Mr. Pemberton became in-
terested in the Phoenix Light & Fuel Company,
and was chosen president of the company in July
of 1897. The mission of the company is to fur-
nish light and warmth in the cooler months, and
a cheap and cleanly means of cooking during
the heat of summer, the latter an important item
in all semi-tropical localities. The advantages
of gas for cooking especially are being more and
more appreciated, and the increase in demand
has necessitated continual improvements in the
gas company's plant. The desire on the part of
the enterprising managers to keep pace with

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all improvements in other parts of the world,
and in advance of the demands of their patrons
has required heavy outlays of capital, and the
exercise of continual vigilance. The new plant
was installed in September of 1897 and is one
of the most complete in the west. Mains to the
extent of seven miles have been laid in all parts
of the town, and the service given is most satis-
factory. The gas is made from crude petroleum,
procured from Los Angeles, Cal., and by means
of a superior appliance is converted into an ex-
cellent quality of gas. This is supplied at $2 per
thousand feet, and is both cheaper and cleaner
than ordinary fuel. Besides the gas works, the
company controls one of the best equipped elec-
tric systems in the country, which supplies the
city with fifty-four arc lights, and the stores and
residences with numberless incandescent lights.
Thus it happens that Phoenix, which is one of
the best watered cities in the land, is also one of
the best lighted. In the distributing system there
are ten miles of line, and more than thirty miles
of heavy copper wire are utilized. This is run
not only throughout the city, but far into the
country, the Indian school being among the out-
side institutions benefited. The motive power
used is a four hundred horse-power engine, driv-
ing three large General Electric Company's dy-
namos, arranged for supplying both light and
power, and the plant is constructed on the mono-
cycle system. The officers of the concern are
T. W. Pemberton, president and manager; E. B.
Gage, vice-president, and C. J. Hall, secretary
and treasurer. The capital stock is $500,000.

One of the really commendable things about
the company's efforts is the excellent and con-
siderate treatment accorded the large number of
employes. In this regard the gas company is
without a peer in the city. The management is
in the hands of capable, high-minded and suc-
cessful men, who have an enduring pride in all
that pertains to the best development of their
city, and whose success in other lines has been
productive of sufficient capital to render possible
the adoption of any new and improved method.
Aside from his interest in the gas company, Mr.
Pemberton is vice-president of the Phoenix Na-
tional Bank, and was a member of its first board
of directors. He is also interested in the sub-
ject of water production, and is a director in

three canals, the Grand, Maricopa and Salt
River. Under Governor Irwin, Mr. Pemberton
was appointed commissioner of the insane asy-
lum and served for one term. He is a Repub-
lican in politics, has held many local and other
offices within the gift of the people, and served
as a delegate to various ferritorial and other
conventions. In 1898 he was appointed terri-
torial treasurer by Governor Murphy.

In 1870 in Chicago, 111., Mr. Pemberton was
united in marriage to Sarah H. Wiggins, who
was born in Chicago. Of this union there are
five children, viz.: T. W., Jr., an electrician, who,
during the Spanish-American war, served in
Troop B of the Rough Riders; Gertrude, who
is the wife of C. S. Birdsell, of Congress, Ariz.;
Eva ; Frances, and Harold, who are students of
the schools of Phoenix.

MURRAY McINERNAY.

The active, interesting and varied life of Mr.
Mclnernay has penetrated into many grooves,
and, covering many years, he has in the past fa-
miliarized himself with the people and condi-
tions of the enterprising west, taking an equally
important part in the development and progress
of the present. Many things contribute to the
popularity of the manager and proprietor of the
Prescott Hotel, not the least being the vast fund
of information picked up in travel, as Indian
trader, under sheriff, superintendent of a peni-
tentiary, soldier during the Civil war and all-
around observer of all that the west, east,
north and south has to offer.

When a boy of few years Mr. Mclnernay, who
was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., December 18,
1850, of Scotch-Irish descent, was left mother-
less, three other children also comprising the lit-
tle family. The father, John, was a shoeman by
occupation, and lived for many years in Brook-
lyn. The outbreak of the Civil war was hailed as
an opportunity by two of the sons, the oldest
brother serving in the Thirteenth New York
Volunteer Infantry. He subsequently died in
Panama in 1886. Murray Mclnernay, at the
time of his enlistment in Company I, New York
Volunteer Infantry, was but fourteen years of
age, and in order to be able to serve his country
enlisted as a drummer boy. The ruse was sue-

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cessful, and he carried a musket with the cour-
age and assurance of the older soldiers, partici-
pating in the battle of Charleston, S. C., and
serving until the close of the war. He was mus-
tered out at David Island, N. Y., April 14, 1866.

The war having opened up vistas of usefulness
and interest to be found in different parts of the
world, Mr. Mclnernay undertook a journey of
eight months in Brazil in a company, and after
returning to Brooklyn started for Arizona De-
cember, 1867. Arriving in San Francisco, via
Panama, he located for a time in San Pedro, and
then, accompanied by eight others, crossed the
desert by foot to Colorado, arriving at Fort
Mohave October 13, 1868. After a short so-
journ in Louisville, Ky., he returned to San Pe-
dro, walking a portion of the distance, and going
the remainder by boat. He was one of the
passengers on the first through train east over
the Central & Union Pacific, and remained in the
east until the fall of the same year, when he
came to Montana, and up the Missouri river to
Fort Randall. He later prospected in Montana,
Idaho and Wyoming, and in December of 1870
returned to Arizona, going by way of San Fran-
cisco and San Diego to Yuma, and thence walk-
ing along the Colorado to Ehrenburg. From
there he walked to Prescott, Ariz., where he en-
tered the interior department as commissary
manager at the Date Creek Indian Reservation,
and during his time of service the Indians were
concentrated on the Verde Reservation, which
was established in 1873. He there remained in
charge of the Indians until they were removed
to San Carlos. In December of 1874 he resigned
and entered the employ of the C. P. Head
Company, as Indian trader at Camp Verde,
where he remained for two years, and then turned
his attention to contracting for the govern-
ment at Camp Verde. In this capacity he did a
large freighting business, conveying his sup-
plies by wagons and ox teams. January I, 1889,
he was appointed under sheriff of Yavapai
county, and in 1890 was a candidate on the Re-
publican ticket for sheriff, and was defeated by
only nine votes.

In March of 1891 Mr. Mclnernay was ap-
pointed superintendent of the territorial peniten-
tiary at Yuma by Governor Irwin and remained
in charge of that institution until the change of

administration April 21, 1893. Since then,
though interested in many directions, his chief
responsibility has been the management of the
Prescott Hotel, which, with the exception of the
disastrous fire of July, 1900, has known an era of
uninterrupted prosperity. The new hostelry,
erected above the ruins of the old, is one of the
fine hotels of Arizona, and meets with all of the
requirements of an up-to-date accommodation
for the traveling public. Much of the patron-
age is due to the good fellowship, tact, and ex-
cellent knowledge of human nature and its de-
mands possessed by mine host, the manager,
who understands that rarest of all accomplish-
ments, the gift of putting every one in a good
humor with himself.

Since living in Prescott Mr. Mclnernay mar-
ried Alice Thorne, a native of Clinton county,
Iowa, daughter of Mahlon Thorne. Her par-
ents were both natives of the state of New York,
Mr. Thorne being of English descent, while his
wife was of German ancestry. Of this union
there are two children, Bessie and Alice. Mr.
Mclnernay is a member of the Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World
and the Knights of Pythias. He has never been
known to swerve from fealty to the Republican
party, nor from active participation in all its lo-
cal undertakings. He is one of the popular and
progressive and valued citizens of Prescott, and
has won his spurs as a man of unblemished in-
tegrity and absolute reliability.

CHARLES PETERSEN.

It is doubtful if any man in the territory of
Arizona is more familiar with conditions as they
existed in the far west a number of years ago
than is Mr. Petersen. Of a sturdy, stanch and
persevering race, he was born in Schleswig-
Holstein, April 10, 1851. His paternal grand-
father, Jacob, was a native of the same part of
Germany and was a miller during the years of
his activity, being an industrious and prosperous
man. The parents, Jacob and Frederica (Han-
sen) Petersen, were natives of Schleswig-Hol-
stein, and there the father engaged in general
farming and stock-raising, also for some years
conducted an hotel business. During the revo-
lution of 1848 he served with distinction. Of

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his eleven children all but one attained maturity
and seven are now living, of whom three are in
America.

The youngest of the family, Charles Petersen,
\\as reared in his native land and educated in
public schools. In 1870 he enlisted in the Prus-
sian army for service in the Franco-Prussian war,
and after three months crossed the seas to Amer-
ica, settling in Illinois, where for a year he
worked on a farm near Dwight. In 1872 he
was initiated into the great, strange heart of
the west, by removing to Newton, Kans., which
was then the terminus of the Santa Fe Railroad.
There he was engaged in hunting buffalo and
deer, and realized considerable from the sale
of the meat and hides. After two years the gov-
ernment employed him as a scout, and in that
capacity he served from 1874 until 1877, on the
trails west of Dodge City, Kans. During this
time his escapades with the Indians and hair-
breadth escapes were truly thrilling, but were
best appreciated when they had passed. His
service was under General Custer in the south-
west, and he would have shared the tragic fate
of that lamented general had not a providential
circumstance intervened. General Bankhead,
who assumed for a time Custer's place, ordered
Mr. Petersen to remain with him, and thus the
latter escaped the awful massacre at Little Big
Horn. In 1876 Mr. Petersen was employed by
Captain Goodnight to assist him in the manage-
ment of his ranch at the head of Red river in
the Panhandle country, and in this capacity he
was employed until 1881.

Returning to Kansas in 1881, Mr. Petersen
settled on a ranch in Ellsworth county, where
he was interested in cattle-raising until 1888.
However, a succession of three years of drouth,
with a consequent loss of cattle and crops, caused
him to dispose of his Kansas interests, after
which he spent four months in Germany. When
again in the United States, he engaged in farm-
ing for a year in Illinois, when, owing to the
death of his wife, he removed to Chicago. There
he was employed by an ice company. Subse-
quently he farmed for a year in Missouri, and in
November of 1890 settled in Phoenix, Ariz.
After two years of investigation into the various
industries there represented, he decided to em-
bark upon an occupation which represented an
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imperative and ever-increasing demand. In 1892
he started the brick-yard which has since as-
sumed large proportions, and which is accounted
one of the best in Arizona. The plant is at the
southwest of the city and covers an area of six
acres, with a bank of fine clay ten feet deep.
The brick manufactured is mostly of the build-
ing variety, and the capacity is twenty-four thou-
sand a day.

With others, in 1899, Mr. Petersen undertook
the organization of the Phoenix Building Com-
pany, of which he is the secretary. Aside from
his business interests, he is variously identified
with many of the enterprises and societies of a
progressive and interesting nature, in which his
adopted city abounds. Politically he is inter-
ested in the Democratic party, and has been a
delegate to several conventions. Fraternally he
is past noble grand in the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and is also connected with the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and the
Woodmen of the World. Active in religious cir-
cles locally, he is a member of the Lutheran
Church.

In Illinois, Mr. Petersen married Pauline Nes-
sen, who was born and reared in Germany and
died in Illinois, leaving one son, Paul. The
second Mrs. Petersen was formerly Lena Papke,
born in Germany, and a daughter of Christian
and Louisa (Stubb) Papke. The family lived
in the vicinity of Berlin. After the death of
her husband, Mrs. Papke came to America and
now makes her home in Phoenix. Of the union
of Mr. Petersen and Lena Papke there have
been four children: Robert, Theo, Fred and
Minnie.

HON. WEBSTER STREET.

In the last half century the lawyer has been a
pre-eminent factor in all affairs of private con-
cern and national importance. He has been
depended upon to conserve the best and per-
manent interests of the whole people and is a
recognized power in all the avenues of life. He
stands as the protector of the rights and liberties
of his fellow men and is the representative of a
profession whose followers, if they would gain
honor, fame and success, must be men of merit
and ability. Such a one is Judge Street, now
chief justice of Arizona.

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He was born in Salem, Ohio, June 8, 1846, a
son of Samuel and Sarah (Butler) Street, the
former also a native of Salem, Ohio, the latter
of Philadelphia, Pa. His early ancestors on both
sides were of English descent and prominent
members of the Society of Friends. His
paternal grandfather, John Street, was born near
Philadelphia, Pa., and became a pioneer mer-
chant of Salem, Ohio. He married Miss Ann
Ogden of New Jersey. The maternal grand-
father, Benjamin Butler, was also a native of
New Jersey, and an early settler of Salem, Ohio.
His wife bore the maiden name of Webster.
The Judge's father was a farmer by occupation
and always adhered to the Society of Friends.
He died in Salem, Ohio, at the age of seventy
years. Of his seven children the Judge is the
only one living, and he was fifth in order of
birth. His brother, Ogden Street, entered the
Union army during the Civil war as captain of
Company C, Eleventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
and was mustered out as colonel of his regi-
ment. He engaged in the manufacture of iron
in different parts of Pennsylvania, Virginia and
Kentucky, and died at Dayton, Ohio.

During his boyhood and youth Judge Street
attended the public and high schools of Salem,
and completed his literary studies at Antioch
College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. He commenced
reading law under the direction of Thomas Ken-
nett, and was admitted to the bar at St. Clairs-
ville, Ohio, in 1871. For two years he was
engaged in practice at Letonia, that state, and
then removed to Pittsburg, Pa., where he
prosecuted his chosen profession until coming
to Arizona in November, 1877. He first located
at Prescott, but soon afterward removed to
Signal, Mohave county, and later spent one year
at Tucson. In 1879 ne took up his residence in
Tombstone, Cochise county, and while there
served as county judge one term. In January,
1887, he came to Phoenix, where he was first
engaged in practice as a member of the firm of
Goodrich & Street, and later as a member of the
firm of Street & Frazier, which partnership con-
tinued until his appointment as chief justice in
October, 1897. His district comprises the
counties of Maricopa and Yuma. He is winning
high commendation by his fair and impartial ad-
ministration pf justice, and is credited with bein<*

the most popular official that ever presided over
the district.

At Yellow Springs, Ohio, Judge Street mar-
ried Miss Mary Gilmore, a native of that place
and a daughter of William and Mary E. Gil-
more. Her father was a merchant of Yellow
Springs. Two children were born of this union :
Lawrence, now deputy district clerk; and Julia,
wife of J. C. Wickham of Philadelphia, Pa. The
family is one of prominence in Phoenix.

The Judge was made a Mason at Salem, Ohio,
and now holds membership in Arizona Lodge
No. 2, and Arizona Chapter, R. A. M. He also
belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Ancient
Order of United Workmen and the Maricopa
Club. Religiously he is an Episcopalian. In
politics he is a stanch Republican, and he has
served successively as secretary and chairman
of the territorial committee. He is also ex-
president of the Territorial Bar Association.
His mind is analytical, logical and inductive.
With a thorough and comprehensive knowl-
edge of the fundamental principles of law, he
combines a familiarity with statutory law and
a sober, clear judgment, which makes him not
only a formidable adversary in legal combat, but
has given him the distinction of being one of the
ablest jurists of the territory.

COL. JOSHUA E. PRICE.

During the greater part of his active and suc-
cessful life, Colonel Price has made a practical
and scientific study of farming, an appreciation
of which was instilled into his enthusiastic boy-
hood days by a father who knew the value and
utility of the soil, and had found it a sure com-
pensation for wisely and persistently directed
effort. Although not one of the earliest coiners
to the Salt River valley, having arrived in 1891,
he is yet one of the most enthusiastic, as are
most who have formerly been dependent upon
the changeful conditions of the east.

Of Scotch and English extraction, Colonel
Price was born in Huntingdon county, Pav July
4, 1843, an(l is a son °f Daniel and Sophia (Ed-
wards) Price, also born in Pennsylvania. For-
tunate in his educational advantages, Joshua E.
studied in public schools, a normal and a select

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school and qualified as a teacher when already
quite young. His first aspirations towards self-
support were along educational lines, and pre-
vious to the breaking out of the war he taught
in the schools of his native county for four
terms. The harmony of an otherwise uneventful
life terminated in August of 1862, when he en-
listed in Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-
Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and
served in the army of the Potomac for nine
months. Company F participated in the bat-
tles of Chancellorsville, South Mountain, Antie-
tam, and in the last-named battle he was
wounded in the head. In April of 1863 he
was discharged from the service, and in Jan-
uary of 1864 re-enlisted in Battery E, First
Pennsylvania Light Artillery, which also was at-
tached to the army of the Potomac. He was
present at the fall of Richmond, and at the battle
of Petersburg was wounded in the side and in-
capacitated for a short time. July 5, 1865, he
was honorably discharged ,at Philadelphia, Pa.,
having been raised during the second enlistment
from a private to the rank of second lieutenant
in the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, as a
result of meritorious services during the siege of
Petersburg.

Following the restoration of peace, Mr. Price
went, in January of 1866, to Hamilton county,
Ohio, where for a time he again engaged in edu-
cational work, and subsequently turned his at-
tention to farming. Beginning with 1873, he
lived for a time in Doniphan, Brown and Nem-
aha counties, Kans., and became prominently
identified with the political and other affairs of
Kansas. For nine months he served as quarter-
master-general of the department of the Kansas
Grand Army of the Republic, under Gen. Ira
F. Collins, the department commander. Later
he served as adjutant-general for four months,
having in both capacities held the rank of colo-
nel. As mayor of the city of Sabetha, Kans., he
served for one year, and was for two years a
member of the city council.

In Ohio, December 5, 1867, Mr. Price mar-
ried Alice J. Cosbey, a native of Hamilton
county, Ohio, and a daughter of David L. and
Hannah (Lyon) Cosbey. Of this union there
have been two children: Eleanor, who is the
wife of Dr. Charles H. Jones, of Tempe, Ariz.,

and Ralph, who is living at home. On his well-
conducted ranch in the vicinity of Tempe, Colo-
nel Price is carrying on large agricultural inter-
ests, and has been gratifyingly successful in his
chosen occupation. With the peculiar enter-
prises which are indigenous to Arizona and Cal-
ifornia, as artificially irrigated centers, he has
been greatly interested, and helpfully studious,
and was for five years president of the southern
branch of the Tempe canal, and for one year a
director in the Tempe Irrigating Canal Com-
pany. He is a Republican in politics, and. is a
member of the John A. Logan Post No. 7, G. A.
R., at Tempe, and has been commander of the
post. In the religious world he has wielded an
extended influence for good, and is connected
with the First Congregational Church of Tempe,
in which he was formerly superintendent of the
Sunday-school for seven years. Of all the dwell-
ers of the valley none is held in higher esteem
than Colonel Price, nor are any more appreci-
ated as friend and large-hearted citizen, and gen-
eral promoter of the public good.'

COL. H. C. HOOKER.

There are few residents of Arizona to whom
the name of Colonel Hooker is unfamiliar. As
the owner of Sierra Bonita rancho, near Willcox,
he stands at the head of the ranchmen and stock-
breeders of the territory, and it is everywhere
conceded that no one is more familiar than he
with the many details connected with the stock
business. His specialties are beef cattle and
fine horses, for which he has abundant room on
his range, twenty-seven miles wide and thirty
miles long. In former days he lost very heavily
by reason of droughts, but, having developed
the water facilities during recent times, droughts
no longer have the terror for him which they
once possessed. In cattle he favors the Here-
fords, which are particularly desirable as range
cattle, having greater powers of endurance than
the shorthorn ; while, at the same time, as they
produce a greater quantity of hind-quarter meat
than any other breed, butchers are always glad
to buy them.

Among his horses Colonel Hooker has many
possessing especially fine qualities. Among them
is Valbrino, sired by Stamboul 2:07^, sire of

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thirty-seven performers in the 2:30 list and thir-
teen in the 2:20 list. When four years old, Stam-
boul made a record of 2:17^, won in a race at Los
Angeles. A year later he lowered his time to
2:144, while the next year it was 2:iif. Colonel
Hooker is particularly proud of Valbrino, sired
by Stamboul, and showing many fine points; he
is also equally proud of Parisee, probably one of
the best-bred horses in the world ; sired by Palo
Alto, record 2:08?, against time, to a high-
wheeled sulky; and another record of 2:20 for a
sixth heat at four years old, won at Detroit in
1886. The dam of Parisee was by General Ben-
ton, who got twenty performers in the 2:30 list,
four of which trotted below 2:20. The two
stallions, Valbrino and Parisee, unite in their
pedigrees not only the best trotting blood of the
past thirty years, but behind that is the endur-
ing blood of the thoroughbred, without which no
horse can hope to last through a severely con-
tested race of broken heats.

The Sierra Bonita rancho has had among its
guests in days gone by men whose names are
known all over the country, among them Gen.
Nelson A. Miles, Gen. George Crook, Gen.
Alexander D. McCook, Gen. O. O. Howard,
Gen. C. H. Sherman, Whitelaw Reid and many
others.

WILLIAM T. BROWN.

All of the members of this particular branch
of the Brown family have been prominent and
successful in the different li;ies of occupation
to which they have been called by inclination
and ability. To an inherent integrity and high
moral courage is added a dogged perseverance
which recognizes no obstacles, and which is the
birthright of the best and most favored sons of
Scotland. William T. Browri was born in Edin-
burgh, Scotland, January 14, 1850, and within
the borders of the Scottish Athens received an
excellent home training and a substantial edu-
cation at the grammar school. When sixteen
years of age he was apprenticed out to a ship-
building firm at Leith, and diligently applied
himself to a mastery of the business.

In the meantime there were other sons of
William and Janet (Thomson) Brown, who were
forging .to the front and preparing for future

activity in the best marts of the world. The
father was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, and came
of an old and distinguished Fife and Perthshire
family. He was a railroad and bridge con-
tractor in Edinburgh, and eventually died at
Musselburgh, his seaport home, six miles east
of Edinburgh. The mother was a native of
Edinburgh, and to her were born five sons, all of
whom became a credit to their early teachings,
and to the communities in which they lived:
Robert Lewis Maitland started out in the world
in the wholesale commission and other business
at Columbia, Ceylon, where he was very suc-
cessful, and became the possessor of large tea
estates. He eventually retired to England, where
he died in 1898. C. Douglas, who is now a part-
ner of William T. in the hardware and machinery
business at Prescott, originally went to Aus-
tralia as a mining engineer, and in 1874 came
to the United States and accepted a position
with the Almaden Quicksilver Mining Company.
In 1878 he came to Prescott and joined his
brother, going to Scotland in 1896, and to Cey-
lon in 1898, where he is at the present time
arranging his late brother's affairs. He has
served in Yavapai county as under sheriff, and
was for one term in the territorial legislature.
Julius A. came to America in 1870, and located
at San Jose, where he had charge of a foundry,
and in 1883 came to Prescott, where he en-
gaged with William T. in the cattle business, in
which they are still mutually interested. In
1888 he removed to San Diego, Cal., and be-
came a member of the firm of George M. Hale
& Company, and at the present time resides at
Hemet, Cal. He has been prominent in politics,
and served in the thirteenth Arizona legisla-
ture. Marcus J. Brown is an attorney at Edin-
burgh, Scotland.

William T. Brown came to America in 1871,
and located at San Francisco. In 1873 he joined
the English marine, and sailed the high seas
between San Francisco, Hong Kong and Yoko-
hama. In 1877 he came to Prescott and started
the first foundry in the territory, and success-
fully conducted the same until the silver mines
closed down, and there was no longer a demand
for castings. He then became chief engineer of
the McCracken mill in Mohave county, which
position he held for three years, or until he was

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incapacitated by being accidentally shot in the
foot. In 1881 he made a radical change in occu-
pation, and in partnership with his brother, J.
A., went into the cattle business, on a ranch
which they purchased forty-five miles east of
Prescott. This ranch, which is known as the
Agua Fria Vale, is still in the possession of Mr.
Brown, their cattle brand being Box O.

In 1890 Mr. Brown returned to Prescott and,
with his brother, C. Douglas, started the hard-
ware business of Brown Brothers. The firm
carries all kinds of mining machinery, engines,
boilers, etc., and is the largest house of its kind
in northern Arizona. They represent the Fair-
banks-Morse Company, manufacturers of gaso-
lene hoists and engines, and carry a general
and complete line of hardware. The affairs of
the concern are carried on in a store which is
50x150 feet in ground dimensions. Mr. Brown
is also the possessor of other property in Pres-
cott.

At Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1891, Mr. Brown
married Isabella Richardson, of Scottish birth
and education. A Mason of long standing, he
is a member of Aztlan Lodge, Prescott. With
his wife, he is a member of the Congregational
Church.

FREDERICK ARNOLD SWEET, M. D.

As chief surgeon for the Copper Queen Con-
solidated Mining Company, and for the com-
pany's road, the Arizona & Southeastern, Dr.
Sweet is not only the moving spirit in medical
and surgical circles in Bisbee, but has as well
been identified with territorial matters generally
since coming here in 1890.

Coming from a genealogical line that helped
to lay the foundation of the American republic,
Dr. Sweet was born in Johnston, R. I., February
10, 1862, and is a son of Lieut. Daniel Sweet,
who attained to distinction during the Civil war,
and died at the early age of thirty years. The
family were first represented in the United
States by one John Sweet, an Englishman who
settled at Salem, Mass., about 1630, and re-
moved to Rhode Island in 1636 with Roger
Williams. He became conspicuously identified
with the colonial days of Rhode Island, and was
virtually the leader of the colony, a position
which was later filled by his son John. The

next in direct line was Benjamin Sweet, and
after him came three Philips, all of whom were
men of extended influence in their community.
After Nathaniel Sweet came the parental grand-
father, Rev. Daniel Sweet, an eloquent and lead-
ing clergyman in the Baptist church. The
mother of Dr. Sweet was formerly Ellen Rey-
nolds, who was born at Providence, R.I., being a
descendant of the Arnolds and Whitfords,
prominent and early settlers of Newport, R. I.

As the only chi'd in the family, Dr. Sweet re-
ceived the early care and training calculated to
develop the best traits of his mind and char-'
acter. He was educated at the public schools
and at the Silver Lake English and Classical
College at Providence, R. I. Having decided to
devote his future efforts to the science of medi-
cine, he entered the medical department of the
University of the City of New York, from which
he was graduated with honors in the class of
1889. He was then appointed on the house staff
of the post-graduate hospital, and served in that
capacity for eighteen months, locating in Bisbee
in 1890. At first assistant surgeon of the Cop-
per Queen Mining Company, he became, in
1891, chief surgeon, and at the present time has
two assistants and a pharmacist on his staff. He
is also chief surgeon of the company's hospital
corps, the hospital being one of the best
equipped in the territory, and maintained by the
Copper Queen Mining Company for the benefit
of its employes. The department of medicine as
conducted by Dr. Sweet is exceedingly broad in
its liberality, and is a source of pride not only
to the people connected with the mine, but to
the town in general. Dr. Sweet represents the
highest type of gentleman and physician, and
adheres to the best tenets of a profession which
is prolific of opportunity and splendid in result
when in the hands of such an able and con-
scientious exponent.

In 1891 Dr. Sweet married Julia Harkness,
and of this union there is one child, Philip,
called after the early-day Philips, whose deeds
and lives are fondly cherished by the latter-day
descendants. In national politics Dr. Sweet is
a stanch Democrat, and has been actively inter-
ested in the politics of his locality. He has
served as chairman of the county central com-
mittee for four years, and was a member of the

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territorial committee for several years. He is a
member of the Territorial Medical Association.
Fraternally, he is associated with and past mas-
ter of Perfect Ashlar Lodge No. 12, F. & A. M.;
past high priest of Landmark Chapter, R. A. M. :
and a member of Arizona Commanclery No. i ,
K. T., and of El Zaribah Temple, N. M. S., of
Phoenix. .

THOMAS A. PASCOE.

Thomas A. Pascoe, speculator and promoter
of some of the most substantial projects for the
benefit of Globe, was born in Galena, Jo Daviess
county. 111., in 1846. His parents, William T.
and Mary C. Pascoe, were born in England,
and upon arriving in the United States settled in
Illinois, subsequently removing to California,
where they lived in Nevada and Yuba counties.
They were engaged in general farming, and
eventually died in Yuba county.

When but six years of age, T. A. Pascoe was
taken to California by his parents, and there re-
ceived the education and early training which
fitted him for the future responsibilities of life.
Upon starting out in the world to face an inde-
pendent existence, he came to Arizona and lo-
cated in Globe in 1 88 1. At that time the now
famous settlement contained but a few hardy and
venturesome miners and prospectors, who were
willing to brave the dangers of life in the immedi-
ate shadow of the ever upraised Indian toma-
hawk and the privations and hardships incident
to life in the early mining camps of the west.
For four years he was engaged in mining and
prospecting, and during part of the time was
under sheriff for his brother, B. F. Pascoe, who
was sheriff of Gila county from 1882 to 1886.

In 1886 Mr. Pascoe established the Pascoe
livery barn, in connection with which was con-
ducted an extensive hay and grain business, the
supply being shipped from the Gila river.
Though very successful in this undertaking, Mr.
Pascoe disposed of his interests in November
of 1899, to his brother, the former sheriff of
Gila county. At the present time Mr. Pascoe is
interested with C. T. Martin and R. C. Brown
in erecting the water-works for Globe, which
will be on as complete and modern a scale as
are the similar enterprises in larger and older
towns. They sank a well one and a half

miles from the town, and turned on the water in
February, 1901. The reservoir containing the
mountain spring water holds one hundred
and forty thousand gallons of water, and the
pumping capacity is two hundred thousand gal-
lons every twenty-four hours, large enough for
a town many times the size of Globe. The whole
town is benefited by the enterprise and
arduous labors of the gentlemen concerned in
thus promoting the interests of their adopted
settlement, and an important step has been taken
in the march of progress and general conven-
ience.

Among the various additional interests that
command the time and attention of Mr. Pascoe
must be mentioned the farming and stock-rais-
ing enterprises which are conducted in Gila and
Graham counties. Near Thatcher, in Graham
county, is an especially beautiful and complete
farm, with a fine house, orchard and windmill,
and all modern and up-to-date improvements
and labor-saving devices. In politics a Repub-
lican, Mr. Pascoe has never entertained political
aspirations, although he is deeply interested in
the undertakings of his party. While living in
Hollister, Cal., he was made a Mason, and in
Globe is a member of the Globe White Moun-
tain Lodge No. 3. He was married in 1886 to
Mrs. Elsie Nichols, a native of Scotland.

JOHN A. McDOUGALL.

The territory of Arizona does not contain a
more expert gas engine manipulator than is
found in John A. McDougall, of Morenci. He
was born in Canada, May 3, 1866, and is a son
of Roderick and Mary McDougall, both na-
tives of Canada. He received his early education
in his northern home, and in addition to a sub-
stantial home training and a considerable mer-
cantile experience, served his apprenticeship as
a master machinist. Thus equipped for the fu-
ture responsibilities of life, he came, at the age
of seventeen, to the United States, in the hope
that the opportunities here afforded would meet
the requirements of youthful enthusiasm and am-
bition.

Upon arriving in New York Mr. McDougall
engaged in the gas engine business, and was
employed by the Korting Gas Engine Company

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until 1890. Next he started an independent
venture along the same lines, and was success-
ful in the same until 1899. He was then fortu-
nate in securing recognition for his ability from
no less a firm than the Phelps-Dodge Company,
of New York City, who appointed him gas engi-
neer of their works in Morenci, known as the
Detroit Copper Company, and at Nacosari,
Mexico. • This large responsibility Mr. McDou-
gall has discharged with great credit to himself
and to all concerned, and his services are valued
and appreciated by the company to a gratifying
extent. In the Detroit mine alone there are
eleven gas engines, and in the Mexican mine ten.
In 1888 Mr. McDougall married Eva Kitchin,
who was born in Nova Scotia. To Mr. and Mrs.
McDougall have been born two children, James,
who is ten years of age, and Elva, who is three
years old. Mr. McDougall is fraternally asso-
ciated with the Masons in Nova Scotia, and
himself and wife are members of the United
Presbyterian Church.

HON. WILLIAM M. GRIFFITH.

This prominent citizen of Tucson, who is now
serving as United States Marshal of Arizona,
has been actively identified with the business in-
terests and political affairs of this territory since
1870, and is a recognized leader in the Republi-
can party. He claims Pennsylvania as the state
of his birth, being born near Westchester, Ches-
ter county, April 14, 1839, and is the oldest in a
family of four children, only two of whom are
now living. His brother, E. E. Griffith, now a
manufacturer of New York City, belonged to a
Pennsylvania regiment in the Civil war and was
one of General Rosecrans' body guard. Our
subject's paternal grandfather, Abel Griffith,
was a native of Wales, a farmer by occupation,
and a member of the Society of Friends. On
coming to this country he settled in Chester
county, Pa., where our subject's father, Thomas
S. Griffith, was born. The latter was graduated
from a college in Philadelphia, and as a minister
of the Baptist Church he afterward preached in
Westchester and Hepzabaugh, Pa. He died at
an early age. His wife, who bore the maiden
name of Jane Hare, was born in Philadelphia of
English ancestry, and died in Westchester.

Our subject was reared in that city and ac-
quired a good practical education in its public
and private schools. In 1856 he took Greeley's
advice to "go West" and went to St. Louis, and
later to Pilot Knob, Mo. During the Civil war
he entered the quartermaster's department of
the Army of the Southwest under command of
General Steele. He was present at the battles
of Haines Bluff, Chattanooga and Lookout
Mountain, the siege of Vicksburg and the At-
lanta campaign, and was with General Thomas'
command when in pursuit of Hood, which re-
sulted in the battles of Franklin and Nashville,
Tenn. In the fall of 1864 he became ill at
Huntsville, Ala., and on his recovery entered the
quartermaster's department at Nashville, under
Captain Irvin, remaining there until the close of
the war. During most of his service he was
master of transportation.

On the return of peace Mr. Griffith became a
mail contractor, starting at Fort Smith, Ark. In
1874 he assisted in establishing the stage and mail
route between San Diego, Cal., and Fort Worth,
Tex., becoming manager and later president of
what was known as the Texas & California
Stage Company. Their main line was one
thousand seven hundred miles and required
twelve hundred horses to operate it. Mr. Grif-
fith was connected with that enterprise for eight
years with headquarters first at San Diego, and
later at Yuma and Tucson, Ariz., locating at the
last-named place in 1878. In 1881 he sold his
interest in that company and embarked in the
cattle business, starting a ranch at Dripping
Spring, Gila county, one hundred miles from
Tucson as president and manager of the Drip-
ping Spring Cattle Company, whose specialty
was Shorthorn and Hereford cattle. Mr. Griffith
disposed of his interest in that business in 1896.
During his residence here he has operated local
stage lines and engaged in mining.

In 1870 Mr. Griffith married Miss Dora Flem-
ing of Macon, Ga. The only son born of that
union, E. E. Griffith, was educated at the Chris-
tian Brothers College, St. Louis, Mo., and the
State Agricultural College in Ft. Collins, Colo.,
and is now engaged in mining at Morenci, Ariz.
In 1874 Mrs. Griffith died at their residence at
Fort Smith, Ark.

The Republican party has always found in Mr.

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Griffith a stanch supporter of its principles. In
July, 1897, he was appointed by President Mc-
Kinley as United States marshal of Arizona,
with headquarters at Tucson. He has since dis-
charged the duties of that office in a most com-
mendable and satisfactory manner. Since the
convention at Minneapolis in 1892 to which he
was elected a delegate, he has served as a mem-
ber of the national Republican committee. He
was also a delegate to St. Louis in 1896, and
again to Philadelphia in 1900. He is a thirty-
second degree Mason, a member of the blue
lodge chapter and commandery of Tucson, and
El Zaribah Temple, N. M. S.. at Phoenix. He
is also a member of the Elks Club, and one of
the leading and influential citizens of Tucson.

HON. OTIS R. HALE.

Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1873, Mr.
Hale is a son of Capt. Hiel Hale, a native of
Columbiana county, Ohio. The family has long
been represented in America, and the great-
great-grandfather served his country with
courage and distinction in the Revolutionary
war. The grandfather, Nathan S., who subse-
quently died in Arizona, was a native of Colum-
biana county, Ohio, and was an industrious tiller
of the soil during the greater part of his life.
Captain Hale was a prominent man in whatever
locality he chanced to live, and after remov-
ing to Arizona was a participator in the most
substantial effort for the territory's growth. In
Ohio he conducted large farming interests, but
changed his residence to Iowa in 1850. During
the first three months of the Civil war he served
in the First Iowa Infantry, and was after that
captain of Company D, Twelfth Iowa Infantry.
Upon being captured at Pittsburg he suffered
the confinement and horrors of Libby prison for
eight months, and was paroled in 1864. The
local political affairs of his locality in Iowa were
materially advanced by his services in several
important offices, among which was the position
of sheriff of Linn county, which he held for two
terms. For six years he was city marshal of
Cedar Rapids, and for five years was the deputy
warden of .the Iowa state penitentiary at Fort
Madison. From the latter position he was forced
to resign because of ill health, and in search of

a change of climate and occupation he came to
Arizona in 1882. At the present time he is en-
gaged in mining, and resides in the old and his-
torically interesting town of Tucson. His ability
was recognized by his fellow townsmen, who
elected him to the nineteenth general assembly,
during the sessions of which he served on sev-
eral important committees, and ably represented
the interests of Yuma county. He is a member
of the Grand Army of the Republic.

The mother of O. R. Hale was formerly Sarah
M. Dawley, who was born in Indiana, and subse-
quently removed with her parents to Iowa. She
is the mother of two children, of whom O. R.
is the younger. Albert Hale is a locomotive
engineer with the Southern Pacific Railroad.
The youth of O. R. Hale was an industrious
one, and at a very early age he faced the prob-
lem of self-support. When but nine years of
age he moved with his father to Tucson, and at
the age of fourteen his education in the public
schools was interrupted by his apprenticeship in
the machine shops of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. Following the four years spent in the
shops, he worked as a machinist in different
eastern cities for a couple of years, and upon
returning was with the same railroad company
until his resignation in 1899. At this time he
built a machine shop on Tenth street, Tucson,
and, in partnership with Mr. Myrick, conducted
a well-drilling and general machine plant under
the firm name of Myrick & Hale. The firm
are among the large business concerns in the
city, and are experts in their particular line,
and particularly efficient deep well drillers. So
large is the demand for their services that they
keep two drills in operation the greater part
of the time.

In 1898 Mr. Hale was nominated on the Re-
publican ticket for the legislature, and elected
by a good majority. He served on the judiciary
committee and was chairman of the library com-
mittee, and of several others of equal impor-
tance. He was instrumental in securing the pas-
sage of the bill providing the appropriation for
the University of Arizona, the money to be paid
in regular yearly installments, and to be used in
maintaining the highest possible management of
the institution. He has served also as a member
of the territorial central committee. Fraternally

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he is associated with the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks, and belongs to the club maintained
by the order. He is a member of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists.

F. M. MURPHY.

The development of the Santa Fe, Prescott
& Phoenix Railroad is in a large measure due
to the wise judgment and tireless energy of the
president, F. M. Murphy, whose name has been
indissolubly associated with the enterprise from
its inception to the present time. Born in
Maine, reared in Wisconsin, and identified with
the history of Arizona since 1878, he unites the
solid and substantial traits characteristic of New
Englanders with the progressive spirit that is
a peculiarly western attribute. During the pe-
riod of his residence in Arizona, he, with his
brother, the present governor, has been an influ-
ential factor in the development of territorial
resources. His interests have been varied and
many. As the first superintendent of the Con-
gress gold mine, he placed its affairs upon a
profitable basis, and its success was largely due
to his foresight. At the present time he still
owns a large part of the mine's stock. Among
his other interests may be mentioned the Bash-
ford-Burmister Company, one of the best-
known mercantile establishments of the south-
west. As president of the Prescott National
Bank, he has been instrumental in establishing
a conservative policy which lias given that insti-
tution prestige throughout the- entire territory.

Intimate as has been his identification with
these and other enterprises, Mr. Murphy is best
known as president of the Santa Fe, Prescott
& Phoenix Railroad. At an expenditure of al-
most $5,000,000, this road was placed in working
order, and his successful management of this
enormous responsibility during the well-remem-
bered panic of 1893 attracted widespread atten-
tion and gave him a position among the recog-
nized financial giants of the country.

HON. CHARLES H. AKERS.
The life of Hon. Charles H. Akers, secretary
of Arizona, has been an eventful one, and rep-
resents the successful strivings of a man who,
unaided save by his own nobility of character

and great perseverance, has known how to con-
quer obstacles and avail himself of opportuni-
ties.

The ancestors of the Akers family were orig-
inally loyal subjects of the English crown, and
their ambition did not extend beyond the bor
ders of their native island until the latter part
of the eighteenth century, when the paternal
great-grandfather, Peter Akers (or Acres, as the
name was then spelled), emigrated to America,
landing at New Castle, Del., in the year 1780.
On this ocean voyage, William Akers, the
grandfather of Hon. Charles H., was born.
Shortly after settling in this country the great-
grandfather, Peter, died, and his widow subse-
quently married Joshua Lee, and henceforward
made her home in Pennsylvania. William Akers
married Nancy Holmes in 1807, and settled on a
farm near the present site of the village of Xew
Athens, Harrison county, Ohio. In 1822 he
removed to Richland county, Ohio, and located
four miles north of the town of Mansfield. At
the time of this removal there were eight chil-
dren in the family, the youngest being but one
year old. John Holmes, the father of Hon. C.
H. Akers, was then ten years of age, and drove
one of the teams to the Richland county home.
In 1834 the family left Richland county and re-
turned to their former home in Harrison county
in the vicinity of Athens. The children born to
William and Nancy Akers were : Elizabeth,
John H., Mary, Abraham H., Margaret, Wil-
liam, Rebecca, Susan, Eli D., and Thomas R.

John H. Akers, M. D., was the oldest son in
his father's family, and was born in Harrison
county, Ohio, in 1812. His early life was that of
the average farm-reared youth, and in 1836 he
married Nancy Rankin, who died in 1845. He
was a man of marked ability, and his achieve-
ments in later life more than realized the prom-
ise of his youth. During the greater part of his
active career he was a prominent physician and
surgeon, having graduated from an eastern med-
ical college. He first practiced in Ohio, and
later settled in Millersburg, Iowa, where he was
not only a practicing physician but also a prom-
inent citizen. The most active part of his life
was spent in Kansas, to which he moved in
1859, settling in Shawnee, Johnson county.
During the latter part of the Civil war he served

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for a time as government surgeon at Leaven-
worth, and was surgeon after the battle of West-
port, Mo. In tender solicitude for the wounded
in this battle, his wife walked the distance from
Shawnee to Westport, and dressed the wounds
and alleviated the sufferings of those who had
been injured in the cause.

Aside from his ability as a healer of men, Dr.
Akers was an eloquent speaker, and exercised
his gift -in advocating the principles of the Re-
publican party and in the cause of abolition.
He was a devoted member of the Methodist
church, and convincingly preached the gospel of
kindliness and good will as occasion offered.
One of his best remembered efforts as a public
speaker was at the first meeting for securing the
Terminal Railroad for Kansas City. Up to the
time of his death in March of 1881, at the
age of seventy-two years, he was vitally inter-
ested in the prosperity and development of Kan-
sas, and was regarded as one of the brightest
lights in the medical profession in the state.
He was twice married, and of his union with
Nancy Rankin there were four children : Eliza-
beth, Christine (deceased), Nancy J., and Ma-
tilda. Dr. Akers married for his second wife
Almarine Harbaugh, who was born in Trenton,
Tuscarawas county, Ohio, being the daughter of
Benjamin Harbaugh, of Maryland. Benjamin
Harbaugh was a cabinet maker by trade, and
an early settler in Trenton, Ohio. He served
in the war of 1812, and married Judith Knaus,
a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of
Lewis Knaus, representative of an old Pennsyl-
vania family. Mrs Akers, who is now living
in Prescott, Ariz., is the mother of four children.
Of these John B., met a tragic death while su-
perintendent of a sawmill near Prescott, No-
vember 19, 1887. When fifteen years of age he
enlisted in the Civil war in the Sixteenth Kan-
sas Regiment, and was slightly wounded at the
battle of Westport. In 1865 he started for the
far west with ox-teams and wagons and spent
two years on the government trail, subsequently
settling in Prescott, where he lived until his
death. The other members of the family are :
Josephine, who is now the wife of K. L. Mills,
of Kansas City, Mo. ; Charles H., and J. W.,
who came to Arizona in 1882, and is now post-
master at Prescott.

Charles H. Akers was born in Millersburg,
Iowa, September 21, 1857, and until his four-
teenth year was reared in Shawnee, Kans., and
educated in the public schools. At fifteen he
started out to face the bread winning and re-
sponsible side of life, accompanied only by the
splendid enthusiasm of youth, and a firm deter-
mination to succeed. For three months he
worked in a brick yard, and then obtained em-
ployment with Banning & Gallup, a large rail-
road and ditch contracting concern, whose
mules and horses he herded at night for two
and a half years. Upon returning to Shawnee,
Kans., he attended school during the winter,
and in the spring of 1875 went to Creston, Iowa,
and was in the employ of Thomas Hall in the
stock business for one year. He later assumed
charge of the engine-house in Creston, and had
the training of the first team used in the house
which eventually became the prize team in the
state. In 1879 the mining boom of Leadville
stimulated him to a journey westward, and for
a year he prospected with ups and downs in the
mining regions around Leadville. An unex-
pected drawback presented itself in 1880 when
he was taken with pneumonia, and his recovery
was equally on the unexpected order. In the
meantime his father had died.

In December of 1880, Mr. Akers started for
Arizona, journeying by rail to Albuquerque, and
thence by horseback to Prescott. His first
employment in the territory was in a sawmill,
working for his brother John in the Curtis mill.
After six month's he engaged in mining, and in
1882 struck some good luck, and from then on
looked at life through more ambitious glasses.
For two and a half years he was subsequently
employed in a sutler's store, owned and man-
aged by C. P. Head & Co., at Camp Verde,
but was again overtaken by the mining fever in
January of 1885, and prospected and mined at
the Tip Top mines for two years This proved
an unsuccessful venture, and in hopes of im-
proving his future prospects Mr. Akers came
to Phoenix and entered the employ of the Mari-
copa & Phoenix & Salt River Valley Railroad
Company, under Mr. Porter. In the spring of
1888 he became a bookkeeper for James Dough-
erty, a general merchant in Prescott, and in Sep-
tember, of the same year, was nominated county

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recorder of Yavapai county on the Republican
ticket, and elected the first Republican recorder
of the county, and the third Republican to hold
any office in the county. The popularity of Mr.
Akers may be estimated when it is known that
in a strong Democratic community he received
one hundred and sixty majority. In 1890 he
was re-elected by a majority of six hundred, and
served for two terms. In the fall of 1892 Mr.
Akers was nominated sheriff of Yavapai county,
but was beaten in the election. He served as
recorder until 1892, and in 1893 was appointed
clerk of the board of supervisors, which position
he held until December 31, 1896. From Sep-
tember 1894 until 1896 he served as chairman
of the Republican County Central Committee,
having been elected in 1894 by a unanimous
vote. In that election, out of thirteen candi-
dates, nine were elected in the county. Since
that time Yavapai county has not elected a
member of the Republican party to office.

In 1896 Mr. Akers was elected a delegate
to the Republican convention at St. Louis. Six
of the delegates were from the start in favor of
the nomination of Mr. McKinley. To the ad-
mirable services of Mr. Akers in this regard is
undoubtedly due his later appointment as sec-
retary of Arizona. In January of 1897. he
opened an abstract office in Prescott, and
May 19, of the same year, was appointed secre-
tary of Arizona by President McKinley. July
i, 1897, he assumed the duties of his responsible
position, and a few days later, upon the removal
of Governor Franklin, he became acting gover-
nor until Governor McCord was sworn in. It
is doubtful if any man in the territory could
invest this position of trust with greater satis-
faction or dignity, or with greater credit to him-
self and the wonderful territory which he repre-
sents. Mr. Akers was further honored by the
people of the territory in 1900, by being unani-
mously elected chairman of the Republican dele-
gation to the Philadelphia National Convention,
and was appointed a member of the committee
on platforms and resolutions.

In addition to the numerous political respon-
sibilities to which Mr. Akers seems by nature
and adaptability heir, he is interested fraternally
and socially in many of the organizations of the
city of Phoenix. He is a member of the Benev-

olent Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of
the World, the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, the Knights of Pythias, of which he is Past
Chancellor and member of the Grand Lodge,
and the Moderns and Masonic order. He is
a member of the Maricopa Club, and attends the
Episcopal church, of which his wife is a member.
April lo, 1889, Mr. Akers was united in mar-
riage with Emily Philpot, who was born in Salis-
bury, Mo., and was a niece of John C. Herndon,
of Prescott. Mrs. Akers died on her wedding
journey while in Kansas City, Mo., May 26,
1889. Mr. Akers was married December i,
1891, in Phoenix, to Jennie Bryan, a native of
New York state, and a graduate of Mills Semi-
nary. Of this union there are three children :
Bryan, John Kelsey, and Henry Harlow.

JOHN F. JUDIA.

Though at present a farmer in the vicinity of
Solomonville, Mr. Judia is possessed of many at-
tainments, having at different times during his
life engaged in his trade of carpenter, builder
and painter, and also worked as an engineer,
miller, miner, barber, and has been an all-around
utility man. A native of Tennessee, he was born
in Giles county in 1850, and is a son of Henry
and Nancy E. (Clark) Judia. Henry Judia was
born and reared in Clark county, Ky., and event-
ually became a very early settler in Tennessee,
where he died in 1856. The mother died in 1899.
John F. Judia left the familiar surroundings of
his youth in 1872, being well equipped for the
battle of life with a good common school educa-
tion and the trade of carpenter and builder. In
Colorado he worked at his trade for a year, and
then returned to Tennessee, where he was simi-
larly engaged until the fall of 1875. A later ven-
ture was at Fort Worth, Tex., from where he
removed to Weatherford, of the same state, and
was there engaged in farming for about six years,
with a moderate degree of success.

In 1881 Mr. Judia spent a short time at El
Paso, and from there went to Oregon City, N.
M., where he became interested in mining,
and continued the same for three years. He
also visited Georgetown, N. M., and eventually
returned to his occupation of building and con-

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trading. For a time also he worked in a stamp
mill, and then went to Deming, N. M., and
worked at carpentering and building for about a
year. Upon returning to El Paso he was one
of the carpenters who built the big smelter at
that place, and he subsequently engineered one
of the furnaces for three months.

When he first came to Arizona Mr. Judia lo-
cated in Bisbee, and after engaging in building
for about ten months, continued the same in
Clifton for a short time. He then settled in the
Gila valley and worked at his trade for a couple
of years, and also dipped into other occupations
that happened to be at hand. In the mean time
he had become favorably impressed with the
conditions existing in the Solomonville valley,
and homesteaded his farm of ninety acres with
every hope of success. The land is just east
of the town of Solomonville, south of the main
road and one mile to the center of the village.
The owner thereof sold to the mill company
the site for their mill and now the mill water
power runs along the south line of his farm to
the foothills then north along the west line to the
mill. This supplies plenty of water for irriga-
tion and has enabled him to place fifty-five acres
under cultivation. The farm has improvements
and modern up-to-date devices which render it
one of the best in the valley and it is favored
with a fine and comfortable rural residence,
fences, good out buildings, and cooled in the
heat of summer by the shade from many trees.
Mr. Judia farms on scientific lines, and keeps
in touch with the improvements and methods
adopted in older and more settled localities of
the country.

The marriage of Mr. Judia and Susan Porter
occurred in 1869. Mrs. Judia was a daughter
of George W. Porter, of Giles county, Tenn.,
and died in 1875. To this couple were born two
children: Henry, who is in Texas, and Mrs.
Ida Cooper, of the vicinity of Deming, N. M.
A second marriage was contracted by Mr. Judia
in 1881 with Mrs. Theodocia Pollard Johnson.
Four children are the result of this union, viz.:
Bert, Lillie, Earnest and Earl. The children
are living at home, and all are attending the
Solomonville high school. In politics Mr. Judia
is a Democrat, but is not desirous of holding

office. Fraternally he is associated with the
Knights of Pythias, and is vice-chancellor and a
charter member of the Solomonville Lodge.
Himself and family are members of the Cath-
olic Church.

ROBERT NASH.

One of the '"forty-niners" who were the fore-
runners of civilization and wonderful prosperity
on the Pacific coast, Robert Nash is entitled to
a place on its roll of honor. Moreover, he was
one of the first permanent white settlers in the
Gila valley, and for more than a quarter of a cen-
tury has resided within the borders of Arizona,
actively connected with its development and use-
ful enterprises.

The parents of the above-named respected cit-
izen of Graham county were James and Mary
(Scott) Nash, natives of Kentucky, who took
up their abode in Indiana in its early days as a
state. The father departed this life in 1852,
and after surviving him many years the mother
passed to her reward, aged about eighty-two.
In 1849, accompanied by their children, they
crossed the great western plains to California,
and suffered the privations of frontier life.

Robert Nash was born in Marshall county,
Ind., in 1835, and thus was in his fifteenth
year when he made the long trip to the western
slope. For a score of years he was occupied in
placer mining in California, and it was not until
1875 that he left that state to try his fortunes in
Arizona. Locating near Prescott, he farmed
and freighted for some five years, and then, hav-
ing heard of the natural superiority of the Gila
river bottom lands, he came to this vicinity.
The county seat was then at Safford, very few
white families lived in the valley, and only three
white men resided at Solomonville. Renting a
tract of land for five years, Mr. Nash then pur-
chased a quarter section of the rich bottom
lands- — which is more highly productive, un-
doubtedly, than any other region in this repub-
lic. Good improvements have been instituted
here by the energetic owner and today the
homestead is considered a model one. A sub-
stantial and convenient brick house, a thrifty
orchard, well-made fences and other features add

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to the value of the farm and speak volumes for
the enterprise of the owner. He keeps a small
herd of high-grade cattle, but devotes his chief
attention to agriculture. As a public-spirited
citizen he has striven to perform his due share
in the affairs of his community and has served
as a road overseer and school trustee. In na-
tional elections he uses his ballot in favor of
Republican measures. A man of strictly tem-
perate habits and noted for his sterling integrity
and industry, he enjoys the sincere respect of
all who know him.

June n, 1864, Mr. Nash married Miss Mary
Ann Orry, of California, a native of New York
state, who passed through Arizona on her way
to California with her parents in 1859. They
have reason to be proud of their five manly sons,
namely: John F., a professor at Thatcher (Ariz.)
College; James E., who is operating a farm
which adjoins that owned by his father; Henry
R., who farms and rents an entire section of
land, this tract also being adjacent to the old
homestead; George Hv likewise engaged in ag-
ricultural pursuits; and Robert L., "who lives at
home and assists in the management of the place.
Mary A. and Minnie H., the daughters, reside
with their parents.

HON. SAMUEL HUGHES.

Honored and respected by all, there is no man
in Arizona who occupies a more enviable posi-
tion in commercial and financial circles than
Samuel Hughes of Tucson, not alone on account
of the brilliant success he has achieved, but also
on account of the honorable, straightforward
business policy he has ever followed.

A native of Wales, 'he was born in Pembrook-
shire, August 28, 1829, a son of Samuel and Eliza-
beth (Edwards) Hughes, natives of the same
place and representatives of old Welsh families.
Our subject traces his ancestry back to the an-
cient Britons. His paternal grandfather and
great-grandfather both bore the name of Samuel,
and were the owners of a large estate in Wales.
In 1837, the father, accompanied by his family,
came to the new world and shortly after his ar-
rival settled on the Schuylkill river near Mana-
yunk, Pa., where he engaged in dairying for two

years. About 1840 he removed to a farm a mile
and a half from Allegheny City, that state, where
the mother died in 1843. Soon afterward the
father was seriously injured and rendered a
cripple for the remainder of his life. He died at
the age of over seventy years. In the family
were ten children, namely : John and Margaret,
both of whom died in Pennsylvania; Samuel, our
subject ; David, a prominent man of New Or-
leans, La., where his death occurred ; Mrs. Sally
Taylor and Lizzie, both residents of DeSoto,
Kans. ; William, who was a member of a Kansas
regiment in the Civil war and is now a resident
of Lawrence, that state ; Lewis C., ex-governor
of Arizona, who was a member of a Pennsylva-
nia regiment in the Civil war and is now editor
of the Star of Tucson ; Thomas, also a resident
of Tucson, who entered the service as a drum-
mer boy of a Kansas regiment and when mus-
tered out was serving as colonel ; and Annie,
who makes her home in Tucson.

Samuel Hughes was about eight years of age
when he came with his parents to this country,
the family taking passage at Liverpool on the
North Star, a sailing vessel, which dropped an-
chor in the harbor of Philadelphia after a voy-
age of sixty days. At an early age our subject
was obliged to begin the battle of life for him-
self and consequently had no educational ad-
vantages. His first work was on a farm. In
1844 the family removed to Allegheny City, Pa.,
where the children were under the guardian-
ship of Gen. William Robinson. By the death
of his oldest brother the responsibility of caring
for the family devolved upon our subject. He
found employment as driver of a canal boat
mounted on trucks, his route being over the Al-
legheny mountains, and for this work he re-
ceived only $6 per month. As this was'the first
money he had ever earned he took a just pride
in its possession. On his return from a trip
General Robinson expressed a desire to have
him attend school, but this he would not ac-
cede to unless proper provision was made for
the support of the remainder of the children,
then eight in number, he agreeing to take care
of himself if such arrangements could be made.
As nothing could be done, he and his brother
William secured employment in the spinning
department of Blackstock's cotton factory.

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where 'he received $1.25 and William seventy-
five cents per week, while their combined ex-
penditures amounted to $1.75 for board and ten
cents for washing per week. It was thus amid
trying difficulties that Mr. Hughes started out
upon his business career. The diligence with
which he applied himself to 'his tasks soon at-
tracted the attention of the proprietor, Mr.
Blackstock, who induced him to enter the de-
partment of the factory devoted to blacksmith-
ing, where he soon familiarized himself with the
details of that trade. During his earlv connec-
tion with the factory he had one sad experience.
A belt had been cut and he was accused of do-
ing it and accordingly dismissed, but a girl in an
adjoining factory knowing that he was falsely
accused acknowledged that several girls in 'her
establishment had cut it for mischief, thus ex-
onerating the lad. An offer of $40 reward had
been made to any one who would bring for-
ward the culprit, but she refused the reward.
Many years after this, in 1880, while visiting the
old place, Mr. Hughes found this woman in des-
titute circumstances, and paid her the $40 with
interest, which then amounted to $460, so that
virtue at length had its reward.

During a strike in the factory in 1846, Mr.
Hughes was thrown out of employment, but
with characteristic energy he soon found a posi-
tion in a confectionery and bakery establishment
where he remained until the end of the strike,
when he resumed work in the machine shop of
Mr. Blackstock's factory, where he was em-
ployed for some time. In 1848 he went as cabin
boy on a steamboat at $15 per month, and the
following year (1849) made his first trip to New
Orleans. While returning from there to Cin-
cinnati on his second trip cholera carried off
forty-seven of the deck passengers. He con-
tinued steamboating until 1850, when he con-
ceived a desire to try his fortunes in the gold
fields of California, of which he had heard such
glowing accounts. Accordingly on the loth of
April, 1850, he started from St. Joseph, Mo.,
with a train of sixty-six wagons. In payment
for his trip across the plains and mountain, Mr.
Hughes contributed his services as a cook, an
art he had acquired during his steamboat career.
Soon after starting the train was divided into
three equal parts, and the section to which he

was allotted required that he should walk in-
stead of ride, which was quite a different ex-
perience to one who had recently been riding on
palatial steamboats. From St. Joseph the train
proceeded to Fort Kearney, crossed the Platte,
Sweetwater and Green rivers, and finally
reached Humboldt. Thus far they had trav-
ersed what was known as the Kit Carson route,
but believing they could make better time they
decided on another. Losing their way they had
to return to the original route and thus wasted
ten days following the Humboldt route. They
arrived in Hangtown, (now Placerville) Cal., on
the loth of June. When within sixty miles of
that place Mr. Hughes met a man who offered
him a half ounce of gold per day for his labor,
and accepting this proposition he remained at
Hangtown until the following October. He
spent the winter at Sacramento, and in the
spring of 1851 went to Yreka, in Siskiyou
county, for the purpose of opening a restau-
rant, remaining there until the spring of 1852,
when he crossed the Siskiyou mountains to
the Rogue River valley in Oregon, and was
one of the first to discover Rich Gulch
at Jacksonville. While many of the miners
were troubled by Indian depredations, Mr.
Hughes experienced none, his treatment of
them being kind and fair, and he was held in
high esteem by them, often acting as medi-
ator between the white and red men. On his
return to Yreka he opened a hotel in the fall of
1852, but in the spring of 1853 was called upon
to participate in another raid upon the Indians
at Evans creek, called the Rogue River war.
In the fall of 1853 he purchased the Mountain
House (now called Cole Station), at the foot of
the Siskiyou mountains on the California side,
on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and kept the
stage station for the California & Oregon stage
line, remaining there until 1856, when he re-
turned to the Shasta valley, and soon thereafter
became interested in the stock business.

Owing to ill health Mr. Hughes was com-
pelled to seek a more congenial climate, and de-
cided to come to Arizona. On the ist of Janu-
ary, 1858, he left Yreka, and went to San Fran-
cisco, and from there to Los Angeles, where he
purchased mules and horses, which he drove
over the mountains, arriving in Tucson in

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March. The admirable climate of this locality
soon built up his shattered health, while the
kindness and liberality of its citizens persuaded
him to make this his permanent place of resi-
dence. Specimens of ore brought in by pros-
pectors led him to the belief that there were
valuable deposits of precious metal within the
territory and he soon embarked in prospecting
and kindred pursuits, which he has continued up
to the present time with marked success. He
has also been imlentified with other enterprises,
and for years was generally known as the ''Tuc-
son butcher," the appellation being acquired
from his extensive meat market which he oper-
ated with his usual success. He has also en-
gaged in merchandising, and has done an exten-
sive business as a contractor, both for the gov-
ernment and private parties. He organized the
first bank of Tucson ; later became president of
the Santa Cruz bank ; and has been interested
in a number of other financial institutions, hav-
ing been a director of several banks.

Mr. Hughes was married in Tucson to Miss
Atanacia Santa Cruz, who was born here in
1850, and is a daughter of Juan and Manuella
(Borquez) Santa Cruz, also natives of Arizona
and representatives of two of its oldest families.
Her father served as a soldier in the Spanish,
Mexican and Indian wars, and both he and his
wife died in this territory. Mr. and Mrs.
Hughes have a family of ten children, namely :
Elizabeth, wife of J. Knox Corbett of Tucson ;
Margaret Frances, wife of Frank Treat of the
same place ; Steven Samuel, one of the proprie-
tors of the Orndorff Hotel ; David Louis, ranch
superintendent for Mrs. Stevens ; Thomas Elias,
who died in Tucson ; Petra Emma, wife of
Frank Landon, a resident of San Francisco; Jes-
sie was educated at Belmont College, Nash-
ville. Tenn., where she had special training in
vocal and instrumental music and carried off
the honors in both in the class of 1900, having a
fine mezzo soprano voice with great volume
and sweetness of tone ; Atanacia, wife of Clar-
ence Barnhart, of Willcox, Ariz.; Farrell Saf-
ford, and Mary, a student at St. Joseph's Acade-
my, Tucson.

Up to and during the Civil war Mr. Hughes
was the best known man in the territory. His
enterprise, liberality and humanitarianism were

proverbial, and many were indebted to him for
the 'homes they lived in as well as the food
which kept soul and body together. He has
always been a friend to the poor and needy.
Originally he was a Whig in politics, and a per-
sonal friend of Henry Clay, for whom he had
the greatest admiration. On the dissolution of
that party 'he joined the Republican ranks, and
was a strong supporter of the Union during the
dark days of the rebellion, for which he was
often threatened with death and the confiscation
of his property, but he never swerved in his al-
legiance of what he believed to be right. Dur-
ing his long experience in the west he has met
with many adventures, in which more than once
he escaped with his life only by his shrewdness
and bravery. Public-spirited and enterprising
he has taken an active interest in the develop-
ment and upbuilding of his adopted territory,
and has done all in his power to advance its wel-
fare. He assisted in organizing the city of Tuc-
son, and was one of its first aldermen, in which
office he served for seven years, but refused the
mayorship. He was adjutant-general of Arizona
six and a half years, and also served as territorial
and county treasurer, but when elected to the
legislature refused to qualify. He has never
sought political honors, preferring to give his
undivided attention to his extensive business in-
terests, leaving the offices to those who care
more for such positions. He has always taken a
commendable interest in educational affairs, and
is untiring in his efforts to advance the schools
of this territory.

Fraternally Mr. Hughes is a thirty-second-de-
gree Mason, and is also connected with other
benevolent and popular organizations. He was
one of the organizers of the Arizona Piotieer
Society, of which he was president and director
until he finally handed in his resignation. In
promoting the growth and prosperity of the
county along many different lines he has been
foremost. He is a man to whom the most envious
can scarcely grudge success, so well has he
earned it, and so admirably does he use it. He
is kind, unaffected and approachable, and is
always ready to aid and relieve suffering and
distress. His career seems almost phenomenal,
yet his success has been by no means the result
of fortunate circumstances. It has come to him

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through energy, labor and perseverance,
directed by an evenly balanced mind and by
honorable business principles. He has proved
himself in all the relations of life an earnest,
honest and upright man, and a citizen of whom
any community might be justly proud.

HON. GEORGE W. P. HUNT.

As a business man of unblemished integrity,
as a promoter whose wisely conservative policy
has tempered ultra-enthusiastic projects insepara-
ble from the development of all rapid wealth-
producing centers, and as a legislator whose
every undertaking has been compatible with the
highest political honor, Mr. Hunt represents the
kind of commercial and social life which consti-
tutes the desired Mecca of the first citizens of
the land.

Through the chance of possessing a rare busi-
ness mind, coupled with great energy, he has be-
come identified with one of the most interesting
as well as one of the earliest pioneer enterprises
of southern Arizona, namely, The Old Dominion
Commercial Company. This organization, of
which Mr. Hunt is now the president, was
founded by Alonzo Bailey in 1877, and has since
known an uninterrupted season of prosperity.
Long before the whistle of the iron horse was
known in this part of the world, the company
was a source of supply to prospectors and mi-
ners for a radius of hundreds of miles. Every-
thing included in the term general merchandise
is carried in stock, and one may purchase all
that intervenes between a spool of thread and a
lumber wagon. The firm carries a stock of
about $50,000, and does an enormous monthly
business. In connection there is conducted a
large banking business, which is a wonderful
accommodation to the people of the town, and
which does a large exchange business as well
as handling local deposits to the extent of at
least $50,000. This many-sided enterprise neces-
sitates the employment of many people, for
things are received in carloads, and numerous
warehouses are required for their reception and
housing, and numerous hands for their subse-
quent distribution.

From the position of clerk with the Old Do-

minion Commercial Company in 1890, Mr. Hunt
so masterfully acquired a knowledge of every
detail of the business that in 1896 he became a
partner in the concern, and in 1900 was elevated
to the position of president. Nor are his inter-
ests confined to this responsibility, for he owns
mining claims which promise good returns, and
a valuable ranch on the Salt river banks in Gila
county. It may also be truthfully said that in
no undertaking for the best advancement of this
great mining center has the co-operation and
assistance of Mr. Hunt been wanting, for he
is thoroughly in touch with all that tends to
introduce the most desirable methods of com-
mercial and municipal well-being.

As a stanch adherent of the Democratic party,
Mr. Hunt has been a guiding influence in Gila
county, and was a member of the territorial leg-
islature during the eighteenth and nineteenth
assemblies, and of the nineteenth and twentieth
councils. When the town was incorporated in
1900 he was elected the first mayor, and he was
also county treasurer for part of a term. From
1894 until 1898, through the administrations of
Hughes, Franklin, McCord and Murphy, he
served as emigration commissioner. He was a
delegate to the Kansas City convention in 1900,
and has otherwise been identified with local and
territorial .political affairs. Fraternally Mr.
Hunt is associated with the Blue Lodge of
Masons in Globe and the Knights Templar, is
a member of the Odd Fellows and a charter mem-
ber of Globe Lodge, P. G. He is a member of
the Virginia Historical Society, and of the Soci-
ety of Sons of the American Revolution.

The early life of Mr. Hunt was centered in
Huntsville, Randolph county. Mo., a town inter-
estingly reminiscent of the early struggles and
rugged pioneership of the paternal grandfather,
who laid out the site long before Missouri had
been raised to the dignity of a state. The very
early members of the family were identified with
some of the landmarks in the country's growth,
and the great-great-grandfather was a soldier
in the Revolutionary war. G. W. P. Hunt was
born in 1859, and was reared and educated near
the town of Huntsville. When nineteen years
of age he departed from the old familiar sur-
roundings and faced an independence whose
buoyant possibilities and hopes have been some-

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what realized. For three years he prospected
and investigated the conditions in Colorado,
New Mexico and Old Mexico, and in July of
1881 came to Arizona, locating in Globe the
following October. For a while he worked in
the mines, and was then in the cattle business
for about eight years, and in 1890 became identi-
fied with the general merchandise business. Mr.
Hunt is a cousin of Governor Richard Yates, of
Illinois.

LOUIS ZECKENDORF,

The splendid development of Arizona during
the last few years, which followed in the wake
of the uncertain pioneer days so fraught with
danger and adventure to the hardy dwellers
within the Indian-infested region, the hardships
and vicissitudes which accompanied those who
had the courage and faith to foresee the un-
limited possibilities awaiting the stout of heart
are embodied in the life and ambitious schemes
for advancement of Louis Zeckendorf, the mer-
chant prince of Arizona. To those who in the
dawn of the awakening civilization anticipated
the every-day and practical needs of the wealth
seekers, no less than to the miners who wrested
from mother earth her jealously guarded treas-
ure, is due the introduction of prosperity, law,
and order in this seat of the oldest civilization in
the new world.

In the estimation of all who know him Mr.
Zeckendorf represents the most advanced type
of twentieth-century commercialism. The force
of character which has withstood the test of loss
and discouragement, and the conservatism
which has proceeded cautiously along the high-
way of finance is undoubtedly largely due to
those traits of character which insure success
to so many of Teutonic birth and training. A
native of the kingdom of Hanover, Germany, he
was born April 6, 1838, and received his educa-
tion in Hamelin, renowned in rhyme and story
as the home of the rat-catcher. This distin-
guished destroyer of all the rodents in the town,
in revenge for not receiving the requisite re-
ward for his services, exercised his art as a
flutist to draw all of the rising generation from
the town. And so he has been handed down
for centuries in pictorial art and merry verse,

a lank, tall member of the genus homo, blythely
dancing along to the sound of his magic in-
strument, followed by scores of admiring and
heedless children.

With his education and training Mr. Zecken-
dorf imbibed an ambition which extended be-
yond his native land, and which found vent in
1854, when he boarded a sailing vessel bound for
the shores of America. „ After a wearisome
journey he landed in New York, going almost
immediately to Santa Fe, N. M., the journey
from Kansas City being taken by means of ox-
teams and wagons. Arriving in the Mexican
city, though a stranger in a strange land, he was
not entirely alone, for a brother, Aaron, had for
some time been conducting a small general mer-
chandise store, and he soon became a partner in
the then unimportant enterprise. In 1856 he
entered upon an independent venture and
started a branch at Albuquerque, N. M., both
stores doing a good business until the breaking
out of the Civil war, and the consequent de-
pression in general trade. Their business was
especially unfortunate owing to the defeat by
the Southern of the Northern troops and their
occupation of New Mexico, which entailed
heavy taxation upon the Union merchants. The
situation was intensified by the fact that the
younger brother, William, was an officer in the
Union army. After the Southern troops were
driven out of New Mexico the firm again gath-
ered together its patrons and business, and en-
joyed an era of success until 1865, when there
were other severe losses occasioned by the de-
cline in merchandise on account of the goods
being snowed under in the Raton mountains.

In 1866 Mr. Zeckendorf took to Tucson a
$50,000 stock of goods, which were sold to
Charles T. Hayden, another pioneer merchant
and mill-owner, and the founder of Tempe. In
1867 he removed to New York City and estab-
lished the purchasing branch for the firm, and
since then, with the exception of frequent trips
to Albuquerque and Tucson, he has attended to
the purchasing end of the business. The present
Tucson branch was established in 1868, and con-
ducted by the brother William, although Aaron
still retained his interest in the business, to the
time of his death in 1872. After that the enter-
prise continued to be conducted by the two

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brothers, Louis and William, under the firm
name of the Zeckendorf Brothers, and in 1878
Louis bought out the interest of William, and
associated himself with a nephew, Albert Stein -
feld, under the present firm name of Louis
Zeckendorf & Co. From this comparatively
small beginning the interests of the establish-
ment have broadened in every direction, 'and
with the knowledge of its sou ml financial basis
and incorruptible business methods, has con-
tinued to supply an increasing demand, and for
years has been one of the largest enterprises of
the kind in the territory. They are known far
and wide, in small town and remote mining
camps, and have an enviable reputation for fair-
ness and sound commercial integrity.

While Mr. Zeckendorf has been zealously
loyal to every broadening enterprise in the ter-
ritory, and though absent a greater portion of
the time his influence is apparent in more direc-
tions than is implied by his well known title of
merchant prince. The mining industries of the
territory have received his substantial backing
and support, and lie was one of the incorporators
of the famous Copper Queen Mining Company,
which had its origin in 1882, and is one of the
most widely advertised and successful mining
properties in the west. He was the first treas-
urer of the company, and as secretary and man-
ager launched its possibilities on to an ever-
broadening sea of inexhaustible success. Al-
though at present in the sixties, and having
already lived and accomplished more than many-
do in twice the length of time, he is a man
youthful in manner and appearance, his genial
personality radiating success and happy optim-
ism wherever he may choose to go. That his
friends are legion admits of no doubt, and that
he richly deserves their consideration and re-
gard is best answered by those who appreciate
his many fine and noble traits of character.

JAMES E. REDDEN. .

The now famous Salt River valley is indebted
for its development and its rank among the gar-
den spots of the country to such men as Mr.
Redden, who have brought hither from other
parts of the fand a wealth of experience and a
scientific knowledge of the best and most practi-

cal means of conducting a farm. Though not one
of the earliest pioneers, having come here from
California in 1888, Mr. Redden has accomplished
gratifying results, not only as an agriculturist,
but also as an apiarist. In the latter occupation
he has so far studied the habits and methods
of these industrious little food-producing bees
as to have gained a reputation as an authority on
bee culture. Me is contemplating entering even
more extensively into the raising of honey, and
devotes much time to improving the methods of
caring for his bees. In this connection he is a
member of the Salt River Valley Honey Pro-
ducers' Association and a director in the same.

The splendidly improved farm of Mr. Redden
is located about eight and a half miles southeast
of Tempe, and is three hundred and ten acres
in extent. Under his unfailing patience and in-
terest in the possibilities of the soil, the land has
been made to produce abundantly, and now
bears but a slight resemblance to its originally
crude and unpromising condition. It is well fit-
ted with all modern labor-saving devices, and
has the distinction of being adorned by one of
the most commodious, comfortable and up-to-
date rural houses in the valley. On the claim
general farming and stock-raising are exten-
sively carried on.

The ancestry of the Redden family is English
on the paternal side and German on the maternal
side. Mr. Redden is a native of Jackson county,
Iowa, and was born December 4, 1840. His
parents, Edward and Amy (Wood) Redden, are
natives respectively of Maryland and Kentucky.
They were agriculturists during the years of
their activity and reared their children to habits
of thrift and economy. They were early settlers
in Jackson county, Iowa, having removed there
in the early '305. Their son, James, lived on the
home farm until grown to manhood, and in the
meantime acquired the education obtainable at
the public schools of his county, and under his
father's able instruction learned the best way
to conduct a farm.

Much of his success in life Mr. Redden gener-
ously attributes to the able assistance of his wife,
who has proved a helpmate indeed, and a worthy
assistant in the uphill struggle for success and
competence. Mrs. Redden was formerly Susan
D. Sheib, a native of Pennsylvania. Of this

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union there have been nine children, viz.: Low-
ell E.; Amy B., who is the wife of Thomas H.
Brown, of Jerome, Ariz.; Homer; Byron A.;
Walter; Monroe; Enos, who is deceased; Mark;
and James E. The marriage of Mr. Redden and
Miss Sheib was solemnized in Iowa May 3, 1864,
and during the same spring they decided to take
advantage of the larger possibilities of the far
west, and journey to Butte county, Cal. Here
they resided for several years, and engaged in
general farming and stock-raising. Subse-
quently they took up their residence in Modoc
county, Cal., and were forty miles from the cele-
brated lava beds, in Modoc county. Shortly
after arriving there Captain Jack's war com-
menced, with the details of which Mr. and Mrs.
Redden are very familiar. After engaging in cat-
tle-raising for a number of years in Modoc
county, Mr. Redden removed to Sonoma county,
Cal., where he remained until 1888, at which
time he permanently settled in Arizona.

Mr. Redden is greatly interested in the cause
of education, and invariably lends his influence
on the side of the most advanced means of im-
parting knowledge. For several years he has
served on the school board of his district, known
as the Kyrene district. In national politics he is
an advocate of the principles of the Democratic
party, but entertains nevertheless exceedingly
liberal ideas regarding the politics of the ad-
ministration. He is progressive and enterprising
regarding all matters that pertain to the up-
building of his adopted locality, and exerts a
wide influence along all lines of progress.

WILLIAM W. COOK.

Coming to Arizona on the 7th of November,
1876, Mr. Cook has for almost a quarter of a
century been identified with the cattle business
of this territory, and is a worthy representative
of one of its most prominent pioneer families.
His father, Josiah D. Cook, was a native of Tip-
pecanoe county, Ind., and belonged to an old
New Jersey family of English origin. When a
young man he went to Urbana, Mo., and later
became a resident of St. Louis, where he learned
the saddler and harness-maker's trades. In 1852
he went to California by way of the Isthmus of
Panama, and in Oakland opened a shop and

worked at his trade. He started a stage line
from Oakland and also engaged in the cattle
business. In 1863 he went to Walla Walla,
Wash. .where he carried on the harness and hotel
business until coming to Prescott, Ariz., in 1876.
Here he embarked in the dairy business, which
he continued to follow throughout the remain-
der of his life, and also engaged in government
contracting.

As a Republican, J. D. Cook took a very
active and influential part in political af-
fairs, and was serving as a member of the general
assembly from Yavapai county at the time of
his death. He also filled the office of county su-
pervisor several years, and was county treas-
urer of Walla Walla, county, Wash. He died
in San Francisco, in May, 1894, when nearly
sixty years of age. In early manhood he mar-
ried Virginia Cave, a native of Grayville, 111.,
who died in 1883. Her father, Prof. William K.
Cave, was born in Somerset, England, and was
a graduate of Oxford College. He came to this
country with Robert Dale Owen, the founder of
the New Harmony community in Illinois, and
became musical director for the same. After-
ward he was one of the early surveyors of Texas,
but died in Illinois. In 1856 Mrs. Cook and
her sister, Fannie A. Cave, crossed the Isthmus
and took up their abode in San Francisco. Both
married in California. Fannie became the wife
of L. A. Stevens, who was born in Mississippi
and went to California in 1849. 1° J862 they
settled in Prescott, Ariz., and had some exciting
experiences during the Indian troubles in this
territory. At one time Mrs. Stevens drove a
number of Indians out of her house and off the
ranch. Her husband was engaged in the cattle
business with the father of our subject, under
the firm name of Stevens & Cook, and was a
member of the territorial legislature at two dif-
ferent times. He died in 1878, and Mrs. Stevens
now makes her home in San Francisco.

W. W. Cook, of this review, is the oldest in a
family of three children, the others being Sidney
J., who was formerly a mining assayer and mill
man at Boulder, Colo., but is now head of the
mining bureau of the republic of Ecuador, and
also in charge of any mining done by the Guaya-
quil & Quito Railroad ; and F. Stephen, who is
a graduate physician, and is now engaged in

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practice at Eutopia, Mexico. Our subject was
born in Oakland, Cal., January 17, 1859, and was
reared principally in Walla Walla, Wash. He
attended the city schools of that place, the high
school at Rockport, Ind., for two years, and
completed his education by his graduation from
Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College of Cin-
cinnati. He had previously come with the fam-
ily to Prescott, Ariz., in 1876, and on leaving
school in 1880 returned to this place. He estab-
lished what is known as Cook's ranch on the
head waters of New river, fifty-five miles from
Phoenix, being the first to engage in the cattle
business in that locality. Upon his place he has
imported full-blooded Shorthorn and Hereford
cattle, and now has a herd of about fifteen hun-
dred. His ranch is on the line between Maricopa
and Yavapai counties. Since 1894 he has made
his home in Phoenix, having purchased a pleas-
ant residence at No. 476 North Fifth avenue.

On the 5th of February, 1885, at Rockport,
Ind., Mr. Cook was united in marriage with
Miss Stella Laird, a native of that place, a daugh-
ter of Jesse and Celia (Rogers) Laird. She was
educated in the Rockport high school. Her
father was an attorney of that place and served
as county clerk two terms. He was born in
Indiana, and was a son of Judge J. D. Laird,
one of the pioneers of Spencei county, that
state, where he served as county judge. Mrs.
Cook's mother was a native of New Harmony,
Ind., and a descendant of John Rogers, of Con-
necticut, who was burned at the stake on ac-
count of his religious views. Her father, E. J.
Rogers, was born in New Haven, Conn., and
in 1818 removed to the Hoosier state, later
becoming a merchant of Posey county. Mr. and
Mrs. Cook were the parents of one child, Joe
Jesse, who was born in Prescott, January 20,
1886, and was accidentally killed while hunting,
October 27, 1900.

Mr. Cook is a prominent Mason, holding
membership in Arizona Lodge No. 2, F. & A.
M.; Phoenix Chapter, R. A. M.; Phoenix Com-
mandery No. 3, K. T., and El Zaribah Temple,
N. M. S. He also belongs to the Odd Fellows
lodge, Encampment and Uniform Rank. By his
ballot he supports the men and measures of the
Republican party, and has served on the terri-
torial committee. His wife is a member of the

Presbyterian Church. During his long resi-
dence in Arizona he has championed every
movement designed to promote the general wel-
fare, has supported every enterprise for the pub-
lic good, and has materially aided in the advance-
ment of all social, educational and moral inter-
ests. His genial, pleasant manner has made
him quite popular in both business and social
circles, and he is recognized as a valued citizen
of the community.

ALBERT J. STRAW.

A native of Derbyshire, England, Mr. Straw
was born July 18, 1858, and is a son of William
and Mary (Else) Straw, who were born in Eng-
land. William Straw was for many years a
general merchant at Pinxton, Derbyshire, and
after his sixteenth year his son, Albert, assisted
him in the discharge of his business enterprise,
and learned every detail of the mercantile busi-
ness. The youth received an excellent education
in the public schools of his native land, and
developed industrious and praiseworthy traits of
character at a very early age.

In the fall of 1878 Albert J. Straw immigrated
to the United States, sailing from Liverpool to
New York. He settled at once in Peoria, 111.,
and was there engaged as a clerk in a large
mercantile establishment for several years. In
1885 he removed from Illinois to Arizona, and
settled on his present ranch in the vicinity of
Peoria, Maricopa county, which has since been
the scene of his undivided attention. He was
one of the very first settlers of his locality, and
has witnessed many changes in the at first un-
promising country. His ranch consists of eighty
acres of land, and has become, by cultivation, a
paying and interesting venture. In connection
with the improvement of his own land, Mr.
Straw for four years managed the famous ranch
belonging to S. C. Bartlett, near Glendale. An
added source of revenue also is derived from the
occupation of well drilling, of which Mr. Straw
is an expert. In this line he is accorded the
majority of the patronage of the valley.

The marriage of Mr. Straw and Elizabeth
Goodall, a native of England, occurred in Eng-
land in May, 1883. Mr. Straw is interested in
educational and other matters for the improve-

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ment of his locality, and is one of the reliable
and esteemed members of the community. He
has great faith in the future of his especial part
of the valley, which is undoubtedly the secret
of his gratifying success.

HON. ELISHA M. SANFORD.

Just eighteen years ago E. M. Sanford estab-
lished his home and office in Prescott, the
"charming mountain city," as it has often been
called by enthusiastic visitors. To-day and for
many years past he has been ranked among the
leading members of the legal profession of this
county, and is continually adding to the laurels
which he has already won. At the same time,
he is a public-spirited citizen, doing everything
within his power in the advancement of this, his
chosen place of abode.

The Sanford family is an old and honored one
in New England and originated in our mother
country. The paternal grandfather of E. M.
Sanford was a hero of the war for independence,
and lived in Connecticut, his ancestral state, un-
til early in the century just completed, when he
became a pioneer of Allegany county, N. Y.
There his son, Ephraim H., father of E. M. San-
ford, was born and reared. Early in his career
he went to Ann Arbor, Mich., where he pub-
lished a newspaper for a period, in the meantime
studying law and finally being admitted to the
bar. Then he proceeded to establish himself in
practice in New London, Ohio, and later re-
moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where he assisted
in the organization of the Iowa Land Company,
a successful venture. In 1856 he became a resi-
dent of Marysville, Kans., and was one of the
most energetic and valued vitizens of that state.
During the troublous period of the Civil war,
when Kansas was almost torn asunder by con-
tending factions within her borders, he played
an important part in maintaining order and pro-
tection, serving as a captain in Colonel Moon-
light's regiment of home guards. He is was who
founded the now thriving town of Eskridge,
Kans., where he lived for many years and
carried on a law and real estate business.

His death occurred April n, 1901, at Colum-
bus, Ohio, whither he had removed in 1898..
His wife, Rebecca Mary Merrick Moses, daugh-

ter of Dr. Elisha Moses, was born in Mount
Morris, N. Y., and departed this life in
1898. Her father was a prominent physician of
Rochester, N. Y., for a long period, and her
grandfather, Elisha Moses, was one of the
pioneers of the Genesee valley in New York,
coming to that locality from Rhode Island. The
Moses family was founded in New England soon
after the "Mayflower" made its first historic trip
to these shores, and prior to that, flourished in
old England. Mrs. Sanford is far from unknown
to the general public, as she achieved distinction
as a lecturer, poet and writer on many of the
important issues of the times. She possessed a
natural charm of manner, which, added to a
liberal education and ability, made her
thoroughly entertaining and sought for in
society. Under the auspices of Susan B.
Anthony and others, she delivered the first lec-
ture on woman's suffrage in Rochester, N. Y.,
in a Methodist Episcopal Church.

E. M. Sanford, born in Mount Morris, N. Y.,
February 6, 1851, is the only child of E. H. and
Rebecca M. Sanford who lived to maturity.
After completing his studies in the academy of
his native town he commenced to teach school
and continued his researches in the fields of
science, higher mathematics and the languages.
In 1866 he went to Kansas, where he devoted
several years to the saw-mill industry, chiefly in
the vicinity of Manhattan and Alma. Then for
some time he edited the Eskridge "Landmark,"
a progressive newspaper which attained a wide
circulation.

Having decided to enter the legal profession,
E. M. Sanford pursued his studies along that
line under the guidance of his father, and in
1873 was admitted to the Kansas bar. From
that time until 1881 he was successfully occupied
in practice at Alma, Kans., and then located in
El Paso, Tex. It was not long, however, ere he
took up his residence in Silver City, N. M., and
in March, 1883, the superior climate and other
advantages of Prescott led him to become a per-
manent resident of this place. Here he has built
up a large and remunerative practice, many of
his clients being classed among the representa-
tive citizens of this locality. From 1884 to 1893
he was attorney for the Atlantic & Pacific Rail-
road in Arizona, and of late years his general

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practice has occupied his entire attention. In
political creed he is a Republican. In religion
he is a member of the Episcopal Church.

The marriage of Mr. Sanford and Miss Fannie
L. Stimson took place in Topeka, Kans.,
November n, 1877. Battle1 Creek, Mich., is her
birthplace, and her girlhood was passed in Mich-
igan and Kansas. Three children bless the home
of our subject and wife, namely : Jessie F., Earl
A. and Pearl.

WILLIAM H. COUGHRAN.

Besides being a piominent farmer of the Salt
River valley, Mr. Coughran has responsibilities
as a veterinary surgeon, and as trustee of the
Riverside school district No. 2. He was born
in Caledonia, Wis., October 3, 1847. His par-
ents, James and Mary J. (Cronk) Coughran,
were natives of Vermont, and devoted the
greater part of their years of activity to farming.
James Coughran was an ambitious man, who
saw beyond the confines of his Wisconsin farm,
and was inspired with the longing for wealth
which took so many from the various occupa-
tions all over the .country to California in 1849.
He crossed the plains with a train of emigrants
in that memorable year, and for a time mined in
the state of California. Going back to Wiscon-
sin, he returned after several yfcars to the far
west, and in September, 1869, located in Skull
valley, Ariz., but in 1870 moved to what is now
the People's valley. Here he engaged in ranch-
ing, and also kept a station for the accommoda-
tion of stage passengers, an important and neces-
sary work in the early days. He is one of the
early an/1 enterprising pioneers of Arizona, and
has contributed his share toward the develop-
ment of the localities in which he has lived. At
present he is residing with his son, William H.
His wife died in 1887, in Reedsburg, Wis.

When a small child, William H. Coughran
moved with his parents to Reedsburg, Wis.,
where he received an excellent home training,
and was educated in the public schools of the
town. He first came to Arizona in 1872, and
was immediately initiated into the peculiar con-
ditions existing at that time. The stage coach
was then an important factor in the land, the
mails and traveling public being dependent upon

this method of transportation. For two years he
was employed on a stage line between Prescott
and San Bernardino, Cal., and was the agent
at Ehrenburg for James Grant, the sole pro-
prietor of the stage line. Subsequently he re-
turned to Wisconsin, and qualified for future in-
dependence by learning the veterinary surgeon's
occupation, and until 1886 practically applied his
calling at Sparta, Wis. In the same year he re-
turned to Arizona, and has now come to regard
the territory as his permanent habitation.

For two years after returning to the territory,
Mr. Coughran was employed in the large mer-
cantile establishment of J. L. Fisher, at Prescott,
and in 1890 settled on the land which has since
been the object of his untiring energies. His
ranch is located west of Phoenix, in the Salt
River valley, and is one hundred and seventy
acres in extent. The wise application of effort
has been rewarded by gratifying results, for the
farm bears scarce a trace of resemblance to its
former sterile condition.

Mr. Coughran married Jennie Heimann, who
was born in Germany. To this couple have been
born two children, Alma and Samuel J. In
national politics Mr. Coughran is a Republican.
Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order
and prominent in Masonic circles. He is enter-
prising and progressive, and interested in educa-
tion and all that pertains to the general well-
being.

R. S. STURMER.

A baker and confectioner by trade, a master
in his line, and a sound financier, Mr. Sturmer
would undoubtedly make a success of his busi-
ness wherever he might elect to reside. From a
small start he began in Jerome in 1894, occupy-
ing the old Grand View building, and soon
worked up a good trade, which necessitated an
increase of stock and larger quarters. A change
was compulsory, however, for he was the vic-
tim of a fire in September, 1898, and all his
goods were destroyed, as well as the building
which contained them. To tide over the disas-
ter he purchased the property upon which he is
now conducting business, and temporarily
erected a small wooden structure. In 1899 was
erected the present building, a commodious and

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convenient store, three stories in height, and
26x62 feet in ground dimensions. A fine stock
of general furnishings and merchandise is car-
ried, amounting to about $1,200, and the fixtures
are valued at $2,500. Mr. Sturmer is entitled to
great credit for the rise which he has made in
Jerome, for his original enterprise was valued
at only $200. He realizes a large profit from
his bakery, which occupies one floor of the store
building.

A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sturmer was
born in Pittston, Luzerne county, in 1864, and
was reared and educated in the city of his birth.
Upon leaving the home surroundings, he went
to New Mexico, and at Deming, Grant county,
worked at his trade of baker and confectioner,
which he had learned in Pennsylvania. This
occupied his time for seven years, when he en-
gaged in the grocery and bakery business at
Deming for four years. From Deming he came
direct to Jerome, and has since been one of the
strong commercial forces of the town. He owns
considerable real estate in his adopted city, as
well as coal lands and mining claims in the
county.

In 1894 Mr. Sturmer married, in Deming,
N. M., Miss C. Lena I. Merrill, who was born in
Maine, and to this couple has been born one
son, Merrill. Mr. Sturmer was a member of
the first board of aldermen of Jerome. He has
since been active in local politics, but has never
been a seeker after political preferment. Fra-
ternally he is a Knight of Pythias, and is asso-
ciated with Jerome Lodge No. 18, and past
chancellor of the same.

HON. PROSPER P. PARKER.

This prominent civil and mining engineer and
representative citizen of Phoenix, was born in
Barnston, Province of Quebec, Canada, Decem-
ber 26, 1835, and is the oldest son in a family
of six sons and two daughters, all of whom are
now living with the exception of one son and
one daughter. His father, Alpheus Parker, was
also a native of Barnston and a son of Joshua
Parker, who was born on Lake Champlain, near
Bethel, Vt., and at an early day removed to
Barnston, Canada, where he followed farming.
His old homestead at that place is still in pos-

session of the family. His wife, who in her
maidenhood was Judith Bartlett, was also a
native of the Green Mountain State and a
daughter of Joseph Bartlett, who fought for the
freedom of the colonies in the Revolutionary-
war. The father of our subject engaged in farm-
ing on the old homestead until his death in 1891.
He married Susan Roxanna Crocker, who was
born in Woodstock, N. H., and is a daughter of
Josiah Crooker, also a native of that state and a
farmer by occupation. He was closely related
to the Churchill, Randolph and Alger families,
who were prominent in the Revolutionary war.
Mrs. Parker is still living in Canada at the ad-
vanced age of ninety-three years.

During his boyhood and youth P. P. Parker
attended the district schools and the Barnston
Academy, and at the age of eighteen engaged in
teaching, after which he clerked in a general
store at Magog, Canada, one year. In 1858 he
removed to Bloomington, 111., where he taught
one term of school, and in the fall of that year
went to Pike county, Mo., where he followed the
same pursuit. In the spring of 1859 he started
across the plains for Pike's Peak with ox teams,
going by way of Fort Riley and the Republican
Fork of the Kansas river to the junction of the
Platte and South Platte, and thence to the pres-
ent site of Denver. During the summer he en-
gaged in prospecting and mining, and then re-
turned to Missouri to resume teaching in the
same district where he had previously taught.
Later he followed farming there until the in-
auguration of the Civil war.

In 1861 Mr. Parker joined the Home Guard,
becoming first lieutenant of Company C, Sixth
Missouri Militia, and in September of the fol-
lowing year was mustered into the United
States service as first lieutenant of Company H,
Thirty-second Missouri Volunteer Infantry,
which was assigned to General Sherman's com-
mand. He participated in the battle of Haines'
Bluff, Arkansas Post, the siege of Vicksburg.the
battles of Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain,
and the Atlanta campaign. At the surrender of
Atlanta his regiment, which had entered the
service one thousand two hundred strong, was
reduced to one hundred and thirty-six men and
formed three companies of a battalion, the sur-
plus officers having been mustered out. He was

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made captain of his company in July, 1864, and
was honorably discharged late in the fall of that
year.

Returning to his home in Missouri, Mr.
Parker was there married, in January, 1865, to
Miss Susan F. Hendrick, a native of Pike
county, Mo., and a daughter of Moses and
Amanda Hendrick, who removed from Ken-
tucky to Missouri in pioneer days. Four chil-
dren blessed this union : Angie Belle, deputy
clerk of the United States supreme court of
Arizona ; Earl H., a civil engineer with the
Santa, Phoenix & Prescott Railroad extension ;
and Henry Clay and James A., both at home.

After his marriage Mr. Parker engaged in
farming in Missouri one year, and then em-
barked in general merchandising. Nine months
later he was elected clerk of the district court
and register of deeds of Pike county, in which
offices he served four years, and then engaged
in railroad contracting on what is now the Chi-
cago & Alton from Roodhouse, 111., to Jefferson
City, Mo., and later on the St. Louis, Hannibal
& Keokuk Railroad. Having made a study of
surveying it helped him greatly as a railroad
contractor. He built the lime works at Bowling
Green, Mo., which he operated until 1884, and
then removed to Devil's Lake, Towner county,
N. D. He was appointed by the governor as
one of the commissioners to organize that
county, which they did, and was also appointed
to help select the site for the county seat and
build the court house. There he engaged in
farming and stock raising, and also served as
clerk of the district court until coming to Ari-
zona in 1888 as a contractor on the South Gila
canal in Yuma county. In April, 1889, he lo-
cated in Phoenix, where he has since made his
home. He was one of the promoters of the
Rio Verde canal ; surveyed the original levels,
and has been interested in it ever since as a di-
rector. He served as president of the com-
pany for a time and is now treasurer. They have
large reservoirs and the canal when completed
will be one hundred miles in length, $200,000
have already been expended upon it. Mr.
Parker is also interested in mining, and is super-
intendent of the Arizona Copper Mountain Min-
ing Company in the New river district. He
stands high as a civil and mining engineer and is

well posted in irrigation engineering. His honu-
is in the capitol addition of Phoenix.

Mr. Parker was elected to the territorial legis-
lature in 1896, and was a member of the nine-
teenth general assembly, in which he served as
chairman of the committee on irrigations, and
as a member of the committees on rules, ways
and means, counties and county boundaries, and
appropriations. He was also very active in se-
curing appropriation for building the present
capitol. In the fall of 1900 he was again the
Democratic candidate for representative to the
legislature. He served as lieutenant-colonel and
aide-de-camp on the staffs of both Governor
Franklin and Governor McCord. He has been
a member of the territorial central committee,
and is one of the most prominent Democrats of
Maricopa county. During the session of
January, 1901, twenty-first legislature, he was
elected speaker, and filled the office with emi-
nent ability, being Very popular with the mem-
bers.

In religious belief Mr. Parker is a Congrega-
tionalist. He is a member and ex-director of the
Maricopa Club, and also belongs to the Arizona
Society of Civil Engineers and the Arizona So-
ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution.
An honored member of J. W. Owen Post, No.
15, G. A. R., he is now serving as department
commander of the department of Arizona. He
is one of the most prominent Masons of the ter-
ritory ; is past illustrious potentate of El Zaribah
Temple, N. M. S., and was grand commander
of the grand commandery of Knight Templars
of Arizona in 1898 and 1899. He is a pleasant,
genial gentleman of high social qualities and
very popular, having a most extensive circle of
friends and acquaintances who esteem him
highly for his genuine worth.

RICARDO EDSALL MINER.

The popular cashier of the Arizona Water
Company, Mr. Miner, was born in Freedom, La
Salle county, 111., January 7, 1856. On the
paternal side the family trace their Scotch ances-
try back to the thirteenth century. Grandfather
Miner was a farmer during the years of his
activity, and settled in Illinois at an early day,
where he conducted large general farming and

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stock-raising enterprises, and where he eventu-
ally died at an advanced age. His son, Sam-
uel Edsall, the father of Ricardo, was born in
New York, and was a grain dealer in Ottawa,
111., and afterwards went into the meat business
in Chicago, 111. In 1879 he removed to Bigbug,
Ariz., and engaged in general merchandise busi-
ness, and also became interested in mining. In
1887 he removed to the Salt River valley, and is
now, at the age of seventy-nine years, retired
from active participation in business affairs, and
residing with his son in Phoenix. His wife, for-
merly Asenath Darrow, was born in Massachu-
setts, and was a daughter of Quartus Darrow,
also of that state. In time Mr. Darrow removed
to La Salle county, 111., where he was a suc-
cessful farmer and stock-raiser. Mrs. Miner
died in Phoenix at the age of seventy-two. She
traced her descent back to some of the Revolu-
tionary heroes, and was of English ancestry.

Of the two children in his father's family,
Ricardo Edsall is the younger and the only
one living. He received his education in the
public schools, and was graduated from the high
school. When old enough to assume responsi-
bility he assisted his father in conducting the
general merchandise store, and in this way ac-
quired considerable useful knowledge of the
ways of commerce. In 1882 he came to Bigbug,
Ariz., having been previously employed in the
construction of the Chicago postoffice as time-
keeper. In Bigbug he entered his father's em-
ploy, and at the same time became interested in
mining, and opened and operated what was after-
wards known as the Henrietta and Val mines,
and also had an interest in the C. O. D. mine.
With the latter enterprise he is still connected.
Since 1882 the father and son have been engaged
in raising cattle in the Arizona mountains, which
forms a considerable source of revenue. In 1887
Mr. Miner settled in Phoenix and purchased a
ten-acre farm adjoining the city. To the man-
agement and improvement of this land he has
given much time and attention. In 1894 he was
employed by the Arizona Improvement and the
Canal Companies as cashier and paymaster,
and continues to hold the position at the present
time, and after the reorganizing of the compa-
nies in 1898, into the Arizona Water Company.

In Chicago, 111., Mr. Miner was united in mar-

riage with Fannie Church, a native of Lancaster,
Ohio. Of this union there is one child, George
Edsall. Mr. Miner is associated with the Re-
publican party, and is interested in all of its
issues and undertakings. He is also a member
of the Arizona Sons of the Revolution. Mrs.
Miner is a member of the Baptist Church. He
represents the most substantial and enterprising
of the business men of Phoenix and is esteemed
for his innumerable excellent traits of mind,
character and attainment. His high principles
and all-around geniality and good fellowship
have gained for him many friends, and his up-
right business methods the confidence of his
employers and the community at large.

CAPT. WILLIAM OWEN O'NEILL.

Without question one of the most popular citi-
zens of Arizona was Capt. William O. O'Neill,
familiarly known throughout this section of the
southwest as "Buckie" O'Neill. He possessed
the courage, pluck and happy good-fellowship
which distinguish many of the typical frontiers-
men of the west, and in his death Arizona feels
that a public loss has been sustained. Words
of eulogy are needless, for the widespread thrill
of sorrow which was felt by all who had known
him, aye, and by many who knew him only in
a general way — when the news of his tragic
death' in the forefront of battle at Santiago
flashed over the wire, — is in itself a testimony
to the hold which he had upon the hearts of the
people.

Turning backward the pages in the life record
of the gallant captain it is learned that his
parents, Capt. John Owen and Mary (McMena-
men) O'Neill, were natives of Ireland. The
mother, who survives her husband, and lives in
Washington, D. C., is a daughter of William
Menamen, whose death occurred in the Emerald
Isle. Her paternal grandfather, however, came
to this country and for a long period was en-
gaged in farming near Philadelphia, his demise
taking place when he was in his ninety-ninth
year.

Capt. John Owen O'Neill lived in St. Louis
and Philadelphia until the Civil war, and sub-
sequently was employed in the treasury depart-

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ment at Washington, D. C., until he was sum-
moned to the silent land, January 13, 1897. In
his early manhood he had achieved great suc-
cess in the business world, being interested in
a wholesale hardware establishment. He pos-
sessed the same patriotic zeal and invincible
courage which characterized his son, the sub-
ject of this article, and when the Civil war began
he at once set about the raising of a company
of volunteers to defend the Union. Throughout
the war he served as the captain of Company K,
One Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, which was a part of that celebrated
"Irish" Brigade so prominently mentioned in
the annals of the war. In the fiercely-con-
tested battle of Fredericksburg he distin-
guished himself and command by his brilliant
action, though he was wounded five times. Alto-
gether during the war he received fourteeen
wounds, and in the possession of his family are
five minie-balls which were removed from his
body. For more than three decades his health
was greatly impaired by reason of his army
service, and during all of those weary years he
was a cripple, obliged to use crutches. In May,
1863, he was commissioned by President Lin-
coln to a Veteran Reserve Corps, and during
the latter part of the war was provost-marshal
in the district of Columbia, and a member of ,
the military commission for the seven south-
western counties of Virginia. He was an hon-
ored member of the Union Veteran League, the
Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion,
the Odd Fellows order and the Masonic order,
in which he attained the thirty-second degree.

Capt. William Owen O'Neill, born in St.
Louis, Mo., February 2, 1860, was the eldest of
four children. His brother, Jo'hn Bernard, a
graduate of the Georgetown (D. C.) law school,
is practicing his profession in Washington, and
another brother, Eugene Brady, likewise a
graduate of the same college, has been an attor-
ney-at-law in Phoenix since 1896. Miss Mary
Henning O'Neill, the only sister, resides in the
national capital.

Reared in Washington. Capt. W. O. O'Neill
received excellent educational advantages, and
after being graduated in the classics at Gonzaga
College pursued a course in the law department
of the National University, where he was gradu-

ated in 1879. Coming direct to Phoenix, he
became the editor and manager of the city
"Herald." Subsequently, he officiated as court
stenographer at Albuquerque, N. M., practiced
law in the southern part of Arizona and was
court reporter again. After trying his fortunes
in different parts of this territory, he located in
Prescott, where he was the court reporter in
1883. Mining enterprises naturally won his at-
tention, and at different times he made invest-
ments in local mining property, and for a period
was the vice-president and general manager of
the Grand Canyon Mining Company, a success-
ful enterprise. Besides, he was the president of
the Arizona Onyx Quarries until the property
was sold. In 1885 this versatile man again took
up journalistic work, becoming the editor of the
"Hoof & Horn," devoted to the interests of
stockmen, and for a number of years he was at
the head of the paper, which met with marked
favor in the West. In the organization of the
famous Buckeye Canal he was very active, and
for some time prior to his death held the posi-
tion of president of the same, also owning prop-
erty irrigated by the canal. He built the O'Neill
block, at the corner of First avenue and Adams
street, and a second building, known by his
name, at the corner of Second and Washington
streets, Phoenix.

In the ranks of the Republican party, Capt.
O'Neill was a leader, and served for one term as
probate judge of Yavapai, having been elected
by his party friends. He also served in the ca-
pacity of sheriff, and in his dealings with the
numerous outlaws and desperadoes of the terri-
tory had need of the fearlessness, coolness and
strength of character for which he is noted.
Many an unpleasant experience did he have, and
not the least was his pursuit and capture of the
train robber called "Canon Diablo." Following
the highwaymen into Utah, he finally overtook
them, and a running fight of a most exciting
nature resulted. When the Spanish-American
war was declared, the Captain was mayor of
Prescott, and when he enlisted with the "Rough
Riders" of Arizona he was given a leave of ab-
sence from his position, which, as destiny de-
creed, he never was to resume. Of the Prescott
Grays, A. N. G., he had been the captain, and
later held the rank of adjutant-general of Ari-

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zona. He was, moreover, honored by being ap-
pointed to serve on the Arizona board of com-
missioners of the World's Columbian Fair, and
at another time was a delegate to the National
Irrigation Congress, held in Phoenix. In 1894
he was a candidate for Congress on the Populist
ticket, but was defeated, and in 1896, when he
was the Populists' choice for like honors, he was
defeated, owing to the minority of his party.

Capt. William O. O'Neill was the first volun-
teer mustered into the army after war with Spain
was declared, it is generally believed, as he took
the oath April 28, 1898, and was placed in com-
mand of Troop A, the noted "Rough Riders."
Their history, their intrepidity, their service to
the cause of right and justice is so fresh in the
minds of the public that naught is needed more
of praise. "Who would not gamble for another
star in the flag," words spoken to his comrades
by Captain O'Neill, were characteristic, evincing
his conviction that personal interests, even life
itself, should be considered secondary to pa-
triotism. The innumerable dangers which he
had passed through, unscathed, among the out-
laws in the west, and his many escapes from in-
jury in Cuba, inspired him with a mistaken con-
fidence, for, indeed, it appeared to many that
he "led a charmed life." On that memorable
July i, 1898, while awaiting orders from his
superior officers, he rashly stood erect among
his men who were lying on the ground, while the
Spanish bullets were showering above their
heads. In response to the friends who urged
him to be careful, he said lightly, ''The Spanish
bullet was never moulded that will hit me," and
instantly he fell dead, killed by a leaden missive
of the foe. Mourned by his hosts of friends, east
and west, north and south, he is sleeping his
last sleep in the Arlington National Cemetery,
near Washington, his old home. He was a
Knight of Pythias and affiliated with the Wood-
men of the World.

In Prescott occurred the marriage of Capt.
O'Neill and Miss Pauline Schindler, April 27,
1886. She was born in San Francisco, and her
parents, W. F. R. and Rosalie (Young) Schind-
ler, are natives of Germany, the father of Berlin,
and the mother of Thuringia. For several years
he served in the regular army of this, his
adopted, country, and after his settlement in

California became captain of a company of the
First California Regiment, Volunteers, in the
Civil War, taking part in some of the local up-
risings and assisting to quell the Arizona Indi-
ans. For several years he was the editor of the
San Francisco "German Post," and later was
employed in the commissary department of the
United States army service, being transferred to
Fort Whipple and then to Fort Bowie, Ariz.
Resigning, he located in Prescott, where he was
assistant probate judge and assistant editor of
the paper "Hoof & Horn." Now about seventy
years of age, he is living retired in Phoenix. He
is an honored member of the Grand Army of the
Republic and of the Loyal Legion. Mrs.
O'Neill, who is an only child, received good edu-
cational advantages in the schools of San Fran-
cisco, and is a graduate of the Normal of that
city. Since November, 1899, she has resided in
Phoenix, giving her chief attention to her little
son, Maurice, another son, John B., having died
in infancy. In the best local society of Prescott
and Phoenix she is popular, and now is the
president of the Equal Suffrage Association of
Arizona.

FRED A. TRITLE, JR.

The present register of the United States
land office at Prescott is regarded as one of
the most promising politicians in the territory.
Of interesting ancestry, the former bearers of
the family name have been prominent in many
walks of life, and more recent members have
figured conspicuously in high political circles
of the west, Hon. Fred A. Tritle, Sr., having
been governor of Arizona.

The youth of Fred A. Tritle, Jr., was spent in
Virginia City, Nev., where he was born January
10, 1866, and is the second oldest in a family
of five children. In 1880 he removed to Oak-
land, Cal., and took a course at Sackett's Clas-
sical School, and then prepared for Harvard Col-
lege at Exeter, Rockingham county, N. H.
However, later developments interfered with
his proposed entrance to Harvard, and in 1886
he came to Prescott, his father having arrived
here in 1881. An almost immediate opening
was presented in the shape of a position as time-
keeper with the Prescott & Arizona Central

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Railroad Company, in which capacity he served
until 1887. In the mean time he had employed
such leisure as he could command in studying
law, and in 1889 entered the department of the
county recorder, under Secretary Akers, where
he remained until 1897. He then opened an ab-
stract, real-estate and insurance office with
Charles H. Akers, which enterprise was exceed-
ingly short-lived, owing to the appointment of
Mr. Tritle, in May' of 1897, to the office of reg-
ister of the United States land office, and the
later appointment of Mr. Akers as secretary of
Arizona.

July I, 1897, Mr. Tritle took the oath of office,
and has since had charge of the land cases. His
district is the largest in the territory, and in-
cludes the northern part of Yuma, Maricopa,
Gila and Graham counties, and all of Mohave,
Yavapai, C'oconino, Navajo and Apache coun-
ties. It is needless to state that the office has
been managed to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned, and that the record of Mr. Tritle has jus-
tified the expectations of those who were instru-
mental in securing his appointment. He has
further interested himself in the general well-
being of the town, and is popular socially and
fraternally. As a stanch Republican he is a
member of the territorial central committee, and
was city treasurer for three years, from 1894 to
1897. He is a member of the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks, and is past chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias. Like the majority who
come here, he is interested in mining and cattle
raising. He is affiliated with the Episcopal
Church.

W. S. LOW.

A pioneer hotel man, the subject of this article
has made a thorough success of his various en-
terprises in this direction, and not the least of
these is his most recent achievement. The Hotel
San Augustine, of Tucson, undoubtedly is the
most unique and interesting hostelry in the
west, and certainly few, if any, others would
have dreamed of converting the old cathedral
into a modern hotel. Seated in the dining-room
of today (the audience room of the devout as-
semblages who met here for many years), the
fancy necessarily strays into the past, and some-

times a sigh, but more often a smile, is evoked
by the 'contrast.: On' the walls are to be seen
the time-honored paintings, and as far as possi-
ble the old decorations have been untouched.
The room is so large and pleasant that it may
be used for a ball or for private theatricals, as it
is provided with a stage at one side (this hav-
ing formerly been the chancel). Two attractive
interior courts add much to the beauty and cool-
ness of the building, and the complete remod-
eling which has been carried out by the present
proprietor renders this a thoroughly desirable
hotel. It extends from the Church plaza to
Church street, and occupies extensive ground
space, a new wing having been added to the
original structure.

'"Yankees" always have been credited with
foresight and noticeable sagacity in all of their
undertakings, and W. S. Low certainly is no
exception to the rule. He is a native of Gray,
Cumberland county, Me., his birth having oc-
curred July 31, 1839. He is of English descent,
and his grandfather, Nicholas Low, a native of
Maine, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Wil-
liam, father of W. S. Low, also was born in
Cumberland county, Me., and was a selectman
of the town of Gray. He was a dealer in live
stock, and passed his entire life in his native
county. The wife and mother, Eunice, was a
daughter of Amos Cummings, and also was from
Maine. Of her twelve children, all but two lived
to mature years.

W. S. Low left home at the age of fifteen to
seek his fortune in the lar west, crossing, the
continent and journeying across the plains in a
mule train from Omaha along the Carson route
to San Francisco. His father and brother Wil-
liam had preceded him in 1849, voyaging
around South America, and upon arriving in
San Francisco the father took the contract for
making the first plank street in the city. From
the time that he reached the Pacific coast until
the spring of 1898 he was connected with hotel
enterprises, and thus is a veritable pioneer hotel
man. At first he was engaged in the business
in San Joaquin, Salina and Alameda counties,
Cal., and then in Contra Costa county. Going
to Santa Barbara, Cal., he was the proprietor
of the Santa Barbara Hotel for twelve years,
meeting with deserved success in the undertak-

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ing. Three and a half years ago he came to Tuc-
son, and formed the original idea of transform-
ing the old cathedral into a hotel, believing that
the central location and the architectural fea-
tures of the building would be advantages
worthy of consideration. Having obtained a
lease to the property, he proceeded to carry out
his ideas, and, with characteristic energy, is
running the hotel on approved modern methods.
In addition to this, he has investments in min-
ing property.

Mr. Low has found a real helpmate in his
wife, formerly Miss Caroline Edwards. They
were married in San Francisco and have two
children, Bernice and Glendlon. Mrs. Low was
born in Minnesota and is well educated and tal-
ented. Possessing fine natural ability as an art-
ist, she has devoted considerable time to paint-
ing, and her excellent taste has been exercised
upon her surroundings with good effect. She
holds membership in the Episcopal Church. Mr.
and Mrs. Low are the possessors of what is un-
doubtedly the finest collection of Indian baskets
in the entire west. In the fraternal orders Mr.
Low is connected with the Odd Fellows, Red
Men and the lodge and club of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. In political creed
he is a stalwart Republican. Personally he is
very popular and has a wide acquaintance with
the traveling public. His first visit to Arizona
occurred in 1862, and the changes which have
since taken place are nothing short of marvelous
in his eyes.

ROBERT H. BURMISTER.

A public-spirited business man and the pre-
sent mayor of Prescott, Robert H. Burmister is
extremely popular in representative commercial
circles. Thoroughly patriotic and anxious to
promote the welfare of his chosen city, county
and territory, he loses no opportunity of advo-
cating progressive measures and by his means,
as well as by his influence, has aided in the great
work of advancement. He bears the reputation
of being "liberal to a fault," and his kindly
nature' and optimistic views life of cheer many
a person in his battle with adversity.

In a mining country the commercial import-
ance of its cities depends largely upon the num-

ber and value of the mines by which they are
surrounded. Undoubtedly it would be a great
surprise to the inhabitants of eastern cities of
the same population to learn what an amount
of business is transacted in Prescott annually.
Though by no means limited, the local trade is
but one of the resources of our merchants, for
the numerous mining camps, dotted here and
there among the mountains of this section of the
county, contribute materially to the wealth of
Prescott, as most of their supplies are obtained
here. Prominent among the dealers in general
merchandise and miners' necessaries is the R. H.
Burmister & Sons Co., whose spacious new
store is ranked with the largest and handsomest
establishments in this territory. It is centrally
located, being on Curley street, and is 50x125
feet in dimensions.

The senior member of this prosperous firm,
Robert H. Burmister, was born in Mecklen-
burg-Schwerin, Germany, August 17, 1847.
With, his parents, Frederick and Bernadine (Zel-
lener) Burmister, he crossed the ocean when
three years of age and at first lived in Buffalo,
N. Y., whence the family removed to Cleveland,
Ohio. After eleven years of residence in that
city, they made several changes of location and
finally settled upon a farm near Indianola, Iowa.
Agricultural pursuits were not to the liking of
young Robert, who from childhood displayed a
strong bent toward business, and from the age
of fifteen practically has made his own way in
the world. In 1864 he left home and four years
later entered the dry goods house of Clark &
Forbes, of Oshkosh, Wis. At first employed as
a clerk on a small salary, he soon won the good
will of his employers, who promoted him until
he held the best-salaried position in the house.

In 1873 Mr. Burmister married Margaret F.,
daughter of ex-Gov. Coles Bashford,- of Wiscon-
sin, later member of congress from Arizona,
who for several years had spent much of his time
in this territory and at the time of his daughter's
marriage was upon the point of removing his
family west. Joining them, Mr. Burmister and
his bride spent some months in San Diego, Cal.,
and:in May, .1874, took up their permanent resi-
dence in Prescott. They have two sons and a
daughter, of whom they have reason to be
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Helen F. Mr. and Mrs Burmister and their
daughter are identified with the Congregational
Church.

Becoming a member of the firm of L. Bash-
ford & Co., Mr. Burmister was connected with
the same for many years, gradually advancing in
prosperity. In 1886, when L. Bashford retired
from the firm, it became Bashford & Burmister,
and in 1892 it was organized as a stock com-
pany, R. H. Burmister being president. In
1900 he withdrew from the business, and in part-
nership with his sons, started an independent
enterprise. He is the president of the R. H.
Burmister & Sons Co., Robert B. being secre-
tary and treasurer, and Howard C. vice-presi-
dent. Notwithstanding the severe losses and
business depression occasioned here by the
great fire of July, 1900, the firm transacted a
fine wholesale and retail trade, having increased
its business more than threefold within the year.
Mr. Burmister has expended a vast amount of
money in developing the mineral resources of
Arizona, and never has relinquished his deep in-
terest in mining properties. Politically, he is a
stanch Republican, and served on the board of
equalization under Governor McCord. Justly
popular with the public, he was a candidate for
the mayoralty in the fall of 1900, and was elected
by a handsome majority.

HON. CHARLES W. JOHNSTONE.

During the fifteen years of Mr. Johnstone's
residence in or near Phoenix, he has been thor-
oughly interested in everything pertaining to
its progress, and has contributed much to its
welfare. Since January, 1894, he has been a
justice of the peace, the first time by appoint-
ment, and twice, subsequently, by election, his
majorities -being large even in decided Demo-
cratic distncts. August 3, 1897, he was honored
by appointment of Governor McCord with the
important post of treasurer of Arizona, in which
capacity he served until a change of adminis-
tration. For seven years and at the present
time he has been the county coroner of Maricopa
county, and in addition to this is the commis-
sioner of the United States court.

In tracing the career of this sterling citizen
it is learned that he is of Scotch ancestrv on

the paternal side. His grandfather, James
Johnstone, was a life-long resident of the land
of the "thistle and heather," and the father,
James B. Johnstone, was born near Edinburgh.
At the age of eighteen he came to the United
States, and settling in Louisville, Ky., engaged
in merchandising there until his death, which
took place before the Civil war. He had been
well educated in the University of Edinburgh,
and was reared as a Presbyterian, but, becoming"
more liberal in his religious views, identified
himself with the Universalists. - His wife, Ellen
C., was a daughter of James T. Worthington,
and was born in Mercer county, Ky.' Her father
likewise was a native of Kentucky, and her
mother, Mary T. (Slade) Worthington, was born
in Maryland. Mrs. Johnstone departed this life
in 1867. Her elder son, Edward, who served
as adjutant of the Fifth Kentucky Infantry
throughout the Civil war, died in Denver, Colo.

The birth of Charles W. Johnstone took place
in Louisville, Ky., March i, 1842. Reared in
that city, he received a liberal education in the
common and high schools, and at the age of
eighteen entered upon a career as a railroad
man, in which line he was destined to give more
than two decades of his life. Though reared
under the influences which upheld slavery, the
young man early became a pronounced aboli-
tionist.

Hoping that the dry air and sunshine of Ari-
zona might be of benefit to his daughter, Mr.
Johnstone came to Arizona in 1886, and, buy-
ing a ranch situated about three miles northwest
of Phoenix, operated it for a year. In 1887 he
bought the Phoenix "Gazette," and for five
years managed that journal. Then, having be-
come greatly interested in horticulture, he lo-
cated upon a forty-acre ranch, seven miles north
of the city, on the Arizona canal, started an
orange orchard, and, having carefully attended
to it until it was in full bearing condition, sold
it in 1900. Success has blessed his business
undertakings, and from time to time he had
made good investments in city property. About
five years ago he was admitted to the bar under
Judge Baker. He has been the president of
the board of the Arizona Normal, a member
of the territorial board of education and insur-
ance commissioners. In the societies he is con-

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nected with the Order of Elks and is a Mason
in high standing, being a charter member of
Phoenix Commandery No. 3, K. T., of which
he is past excellent commander; and being a
•member of El Zaribah Temple, N. M. S. He
belonged to the famous drill corps of DeMolay
Commandery in Louisville, that received numer-
ous prizes in different parts of the United States.
Like his ancestors, a Presbyterian in creed, Mr.
Johnstone has been president of the board of
trustees of the Phoenix Church, and is liberal
to religious enterprises.

HARLEY C. HITCHCOCK.

A goodly share of the prosperity and substan-
tial growth which has visited Globe during re-
cent years is directly traceable to the untiring
and intelligent efforts of one of her most capable
and large-hearted citizens, Mr. Hitchcock.
Twenty-two years ago, shortly after the first
great nuggets had been found in the vicin-
ity, and a few hardy miners had penetrated
beyond the "dead line" (by which name
Final creek, the western boundary of the
Apache reservation was known), Mr. Hitchcock
came here and industriously sought to wrest
from Mother Earth a share of her hidden wealth.
Armed with nothing but a dogged perseverance
and a determination to succeed, he was enabled,
at the end of two years, to start a little drug
business in the camp, his stock being packed on
mules and brought from Casa Grande. This
was the first exclusive drug enterprise in Globe,
and the venture was inaugurated in an adobe
house. With the increase of population a frame
building succeeded the adobe house, and later
still, when the practically inexhaustible supply
of silver was abandoned for the more remunera-
tive copper, and a substantial basis had replaced
the visionary dreams of the early adventurers,
a modern structure became the home of the
drug enterprise, and is by far the most complete
store in this part of Arizona. Two stories in
height, and 25x60 feet in dimensions, on a lot
25x100 feet, it is fitted out with plate-glass win-
dows and beautiful and artistic fixtures. Of
pressed brick and with iron front, the upper part
is arranged for the offices of doctors and attor-
neys, who are as conveniently housed as are

the members of the professions in larger and
much older cities.

Nor does this modern store represent the ex-
tent of the possessions won by the push and
energy of Mr. Hitchcock. He also owns four
houses and a large plot of ground on top of a
hill adjacent to Main street, which constitutes
the best residence locality in the city. These
houses are kept in good repair and are in con-
stant demand by renters. The yards are large
and well irrigated by a well and four thousand
gallon tank, with pipes constructed by the
owner. One of the dwellings is occupied by
him. In addition, Mr. Hitchcock is extensively
engaged in mining, and owns ten good copper
claims, which are well developed. At present
he is preparing to ship ore, and anticipates good
results in the future from his mining ventures.

The state of Ohio has furnished many sons
who have aided in the development of Arizona.
Mr. Hitchcock was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in
1854, and is a son of Samuel and Matilda Hitch-
cock, natives respectively of Massachusetts and
Ohio. The father was one of the very early set-
tlers of Ohio, having gone there about 1830.
The mother was born, reared and died on the
farm which witnessed the birth of her son, H.
C. Until his twenty-second year he remained
under the home shelter and then went to Athens,
Tenn., and entered the East Tennessee Wes-
leyan University, the president of which was his
half-brother, John F. Spence, LL. D., now chan-
cellor of the American University of Harriman,
at Harriman, Tenn. Here he finished his educa-
tion which was supplemented by a course in phar-
macy, in which he was graduated in June of 1879,
going immediately thereafter to Globe, Ariz.

December 4, 1888, Mr. Hitchcock married
Caroline Oates, a daughter of Philip and Anna
Oates, residents of Globe. Of this union there
have been four children, Leslie, Lillian, Ben and
Harley. The children are all living at home and
are attending school. In politics Mr. Hitchcock
is a Republican, and is a. strict party man. He
was county treasurer of Gila county for four
years, his term of service extending from 1894
until 1898. With his wife and children, he is a
devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and in 1881, when the church of that
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helped in the building of the same, and put on
the first coat of paint. Among the Odd Fellows
he exerts a wide influence, and is a charter mem-
ber and past grand master of the jurisdiction of
Arizona. At the present time he is past grand
patriarch in the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows,
and was a member of the Grand Lodge and En-
campment at Globe in 1900. Mr. and Mrs.
Hitchcock are members of the Rebekahs.

HON. GEORGE R. DAVIS.

While the duration of his residence in Arizona
covers a comparatively few years only, Judge
Davis has, owing to his prominence in judicial
circles, become a well-known figure of the terri-
torial life. He is a native of Ohio and was born
in Logan county December 13, 1861. At the
age of seventeen years he was graduated from
the Wapakoneta high school, after which he
turned his attention to the study of law, and was
admitted to the bar when twenty-one years of
age. Immediately afterward he began the prac-
tice of his profession at Wapakoneta, where he
soon became known as a rising lawyer and pro-
gressive citizen. Mean time he identified him-
self with public affairs and took an active part in
the Republican party and its work in Ohio, be-
coming in this way acquainted with President
McKinley, between whom and himself a per-
sonal friendship sprung up.

In July, 1897, he was appointed an associate
justice of the supreme court of Arizona, his ap-
pointment having been a personal one, made by
the president himself. Accepting the commis-
sion, the Judge removed his family to Tucson,
where, in addition to his duties in the supreme
court, he presides over the district court of the
first judicial district of the territory.

JUDGE PHILIP M. THURMOND.
Covering a period of many years, Judge Thur-
mond has practiced law in Kentucky, Texas and
Arizona, and wherever his lot has been cast has
won an enviable reputation as an exponent of
legal science and as a legislator, and as a man
and citizen of unblemished honor and unques-
tioned allegiance to the best interests of friends
and townspeople. The earlier part of his life
was spent in Kentucky. He was born in Car-

roll county, Tenn., October i, 1839, but has
always regarded himself as a Kentuckian. His
parents, Philip and Rebecca Ann (Snead) Thur-
mond, were natives respectively of Kentucky
and Tennessee. The family has long been rep-
resented in America, and great-grandfather
Cartwright was a courageous soldier in the Rev-
olutionary war.

After an education acquired in the public
schools, Mr. Thurmond received an almost in-
stant recognition of his ability, for when but
twenty-nine years of age he represented Lyon
and Caldwell counties in the Kentucky legisla-
ture, and was at the time the youngest member
of the house, his term of service extending from
1869 to 1871. With the breaking out of the
Civil war he enlisted in the First Kentucky Bat-
tery (Cobb's Battery), which formed a part of
the division commanded by Gen. J. C. Breck-
inridge, and served the Confederacy until the
termination of hostilities. In 1871 he removed
to Texas, and for seven years was engaged in
the practice of law, migrating in 1879 to Tucson,
Ariz., where he continued to practice for a short
time. A subsequent place of residence was
Tombstone, Cochise county, from which he re-
moved in 1883, having in the meantime been
interested in mining and the practice of law.
Upon coming to Clifton, Graham county, in
1883, he was further interested in mining, in
connection with law, and in 1891 represented
Graham county in the territorial council. After
a short residence in Solomonville he located in
Globe in the fall of 1891, and in 1896 filled out
an unexpired term as district attorney. In 1898
he was elected probate judge', his term of service
extending to December 31, 1900. His adminis-
tration was well received, and tempered with a
maturity of judgment and excellence of ad-
justment that won the approval of even his polit-
ical antagonists.

One of the finest homes in Globe is owned
and occupied by Judge Thurmond, and he is
prominently associated with the material and
social life of the place. In politics a Democrat,
he is actively interested in the various issues
that are developed in the party from time to
time. Fraternally he is connected with the Chap-
ter Masons, which organization he joined di-
rectlv after the war.

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GEN. GEORGE CHRIST.

A member of an old and distinguished Penn-
sylvania family. General Christ was born in
Beaver county of that state. He was the young-
est of seven sons, six of whom served in the
Civil war in an Iowa regiment, and two lost their
lives for their country. Two were promoted to
the rank of officers. The father was one of the
early settlers of the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio,
and later removed with his wife and sons to
Clayton county, Iowa, where he was one of
the successful pioneer farmers. His son George
continued to farm until 1867, and then set-
tled in Des Moiiies, Iowa, where he engaged
in the merchandise business. He became
prominent in political and other affairs, and was
chief of police of Des Moines for four years.
Later he went to Washington, D. C., as chief
of a division in the interior department, and
was then a special agent of the treasury depart-
ment.

In 1882 Mr. Christ came to Arizona and held
a position in the district from El Paso to San
Francisco, and with the change from President
Arthur's to the succeeding administration, went
out of politics for a time and engaged in mining
in Sonora, Mexico. While thus employed he
incorporated the Le-Andreana Gold Mining
Company, with himself as president and man-
ager. When President Harrison came into
power he went to Washington and secured the
segregation of the customs district of Arizona
from the El Paso district, and was appointed first
collector of customs, and in this connection es-
tablished the post of entry at Nogales. During
the following administration Mr. Christ again be-
came interested in mining, and in 1897 was ap-
pointed by President McKinley surveyor-general
. of Arizona.

As a stanch Republican Mr. Christ has been
identified with the most prominent undertakings
of his party, and has invariably wielded a wide
influence on the side of progressive methods and
issues. He has been active in the territorial
committees and served as national committee-
man of Arizona from 1888 to 1892, also was a
delegate to the national conventions at Chicago
and Minneapolis. In 1896 he was prominently
identified with the work of the National League

of Republican Clubs, and served as financial
agent of the league. Fraternally he is a Mason.
Mr. Christ was united in marriage with
Mary Forney, a native of Wisconsin, and of
this union there are two sons and four daughters,
viz.: Amy, who is now Mrs. M. H. Jones, of
Tucson; Elizabeth, the wife of C. O. Nourse, of
Des Moines; Charles, who is a member of the
Fourth United States Light Artillery, and is now
serving in the Philippines; Mary, who is the wife
of Edward Titcomb, of Nogales; George, Jr.,
and Catherine, who make their home with their
parents. General and Mrs. Christ are members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

HON. ROBERT EMMET MORRISON.

Unquestionably one of the ablest members of
the Arizona bar to-day is he of whom the fol-
lowing sketch is penned. That his marked abil-
ity and executive talents are recognized and
appreciated, and that he enjoys great popularity
with the general public, have been plainly mani-
fested, time and again, within the past decade,
for though Yavapai county is strongly Demo-
cratic and he is a stanch Republican, as
his party's nominee, he has been elected
by good majorities. It is needless to say that he
has fully justified the confidence thus reposed
in him, and no eulogy, save the bare records of
the work which he has accomplished in the inter-
ests of the people, is required to perpetuate his
name and fame.

In view of the disadvantages under which his
father, Hon. A. L. Morrison, labored in his
youth, he, too, is a really remarkable man. He
was born in Ballycastle, county Antrim, Ire-
land, and as the little schooling which he en-
joyed was received prior to his twelfth year, he
is truly self-educated. Nature endowed him
with talents of no mean order, and to-day he is
a well-known public speaker, having the power
to move his audiences to tears or laughter. In
the Republican party he is an influential factor
in New Mexico, and on many an occasion has
scored triumphs for that grand political organi-
zation. When seventeen years of age he came
to the United States, and soon proved his devo-
tion to the land of his choice by enlisting in its

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army and taking part in the Mexican war in a
New York regiment. A chairmaker by trade,
he followed that calling in New York City and
in Troy, N. Y., for many years. About 1853 he
located in Chicago, and while industriously pur-
suing his usual occupation and providing for the
needs of his family, the ambitious young man
took up the study of law by himself. Having
passed the examination required, he was ad-
mitted to the bar of Illinois in 1868, and con-
tinued actively engaged in practice in Chicago
until 1881. For a number of years he served
as a police magistrate on the west side of the
city, and made a fine record. In 1881 he was
appointed by President Arthur as United States
marshal of New Mexico, with his headquarters
at Santa Fe. Going to that point he met his
responsibilities nobly and continued actively
occupied in practice until 1885. Under Harri-
son's administration he was the registrar of
United States land office at Santa Fe, holding
that position until 1893. He is a personal friend
of President McKinley, and was appointed by
him to the post of collector of internal revenues
of the district of New Mexico and Arizona, with
headquarters at Santa Fe. With his sons he was
financially interested in the cattle business in
Arizona for a number of years, their ranch
being in Apache county, at the headwaters of
the Little Colorado river. While in Illinois he
served in the legislature during the sessions of
1871-2, in which the revised constitution of the
state was adopted. Now about three-score and
ten years of age, he is still hale and hearty,
retaining to the full his distinguished mental
powers. Throughout his life he has been a great
student, and is so well posted on contemporary
history and national politics that he is looked
upon as an authority.

The loved wife and companion of Judge A.
L. Morrison bore the maiden name of Jane
Clark. She was also of Irish descent, and was
born in Troy, N. Y., and died in July, 1899.
They had two daughters and five sons. A. L.,
Jr., is his father's chief clerk ; John V., who was
a sergeant in the Rough Riders regiment dur-
ing the late war, is the manager of a large sheep
ranch near Socorro, N. M., and has been exten-
sively engaged in the cattle business in these
two territories; Hugh O'Neil is employed in the

auditor's office of the Santa Fe, at Los Angeles,
Cal. ; and Joseph. E. is an attorney of Prescott.

Hon. Robert E. Morrison was born July 13,
1856, in Chicago, 111., and was reared in that
city. Having completed the high school course
there he entered the Union College of Law of
that metropolis, and was graduated therefrom
in 1877, being admitted to the bar previously,
before the supreme court. Then until the fall
of 1883 he was engaged in practice in Chicago,
and that year came to Arizona. Establishing a
ranch at the head of the Little Colorado river,
in Apache county, he continued in the cattle
business there for three years.

In 1886 Mr. Morrison was elected county
judge of the Apache county court, being ex-
officio probate judge and superintendent of
schools also. He assumed the duties of his
office in January, 1887. and though the legisla-
ture abolished the county court the same year,
he succeeded in disposing of an immense
amount of business in the mean time. In his
court the grand jury returned thirty indictments
against horse and cattle thieves, for the county
was literally overrun by those outlaws, and this
severe treatment by the administrators of the
law caused that class to clear out of the county.
Resuming his law practice at the expiration of
his term, Mr. Morrison was located at St. Johns
until the autumn of 1891, when he permanently
settled in Prescott. Under appointment he had
served as judge of the probate court and ex-
officio superintendent of schools of Apache
county, his term expiring at the close of 1888.

In 1892 he was elected district attorney of
Yavapai county, which, as is well known, is
strongly Democratic. At the close of his term
he was triumphantly re-elected, and thus
officiated in that responsible office from January
I, 1893, to January i, 1897. In February, 1898,.
he was appointed by President McKinley United
States attorney for Arizona, and since entering
upon his new duties he has efficiently and satis-
factorily discharged his obligations. His pri-
vate practice has steadily grown in importance
and volume during all of these years, and he is
looked upon as one of the finest authorities on
the laws pertaining to corporations and mining
that we have in this territory. Probably for this
reason his clients come from far and near, and

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by no means is his practice limited to the boun-
daries of his own county. He is a member of
the Territorial and American Bar Associations.
The marriage of Mr. Morrison and Lizzie A.
Kneipp, a native of Chicago, and a member of
one of the oldest families in America, was sol-
emnized in that city. Mrs. Morrison was for
years a leading church choir singer and, as Miss
Lizzie Klar, was well known in musical circles
in Chicago.

HON. FREDERICK A. TRITLE.

A volume depicting the lives of well-known
men of Arizona would be incomplete were no
mention made of ex-Governor Tritle, who for
years has been intimately identified with' the de-
velopment of the territory and has been a
prominent factor in its progress and growth.
Born near Chambersburg, Pa., he is a descend-
ant of German ancestry through his grandfather,
John Tritle, a farmer of Pennsylvania. His
parents, Frederick and Martha (Cooke) Tritle,
were born near Chambersburg, and spent their
entire lives upon a farm in that locality. They
became the parents of three sons and two
daughters. One of the sons, John, who served
as a lieutenant during the Civil war, died in
Pennsylvania, and another son, George, died in
Indiana. The mother was a daughter of David
Cooke, a farmer in Pennsylvania and the
descendant of Scotch ancestors.

The youngest of the family, Frederick A., was
born on the home farm August 7, 1833. At the
age of twelve years, his father having died, he
accompanied his mother to Chambersburg and
there attended the academy for several years.
Beginning the study of law on the conclusion of
his academic studies, he was admitted to the bar
April 10, 1855, and immediately began the prac-
tice of his profession in his native town. How-
ever, six months later he went to Iowa, settling
in Des Moines, where, in addition to a general
practice, he carried on a land business with
Henry C. Nutt, afterward president of the At-
lantic & Pacific Railroad. In 1857 he removed
to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he embarked in
a banking and land business as a member of
the firm of H. C. Nutt & Co., meantime con-
tinuing his land business in Des Moines under

the firm name of F. A. Tritle & Co. The latter
partnership was dissolved in 1858 and the next
year he closed out the business in Council Bluffs
and started across the plains for California,
where he arrived in the fall of 1859. February
of the next year found him in Carson City, Nev.,
where he engaged in the mercantile business
for two years and at the same time acquired
some important mining interests.

After his marriage, in the fall of 1862, Mr.
Tritle removed to Virginia City, Nev., and
there, in 1863, he organized the Belcher Mining
Company, of which he was chosen president.
This proved a most fortunate venture. Success
followed in the steps of the company. For sev-
eral years large dividends were paid the stock-
holders, and the concern became known as one
of the most profitable in all the west. However,
in 1867, the upper levels were exhausted, and
although prospecting was continued for some
time, no rich developments resulted. When the
corporation, which had been organized in
Nevada, changed to California, in 1868, he re-
signed his connection with the same.

In spite of the engrossing and responsible
nature of his private business affairs, Mr. Tritle
was interested in public matters from the earliest
period of his residence in the west. By his fel-
low-citizens he was recognized as a man pos-
sessing qualities that eminently fitted him for
the public service. In 1866 he was elected to the
senate of Nevada, which two years before had
been admitted to the Union and about the time
of his election had been bounded by its present
limits. As a member of the first state senate,
his duties were of a most important character.
He was appointed chairman of the committee on
ways and means, and was instrumental in in-
augurating a system of taxing the proceeds of
mines, thereby putting the state upon a solid
financial basis. The services which he rendered
the state were of such a valuable nature that the
people of his party (the Republican) determined
to place him in nomination for the office of
governor of Nevada. Resigning the office of
senator, he gave his attention to the canvass for
the gubernatorial chair, but, while making a
splendid run, he was defeated by Mr. Bradley,
the Democratic candidate.

At the time of the completion of the Central

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Pacific Railroad, in 1869, Mr. Tritle was ap-
pointed a United States commissioner to receive
and examine the road. As a member of the
Nevada commission, he presented the solid sil-
ver spike for Nevada that was driven in at the
connecting point of the two lines. This he pre-
sented, with the Nevada sentiment, "To the iron
of the east and the gold of the west, Nevada
adds her link of silver to span the continent and
wed the oceans."

During 1871 Mr. Tritle embarked in the stock
brokerage business in Virginia City, Nev., where
he continued until November, 1880. However,
the cares incident to the management of his
large business, added to the anxieties connected
with the various mining interests that he pos-
sessed, proved too great a strain upon his health,
and he was obliged to seek a change of climate.
For this reason he came to Arizona in the latter
part of 1880, and since then his history has
been, to a large extent, the history of Arizona,
his own success having been won simultane-
ously with the progress and development of the
territory. After the death of President Garfield,
he was appointed, by President Arthur, gov-
ernor of Arizona, February 6, 1882. His previous
experience in public affairs in Nevada rendered
him peculiarly fitted for this responsible task,
and he acquitted himself honorably and well as
the chief executive of the territory, continuing
as such until October, 1885, when a change in
politics of the national administration caused
him to resign.

Since coming to Arizona, Governor Tritle has
been interested in important mining concerns.
Having bought and developed the United Verde
group of mines, he organized the United Verde
Company, which continued until $100,000 had
been distributed among the stockholders ; how-
ever, on account of a reduction in copper, the
mine was closed down and the company dis-
solved. Since then he has had other mining
interests, that have taken much of his time and
thought. In 1894 he was elected county re-
corder of Yavapai county, which he held until
January, 1897. President McKinley in 1899 aP"
pointed him supervisor of the census of Arizona,
and as such he had charge of the taking of the
census for the territory in 1900. Fraternally,
he was made a Mason in Council Bluffs, Iowa,

and was raised to the chapter and commandery
in Virginia City.

In Sacramento, Cal., Mr. Tritle married Miss
Jane Catherine Hereford, who was born in
Springfield, Mo. Her father was Francis Here-
ford and her mother was a daughter of Gov-
ernor Henry S. Foote, of Mississippi. The fam-
ily of Governor and Mrs. Tritle consists of one
daughter and four sons, viz. : Catherine ; Fred-
erick A., Jr., whose sketch appears on another
page of this work ; Frank Hereford, a graduate
of Yale College, and an electrical engineer, who
died in Lynn, Mass., at the age of twenty-four
years; John Stewart, an electrical engineer in
St. Louis, Mo. ; and Harry Russell, assistant
secretary of Arizona, of whom mention is made
elsewhere in this work..

HON. BENJAMIN JOSEPH FRANKLIN.

A descendant of a Virginia family that settled
in Kentucky in a very early day, ex-Governor
Franklin was born in Maysville, Ky. His edu-
cation was excellent, being obtained principally
in the college at Kentucky Center. During the
days when Kansas was the seat of the contest
between the pro-slavery element and the
free-state party, he settled in Leavenworth
and engaged in the practice of law, gain-
ing such prominence and influence that
he was chosen to represent his district
in the state senate. However, the war coining
on, his plans were changed and he determined
to enter the Confederate army. As a captain
under General Bragg, he remained at the front
for four years, until the southern army was
forced to lay down its arms. He then went to
Missouri, but, not being permitted to practice
law, he gave his attention to the management
of his farm near Columbia. In 1868 he opened
an office in Kansas City and later served for
six years as prosecuting attorney of Jackson
county, after which he resumed his private prac-
tice.

Soon he became a factor in public life. In
1874 he was elected to congress from the fifth
Missouri district and two years later was re-
elected, serving for four years. During1 this
time he was chairman of the committee on ter-
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of Oklahoma Territory, which, however, failed
to pass at the time. The provision of the bill
was to allot lands to Indians in severally, which
policy has since been adopted by the govern-
ment. Through his efforts the first federal build-
ing was secured for Kansas City and the first
United States court established there. Under
the administration of President Cleveland, in
1885, he accepted an appointment as United
States consul to Han-Kow, China, the largest
tea market in the world, where he spent the next
five years. Returning to this country in 1890,
he spent two years in Los Angeles and in 1892
settled in Phoenix, where he engaged in the
practice of the law. On the removal of Gov-
ernor Hughes, March 30, 1896, he was ap-
pointed governor of Arizona, and continued in
this responsible office until July 20, 1897, re-
signing upon the change of administration. Re-
tiring from the gubernatorial chair, he resumed
the practice of law, but his health soon became
so seriously affected that continuance in pro-
fessional work was impossible. He died May 18,
1898.

The marriage of Mr. Franklin united him with
Miss Anna Johnstone, of Missouri, and now a
resident of Phoenix. They became the parents
of three children, namely: Mary, of Phoenix;
James, who has a ranch near this city; and
Alfred, who was his father's private secretary
during his term as governor, and from 1897 to
1898 served as assistant United States district
attorney, since which time he has engaged in
the practice of law in Phoenix. Both sons, like
their father, are stanch adherents of the Demo-
cratic party.

WILLIAM FENIMORE COOPER.

This influential representative of the bar in
Tucson was born in Dublin, Wayne county,
Ind., August 6, 1858. The family of which he
is a member trace their descent through English
history to one Sir Astley Cooper, the famous
surgeon, who lived from 1768 until 1841. The
first of the name to emigrate to America came at
a very early day and identified their fortunes
with the state of Massachusetts. The paternal
grandfather, Ezekiel, was born in Virginia,
where he in time became a planter on a large

scale, subsequently removing to Wayne county,
Ind. He was a first cousin of J. Fenimore
Cooper, the novelist, who was a contemporary
of Sir Astley. Ezekiel Cooper served in the war
of 1812, and lived to be ninety-three years of
age. The family have a vein of longevity, for
Ezekiel's brother, John, was killed in a railroad
accident at the advanced age of one hundred
and four years.

Prof. John Cooper, the father of William, was
one of the prominent educators of his day. A
native of the Shenandoah valley in Virginia, he
removed with his parents, when six years of age,
to Randolph county, Ind., where he spent the
greater part of his youth. A graduate of Miami
University at Oxford, Ohio, he was a classmate
of ex-President Harrison, and Thomas Marshall
of Kentucky, and upon graduating received the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, later becoming a
Master of Arts. From his sixteenth to his
seventy-second year he was engaged in educa-
tional work in Indiana, and during the fifty-six
years was at times superintendent of the schools
at Richmond, Evansville, Winchester, and Dub-
lin. He is a member of the Methodist church,
and is at present residing in Indianapolis, Ind.
His wife, formerly Mary Witt, was of German
descent, and was born in Dublin, Ind., a
daughter of Dr. Caleb Witt, a native of White
county, Tenn., and one of the organizers of the
old Wayne agricultural works. After graduat-
ing from the Eclectic Medical College at Cin-
cinnati, he was for a time professor of that insti-
tution and later settled in Dublin, where he prac-
ticed medicine and manufactured agricultural
implements for the greater part of his life. He
was one of the trustees of the Otterbein Univer-
sity, at Westerville, Ohio, organized in 1849,
under the direction of the United Brethren
Church, of which he was a member. His useful
and noble life reached eighty-seven years. Mrs.
Cooper, who is sixty years of age, is the mother
of two sons and two daughters, of whom one
daughter is deceased. Emma, who married H.
B. Stratton, died in Leaven worth ; Nellie is liv-
ing in Indianapolis, and H. Orville is a guard at
the Yuma territorial penitentiary.

Until fifteen years of age William Cooper
lived in Indiana, and received his education in
the public schools, graduating from the Rich-

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mond high school in 1873. After attending the
Otterbein University for a year, he entered the
military academy at Peeksville, N. Y., and was
graduated in June of 1877 at the head of his
class. After graduating from the academy
at Peekskill, he located in Richmond and
read law with William A. Peele, ex-lieuten-
ant governor of Indiana, but was subse-
quently obliged to seek a change of climate and
occupation owing to failing health. Following
the advice of physicians and friends he sought
the west in 1878, and for a time lived in Pueblo,
Colo., and in December of the same year went
to Leadville. While engaged in prospecting and
mining he contracted a severe case of pneumo-
nia, and after recovering returned to his former
home in Indiana. In 1880 he went to the Pa-
cific coast, and visited various towns along the
sea, finally settling on a cattle ranch at Gilroy,
Cal., where he found perfect health and spirits
from association with outdoor life and two years
spent in the saddle. During this time he gained
avoirdupois from one hundred and seventeen to
one hundred and sixty-nine pounds.

After a short trip to the east in 1883 Mr.
Cooper returned to the sunshine and promise
of California. For a time he engaged in various
journalistic ventures throughout the state, and
in 1891 located in Kingman, Ariz. He subse-
quently accepted a position on the Phoenix Ga-
zette, and later bought the Florence Tribune,
which paper he edited for fourteen months. In
connection with the newspaper work he con-
tinued his law studies and was admitted to the
bar in Florence in 1894, since which he has
been admitted to practice in the courts of
Arizona, and also in the superior court of Cali-
fornia. In 1896 Mr. Cooper sold out the Flor-
ence Tribune and located in Tucson, as city edi-
tor of the Tucson Citizen, which position he re-
tained for ten months. A later occupation was
in the office of Selim M. Franklin as stenog-
rapher and legal assistant, and in 1898 he was
nominated on the Republican ticket for district
attorney. So satisfactory were Mr. Cooper's
services that he was re-elected district attorney
in 1900, his term of office extending from Jan-
uary, 1899, until January, 1903.

While living in Florence, Ariz., Mr. Cooper
married Lizzie Douglass, a daughter of -James

Douglass, one of the pioneers of Arizona, and
first sheriff of Pima county. To Mr. and
Mrs. Cooper have been born four children : John
Douglass, Vida Ellen, Orville Witt, and Xulla
Mathilda. In politics Mr. Cooper is a firm be-
liever in the principles of the Republican party,
and has served as a member of the territorial
central committee, and is ex-secretary of the
Pinal county central committee. For two years
he was clerk of the territorial board of equaliza-
tion. Fraternally he is associated with the Be-
nevolent Protective Order of Elks, Foresters,
Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and the Spanish Alliance.

HARRY R. TRITLE.

Harry R. Tritle, the popular assistant secre-
tary of the territory of Arizona, was born in Vir-
ginia City, Nev., September 30, 1874. His
father, ex-Governor F. A. Tritle, of Prescott,
Ariz., of whom extended mention is made in
another part of this work, filled the guberna-
torial chair of Arizona during the administration
of President Arthur.

As the youngest child among the five which
comprised his father's family, Harry R. Tritle
spent his days of extreme youth in Nevada, and
in 1882 removed with his family to Prescott,
Ariz. He here began his education in the public
schools, and in 1887 entered the Hopkins Gram-
mar School at New Haven, Conn., in anticipa-
tion of a future entrance to Yale College. By
the time he was graduated from the Grammar
school in 1893 he had reconsidered his deter-
mination to enter Yale, and returned to his home
in the far west. In Prescott he entered the em-
ploy of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Rail-
road Company, and was time keeper during the
construction of the road until 1896. He then
entered the Prescott office of the recorder of
Yavapai county for about a year, and in June of
1897 was appointed by Secretary Akers as assist-
ant secretary of the territory of Arizona, with
headquarters at Phoenix.

September 21, 1898, Mr. Tritle was united in
marriage with Harriett Fisher, who was born in
Prescott, Ariz. Her father, Hon. J. L. Fisher,
who until his death was a large merchant in
Prescott, was prominent in the political affairs

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of his city, and was at one time mayor of his
adopted town, and also served as a member of
the legislature. He was born in England, and
possessed the substantial and reliable traits of
character which we are wont to associate with
the sons of our sister country. Mrs. Tritle is a
woman of excellent education, and was gradu-
ated from the Irving Institute in San Francisco.
She is the mother of one child, Lloyd Hereford.
Mr. Tritle represents the most enterprising of
the younger element of business men in Phoenix,
and is variously associated with the political, fra-
ternal, and social institutions which enliven the
city. In politics a Republican, he has served as
president of the Young Men's Republican Club,
and is a member of the county, executive and ter-
ritorial committees. He is a member of the
Maricopa Club, and of the Pi Sigma Tau. With
his wife he is a member of and liberal con-
tributor to the Episcopal Church.

W. B. CLEARY.

As corporation counsel of the Arizona Water
Company, Mr. deary came to the territory from
New York City in 1898, and is looking after
the interests of the bondholders, and discharg-
ing the arduous duties connected with his re-
sponsible position in a manner highly creditable
to all concerned. The four water-ways under
his jurisdiction, and which are merged into the
Arizona Water Company's enterprise, are the
Arizona, Grand, Maricopa and the Salt River
canals, in length, respectively, forty-two, thirty,
twenty-eight and twenty-eight miles, making a
total of one hundred and twenty-eight miles,
and in addition, about nine hundred miles of
laterals. In 1899 Mf- Cleary was appointed gen-
eral manager of the water company and is thus
at the head of a concern which represents the
life and vitality of the agricultural districts and
is therefore the foundation of the prosperity of
the territory.

The life of Mr. Cleary has been an interesting
one and has held some of the adventure which
was merged into that of his latter clay ancestors.
A native of the District of Columbia, he was
born September 29, 1871, and is a son of Frank
D. Cleary, a native of Virginia. The ancestral
home of the family is Ireland and the paternal

great-grandfather, Michael, was born in county
Tipperary, Ireland. Owing to complicity in the
revolution of 1798 he was forced to leave his
native land and in company with several broth-
ers sought the larger freedom and possibility of
the United States. He settled in Virginia and
became a planter on a large scale. The next in
succession, his son William, was born in Vir-
ginia in the dawn of the century in 1806, and
when arrived at years of discretion interested
himself in the fishing business at Opequon, Va.,
and was the owner of a busy sloop. During the
Civil war he served as a confederate in a Vir-
ginia regiment and subsequently died at Wash-
ington at an advanced age. In his early man-
hood he married Miss Hannah McLean, a sis-
ter of Wilmer McLean, at whose residence in
Appomattox General Lee surrendered to Gen-
eral Grant.

Frank D. Cleary, the father of W. B., was
reared and educated in Virginia, and early dis-
played an ambitious spirit which saw beyond the
borders of his native state. In 1852 he crossed
the intervening plains and arrived in the far
west and in time found himself in Utah, where
he became clerk in the quartermaster's depart-
ment in Pope's expedition against the Mormons.
When the Civil war intercepted the peace of the
country his sympathies were on the side of the
Confederacy and he served with the rank of ma-
jor on Gen. Henry A. Wise's staff until captured
as a spy. After nine months' imprisonment at
Fort Delaware he was sentenced to be shot,
but the sentence was later commuted to parol-
ment, through the kindly interest of Archbishop,
afterward Cardinal, McClosky, who was the
uncle of the mother of Mr. Cleary, and Arch-
bishop Hughes. Pending the time when peace
should be declared he was sent to Europe and
remained there until the trouble arose between
France and Mexico, when he courageously de-
cided to go to Mexico and enlist in the service
of the unfortunate Maximillian. A subsequent
and wiser resolution resulted in his return to
Virginia and his later removal to Washington,
where he engaged in the real-estate business,
and where he died in 1899.

The mother of Mr. Cleary was formerly Eliza-
beth Mullen, who was born in Philadelphia, a
daughter of Edward Mullen, a native of the

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north of Ireland. Edward Mullen immigrated
to America at an early day, in company with his
four brothers, and assumed charge of a Phila-
delphia branch of a wholesale tobacco business,
which was also represented in New Orleans,
Boston and New York. He died while on a
business trip to California. Airs. Cleary is now
living in Washington, D. C.. and is the mother
of five children, three sons and two daughters :
Edward, the oldest, a resident of Washington,
D. C. ; W. B., our subject ; Frank R.. who is
living at Glendale, Ariz., ?nd is a zanjero in the
employ of the Arizona Water Company ; Anna
and Elizabeth, residents of Washington, D. C.

The education of W. B. Cleary was acquired
at a private school and at St. John's Institute,
Washington, D. C., from which he was subse-
quently graduated. He later entered George-
town College in the sophomore year, but dis-
continued study at that institution to take up
the three years' course in the law department
at the National University in Washington. After
graduating in law in 1894 with the degrees of
LL. B. and LL. M. he located in New York
City and began the practice of his profession
with the firm of Hornblower, Byrne, Taylor &
Miller, at No. 45 William street. He was later
with the firm of Hatch & Wicks, a corporative
law concern, and in 1896 engaged in an inde-
pendent practice with an office at No. 45 Cedar
street, New York.

A year later Mr. Cleary went to Alaska in the
interest of eastern parties who desired him to
pass judgment upon the merits of certain mining
claims. His experiences in the gold regions
were attended by extreme hardship and he found
few inducements for a permanent residence or
even large investment of capital. With sledges
and dogs he succeeded, after weary days, in
crossing the Chilcoot Pass, and upon arriving in
Dawson was the possessor of seventy-five cents.
Nevertheless, he got along fairly well until Sep-
tember of 1898, and then built a boat and floated
down the Yukon river to the mouth. On the
trip to St. Michael's he shipped as an able sea-
man, an unexpected adventure, and a hitherto
unacknowledged ability. Upon returning from
a trip to Golivan bay they encountered a severe
storm and were driven to the coast of Siberia.
The cost of food alone from Dawson to St.

Michael's was $17.50. Arriving in Seattle in No-
vember of 1898, Mr. Cleary at once departed
for New York, and having reported to the pro-
posed investors of Alaska mining stock received
the appointment which resulted in his departure
for Arizona.

In Philadelphia, Pa., Mr. Cleary was united in
marriage with Nellie Shoemaker, born in Cam-
den, N. J., and a daughter of J. K. Shoemaker,
who is passenger agent for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. To Mr. and Mrs. Cleary
have been born three children: William B. (de-
ceased), William F., and Nellie M. In addi-
tion to the other interests which engaged his
attention Mr. Cleary is a director in the San
Domingo Gold and Copper Mining Company,
which operates mines in the San Domingo and
Trilby districts. In 1899 he was admitted to
practice in the supreme court of Arizona. He
is a member of the board of trade, president of
the Young Men's Institute, and member of the
Athletic club. In politics he is a Democrat, and
is fraternally associated with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, the Ancient Order
of United Workmen and the Fraternal Brother-
hood.

GEN. L. H. MANNING.

Upon arriving at the threshold of manhood L.
H. Manning decided to cast in his destiny with
the great territory of Arizona which had but
recently entered upon the progressive march to-
wards civilization and power among the states
of the west. He comes from another section of
the old south, Mississippi, in which state his
parents, and grandparents, on both sides of the
family, were born and lived. His paternal
grandfather, Reuben Manning, was a rich ami
influential planter in the state mentioned
throughout his life. The maternal grandfather
was William W. Wallace, of the old and hon-
ored Wallace family of Scotland. He owned a
plantation in Mississippi and for some years was
a merchant of Holly Springs, as well.

The parents of the subject of this article were
Hon. Van H. and Mary (Wallace) Manning, the
former now deceased and the latter residing in
Washington, D. C., where she has made her
home for a number of years. During the Civil
war the father enlisted in the Confederate army,

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and served until the close of the conflict with
the rank of colonel of the Third Arkansas Regi-
ment. Then, resuming his interrupted law prac-
tice at Holly Springs, he continued in that voca-
tion until he was honored by being elected as
a member of congress at Washington, where he
represented the second congressional district of
Mississippi for ten years. His death took place
a short time after his retirement from that of-
fice, in 1893. In state and social circles and in
the Masonic fraternity, with which he was identi-
fied, he was held in high esteem, and to his chil-
dren he left the proud record of a noble life and
an unblemished name.

Next to the eldest in a family comprising four
sons and four daughters, L. H. Manning was
born in Halifax county, N. C., May 18, 1864.
His brother, Van H., Jr., is in charge of a gov-
ernment surveying corps, and the younger
brothers, J. R. and W. R., are interested in
various Arizona enterprises with • him. The
higher education of L. H. Manning was ob-
tained in the University of Mississippi, at Ox-
ford. In the early spring of 1884 he came to
Tucson. For two years he served in the ca-
pacity of general manager of the Tucson Ice
& Electric Light Company. During the latter
part of President Cleveland's first administration
he held the position of chief of the mineral de-
partment in the office of the United States
survey. In 1893 he was appointed surveyor-
general of the same office, by Cleveland, and
very creditably discharged the duties devolving
upon him until 1896, when he resigned, owing to
the multiplicity of his personal business interests.

For the past five years Mr. Manning has de-
voted the major share of his attention to mining
in old S.onora, Mexico, where he has opened a
number of mines. In June, 1900, he bought out
the old firm of Norton & Drake, and this gen-
eral mercantile house is now known as that of
the L. H. Manning Company. Of this flourish-
ing enterprise he is the president and manager.
When favorable opportunities presented, he
made investments in real estate in this city, and,
in addition to the Owl Club, which he built, four
substantial residences stand as monuments to
his good taste and good business ability. In
company with our well known citizen, Leo Gold-
schmidt, he organized the Franklin Park Com-

pany, and is its president and manager. Fra-
ternally he is associated with the lodge and
club of the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks. In political affairs he is a Democrat.

The marriage of Mr. Manning and Miss
Gussie Lovell took place at the home of her
father, Judge Lovell, in 1897. She was born in
San Jose, Cal.

HON. GEORGE W. CHEYNEY.

The well-known and popular postmaster of
Tucson was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Septem-
ber i, 1854, and is a son of Waldron J. Cheyney,
a native of Chester county, that state, and a
representative of an old English family which
belonged to the Society of Friends and came to
America with William Penn. Our subject's
paternal grandfather, Waldron J. Cheyney, Sr.,
was a farmer of Chester county. The father
served as captain on the staff of General Hall
of New York in the Civil war. and was in the
service from the opening of hostilities until
Lee's surrender at Appomattox. For many
years he has been a business man of Philadel-
phia, and since 1877 has been largely interested
in mining in Arizona and California. During
this time he has made numerous trips to this
territory, and was one of the original investors
at Tombstone. In religious belief he is an Epis-
copalian and in politics a Republican. His wife,
who bore the maiden name of Frances Potts, is
a native of Philadelphia, of which city her father,
Edward Potts, was also a native and a prominent
banker for many years. The Potts family is also
connected with the Society of Friends and was
founded in America during William Penn's time,
their early home being on the Schuylkill river in
Pennsylvania. Our subject is the oldest of a
family of eight children, all of whom are living,
but he is the only one residing in this territory.
His brother, Samuel W., is mining in Cali-
fornia, while the others are all residents of
Philadelphia.

George W. Cheyney passed his boyhood and
youth in the city of his birth, and is indebted to
its public schools for his educational advantages.
In 1871 he went to New York City, where he
was in the employ of James W. Queen & Co.,
opticians, until 1877, and then returned to Phila-

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delphia, where the following two years were
spent. He then went to Atchison, Kans., and
later to Leadville, Colo., and from there re-
turned to Philadelphia. In 1881 he came to
Tombstone, Ariz., and has since engaged in
mining in this territory, being superintendent of
the Tombstone Mill & Mining Company for
five years, which is the largest in that locality.
In July, 1898, he was appointed postmaster of
Tucson, and assumed the duties of that office
on the 2d of August.

At Atchison, Kans., Mr. Cheyney was mar-
ried, September 20, 1882, to Miss Annie Neal,
a native of that place, of which her father,
Clement J. Neal, is a pioneer. As a young man
he was one of the original boy riders of the
Pony Express, between St. Joseph, Mo., and
San Francisco, Cal., and had many narrow
escapes. He was one of the earliest settlers of
Kansas and became a leading architect and
builder of Atchison, where he still resides. Our
subject and his wife have six children, namely :
Bernice, Frances, Mary Neal, Ruth, Edith and
Eleanor.

Mr. Cheyney is a member of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, and is a prominent
Knight Templar Mason, having been initiated
into the mysteries of the order at Tombstone.
He is now a member of the commandery at
Tucson, and is past grand master of the grand
lodge of Arizona, and past grand high priest of
the grand chapter. The Republican party has al-
ways found in him a stanch supporter of its prin-
ciples, while he has done all within his power to
insure its success. He has served on the terri-
torial and county central committees, and in
1890 was a member of the constitutional con-
vention. That same year he was the Republican
nominee for delegate to congress, but owing
to the large Democratic majority in Arizona he
was defeated. He has twice been elected to the
territorial counsels, being a member of the fif-
teenth and seventeenth general assemblies. He
was superintendent of public instruction for four
years under Governors Wolfley, Irwin and
Murphy, and was ex-officio member of the board
of regents. Over his life record there falls no
shadow of wrong; his public service has been
most exemplary, and his private life has been
marked by the utmost fidelity to duty. He is

to-day one of the most prominent citizens of
Tucson.

HON. COLES BASHFORD.

This name awakens chords of deep feeling in
multitudes of hearts, for few of the actors on
the stage of the just-completed century played
more important parts or accomplished more for
the rights, liberty and progress of the people
than did Gov. Coles Bashford, statesman, lawyer
and pioneer. While Wisconsin and other states
have great reason to claim him as their own,
Arizona undoubtedly has even stronger claims,
for, prior to the organization of the territory,
he cast in his fortunes here, served as our first
attorney-general, was president of the first terri-
torial council or legislature, was our congress-
man in the Fortieth Congress at Washington,
D. C., was secretary of Arizona, and with other
frontiersmen risked his life hundreds of times
while striving to carry out his noble work for the
people of this future state, traveling through dis-
tricts in all parts of the territory where the In-
dians were exceedingly hostile. But it is im-
possible to briefly summarize the great and
noble achievements of this distinguished citizen,
and from contemporary authors and later writ-
ers the following facts and tributes have been
gleaned.

Born near Cold Springs, N. Y., January 24,
1816, Coles Bashford received a thorough train-
ing in the classics at Wesleyan University, of
Lima, N. Y. Then for seven years he studied
law, practically preparing himself for his future
career, and in the meantime was largely depend-
ent upon his own resources for a livelihood.
Admitted to practice before the supreme and all
other courts of New York state, October 28,
1842, he at once entered upon his life-work in
Wayne county, N. Y. June 7, 1847, the young
man was chosen as the nominee of the Whig
party to the office of district attorney, and was
elected that autumn. The energy and ability
which characterized all of his undertakings
thenceforth, elicited the commendation of Wil-
liam H. Seward and eminent lawyers of the
period.

In 1850, resigning his position, Mr. Bashford
removed to Wisconsin, immediately taking rank

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with the ablest lawyers of the state. Settling in
Oshkosh, he soon became well known and was
elected to the state senate on the Whig ticket,
from Winnebago county, though the Demo-
cratic vote in that district was a close second.
Becoming a recognized leader in the young
state's legislative body he declined the honor of
being a nominee for congress when the proposi-
tion was made to him, preferring to labor in his
own locality. Then he was re-elected by a good
majority and in the sessions of 1854-55 occurred
the bitter discussions on the Missouri Compro-
mise. It is almost needless to say that Senator
Bashford earnestly declared himself against the
pernicious extension of the slavery system into
states hitherto free from the curse. "A motion
to indefinitely postpone in the state senate a
joint resolution which had been carried through
the lower house cleared the field for action.
Governor Bashford was the first to speak on the
question. He refused to be gagged by the senate
and proceeded to raise his voice in an eloquent
peroration against the spreading of the slavery
evil in any state or territory. His withering de-
nunciation of Senator Stephen A. Douglas, of
Illinois, the author of the Nebraska bill in con-
gress, earned for him a reputation which spread
throughout the north."

Upon the organization of the Republican
party Governor Bashford was one of the first
in Wisconsin to espouse its principles, and Sep-
tember 5, 1855, the state convention of the new-
party, after adopting a strong anti-slavery plank,
nominated him for the gubernatorial chair, the
showing of the first ballot being one hundred
and twenty-four out of two hundred and ten
votes in his favor. The Democrats had renom-
inated William A. Barstow and succeeded in
electing every candidate on their ticket. The
board of state canvassers, under a claim of ir-
regularities practiced in certain counties at the
polls, gave Barstow the preference, certificate of
election and had him inaugurated at the state
capitol January 15, 1856. Then was seen of
what spirit Senator Bashford was made. Being
thoroughly convinced that he had been justly
elected by the people, he took the oath of office
on the same day as did Barstow, and began to
battle for his rights with that determination
which always carried everything before it. Be-

ginning a suit by quo warranto before the su-
preme court of Wisconsin, providing for the
setting aside of his opponent on the grounds of
fraudulent election returns, the evidence there
submitted proved beyond a doubt that a villain-
ous attempt had been made to disfranchise the
voters, who rose in their majesty and turned the
usurper from the office, placing the man of their
choice at the head of affairs. The counsel em-
ployed in this celebrated case comprised some
of the most eminent legal minds of the time;
the contest lasted for three months and the pre-
cedent thus established has left a lasting impress
upon our national history. The arguments ad-
vanced by counsel, the decisions of Judge Whi-
ton, are to be found in the Fifth Wisconsin
Reports — occupying fully two hundred and fifty
closely printed pages. "The demeanor of Gov-
ernor Bashford throughout the exciting contest
was worthy of a Qromwell. Unmindful of threats,
above the contumely and scorn of his assailants,
strong in a righteous purpose, unflinching in his
just demands and fully aware of the great stake
at issue, he went on sternly and boldly, until
fraud was unmasked, villainy suppressed and the
cause of truth, freedom and that purity of the
ballot-box triumphed. Never was a man sub-
jected to severer test and never was truer mettle
or purer character exhibited, and Coles Bashford
won not only the plaudits of friends, but the
admiration and respect of all honorable political
opponents."

Thus, March 25, 1856, Governor Bashford
assumed the duties and responsibilities to which
the public had called him, and at the expiration
of his term the following highly-deserved reso-
lution was unanimously adopted by the Republi-
can state convention : "Resolved, That the
warmest thanks of the people of Wisconsin are
clue to Governor Bashford for the zeal, energy,
ability and perseverance with which he has
prosecuted to a successful issue before the su-
preme court of this state his claim as the legally
elected governor of Wisconsin ; that by this act
he upheld justice, law and the constitution, and
vindicated the rights of sovereignty of the peo-
ple ; that we honor him for his administration of
the state government and that wherever justice
triumphs over fraud, and the rights of the peo-
ple at the ballot-box are held sacred, the name

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of Coles Bashford will be held in grateful re-
membrance and respect."

Thus the first successful candidate in the
United States for the exalted office of governor,
elected under the banner of the then new party,
was the subject of this review. It required no
modicum of courage and resolution to serve
under the prevailing disaffection, and though he
"was weighed in the balances and not found
wanting," it is not strange that he often yearned
for the quiet, comparatively untrammeled life
of the private citizen. The press, his party and
host of friends urged him most earnestly to
again make the race for the office he then held,
and it became evident that his manly course had
attached great numbers of his former opponents
to him. Nevertheless, he repeatedly declared
that nothing, save the absolute need of the peo-
ple, shown by almost unanimity of action, could
prevail upon him to accept a re-nomination, and
in a speech before the convention he positively
declined to consider the matter. Some of his
political enemies, fearing his increased popular-
ity, instituted a series of attacks upon his
administration, whereupon the governor imme-
diately demanded an impartial investigation of
all of his official acts by a commission to be
appointed by the legislature. The two Demo-
crats and three Republicans thus chosen com-
plied with their instructions, and unanimously
exonerated him from each and every charge
which had been made against him. Thus he
retired from his position with the cordial respect
and confidence of the masses, the general ver-
dict being that he had been a faithful, inde-
pendent and trustworthy servant of the people.

Though his law practice had necessarily suf-
fered greatly, Governor Bashford soon was
absolutely burdened by his immense business,
and when, in 1859, he was urged to become a
candidate for the judgeship of the circuit court
of the tenth judicial district, he refused, even
though nearly all of the members of the bar of
the district had signed the request. Again in
the following year the political tempter appealed
to his ambition, seeking by voice and petition to
have him become a candidate for congress, but
the result was the same. During the winter of
1862-63, however, he lived in Washington, D. C.,
where business affairs demanded his presence.

The pioneer spirit always had been inherent in
the governor, and when Arizona was organized
as a territory he accompanied the newly-ap-
pointed officials to their new field of action, aid-
ing them in establishing headquarters at Navajo
Springs, where they arrived December 29, 1863.
Governor Goodwin, realizing that the old Mexi-
can laws must hold until a territorial legislature
enacted others, felt the great responsibility so
severely that he was glad to appoint Governor
Bashford as attorney-general, thus being re-
lieved of much care. The duties of his office
were very taxing, as the entire territory was one
judicial district, and duty called him to every
section, even to points where the Indians were
the most hostile. All of his acquaintances mar-
veled at his wonderful escapes from the treach-
ery and open attacks of the red men, as he
journeyed, so often alone, over vast stretches of
otherwise uninhabited localities. He was the
first lawyer admitted to practice in the courts
of Arizona, as May, 1864, this ceremony was
gone through with at Tucson.

Pima county elected Mr. Bashford to the first
Arizona territorial legislature, and that body
chose him as president, for there was much to
be done, a code of procedure to be adopted
and important laws to be formulated on every
subject relating to the new territory's welfare.
So well did he meet the expectations of his col-
leagues and the general public that he was
elected to the next sessions. Then, as chairman
of the committee on judiciary, the code was
framed; and the records demonstrate that not
one of the other members of the legislature took
so active and useful a part in the weighty de-
liberations before them. To his surprise, in
1866, a convention of over one hundred citizens
of Pima county unanimously nominated him for
delegate to congress, party lines not having
been drawn there, as yet. Elected by a good
majority, he carried out the wishes of his con-
stituents in the Fortieth congressional sessions
at the nation's capital, and at the close of his
term was appointed secretary of Arizona by
President Grant. This kept him in that responsi-
ble position for a term of four years, and in
1871 the territorial assembly selected him to
compile the various sessions laws into one vol-
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an intelligent regard for convenience of refer-
ence this great work was performed. Recogniz-
ing that the administration of Governor Bash-
ford as secretary of Arizona had been thoroughly
satisfactory. President Grant re-appointed him
to the same office in 1873, and it was not until
private business interests demanded his making
his residence at Prescott, where he had made
investments, that he resigned, Tucson then be-
ing the capital city.

Almost continuously for about three decades
Governor Bashford had been prominently as-
sociated with the management of public affairs,
and at the age of three-score he felt that the
remainder of his life might well be devoted ex-
clusively to his family and personal interests
thenceforth. His long and eventful career has
been rarely equalled, and the high principles by
which he ever was governed shone forth con-
spicuously in his every action, thus endearing
him to all who knew him. April 25, 1878, he
was called to his eternal reward, his demise
occurring at his Prescott home. The western
descending sun gilds the solid shaft of granite
which marks the last resting-place of the mortal
remains of this true patriot and pioneer, at
Mountain View cemetery, at Oakland, Cal., and
illuminates a line which is inscribed thereon, a
favorite quotation of his, "Write me as one that
loves his fellow-men."

The widow of Governor Bashford resides in
Oakland, Cal., where she may readily visit the
beautiful city of the dead, though well she real-
izes that a more enduring monument to his
memory was erected by himself in the history of
his time, and that his memory is tenderly cher-
ished in the hearts of a multitude of the people
whom he so well and conscientiously served
through his long and distinguished career. In
her girlhood she bore the name of Frances
Adams Foreman, Seneca Falls, N. Y., being- her
birthplace. Her father, David Foreman, was a
pioneer in Wisconsin, where he was extensively
engaged in the manufacture of lumber for years.
Born of their union were seven children : Eliza-
beth, widow of G. A. Sprecher; Margaret, wife
of R. H. Burmister ; William C., of Prescott ;
Helen B., widow of W. E. Smith; Belle, who
died at eleven years of age; Lillian E., wife of
A.W. Kirkland,and Edward L.,of Oakland, Cal.

HON. JOSEPH B. CORBETT.

This able and thoroughly enterprising young
man represented his district in the twenty-first
general assembly of Arizona, making a credit-
able record. He was nominated on the Repub-
lican ticket from Pima county in the fall of
1900 and was elected, receiving the highest ma-
jority vote of any nominee on the Republican
legislative ticket. He served in the session of
1901, being a member of the following com-
mittees : On corporations, education, and ways
and means. Political and public affairs have en-
gaged his serious attention since he left the
school-room and the future undoubtedly has
further honors in store for him, for he is not
only well posted on the leading questions of the
day, but is strictly conscientious in the discharg-
ing of every duty and confidence reposed in him,
and would be incapable of proving a traitor to
the cause in which he believes, or to the friends
who delegate him as their representative.

A westerner by birth and training, J. 1!. Cor-
bett is a native of San Francisco, born October
27, 1870. His parents were James and Mary
(Bayley) Corbett, and he is one of five brothers
and sisters. A brother, James Corbett, is em-
ployed as an engineer on the Mexican Central
Railroad, one sister is deceased and the other two
are making their home with our subject. Their
mother died in San Francisco and the father is
still living chiefly in that city, engaged in mining
engineering.

The boyhood and youth of J. B. Corbett were
passed in San Francisco and Oakland. He re-
ceived a liberal education in the grammar and
high schools of Oakland, his graduation trom
the last-named institution taking place in June,
1886. He then started as an apprentice ma-
chinist in the West Oakland shops and remained
there and with the McKinzie Machine Works
for two and a half years. He then was given
a position as fireman on the line of railroad run-
ning between Oakland and Sacramento and at
the early age of nineteen was promoted to the
post of engineer, his run lying between Oakland
and Sacramento, on the Southern Pacific. He
continued to occupy that position until April,
i8()2, when he came to Tucson, and since that
time has piloted his engine between this city

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and Yuma. He belongs to the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, was secretary of his di-
vision for several years and was chairman of the
grievance committee for many years. In Ma-
sonic circles he stands high, having been initi-
ated into the order in Brooklyn Lodge No. 225,
F. & A. M., of East Oakland. Since coming
to this place he was raised to the Royal Arch de-
gree in Tucson Chapter No. 3 and became a
member of Arizona Commandery No. i, K. T.,
also being identified with the Order of the East-
ern Star.

MARCUS W. MESSINGER.

No citizen of Phoenix stands higher in the
hearts of the people than does M. W. Messinger,
former county treasurer of Maricopa county.
His life is exemplary and his broad-minded
humanitarianism has endeared him to the high
and low, the rich and poor. Born March 19,
1844, on a farm in Morton, Tazewell county, 111.,
he is a son of Martin and Lucinda (Parmenter)
Messinger. On the paternal side he is of Ger-
man descent, and his grandfather, Lyman Mes-
singer, a native of Massachusetts, and a farmer
of New York state, was a veteran of the war of
1812. The maternal grandfather, Nathan Par-
menter, served with the rank of captain in the
same great war, and his father was an officer in
the Revolution. Both were pioneers of Ver-
mont, the younger having been born in that
state, and there, after a life spent in quiet agri-
cultural pursuits, he was called to his reward.
Mrs. Lucinda Messinger, his daughter, was
born at Brandon, and died in Illinois when in
her seventy-ninth year. One of the early set-
tlers in that then frontier state was Martin Mes-
singer, whose birth-place was in New York.
When a young man he went to Vermont, and
met and married the lady of his choice in Bran-
don. Then, after spending a few years in Ohio,
he made his way to Illinois, passing through
Chicago in 1835, when it was considered a hope-
less swamp. Locating upon a tract of wild land
in Tazewell county, he improved it and when he
wished to dispose of some wheat, for instance,
was obliged to haul it one hundred and sixty
miles, to Chicago, from which city he conveyed
lumber used in making floors in his house.

After living for a long time on one farm, he
removed to another one in the same vicinity, and
continued to cultivate that place of eighty acres
from 1854 until his death in his seventy-seventh
year. In principle he was a strong Abolitionist,
and was known as a conductor on the under-
ground railroad. Two of his children survive,
M. W. and George P., the latter a merchant of
Manistee, Mich.

The boyhood and youth of M. W. Messinger
passed uneventfully upon the parental home-
stead. In the common schools he laid the
foundations of knowledge, and attended the
high school of Tremont, 111., which was kept in
the court house where Abraham Lincoln regu-
larly came to practice law. Later he was a stu-
dent in the Illinois State Normal at Normal, 111.
At the end of two years spent in that institution
he was forced to return home, owing to illness.
Later he went to Chicago and attended Bryant
& Stratton's Business College, after his gradua-
tion being sent by the firm to Burlington to
establish a branch college. For two years he
was connected with that institution under salary,
and then, in partnership with Col. William
Christy, bought the college, which they con-
ducted for two years. Then selling his interest,
he returned home and purchased the farm which
he managed until 1875. When Colonel Christy
was elected treasurer of Iowa, Mr. Messinger
became cashier of the First National Bank of
Osceola, Iowa, but at the end of a year returned
to his Illinois farm, which he so thoroughly tiled
and improved that it won the name of being one
of the best country-seats in the county. In 1888
he accepted a good price which was tendered
him for the farm, and came to the southwest.

Since coming to Phoenix Mr. Messinger has
been connected with many different enterprises,
and as a horticulturist has been as successful
as he formerly was as a general farmer. His
twenty-acre orange orchard, and his twenty
acres of olive-trees, situated about six miles
north of Phoenix, are well provided with water
and are yielding abundant harvests annually.
One of the organizers and the present president
of the Ingleside Company, which owns two hun-
dred acres of orange trees near the falls of the
Arizona canal; and vice-president of the Salt
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interested in this important branch of our trade.

While a resident of Illinois Mr. Messinger
held a number of local official positions, and was
a member of the county central committee of
Republicans. In 1888 he became a director and
the assistant cashier of the Valley Bank of Phoe-
nix, and from 1892 until the fall of 1898 was
the cashier of the same. At the time last men-
tioned he was nominated and elected on the Re-
publican ticket to the responsible office of county
treasurer. His majority was one hundred and
twenty over a nominal Democratic majority of
over four hundred votes. Having tendered his
resignation as cashier of the bank, he entered
upon his new duties January i, 1899, and at the
expiration of his term was again nominated, but
was defeated. For some years he was connected
with the old organization known as the Cham-
ber of Commerce.

In the county of his birth Mr. Messinger mar-
ried Miss Mary A. Roberts, likewise born there,
and daughter of John M. Roberts, a prominent
farmer, originally of Wales. The eldest of the
four sons of our subject and wife is Albert Fen-
ton, a graduate of the high school and formerly
a student of Knox College of Illinois, and now
the receiver for Ryder's Lumber-yards. Victor
Emanuel, employed in the interests of the same
concern, as manager of the Glendale (Ariz.)
branch yards, is a graduate of the high school,
and for two years attended Leland Stanford
(Cal.) University. John Montgomery was a
member of the high school class of 1900, and
Charles Herbert, the youngest, is in the public
school. The parents of these manly sons have
just cause for pride in them, for they are, in-
deed, worthy children of sterling parents.

While every form of human activity and every
effort to promote civilization are of great interest
to Mr. Messinger, he is especially devoted to
Sunday-school work, believing that in the well-
grounded principles of the young lies the hope
for our country. Soon after coming to Phoenix
he identified himself with the Presbyterians, and
now is the senior ruling elder of the church.
While the church edifice was in process of con-
struction he served as chairman of the building
committee. For a number of years he officiated
as superintendent of the Sunday-school, only
leaving that position because of his being called

to the wider work of the territorial organization
of Sunday-schools. Since the inception of that
society — some eleven years ago — he has been the
secretary of the board, which is doing a world
of good. He also is a member of the board of
home missions of the Presbytery of Arizona and
with great joy sees the cause of Christianity be-
ing advanced along all lines.

HON. RIDGLEY C. POWERS.

In tracing the lives of men it is often
extremely interesting to note the utterly unex-
pected order of events, the unforeseen interven-
tion of what we sometimes call destiny, and
which Shakespeare terms that "Providence
which shapes our ends, rough hew them how we
will." Strange, indeed, does it seem that R. C.
Powers, who valiantly fought for three years
against the Confederacy, should, only seven
years after the termination of that struggle,
become the governor of the old southern state
of Mississippi, but such was the case. In that
responsible position he did not make enemies,
as many might have done, but on the contrary,
he succeeded in arousing a more kindly feeling
for the north, whence he had recently come.
Thus he assisted the difficult task of recon-
struction. His tact proceeded from a genuine
kindliness of spirit and a liberal mind.

For the past twenty-two years ex-Governor
Powers has been a resident of Arizona, and has
been actively connected with many of its chief
industries. He is a native of Trumbull county,
Ohio, the only son and oldest of the seven chil-
dren of Milo and Lucy Ann (Dickenson)
Powers. His great-grandfather Powers, the
founder of the family in America, was a native
of England and settled in New Jersey. The
grandfather, Jacob Powers, was born in that
state, participated in the war of 1812, and was
an early settler of Westmoreland county, Pa.,
later of Trumbull county, Ohio. Milo Powers
was born in Westmoreland county. Pa., and for
many years was a farmer and merchant in Ohio.
After retiring from business, he went to Mis-
sissippi, where he died at his son's home. His
widow is living with a daughter in New Orleans,
La. She was born in Connecticut eighty-four
years ago and is of English descent. Her father,

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Capt. Samuel Dickenson, was a native of the
same state and won his title by gallant service
in the war of 1812. With a colony from his own
state he went to Ohio in an early day and there
passed his remaining years.

Born December 24, 1836, Hon. Ridgley C.
Powers lived in Trumbull county, Ohio, until
he was grown. He attended the Western
Reserve Seminary, and later took a scientific
course in the University of Michigan, complet-
ing his education in Union College, Schenec-
tady, N. Y., where the degree of Bachelor of
Arts was bestowed upon him in 1862. After
the close of the Civil war the degree of Master
of Arts was conferred upon him. Leaving col-
lege, in August, 1862, he enlisted in the One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and
was made second lieutenant of Company C.
Later he was promoted to be first lieutenant and
then became captain of his company, after which
he was assigned to detached duty as assistant
adjutant-general in the first brigade of the
Second Division of the Fourth Army Corps.
Subsequently he was connected with the Second
Division of the same corps, as assistant adjutant-
general, and on two occasions, for gallant and
conspicuous bravery in battle, was promoted,
first to brevet-major, then to brevet lieutenant-
colonel. He participated, with the army of the
Cumberland, in thirteen hard-fought battles and
one hundred or more skirmishes, taking part in
the whole campaign from Murfreesboro to
Nashville, and the Georgia campaign. He was
slightly wounded at the battle of Jonesboro, but
did not leave his regiment. With his comrades,
he was mustered out at New Orleans in Sep-
tember, 1865.

As one of the results of the war, many north-
erners made settlement in the south. Having
been impressed with Mississippi, Governor
Powers purchased a fine cotton plantation of
two thousand acres, situated on the Noxubee
river, near Macon, and this he successfully oper-
ated for sixteen years. That he thoroughly
adjusted himself to the conditions in the south
and that he possesses qualities to command
admiration became evident when, in 1869, he
was elected lieutenant-governor of the state,
with J. L. Alcorn, governor. In 1871, when
Alcorn was elected to the United States senate,

by virtue of his office Mr. Powers became gov-
ernor, serving as such through 1872 and 1873,
his administration being exceedingly peaceable
and prosperous. In later years it has been con-
ceded, by thinking men of both parties in Mis-
sissippi, that the state never had a chief execu-
tive who administered affairs more successfully
or who was more popular among all classes, than
was Governor Powers.

On the expiration of his term, Governor
Powers returned to his plantation, which he sold
in 1879, in order to remove to Arizona. Here
he has been engaged in civil engineering and
at present is United States deputy mineral sur-
veyor. At different times lie has been employed
in important government work as surveyor, and
ever since his arrival here he has been interested
in mining, having opened several mines. One of
these, the Model, was sold by him in 1901 to the
Model Gold Mining Company of Chicago, which
is one of the strongest gold mining companies
in the west and in which he still retains an inter-
est. He also operates a gold mine, the Emmett,
situated about twenty miles east of Prescott. At
this writing he is president of the Good Govern-
ment League of Prescott and president of the
Miners' Association of Yavapai county.

In the Grand Army of the Republic, Governor
Powers is deservedly popular, and is past com-
mander of the Phoenix Post. His political
influence is given to the Republican party. In
the Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday-
school he is an active member and a trustee.
He was married, in Cleveland, Ohio, October
27, 1892, to Miss Mary Wilson. His only child,
Ridgley C. Powers, Jr., is now a student in
Pomona College in California.

HON. SCOTT WHITE.
In the various enterprises which have been
instituted for the upbuilding of Cochise county
Mr. White, sheriff of the county, and secretary
of the La Cananea Consolidated Copper Com-
pany, has ever been in the front ranks as a pro-
moter of progress. A native of Lagrange, Fay-
ette county, Tex., he was born in 1856, and was
educated in the public schools of Texas and the
University of Virginia. His father, John W.
White, was born in Virginia, and was for sev-
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As secretary and assistant manager of a min-
ing company, Scott White came to Arizona in
1881, and was for eleven years located at Bowie
station. Afterwards he engaged in prospecting
and in the cattle business in the San Simon
valley, where he had a ranch at Dunn's Springs,
near Fort Bowie. In 1892 he removed to Tomb-
stone and still continued his cattle business, to
the extent of several hundred head. After com-
ing to Arizona he rapidly grew in popular favor
and was elected a member of the territorial
legislature on the Democratic ticket in 1886. He
was elected supervisor of Cochise county for the
long term in 1890, from which position he re-
signed in 1892 upon his election as sheriff of
Cochise county. In 1895 he was appointed by
Judge Bethune clerk of the district court of
Cochise county, and held the position until 1896,
when he was again elected sheriff. At the ex-
piration of his term he was re-elected to the
office. His administration has been well re-
ceived, and the various matters which have come
to him for adjustment have been fairly and tact-
fully met.

In 1899 Mr. White became associated with
the mining concern of which he is secretary,
and whose interests he has done much to further.
In 1889 he was united in marriage with Lady
Lyons, and of this union there are three chil-
dren, who are living in Tombstone. Fraternally
Mr. White is associated with the Cochise Lodge
No. 5, F. & A. M., Tombstone Chapter No. 4,
R. A. M., Knight Templars Commandery at
Tucson, and El Zaribah Temple, N. M. S., at
Phoenix. He is also connected with the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, and with the Tucson
Lodge No. 385, B. P. O. E.

ALBERT STEINFELD.
The great establishment of L. Zeckendorf &
Co., Tucson, Ariz., of which Albert Steinfeld is
the resident partner and manager, is a splendid
monument to the earnest and unremitting
efforts and the genius of the man who manages
the varied interests of the firm. For twenty-
four years he has been a partner in the concern
and since 1872 has made his 'home in Tucson,
devoting his entire time and attention to the
business which has been conducted in the south-
west for nearly half a century.

Mr. Steinfeld is a native of Hanover, Germany,
his birth having taken place in that city Decem-
ber 23, 1854. With his parents he came to the
United States in 1862 and, living in New York
City, received a liberal English education in the
public schools. His first commercial venture was
with the wholesale dry-goods firm of Eldridge,
Dunham & Co., successors to George Bliss &
Co., in whose employ he remained two years. In
1871 he crossed the "father of waters" and be-
came identified with the great west. At Denver,
Colo., he was employed by his uncle, Charles
Ballin, a dry-goods merchant. In January, 1872.
he arrived in Tucson, where he first became con-
nected with the enterprise of his uncles, A. &
L. Zeckendorf. Having thoroughly demon-
strated his ability and fidelity by several years
of service, he was admitted to the firm, with
which, as previously stated, he has been the
moving spirit ever since, and which owes the
prosperity of this large concern to the broad-
gauge management of his bright genius. He is
very popular in commercial circles of the city
and for a period served as president of the old
Chamber of Commerce, later being the vice-
president of its successor, the present Board of
Trade.

Fraternally Mr. Steinfeld is prominent in
Masonic circles, and by his means, influence and
ability contributes more than his full share to
the general welfare and prosperity of the city
of Tucson and Pima and Santa Cruz counties.
To his employes and assistants he is a kind ad-
viser and friend, and he can rely on the un-
swerving fidelity of every man in the firm's
employ. The name of the firm of L. Zeckendorf
& Co., of Tucson, and of Albert Steinfeld, its
manager, is known in every mining camp and
ranch for hundreds of miles around, in Arizona,
New and Old Mexico, where the firm do busi-
ness from all their varied departments. The
casual visitor is astonished and surprised when
he walks from one department to another in this
great building, for he finds every class of mer-
chandise that a miner, rancher, or business man
can use, and on the main floor are to be found
the general offices and Mr. Steinfeld's private
office, which is always open to the various and
sundry callers who visit the store. A larger
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than any other in the territory, and the annual
business transacted here exceeds that of the
other commercial houses of Arizona.

In addition to this business, Mr. Steinfeld is
identified with various other industries in South-
ern Arizona, each of which shows his indomit-
able pluck, spirit and energy in the success that
has attended it. No man in Southern Arizona
has been in closer touch with the development
of her many and varied resources than Mr.
Steinfeld, and it is in a large measure due to his
good judgment, enterprise and energy that the
development of this great section has been
brought about, not alone in the enterprises with
which he is directly or indirectly connected, but
the assistance, good advice and help he has
given to others. Today he occupies the en-
viable position of being the head of the mercan-
tile interests of Arizona; highly respected and
esteemed by all who know him ; a man whose
ward or actions have never been questioned.

February 15, 1883, in Denver, Colo., Mr.
Steinfeld married Miss Bettina V. Donau,
daughter of Simon Donau, of San Francisco.
They have a very attractive home on South
Main street, built in the old Mexican style,
whose light and pride are their four children,
named respectively, Lester, Irene, Harold, and
Viola.

BENJAMIN FANEUIL PORTER.

The general superintendent of the Maricopa
& Phoenix & Salt River Valley Railroad is
B. F. Porter, whose life-long experience in rail-
roading renders him peculiarly fitted for his re-
sponsible position. Closely connected with the
construction and management of this railroad
since its earliest days, he is and has been deeply
interested in the great work which has played so
important a part in the upbuilding of Arizona.

Mr. Porter is a worthy representative of a
sterling family of the old south, of English de-
scent. His father, Judge Benjamin F. Porter,
was born in Charleston, S. C., in which city the
grandfather, John Richardson Porter, was a
leading business man for many years. He was
born in one of the Bermuda Islands, and died
in Charleston. Judge Porter, who was recog-
nized as a leading member of the bar, served as

reporter of the supreme court of Alabama, rep-
resented his district in the state legislature for
upwards of a decade, and rounded his career by
presiding as judge of the circuit court. His eru-
dition and general competency for the duties of
that office led to his re-election at the expira-
tion of his first term, and he was actively en-
gaged in his professional labors when he died,
in 1868, in his sixty-third year. In the ranks of
the Masonic order and the Odd Fellows, and in
the Baptist Church, to which he belonged, he
was highly honored and beloved. His home for
many years was in Tuscaloosa and Greenville,
Ala., and in the town last named both himself
and estimable wife were residing at the time of
death. Mrs. Porter was Eliza Taylor Kidd prior
to her marriage, and of their ten children nine
lived to maturity. Born in Chesterville, S. C.,
she was a daughter of Hon. John Kidd, likewise
a native of that state, and for many years a
prominent member of the legislature of Ala-
bama. In 1829 he removed to a plantation near
Fort Claiborne, Ala., and there spent the re-
mainder of his life. One of his sons, Leroy, also
served in the state legislature, and his wife, Ade-
laide Adair, a native of Kentucky, was a niece of
Governor Adair, of that state, and was a near
relative of Zachary Taylor. The Kidd family
was founded in Virginia and later in South Car-
olina by the descendants of an Irish gentleman
of the name, and a brother of Hon. John Kidd,
Andrew Kidd, was one of the pioneers of Ken-
tucky, and participated in the hardships of that
then wilderness with Daniel Boone and other
heroes of his ilk.

Dr. J. R. Porter, the first-born child of Judge
Porter and wife, was graduated from the Nash-
ville Medical College, and was the surgeon of the
Eighteenth Mississippi regiment from 1861 to
1864, when, on the battle-field of Franklin, he
was placed in command of a company by Gen-
eral Hood, and was killed ere the conflict was
over. Rev. James D. Porter was engaged in
the practice of law with his father until he en-
tered the army, being connected with the Sixth
Battalion of Alabama Cavalry. The hardships
which he endured so preyed upon his health that
he became dangerously ill while participating
in the battle of Shiloh, and returned home, a
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tially recovered, he entered the ministry, and
for years prior to his death in 1880 was rector
of the Episcopal Church of Greenville, Ala.
Capt. R. Y. Porter, the present mayor of Green-
ville, where he has been engaged in the insur-
ance business for years, has taken a very prom-
inent part in the military affairs of his state.
The eldest sister, Mrs. Julia R. Pratt, departed
this life at her home in Brooklyn, N. Y. Her
husband, John Pratt, was the inventor of the first
typewriter, the one now known as the "Ham-
mond." During the progress of the Civil war he
perfected his wonderful invention, which has
been of untold value in the world of commerce,
and, as affairs in the United States were in such
a state, he ran the blockade and went to Eng-
land, where he took out patent-rights on his
machine. Returning at the close of the war, he
exhibited it at the New Orleans Exposition, at
which time he became associated with the Mr.
Hammond whose name the machine bears. Mrs.
J. R. Abrams, whose husband is deceased, and
who was a successful merchant, resides in Green-
ville, Ala. Mrs. Ina M. P. Ockenden, of Mont-
gomery, Ala., was connected with the editorial
staff of the Greenville "Advocate" for fifteen
years, and is an author of marked ability, many
of her prose articles and poems possessing ex-
ceptional merit. Mrs. Emma Bedell lives in Gal-
veston, Tex., where her husband is a lumber
merchant. Mrs. Ann J. Anderson, a widow, re-
sides near Hempstead, Tex.

The birth of Benjamin F. Porter occurred
April 15, 1842, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. When he
was six years old he accompanied the family to
Floyd county, Ga., and in 1852 went to Marshall
county, Ala. Leaving Hearn School, at Cave
Springs, Ga., where he was pursuing his studies,
the youth commenced his business life by enter-
ing the engineering corps of the present Ala-
bama Great Southern Railroad. At the end of
a year and a half he became one of the engineer-
ing corps of the Tennessee & Coosa Railroad
Company, and after the grading work had been
completed became connected with the Mobile
& Great Northern (now the Louisville & Nash-
ville Railroad) and was thus employed until the
beginning of the Civil war.

For five months B. F. Porter served with the
Barlow Rangers on the Gulf coast, when he was

detailed by John T. Milner, of Birmingham,
Ala., to enter the service of the Southern &
Northern Alabama Railroad. Proceeding into
the coal regions of northern Alabama, accord-
ing to his instructions, and in the interest of the
Alabama Arms Manufacturing Company, he
laid claim to some public lands in Jefferson
county, and continued to look after this enter-
prise until the close of the war. In the mean-
time, when Wilson's army was traversing the
northern part of Alabama, Mr. Porter was placed
in charge of a supply train for General Forrest's
forces, and continued to act thus as a conductor
on the train until he was captured by the Fed-
erals at Demopolis, Ala., while endeavoring to
save the rolling stock in his care from destruc-
tion at the hands of the Northerners. Ten days
after his capture, however, General Lee surren-
dered, and he was paroled by Brigadier-General
Winthrop.

Going to Greenville, Mr. Porter remained
there for two years as assistant agent for the
Mobile & Montgomery Railroad, and in the
spring of 1868 went to Selma, Ala., becoming
conductor and superintendent of construction
on the Selma & Gulf Railroad. Later he held
a like office with the Western Railroad of Ala-
bama, and after its completion, in 1871, was
placed in charge of the construction of the Mo-
bile & Birmingham. When thirty miles of the
road had been finished, he was installed as a
conductor of a passenger train, made the first
run northward to Birmingham, and continued
to act in this capacity for eighteen months. His
next undertaking proved unfortunate, for he lost
all of his means when the partly constructed
Vicksburg & Nashville Railroad went into bank-
ruptcy. Other reverses, also, were in store for
him, for, while in his next position, engaged in
superintending the repairing of the Memphis &
Little Rock Railroad, he was stricken with
smallpox, in December, 1872. For almost a
month he had no medical attendance, and
though he nearly died, his fine constitution
brought him through the illness. Returning to
Memphis, he accepted a position, as foreman of
the track-laying department, with the Memphis
& Paducah Railroad. Again he was laid low,
this time with cholerk, and he was removed
twelve miles upon a hand-car to Memphis.

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Upon his recovery he went to St. Louis, a more
healthful locality, and thence proceeded to Graf-
ton, 111., where he was foreman of the work of
quarrying stone used in the construction of the
celebrated Eads Bridge. Two years later, de-
siring an entire change of occupation, he pur-
chased a farm in Jersey county, 111, and for more
than a decade operated his homestead.

In the fall of 1886 Mr. Porter sold his property
and identified himself with the building of the
Maricopa & Phoenix Railroad. Arriving in this
locality at the opening of the year 1887, he rap-
idly pushed the work forward, and at the end of
six months the road was entirely ready for traf-
fic. For eleven years thereafter he held the
position of road-master of the line, which is
forty-two miles long, with the Mesa branch, and
connects with the Southern Pacific. During
these eleven years he was absent from the road
only nine days — a record rarely surpassed, and
attesting his faithfulness. January 15, 1898, he
\vas appointed acting superintendent of the road,
and on the 1st of the following April was pro-
moted to the general superintendency, his pres-
ent position.

In 1866 Mr. Porter married Miss Mary E.
Thomas, a native of Mississippi, and reared in
Alabama. Three sons bless their union, namely,
Walter Kidd, B. F., Jr., and Joseph R. Walter
K., quartermaster's agent on the transport ''Bel-
gian King," in the United States navy, is now
located in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands.
B. F., Jr., is employed in the freight department
of the Arizona & New Mexico Railroad, with
his headquarters at Clifton.

One of the foremost organizers of the Arizona
Mutual Savings & Loan Association, Mr. Por-
ter holds the office of president of the same. He
also is a member of the city board of trade and
of the Maricopa Club, and is prelate of Phoenix
Lodge, No. 2, K. of P., and belongs to the
Order of Elks. Politically he is a Democrat, and
has been a member of the county central com-
mittee. Mrs. Porter is a member of the Method-
ist Episcopal Church South.

JUDGE JOHN H. LANGSTON.
This well-known probate judge was born in
Mason county, 111., February 13, 1874, and is
a son of Joseph M. and Helen May (Whiteford)

Langston, natives of the same state and county.
His father was for many years a farmer and
horse dealer in Mason county, and subsequently
removed to Sangamon county, 111., near Spring-
field, where he conducted farming interests.
Upon removing later into the city of Springfield,
he became prominent in the affairs of the town,
and served for many years as justice of the peace.
His early aspirations were turned in the direc-
tion of law as a means of livelihood and outlet
for ambition, and in due time he was admitted to
practice at the bar of Illinois. In 1896 he lo-
cated in Phoenix, Ariz., and continued the prac-
tice of law. Subsequently his son, J. Henry, be-
came a partner under the firm name of Langston
& Langston. Mrs. Langston was a daughter of
John Whiteford, a wealthy farmer of Mason
county, 111., who died at the age of seventy-nine.
Mrs. Langston died in 1877, leaving three chil-
dren, all still living, John Henry being the sec-
ond oldest.

The early years of Mr. Langston were un-
eventful, and were spent in Mason county, where
he received a good education in the public
schools, supplemented by more extended study-
after the removal of the family to Springfield.
As an independent venture he began to carry
papers for the "Morning Monitor," and later
worked up to the important position of business
manager for the paper. As regards his life
work, he early decided to follow the example of
his father, and entered upon the study of law
with E. L. Chapin, and was admitted to the bar
June 10, 1896. For a time he practiced the pro-
fession at Springfield, and in 1899 removed to
Phoenix, and entered into a law partnership
with his father, the firm carrying on a general
law practice, and receiving the patronage and
appreciation due their painstaking and con-
scientious methods of conducting business. This
partnership continued until our subject assumed
the duties of his office.

In Springfield, in 1897, Mr. Langston mar-
ried Bertha A. Magee, a native of Illinois. Of
this union there are two children, Edwin Henry
and Helen Evelyn. In the fall of 1900 Mr.
Langston was nominated for the office of pro-
bate judge on the Democratic ticket, was duly
elected, and is the present incumbent. He is a
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cival Lodge, No. 262, Springfield, 111., and a
member of the Fraternal Army of America. He
is also associated with the Mutual Protective
League, and is president of the Phoenix Council
No. 246. In the work of the Young Men's
Democratic Club of Maricopa county he is
actively interested and is also a member of the
Jeffersonian Club.

JOHN H. NORTON

AND His MANY AND SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
VENTURES.

Although since 1885 a resident of Los
Angeles, Cal., the territory of Arizona does not
relinquish its claim upon Mr. Norton, for the
links have been and yet are too close. Almost
his entire mature life has been devoted to the
development and furthering of Arizona's in-
dustries, and, needless to relate, it has resulted
in mutual benefit. Although he suffered many
vicissitudes, as is common to the frontiersman,
yet he remembers those early days as among
the best of his life, and never regretted casting
his lot with the pioneers of Arizona.

Born in Milton, seven miles from Boston,
Mass., in 1847, a son °f Hubert and Mary Nor-
ton, his early years were chiefly spent in "the
Hub" where he received a liberal high-school
education. The attractions of the great west
lured him beyond what was then considered the
pale of civilization, and after spending a year
employed as a clerk in Kansas he went to
Colorado. At twenty-two years of age the
ambitious young man embarked in business on
his own account at Las Animas, Colo. In 1876
he started for the wilds of Arizona, and after
traveling eight hundred and fifty miles from a
railroad, by stage, reached Tucson where he
spent a few months. Then he established the
business and became a member of the firm of
Norton & Stewart at Fort Grant, Ariz., where
for several years they conducted a large store
and handled government contracts, for supplying
the fort and other posts in the interior. The
nearest town to Fort Grant at that time was
Tucson, one hundred and twenty miles distant ;
but when the railroad was built that far, a
station was established for and twenty-five miles
from the post, at Willcox. Mr. Norton also had

contracts for carrying the United States mail,
his route being seven hundred and fifty miles
long; and the faithful manner in which he per-
formed his duties won the admiration and
esteem of everyone.

The condition of the territory at that time is
vividly described in "Arizona and its Resources."
In those early days the territory's business
was necessarily conducted under great dif-
ficulties. Most of the merchants of the terri-
tory purchased their goods in San Francisco,
and the freight charge from there to Fort Grant
was eleven to twelve cents per pound. One
large firm in Tucson sent ox trains to the west-
ern terminus of the Santa Fe Railroad, to haul
goods purchased in the eastern markets, and it
took a year for them to make the round trip.
Mr. Norton quickly saw that New York was the
proper place to buy his goods, and started east
for that purpose. He took the stage at his store
at Fort Grant, and after a ride of seven hundred
and sixty miles reached Trinidad, Colo., then the
terminus of the Santa Fe Railroad. Arrange-
ments were immediately made with one of the
large forwarding and commission firms there to
forward to Fort Grant one hundred and twenty-
five thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand
pounds of freight as soon as it should arrive
from New York, and he hastened on his journey
to make the purchases. Concluding his busi-
ness in the east he started on his return trip and
reached Trinidad shortly after his goods had
arrived there and been forwarded. Taking the
stage again he rode to Fort Grant, and although
it was Arizona he was glad to reach home. To
show the difference between the freight charges
then and now, the rate from New York to
Trinidad was fifty cents per one hundred
pounds, and eight cents per pound from Trini-
dad to Fort Grant. Upon the arrival of these
eastern purchases at Fort Grant all of the
officers and ladies of the post visited the store
to witness the opening of the various lots of
goods. Food supplies were quite different in
those days from what is found today; canned
goods had to be almost wholly relied upon, and
all the vegetables obtainable were such as came
in cans. Potatoes and cabbage were rare
luxuries. A small "truck garden" was started
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the man arrived at the post upon his trips the all
important question was not as to the prices he
charged, but how to so divide the contents of the
wagon as to make them go around and give all
at least a few fresh vegetables. At that time
Fort Grant was regimental headquarters, having
seven troops of cavalry and the band. The
troops were to protect the settlers against about
six thousand San Carlos Apache Indians. Mr.
Norton can hardly remember a year among the
first ten that he was at Fort Grant when there
was not an outbreak, and a great many of the
Indians left the reservation. It then was the
duty of the troops to go after and bring them
back. The Indians were well fed and cared for
by the government, but still they would periodi-
cally break out, and the troops were sometimes
out seven to ten months trying to force them to
return. Of course, during all this time, the
settlers would be excited and very anxious. In
1881 Mr. Norton, when furnishing flour to the
San Carlos Agency, had one hundred thousand
pounds hauled by ox train; the Indians charged
the train, killed five of the men and destroyed
large quantities of the flour. They would take
sacks containing one hundred pounds, open
them, pour out about half of the flour, re-sew the
mouth of the sack, tie half of the flour into each
end of the sacks, throw them over the backs of
their horses and start for their mountain fast-
nesses. As the troops followed and more and
more crowded them they would throw off
some of this flour to lighten the loads of their
animals, and make it possible to travel faster;
and they were trailed more than a hundred miles
by the flour so thrown away. The claim for this
damage was filed with the Government, and it
was some eight years before the matter reached
final adjustment and payment.

Large quantities of hay were annually cut in
the Sulphur Spring valley, in which Fort Grant
is located ; this had always been done by hand,
with hoes, scythes and sickles. But when Mr.
Norton secured the contract to furnish hay to
the government he had several mowing ma-
chines shipped from the East with which to cut
it ; they were the first such machines ever seen
in this section ; the freight which he paid upon
even one of them would almost paralyze the
farmers of today. But they introduced- mod-

ern methods, and revolutionized the sickle cut-
ting.

One of the great features of early Arizona
days was the stage, as it offered the only means
for travel and distributing the mails, except
when done by horseback. This was gradually
changed as the railroad was extended. And as
these changed conditions gradually took place
it was very freely predicted that the railroad
would destroy the country ; business was, for a
time, reduced, as the large number of freighters
and freight teams previously handling the carry-
ing trade were laid off, but this was only tem-
porary. There was less of lawlessness in the
territory before than after the advent of the rail-
roads, and civilization and crime came hand in
hand.

The entire territory in those days was sup-
ported by the moneys disbursed by the govern-
ment for supplies and the pay of troops at the
various military posts. It would perhaps be
hard to find any stronger illustration of the de-
velopment along one line, the cattle industry,
since 1881, than the fact that in this year Mr.
Norton had to send to Chihuahua, Mexico, for
a herd of cattle to furnish fresh beef to the Indi-
ans on the San Carlos Reservation, while, to-
day, there are nearly sixty thousand head of cat-
tle shipped from this neighborhood each year.
Such an undertaking to drive cattle from
Chihuahua to San Carlos was very risky, as they
had to pass through two hundred miles of the
Indian country. Mr. Norton's brother, B. E.
Norton, had just arrived from the east, and
thought that to go for these cattle would be
a nice trip, and furnish him with some new ex-
periences, so he, in company with John H.
Riley, a thorough cattle man of wide experience
and now one of the largest cattle men of Colo-
rado, started from Fort Grant. They were a
month on the road to Chihuahua and three
months driving the cattle up from there, and say
that they shall never forget the experiences of
those four months.

Soon after the Southern Pacific Railroad was
constructed through Arizona Mr. Norton, with
his partner, Mr. Stewart, laid out the town site
of Willcox, and the house of Norton & Stewart
was founded at that place. They were the first
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building in the town. This was in the winter of
1881. Five years later the junior partner with-
drew. Since that time the firm has been known
as John H. Norton & Co. H. A. Morgan, the
resident partner and general manager, has been
connected with Mr. Norton since 1878, and is
thoroughly trusted and relied upon. The busi-
ness of the firm has grown with the town and
increased with the development of the surround-
ing country; they now have branch stores at
Pearce, Cochise and Johnson, each of them im-
portant and growing mining camps in the Dra-
goon mountains, and in the aggregate transact
a large business each year. The Willcox store
has a large trade, both wholesale and retail. In
addition to the large and handsome building
occupied in the chief business part of the town
they have several commodious warehouses near
the railroad, one of them being 40x100 feet.
The financial responsibility and conservative
management of this firm commend it to the
commercial world. Young men cannot do bet-
ter than emulate the example thus set before
them. Mr. Norton, with his brother, B. E.
Norton, owns a large stock ranch at Cedar
Springs, which was the scene of the attack by
the Indians upon the ox-train loaded with flour
for San Carlos, in 1881, as has been mentioned
above. Having early adopted the policy of im-
porting thoroughbred Hereford bulls their stock
is of extremely high grade, and the cattle bear-
ing their brand, "N. N.," find a ready sale.

During the past five years Mr. Norton has
moved to and made his home in the beautiful
city of Los Angeles, and is connected in busi-
ness there. He is president of the Bluewater
Land & Irrigation Company of Bluewater, N.
M. They have a dam sixty-five feet high at the
mouth of the Bluewater canon, impounding
four thousand acre feet of water; also about
sixty miles of fence and thirty miles of distribut-
ing ditches covering about four thousand acres
of land. It is the intention to build the dam
higher so that the balance of the land in the
valley, some twenty-five thousand acres, may be
brought under ditch. He is president of the
Western Contracting and Construction Com-
pany and vice-president of the Norton-Drake
Company, both of Los Angeles, and is a director
of the Chamber of Commerce, which has done

so much for Los Angeles and vicinity, making
known to the world the resources of the famous
fruit belt of Southern California. To all of these
enterprises he gives more or less of his personal
attention, and brings to his affairs all the vigor
and acumen of a man in the prime of life. Since
residing in Los Angeles he has, as first vice-
president of the Jonathan Club, and by connec-
tion with many other social bodies, cultivated a
host of friends.

Having accumulated a competency in his long
and prosperous career Mr. Norton has of late
years made numerous investments, and thus is
deriving an income from mines, cattle, mer-
cantile enterprises, etc. Perhaps one of the
chief secrets of the success he has achieved has
been his concentration of energy in the crucial
early years of his career in the world of business.
Though always an enthusiastic Republican, in
national affairs, and often strongly urged to ac-
cept political preferment, he steadfastly has de-
clined public honors, feeling that his business
interests demanded his personal attention.

The marriage of Mr. Norton and Miss M. F.
Van Doren took place in 1886; they have one
daughter, Amy Marie, now eleven years of age,
and it was largely for her sake and that she
might have the best educational advantages, that
her parents moved to Los Angeles, where the
schools are unsurpassed.

CAPT. JOHN J. NOON.

Well known as one of the oldest residents of
southern Arizona, Captain Noon was born in
County Mayo, Ireland, July 27, 1828, and came
to the United States with his parents, John and
Mary (McManamon) Noon, when only six years
old. The family located in Jennings county,
Ind., where John J. received his education in the
public schools, later attending the Jesuit Col-
lege in Cincinnati. His otherwise uneventful
youth was rendered interesting when he accom-
panied an elder brother, Patrick, on a trip
through the south and west. On arriving in
St. Louis in 1844 he heard Hon. Thomas Ben-
ton, the great statesman of Missouri, deliver one
of his famous speeches. In the spring of the
following year he returned to his home in Jen-
nings county, Ind. Needless to say that after
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period, the surroundings and possibilities of
Jennings county seemed circumscribed, and the
youth determined to avail himself of the more
remunerative activity of New Orleans. On the
way .he stopped and visited Andrew Jackson at
the old Hermitage near Nashville, Tenn. Arriv-
ing in this southern city for a second time, he
was employed by Augustus W. Walker, the
great grain merchant of that city, and at the
breaking out of the Mexican war, in 1847, he
joined the Second Ohio Regiment under Colonel
Weller.

Owing to an accident received at New-
Orleans Mr. Noon did not immediately partici-
pate in the affairs of the Mexican war, but in
May of 1847 again joined his regiment, then
stationed at Vera Cruz, his reception by his
comrades and the officers of the regiment being
rendered particularly gracious on account of a
letter given him by his former employer, Mr.
Walker, to a nephew, General Walker, who was
commissary-general under General Scott. After
witnessing the bombardment of Vera Cruz
by the United States guns, he was detailed with
the quartermaster's train in the campaign
against the City of Mexico, but the first day out
was so seriously kicked by a mule that he was
necessarily sent to a hospital in New Orleans.
Upon recovering, the war being over, he at once
sought the assistance of Mr. Walker, who, true
to his former friendship, gave him a position in
his establishment. The following year he
returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, and there, in Feb-
ruary, 1849, married Margaret King, who was
born in Ireland, and reared in Ohio. With his
bride he started for Minnesota, but at the outset
of the journey cholera broke out on the steamer
and he was obliged to disembark at St. Louis
and seek the seclusion of a hospital for four
months. Subsequently he returned to New-
Orleans and bought some dray teams and en-
gaged for a time in teaming and freighting.

In May of 1850 Captain Noon decided to try
his fortune in the west, and boarded the steamer
Alabama (his wife having returned to Cincin-
nati) and went, via Panama, to San Francisco.
At the isthmus the steamer was detained for
three months on account of the absence of coal,
and they did not reach San Francisco until Sep-
tember 5, 1850. Covering a period of forty years

Captain Noon was engaged in mining and pros-
pecting in California, Nevada, Utah and
Arizona, during which time he was successful
and unfortunate by turns, but came out in the
end the winner by a considerable majority. At
one time he owned several good mining prop-
erties, and was at different times superintendent
of mines for some of the large companies. Dur-
ing this period he was one of the founders and
first settlers of Unionville, Humboldt county,
Nev., and also of the towns of Austin and Bel-
mont, and was one of the first to discover the
Revelle district in Lincoln county, Nev. While
prospecting at Tentic, Utah, he met a namesake,
Dr. A. H. Noon. Captain Noon was interested
in mines on Big Cotton Wood creek, which he
later sold to Judge Bennett and others of Salt
Lake City. He was one of the first settlers on
Jordan creek in Idaho, where he had a fine and
remunerative placer claim.

In 1879 Captain Noon and the doctor came
into Arizona, where for ten years they were
interested in mining at Oro Blanco, Pima
county. In 1889 he started for Nogales, and
on the way thither located the famous St. Pat-
rick mine, twelve miles west of Nogales, which
he later sold for $20,000 cash. Arriving in
Nogales with a burro train of rich ore, which
he disposed of, he finally bought and located on
a piece of land in the Santa Cruz valley adjoin-
ing the city. Since then he has successfully
raised fruit for market, his land having been
wonderfully improved and fitted out with all
modern devices for the carrying on of a large
fruit enterprise. The land is planted with about
eight hundred trees bearing all manner of fruit,
for which there is a ready demand. The prop-
erty has been a source of violent litigation, and
was formerly a grant from the Mexican govern-
ment to several men, the title being hotly con-
tested in the courts. Captain Noon was able to
furnish proof of the first title given by Spain to
Mexico, and so won his suit and retained his
land. In these early and trying times he was
a member of the committee of citizens known
as the Nogales Protective Association. In 1893
his possessions were increased by the purchase
of land adjoining on the south, which was laid
out into lots and sold, and is known as Noon's
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In all that has assisted in the present pros-
perity of the city of Nogales Captain Noon has
been influential. He is especially interested in
the matter of education, and has helped to ren-
der possible the fine school buildings and system
that prevail here. He was active in securing
the setting apart of Santa Cruz county, and
served as the Republican mayor of Nogales for
one term, and as councilman for one term. He
is one of the well-known pioneers of Arizona,
and has for years been a leading and representa-
tive Republican. Of the children born to Cap-
tain and Mrs. Noon three are living: Mary,
who is the wife of Frank Lowden, of Walla
Walla, Wash.; John, who is successfully plying
a steamboat on the Yukon river in the Klon-
dyke; and Dr. Nicholas K. Noon, of Nogales.
George Noon died in Colorado. Mrs. Noon
died in 1870.

A. J. PICKRELL.

Undoubtedly one of the best-posted men in
Yavapai county on the subject of minerals and
productive ore is Mr. Pickrell, superintendent
of the Chicago Gold Mining & Milling Com-
pany. He is a practical geologist and miner-
alogist, besides being a business man of con-
spicuous executive ability, and his company
could have found no one better suited to pro-
mote its interests.

Thirty-nine years ago A. J. Pickrell was born
in the town of Deep Cut, Ohio, and when eight
years of age he was taken to the south, where
he grew to maturity, living in Alabama, Missis-
sippi and Texas. For some time he attended
school at luka, Miss., and when seventeen years
of age he started out to make his own way in
the world. Going to Leadville, Colo., he de-
voted three years to prospecting and mining in
that region, and thence went to Aspen, same
state. There he became the owner of stock in
the Delia S. mine and several others, besides
being one of the directors and stockholders in
the Grand Union Mining & Milling Company.

At the time that the value of silver had so
deteriorated, Mr. Pickrell came to Arizona and
in the year of his arrival here (1894) took a lease
and bond on the old Silver Trail mine on the
Hassayampa river. After taking out consider-

able ore and more thoroughly developing it, he
sold out to the Sundance Gold Mining Com-
pany. In 1896 he became interested in the Sur-
prise group of mines, and was influential in
getting organized the Chicago Gold Mining &
Milling Company, of which he is a director and
manager. A ten-stamp mill was erected and a
large amount of ore has been taken out. It
comprises gold, silver and lead, though chiefly
gold, and about $40 to the ton, on an average,
is realized.

Personally, Mr. Pickrell is connected with sev-
eral mining enterprises, more or less valuable.
He owns and is operating a group of mines on
Groom creek, now under bond and being well
developed, these being known as the Midnight
Test. They are producing a high-grade gold-
bearing ore, of the free-milling quality. Another
cluster of mines on Slate creek, which are in
active force and which are owned by Mr. Pick-
rell, are the Little Kid mines, in which gold,
silver and copper are found in paying quantities.
The Little Kid group of mines has been trans-
ferred to the Gold & Copper Consolidated Min-
ing & Milling Company, from which large quan-
tities of rich ore are now being shipped and
milled. Mr. Pickrell is manager of this com-
pany, and one of the largest stockholders. The
veins containing the desired minerals vary from
twelve inches to four feet in thickness, and the
ore averages $100 per ton — a remarkable show-
ing. Three tunnels have been constructed, one
being one hundred and fifty feet, another one
hundred and seventy-five feet and the third three
hundred feet long. His long experience in min-
ing and the usual success which has attended his
undertakings have caused him to be looked upon
as an authority, and many times he has been
employed to investigate and report upon mining
property, both in Colorado and Arizona. Con-
centration of energy and purpose are among his
notable characteristics and therein is found the
secret of his success. Politically he is a Demo-
crat.

GEN. R. ALLYN LEWIS.
Prominent among the energetic, enterprising
and successful business men of Phoenix is Gen-
eral Lewis, the well-known territorial manager
of the New York Life Insurance Company. He

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possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception,
forms his plans readily and is determined in their
execution ; and his close application to business
and his excellent management have already
brought to him a high degree of prosperity.

The General was born in St. Louis, Mo., July
6, 1867, a son of Andrew M. and Louisa (Ames)
Lewis, the former a native of New York, the lat-
ter of Frederick, Md. On the paternal side he
is descended from a prominent old French
family, which, on account of political troubles,
left France in the sixteenth century and removed
to Ireland, locating in County Waterford, where
they owned large estates. There our subject's
great-grandfather was born. The grandfather,
James M. Lewis, was also a native of the
Emerald Isle, and was the founder of the family
in America, taking up his residence in New York
City. The Allyn family, to which our subject
also belongs, was from Scotland and Wales. His
maternal grandfather, Norman Ames, was a
planter of Maryland and a soldier of the war of
1812. The General's parents both died in New
York, where the father was engaged in the prac-
tice of law. In their family were three children,
our subject being the second in order of birth.

Reared in New York, General Lewis was edu-
cated in private schools. He left school in 1885
and in 1887 came to Arizona. He was appointed
assistant cashier in the banking house of Kales
& Lewis, of Phoenix, but in August of the same
year this firm was merged into the National
Bank of Arizona, of which he was assistant cash-
ier for seven years. In 1894 he resigned that po-
sition to become manager of the New York Life
Insurance Company in connection with Howard
C. Boone, but has been alone since 1895 as man-
ager for Arizona with headquarters at Phoenix.
In business affairs he has been eminently suc-
cessful and now owns considerable property in
Phoenix.

Here General Lewis married Miss Letitia Mc-
Dermott, a native of Frederick, Md., and a rep-
resentative of a family which was founded in that
state over two hundred and fifty years ago. By
this union have been born three children,
namely: Andrew M., Marie and Eleanor. In
1889 our subject assisted in organizing the Na-
tional Guard of Arizona, becoming a private of
Company B, First Regiment, but he was soon

made first lieutenant, and for five years served
as major of the Second Battalion of that regi-
ment, also acting inspector general a part of the
time. On the ist of August, 1897, he was made
adjutant-general of Arizona with the rank of
brigadier-general, and was serving in that office
when he retired from military affairs, August i,
1898. He has also taken an active and promi-
nent part in civic affairs, has represented the
second ward in the city council, serving also as
acting mayor. For three years he efficiently
served as territorial bank examiner, and has ex-
ercised considerable influence in public matters.
Politically he is a stanch supporter of the Re-
publican party and its principles, and in times
past has been a member of both the county and
territorial committees. Socially he is a charter
member of the Maricopa Club, director of Phoe-
nix Country Club, and also belongs to the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is
today one of the most prominent men of Phoe-
nix and well deserves his popularity.

GEN. R. H. G. MINTY.

Though at least four generations of Gen.
R. H. G. Minty's family have made honorable
records in military circles, and thought flatter-
ing military life opened before him, he resolutely
declined, seeking his career in railroading.
However, when his country called him he loy-
ally responded and nobly stood at his post of
duty from the beginning until the end of the
Civil war, thus earning his title. At first he was
the commissioned major of the Second Michi-
gan Cavalry, then was promoted to the lieuten-
ant-colonelcy of the Third Michigan, and later
was made colonel of the Fourth Michigan. His
distinguished services led to his being made
brigadier-general and brevet major-general. As
such he was honorably discharged when his
country no longer required his presence on
southern battle-fields. The government had so
thoroughly tested his ability, however, and rec-
ognized his general merits to the extent that it
was desired to retain him among its officers, and
accordingly he was commissioned major of the
Eighth Regular Cavalry, and then it was that
he refused further military life, preferring the
quiet pathway of a private citizen.

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grandfather of General Minty were all of them
officers in the British army. The father, Col.
Robert Minty, who was born in Edinburgh,
Scotland, was a graduate of Sandhurst Military
College, of England, and won his title in the
British service. That he possessed marked abil-
ity is shown by the fact that he was appointed as
judge advocate-general of Jamaica, and besides,
he was a great traveler, visiting the chief places
of interest in all parts of the world.

Born in County Mayo, Ireland, December 4,
1831, Gen. R. H. G. Minty had exceptionally
fine advantages in his youth and accompanied
his lather in some of his extended travels to
foreign ports. When only seventeen, he was
commissioned as an ensign in the British army,
and served in the West Indies and in Africa until
1853, when he resigned and came to America.
For two years he lived in Canada, and in Janu-
ary, 1854, became connected with the Great
Western Railway of that province. In 1856 he
went to Detroit and held the position of assist-
ant general freight agent of the Detroit & Mil-
waukee Railway until the outbreak of the Civil
war, when, as previously stated, he loyally went
to the defense of the land of his adoption. At
the close of the war he re-entered the employ of
the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad, and subse-
quently was with the Michigan Central. Later
he was general superintendent of the Grand
River Valley Railroad, and was the superintend-
ent of construction on the Michigan Air Line.
Afterward he was the general superintendent
of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago;
served in the same capacity with the Atlantic,
Gulf & West Indies Transit Company's rail-
ways, and with the St. Louis & Southeastern
Railway, afterward was general manager of the
Paducah & Elizabethtown Railroad of Kentucky.
Next he was made auditor, general freight and
passenger agent, cashier and paymaster of the
Montana Union Railroad. From 1897 to 1900
he was the auditor, general freight and passen-
ger agent of the United Verde & Pacific Rail-
road, at the end of which period he resigned and
became the fourth vice-president and secretary
of the American-Mexican Pacific Railroad, now
in process of construction. His home for three
years was in Jerome, but now his headquarters
and residence are in Tucson.

For years General Minty has been very active
in Grand Army circles, and is very popular with
his comrades. At present his membership is
with Negley Post, No. i, G. A. R., of Tucson,
and he has the honor of being the department
commander of Arizona. He also belongs to the
California Commandery of the Loyal Legion,
and is identified with the Masonic order. Ever
since trie organization of the Republican
party he has been a stanch adherent of
the same. Religiously he is an Episcopalian,
and in all of life's relations is thoroughly honor-
able, upright and worthy of respect. He is mar-
ried and has two children, Courteney A., who is
married and lives in Jerome; and Laura, wife of
Walter C. Miller, who is manager of the large
establishment of T. F. Miller & Co., of Jerome.

HON. SAMUEL BROWN.

Unlike many of the early settlers of the Salt
River valley, Mr. Brown's life has always been
associated with the changing and developing
processes of the far west, and he is therefore
more familiar than are most with the peculiar
conditions existing in countries dependent upon
artificial irrigation.

The early life of this prosperous business man
and former member of the territorial assembly
from Maricopa county, was an interesting one,
and represents the successful efforts of a man
who had many obstacles to overcome. He was
born in San Francisco, Cal., May 23, 1852, and
is a son of Jeffrey and Bertha (Braza) Brown,
the latter a native of Mexico. Jeffrey Brown
spent the greater part of his life as a captain
upon the seas, and was himself a vessel owner.
In 1848 he rounded the Horn and arrived in Cal-
ifornia in the days of gold, and thereafter made
his home in the land of almost perpetual sun-
shine. In later life he removed from San Fran-
cisco to Los Angeles, where was eventually
terminated his eventful life.

Samuel Brown was five years of age when his
father removed to Los Angeles, and there he
received the education afforded at the public
schools. His boyhood days were saddened by
the death of his father when he was but fourteen
years of age, and, being the oldest child in the
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pendent upon the exertions of the father, he was
almost immediately introduced to the serious
and responsible side of life. With the courage
of untried youth he set to work to aid those
so dependent upon his efforts. When nineteen
years of age he decided to prepare for the future
by learning the trade of blacksmith, and in Los
Angeles, Cal., served an apprenticeship of five
years. After completing his knowledge of
blacksmithing he settled in Tempe, Ariz., in
1878, and was employed by C. T. Hayden in his
blacksmith shop for several years. In 1883 he
started an independent business, opening the
shop for repair and general blacksmithing work
which has since been successfully conducted.

In 1878 Mr. Brown married Bertha Gallardo,
a native of Los Angeles, and of this union there
have been three children, of whom one only is
now living, Frances Brown. Mr. Brown has
various interests aside from the immediate con-
cern of his business, and has been prominently
identified with the most important enterprises
of his locality. He is a firm believer in the
benefits of education, and his purse and influence
have invariably been on the side of progress in
this as in other matters. A Republican of the
true blue kind, he yet has liberal views regard-
ing the politics of office holders, and believes in
voting for the best man regardless of the color of
his politics. He was honored by the community
by election as an assemblyman to the twentieth
territorial legislature from Maricopa county, and
served in a highly creditable manner for two
years. During that time he introduced a bill
which secured an extra appropriation for the
territorial normal school, amounting to $9,500.
He is now serving his second term as a member
of the city council of Tempe. For a number of
years he has served as a member of the
Tempe public-school board, and is now president
of the board of trustees. Fraternally Mr. Brown
is associated with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, the United Moderns, and is now
president of the Spanish-American Alliance, a
fraternal organization which has its headquarters
at Tucson.

He is foremost among the citizens of this
wonderfully prosperous town of Tempe, and
his broad and liberal views, and unchanging
interest in the general welfare, have won for him

the appreciation and good will of those who
know of his great value as a worker for progress.

FRANK COX.

Prominent for more than two decades in the
political and professional world of Phoenix,
Frank Cox is known and honored, not only here,
but throughout Arizona generally. Politically
he has always been a Democrat, and his labors
on behalf of the platform and party of his choice,
and his zeal in the cause of the right and just,
speak eloquently of the principles which actuate
him in all of his relations with the public.

Mr. Cox is a great-grandson of one of the
veterans of the Revolution, a Virginian of high
standing. Ivy H. Cox, a grandson of this gen-
tleman, and father of the subject of this sketch,
was born and educated in Virginia. He entered
the ministry, and was for eighteen years presid-
ing elder in the Methodist Episcopal confer-
ence of Western Texas, to which state he had
removed in 1850. He also served as chaplain of
a Texas regiment during the Civil war. He
moved to California in 1868, living for several
years in San Diego. Thence he came to Ari-
zona, settling in the town of Florence, and
turning his attention to the practice of law. He
was a resident of Phoenix during the last twenty
years of his life, where he took a very active
part in political campaigns. His canvass of the
territory in the interests of King Woolsey is
still remembered. His wife was Miss Mary J.
Cook, of Alabama. There were eight children
as the result of this marriage, Frank Cox being
the second son. He was born in Belmont, Tex.,
December 5, 1856. He attended Soule Univer-
sity, in Chapel Hill, Tex., and later continued
his education in San Diego.

In 1873, when still a mere boy, he went into
partnership with J. S. Harbison, and for two
years conducted an apiary near San Diego.
Being ambitious, he took up the study of law,
and in 1879 located in Phoenix. Shortly after
his arrival here, he was elected secretary and
treasurer of the Democratic central committee
of Maricopa county, and in 1881 was elected
clerk of the board of county supervisors. The
same year witnessed his admission to the legal
fraternity, and in 1884 he was elected district

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attorney. That he won the confidence of the
people in this capacity is evidenced by the fact
that he was re-elected three successive terms,
thus serving from the beginning of 1884 to the
close of 1892. Three times he was nominated
for this position by acclamation, but his duties
had been so arduous, and in many respects so
distasteful, that he declined to allow his name to
be used as a candidate for the fifth term, and
has since devoted his attention to the general
practice of law. He has been the general attor-
ney for the Southern Pacific Company in Ari-
zona for seven years, and is also the legal ad-
viser of the Western Union Telegraph and the
Wells-Fargo Express Companies, as well as of
the Maricopa & Phoenix & Salt River Valley
Railway Company. He was for some time a
member of the law firm of Cox, Street & Wil-
liams, which later became Cox & Street. Mr.
Cox was also associated in business with J. F.
Wilson, now delegate to congress from Arizona,
for about a year. On two occasions he was urged
to become a candidate for delegate to congress
from Arizona, but declined to do so, preferring
to devote his attention to his large and growing
practice. As a lawyer, he ranks among the
strong men of the territory, and is, at this writ-
ing, president of the Territorial Bar Associa-
tion.

Mr. Cox is identified with the Maricopa Club
and is also a Mason of high standing, being a
member of Arizona Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M.;
Arizona Chapter No. i, R. A. M.; Phoenix
Commandery No. 3, K. T., and El Zaribah Tem-
ple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He was married, Sep-
tember 16, 1883, to Mrs Annie Boyd, a daugh-
ter of S. C. Reed, who was one oithe early set-
tlers on the Pacific coast.

JOHN J. RATH.

The town of Cochise, justly regarded as in-
fantile when compared with the larger and older
towns in Arizona, is representative of the local-
ity in which its future is centered, in that it is
in the first stages of a promising development
but recently recognized by the world at large.
Hither have come some substantial and far-
sighted miners and commercial men, among
them being Mr. Rath, who is not only hopeful
of the mining possibilities in the Dragoon moun-

tains, but has backed his faith and good will by
investing heavily in mining and other property,
and acting in the capacity of chief improver of
the settlement. In fact, it is difficult to under-
stand how soon the various enterprises so suc-
cessfully carried on by this enthusiastic pioneer
would have developed had a man of like energy
and enterprise not been at the helm.

Of German parentage, Mr. Rath was born at
Queens. Queens county, Long Island, N. Y.,
March 25, 1870, and is a son of J. J., Sr., and
Susie (Antz) Rath, who were born in Germany.
Until his thirteenth year he remained at home
and attended the public schools, and at this early
age started out on his own responsibility to
make an independent livelihood. For two years
he found employment in Colorado, and then
lived in California until 1893, when he settled
in Arizona. At Bowie Station his perseverance
was rewarded with the position of chief clerk for
the Southern Pacific Railroad, which he held for
four years, and was then transferred to Cochise,
as station agent, remaining as such from 1897 to
1899. Upon being made postmaster and Wells-
Fargo express agent he resigned his position
with the railroad in 1899, and, while still retain-
ing the latter-named positions, built up a large
mercantile business, which he recently sold.

For the carrying on of his enterprises Mr.
Rath built a fine large building, which is used as
an hotel, postoffice and express office, and is
fitted with all of the requirements of a first-
class and extensive trade. The traveling public
are glad to avail themselves of the fair treatment
accorded them by the genial and obliging pro-
prietor, whose integrity and sound commercial
honesty are never questioned. As further evi-
dence of his devotion to the public cause may
be mentioned Mr. Rath's successful attempt to
supply the town with water from a small works
instigated by himself. He is now able to branch
out somewhat in this line and is preparing
to supply the railroad with water.

To Mr. Rath is due the distinction of having
located the town of Cochise, for, long before a
town was thought possible, he homesteaded the
farm which is the present site, and gave to the
Golden Queen Mining Company the ground
upon which they erected their ten-stamp quartz
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here represented, since which time Mr. Rath has
held out every possible inducement to the out-
side world to come here with their capital and
brains, and help in the development of a section
of wonderful promise.

In 1896 Mr. Rath married Lulu P>. Olney. a
daughter of Joseph and Agnes I. Olney, of Sol-
omonville. Of this Union there is one child,
Edith, who is two years of age. Although a
strict party man, and a Republican of indelible
dye, Mr. Rath is not an aspirant for political
honors. Rather he prefers to devote his entire
time to his business and mining pursuits, and to
a general supervision of the upbuilding of the
town. He is regarded as one of the most enthu-
siastic of the advocates of the resources of Ari-
zona, and his name will be inseparably associ-
ated with the rise, prosperity, and future history
of Cochise and the Dragoon mountains.

HON. WILEY E. JONES.

Distinction fell to the lot of the subject of this
memoir when he was just at the threshold of
early manhood, for in 1886 he was honored by
election to the legislature of his native state,
Illinois, representing the Springfield district, and
upon the expiration of his term was tri-
umphantly returned by his political friends. In
the session of 1889 he was the Democratic nom-
inee for temporary speaker of the house, the
youngest member ever thus honored in that
state.

But now, turning backward a few pages in his
history, it is ascertained that W. E. Jones is a
son of J. W. and Polly A. (Wills) Jones, natives
of Kentucky. The father was three years old
when taken to Sangamon county, 111., and there
grew to maturity, becoming a well-to-do and
respected farmer. The birth of his son, W. E.,
occurred near Springfield, October 19, 1856, and
his boyhood was chiefly spent upon a farm. Sup-
plementing his district school education by a
course in the Springfield high school, and train-
ing for business in the commercial college there,
he then determined to enter the legal profes-
sion, and studied under the direction of Hon.
John M. Palmer. That distinguished states-
man's name was placed before the house of
representatives of the Illinois legislature for

the United States senatorship by W. E. Jones
in 1889, the latter afterward being a delegate to
the Democratic national convention of 1896, at
Chicago. The young man was admitted to the
bar of his state in 1884, and, as previously stated,
was a member of the legislature from 1886 to
1890, making an excellent record.

Having a strong desire to behold the great
west, W. E. Jones went to the state of Wash-
ington, and after practicing his profession mere
for a short time came to Arizona. This was in
1892, and with good judgment he decided upon
Graham county as the place of his abode. The
same year he was elected district attorney, and
so thoroughly pleased the public in his adminis-
tration that he was elected again in 1894, in 1896
and in 1898. The last time he was absent, serv-
ing in the United States army, for he had en-
listed in Company B, First Territorial Volunteer
Infantry, and, indeed, had been influential in
organizing the company, then being chosen as
its first lieutenant. After serving for seven and
a half months, he was mustered out at Albany,
Ga., and returned home to resume his duties as
district attorney, at Solomonville.

All local enterprises and industries find an
earnest friend in Mr. Jones, who has invested
from time to time in many of them. He owns
some mining property, and, in partnership with
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Phebe (Bozarth) Jones,
a native of Sangamon county, 111., owns the
Jones House, a fine brick hotel building, erected
in 1900, and well equipped in every particular.
It is now considered the leading hostelry of
Graham county, and one of the very best in the
territory, and commands a large patronage from
the traveling public, as well as local trade.

It certainly is totally unnecessary to state that
Mr. Jones is an enthusiastic advocate of the plat-
form of the Democratic party. Having formed
the acquaintance of W. J. Bryan in Washing-
ton, D. C., early in the '905, he was one of his
strongest admirers and adherents thereafter.
One of the delegates to the Chicago convention
in 1896, where Mr. Bryan was nominated, he
worked for him heartily in the succeeding elec-
tion. Fraternally Mr. Jones is a charter mem-
ber of the Solomonville Lodge of the Knights
of Pythias, and the same can be said of his
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son, Ariz. We feel that he has deeply at heart
the welfare of the great majority, and by his
straightforwardness he has won the genuine
regard of all who know him, here and wherever
he has dwelt.

HON. STEPHEN ROEMER.

The enterprising town of Benson, with its
unrivaled location and many business chances,
numbers among its most faithful and substantial
citizens Mr. Roemer, agent for the Wells-Fargo
Express Company, and for numerous building
and loan associations.

Of German parentage, Mr. Roemer is pos-
sessed of the shrewd and thrifty habits which are
engendered in the average German youth, and
which invariably insure at least' a competence in
return for continued application to business. He
was born in Bowling Green, Ky., February 18,
1869, and is a son of Gus and Mary (Dicas)
Roemer, who were natives of Germany, and
were farmers by occupation. They settled in
Bowling Green after their marriage, and subse-
quently died in that place. Their son received
a common-school education, supplemented by
attendance at Ogden College. When quite
young he entered the employ of a large jewelry
firm, and was then engaged in the lumber busi-
ness with his brother, Charlie Roemer, for four
years. Upon emigrating to the west he lived
in southern California for several months, and
in 1895 came to Phoenix in the capacity of a
messenger for the Wells-Fargo Express Com-
pany, between Ash Fork and Phoenix. In 1897
he became agent for the same company, with
headquarters at Benson, which position he still
holds.

As an evidence of his faith in the future of
Benson and vicinity Mr. Roemer has taken up a
homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, and
the same amount of desert land, and anticipates
good results when the valley shall have been
irrigated from the proposed artesian wells. At
the present time he is not only agent for the
Wells-Fargo Express Company, but for the
Arizona & Southeastern Express Company as
well. He is also local treasurer for six building
and loan companies, three of which are in Den-
ver: The Fidelity Savings Association, the In-

dustrial Building & Loan Association, and the
Columbia Savings & Loan Association ; one is in
Los Angeles, the Providence Mutual & Loan
Association; one in Tucson, the Arizona Savings
and Insurance Company ; and one in San Fran-
cisco, the Pacific Coast Savings Association.

The political career of Mr. Roemer has been
a prominent one, and has reflected great credit
upon party and representative. He is an un-
swerving adherent of the Democratic party, and
in 1898 was secretary of the Democratic county
committee. In 1900 he was regularly nominated
and elected to the twenty-first legislature, which
was the most important in the history of
the territory. He was chairman of the com-
mittee on public expenditures and accounts,
also member of committee on corporations, and
the committee on county and county boundaries.
He introduced the bill for the establishment of
the Reform School at Benson, and it is said that
without his strenuous efforts the institution
would not have been secured for this place.
Fraternally he is a Knight Templar Mason and
a member of El Zaribah Temple, N. M. S., at
Phoenix; the Elks at Phoenix, No. 335, and
the Knights of Pythias at Benson.

HON. GUSTAV HOFF.

During the period of his residence in Tucson,
Mr. Hoff, former mayor of this city and ex-
representative of the Arizona legislature, has
witnessed the greater part of its upbuilding. His
business ability and patriotism received early
•recognition, and after serving one term in the
city council of Tucson, his name was brought
forward by his Democratic friends, with the re-
sult that he was nominated and elected to the
sixteenth general assembly of the territory.
There he made a fine record, as was confidently
expected, and introduced more bills than any
other member of the house. As chairman of the
ways and means committee, and as chairman of
the special committee having in charge the
funding act and also as one. of the judiciary com-
mittee he rendered the people effective service,
and met with wide-spread commendation.
Among the numerous bills which he piloted
through was that of the Australian ballot system,
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elected mayor of Tucson, and perhaps the most
momentous enterprise carried out in his term
was the purchase of the plant now known as the
city water-works. Many improvements were
inaugurated, such as a new sewer system, the
laying of cement sidewalks and the grading of
streets.

After this brief resume of what he has ac-
complished for the people, an outline of the
personal career of Gustav Hoff doubtless will
prove of general interest. He is a native of
Prussia, Germany, his birth having taken place
near the city of Driesen, December 7, 1852. The
Hoff family is an old one in that locality, and
his father, Charles F., was the only one of his
parental household who came to America. His
wife, who bore the maiden name of Ernestine
Korth, was born in the same vicinity — near
Driesen, the daughter of a farmer. In his early
manhood Charles F. Hoff was a miller, and after
his arrival in this country he built a large Dutch
wind-mill, for the grinding of corn, at Yorktown,
Tex., and operated it during the Civil war. In
1855 he brought his family to the United States,
and as stated, made his home in Yorktown for
a number of years. In 1865 they returned to
Germany, where they remained about two years,
the father speculating in cotton and coffee,
meantime. Then, once more, the family turned
toward the setting sun, and as formerly, made
the long voyage in a sailing-vessel, this time the
trip consuming thirteen weeks. The father now
devoted his attention chiefly to the cattle busi-
ness, and in 1871 started with his herd along the
Chisholm trail towards Abilene, Kans. Reach-
ing Newton, which had been laid out, and
promised to become a thriving town, he decided
to locate there, and, having built a store (the
third one erected in the place) commenced
transacting a general merchandising business,
and yet retained his interest in his cattle until
1874. Then, accompanied by his son Gustav, he
went to Utah, and for one season engaged in
freighting ore with mule teams from the Flag-
staff mine and others in the Little Cottonwood
caiion in Utah. In 1875 they went to San
Bernandino, Gal., and then the father returned
with Mr. Adams to this territory on a mining
expedition. He died at the age of fifty-eight
years, in Tucson, after having spent some time

in the mining regions of New Mexico and
southern Arizona. His wife had died in Texas,
and three of their children are still living in that
state, namely: Julius W. (a merchant), Mrs.
Emma Earl and Mrs. Lena Metz. Charles F.
is the superintendent of the Sunset Telephone
Company of Arizona.

As he was but three years old when the family
first sailed to these shores, bound for Galveston,
Tex., Hon. Gustav Hoff would have had only a
very slight acquaintance with the German
language had he not returned to his native land
at the close of the Civil war here. While in
Germany, however, he attended the gymnasium,
or national school about two years, and the re-
mainder of his education was obtained in private
schools in Yorktown, Tex. As stated above, he
had considerable experience on the western
frontiers, crossing plains and mountains, and be-
coming familiar with life in many phases. From
1874 to 1877 he continued in the freighting busi-
ness in San Bernandino and vicinity, and for the
three years which followed was a clerk in the
wholesale house of Hellman, Haas & Co. In
1881 he came to Tucson for the German Fruit
Company, and at the end of nine months entered
the employ of C. Seligmann & Co., remaining
with their successors, A. Goldschmidt, until the
business was closed up. Then as a member of
the firm of Hoff Brothers, he carried on a mer-
chant brokerage business for a year, after which
he became a traveling salesman for the grocery
department of L. Zeckendorf & Co. In 1892 he
entered into partnership with A. V. Grossetta
and L. G. Radulovich and established the Tuc-
son Grocery Company, dealing in wholesale and
retail lots. They have built up an extensive
trade, and in 1897 entered into another enter-
prise, the Tucson Hardware Company, Incor-
porated.

Mr. Hoff also has mining investments and
from the time of the organizing of the Citizens'
Building and Loan Association has been its
secretary. A member of the Board of Trade, he
has acted as treasurer of the same since it was
organized. Fraternally he is connected with the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, being past
master workman of Tucson Lodge No. i, and
now is the grand receiver of the grand lodge of
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over, he belongs to the lodge and club of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, is associ-
ated with the Knights of Pythias and with the
Uniform Rank of that order; is a member of
the Woodmen of the World, the Spanish-
American Alliance, and the National Union.
For years he has been a member of the county
central Democratic committee, and is an ex-
chairman of that body. One of those most
active in the forming of the A. O. U. W. Hall
Association, he was chosen as its secretary at
the start, and is yet serving in that capacity.

In Los Angeles the marriage of Mr. Hoff and
Miss Alice A. Ford, who was born in St. Louis,
Mo., was solemnized September 11, 1880. They
are the parents of four daughters and one son,
namely: Mamie, Pearl, Clara, Florence and
Louis. The eldest daughter, Miss Mamie, has
made an excellent record as a student, and is a
graduate of the University of Arizona. The
family stands high in social circles of Tucson,
and the children are being given good
advantages.

JUDGE JAMES REILLY.

Of all the interesting lives and personalities
which have matured in the midst of the west,
and eventually found their way to the erstwhile
glittering possibilities of Tombstone, the silver
dream of a departed multitude, none has em-
bodied in his wanderings and occupations more
of adventure, romance and courage than has
characterized the upward struggles of Judge
Reilly.

A native of the north of Ireland, Judge
Reilly was born in county Caven in 1830. His
father, who was ambitious for larger fields of
activity, left home when his son was four years
of age, and came to the United States in search
of a desirable location for the family. His patri-
otism for his adopted country was the means to
his end, for he was killed in Texas while partici-
pating in the revolution, in the battle of San
Patricio, in 1836. The mother and three chil-
dren left Ireland in 1849 ar>d settled in New
York City. The eldest son in the family, Luke,
had gone to California in 1847 and afterward
died in Australia. In the summer of 1849 the
next to the youngest of the children, James, who
was then nineteen, entered the United States

army and served for ten years. He was sent to
Texas and won distinction through fighting the
Indians in Texas and New Mexico under Gen-
erals Harney and Twiggs, and was raised
through all the non-commissioned offices to the
rank of sergeant-major. After his discharge at
Fort Hudson, Tex., in August of 1859, ne en~
gaged in the freighting business in Texas, and
bought an outfit of mules and wagons for the
purpose. In September of 1860 the Indians ap-
propriated his mules at Beaver Lake, Tex., and,
somewhat disillusionized regarding the pros-
pects of life in the great wilderness of a state,
he decided to go west. In company with Messrs.
McCoombs, Walker, Chalmers, and Rooney, he
included his freighting outfit in the eighteen
teams and wagons belonging to the party, and
which were loaded for the sutler at Fort
Buchanan, Ariz., and crossed the plains to their
destination. Mr. Reilly had previously visited
Arizona in 1857 as a soldier, as escort of Cap-
tain Pope, United States army topographical
engineers, in charge of an expedition for boring
for artesian water, on the Staked Plains and in
New Mexico.

On arriving at Fort Buchanan Mr. Reilly was
left entirely alone, as his companions across the
plains returned to Texas to join the Confederate
army in the Civil war, which had just been de-
clared. He remained at the fort and continued
his former occupation of freighting, his course
being between the fort and Magdalena. Here,
as in Texas, he suffered from depredations on
the part of the Indians, who seemed to entertain
a fondness for mules, at which second loss he
disposed of the remaining wagons and went out
of the freighting business. From a major of the
Sonora army in Mexico he rented lands and a
mill in Santa Cruz, and there raised wheat and
corn and operated the mill for a year. Owing
to an encounter with a citizen of the place in
which Mr. Reilly was obliged to terminate the
citizen's career, he was put in jail, tried, and
sentenced to four years' banishment to Lower
California. Although an exile, he was permitted
to engage in any desired occupation, which hap-
pened to be mining, and to which he turned his
attention until 1866. In the meantime he was
obliged to keep the governor informed as to his
whereabouts.

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Upon arriving in Arizona in the latter part of
1866, having made the journey up the gulf and
by way of the Colorado river by steamer to
Yuma, he went to work in the Wickenburg
mines. In the spring of 1867 he drove a team
for Louis St. James, freighting between La Pass
and Prescott. He also worked in the mines at
Wickenburg for a short time, and in 1868 went
to Bradshaw, Ariz., prospecting and working
for wages in the mines. In the fall of the same
year he went to La Pass, and cut wood on con-
tract for six months, and then went to Yuma in
the fall of 1868. While there he engaged in the
hotel business with a Mr. Bradley, but soon dis-
continued it, and engaged in the mercantile
business and contracting for the supply of wood
at Fort Yuma and Yuma Depot. As a contractor
for the provisions of the troops at Fort Yuma
he was fairly successful for about three years
and in the mean time had been studying law.
In 1876 he was elected district attorney of Yuma
county and admitted to the bar.

The journalistic career of Judge Reilly was
commenced in 1878 when he published the
Yuma "Expositor," a periodical removed to
Phoenix about a year later, and there continued
for a year, when it passed into other hands. In
the mean time he had been accumulating a li-
brarv of over three hundred law volumes, which
he took with him upon removing to Tombstone
in 1880. Here, from a comparatively small be-
ginning, he was eventually rewarded for having
chosen this as his permanent abiding place, the
goal having of course been intercepted at times
by downs as well as ups. In 1880 he was ap-
pointed justice of the peace, and he is also a
notary public. In 1863, in Phoenix, he married
Miss Nicolasa Ruiz, who is a native of California
and of Mexican parentage. Covering a period
of twenty-six years of law practice, twenty-one
of which have been passed in Tombstone, he has
gathered together a splendid library of one
thousand and five hundred volumes, which is a
special matter of pride with this earnest student
of affairs and legal science, In his practice a
specialty is made of the laws governing mining,
in the expounding of which he is one of the
authorities in the territory. In other ways an
admirable citizen and friend, he is an integral
part of the present solidity of Tombstone, a man

of strong character and distinct individuality,
whom to know is to respect.

JUDGE WILLIAM M. LOVELL.

The life of Judge Lovell has been an interest-
ing one, and furnishes many evidences of the
power of mind and determination over adverse
and even discouraging circumstances. As a
member of the Tucson bar he has proved his
worthiness to be numbered among the most
capable and enterprising of the exponents of
legal science in the territory.

A native of Muhlenberg county, Ky., Judge
Lovell was born November 5, 1836, and is a
son of Ira J. Lovell, who was born in Logan
county, Ky. The paternal grandfather, Michael,
was a native of Maryland, on the Chesapeake,
and early settled in Kentucky, where he eventu-
ally died. His son, Ira, followed his example,
and was a farmer during the years of his ac-
tivity. In 1852 he undertook the journey across
the plains, and settled near San Jose, Cal.,
where he died in 1897, at the age of eighty-six
years.

The mother of Judge Lovell was formerly
Ann Laurette Campbell, and was born in Muh-
lenberg county, Ky. The ancestry of the Camp-
bell family is Scotch, and the great-great-grand-
father, Alexander, was born in Scotland, and
upon emigrating to America settled in what is
now Kentucky, where he engaged in farming.
The great-grandfather was born on his father's
farm, and was also a farmer, as was the next
in succession, William C, the paternal grand-
father. William C. Campbell served with dis-
tinction in the war of 1812, as an officer in the
Kentucky Line. The Campbells were all mem-
bers of the Methodist Church, and were people
of high moral and intellectual character. Mrs.
Lovell was a niece of Col. Hugh McNary, who
formerly lived in Columbia, S. C. In 1824, when
Lafayette last visited the United States, Colonel
McNary, as colonel of the South Carolina
troops, escorted him from the line of North Car-
olina to Columbia, S. C., and, after the celebra-
tion, across the Georgia line. At that time
Mrs. Lovell was on a visit to Georgia, and was
one of the party of fifty little girls that walked
before the general, strewing flowers in his path-

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way. Mrs. Lovell died in California in 1890.
She was the mother of ten children, six sons
and four daughters, of whom three sons and
three daughters are now living, Judge Lovell
being the oldest in the family.

The first event of importance in the life of Wil-
liam M. Lovell was when he went, in 1850, to
Saline county, Mo., where, with his parents and
seven of the children, he assisted in the prep-
arations for crossing the plains to California.
At the end of eighteen months was enacted a
scene so familiar in the early days, and which
from the distant present is viewed with so much
of the romantic environment. In the large train
that wound its way through the sparsely settled
country were many ox-teams and wagons, and
thecaravanwas enlarged by the presence of cattle
which were driven the whole distance. After five
months and fifteen days they arrived in San
Jose, Cal., on October i, 1852, and during the
following years William assisted his father in
the improvement of his farm of several hundred
acres in the Santa Clara valley.

In 1858 Mr. Lovell started out on a prospect-
ing tour up the Frazier river to British Colum-
bia, and upon his return, in the fall of the same
year, entered the University of the Pacific, at
Santa Clara, from which he was graduated in the
class of 1862, with the degree of Bachelor of
Science. He then began the study of law with
Judge Archer, at San Jose, and was admitted to
the bar of California in 1863. Subsequently for
eighteen years he engaged in the practice of
his profession with Judge Archer, at San Jose,
and also served for three terms as district attor-
ney of. Santa Clara county, Cal. In 1878 Mr.
Lovell became interested in mining in Yavapai
county, Ariz., and in 1882 located in Tucson,
where he engaged in the general practice of
law. and also continued his mining enterprises.
For two terms he served as district attorney of
Pima county, and had previously served as dep-
uty district attorney for the same length of time.
In 1892 he was elected on the Democratic ticket
to the seventeenth council of the legislature, and
during the time of service introduced measures
of importance to the territory.

At San Jose, Cal., Judge Lovell was united
in marriage with Mildred L. Welch, who was
born in Molt county, Mo. Of this union there

are four children, viz: Gussie, who is now the
wife of Gen. L. H. Manning, of Tucson; Lau-
rette, Mrs. W. E. Francis, of Tucson, who is an
artist of prominence in the territory, and who,
during the World's Fair at Chicago, was hon-
ored by being appointed lady commissioner;
Lawrence Archer, who is superintendent of the
L. H. Manning Company, of Los Angeles, Cal.;
and Ira Welch, who is a graduate of the Tucson
high school. Mr. Lovell is variously interested
in the affairs of his adopted city, and is one of
the most enterprising and enthusiastic advocates
of the benefits to be derived from association with
this wonderful territory of prominence. He is
a member of the Territorial Bar Association and
is recognized as among the stanch Democrats
of Arizona.

GEN. HERBERT F. ROBINSON.

Much of the time for the past eleven years
Gen. H. F. Robinson, of Phoenix, has taken a
prominent part in the Arizona National Guard,
and with just pride in this grand body of mili-
tary men, often has participated in reviews and
maneuvers. In March, 1890, this patriotic
descendant of a worthy hero of the Revolution-
ary war enlisted as a private in Company B,
First Arizona Infantry, and April 27, 1891, was
made second lieutenant of that company. A
year later, April 15, 1892, he was appointed to
serve on the staff of Governor Irwin, as in-
spector of small-arms practice, his rank being
that of captain. However, by an amendment
to the code in 1893, the rank was changed to that
of a major. After five years of service in that
capacity at his own request, in August, 1897, he
was placed upon the retired list. August 5,
1898, he was commissioned by Governor Mur-
phy as adjutant-general, with the rank of
brigadier-general, and for the past two years he
has maintained an office for the transaction of
his military affairs, at his own expense.

The great-grandfather of this popular young
officer was Isiaah Robinson, who enlisted in a
Connecticut regiment and served in the war for
independence. He was of English descent, a
native of the Nutmeg state, and a pioneer farmer
of Vermont. In that state occurred the birth of
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the general. He was a student of that celebrated
pioneer physician, Dr. Benjamin Rush, and after
practicing his profession in Bennington, Vt., for
some years, removed to Wisconsin. This event
took place in 1846, when the state was but lit-
tle improved, but long prior to his death he was
in the possession of a good practice in Manito-
woc county, Wis.

The parents of our subject are Henry M. and
Anna A. (Fulwiler) Robinson, natives of New
York and Pennsylvania, respectively. The
father, whose birthplace was in the town of
Mexico, resided in Wisconsin from 1846 until
after the close of the Civil war and now lives in
Indianapolis, Ind. He has been a commercial
traveler most of his mature life, and now is re-
tired from business. During the Civil war he
served in the First United States Mechanics
Fusileers until the regiment was mustered out.
His wife, who was a native of Shippensburg, Pa.,
died in the Centennial year, in Illinois. Her
family is a very old one in the Keystone state,
as it was founded there in 1740 by a German,
John Fulwiler. His son Abraham, and grand-
son John Fulwiler, father of Mrs. Robinson,
were born in Pennsylvania, the latter in Perry
county. He was an iron foundryman and after
removing to Lexington, 111., as he did in his
prime, he was a merchant, until his death. Of
the three surviving children of Henry M. and
Anna A. Robinson, W. H. is manager of the
Phoenix Trust Company and Mrs. J. C. Sartelle
lives in Chicago, 111.

Gen. H. F. Robinson was born June 7, 1865,
in Lexington, McLean county, 111., and was
reared in that state and in Wisconsin. Having
completed his studies in the Milwaukee high
school, at the age of fourteen he became a book-
keeper, and later turned his attention to the
manufacturing of maps. In 1895 he joined the
surveying corps of the St. Paul Railroad, and
was employed in western Iowa and northern
Wisconsin until 1887. Since the year mentioned
he has resided in Phoenix, for some time being
employed by companies engaged in the laying
out of canals on the northern side of the Salt
river. After being an assistant for a period, he
became chief civil engineer of the work, and is
still holding that position. All of the canals in
which he was interested have been consolidated

under the management of the Arizona Water
Company. For eighteen months he superin-
tended the construction of the city water-works
of Phoenix, and has executed many other con-
tracts along the line of civil engineering.

Politically General Robinson is a stanch Re-
publican. Fraternally he is a member of the
Sons of Veterans, the Society of the War of
1812 of Ohio, and the Sons of the American
Revolution. In fact, he organized the local so-
ciety of the last-named order, and was its presi-
dent for three terms, or until he resigned. That
he stands high in his profession is indicated by
his having been called to the secretaryship of
the Arizona Society of Civil Engineers, which
office he now holds. He built a pleasant modern
residence at No. 522 North First avenue, and
the lady who presides over its hospitalities pos-
sesses an excellent education and is as popular
in society as is her husband. Prior to their
marriage, which took place in this city, she bore
the name of Lida Parce. She was born in
Michigan, and finished her literary education at
Albion College.

WALTER J. N. McCURDY.

The flourishing town of Nogales, with its pos-
sibilities of growth, and varied commercial and
other interests, would seem to hold special in-
ducements for young professional men who look
forward to the future with enthusiastic expecta-
tions. As a member of the legal profession, Mr.
McCurdy has so far found his surroundings of
a particularly pleasing and remunerative nature,
and his special aptitude for, and sound under-
standing of, the law have won for him a large
patronage and a host of friends. In January,
1901, he formed a law partnership with William
J. Ekey, under the firm title of McCurdy &
Ekey.

Until seven years of age Mr. McCurdy lived at
Osceola, Mich., .where he was born January 8,
1875. His parents, James and Helen (Prescott)
McCurdy, took their young son to the far west,
where, in Sacramento, Cal., he received a sub-
stantial home training, and an excellent educa-
tion in the public and other schools. Follow-
ing a long and earnestly cherished inclination, he
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exander, Miller & Gardner, and was admitted to
practice at San Francisco, Cal., in 1897. For a
year he practiced law in that city, and then came
to Nogales, opened an office, and started in a
general law practice. In addition to the outside
work which commands his attention, he is the
attorney for P. Sandoval & Co., bankers.

In politics a Republican, Mr. McCurdy is ac-
tively interested in local matters, and was secre-
tary for the Republican county central commit-
tee for one year. He is a member of the Mc-
Kinley and Roosevelt League, and is secretary
of the same. Fraternally he is associated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge
No. 95, at San Francisco. Like all who live in
the mining districts of Arizona, he is interested
in the prolific outpouring of valuable ore, and
has prospected to a considerable extent. He
has the pluck and determination to overcome
any reasonable obstacle that may come his way,
and the pleasing personal traits of character
which so greatly aid in the accomplishment of
all purposes.

JUDGE EBENEZER WILLIAMS.

A criminal lawyer at recognized erudition and
profound legal research, Judge Ebenezer Will-
iams, a member of the bench and bar of Nogales,
has a reputation extending beyond the confines
of his resourceful little town, and may be said to
belong to the territory in general as well as to
the bi-national city.

A native of Pittsburg, Pa., Judge Williams
was born October 3, 1830, and is a son of Eben-
ezer and Margaret (Jones) Williams. His youth
was fortunately surrounded with excellent edu-
cational advantages, and culminated with the
training received at Allegheny College. While
still a youth he had decided upon the profession
which should engage his mature years, and as a
preliminary entered the office of George P.
Hamilton, attorney, and in due time was ad-
mitted to practice in the supreme court of Penn-
sylvania, and in the United States court. For a
time he practiced in his native city, and in 1860
went to the present site of Minneapolis, Minn.,
which was then but a sorry prediction of its pres-
ent prominence among the cities of the country.
With the breaking out of the war he returned to

Pennsylvania, and enlisted in the One Hundred
and First Volunteer Infantry as first lieutenant,
under command of the old war governor of
Pennsylvania, Andrew Curtin. After the battles
of Fair Oaks and Seven Pines he was breveted
major, and as a member of the army of the Po-
tomac, participated in all of the important bat-
tles, as aid to General Wessels.

With the restoration of peace Mr. Williams
returned to Pittsburg, and continued the prac-
tice of law until 1880, at which time he removed
to the far west and practiced for two years in
San Diego, Cal. His first association with the
territory of Arizona began in 1884, when he
settled in Mohave county, and practiced law in
Mineral Park. His ability received early recog-
nition, for he was soon elected district attorney
for Mohave county, and held the position for
two years. After a subsequent short residence
in San Diego, he came to Nogales, in 1891, and
opened a law office. His various duties included
that of city attorney, and attorney for the
Nogales Building & Loan Association. In the
fall of 1897 he was elected superintendent of the
public schools of Pima county, but relinquished
his position when the separation of Pima and
Santa Gruz counties occurred in March of 1898,
preferring to remain in his own county. At the
time Governor Murphy appointed him probate
judge and first superintendent of schools for the
new county of Santa Cruz.

Judge Williams is one of the most substantial
of the citizens of Nogales, who have demon-
strated an abiding faith in its ultimate rank
among the largest and most enterprising cities
of the territory. His career is a matter ol pride
to all who are associated with him in whatsoever
capacity, and his numerous claims for recogni-
tion are based upon the possession of those
attributes which insure lasting good to the com-
munity of which he is a member. He has a per-
fect command of the Spanish language, and is
one of the most delightful as well as forceful ex-
temporaneous speakers in the territory. The
readiness with which he can comply with a re-
quest for a speech, upon a multitude of subjects,
has aroused the wonder and admiration of the
public men with whom he is associated in dif-
ferent parts of the territory. An instance is cited
when he was called upon to reply to the word

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Rebekah, at the reception of the Grand Lodge in
Tucson of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, at which time he went upon the platform
without any previous preparation, and delivered
an eulogy that was afterwards widely printed, and
mentioned with many expressions of apprecia-
tion and wonder. Judge Williams has at his
command an extensive vocabulary, a ready and
fine wit, and an elegance of expression, which is
convincing, pleasing, and altogether acceptable.
Fraternally Judge Williams is associated with
Masonic Lodge No. 240, at Sonora, Mexico,
also is a member of the Odd Fellows, and noble
grand of Lodge No. 9, at Nogales; past grand
secretary of the Territorial Grand Lodge, and
past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias in
Nogales. Politically he has always been a stanch
Republican. While a resident of Pittsburg he mar-
ried Miss Jane Gallaher, of that city. They have
had three children, viz., Ross, deceased ; Bertha,
deceased, and Brady, at home. Judge and Mrs.
Williams are attendants of the Methodist Epis-
copal church.

COL. CHARLES S. CLARK.

The many and ofttimes complicated legal af-
fairs of Tombstone have a capable and erudite
adjuster in Charles S. Clark, who has resided
within the boundaries of this interesting town
since 1879. To no one are the early successes
which made the founding of the city possible,
and the later vicissitudes which robbed it of its
prestige among the great mining centers of the
country, more familiar than to Mr. Clark. Nor
have any clung more persistently and faithfully
to their belief in a city of substantial growth,
which should replace the magic building of the
rapid seekers after wealth. At first a speculative
and experimental miner, Mr. Clark grew in
rapid favor in the midst of his new surroundings,
and in 1884 was appointed postmaster of the
town of his adoption. After five years he turned
his attention almost entirely to the practice of
his profession, and has been amply rewarded for
his conscientious and painstaking work by the
patronage and appreciation of his fellow citizens.

The greater part of his life Mr. Clark has spent
in rugged and unconventional parts of the world,
and many interesting adventures have been
added to the list of his remembrances. Like

several of his townsmen, he came originally from
New York state, where he was born at Oswego
in 1833. His parents, Eli and Christina (Van
Olinda) Clark, were also born in New York,
where they spent the greater part of their lives.
Fortunate in educational advantages, their son
received his training at Falley Seminary, Ful-
ton, N. Y., from which he was graduated in 1849,
subsequently entering Union College, in the
regular course. The adventure which has been
of frequent occurrence in later years began in
1852, at which time he started on an expedition
to Central America, with Colonel Blanco, and
remained there in the midst of many exciting
details until the capture and execution of Colo-
nel Walker in 1856. While on the Pacific coast
he made many trips to Panama, New Orleans,
and other points in filibustering expeditions and
had many hairbreadth escapes.

In 1853 Mr. Clark undertook a trip to the
northwest Hudson bay and Yukon region, and
lived in the frozen arctic north for thirteen
months. Upon returning, he studied law with
an uncle, Chauncy Clark, at Sodus, N. Y., but
went to Wyandotte, Kans., in 1857, remaining
there a few months. While in Kansas he at-
tained to political prominence, and was elected
to the territorial legislature from Allen county.
In April of 1861 he was delegated by the citi-
zens of Allen county to raise a regiment of cav-
alry of the First Kansas Volunteers, known as
Clark's Battalion, of which he was put in com-
mand, and during a part of the service was with
Canby's forces in New Mexico. He later served
on the court-martial at Leavenworth for eight
months, and for six months was under Gen.
Tom Ewing in Missouri. Upon being ordered
south he participated in the capture of Little
Rock, Ark., by General Steele, and at the time
commanded a brigade under General Davidson.
He later joined the expedition to Mexico, and
as a member of the Red River expedition met
General Price at Panola. He also commanded
a regiment of cavalry at Devall Bluff, Ark.

After his discharge from the service, in March
of 1865, Colonel Clark located in Franklin
county, Kans., and engaged in the interesting
occupation of milling flour, and also ran a saw-
mill. He was also general manager of the rail-
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through this transaction became the loser of
$50,000. Somewhat disillusionized as to fur-
ther residence in Kansas, he located at Long-
view, Tex., on the Texas Pacific and the Inter-
national and Great Northern Railroads, and was
variously interested in the milling and lumber
business and in the practice of law. For a time
.he was attorney for the Great Northern Railroad.
In 1878 he sought the possibilities of Arizona,
and in 1879 located in Tombstone. In addition to
the responsibilities incurred through his legal
practice, he has ever been vitally interested in the
undertakings of the Democratic party, and in
1891 was elected to the legislature and was
speaker of the house.

Mrs. Clark was formerly Henrietta Bertrand,
daughter of Joseph H. Bertrand, of Kansas. She
is the mother of two daughters: Lorrie, the wife
of T. W. Brown, of Tombstone, and Nellie, mar-
ried to Thomas Edson Tarbell, also of Tomb-
stone. Colonel Clark is fraternally associated
with the Masons in Kansas, and with
the Ancient Order of United Workmen at
Tombstone. In 1900 he was elected to the
Grand Lodge and has been financier of the
local lodge for thirteen years. He was for
some time commander of the Burnside
Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. He
is one of the substantial and reliable men of
Tombstone, and stands in the front ranks among
the members of his profession.

JUDGE JAMES M. SANFORD.
The settings which necessarily go hand in
hand with the narrative of the life of Judge
James Monroe Sanford are prolific of historical
and romantic suggestions, which range in their
extent and variety from the very early settlers
along the New England coast, through the once
peaceful shades of Arcadia, immortalized by
Longfellow, into the realms of the horror-laden
days of witchcraft. More modern but yet more
interesting are the journeys of the present-day
Sanfords, their associations with the awakening
of the different parts of America from the
primeval sleep, that had only been lightly dis-
turbed by the tread of the fleet-footed Indian
and the tramp of the buffalo herds. Of the dar-
ing men who penetrated the wilds of Arizona
in the beginning of the '6os, few remain to tell

the tale of their conflict with the dangerous and
law-ignoring element, and their subsequent con-
quering of the same.

Arriving here in the winter of 1861-62 from
Sacramento, Cal., Judge Sanford is the oldest
resident of Arizona north of the Gila river and
east of Fort Mohave. The family is of English
descent and was first represented in America by
three brothers, one of whom settled in South
Stonington, Conn., another in Virginia, and the
third settled in Illinois while it was yet a ter-
ritory. The original name was Sandford, but
as the brothers sailed for this country the purser
of the vessel inadvertently changed the name
to Sanford, and as such it has since continued.
Judge Sanford is descended from the Stoning-
ton branch, the members of which were prom-
inent in the early history of Connecticut, and
from which also comes William Sanford of Cali-
fornia.

On the maternal side there is the old Puritan
stock of Salem, Mass., with their strange and
unyielding austerity, and their cherished belief
in witchcraft. In fact, up to the time of Judge
Sanford's mother, who bore the maiden name
of Sarah Wooliver and was a daughter of Caleb
Wooliver, there still remained a lurking belief
in the horrible prevalence of human witches.
The Wooliver family originated in Germany.
Caleb Wooliver was born in the Dutch colony
of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was reared in the
Dutch colony of Albany, N. Y., and enlisted in
the Revolutionary war, but before the close of
hostilities was taken back to Halifax as a pris-
oner of war. Subsequently he settled in Nova
Scotia and married a Miss Hunt. Judge San-
ford's father, James Sanford, was born in New
Brunswick, and spent his life in the regions
around the bay of Fundy.

James Monroe Sanford was born in Nova
Scotia November 21, 1821, and was educated
in the town of Douglas. From a long line of
ancestors similarly gifted he inherited a genius
for the mechanical side of things, which was
early developed and turned to practical account.
In 1844, at the age of twenty-three, he was
seriously handicapped by uncertain health, and,
having expended several hundred dollars on
doctors without any help, he was finally fortu-
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of Dr. Shutliff, of Brooklyn. In accordance
with the doctor's suggestion he traveled exten-
sively through Canada and the northeast states,
and was greatly benefited. In 1847 ne went to
St. Louis, and was employed on a contract for
the construction of the officers' quarters at Fort
Jefferson. In 1849, with a large train of emi-
grants bound for California and the gold fields,
he started overland from Cooper's Ferry. Upon
locating in Sacramento he engaged in building
and contracting, and in placer mining at
Weaverville. He was identified with the early
history of Sacramento and got out some of the
timber for the first buildings in the town. In
1850 he went to Yuba and located some claims
at Long Bar, from which he took out $1,200 in
a few weeks. After six months of successful
work there, he went to Doneville, on the Yuba,
at Little Rich Bar, where he located claims that
enabled him to leave the district with a fair
supply of gold dust, of which he had enough to
make him quite weary before he reached his
journey's end. He made the trip on horseback.
A Mr. Zumwalt, who made the. same trip, had
his mule loaded exclusively with gold dust. In
search of a desirable location Judge Sanford
purchased teams at Marysville, and traveled
over the Sacramento bottom, settling in 1851
upon a farm in what is called the Sutter Pocket.
Three hundred and sixty acres were entered, on
which he began to farm and raise fruit, remain-
ing there for eleven years, when the property
was disposed of for $5,500.

A change of location was effected in 1861,
when, during the latter part of the winter, Judge
Sanford settled in Needles, on the Arizona side,
and, in partnership with John Brown, of San
Bernardino, built the first ferry-boat on the
Colorado river, at Fort Mohave. A subsequent
undertaking was the management of a farm on
Cottonwood Island in the Colorado river, but
he objected to the Pinte Indians gathering his
crops, and removed down on the Verde in
Yavapai county. There he helped to establish
a settlement near the famous Camp Verde mili-
tary post. He had zealously petitioned General
Wright, of San Francisco, to send troops for the
protection of the settlers in the Colorado val-
ley, but they did not arrive until he had located
on the Verde. In this district he again, took up

farming, but again the Indians molested to such
an extent that the settlement was broken up.
After the Indians had ruined his prospects there,
he settled in Prescott, then but little more than
a town site. Here he started the first saw mill
and turned out lumber for the erection of the
buildings. Incidentally he had a little ranch on
the Granite creek and engaged in horticulture,
but the frost proved a formidable rival, and
destroyed the fruit. For twenty-four years he
remained in Prescott, and during that time han-
dled immense quantities of lumber, and for ten
years had the monopoly of making chimneys,
his mechanical skill contriving many excellent
devices for improving draft and disposing of
smoke. In Prescott also he attained consider-
able popularity as a nurse, for which he was
well prepared by reason of his extended expe-
rience in nursing the soldiers returned from the
Mexican war. Many times in the west he was
called upon to officiate in severe cases, especially
where amputation of a limb was necessary and
good treatment essential. In 1881, when the
Santa Fe Railroad was being constructed from
Albuquerque to Needles, he was engaged at dif-
ferent camps along the route in furnishing lum-
ber for the camps.

In the fall of 1862 Judge Sanford left Fort
Mohave in company with twelve others on a
mining expedition, the Indians having told them
of a rich find. On the fourth day out the Indians
began to surround them and act in a menacing
manner, and Judge Sanford, with one other
comrade, thought discretion the better part of
valor, and hastily beat a retreat. Of the ten who
continued to chase the gold phantom of the
Indians' brains only two returned, the others
having fallen victims of the savages. In 1884
Judge Sanford located a ranch near Williams
and invested $2,000 in cattle, also bought a good
brood of mares, and proceeded to raise cattle
and horses. For eight years he was success-
fully engaged in this enterprise, and then, con-
cluding that advancing years were a hindrance
to life in the saddle, he sold out his business.
In 1882 he was appointed justice of the peace
and was afterward re-elected or appointed six
different times, serving in all fourteen years.
This position has afforded an excellent oppor-
tunity for ridding the locality of undesirable

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personages, especially horse thieves and marau-
ders. Under the regime of Judge Sanford they
have been induced either to give up their unlaw-
ful methods of doing business, or transfer them
to other and less quiet districts.

Judge Sanford owes his election to the inde-
pendence of the people, for he claims allegiance
to no particular party. He is a socialist in the
broadest sense of the word, and believes in the
right of every individual to hold all that he earns
in this world. While pursuing a busy and tire-
less career he has accumulated a large property,
owning in all twenty-eight and one-half lots in
Williams, besides many buildings, and formerly
had ninety-three lots and many buildings in
Prescott. Strange to say, this earnest pioneer
has had no sharer of his fortunes, for he has
never married.

JUDGE WILLIAM G. BLAKELY.

The active life of this highly respected citizen
of Kingman has been mainly passed in the west.
It may be truly said that wherever he has dwelt
the community has been made better, for he
has ever sought to benefit his fellowmen, and has
not been actuated alone by a desire for material
prosperity. In the record of his long and useful
life there are many lessons to be gleaned and an
example is presented well worthy of the emula-
tion of the young.

Born in Delaware county, N. Y., in 1829, Wil-
liam G. Blakely was reared on a farm and at-
tended the district school at Kortright, the vil-
lage academy at Delhi, and later was graduated
from the State Normal School at Delhi, after
which he taught school two years. With the
high principles of honor inherited from his
Scotch ancestors he desired to assist in the edu-
cation of his brothers and sisters and to aid his
parents financially, and was therefore in a mood
to seek the gold fields of California when the
excitement of 1849 prevailed throughout the
country. His commendable ambitions were
happily realized, as, after passing four years in
California, he returned home and paid off the
mortgage on his father's farm. He then began
the study of law in the office of Amasa and
Amasa J. Parker at Delhi. On completing his
studies he returned to the Pacific slope, where

he followed his profession and also devoted
much attention to mining.

While residing near Sonora, Cal., in 1858, he
discovered the Eureka mine, where he built and
for two years operated a quartz mill. In 1861 he
removed to Carson City, Nev., and having previ-
ously pursued a thorough theological course and
been licensed as a local preacher by the Cali-
fornia Methodist Episcopal conference he pro-
ceeded to labor in the Nevada field, visiting all
parts of the territory and arousing great interest
and religious activity in many localities. In 1861
Governor Nye appointed him superintendent of
public instruction for Nevada, and during his
term he accomplished a great deal for the cause
of education. After establishing his home in
Austin, Nev., he erected one of the handsomest
Methodist Episcopal churches in the territory
and for a long time officiated as its pastor. Be-
sides his work as pastor he continued to mine
extensively and also built a large quartz mill in
Smoky valley for the purpose of treating ore
derived from the Mother Vein mine. In 1868 he
settled in Pioche, Nev., where he continued in
mining and ministerial work.

In 1872 he came to Arizona and until the
county seat was changed to Kingman lived at
Cerbat and Mineral Park, and there located and
developed a number of mines, also practiced law.
Elected judge of the county court, he held that
important office until it was abolished by act of
legislature. Then Governor Zulick appointed
him probate judge and ex-officio superintendent
of schools. In 1886 he was elected district at-
torney for Mohave county and soon afterward
was appointed United States commissioner,
which position he occupied about fourteen years.
On the Republican ticket, in a strongly Demo-
cratic county, he was twice elected district at-
torney, filling the office from November, 1886,
until 1901. His private practice is extensive and
representative, as he is the attorney for the
Santa Fe at this point, also legal adviser for the
White Hills Mining and Milling Company, and
resident agent and attorney for a large share
of the leading mining and business companies
and corporations in 'Mohave county.

As in the past. Judge Blakely is an important
factor in the advancement of the cause of Chris-
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the only Methodist Episcopal church that has
been erected in the county and most of the time
since he has occupied its pulpit. As a local
preacher in the Arizona Mission conference, and
a great worker in the Kingman circuit, in which
are situated Chloride and numerous thriving
mining towns, he certainly is a power for good.
He is a member of the Good Templars and a
stanch temperance worker. Fraternally he is
connected with the Odd Fellows, Masons and
Knights of Pythias, besides various social organ-
izations.

At Kortright, N. Y., September 5, 1853, Judge
Blakely married Susan Elizabeth Wilson,
youngest daughter of Rev. Samuel Wilson of
that town, and who, during his entire active life,
was a minister of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church. Mrs. Blakely's death occurred in King-
man August 20, 1899. Of her marriage were
born four sons and two daughters, of whom
three sons survive, all being interested with their
father in mining. They are named as follows :
Ross H., clerk of the district court for the
fourth judicial district ; Lew, editor of the Ari-
zona Arrow, published at Kingman, and John
E., who is engaged in mining in the Aubrey and
Owens districts. The sons are regarded as
among the representative younger men of Mo-
have county.

HON. HUGH H. PRICE.

In past ages the history of a country was a
record of wars and conquests; today it is the
record of commercial activity, and those whose
names are foremost in its annals are the leaders
in business circles. A man of keen perception,
of great sagacity and unbounded enterprise, Mr.
Price has become one of the most prominent and
influential men in the different communities
where he has resided. He now makes his home
in Phoenix, and has become prominently identi-
fied with her business interests.

He was born at Black River Falls, Wis.,
December 2, 1859, and is a son of Hon. William
T. Price, a native of Hollidaysburg, Pa., to
which state his family removed from Virginia.
When a lad of fourteen the father went to Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, where he spent two years, and
then to Black River Falls, Wis., where he was

extensively engaged in the manufacture of
lumber. He was also interested in mills at
Davenport and other places on the Mississippi,
and was very successful in his business affairs.
His worth and ability were widely recognized
and he was honored with several very important
official positions. He was a member of the
lower house of the Wisconsin legislature in 1851
and 1882, and the state senate in 1857, 1870.
1871, 1878, 1879, 1880 and 1881. In 1883 he was
elected to congress, and was a member of the
forty-eighth and forty-ninth session. He was
also elected for the fiftieth, but died in 1886,
before the close of the forty-ninth congress.
Politically he was a very strong Republican, and
several times was a state elector. In early life
he married Julia Campbell, a native of Ontario,
Canada. She now resides at Black River Falls,
Wis. By this union were born four children.
Those living are: Hugh H., and Margaret.
Those deceased are May and William.

Hugh H. Price was graduated from the Black
River Falls high school in 1876, and the follow-
ing year entered the University of Wisconsin
but left that institution in 1880, during his senior
year, to enter upon his business career. For
some years he was connected with his father in
the manufacture of lumber, and like that gentle-
man took quite an active and prominent part in
public affairs. He was a member of the Black
River Falls city council and supervisor of Jack-
son county, Wis. At a special election held in
1886 he was elected a member of congress to
fill the vacancy caused by his father's death, re-
ceiving the largest majority of any candidate on
the ticket. His district comprised fifteen
counties. He served for a short time during the
forty-ninth congress, but refused a renomina-
tion. He was a member of the Wisconsin state
senate during the sessions of 1889 and 1891, and
helped pass the Bennett law and re-elect John
C. Spooner as United States senator. He was
vice-president of the Wisconsin World's Fair
board in 1893, and spent most of the summer in
Chicago. As president of the Price Manu-
facturing Company he continued to engage in
business at Black River Falls until coming west.
He also controlled the water power at that
place, and the first electric light plant estab-
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and Taylor, VVis. In 1887 he established the
First National Bank at Black River Falls, and
was its president.

In 1894 Mr. Price removed to Graham, N. M.,
and organized the Helen Mining Company,
which opened mines and built a mill seventy-five
miles northwest of Silver City in the Cooney
mining district of Socorro county, N. M., when
there was not a building there. After putting
the business on a good paying basis, Mr. Price
resigned in the spring of 1899, and came to
Phoenix, though he still owns an interest in the
Helen Mining Company and is a director of the
same. On coming to Phoenix he assisted in
incorporating the Home Savings Bank & Trust
Company, with a capital of $100,000, and has
since served as its cashier and treasurer, while
Gen. C. F. Ainsworth is president and S. M.
McCowan vice-president. Our subject is also
receiver for the Highland Canal Company.

At Chester, Pa., Mr. Price was united in mar-
riage with Miss Lydie B. Graham, a native of
that place and a daughter of John T. Graham,
who was also born in the Keystone state. Her
father was one of the pioneers of Pike's Peak and
is now a resident of Denver. He has been
prominently connected with the mining inter-
ests of both Colorado and New Mexico, and is
now treasurer of the Helen Mining Company.
Mrs. Price was educated at Mountain Seminary
near Tyrone in Pennsylvania, and the Woman's
College at Baltimore, Md. She is now a prom-
inent member of the Colonial Dames and the
Daughters of the American Revolution, and is
serving as regent for Arizona in the latter order.
She is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Our subject and his wife have one
child, Thompson.

Mr. Price was made a Mason in Colby, Wis.,
and now holds membership in Phoenix Lodge
No. 3, F. & A. M. ; Black River Falls Chapter,
R. A. M.; Chippewa Commandery No. 8, K. T.,
at Eau Qaire, Wis.; Milwaukee Consistory and
Tripolite Temple, N. M. S., at Milwaukee. He
is a member of the Board of Trade of Phoenix
and belongs to Maricopa Club. In his political
views he is a stanch Republican. He is genial,
courteous, enterprising and progressive, of com-
mendable public spirit and the highest integrity,
and is a man of whom any community might be

justly proud. Although his residence in Phoenix
is of short duration, he has already become
thoroughly identified with its interests, and is
held in high esteem by all who know him.

HON. JOHN T. ALSAP.

His name forever linked with Arizona, as one
of its founders, legislators and pioneer judges,
the late Hon. John T. Alsap holds an honored
place in the hearts of our people. Time, with
relentless hand, crumbles monuments erected to
the memory of the good and great, but on the
printed page of enduring records the chronicles
of lives are preserved for future generations and
thus, in compiling the annals of Arizona the sub-
ject of this memoir deserves a prominent place.

A native of Frankfort, Ky., born in 1832, he
was a son of Rev. John and Keziah (Randall)
Alsap, of England and Maine, respectively. The
father came to the United States in early man-
hood, and was an active worker in the United
Brethren denomination in Indiana, Ohio and
Iowa. His wife died in Indiana and he was sub-
sequently called to his reward from his home in
Iowa,

Having been graduated with the degrees of
Bachelor of Law and Doctor of Medicine in the
New York College, John T. Alsap devoted his
attention to medical practice until 1854, when he
crossed the western plains and for ten years con-
tinued professional labors to some extent in
California, in conjunction with mining and pro-
specting, as physicians and surgeons were in
great demand in certain localities there at that
time. In 1864 he came to Arizona, and com-
menced mining and prospecting in the vicinity
of Prescott. The Apache Indians being trouble-
some, the following winter he accompanied
King G. Woolsey and his command on their
expedition against the tribe, as his services as a
surgeon were desired. The first territorial
treasurer of Arizona, he served during the ad-
ministi-ation of Gov. R. C. McCormick, and in
1868 was elected to the legislature as a repre-
sentative of Yavapai county. In 1869 he and
his wife's brother, W. L. Osborne, settled in the
Salt River valley, about a mile northeast of
Phoenix, and thenceforward he was intimately
associated with the development of this section.

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Elected to the legislature in 1870, he aided in the
organization of Maricopa county, and the same
year was elected judge of the probate court. His
term in the general assembly expired in 1872,
but -after serving as chief clerk in the territorial
council and as district attorney, he was again
honored by re-election to the legislature. In
1886 he received the nomination for the county
treasurership of Maricopa county, but was sum-
moned to his heavenly reward in September,
prior to the election, of whose issue no one was
in doubt, owing to his marked popularity and
efficiency in all public affairs. In the intervals
of his public duties he was actively engaged in
the practice of law and won an enviable reputa-
tion at the bar and on the bench. In the Odd
Fellows order, in the Knights of Pythias and
among the Masons, he was prominent, in the
last named being a past officer in the com-
mandery and its representative in the grand
lodge of the territory. In religious belief he was
a Methodist, while in political creed he adhered
to the Democratic platform.

While a resident of Prescott, Mr. Alsap mar-
ried Louisa A., daughter of John Preston
Osborne, a pioneer of that locality who dated
his residence in Prescott from July 6. 1864. For
several years he was an extensive raiser and
dealer in cattle, taking contracts from the gov-
ernment, and operating farms on the Verde and
the Lower Agua Fria until 1870, when he be-
came a permanent settler of the Salt River valley.
He it was who built the first hotel in Prescott,
the Osborne House, and after coming to the
vicinity of Phoenix he assisted in laying out the
city. His ranch was well adapted for general
farming and for live stock, and there he con-
tinued to dwell until his death, January 20, 1900,
when he was eighty-five years old. A native of
Tennessee, though reared in Virginia, he was
a merchant in Kentucky until 1850, when he
went to Adams county, Iowa, and in 1863 went
to Colorado, where he owned the site of the
present city of Colorado Springs until the
following year, when, as formerly stated, he
became a resident of Arizona. His father, John
Osborne, also a native of Tennessee, was a
soldier in the war of 1812, and died in Kentucky.
The mother of Mrs. Louisa A. Alsap, like her-
self, born in the Blue Grass state, is still living,

her home being in Phoenix. She bore the
maiden name of Paulina E. Swetman, and her
father, Neri F. Swetman, was a prosperous
planter in Kentucky.

Of the ten children born to Mr. and Mrs.
Osborne six are yet living, namely: W. L., a
farmer of the Salt River valley; Mrs. J. T.
Barnum of Phoenix ; John W., who is interested
in mining operations and lives in this city; Neri
F., ex-county recorder of Maricopa county, and
a citizen of Phoenix; Mrs. Paulina R. Cramer
and Mrs. Rose G. Copeland, also of this city.

In 1876 Mr. Alsap married Miss Anna D.
Murray, who was born in Lexington, Tex.,
where her father, William P. Murray, of North
Carolina, was an early settler. In December,
1870, he brought his family to Phoenix and
located upon a tract of unimproved land not far
distant, but died in the following year, ere he
had executed many of his ambitious plans. He
had been twice married, and of his first union
four children were born, only one of whom is
deceased, while of the eight children born to his
second marriage, five are yet living. The mother
of Mrs. Alsap was Margaret, daughter of Isaac
White, a native of Ireland, and for years an
Alabama planter, though his death occurred in
Mississippi. Her birthplace was the old planta-
tion in Alabama and her death took place in
Texas. Mrs. Alsap has lived in Phoenix or
locality for more than three decades, and is held
in high esteem. She received her education in
the schools of Texas and this county and has
long been identified with the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South and the Order of the Eastern
Star. Five of the promising sons and daughters
born to Mr. and Mrs. Alsap are yet living,
namely: Florence A. and Margaret B., graduates
of the Phoenix high school ; John W. ; Genevieve
M. and Guy. Alton P. died at the age of eleven
months.

HON. JERRY MILLAY.

Hon. Jerry Millay, who was judge advocate-
general of Arizona on the staff of Governor Ir-
win, with the rank of colonel, and occupied the
same position during the first administration of
Governor Murphy, has filled numerous public
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satisfaction of the people, with whom he is
justly popular. In the counsels of the Repub-
lican-party he stands very high, as was unques-
tionably shown when, during his absence, he
was nominated for the territorial council. He
has been a leader in the Maricopa county and
the territorial Republican central committees,
and to his strenuous efforts is due much of the
local success of his party.

A worthy representative of an old Maine fam-
ily, our subject was born in the town of Bow-
doinham, Sagadahoc county, where his father
and grandfather also were born. His great-
grandfather Millay was a native of Ireland, and
about a century ago settled upon a farm in
Maine. The grandfather, Gen. Jeremiah Millay.
was in the war of 1812, serving with the rank of
brigadier-general. Besides carrying on a farm
in Maine, he was a ship-builder, having ship-
yards on the Kennebec river, and for some years
was engaged in the coasting trade. Capt. James
K., father of our subject, married Eunice Ridley,
daughter of George Ridley, and' was interested
in the merchant marine traffic, owning ships ply-
ing between the West Indies and South Amer-
ican ports, and sometimes making trans-Atlantic
voyages. In later years he retired from the sea
and resided on his farm in Maine, which had
been his place of residence for fifty years.
There he died when approaching the ripe age of
four-score. His elder child, James H., still op-
erates the old homestead.

The subject of this sketch was born half a
century ago, and was reared at his birthplace in
Maine. Completing his literary studies at Bow-
doin College, which he left in his sophomore
year, he then went to Minneapolis, where he
engaged in the lumber business. Later, return-
ing home, he taught in the vicinity, in the mean-
time studying law under the guidance of Col.
J. W. Spaulding. Admitted to the bar in the
Centennial year, he established himself in prac-
tice in Bath, and at the end of four years located
in Richmond. There he was connected with an
ice business for two years.

Having learned considerable in regard to the
natural resources and future of Arizona, he came
to Phoenix in 1882, when only one brick building
was standing. With characteristic energy, he em-
barked in the law, and has conducted a flourish-

ing practice here for many years. While C. A.
Arthur was president, he served as assistant
United States district attorney, and from Janu-
ary, 1895, to January, 1897, was the district at-
torney of Maricopa county. Numerous busi-
ness enterprises have been fostered by his means
and influence. and everything relating to the pub-
lic good is of deep interest to him. He is a mem-
ber of the Stockmen's Association of the Pa-
cific Coast, and has served on its committee.
Appointed a delegate, he attended the Interna-
tional Irrigation Congress held at Los Angeles,
the first convention of the kind. He was chosen
to act as chairman of that body, officiating with
credit, and for two years was on the executive
committee. He belongs to the Maricopa Club
and to the Arizona Bar Association.

In the town of Bath, Me., occurred the mar-
riage of Mr. Millay and Miss Margarette E.
Hine, a native of Connecticut. Her mother was
a member of the Adams family, directly de-
scended from Samuel Adams, of colonial New
England fame. Mr. and Mrs. Millay occupy a
modern residence, located upon a desirable
piece of property adjoining the city.

JUDGE HEZEKIAH BROOKS.

This worthy poineer of Yavapai county, hon-
ored by his wide circle of acquaintances, prob-
ably has resided here uninterruptedly longer
than any other citizen of the county. Upon him
rests the honor of having been the first judge of
the probate court of this county, which then
comprised Yavapai, Coconino, Apache, Navajo,
Maricopa and other counties, indeed, over half
of the territory. Under the administrations of
several governors — seven years altogether —
Judge Brooks presided over the affairs of the
probate court, leaving that important office just
a score of years ago, with an unimpeachable
record.

Coming to the neighborhood of the present
city of Prescott in October, 1863, the judge and
his party camped on the bank of Granite creek
and there erected the first cabin put up along
that stream, on the site of the then future Pres-
cott. By virtue of authority conferred upon him
by an assemblage of citizens he was appointed
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laid out and had charge of the sale of lots in
Prescott. The other commissioners were Van
C. Smith and Robert W. Groom, the latter a
surveyor. During all of the intervening years
the judge's interest in this now thriving place
has never wavered and he is certainly entitled,
for more than one reason, to a place of honor
in its chronicles.

The ancestors of our subject in America have
been true pioneers in each generation. His pa-
ternal grandfather, James Brooks, was born in
Connecticut and served in the colonial war for
independence. He was one of Washington's
aides and seven times was captured by the Brit-
ish, but managed to effect his escape every time.
Both he and the judge's maternal grandfather,
Phineas Johnson, also of Connecticut, were early
settlers in Ohio. On the old homestead near
Berlin, Conn., the birth of Hezekiah Brooks, Sr.,
occurred, and from the time of the family's re-
moval to the vicinity of Elyria, Ohio, until his
death, he was numbered with the agricultural
class of the community. He served as a justice
of the peace and was held in high esteem. The
mother of the subject of this sketch bore the
maiden name of Hannah Johnson. She also
was born in the Nutmeg state, and spent most of
her life in Ohio, dying in Cleveland. Of her
thirteen children ten lived to maturity.

Judge Brooks was born September 7, 1825,
near Elyria, Ohio, and completed his education
in the high school of that place. He continued
to give his energy to farming until 1850, when
the gold excitement in California called him to
the west. Having made the long trip by way of
the Isthmus of Panama and San Francisco he
became one of the miners on the South Fork
of the American river, later going to Coloma
and Greenwood valley. From 1851 to 1854 he
conducted a merchandising business at Coloma.
also being assistant postmaster of that place.
Then he had charge of a store at Georgetown,
Cal., and in 1854 went to Yreka. Cal., where he
was in the employ of the local canal company for
a period. Then he returned to merchandising
and was deputy and then postmaster of Yreka.
In 1861 he became a citizen of San Francisco,
where he engaged in contracting for two or
more years.

Tn the fall of 1863 Judge Brooks came to

Arizona overland from Los Angeles, and for
several years engaged in prospecting and
mining, also improving a ranch adjoining Pres-
cott and raising seme cattle. In addition to
these enterprises he conducted stores for some
time and made investments in various industries,
aiding all local undertakings within his power,
and ever striving to advance the welfare of this,
his chosen community. In politics he was first
a Whig and subsequently a Republican. In
Yreka, Cal., he was initiated into the Masonic
order and is a charter member and the oldest
living member of Aztlan Lodge, No. i, F. &
A. M., of Prescott, also being past master of
the same.

The marriage of Judge Brooks and Mrs. Mary
C. (Smith) Leib took place in Prescott. She
was a native of Lancaster, Pa., and her first
husband. Dr. Leib, was surgeon under Major
Willis of the first military detachment stationed
at Fort Whipple. Mrs. Brooks came of an old
and prominent Moravian family in the Keystone
state. She died November 18, 1891.

HON. A. A. DUTTON.

The great lumber resources of Coconino
county, than which there is no more favorable
locality in the United States, has furnished an
outlet for the brains and ability of many who
have come from the east in search of homes,
competence, and ofttimes lost health. Mr. Dut-
ton belongs to the latter-named class, and it is
needless to say that while pursuing the agree-
able occupation of lumbering in this ideal cli-
mate, he has found all and more than he looked
for, and is today one of the reliable and sub-
stantial citizens of Flagstaff.

When three years of age Mr. Dutton, who
was born in Waupun, Wis., in 1856, removed
with his parents to New York state, where he
was educated and grew to manhood at Sher-
man, Chautauqua county. After graduating
from the high school at Sherman he engaged in
educational work for a time, and continued the
same occupation after removing to Harvard, 111.
In 1883, on account of failing health, he sought
an all-around change in Flagstaff, and entered
the employ of the Aver Lumber Company as a
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proved, he mastered every detail of the lumber
business, and now has charge of all the shipping
of the mills. This is an extremely responsible
position, and he discharges it with credit to him-
self and the firm which he represents.

While prominent in lumber circles, Mr. Dut-
ton is perhaps as well-known as an able and con-
scientious politician. In 1892 his merit was
recognized by his fellow townsmen, he being
elected chairman of the board of supervisors of
Coconino county, which energetic and progres-
sive body of men secured the erection of the
present court-house and jail. In 1896 he was
elected a member of the territorial council, and
has since taken an active part in local and terri-
torial undertakings of the Republican party.
Fraternally he is associated with the Ancient
Order of United Workmen and the Independent
Order of Foresters, and is past master in the
former body and grand trustee of the Territorial
Grand Lodge of New Mexico and Arizona. He
is also a member of the board of trustees of the
northern Arizona Normal School at Flagstaff,
and is interested in promoting educational mat-
ters in Coconino county.

In 1881, at Harvard, 111., Mr. Dutton mar-
ried Mrs. Elida M. (Dunham) Dutton, and of
this union there is one son, Charles A.

JUDGE BENJAMIN F. JACKSON.

Though the nominee of the Democratic party
in Navajo county for the judgeship of the pro-
bate court and superintendency of county
schools, the personal merits of Judge B. F.
Jackson received such a general support from
voters of all political creeds, in the fall of 1900,
that his friends were triumphant, as over two-
thirds of the ballots cast were in his favor. More
and more, the public is recognizing the import-
ance of trustworthy officials regardless of party,
in the affairs of a city or county — knowing that
political bias should not enter into the ques-
tion. Since 1896 the subject of this article has
administered the affairs of the probate court of
this county, in connection with which he has
paid special attention to our county school sys-
tem, making marked changes for the better in
the same. At the expiration of his first term, in
1898, he was re-elected to these positions, and

again, in 1900, as above stated, was made his
own successor.

Unquestionably Judge Jackson is one of the
ablest young men in Arizona, and by nature and
training is eminently well qualified for the
responsibilities now resting upon him. His
birth occurred at Versailles, Ind., February 23,
1867, and after completing the high school
course of that place he became a student at the
nioomington (Ind.) University. During the
following seventeen years he devoted his entire
attention to teaching, and met with special suc-
cess in the management of normal schools, both
in Indiana and in Kentucky.

In 1893 Mr. Jackson came to- Navajo county,
Ariz., and became the superintendent of the
Apache Indian school, at Fort Apache, remain-
ing in the government service for eighteen
months, during the administration of Cleveland.
He then taught a school at the village of Shum-
way for about one year. Returning to his native
state, he was admitted to the bar of Indiana in
December, 1899, since which time he has con-
ducted the practice of law in connection with his
public duties. The elevation of our schools has
been a matter of deep concern to him, and three
county institutes, attended by the twenty-six
teachers employed in this county at present,
have been conducted by him since he was placed
in his office as superintendent of schools. He
belongs to the Territorial Teachers' Associa-
tion, and under his judicious management the
schools of Navajo county have been advanced
to first rank among those of the other counties
of Arizona. Practically self-made and self-
educated, he is entitled to great credit, for
indomitable will and concentration of purpose
have been the secrets of his success. In Indiana
he became affiliated with the Masonic order, and
at Winslow he joined the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks.

LINDLEY B. ORME.

The Orme family trace their descent from dis-
tinguished English ancestry, and were first rep-
resented in America by one Rev. John Orme, a
Presbyterian clergyman, who came from Eng-
land to the United States in practically the dawn
of the eighteenth century, and settled in Prince

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George county, Md. His descendants served
their adopted country with courage and dis-
tinction during the Revolutionary war, and the
latter-day members have since been identified
with the best interests of the localities in which
they resided.

The grandparents of Lindley B. were Henry
C. and Deborah (Pleasants) Orme, natives re-
spectively of Maryland and Virginia. He was
born in Springfield, Mo., October 18, 1872, and
is a son of Henry C. and Elizabeth (Bell) Orme,
who were born, respectively, in Montgomery
county, Md., and in Kentucky. Henry C. Orme
was born December 15, 1846. From earliest
youth he evinced the sterling and substantial
traits of character inherited from his forefathers,
and which are everywhere recognized as the
foundation of good citizenship. The early train-
ing of the district schools was but the prelude
to a life of continued study and research, and
to a keen observation of men and events. As a
result, Mr. Orme is today a remarkably well-
informed man upon general and current topics,
and has received many practical marks of ap-
preciation wherever he has elected to reside.
After the breaking out of the Civil war, he en-
listed, in September of 1862, in White's Virginia
Battalion of the Confederate army, and became a
part of Stuart's Cavalry. Later, under Gen.
Wade Hampton, he fought at Antietam, Brandy
Station, Winchester, and the Wilderness, and
finally surrendered at Appomattox. During the
three years of his service as a private in the
cause of the Confederacy, he was twice cap-
tured, and twice slightly wounded.

With the restoration of .peace Mr. Orme re-
turned to his former home in Maryland, and
after several years removed to Missouri, where
for five years he engaged in general and rail-
road surveying, and became a proficient civil
engineer. He subsequently went to Dallas,
Tex., and became interested in educational
work, to which he devoted himself for the
greater part of five years. In 1879 he sought
the larger possibilities of the far west, and took
up his permanent residence one and one-half
miles from Phoenix, Ariz. Upon three hundred
and twenty acres of government land which his
untiring industry reclaimed from a sterile and
desert condition he lived for many years, and is

at present residing on the eighty acres retained
from the original claim. In the '905 he served
two terms, or four years, as county assessor of
Alar'icopa county, and for eight years was under-
sheriff of the same county, when his brother,
L. H. Orme, was sheriff. For four years also
he was deputy sheriff under N. M. Broadway,
and A. J. Halbert, serving two years under each.
With the different enterprises for the upbuilding
of his county Mr. Orme has been closely identi-
fied, and has ever lent his influence on the side
of progress and enterprise. Fraternally he is
associated with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen. Through his marriage with Eliza-
beth Bell, of Kentucky, there have been born ten
children, of whom the following survive: Lindley
1!.. John S., Norman L., William W., Ethel M.,
Ada Lee and Ruth M. Norman L. (born in
1876) was a volunteer soldier in the Spanish-
American war, and a member of Troop B,
Rough Riders, under Major McClintock. At the
battle of Los Ouasimos he received severe inju-
ries from which he has only partially recovered.
At the present time he is employed in the post
office at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.

As a boy, Lindley B. Orme followed the for-
tunes of his parents, and with them went to
Texas, and finally to Arizona. In this far west-
ern territory he was reared to maturity,
surrounded by the refining home influences
which tended to develop the best traits of his
character. In the public schools of Phoenix
was laid the foundation for a life time devotion
to all-around study, and he was graduated from
the Phoenix high school. This was supple-
mented by a course at the Lamson Business
College. As a congenial means of livelihood he
turned his attention to stock-raising in Maricopa
county, and in 1896 settled upon the ranch ten
miles west of Phoenix, which has since been his
home. At the present time he has about three
hundred head of cattle, of which he makes a
specialty, although other kinds of stock are
raised on the farm.

Mr. Orme represents the most advanced
element among the young agriculturists and
stock-raisers of Salt River valley, and his
friends and associates predict a prosperous fu-
ture for him, judged from the standpoint of his
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the subject of the development of water in his
locality, and is a director in the Maricopa Salt
River and Grand Canal Company. A Democrat
in national politics, he has been a trustee of the
Cartwright school district, and was for a time
stock-inspector of the Phoenix shipping district.
He has also been a county central committee-
man. Fraternally he is associated with the An-
cient Order of United Workmen.

October 7, 1897, Mr. Orme married Ida M.
Ricketts, who was born in Evansville, Ind. Of
this union there has been one child, Lindley H.,
Jr. Mrs. Orme is a daughter of William A. and
Sarah (Gentry) Ricketts, the former of whom
served in the Federal army during the Civil war
and died when his daughter, Ida, was five years
old. In 1891 Mrs. Ricketts came to Phoenix,
accompanied by three of her children.

JUDGE P. C. ROBERTSON.

For the greater part of his life Judge Robert-
son has been identified with the conditions of
the far west. A native of Pike county, 111., he
was born in 1839, and when but eight years of
age removed with his parents to Andrew county,
Mo., where they lived on a farm for four years.
One of the most vivid remembrances of his
youth is the trip across the plains which the
family undertook in 1853, at which time, in addi-
tion to their own household paraphernalia, they
took with them a herd of cattle. The memor-
able journey came to an end in California, the
travelers settling in the vicinity of Cacheville.
Here and at Woodland, Cal., Judge Robertson
lived on and off until 1872, in the meantime hav-
ing spent about four years in Virginia City, Nev.
In 1872 he changed his location to Modoc
county, Cal., and in 1880 removed to Globe.

While living in Virginia City, in 1864, Judge
Robertson married Elizabeth A. Tebbs, of Cali-
fornia. Of this union there were born four chil-
dren, of whom two are living : Henry Q., who
is a school teacher in the northern part of Gila
county, and Peter T., who is an attorney at
Yuma, Ariz. Upon arriving in Globe Mr. Rob-
ertson opened a livery and feed stable which had
an era of prosperity for three years, and he
then moved up on the upper Salt River valley
and was engaged in farming and stock-raising,
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besides conducting a general merchandise busi-
ness. These interests occupied his time and
attention until two years ago, when he returned
to Globe with the intention of remaining here
permanently.

As a stanch and unswerving member of the
Democratic party, Mr. Robertson has been
prominent in local and territorial affairs. He
became initiated into office while living in Cali-
fornia, as assessor of the town of Woodland.
In 1877 he was elected to the California assem-
bly, and served in this capacity for two years.
In Arizona he was elected chairman of the board
of supervisors of Gila county in 1883, and in
1886 was elected to the territorial council from
Gila county. He was further honored by his
fellow Democrats by being elected to the pro-
bate judgeship of Gila county November 6,
1906. One of the reliable and substantial men
of this locality, he is esteemed by all who know
of his ability and excellent traits of citizenship.

GEN. CHARLES F. AINSWORTH,

It is generally conceded by those who are
familiar with the present substantial conditions
existing in Arizona that there have been at-
tracted to her boundless possibilities men of
great achievements and comprehensive intelli-
gence. In this as in other countries, the rise and
progress of a region may well be gauged by the
character of its bar, as from its ranks more than
from those of any other profession are selected
the men who fill the highest public stations. Its
members spring from no privileged class, but
from the people whose aims they represent. In
Arizona, as elsewhere, wisely conservative and
erudite minds are attracted toward the profes-
sion which embodies in its principles the only
exact and unchanging science, and there is no
more notable example of this truth than may be
found in the acknowledged ability of Gen.
Charles Franklin Ainsworth. In 1888 he be-
came associated with Arizona, prior to which he
had made a splendid record as district attorney
of Jackson county, Wis.

As an attorney in Phoenix, he at once stepped
into the prominence to which he is entitled by
virtue of his broad knowledge of the law, firm-
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Scarcely any enterprise of dimensions has arisen
within Phoenix with which he has not been
associated in some capacity, either as part
owner or legal adviser, nor are his interests con-
fined to this city, for they extend in various
directions in the Salt River valley. No one has
been more enthusiastic than he in the develop-
ment of this part of the country, and no one
has given his advice more constantly on the side
of progress. During the course of events of
late years undertakings have been formulated
in which he is especially interested. He is presi-
dent of the Home Savings Bank and Trust
Company of Phoenix, president of the Phoenix
Building and Loan Association, president of the
Phoenix Water Company, and is interested in
the street railway system, in addition to which
he was formerly owner of a half interest in the.
Phoenix Electric Light and Gas Company. ' As
a stanch member of the Republican party he
has filled many positions of trust, including the
office of district attorney of Jackson county,
which he held for ten years. August 12, 1898,
he was honored by appointment to the office of
attorney-general of Arizona.

Of interest always are the early struggles
which precede the fulfilment of promising ex-
pectations. Mr. Ainsworth was born at Lisbon,
N. Y., January 3, 1853, and is a representative
of a family numerously scattered throughout
New England. The ancestry of the family is
English, and a record has been kept for several
generations back. The first of the name whose
ambition extended beyond the boundaries of his
native land was Edward Ainsworth, who came
from England to America in 1652. In the course
of time he settled at Roxbury, Mass., and from
his large family came many descendants who
were prominently identified with the intellectual
and commercial interests of their respective lo-
calities. Charles Franklin Ainsworth is de-
scended from a branch of the family that claimed
Woodstock, Conn., as their home. The influ-
ences that surrounded his boyhood were not
unlike those which mould the future of the aver-
age farmer boy, and his education was such as
is procurable from the public schools. Like
many others who have eventually reached
prominence, he was largely dependent upon his
own exertions. In the fall of 1870 he entered

St. Lawrence University at Canton, and his sub-
sequent graduation with the rest of his class
was the well-earned result of teaching school
during the winter while attending the univer-
sity, and working on a farm during the summer
months. For a time he later engaged in educa-
tional work and was principal of the Ogdens-
burg Institute in New York.

The first aspirations of Mr. Ainsworth in the
direction of a future livelihood were toward the
medical profession, but he soon decided in favor
of the law, which decision he has never re-
gretted. After having been admitted to the bar
of Wisconsin, he commenced to practice at
Black River Falls, Wis., in 1876, and soon
ranked among the most promising members of
his profession in Jackson county, where he re-
mained until his removal to Arizona.

The marriage of Mr. Ainsworth united him
with Minnie A. Southworth, who at the time
was living in Canton, N. Y. She v/as born in
Hartford, Conn., and came from a New England
family whose ancestors were among the pil-
grims on the Mayflower. Her parents, Egbert
H. and Sylvia (Tracy) Southworth, were resi-
dents of Canton, N. Y., for many years. To
General and Mrs. Ainsworth have been born
four children, namely : Frank, who was educated
in St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., and
is now assistant cashier of the Home Savings
Bank and Trust Company, of Phoenix; Sylvia,
who was educated in Marlborough Seminary at
Los Angeles, Cal. ; Arthur, and Ruth, who are
students in the Phoenix schools.

COL. WINFRED WYLIE, M. D., LL. B.

Scotland is the ancestral home of the Wylie
family, and the first members whose ambitious
inclination reached beyond the borders of their
sturdy historic land to the crude conditions and
latent possibilities of the future great republic
across the seas, immigrated hence and settled in
Tioga county, Pa., where they became industri-
ous tillers of the soil, and enterprising promot-
ers of progress. In the changing course
of events there developed in their midst
unusual talent in various directions, the
predominating trend however being analyti-
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in a mastery of the science of medi-
cine. The arts also are not without their rep-
resentative, for from the latter-day family has
sprung one whose mastery of the violin is des-
tined to win renown, and the appreciation of
all true lovers of this most wonderful of all
instruments.

Reared in an atmosphere which, from his
earliest remembrance, was impregnated with an
intimate knowledge of human ills and a sincere
striving for their alleviation, Dr. Wylie is, by
virtue of inheritance and years of profound re-
search, a master healer of men. A native of
Marathon county, Wis., he was born August 8,
1855. His father, Daniel B. Wylie, M. D., who
was born in Great Bend, Pa., was graduated
from Long Island College Hospital, at
Brooklyn. For many years he was a prominent
practicing physician in Tioga county, Pa., and
then removed to Grand Rapids, Wis., and
eventually to Wausau, of the same state, where
for forty years he ministered to the physical
woes of the community, and where he died in
1891. Mrs. Wylie, who is now living with her
son in Phoenix, was, before her marriage, Har-
riett Amsbry, born in Tioga county, Pa., and a
daughter of Truman Amsbry. Her medical edu-
cation was acquired at the Woman's Medical
College, in Philadelphia, from which she was
graduated in the class of 1866. She practiced
medicine with abundant success for a period of
twenty-five years, principally at Wausau and
Merrill, Wis.

Of the children in the family besides Winfred,
D. Baldwin is a graduate of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago, and is an
eye and ear specialist at Milwaukee ; Myrtle is
the wife of George C. Bent, of Ogden, Utah, and
is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of
Music; Genevieve is living in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and Ralph is now in Berlin, Germany. Ralph
Wylie is the especial pride of his family and
friends, for as a violinist he has already won
many laurels. A graduate of the Chicago Con-
servatory of Music, he had qualified at the early
age of twenty to assume charge of the musical
department of the University of Illinois at
Champaign. In Berlin, Germany, he is availing
himself of the instruction of the best masters,
who predict a great future for him.

The education of Dr. Wylie was acquired at
the public schools of Wausau, and at the Law-
rence University at Appleton, Wis. Under his
father's able instruction he became sufficiently
advanced in medicine to enter the Rush Medi-
cal College at Chicago, from which he was
graduated in 1877. Further instruction was re-
ceived in Long Island College Hospital at
Brooklyn, N. Y., which terminated with his
graduation in 1878. As the result of a com-
petitive examination he was appointed house
surgeon of Long Island Hospital, and served in
that capacity for a year. At Wausau, Wis.. he
entered upon the practice of his profession, and
soon attained to a prominent place in medical
circles. While located there he was surgeon for
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Mil-
waukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroads.
While practicing at West Superior he served in
a similar capacity for the St. Paul & Duluth, the
Duluth & Winnipeg, the Lake Superior Ter-
minal & Transfer, Great Northern, Northern
Pacific, The Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic,
and the Omaha Railroads. He was also presi-
dent of the Northwestern Wisconsin Medical
Association. After removing to West Superior
he devoted his time almost exclusively to surg-
ery, and as health officer of the city introduced
many sanitary measures which were readily
approved and adopted. Among the other re-
sponsibilities incurred in this northern city was
the position of president of the Douglas County
Medical Association, and a membership in the
Inter-State Medical Association.

While living in Wisconsin Dr. Wylie married
Cora J. Alban, who was born in Plover, Portage
county, Wis., and of this union there have been
two children : Elta, who is studying music in
Los Angeles, Cal., and Edith. The better to
cope with the various legal questions that are
wont to arise in the experience of a physician
and surgeon with such a multiplicity of interests,
Dr. Wylie undertook the study of law, and was
graduated from the Atlanta (Ga.) Law School
June 25, 1895, with the degree of LL. B. The
advantages of such a course can only be appre-
ciated by other railroad surgeons who have had
to deal with the lawyers employed by the large
railroad companies.

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future field of effort and located in Phoenix,
which has since been his home. From the first,
his ability was the magnet which drew to him
the patronage and appreciation not only of
private citizens, but of the high territorial
officers. In 1897 he was appointed surgeon-
general of Arizona by Governor McCord, and in
1898 was re-appointed by Governor Murphy,
with the rank of colonel. In 1897 he was also
appointed a member of the Territorial Board of
Medical Examiners, and is at this writing presi-
dent of the board. In this capacity he has taken
an active part in introducing and passing the
present medical laws of the territory, which have
placed it upon the high plane of excellence occu-
pied by the most advanced of the eastern states.
Dr. Wylie is also president of the Territorial
Medical Association, a fellow of the Arizona
Academy of Medicine, a member of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, the Southwestern
Medical Association, and the Association of
Military Surgeons of the United States. He is
likewise ex-president of the pension board of
Phoenix. In national politics he is affiliated
with the Republican party. Fraternally he is as-
sociated with the Knights of Pythias, the Elks,,
the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the
Masons. Of the latter organization he was made
a member in Brooklyn, N. Y., and was made
a Royal Arch Mason in Wausau, Wis., and also
joined the Commandery in Wisconsin. He is
also a member of the Mystic Shrine, affiliating
with El Zaribah Temple of Phoenix.

Dr. Wylie is not only one of the most promi-
nent and capable surgeons in the west, but is
also one of the most popular, his genial and
optimistic temperament winning for him hosts
of friends, and his tact, good-fellowship, and
great kindness of heart, retaining them indefi-
nitely.

HON. ROBERT L. LONG.
One of the pioneer educators of Arizona, Hon.
R. L. Long, the present superintendent of in-
struction, undoubtedly has done more for the
public schools of this territory than any other
one man, and that his wisdom in meeting and
conquering the special difficulties confronting us
is relied upon, is shown by the fact that he was
called to his important position. This con-

fidence reposed in him is well founded, not only
by his long and useful career in his chosen field
of effort, but especially by what he accomplished
in 1885-86, during his term of office in the same
position he now holds. Then, having made a
serious study of the matter, he compiled the laws
which have since governed departments of pub-
lic instruction in Arizona, for, with little or no
alteration, the rules and regulations drawn up by
him were adopted and constituted part of the
laws of the territory.

Several generations ago the Longs lived in
the northern part of Ireland, but as early as 1718
the family represented here by our subject was
founded in the valley of the Susquehanna river.
His great-grandfather, James Long, who died
in 1783, was a soldier of the French and Indian
war and the Revolution. Grandfather James
Long was born in Lancaster county, Pa., whence
he moved to Frederick county, Md., and en-
gaged in farming. There his son, James B.,
father of R. L. Long, was born, and at the age
of seventy-three years he passed to his reward
at his old homestead in Lancaster county, Pa.,
for he had long before returned to that ancestral
place of habitation. He was not only a success-
ful agriculturist, but a civil engineer as well.
His wife, Mrs. Catherine (Jefferson) Long, was
born in Sussex county, Del., coming of an old
family in that section. Of their nine children
who lived to maturity, only three are now living.
One son, George, served as a volunteer in the
Second Pennsylvania Cavalry during the Civil
war.

The birth of Robert L. Long, the youngest of
his family, occurred November 30, 1852, in Lan-
caster county, Pa., and his boyhood was passed
on the homestead. From an early age it became
evident that he was destined to be a scholar, for
he made rapid progress in his studies. He
attended the Millersville (Pa.) Normal and pur-
sued his higher studies in Dickinson College at
Carlisle, Pa., until he reached his junior year. In
the meantime he had taught school at intervals,
and in 1872, coming to the west, he continued to
teach and for a short time was principal of a
school in Boulder, Colo. At the same time he
also became interested in the abstract business
and for a period prospected and sought for
precious metals in the mountains near.

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In 1874 Mr. Long returned to Pennsylvania
and thence went to southern Africa, where he
proceeded to try his fortune in the diamond
mining region. After spending eighteen months
there he crossed the country to Delagoa Bay
and embarked on a homeward-bound vessel.
Landing safely in New York City, he soon
traversed the continent and found himself at the
Pacific. After acting in the capacity of princi-
pal of the San Luis Obispo (Cal.) school for
some time, he accepted a similar position tend-
ered him in Phoenix, and thus, May, 1879, w'*~
nessed his arrival in the city which he was des-
tijied to look upon as his permanent home.
When a resident here little more than a year
he was made clerk of the district court of Gila
county, and for two years resided in Globe.
From 1882 to 1884 ne was judge of the probate
court, and during the next two years, as previ-
ously stated, was superintendent of public in-
struction, having been elected on the Republican
ticket. After an interval, when he devoted his
attention to the abstract business in Phoenix, he
became principal of the Arizona Normal at
Tempe, and continued there until 1890, when he
accepted the position of superintendent of the
public schools of Phoenix. At the end of a year
he was appointed clerk of the court of private
land claims, in which all of the old Spanish land
claim cases are tried. In the mean time he con-
ducted an abstract business, and March i, 1899,
Governor Murphy appointed him superintend-
ent of public instruction, which position he now
holds. The resolution providing for a uniform
course of study, which he proposed and advo-
cated for the public schools of Arizona, was
adopted by the territorial board of education,
and many other progressive measures are being
put into force. Formerly a member and now a
trustee of the board of directors of the Arizona
Normal, at present he is identified with the terri-
torial board of education, being the secretary of
that body, is the chairman of the territorial board
of examiners, and a member of the board of
regents of the University of Arizona. He also
is an honored member of the National Educa-
tional Association. Actively connected with the
Republican party of Arizona during the more
than two decades of his residence here, he was
fittingly chosen to serve as secretary of the ter-

ritorial convention in 1894. He is a prominent
Mason, having attained to the thirty-second de-
gree in the order.

JUDGE WILLIAM A. HANCOCK.

The "father" and founder of Phoenix, Judge
William A. Hancock, is entitled to the first place
in the hearts of the people of this prosperous
city, which has been developed during his resi-
dence here, and which has looked to him, and
never in vain, for the influence and capital need-
ful to its progress. Today, as for decades past,
he is actively connected with innumerable en-
terprises of magnitude and growing importance
in this region and by his rare genius and heart-
felt sympathy in all public improvements is in-
citing his felllow-citizens to yet greater triumphs
of "mind over matter."

Believing that the oft-told tale of our popular
citizen's life is nevertheless of deep interest to
the people of this territory and the great west in
general the following facts in regard to him have
been compiled. Though from choice a west-
erner for nearly half a century, he is of New
England birth and ancestry. Born May 17, 1831,
in Barre, Mass., of which town his father,
•Nathan, and grandfather, Nathan S., also were
natives, he is of English descent on both the
paternal and maternal lines, his ancestors being
foremost in the early settlement of the Bay state.
His mother, Catherine W. (Lee) Hancock, a
daughter of Henry Lee and niece of Gen. Sam-
uel Lee of war of 1812 fame, was a grand-
daughter of a hero of the Revolution. The old
homes of the Hancocks and Lees were in the
same neighborhood and many generations of
the two families played their little parts on the
world's stage in that immediate locality. Nathan
Hancock and wife, who were numbered with
the agriculturists of Barre, Mass., passed their
entire lives there. Ten of their twelve children
lived to maturity. One son, Dr. John Hancock,
was a surgeon of a Massachusetts regiment dur-
ing the Civil war and another son, George, died
in Sacramento, Cal.

Judge. Hancock was educated in the public
school of his native place and in Leicester Acad-
emy, and when sixteen years of age assumed
the management of his father's farm, continuing

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to act in that capacity until 1853, when the desire
to see something of the great west opened the
way to his future success. With his brothers
John and Henry he went to Iowa in the spring
of 1853, there bought live stock and outfitted
for the long trip across the plains. After the
journey, by way of Council Bluffs, the Platte
and North Platte rivers, the Sweetwater, South
Pass and Humboldt River valley, they arrived
at Sacramento and located upon a ranch situ-
ated about nine miles north of that place. They
had succeeded in bringing safely through some
two hundred and seventy-five head of live stock
and for the ensuing eight years carried on a
thriving business raising cattle and horses for
the markets. In 1856 Judge Hancock returned
on a visit to the dear old home in the east,
going by the Isthmus of Panama route. His
father died in 1857 and the young man remained
until he had settled up his estate. In the fol-
lowing year he might have been seen voyaging
back to the Pacific coast via Panama, and taking
with him some fine horses for his ranch and a
thoroughbred stallion of the Black Hawk and
Morgan stock.

In November, 1864, the future judge volun-
teered in the Seventh California Infantry, being
assigned to Company K, and mustered into the
service at Presidio, Cal. In February, 1865, he
was sent to Fort Yuma and in the following Sep-
tember was transferred to the Arizona troops —
an event which changed his whole life. Mus-
tered into Company C, First Arizona Volunteers,
September i, 1865, as second lieutenant, his
rank as such dating from the 7th of the August
preceding, he was stationed at Fort McDowell,
Ariz. Promoted to the rank of first lieutenant
June 20, 1866, he was mustered out of the
service September 13, 1866.

From that time until 1868 Mr. Hancock was
the superintendent of the government farm at
Fort McDowell and in the following year be-
came post trader at Camp Reno, remaining there
until the end of May, 1870. Possessing that
rare genius of foresight and executive ability
that have been the mainsprings of nearly all
truly great achievements in the history of the
world, he decided, in his own mind, that a city
should and probably would some day stand on
or very near the site of the present capital of

Arizona. Having learned something of survey-
ing he commenced laying out the future city of
Phoenix in the fall of 1870, having previously
with other settlers organized a townsite com-
pany and located half a section of land for the
purpose. The patent to the same was obtained
when Judge Alsap was presiding on the bench
of the probate court, to which office Mr. Han-
cock later succeeded. The survey of the city
was completed in about a year, or, in the autumn
of 1871, and in the meantime our subject had
built an adobe house, beginning that task in
December, 1870, and this, the first building
erected in Phoenix, he afterwards rented, while
he pursued his work as a surveyor and civil
engineer in different parts of Maricopa county.
After laying out the routes of several canals
and ditches for irrigation of the land he quietly
located upon a ranch, for he had taken up from
the government one section of the despised
desert land. Meeting the unaccustomed require-
ments of this "arid" region he greatly improved
his farm, but the public duties, which more and
more rapidly came in to occupy his attention,
led him into other channels of activity. In 1870
he was made postmaster of Phoenix and at the
end of an eight-years' service resigned, recom-
mending Mr. Mowery to the office. His influ-
ence won recognition, for that citizen was duly
appointed and for eight years occupied the posi-
tion. In 1871 Mr. Hancock was appointed dis-
trict attorney and, being elected, held that im-
portant office until 1875, when he entered upon
his duties as judge of the probate court. Here
it should be said that as early as October, 1872,
when he had been admitted to the bar of Mari-
copa county, he had been engaged in the prac-
tice of law in the intervals of his other public
duties, and to this day he devotes the major por-
tion of his attention to his profession. From
1875 to 1878 inclusive he was judge of the pro-
bate court, having submitted to him many of the
grave and hotly-contested cases incident to the
pioneer days of any locality. Nevertheless, he
was equal to all this and more, and by his ster-
ling fidelity to duty won the lasting esteem of
the public. Upon the organization of Maricopa
county he had been appointed sheriff by the
governor, and thus enjoys the added distinction
of having been the first sheriff of the county.

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193

He also served for one term of two years as
assistant district attorney of the United States
district court. For some time he was county
superintendent of schools, the three districts
being increased to fourteen during his incum-
bency.

The people of Arizona realize pretty fully
what has been accomplished by thorough and
systematic irrigation, and no one has been more
energetic in promoting the system than Judge
Hancock. It is well known that he took the
lead in many of these enterprises, chief among
them the Grand canal, of which he made the
first survey. Now one of the principal canals
on the northern side of the Salt river, the won-
derful undertaking owes a great deal to him,
for, besides laying out its course he put more
money into its construction than did any other
one man, and long ago witnessed the marvel-
ous benefit which it has been to its neighboring
territory. In addition to this, he surveyed the
Utah, Mesa and Arizona canals, and has been
one of the promoters of the Agua Fria Water
& Land Company, now being secretary of the
same. This gigantic undertaking, which will
eclipse everything hitherto projected here, is
thoroughly practical and of untold value, as
thereby seventy-five thousand acres of land will
be rendered productive. The great dam, essen-
tial to the water storage part of the problem,
necessitates a large outlay of capital, but the
work will be carried out, sooner or later, by men
of enterprise and means. Already our citizens
are bestirring themselves on the general subject
of water storage, and the judge is one of the
three appointed to "investigate the Colorado
river proposition," and also, in himself, consti-
tutes the committee on the water storage of the
San Francisco canal.

It is quite needless to say that Judge Hancock
is one of the most honored members of the
Pioneer Association of Arizona, of the Terri-
torial Bar Association, of the Odd Fellows, of
Capt. Owen Post, G. A. R., in which he is past
senior vice-commander. From the organization
of the Republican party he has been thoroughly
devoted to its principles and loyally aided in the
establishment of the party in Maricopa county,
at one time serving as a member of the county
central committee.

In this city his marriage occurred February
5, 1873, the lady of his choice being Lilly B.,
daughter of Benjamin Kellogg, a pioneer of this
locality, as in 1872 he settled upon a farm in
the Salt River valley. Mrs. Hancock was born
in Indiana. Henry L., the first white child born
in Phoenix, and the elder child of the judge and
wife, is a graduate of the high school of this
place and now is in charge of the Wormser
estate. Mabel, who received her preparation for
teaching in the Los Angeles (Cal.) Normal, now
is employed in our city schools.

JUDGE CHARLES P. HICKS.

The people of Prescott and Yavapai county
thorougjhly appreciate the good work and able
administration of the subject of this article,
judge of the probate court of the county named,
since January, 1895. Now in the prime of life,
he was born near Fayette, Howard county, Mo.,
June 15, 1858, and was reared to manhood in
his native place. He is of English descent. His
father, James M. Hicks, who was a planter's
son, was born at the old Virginia homestead
and thence removed to Tennessee, later becom-
ing a pioneer of Fayette, Mo., where he
improved a large farm. During the latter part
of his life he conducted a livery, sale and com-
mission business in Fayette. Fraternally he
was connected with the Masonic order. At all
times he was loyal to the Union. His wife,
Penelope (Payne) Hicks, was born in Alabama,
and accompanied her parents to Roanoke, How-
ard county, Mo., where her father became a well-
to-do and highly respected citizen. Mrs. Hicks
was a relative of the celebrated Bishop Doggett
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South; she
was a lady of culture and refinement. Her death
occurred in Missouri many years ago, and of her
two sons and two daughters who lived to matur-
ity only two survive.

Judge Hicks completed his literary education
in Central College, at Fayette, Mo., leaving
there when in his junior year. In March, 1879,
he went to Colorado, and six, months later to
New Mexico, where he was engaged in pros-
pecting and mining. He was in southern New
Mexico during the time of the troubles with
the Apaches and when Chief Victoria was carry-

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ing on his warfare. Meantime he experienced
many adventures and dangers incident to the
conditions then existing. In July, 1880, he
came to Prescott, and for six months was
employed on the cattle ranch of Judge Edward
W. Wells. On his return to the city he entered
•the employ of J. W. Dougherty, of the O. K.
store, and six years later became a partner in
the business. However, at the end of two years,
he sold out, and during the ensuing five years-
was a clerk and bookkeeper in the clothing
house of J. W. Wilson & Co. In the meantime
he served as city assessor and collector for a
year, after which he was bookkeeper at the
Hotel Burke.

In the fall of 1894 he was elected probate
judge by a majority of two hundred and nine
votes. Two years later he was re-elected by
a majority of eight hundred and twenty-four.
In 1898 he was re-elected, receiving a plurality
vote of twelve hundred and thirty-two, and in
1900 he had a majority of ten hundred and
twenty-four. During the latter year the general
vote of the county was not so large on account
of the law requiring a receipt showing the pay-
ment of poll tax before registration. His pres-
ent term will expire in 1902. When first assum-
ing the responsible duties of this office he found
its affairs in a chaotic state, and with charac-
teristic energy he at once set about to secure
material reforms. School funds had been mis-
appropriated, the records were in a muddled
condition, and everything pertaining to the
office was in a tangle. This did not last long,
for Judge Hicks is thoroughly systematic, con-
scientious and possesses excellent judgment and
ability. Rapidly he reduced things to a clear
and safe basis, straightened out the records and
introduced new methods. At that time the office
of school superintendent was included with the
probate judgeship, and this absurdity was
strongly fought by Judge Hicks, who threw all
of his influence upon the side of the progressive,
who advocated the separation of the two offices.
In January, 1899, when this measure was car-
ried into effect, the books and records of the
superintendent were in a fine condition.

As is generally known, the judge is an ardent
worker in the Democratic party, and at present
is secretary of the county central committee,

besides which he has served as secretary of ter-
ritorial conventions of the party. Fraternally
he is connected with the Order of Elks and is
a past officer in the lodge of Knights of Pythias,
also a member of the Uniform Rank. For many
years he has had investments in mines, and at
the time of the sale of the Great Congress group
owned one of its claims.

The marriage of Judge Hicks, in Prescott, in
1886, united him with Miss Allie St. Clair. Mrs.
Hicks came of one of the best families of Ten-
nessee, in which state she was born and reared.
She was educated at Ripley Seminary, in Ripley,
Miss. She was a model wife and neighbor and
noted for many unostentatious acts of charity.
She departed this life in February, 1901, at the
family residence in Prescott, Ariz., leaving her
husband, the subject of this sketch, Violet
Alice, the only child and daughter, and a large
circle of friends who deeply mourned her loss.
Judge Hicks is devoted in his friendships, firm
in his convictions, and strong in his attachments,
which qualities, combined with his long resi-
dence in northern Arizona, have won for him
a host of friends and acquaintances among all
classes of the citizens of Arizona.

JUDGE N. G. LAYTON.

For seventeen years Judge Layton has identi-
fied his expectations and successes with the for-
tunes of the quaintly interesting town of Flag-
staff, and during that time no one has more
enthusiastically advocated her resources, or
more courageously shared her vicissitudes. A
native of the Hoosier state, he was born in La-
fayette, Ind., in 1852, and here received his
early training and education. He early dis-
played a desire to help himself, and became self-
supporting as a clerk in a shoe house, where
he remained until 1880. In an effort to better
his condition in the west he remained for two
years at Salida, Colo., where he engaged in the
mercantile business with a brother, James A.
Layton, who is now registrar in the United
States land office, at Montrose, Colo.

In 1882 Judge Layton came to Arizona, and
the following year, when he took up his resi-
dence in Flagstaff, that settlement contained but
a few courageous comers who wisely foresaw ex-

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cellent prospects. For a time he was associated
with the Arizona Lumber Company, and in 1893
joined the forces of the Saginaw Lumber Com-
pany, with which he remained for two years. In
1895 he was elected on the Republican ticket to
the combined positions of probate judge and
superintendent of county schools, and re-elected
in 1896, 1898 and 1900. He is now serving his
fourth term, which began in January of 1901.
Under his wise and capable administration the
educational facilities of the county have materi-
ally increased, and the methods of instruction
have been placed on a par with those adopted
in older and more settled communities. Affairs
in the department are personally superintended
by Judge Layton. who is ever foremost in fur-
thering any cause which tends to the general
advancement.

Judge Layton was actively identified with the
separation of Coconino from Yavapai county,
and was one of the chief organizers of the new
county, being appointed deputy under the first
county recorder. During 1891-92 he served as
justice of the peace for Flagstaff. He is vari-
ously interested fraternally, being a member of
the Masons and Odd Fellows at Flagstaff, and
a past noble grand of the Grand Lodge of Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows.

JAMES C. NORTON, D. V. M.

Well known throughout Arizona as the ter-
ritorial veterinary surgeon, Dr. James C. Norton
has occupied this important public office for
eight years, having been appointed by Governor
Hughes and reappointed by Governors Frank-
lin, McCord and Murphy. His pre-eminent
position in his chosen profession is shown by
the fact that he has been chosen resident secre-
tary for Arizona and New Mexico of the Amer-
ican Veterinary Medical Association. Born in
Muscatine county, Iowa, August 16, 1867, Dr.
Norton is in the prime of manhood. His father,
Charles W. Norton, was born in Medina county,
Ohio, September 9, 1836, and is a son of Birdsey
B. Norton, a native of Litchfield, Conn., and a
pioneer farmer of Medina county, Ohio. He
was a schoolmate of Henry Ward Beecher at
Litchfield, Conn. His father, Capt. Miles Nor-
ton, was an officer in the war of 1812. The

family was founded in America by three broth-
ers, who emigrated from the north of Ireland
and at first settled in Connecticut. The records
of the family as far back as 1642 are still in
existence.

Charles W. Norton was educated principally
at Baldwin University in Berea, Ohio, and a
commercial college in Cleveland, from which he
was graduated. After leaving college he rode
horseback from Medina county, Ohio, to
Omaha, Neb., and return, and in western Iowa
entered a tract of government land. For two
years thereafter he was engaged in clerking in
a store conducted by his uncle at Phelps, N. Y.
Subsequently he returned to Iowa and for $1,000
sold the tract of one hundred and twenty acres
he had entered, using the money toward the pay-
ment for two hundred and sixty acres of land
in Muscatine county, where he located and
where for thirty-five years he has resided. His
property there now aggregates nearly a thou-
sand acres of finely improved farming land, on
which he has bred fine stock for many years.
After taking up his abode in Iowa, he was one
of the first to introduce the breeding of Short-
horn cattle there, and his fine herds have made
him famous throughout that portion of the west.
Considered a high authority on that and kindred
subjects, he was made president of the Iowa
State Stock Breeders' Association, and in the
Iowa Shorthorn Breeders' Association has occu-
pied the office of secretary for ten years. All
public affairs of his community have received
his liberal support, and he was one of the most
active promoters of the Norton Normal and
Scientific Academy at Wilton, Iowa, which was
named for him. He has been president of three
different insurance companies and is now presi-
dent of the Mutual Fire and Tornado Insurance
Association of Iowa. In politics he is a stanch
Republican, and is now serving for the second
time as mayor of Wilton. In religion he is an
active member of the Presbyterian Church.

For a life companion C. W. Norton chose
Mary Collier, a native of Medina county, Ohio,
and a daughter of George Collier, who removed
from Hartford, Conn., to Ohio about 1810, and
became one of the most influential and public-
spirited pioneers of the Buckeye state. Her
brother, Rev. George W. Collier, served four

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years as chaplain of President McKinley's regi-
ment. He was once captured, tried as a spy
and sentenced to death, but was subsequently
released through the intercession of the Free
Masons, who proved his innocence of the charge.
However, he was for some time confined in
Andersonville prison. Mrs. Norton is still liv-
ing, as are four of the six children born to this
worthy couple. Their eldest child, Oakley G.,
a young man of great promise, was graduated
from the Iowa State Agricultural College in
1885, but died two years later. Birdsey Norton,
the third son, is assisting in the management of
the old homestead ; and Carl W. is attending the
Iowa State Agricultural College. Florence was
graduated from the University of Iowa in 1900.
Dr. Norton was reared at his birthplace near
Wilton, Iowa, and received excellent educational
advantages. At Norton Normal and Scientific
College he was graduated in 1888 with the
degree of Bachelor of Science. Afterward he
completed the normal and commercial courses
in the same school. In the meantime he had
taught school during the winter terms, thus
earning the amount necessary to pay his way
through the agricultural college. Later he con-
tinued his studies in the University of Iowa for
a year, and then entered the veterinary depart-
ment of the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa,
where he completed a three years' course. ' In
1890 he was graduated, carrying off the first
honors of his class, and was called to the post
of assistant professor in the veterinary depart-
ment, where he remained for a year. In Janu-
ary, 1892, he came to Phoenix, where he
embarked upon a career in which he has attained
more than a local reputation. Politically he fol-
lows in the footsteps of his father. In the Pres-
byterian Church of Phoenix he serves as a ruling
elder, and for eight years has been choirmaster.
He has bent his efforts toward the development
of the musical spirit of the community, and many
benevolences are aided by him. In his native
town he was married, October n, 1892, to Miss
Clara Tufts, daughter of Benjamin Tufts, an
early settler of Wilton. Mrs. Norton was born
there and is a graduate of the Norton Normal
and Scientific Academy, class of 1888. They
have three children, Etta, Oakley T. and Vic-
tor C.

As Dr. Norton's office is one of the most
important in the territory, it is but fitting to
record briefly an estimate of the high esteem in
which he is held by reason of his professional
and scientific attainments. Colin Cameron, who
for years was chairman of the Live Stock San-
itary Board of Arizona, in a letter to Governor
McCord, said : "From my personal knowledge
and association with Dr. Norton for over five
years, I know him to be the best qualified and
best equipped man in this territory, without any
exception whatever, for the position of terri-
torial veterinarian. Not only is he educated in
his profession, not only is he a student, not only
has he the confidence of his neighbors and of
every cattleman who knows him personally and
by reputation, but it is doubly important that
he be retained at the present time (July, 1897)
because he has the confidence of the present
secretary of agriculture and of the chief of the
bureau of animal industry of the United States.
No territorial or state veterinarian in the United
States stands higher, in either of these depart-
ments, than does Dr. Norton. I know this direct
from the department, through my correspon-
dence with them."

Referring to the disease among cattle near
Tempe, then prevalent, the letter continues : "A
condition now exists in Arizona that would put
a large extent of the territory south of the quar-
antine line, only for the fact that the bureau of
animal industry places implicit confidence in the
integrity of the sanitary board and of the ter-
ritorial veterinarian. . . . Dr. Norton vis-
ited Washington city, was present and assisted
in many of the experiments in the laboratory
and in the field ; he also visited St. Louis and
the University at Columbia, Mo., where much
work is being done in re southern cattle
fever. I have letters from the chief of the
bureau of animal industry and from the secre-
tary of agriculture since Dr. Norton's return,
speaking very highly of him and expressing
great satisfaction for the better understanding
that they have of the conditions here as a result
of his going there."

PROF. SAMUEL M. McCOWAN.
To those who believe that the passing of the
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henceforward his picturesqueness will live only
upon the canvas of the artist, in the tale of Hia-
watha, the stories of Cooper, and the romance
of Ramona, and that the warmth and color and
action which have characterized his wanderings
upon the western plains are fast receding into
the shadows of the happy hunting ground, a
merciful retreat from the world of intellectuality
and accomplishment in which he is supposed to
be unable to take a part, to such, the scope and
humanitarianism of the work accomplished by
Professor McCowan, superintendent of the In-
dian school at Phoenix, will come as a revela-
tion. For out of the years of striving of him-
self and those who think with him, toward the
development of those attributes in the Indian
which constitute good citizenship and broad life,
has come a rejuvenated red man, who looks out
upon the world with the heart, and brain, and
attainment, in many ways the equal of the sup-
planting pale brotherhood.

Of Scotch-English descent, Professor Mc-
Cowan was born in Ontario, Canada, February
8, 1863, and is a son of Robert O. and Hannah
(Blake) McCowan. When two years of age he
was taken by his parents to New York state,
and, after the expiration of two years, to Peoria
county, 111., where he grew to man's estate. At
the early age of nine years he was introduced,
through the death of his father, to the serious
and responsible side of life, and was forced to
face the problem of self-support. After being
employed for a time as a chore boy on a farm,
he began when eleven years of age to work in
the coal mines of Peoria county, 111. This
gloomy and uninspiring occupation was con-
tinued until his eighteenth year, and, in the
mean time, the sturdy and persevering traits of
character which have since spanned the distance
from the coal mines to a position in the front
ranks of the country's educators, began to peer
through the dismal surroundings, and to reach
out in an overwhelming desire for knowledge.
After leaving the mines Mr. McCowan studied
at the Elmwood high school in Peoria county,
and in 1886 was graduated from the Indiana
Normal school, at Valparaiso, Ind. Subse-
quently, he served for two years as principal of
the academy at Princeville, 111., and for the
same length of time was principal of the Lincoln

high school, at Peoria. Later, as a journalistic
venture, he assumed the editorship of the Satur-
day Evening Call, a weekly periodical published
in Peoria, and which has since been discon-
tinued.

Mr. McCowan's association with the Indians
began in 1889, when, for a year,- he was superin-
tendent of the day schools on the Rosebud reser-
vation in South Dakota. In 1890 he was offered
the choice of the superintendency of three dif-
ferent Indian schools, but availed himself of the
request of the commissioner of Indian affairs
that he open a new Indian school at Mohave,
Ariz. During the six years of his devotion to
the interests of the school at Mohave, his salary
was twice raised, and at the expiration of the
time of service he was promoted to the super-
intendency of the Indian school at Albuquerque,
N. M. At the end of six months he received
a still further mark of appreciation, being ap-
pointed supervisor of all the Indian schools in
the United States. This responsible position he
later resigned in order to take charge of the
Indian Industrial School at Phoenix, with which
he has been associated since 1897. In the in-
terval of his residence in Phoenix he has been
offered the inspectorship of the Indian schools
of the United States, but has given the matter
little consideration, believing that his wisest and
best opportunity lay in connection with the in-
stitution of whch he is the ruling power.

During his student life, and later in connec-
tion with his educational work in Illinois and
Indiana, Mr. McCowan devoted all possible
available time to a mastery of the science of law,
and in 1894 he was admitted to practice at the
bar of Arizona. In July, 1885, he married Emma
Beecher, a daughter of A. H. Beecher, of Hanna
City, 111., and of this union there is one son,
Leroy M. Mrs. McCowan is a relative of the
famous Henry Ward Beecher of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, and she is also related to
General Rosecrans. As a member of the Re-
publican party Mr. McCowan has been identified
with many political undertakings, and while liv-
ing in Mohave county, Ariz., was elected a dele-
gate to the territorial constitutional convention.
At present he is serving on the governor's staff
with the rank of colonel. He is variously asso-
ciated with the commercial, fraternal, and social

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organizations which abound in Phoenix and vi-
cinity, and is one of the organizers, and the
present vice-president of the Home Savings
Bank & Trust Company of Phoenix. He is a
Knight of Pythias, a member of the board of
trade, and president of the Illinois Association
of the Salt River valley. November 16, 1900,
he became managing editor of the Arizona Re-
publican.

The Phoenix Indian school with which Mr.
McCowan is connected is the second in size
in the United States. During the year 1899
nearly seven hundred students attended the
school, representing more than fifty different
tribes, and coming from all over the Pacific
coast. The building is a model of its kind, and
in addition to the other modern improvements
is lighted throughout with electricity. The liter-
ary course at the school extends from the kin-
dergarten to the high school course, and each
child is obliged, during his residence at the
school, to adopt and complete a trade. The kind
of occupation may be of his own selecting, and
he has the choice of cabinet-work, carpentry,
blacksmithing, wagon-making, painting, brick-
making and laying, plastering, harness and
shoe-making, gardening, horticulture, agricul-
ture, dairying, cooking, dressmaking, and house-
keeping. It is doubtful if anyone now living,
or in the past, has brought to bear upon Indian
development the profound study which has en-
abled Professor McCowan so readily to under-
stand and minister to the special requirements
of the redskins. He believes in the old saying
that the "Indian nature is human nature bound
in red," and to quote his own words, the Indian
is "likable and teachable, docile and obedient,
apt and easily led." His impression of a few of
the tribes is summed up in the words "The
Hopis are the nicest, most docile and most
obedient Indians, and the smallest ; while the
Apache, Mojave and Papago are splendidly
equipped physically, but inclined toward way-
wardness and obstinacy, and uneasy under con-
trol." Professor McCowan believes that there
is no height to which the Indian may not attain,
and under his own observation they have be-
come scientific farmers, representatives in con-
gress, soldiers in the army, and have excelled
in the professions of law and medicine. They

have also made names for themselves as artists
and musicians. The girls develop into excellent
trained nurses and cooks, and some are success-
ful as teachers. From the standpoint of this
noble student of Indian characteristics the fu-
ture of the red man holds alluring possibilities
and far from being the victims of a surviving
fitness, they may, under favorable circumstances,
compete with the peoples who have enjoyed
centuries of civilization.

COL. JOHN H. MARTIN.

The world instinctively pays homage to the
man whose success has been worthily achieved,
and by common consent Col. John H. Martin,
of Tucson, is deemed a leading member of the
legal profession of Arizona. In military circles
of this territory he is no less popular than in
business and social circles, and his fine execu-
tive ability and patriotic interest in everything
relating to our progress redound greatly to his
credit.

On both the paternal and maternal lines, Colo-
nel Martin is of Scotch-Irish descent. His par-
ents, James and Sarah J. (Gray) Martin, were
natives of the northern part of Ireland, whence
they came to the United States early in life. The
father resided first in Newburgh, N. Y., and
then, removing to St. Louis, Mo., passed the
rest of his years there, his death occurring at
his old home in 1899. For more than thirty-five
years he served as city weigher, and made a
good record for fidelity and general efficiency.
During the Civil war he served in a Mis-
souri regiment, with the rank of second
lieutenant, and as a federal officer rendered good
service.

Col. J. H. Martin is the eldest of five children,
his birth having occurred December 28, 1861, in
St. Louis, Mo. His education was obtained in
the public and high schools of that city, from
which he was graduated in 1880. In order to
further equip himself for his commercial ca-
reer, he pursued a course of study in the local
business college, after which he became a dep-
uty in the office of the city assessor of St. Louis.
In 1885 he came to Tucson, and for about four
years served as clerk of the United States dis-
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November, 1889. In the meantime, in 1887, he
had been admitted to the bar, and since the
opening of 1890 has devoted his attention al-
most exclusively to the practice of his profes-
sion. Associated with Judge William H.
Barnes, his wife's father, he is a member of the
firm of Barnes & Martin, in whose charge the
legal interests of numerous local enterprises and
mining companies are reposed. He is a member
of the Territorial Bar Association.

In 1889 Colonel Martin organized Company
D, First Regiment of the Arizona National
Guard, and was commissioned as its captain.
Two years later he was further honored by being
commissioned major of the Third Battalion, and
in June, 1892, was elected to the colonelcy of
the regiment, in which important position he
has served ever since. The people of the north
and east, enjoying a much older established
civilization, and who labor under many absurd
ideas in regard to this and adjoining territory,
doubtless would be truly surprised did they
know how little demand has been made upon
these guardians of the home and nation, dur-
ing the past decade, in the actual labors of pre-
serving the peace and rights of our citizens.
The colonel is justly popular with his com-
mand, and has succeeded in inaugurating a thor-
ough and systematic method into our military
affairs. Initiated into Masonry in Tucson
Lodge, No. 4, F. & A. M., he retains his mem-
bership there, and, in addition to this, is con-
nected with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks, of this city. Politically he is recognized as
one of the leading Democrats of Arizona.

The marriage of Colonel Martin and Miss Jo-
sephine Barnes, daughter of Judge William H.
Barnes (see his sketch, which appears elsewhere
in this work), was solemnized at the home of the
latter, in Jacksonville, 111., in 1882. Two daugh-
ters and a son bless this union, namely: Wil-
lie, Madge and James.

ALBERT W. COTTRELL, M. D.

Dr. Cottrell is a skilled physician and sur-
geon whose knowledge of the science of medi-
cine is broad and comprehensive, and whose
ability in applying its principles to the needs of
humanity has gained for him an enviable pres-

tige in the professional circles of Phoenix. He
was born at Almond, Allegany county, N. Y.,
March 19, 1853, and is the third among six
children, all but one of whom are still living.
His brother, Dr. W. Elverton Cottrell, is a prac-
ticing dentist of Harrison valley in Pennsyl-
vania. The family was founded in America by
his grandfather, Dr. Pardon Cottrell, a native of
Scotland, who on coming to America located at
Troy, N. Y., but spent his last days at Almond.

Dr. W. S. Cottrell, the father of Albert W.,
was born near Troy, and on reaching manhood
took up the medical profession, which he fol-
lowed throughout the remainder of his life, be-
ing engaged in practice at Whitesville, Alle-
gany county, N. Y. He served as a captain
in the New York state militia. He married
Manercy Slingerland, whose father was born in
Germany, and at one time owned the site of
the present city of Syracuse, N. Y., but sold that
land and removed to Almond, there becoming
an extensive farmer and large land owner. Mrs.
Cottrell is now a resident of Westfield, Pa. She
is a member of the First Day Baptist church,
but all the ancestors of our subject on both sides
have belonged to the Seventh Day Baptist
church.

When the family removed to Whitesville, N.
Y., Albert W. Cottrell was three years of age.
To the public schools of that town he is in-
debted for his early educational advantages.
Later he attended the Alfred University, and for
seven years he successfully engaged in teaching
school. For some years he studied medicine
with his father, and by aiding him in his work
gained a good practical knowledge of the pro-
fession which he had chosen as his life work.
He was prepared to enter medical college at the
age of seventeen, but on account of lack of means
turned his attention to school teaching. In 1881
he became a student in the University of Buffalo,
where he completed a three years' course in two
years, graduating in 1883 with the degree of
M. D. March 1 1 of that year he began prac-
tice with his father at Whitesville, and after the
latter's death in 1885 he continued alone. It
was a strange coincidence that, at the end of
his second year of practice he found himself the
only physician left in a town where formerly
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was appointed single medical examiner for the
United States pension department in the district
of southwestern New York, and held that posi-
tion until ill health resulting trom overwork
compelled him to leave Whitesville. He was
next engaged in practice at Myerstown, Leb-
anon county. Pa., and also for six and one-half
years conducted a private sanitarium for nervous
diseases there. Coming to Phoenix, Ariz., in
1894, in connection with his general practice
here, he has given special attention to diseases
of the heart, lung trouble and nervous diseases.
In the treatment of heart trouble he has met
with remarkable success. In March, 1897,
during an epidemic of grippe in Phoenix, he dis-
covered the true germ of the disease, and the
result of his research and discovery was pub-
lished in the ''American Medicine." The imme-
diate effect has been a decrease ol over fifty per
cent in the mortality rate in his practice, purely
from the knowledge derived by observation of
that germ. As far as is known, he is the original
discoverer of the true grippe germ.

Various professional organizations number
Dr. Cottrell among their members, including the
New York State Medical Association, the Alle-
gany County Medical Society and the Arizona
Medical Association. He is a member of the
Baptist church. Socially he belongs to the Mar-
icopa and Athletic clubs, being a director in the
latter. At Whitesville, N. Y., he married Miss
Minnie Teter, who was born there and received
her education at Alfred University. Thr-ee chil-
dren bless this union, Ray. Leonard and Robert.
The family have a pleasant residence on North
Center street and hold an enviable position in
social circles.

The Doctor and his son Ray have recently lo-
cated a very valuable mining property, consisting
of a group of six claims, the ore from which as-
says 75 per cent lead, $16 gold and $13.44 in sil-
ver per ton.

CHARLES L. RAWLINS.

The popular fallacy that only elderly men are
competent to handle the affairs of business and
the different professions is constantly being put
to rout by the accomplishments of the young
men of the period. In fact, it is getting to be a

recognized fact that this is the era of the young
man, for in every line of human activity he is
in great demand, and in many instances it is al-
most pathetic to see an elderly man thrust aside
for one of perhaps half his age. Among the
comparatively new comers to Solomonville,
Charles L. Rawlins is numbered, yet he has
made rapid progress here in his chosen profes-
sion, and has won a host of friends in business
and social circles.

Born at New Franklin, Howard county, Mo.,
September 13, 1875, a son of Nicholas and
Emma (Gibson) Rawlins, Charles L. grew to
manhood in his native locality. His father, who
was a pioneer of Missouri, was a native of Mis-
sissippi, and died in 1876. The mother is yet liv-
ing, but of her three children one daughter is
deceased, Ella, who died in 1889. Lessie, now
the wife of William O. Cox, resides in New
Franklin, Mo.

Having completed his high school course,
Charles L. Rawlins matriculated in Webb
Brothers' Training School at Bell Buckle, Tenn.,
a celebrated southern college, and was gradu-
ated there in 1892. He then went to St. Charles
(Mo.) College, and later graduated in the class
of 1895 at Vanderbilt University, Nashville,
Tenn. Desiring further to qualify himself, he
next entered Cumberland University, at Leb-
anon, Tenn., where he completed a special
course in law in 1897. Returning to Missouri,
the young man was admitted to the bar July
28, 1898, before Judge John A. Hockaday, ex-
attorney-general of the state, now on the circuit
bench.

August 5, 1898, C. L. Rawlins bade adieu to
the friends and scenes of his youth, coming to
Arizona to make a place for himself. Proceed-
ing direct to Tucson, he remained there only
a short time and arrived in Solomonville Sep-
tember 2, 1898. Here he at once established an
office, and only three months later was honored
by appointment to the post of district attorney
of Graham county. Subsequently he resigned
from that office, in order to do more justice to
his rapidly increasing practice. Though one of
the youngest members of the county bar, and
though he was without much means when he
landed in this city, he has made a gratifying suc-
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of promise for him. He has served as attorney
for the city and is a notary public. His fran-
chise is used on behalf of the nominees of the
Democratic party. Fraternally he is a member
of Montezuma Lodge, No. 16, K. of P., which
order he joined in Missouri. The Maraville Cop-
per Company, incorporated under the laws of
West Virginia, employs Mr. Rawlins as legal
adviser and attorney. He also serves in a simi-
lar capacity for the Arizona & Boston Copper
Company and the Marenci Southern Railway
Company.

The marriage of the subject of this article and
Miss Jennie V. Kelley took place in this city
February 7, 1899. They are the parents of one
son, George Herndon, born March 4, 1901. Mr.
Rawlins, aided by the suggestions and counsel
of his young wife, is building an attractive resi-
dence, and with true hospitality they look for-
ward to the time when they can throw open
their pretty home to the entertainment of their
numerous friends.

HON. WILLIAM MORGAN.

One of the most conspicuous instances of the
self-made man in Arizona is to be found in Hon.
William Morgan, of Showlow, member of the
territorial legislature from Navajo county, and
one of the successful sheep-raisers of the terri-
tory. A native of Chicago, 111., Mr. Morgan
was born in 1857 and is a son of Daniel and
Esther (McGrath) Morgan. At the age of eight
years, death deprived him of a father's care, and
he almost immediately was obliged to set about
earning his livelihood. He started out in life
as a messenger boy for the Atlantic & Pacific
Telegraph Company. From the age of fourteen
until he was eighteen he was employed in the
Chicago stock yards.

Three years before attaining his majority Mr.
Morgan went to Texas and for two years was
engaged in herding sheep on a ranch near San
Antonio. In 1879 he removed to Yavapai
county, Ariz., settling in that portion which is
now included in Navajo county. His first
employment was that of sheep-herder at $25 per
month. Four years later he and Joseph Spon-
seller bought a herd of thirty-five hundred
sheep at $1.50 per head, paying twelve per cent

interest on the debt incurred by the transaction.
Establishing a ranch at Showlow, Mr. Morgan
has since made this place his home. His part-
nership with Mr. Sponseller continued for four
years, but since 1887 he has engaged in the same
business by himself, and meantime has attained
unusual success. During the earlier days of his
life in Arizona he was a witness of many of the
Indian troubles, including the warfare between
the federal government and Geronimo and Vic-
toria with their bands of Apaches.

Although Mr. Morgan has devoted practically
his entire life to the sheep industry, he has
recently identified hmiself actively with terri-
torial politics., As the candidate of the Demo-
cratic party, he served two terms as justice of
the peace, then held the office of supervisor one
year and a half by appointment, and subse-
quently was elected to the latter office for a full
term of four years. In 1900 he was a candidate
for member of the legislature, defeating Burton
C. Mossman, the Republican nominee, though
he made no canvass whatever for the office. In
the present legislature he serves as chairman of
the committee on federal relations, and as a
member of the committees on claims, appropria-
tions, live stock, and county and county boun-
daries. Personally, he is a large-hearted, gen-
erous, hospitable man, a valued member of
society, a liberal contributor to publie benefi-
ciaries, and the possessor of many warm per-
sonal friends.

GEN. GEORGE J. ROSKRUGE.

The life record of General Roskruge is indis-
solubly associated with the history of Masonry
in 'Arizona. He was born in Roskruge, near
Helston, Cornwall, England, April 10, 1845. At
the age of fifteen he secured employment as
messenger boy in the law office of Messrs.
Grylls, Hill & Hill, of Helston. August 12,
1860, he entered the Seventh Company of the
Duke of Cornwall's Rifle Volunteers, in which
he served ten years, meantime gaining consider-
able note as a rifle shot, being the winner of
many company and regimental prizes. August
31, 1868, he was selected as one of the Cornish
Twenty to compete with the Devon Twenty in
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For the two years prior to his resignation from
the Volunteers, he wore the Three Stars, for be-
ing the crack shot of his company.

The date of General Roskruge's arrival in the
United States is October, 1870. Going direct
to Denver, Colo., he was given employment by
Lawrence N. Greenleaf and Gardner G. Brewer.
After two years in Denver, he, in company with
twenty other adventurous spirits, determined to
visit Arizona. After having experienced perils
of floods, droughts, famine and the hostility of
the Apaches, they reached Prescott in June.
1872. During November of the same year he
engaged as cook and packer with Omar H.
Case, deputy United States surveyor, who at the
time was running the fifth standard parallel
north from Patridge creek to the Colorado
river. As chainman, he assisted Mr. Case in
the spring of 1873. During 1874 he was for
several months in the field with United States
Deputy Surveyor, C. B. Foster. On returning
from the field, he prepared the maps and field
notes for transmission to the surveyor-general.
The neat and correct manner in which these
maps were made caused the then surveyor-gen-
eral of Arizona, Hon. John Wasson, to tender
him the position of chief draughtsman in his
office. Accepting the position, he filled it with
credit. In June, 1880, he resigned in order to
devote ' his attention to surveying, having re-
ceived an appointment as United States deputy-
land and mineral surveyor. He has served four
terms as county surveyor of Pima county, three
terms as city engineer of Tucson, one term as a
member of the board of regents of the Uni-
versity of Arizona, and in 1888 was elected vice-
president of the Tucson Building & Loan As-
sociation, of which he was made president in
1889. July i, 1893, he was appointed chief clerk
in the United States surveyor-general's office.
Upon the resignation of the surveyor-general,
in 1896, he was appointed to the office by Presi-
dent Cleveland, and continued in that capacity
until August, 1897; when, on account of a
change in the national administration, his suc-
cessor was appointed. The tender of the office
to him was an honor fittingly bestowed and
worthily worn.

At the formation of the Association of Civil
F.ngineers of Arizona in 1897, he was 'unani-

mously elected president, though at the time he
was not present at the meeting. He is also a
member of the American Society of Irrigation
Engineers. Under President Cleveland's first
administration he was appointed special in-
spector of public surveys. During President
Arthur's administration he was appointed super-
intendent of irrigating ditches for the Papago
Indian Reservation at San Xavier, near Tucson.
The connection of General Roskruge with
Masonry forms an important era in his life.
June 10, 1870, he was made a Master Mason in
True and Faithful Lodge No. 318, at Helston.
Cornwall. November 30, 1882, he was exalted
to the Sublime Royal Arch Degree in Tucson
Chapter No. 3. August 27, 1884, he was ad-
mitted and passed as a Royal and Select Master
in California Council No. 2, at San Francisco,
Cal. May i, 1883, he was created a Knight
Templar in Arizona Commandery No. i. Au-
gust 24, 1884, he was elected an honorary mem-
ber of Tucson Lodge No. 4; April 11, 1883, in
recognition of services rendered the craft, he was
elected an honorary member of the Masonic
Veterans' Association of the Pacific coast.
October 21, 1893, he was created an active life
member and corresponding secretary for Ari-
zona. His admission into Islam Temple, A. A.
O. N. M. S., took place in September, 1884.
During the month of December, 1882, he re-
ceived the degrees of Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite from the fourth to the thirty-
second, inclusive. The Supreme Council for the
Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, in
October, 1890, elected him a Grand Commander
of the Court of Honor. January 24, 1894, he
was crowned Sovereign Inspector General,
Honorary. The Grand Master of Knights
Templar of the United States of America, Sir
LaRne Thomas, November 28, 1895, appointed
him inspector of grand and subordinate com-
manderies for the Fifteenth Templar District of
the United States, embracing Nevada, Utah.
New Mexico .and Arizona. At the formation of
the Grand Lodge of Arizona, March 23, 1882, he
was elected grand secretary, and has served con-
tinuously as such up to the present time, with
the exception of the year 1890, when he was
elected grand master. As proxy for David F.
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States, November 12, 1890, he instituted the
Grand Chapter, R. A. M., of Arizona, and in-
stalled the grand officers, he himself being
chosen grand secretary, which position he has
held up to the present, with the exception of
the year 1893, when he served as grand high
priest. Also, as proxy for Sir Hugh McCurdy,
grand master of Knights Templar of the United
States of America, November 6, 1893, he in-
stituted the Grand Commandery of Arizona and
installed its grand officers, being at that time
elected grand commander. He was the only
Mason who was present at and assisted in the
formation of all three grand bodies in Arizona,
and is appropriately called the "father" of
Masonry in Arizona. He is the grand secretary
of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter and
grand recorder of the Grand Commandery, cor-
responding secretary of the Masonic Veterans'
Association of the Pacific coast, and treasurer
of the M. E. Order of High Priesthood.

From this sketch of the General's Masonic
career it will be seen that he holds high rank
in one of the noblest fraternities the world has
ever known. His life has been an exemplifica-
tion of the truths for which Masonry stands.
Those in need have ever received his sympathy
and aid. Having himself experienced many
vicissitudes, he is able to appreciate and sym-
pathize with the reverses of others, and hence
can enter more fully into their feelings than one
whose life has been all sunshine. More than
once he himself has known what it is to be out
of reach of provisions, and suffering the pangs of
hunger. More than once he has known what
it is to be without money, and among strangers.
Yet in those days, now long past, he never
allowed himself to become discouraged, just as
he has never permitted success to unduly exalt
him. His varied experiences have served to
round out his life into symmetry, and have given
him the breadth of information nowhere else
obtainable. One of his early experiences in Ari-
zona, which dwells in his memory with unfad-
ing clearness, is that of a camping expedition
at Volunteer Springs (now Belmont) on the At-
lantic and Pacific Division of the Santa Fe Rail-
road, where he and three companions partook of
a breakfast consisting of twelve early rose po-
tatoes. They then started to walk to Prescott.

Three and one-half days later they reached the
Banghart ranch in the Little Chino valley, where
they were given an abundance of food, this be-
ing the first they had eaten in eighty-four hours.

There are few citizens of Tucson who are
more widely known throughout Arizona than
General Roskruge. Nor is his prominence
limited to circles of Masonry. Among people of
all classes and ranks in life, he is known as a
pioneer of the territory and a man whose aim
for years has been to promote its welfare and
develop its resources. As such, his name is
worthy of perpetuation in the annals of local
history.

In May, 1896, he married Lena, daughter of
Judge John S. Wood, of Tucson. Mrs. Rosk-
ruge was born in California and there received
her education.

For facts referring to the General's Masonic
career, the writer acknowledges indebtedness to
McFarland & Poole's work of Arizona.

P. SANDOVAL & CO.

This firm, and the energetic, progressive
young men who constitute it, need no introduc-
tion to the people of Northern Mexico, South-
ern Arizona and Lower California, as their
merits and widely extended business enterprises
throughout this region have made them well
known, and wherever known, highly respected.
Nogales is to be congratulated that so reliable
and accommodating a firm has established a
bank within its borders, and, beyond a doubt,
the growth and importance of the place dates
from 1888, in which year the brothers first were
associated under the present firm name.

The genius and native business ability of P.
Sandoval, the senior partner, was manifested,
when, December 5, 1884, he came to Nogales to
open a custom-house agency, for though the
place then was a mere hamlet, with a scanty
population, he had the sagacity to know that the
future had something greater in store for the
boundary town, between the two great regions
of Arizona and Sonora, so richly endowed by
nature. Prior to the date mentioned, Mr.
Sandoval had been a partner of the firm of J. V.
Sandoval & Hijos, of Guaymas, Mexico, (both
brothers being members of the firm) and though

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a young man, had already amply demonstrated
his executive ability.

After spending three and a half years in
Nogales, the brothers found that their business
interests had grown to such proportions that it
became expedient to establish a bank, so they
founded the banking house of P. Sandoval &
Co., the "company" comprising the brother
Aurelio. The firm transacts a vast amount of
business, representing European and American
land and mining investors, and capitalists of
Mexico and all parts of the world. Rich and
valuable ranches and agricultural lands, mining
property and mining concessions in Mexico,
town and city real estate, cattle and many other
sources of wealth are dealt in extensively. In
addition to this, the firm does a large custom-
house brokerage business, being local agents of
Cie du Boleo, La Dura Mining & Milling Co.,
and, in brief, of the principal mining companies
and commercial establishments of Sonora,
Sinaloa and Lower California. The firm lias
recently been appointed agent of the Banco
Xacional de Mexico, the largest banking insti-
tution of the Republic.

Owing to the magnitude of their transactions,
it became almost a necessity to the Sandoval
brothers to have a banking institution of their
own in Nogales, Ariz., and October i, 1899, the
bank operated under the jurisdiction of P. San-
doval & Co., opened its doors to the business
public, and from that time forward has met with
a liberal patronage. Under the management of
the cashier, I. Macmanus, who possesses ripe
financial ability, the affairs of the bank are pros-
pering, reflecting great credit upon all con-
nected with the enterprise. (See personal sketch
of Mr. Macmanus, printed elsewhere in this
volume.)

In 1897 P. Sandoval & Co., with the co-opera-
tion of ex-Governor Don Ramon Corral and
Don Luis A. Martinez, of Guaymas, carried to a
successful issue the establishment of the Banco
de Sonora, located at Hermosillo, with a capital
of $1 ,000,000, of which P. Sandoval & Co. are
the third heaviest stockholders and which has
become a rich and highly flourishing banking in-
stitution. The bank of P. Sandoval & Co., of
Nogales, is the local agent of the Sonora bank,
the senior member of the firm being one of the

board of directors of the last-named bank. The
success which he has achieved is truly remark-
able, and his uniform courtesy and genuine de-
sire to accommodate the public in all business
affairs accounts, in a measure at least, for his
personal popularity.

HON. JAMES BUCHANAN FINLEY.

Unlike the majority whose greatest prosperity
lias been found within the borders of this re-
cently awakened territory, Hon. J. B. Finley was
born in the adjoining state of California, and
has been associated for the greater part of his
life with the rapid progressiveness of the far
west. A native of Santa Rosa, Cal., born No-
vember 22, 1856, he is a son of Samuel Joseph
and Prudence (Brians) Finley, natives respec-
tively of Decatur, 111., and of Jackson, Mo. The
paternal grandfather was a farmer and in early
life removed from Kentucky to Illinois, where he
died.

Samuel Joseph Finley led a varied and inter-
esting life, and was among the throng whose
ambitious dreams were centered upon California
in the days of gold. The journey thence was by
way of Panama, and upon arriving at his destina-
tion in 1849 he engaged for a time in mining,
and subsequently became interested in farming
and stock raising in Santa Rosa, Cal. In 1851
he returned for his family, who accompanied
him on the return trip across the plains, with
ox-teams and wagons, by way of the Platte and
Canon City. In Santa Rosa he attained to a
deserved prominence in public affairs, and in the
early fifties held the responsible and even dan-
gerous position of sheriff of Sonoma county.
This office was rendered anything but an envi-
able one by the state of affairs which engendered
the well-remembered vigilance committees that
held sway before the state or town organization.
The wife of S. J. Finley was formerly a daughter
of Jackson Brians, a native of Missouri, who
died while defending the northern cause during
the Civil war. Mrs. Finley, who died in Santa
Rosa, was the mother of ten children, seven of
whom are living. Those besides James B. arc:
Alvira, who is now Mrs. C. F. Richardson, of
Tucson; Samuel W., who is engaged in freight-
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at Lordsburg, N. M.; Alice, who is married to
Arthur Oman, of Palestine, Tex.; John L., who
is a mining engineer in Sonora, Mexico; and
Martha, who is now the wife of James F. Oliver,
of Helena, Mont.

Until his sixteenth year J. B. Finley lived on
his father's farm in California, and received in
the mean time a fair education in the public
schools As an independent venture he engaged
in the saw mill business until his twenty-first
year, and in 1877 removed to Winnemucca,
Nev., and became interested in mining and cattle
raising. In October of 1882 the mining and cat-
tle interests were satisfactorily disposed of, and
Mr. Finley located in Deming, Grant county,
N. M., where he engaged in contracting and
building until 1885. The same year he entered
the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company at Deming, as manager of the Pull-
man repair shop. In December, 1886, he was
sent to Tucson as foreman of the company's
shops at that place, and in July of 1887 was pro-
moted to the position of master car repairer of
the Tucson division, between El Paso and
Yuma. To the duties of this responsible posi-
tion he has since devoted his energies.

Mr. Finley is generally conceded to be one
of the best -legislators in the territory, and the
measures and reforms brought about through
his wise suggestion have universally been recog-
nized as of paramount utility. In 1896 he was
nominated on the Democratic ticket to the nine-
teenth legislative assembly by the largest vote
on the ticket, and was chairman of the commit-
tee on corporations, and a member of many
other committees. His bill for the reinstating
of the salaries of the county officials was vetoed
by the governor, and subsequently proved to be
the only bill passed over the governor's veto. In
1898 Mr. Finley was nominated by acclamation
to the territorial council, and elected by a large
majority to the twentieth legislative council.
During the sessions he was chairman of the en-
rolling and engrossing committees, and served
on several other important committees, his op-
position being largely responsible for the de-
feat of the woman's suffrage bill. He secured
the passage of the poll tax law, which rendered
compulsory the payment of a poll tax at the time
of registration. In 1900 he was again nominated

by acclamation, this time to be joint councilman
for Pima and Santa Cruz counties, over George
Pusch, whom he defeated by a majority of five
hundred votes. Aside from his legislative re-
sponsibilities he has served as a member of ter-
ritorial and county Democratic central commit-
tees.

In Tucson, Ariz., Mr. Finley was united in
marriage with Clara Letts, who was born in
Burlington, Iowa. Mr. Finley is a member of
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and is
a director of the club which is run by that or-
ganization. He is also associated with the
Knights of Pythias, and the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, and is a member of the Pa-
cific Coast Railway Club.

HON. SAMUEL Y. BARKLEY.

Undoubtedly one of the most popular citizens
of Tucson is Hon. Samuel Y. Barkley, who,
with little special effort upon his part, might
easily rise to a foremost place among the states-
men to Arizona, and to still greater honors than
he has yet enjoyed. However, he is not ambi-
tious of public distinction, although every move-
ment calculated to advance the welfare of Ari-
zona receives his support, and his name always
stands for progress.

A direct descendant of a Revolutionary hero,
Mr. Barkley is of Scotch-Irish extraction. His
great-grandfather Barkley located in Virginia
upon coming from the northern part of Ireland,
and later he went to Tennessee, in the meantime
serving in the war for independence. Three or
four generations of his descendants have since
resided in Tennessee. Thomas C., father of
Samuel Y. Barkley, was born in Rutherford
county, Tenn., and during the Civil war served
in a regiment of that state. In 1882 he re-
moved with his family to Johnson county, Tex.,
and seven years afterwards came to Arizona,
where he now owns a farm near Glendale, Mari-
copa county. His wife, formerly Nancy J. Wil-
son, was of Scotch descent. She was born in
Wilson county, Tenn., and died on the old home-
stead in Johnson county, Tex., when fifty-six
years of age. Their eldest son. Rev. William T.
Barkley, is the pastor of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church at Glendale. Charles H.,

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the second son, is a farmer near Glendale, and
D. Frank is a farmer near Mesa. John A. is in
partnership with our subject, and J. Burke died
in 1898 at Mesa. Mrs. Annie C. Bone and Mrs.
Nannie H. Green reside near Phoenix, while
Mrs. Jennie M. Fuller lives at Glendale, and
Mrs. Mary C. Vincent is a resident of Tucson.

The birth of Hon. Samuel Y. Barkley oc-
curred April 26, 1866, at the old family home in
Rutherford county, Tenn., but he was reared in
Dyer county, that state. In 1882 he came to the
west, and for some time pursued his studies at
Barrows high school, in Cleburne, Tex., then
engaging in teaching for about a year. In 1887
he came to Arizona and took up some land, well
situated on the Salt River canal, some nine miles
west of Phoenix. This place he improved and
cultivated for four years, also managing a tarm
near Mesa. The homestead he disposed of in
1891, but still owns the one near Mesa.

Ten years ago Mr. Barkley commenced study-
ing law under the direction of Frank Cox and
Judge Webster Street, of Phoenix, with whom
he remained a student during three winters, but
at the end of this period the attractions of the
commercial world gained the mastery over the
young man. Since 1895 he has lived in Tucson,
where he bought a half interest in the livery
business with which he is yet connected. At
the end of three years he bought out his part-
ner, W. S. Neff, and since December, 1898, has
been a member of the firm of Barkley Brothers.
The Tucson Stables, as the establishment is
known, was situated on Scott, near Camp street,
and is now at the corner of Congress and Sixth
avenue. A substantial brick structure, 102x185
feet in dimensions,' it is the largest stable in the
city, and has few, if any, superiors in Arizona.
A stage line between Tucson and Helvetia
(thirty-odd miles away) is maintained by Bark-
ley Brothers, one trip each way being made
every day.

An active worker in the Democratic party,
Samuel Y. Barkley has been valued as a mem-
ber of the county central committee. In 1898 .
he was nominated by acclamation, and without
his solicitation, as representative of this district
in the Arizona legislature, but owing to pressing
business affairs was obliged to decline the honor.
His friends, however, were so determined to

send him to the legislative assembly that in the
fall of 1900 he was again their nominee, without
any expressed desire upon his part, and in the
ensuing election he was elected by the largest
majority on the legislative ticket. In the
Twenty-first legislature he stood for all meas-
ures calculated to advance our public prosper-
ity. He introduced and secured the passage of
acts securing a bond issue of $25,000 for. addi-
tional buildings for the Territorial University at
Tucson and increasing the maintenance fund of
that institution, and a law appropriating $2,500
for the maintenance of the Arizona Pioneers'
Historical Society.

He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the
Foresters of America, the Woodmen of the
World, and the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, and religiously is an elder in the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church.

The marriage of Mr. Barkley and Miss Nannie
A. Howard took place in Tempe, Ariz., October
22, 1892. She is a native of Cooke county,
Tex., daughter of Jonathan Howard (de-
ceased), and possesses many charms of mind
and heart. Two little daughters, Bessie J. and
Yelma E., bless the home of this sterling couple.

HON. W. T. SMITH.

The prosperity of any community depends
upon its business activity, and the enterprise
manifest in commercial circles is the foundation
upon which is builded the material welfare of
town, state and nation. The most important
factors in public" life at the present day are there-
fore the men who are in control of successful
business interests and such a one is Mr. Smith
of Phoenix, who is president of the Arizona
Land & Stock Company, and also of the
Orchard Grove Investment Company.

He was born in Sonoma county, Cal., May 6,
1853, and is the seventh in order of birth in a
family of six sons and two daughters, of whom
five sons and one daughter are still living, but
he is the only one in Arizona. He comes of good
old Revolutionary stock, and his paternal grand-
father, Henry Smith, was among the defenders
of the country in the war of 1812. He was a
native of Little Rock, Va., and a pioneer of
Tennessee. W. A. Smith, our subject's father,

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was born in the latter state, and in 1852 crossed
the plains with ox teams, settling in Sonoma
county, Cal., where he followed farming for
some years. In 1876 he removed to Santa Ana,
that state, where his death occurred. His wife,
who bore the maiden name of Rebecca Clark
and was a native of Sandusky, Ohio, is still liv-
ing in California at the age of eighty years. Her
father, John Clark, died in that state.

W. T. Smith was educated in the district
schools of his native state, and in 1876 engaged
in teaming in Southern California. In December
of that year he started for Arizona, and arrived
in Phoenix on the 28th of January, 1877, at
which time the town contained a population of
only four hundred. For a year he was engaged
in mining at the Silver King Mine in Final
county, and the following year carried on a
butchering business in Phoenix. He was pro-
prietor of the Capital Hotel ten years, and for
two years was engaged in general merchandis-
ing. In 1891 he organized the Sunset Telephone
Company; built all the lines in Phoenix and
throughout the Salt River valley; and was
manager of the same until 1900, when he sold
the business. During all these years he has been
' interested in mining, and now as a member of
the firm of Smith & Marlow owns the Cayanide
plant near Morristown, Maricopa county. As
previously stated he is also president of the
Orchard Grove Investment Company and the
Arizona Land & Stock Company, both of which
own some very valuable property. At different
times he has been interested in farming in the
Salt River valley, and has also been connected
with other business enterprises. Thoroughness
and persistency have characterized his entire
business career, and have been supplemented by
careful attention to details and by honorable,
straightforward effort, that have gained him a
most excellent and enviable reputation.

In Maricopa county Mr. Smith married Miss
Sarah A. McElrath, a native of California, by
whom he has two children, William Walter and
Thomas Jefferson. As a Democrat Mr. Smith
has taken a very prominent and influential part
in local politics; has served as chairman of the
county committee several times, and as a mem-
ber of the territorial committee. For four years
he represented the fourth ward in the city

council; was a member of the county board of
supervisors the same length of time; and in
March, 1892, was elected to the territorial
council, becoming a member of the seventeenth
general assembly. He secured an appropriation
for the Normal School at Tempe, and was also
instrumental in securing the passage of the bill
for taxing the national banks. His public service
has been most exemplary, and he has left office
as he entered it with the entire confidence of the
public. Fraternally he is a member of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and several
other societies.

JOHN BRYAN McNALLY, M. D.

Dr. McNally, surgeon for the Santa Fe, Pres-
cott & Phoenix Railroad, and now serving his
fourth term as county physician of Yavapai
county, is one of the ablest young practitioners
of this portion of Arizona. From his boyhood
he has been noted for his ambitious, determined
way of overcoming obstacles which he has
encountered, and to himself alone he owes his
signal success.

The doctor is a native of County Carlow, Ire-
land, his birth having taken place in the town
of Old Leighlin thirty-five years ago. His
father, John McNally, who is of an old family in
the county mentioned, and is still living on the
old homestead he has cultivated for many
decades past, is a hero of the Civil war of the
United States, for he served in a New England
regiment throughout that strife, then returning
to the Emerald Isle. His wife, the doctor's
mother, Mrs. Mary (Lynch) McNally, was born
and spent her entire life in Ireland. One of
their sons, Bernard, died in San Francisco in
1897, and the only survivor is the doctor, who
is the youngest of the family. A brother of Dr.
McNally, Rev. J. B. McNally, is pastor of a
Roman Catholic Church in Oakland, Cal., and is
a lecturer of considerable celebrity.

The elementary education of our subject was
obtained in the national schools of Ireland and
in Christian Brothers' College, at Bagnalstown.
In 1883 he crossed the Atlantic to seek his live-
lihood in the United States, and proceeding
direct to San Francisco soon secured some
employment. Desiring further business qualifi-
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for some time, and for a period worked for the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company. Then he
determined to prepare himself for the medical
profession and commenced his studies along this
line under the direction of Dr. E. R. Bryant, of
San Francisco. In 1892 he entered Hahnemann
Hospital College, of that city, and after com-
pleting the systematic four years' course
required was graduated in the class of 1896, with
the degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Master
of Surgery. He had taken special work in
clinical surgery and during the last year of his
college career was demonstrator of anatomy.
Re-elected to that responsible position for
another year, he nevertheless declined to serve,
as he desired to establish himself in independent
practice immediately. From that time to the
present he has been particularly fortunate in his
surgical work, his reputation for skill being
widespread.

The year which witnessed his graduation saw
his arrival in Prescott. In the same year he
took a special course in diseases of the ear and
throat. For the past four years he has been the
local surgeon for the railroad passing through
this place, as was previously mentioned, and in
addition to this is the medical examiner for the
lodges of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men and the Woodmen of the World. He also
belongs to the Red Men and the Good Tem-
plars, and to the Arizona Homeopathic Medical
Association. In politics a stalwart Republican,
he is now acting as a member of the county
central committee and is an effective worker in
the party.

In San Francisco Dr. McNally was united in
marriage with Miss Annie Sweeney, a lady of
liberal education and at the time numbered
among the teachers of the city of the Golden
Gate. She is a native of County Kildare, Ire-
land. Two children bless the hearts and home
of this sterling couple, named respectively,
Genevieve and John Bryan, Jr.

FRANK H. PARKER.
Among the hosts of public-spirited, broad-
minded men who are steadily and surely guiding
Arizona toward statehood Frank H. Parker, of
Phoenix, stands in the front ranks. The high

estimation in which he is held by the general
public here may be deduced from even a very
brief review of his career — in fact, by the mere
recapitulation of the important offices to which
he has been called, and the efficient and painstak-
ing manner in which he has discharged his
duties.

A son of J. T. and Roxana (Woodruff)
Parker, our subject is a descendant of Revolu-
tionary heroes, both families having been well
represented in that war. Possessing the same
patriotic spirit, J. T. Parker and four of his
brothers, and three of the brothers of his wife,
fought for the Union when it was threatened
by the Civil war. Some of the Parkers were
officers in Ohio regiments, and though two re-
ceived wounds, all survived the terrible conflict.
J. T. Parker served as a private of the Sixty-
fifty Ohio Infantry for three years and four
months, and two of the three sons of Abraham
Woodruff (father of Mrs. Parker) were killed in
the war.

The Parker family was founded in Massachu-
setts at an early period by three English broth-
ers. E. C. Parker, father of J. T., and grand-
father of F. H. Parker, was born in Oswego
county, N. Y., at the beginning of the nineteenth
century, and at the age of nineteen went to the
Western Reserve in Ohio. In Huron county,
that state, he improved a farm and reared eight
sons. Abraham Woodruff, likewise a native of
the Empire state, was a pioneer of western New
York and later of Ohio. J. T. Parker's birth-
place was on the old homestead near Peru,
Huron county, Ohio, and in his early manhood
he followed the trades of cooper and carpenter.
His home was in North Fairfield, Ohio, until
1883, when he went to Vanderbilt, Mich., and
there was the proprietor of a hotel for four years.
The last year of his life was spent in Saginaw,
Mich., where he died in 1888, being survived by
his widow, and their eight children. He was
identified with the Grand Army of the Republic
and with the Christian Church.

F. H. Parker, the only member of the family
not living in Michigan, was born in Huron
county, Ohio, September 17, 1859, and received
a common and high school education. With
his father he mastered the cooper's trade but
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1880 to 1884 he taught school in Otsego county,
Mich., after which he was similarly employed in
Dundee and Ridgeway, Mich. In the last-
named place he was principal of schools for
three years, and in the meantime attended the
Michigan State Normal at Ypsilanti. In his
senior year he left there in order to come, to
Arizona, and for a year was assistant principal
of the Phoenix high school, and then served as
principal in the Osborne school.

Having purchased a ranch near Phoenix, Mr.
Parker commenced farming, making a specialty
of raising cattle and conducting a dairy. His
herd contains many high grade and full-blooded
Shorthorn cattle. The two hundred and forty-
acre ranch which he owns is finely improved,
having irrigation facilities and good farm build-
ings which he has erected. A portion of the
land adjoins the city limits, and accordingly is
very valuable. In addition to this, he leases an-
other tract of eighty acres.

For a period of four years Mr. Parker was a
member of the county board of school examin-
ers, and his interest in the education of the
young is unabated. In August, 1898, he was
appointed as a member of the Capitol Grounds &
Building Commission, and upon the organiza-
tion of the board was honored by election to the
secretaryship. Thus constituted one of the most
active and influential members, he faithfully met
the varied requirements of his position, and wit-
nessed a gratifying termination of the enter-
prise. Since he reached his majority he has
been an active worker in the Republican party.
Realizing the all-important matter of water stor-
age and supply to Arizona, he has joined the
organization of our representative citizens who
have banded themselves together for the consid-
eration of the grave problems presented. A
member of the special committee on the water
storage of the Salt River canal, he also is the
secretary of the general organization. Frater-
nally he is connected with the Woodmen of the
World, with the Ancient Order of United Work-
men and with Phoenix Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M.

The marriage of Mr. Parker and Miss Edna
Warren was solemnized in Phoenix. She was
born in Michigan and is a daughter of D. C.
Warren, now a citizen of this place. Mr. and
Mrs. Parker have one son, Warren H.

GEORGE WEBSTER.

One of the most enterprising business men
of Clifton is the subject of this review. He is
a native of Salt Lake City, and is in the prime
of early manhood — now in 'his thirty-third year.
Having received a liberal high school education
he left home at the age of sixteen, coming direct
to Graham county, which he has since looked
upon as his permanent place of abode.

Settling near Safford, the young man was
actively engaged in farming for about twelve
years, also raising and dealing quite extensively
in cattle. In those lines of pursuit he met with
gratifying success, and certainly few as young
in years and experience as he then was often
are so fortunate, financially. Though he came
to Clifton six years ago and in the meantime
has been engaged in business here, he still re-
tains the ownership of his farm below Thatcher,
which is a finely irrigated place of sixty acres,
and this he leases to responsible tenants. For
some four years after locating in this place he
was in the employ of a liveryman and at length
bought the business, which he still conducts.
With characteristic enterprise he has extended
his undertakings and now does all of the
freighting for the Arizona Copper Company,
carries on a large freighting traffic between
Clifton and Morenci, and transports the United
States mail, as well. Thus he has become
known, far and near, and it may here be said
that no one in this section of the county is
more thoroughly relied upon or held in higher
regard.

From the time that he arrived at his majority
until the present, Mr. Webster has been a strict
Democratic partisan. However, he is not a poli-
tician in the sense that he is desirous of public
office or emolument — his extensive business pre-
cluding such interests. Though tendered place
among candidates, he has declined the honor,
and it was merely as a good citizen that he served
as a road overseer for a period when appointed
by the supervisors of the county. Five years
ago the marriage of Mr. Webster and Miss Net-
tie Price, daughter of Samuel W. and Alice
Price, of Safford, took place in Clifton. The
young couple have an attractive home and their
chief treasure is their little son, Reece, now
three years of age.

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HON. ALEXANDER McKAY.
Few men have done more in the developing
of mines in southern Arizona than has Hon.
Alexander McKay, who has devoted most of
his time for two decades or more to enterprises
along this line. He has borne his due part in
all public affairs, and in 1886 was honored by
election to the Fourteenth general assembly of
Arizona. In that session he served on different
committees and abundantly demonstrated the
wisdom of his Republican party friends in choos-
ing him as their representative.

HON. EMIL GANZ.

The achievements of Mr. Ganz, mayor of
Phoenix, and president of the National Bank of
Arizona, constitute the record of one rarely
gifted with the ability to take advantage of sur-
rounding opportunities, and to turn them to the
best possible account. Coming to the territory
in 1874, long before the dawn of the recognized
possibilities of Salt River valley, he has watched
the awakening of the soil from the stagnant
sleep of centuries, and the substitution of latter-
day brawn and ability for a civilization older
than the memory or records of man.

Many of the sons of Germany have brought
their reliable and substantial traits of character
to this country of overwhelming promise and
attained to positions of responsibility and trust.
Mr. Ganz was born in Germany August 18, 1838,
and during his early years received the excellent
home training accorded the average German
youth. He was educated at the public schools in
his native land until his fourteenth year, when,
according to the custom in German middle life,
he was apprenticed out to learn a trade, his
choice being that of a tailor. At the end of
the three years of service, he became a journey-
man tailor, and utilized his calling in the various
small towns scattered over the country. Of an
ambitious nature, his desires extended beyond
the borders of his native land, and in 1858 he
immigrated to America. For a short time he
served as journeyman tailor in New York City,
and continued the same occupation after going
to Philadelphia. He subsequently carried on a
tailoring business by himself in Cedartown, Ga.,
and while there attained to some prominence in

the community, and for a time was postmaster
of the place.

During the Civil war Mr. Ganz served with
distinction in the Confederate army for three
years and four months. His company par-
ticipated in the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg,
Fredericksburg, and at the defense of Rich-
mond, where there was seven days of fighting.
Later at the battle of Chantilly, and the second
battle of Bull Run, besides many minor engage-
ments. For seven months he was a prisoner in
the federal prisons at Washington and Elmira.
When peace was declared, and the cause of the
Confederacy but a gloomy memory, Mr. Ganz
went to Quincy, 111., and after a short time re-
moved to Kansas City, where he engaged in a
tailoring and gents' furnishing goods business
for several years.

In 1872 Mr. Ganz located at Las Animas,
Colo., and continued his former occupation, and
in 1874 began his since uninterrupted residence
in Arizona. Upon first locating in the territory
he conducted an hotel business at Prescott, and
successfully managed the Capitol hotel until
1878. In the latter part of the same year he
came to Phoenix and for several years was pro-
prietor of the well known hotel Bank Exchange.
This hostelry came to grief in 1885, when it
was the victim of a devastating fire. A later
venture of Mr. Ganz' was the wholesale liquor
business, in which he engaged until 1894, when
he sold his interests to Melzer Bros. In 1895
he became interested in the National Bank of
Arizona, at Phoenix, and in the same year was
elected president of the bank, a position which
he has since continued to fill. Another avenue
of interest which is still engaging the attention
of Mr. Ganz is the insurance business, in which
he became interested in 1894. At the time he
represented various fire insurance companies.

As a stanch member of the Democratic party,
Mr. Ganz has received many evidences of the
regard in which he is held by the best political
element of his locality. He is now serving his
third term as mayor of Phoenix, and has also
served for two years in the Phoenix city council.
While conducting the municipal affairs of the
city, he has shown a truly commendable
knowledge of the affairs of his office, and a
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cations, which has won for him the confidence
and admiration of his fellow townsmen. Added
to a general wide knowledge of men and affairs,
he has a keen knowledge of human nature, and
of its workings under favorable and unfavorable
circumstances. Fraternally he is associated with
the Masonic order at Phoenix, and is prominent
in Masonic circles, having attained the thirty-
second degree.

Mr. Ganz was united in marriage with Bertha
Angelman, a native of New York City, and of
this union are four children, viz: Sylvan C., who
is a student at the Kentucky Military Institute,
at Lyndon, Ky.; Julian; Aileen; and Helen, de-
ceased.

LORENZO BOIDO, M. D.

tn Tucson, where the science of medicine and
surgery is so numerously and ably represented,
Dr. Boido holds a conspicuous place in the esti-
mation of his fellow-townsmen. As a consci-
entious and painstaking physician, and a suc-
cessful alleviator of the ills to which human
nature is heir, he has won the appreciation and
patronage of a large following.

A native of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, Dr.
Boido was born June 6, 1871, and is a son of
Lorenzo and Ruperta (Bazozabal) Boido, born
respectively in Piedmont, Italy, and in Guaymas,
Mexico. The paternal grandfather, Lorenzo,
was born in Italy, where he spent the greater
part of his life, and where he eventually died.
His son, Lorenzo, came to Mexico from Italy
at an early day, and while carrying on an ex-
tensive mercantile business, became in time a
capitalist and a prominent man in Sonora. He
eventually located in San Francisco and died
there in 1893. His wife, who is of French de-
scent, is still living in Guaymas, and is the
mother of five children, of whom Dr. Boido is
the oldest.

The educational advantages which fell to the
lot of Dr. Boido were of the best, and after
studying at the public schools he was graduated
from the Santa Clara College, near San Jose, in
1890, with the degree of Bachelor of Science.
Following a long thought-out inclination he then
undertook the study of medicine at the Cooper
Medical College at San Francisco and was grad-

uated in the class of 1893. For a time following
he served as special assistant to Dr. Lane, the
president of Cooper College, in his private hos-
pital, and the three years' association with one
of the best surgeons on the Pacific coast proved
of incalculable benefit to so conscientious a
student as Dr. Boido.

The practice of Dr. Boido took him into sev-
eral countries and he had the advantages of
travel and its broadening influence. In 1893 he
journeyed to Guatemala and Central America,
and during his five years' practice was also sur-
geon at the government hospital. In 1898 he
went to New York in search of further medical
and surgical knowledge and was graduated from
the Polyclinic hospital in the following year. In
the spring of 1899 he located in Benson, Ariz.,
where he was local surgeon for the Southern
Pacific and the New Mexico & Arizona Railroad
companies, and in the fall of the same year took
up his permanent residence in Tucson.

In Santa Rosa, Cal., Dr. Boido married Rosa
Goodrich of Navasota, Tex., and a graduate
of the Methodist Female Seminary at Santa
Rosa, Cal. Mrs. Boido is also a physician, hav-
ing graduated from the Cooper Medical College
in 1895. She is the only registered female
physician in the territory, and makes a specialty
of the diseases of women and children. To Dr.
and Mrs. Boido have been born two children,
Lorenzo, Jr., and Rosalind. Dr. Boido is a
member of the Democratic party, but holds lib-
eral views regarding the politics of the adminis-
tration. He is a member of the Territorial
Medical Association.

PETER B. ZIEGLER.

A varied assortment of enterprises in the city
of Tucson have been made to prosper and yield
abundantly under the capable and resistless
energy and push of Mr. Ziegler. That he is an
enthusiast when enumerating the many ad-
vantages of a residence in this territory is not to
be wondered at, for he has seen through his own
indomitable perserverance its possibilities, and
reaped the best here offered by fortune.

The first eighteen years of his life were spent
in Ohio, where he was born in Perry county,
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also a native of Ohio, and married a Miss
Snyder, of the same state. N. S. Ziegler, the
father of P. B., was an Ohio man, and is at
present living there at the age of eighty-five
years. During the years of his business life he
was engaged in the shoe business. His wife,
Elizabeth (Bugh) Ziegler, claimed Ohio as her
birthplace, and she was a daughter of Peter
Bugh, a representative of a very old family,
some of whom fought during the Revolutionary
war. They were among the first settlers of Ohio,
and the family homestead was occupied for over
a hundred and fifty years by those who bore the
name. Mrs. Ziegler, who died in 1899 at the age
of eighty-four years, was the mother of nine
children, five of whom are living, P. B. being the
fifth oldest, and the only one in Arizona. Two
sons, Albert and David, served in the Civil war,
the former in an Ohio regiment, and the latter
in the navy, and both have since died.

Mr. Ziegler was reared in Columbus, Ohio,
and was educated in the public schools and the
Ohio State University. When eighteen years of
age he ventured upon an independent existence,
and was a brakeman on the Hocking Valley and
Panhandle railroads. At the age of twenty-three
he was promoted to the position of engineer,
his run being between Columbus and Indian-
apolis. In 1880 he came to Tucson in the employ
of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and
was one of the first engineers here. During his
service with the company his record was the
finest on the whole system, and he was thus
employed until 1899, at which time he retired
permanently from railroad work. Among the
many interests which have since taken his time
and attention is the piano business and the sale
of musical supplies. He was the agent for the
Crown piano in Arizona, is himself a practical
tuner, and understands the construction of most
musical instruments. As the president of the
Tucson street railway he has done much to
facilitate city transportation. The Ziegler race
track, a half mile in length, is beyond doubt the
finest in the territory, and one of the fastest in
the west, and the owner thereof has at times
been the possessor of such valuable horse flesh
as Tommy Atkins, who has made a mile in 2:14,
at the time the fastest in the territory. This well
known horse, whose demise occurred in July of

1900, was sincerely missed by all true valuers of
fine stock and appreciators of speed. As a manu-
facturer of soda water, Mr. Ziegler has been re-
markably successful, and like all' of his under-
takings, his plant is one of the largest in the
territory. The plant is located on First and
Ninth streets, and turns out a fine quality of '
beverages which are heartily appreciated by the
residents of the town. In addition he has a large
candy and ice cream manufactory, which in the
summer time is run to its full capacity. The
Ziegler cafe has no superior in the city.

In Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Ziegler married
Mary A. Bickel, a native of that place, and of
this union there are two children; Albert, who
has charge of the confectionery business, and
who is fraternally a member of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks; and Andrew, who has
charge of the soda works, and who is a member
of the Knights Templar and the Knights of
Pythias. Mr. Ziegler is an ardent Republican,
and though not desirous of political recognition
has served as a member of the school board.
While living in Indianapolis he was made a
Mason, and he is also associated with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and the
club sustained by that organization, and also
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He was formerly connected with the Ancient
Order of United Workmen and the Red Men.
He is a member of the Board of Trade.

JUDGE SYLVESTER W. PURCELL.

Both as a lawyer and member of the Arizona
bar, and as judge of probate of Pima county,
the subject of this article is well known to resi-
dents of Tucson and the entire territory as well.
He was born at Baxter Springs, Cherokee
county, Kans., on the 3d of May, 1870, a son of
Dr. P. B. and Mary Ann (Walden) Purcell, who
are now living in Tucson. The father was born
near Elizabethtown, Hardin county, Ky., and
is now sixty-two years of age. The Purcell
family, which is of French and Irish extraction,
was founded in America in 1664 by seven broth-
ers who landed in Virginia. Their descendants
are now very numerous in Kentucky, of which
state our subject's grandfather. James Purcell,
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life he followed farming, but was living retired at
the time of his death, which occurred in Mis-
souri, when he was eighty-nine years of age.
'Hie father, Dr. P. B. Purcell, is a graduate of
Pope's Medical College of St. Louis, and for a
number of years was engaged in the practice of
his profession in Missouri. During the Civil
war he served as assistant surgeon in General
Price's brigade, and being captured in western
Missouri he was held a prisoner of war at St.
Louis until the cessation of hostilities. In 1880
he removed to Denver, Colo., where he engaged
in practice. His wife is a native of Virginia,
and belongs to an old and honored family of that
state. Her parents were John A. and Eliza
(Clay) Walden, the latter an own cousin of
Henry Clay. Her father was born in Clay
county, Va., and died in Saline county, Mo., at
the age of seventy-six years. Dr. and Mrs. Pur-
cell are the parents of ten children, six sons and
four daughters. Of the brothers of our subject
J. W. is now a practicing physician of Denver;
Walter B. is a practicing physician of Tucson,
Ariz. ; Louis A. is a lawyer residing in San Fran-
cisco, and P. B., Jr., resides at Tucson, Ariz.

Mr. Purcell, of this review, accompanied his
parents on their removal to Denver, where he
attended the public schools, and later engaged
in the study of law with John W. Helbig and
Willis B. Herr. With a few other law students
he organized a class, of which he was president,
and school was conducted in the University of
Denver hall. The following year the law depart-
ment of that university was established. In
1894 Dr. Purcell and family moved to El Paso,
Tex., and on the 2ist of May, 1895, located in
Ysleta, El Paso county. On the i9th of August,
that year, Sylvester W. was admitted to the bar
before the supreme court of Texas, and in the
spring of the following year he was appointed
justice of the peace in Ysleta. In March, 1896,
he came to Tucson, and has since successfully
engaged in general practice at this place. He
was appointed clerk of the probate court in
January, 1897, under Judge John S. Wood, and
at the Democratic convention the following year
was nominated for the office of probate judge.
He was elected by a good majority, and assumed
the duties of that position in January, 1899. So
acceptably did he fill the office that he was re-

nominated by acclamation in 1900. When he
was re-elected probate judge, E. B. Williams, of
Nogales, was elected on the Republican ticket as
county superintendent of schools and appointed
our subject as deputy in charge of the office, the
duties of which he filled in addition to his office
of probate judge until Santa Cruz was set aside
from Pima county, when a new superintendent
was appointed. Judge Purcell is now attorney
and financial agent for several large corporations
doing business in Arizona. He is also interested
in some fine gold, copper and lead mining prop-
erties in southern Arizona, and is attorney for
several mining companies operating in that por-
tion of the territory. As an attorney he ranks
among the foremost of Arizona; is a good judge
of law; and, what is of almost equal importance,
a good judge of men. He is not only an able
lawyer, but is a fine business man as well. Thor-
oughness characterizes all his efforts, and he
conducts all business with a strict regard to a
high standard of professional ethics.

The Judge belongs to several of the secret
and social societies of Tucson. As a Democrat
he takes a prominent and influential part in po-
litical affairs, and has been active in public life
since attaining his majority. A public-spirited
citizen, he gives his support to every enterprise
calculated to prove of public benefit, and is a
recognized leader in the community in which
he lives.

WALTER G. SCOTT.

The well known editor and proprietor of the
"Arizonian," published at Safford, Graham coun-
ty, is one of the heroes of the late Spanish- Amer-
ican war. Mustered into the First Territorial
Infantry at Flagstaff, Ariz., July 9, 1898, he was
made second lieutenant of Company C, of that
regiment, though he had previously been captain
of a company of the Arizona National Guard at
St. Johns, Apache county, for some five years.
During his service in the late war he was placed
in command of Company K, First Territorial
Regiment, in accordance with the earnest re-
quest of the regular commander, Capt. Roy V.
Hoffman, who was absent on sick leave. This
company, with whom Lieutenant Scott was a
general favorite, was organized at Shawnee,

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Okla. He was honorably discharged and
mustered out February 15, 1899, at Albany, Ga.

A son of John P. and Catherine Scott, the
subject of this article was born in Washington,
Pa., in 1853. When young he went to Cadiz,
Ohio, and there passed much of his boyhood,
being graduated from the high school. His
father, who has been a journalist throughout his
active career, now lives in Joliet, 111., but the
mother died in 1880.

From his youth, Walter G. Scott has been
connected more or less with newspaper work,
and when barely twenty years of age, in 1873,
published his first paper at Newcomerstown,
Ohio. For several years thereafter he was as-
sociated with many of the leading journals of
the United States, his home being in Chicago,
Cincinnati, St. Paul, Detroit and San Francisco
and other cities during this period. Thus he
obtained an intimate and practical knowledge of
the workings of modern journalism and thus is
abundantly well qualified for his present place,
that of editor of the "Arizonian."

In 1886 Mr. Scott came to Arizona and for
some time lived in Flagstaff, where he was en-
gaged in newspaper work. During two years
he was in charge of a daily paper published in
Prescott, and in the meantime carried out an
ambitious plan which he had formed — -that of
preparing himself for the legal profession. His
work along this line was done almost entirely in
the evenings and under the guidance of E. M.
Sanford. In 1888 he was admitted to the bar
before Judge Wright, and going to St. Johns,
Ariz., made his home there for ten years. In the
meantime he was honored by election to the
district attorneyship and to the responsible posi-
tion of court commissioner, and in the same
period ran a newspaper, the St. Johns Herald.
Leaving these many important enterprises, he
responded to the call of his country when war
with Spain was declared, and during his service
his acquaintanceship with Surgeon Lindley led to
his settlement in Safford. Mr. Scott is an ardent
Republican and was elected to the public offices
mentioned above by his party friends. First and
last, he is a patriotic citizen, seeking to promote
the welfare of his country and community by
every power of mind and talent with which
Heaven has endowed him.

On the I4th of June, 1888, the marriage of
Mr. Scott and Mrs. Mary C. McClelland, of St.
Paul, Minn., was solemnized at Prescott. She
has one daughter, Miss Jessie F. Scott, a young
lady of good education and social attainments.

JUDGE FLETCHER M. DOAN.

Arizona contains no exponent of her laws
more profound and erudite than is Judge
Fletcher M. Doan, associate justice of the
supreme court of Arizona, and judge of the
second judicial district. A native of that state
which has given our country so many men of
remarkable attainments, he was born in the
Scioto valley in Pickaway county, Ohio, in 1846,
and is a son of John and Maria (MacClellan)
Doan. On the maternal side he is related to
General MacClellan, while on the paternal, he
descends from good old Quaker stock who
helped to lay the foundation of the public and
furnished the material for national stability and
uprightness. His father was born on the
Schuylkill river in Pennsylvania and in the early
'205 removed to Ohio, where he lived until 1868.
His death took place in St. Louis, Mo., in 1886,
when he was seventy-six years of age.

Judge Doan received the educational ad-
vantages found in the high school of Circleville,
Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1864.
Later he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University
at Delaware, Ohio, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1867, and which institution conferred
upon him the degree of Master of Arts in 1872.
Having decided to devote his life to the profes-
sion which represents the only exact science
known to men, he entered the Albany Law
School, now the law department of the New
York State University, and received his diploma
in 1868. The same year he was granted admis-
sion to practice before the supreme court of
New York. Thus equipped for whatever the
future might have in store, he hastened west-
ward to Missouri, and the following year was
admitted to practice in Pike county of that state.
During his ten years of practice in Pike
county, he was associated for the greater part
with Judge Fagg, an influential member of the
profession in Missouri. A subsequent field of
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ten years. He was then induced to come to the
territory of Arizona, of whose promise, possi-
bilities and superior climatic conditions he had
long heard. Upon settling in Yuma county, he
became interested in the subject of water supply,
and as a result of his investigations and study
completed the construction of one water way.
In 1893 he came to Final county and opened up
a stock ranch near Arizola, and for one year
tested his ability as a pusher of the cattle in-
dustry. In 1894 he was elected district attorney
of Final county, and to facilitate the duties of
his office moved his residence to Florence. As
district attorney he served for one term and part
of an unexpired term, and subsequently reverted
to the safe harbor of a lucrative legal practice,
remote from somewhat uncertain investments
in water ways and arid lands.

In June of 1897 Judge Doan was appointed by
President McKinley associate judge of the su-
preme court of Arizona, and judge of the second
judicial district. His district includes the
counties of Graham, Final, and Gila. His duties
include holding two terms of district court in
each county, and two terms of federal court for
the entire district annually, and also the supreme
court work in connection with the judges of the
other districts.

Judge Doan married Annie Murray in 1873, a
daughter of Judge S. F. Murray, of Pike county,
Mo. Of this union there are now living three
children: John, who is bookkeeper for the
Fortuna Mining Company, and who was a mem-
ber of the general assembly from Yuma county
in 1899; Frank W., who is attending law school
at the Stanford University, and who is a gradu-
ate of the Arizona University; and Fletcher M.,
Jr. One son, Leslie M., was accidentally killed
August 3, 1897, aged seventeen years. Judge
Doan is a member of the Territorial Bar As-
sociation, and is fraternally associated with the
Masonic Order at Florence, and with the Royal
Arch Chapter, of Pike county, Mo. He is a
member of the Commandery of Knights Templar
and of the Shrine in Phoenix, and is the Grand
Chief Templar for Arizona in the Independent
Order of Good Templars. The father of Judge
Doan was for forty years a deacon in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, and the Judge himself is
actively interested in the same denomination,

having been a deacon for nearly thirty years. He
is especially energetic in Sunday-school work,
and was for years a member of the Sunday-
school Superintendents' Union, of St. Louis. He
assisted in organizing the Piasa Sunday-school
assembly, and purchased the property now used
by that assembly, holding the same for four
years, until the church was ready to purchase it.
In- this territory he has been a splendid influence
for good, and represents the most excellent and
worthy citizenship.

J. W. COLEMAN, M. D.

Among the professional men located at
Jerome none has a more secure place in
the public estimation than that profound
student of medical and surgical science,
Dr. Coleman. Although not one of the early
residents (having arrived here in October of
1900), he has nevertheless demonstrated his en-
tire fitness for the calling which he so creditably
follows, and which is augmented by graduation
from one of the first medical colleges in the
United States, and years of experience in dif-
ferent parts of the country.

Dr. Coleman was born in Clarion county, Pa.,
June II, 1865, and received his education in the
home schools. His first independent venture
upon the sea of earning his own living was along
educational lines, in which he engaged until
1889. Having determined to adopt the profes-
sion of medicine, he entered the Jefferson Medi-
cal College, at Philadelphia, from which he was
graduated in the class of 1893, and thereafter
practiced in Philadelphia for a few months. In
Trinidad, Colo., where he subsequently located,
he engaged in practice for four years, and met
with a gratifying degree of success. Impelled
by the prospects in mining in New Mexico, he
for a time engaged in mining and prospecting
on the Red river, and from there came to Pres-
cott in February of 1896. Not being favorably
impressed with the outlook from this point of the
territory, he journeyed to Crown King camp,
and after a short time was busily engaged as
physician and surgeon for several of the large
mining companies, among others being the
Tiger, Big Bell, Buster, Gladiator and several
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maintained for three and a half years, and ter-
minated only when the mines closed down.

In Jerome, Dr. Coleman is engaged in a general
medical and surgical practice, and in addition is
medical examiner for the New York Life, Mu-
tual Life of New York and Pacific Mutual Insur-
ance companies, as well as several local and
fraternal organizations. He is a member of the
Territorial Medical Association, the Yava-pai
County Medical Society, the Las Animas County
Medical Society of Colorado, the Jefferson
County Medical Society of Pennsylvania, and
the Hare Medical Society of Philadelphia. Fra-
ternally he is a Mason, and a member of the
Brookville (Pa.) lodge.

Mrs. Coleman was formerly Marie Truman, a
native of Brookville, Pa., and she is the mother
of one son, Harry.

JUDGE C. W. GROUSE.

Well known as a prominent and influential cit-
izen of Phoenix, Judge Grouse was born in Owen
county, Ind., June 25, 1853, and is the oldest in
a family of eight children. His brother, M. A.
Grouse, is now principal of the schools at Ben-
son, Ariz. The Grouse family, which is of Hol-
land descent, has been well represented in the
wars of this country. Our subject's paternal
grandfather, Henry Grouse, who was a planter
of North Carolina, fought for American inde-
pendence in the Revolutionary war. The grand-
father, Winfield Grouse, was a soldier of the war
of 1812 and participated in the battle of the
Cowpens. He was born in North Carolina,
where he continued to make his home until the
father of our subject, William Crouse, was five
years old, at which time the family removed to
Owen county, Ind., locating on a farm near
Spencer. Indians still inhabited that locality,
and the land was all wild and unimproved. The
Judge's father grew to manhood in the Hoosier
state, and throughout his active business life
engaged in farming near Spencer, where he died
in 1888. He was a member of the Fifty-seventh
Indiana Regiment during the Civil war; was an
ardent Republican in politics; and a deacon in
the Baptist Church. In early life he married
Miss Elizabeth Fiscus, a native of Owen county,
Tnd., and a representative of an old Virginia

family. Her father, Rev. John Fiscus, a minis-
ter of the Church of Jesus Christ, was born in
North Carolina and at an early day removed to
Indiana, where he followed farming in connec-
tion with his pastoral duties.

Judge Crouse was reared on his father's farm
in Indiana and attended the public schools of the
neighborhood. At the age of seventeen he com-
menced teaching school, and successfully fol-
lowed that profession for nine years, at the end
of which time he entered the Indiana State
Normal at Terre Haute, where he was graduated
in 1883. Subsequently he was principal of .the
schools at Harmony and Knightsville, Ind., un-
til 1889, when he resigned his position at the
latter place to accept the United States Indian
agency at Sacaton, Ariz., tendered him by Presi-
dent Harrison. In 1888 he had served as chair-
man of the first Harrison league in Indiana,
organized two months before the St. Paul con-
vention. In September, 1889, he came to Saca-
ton to take charge of the Pima, Papago and
Maricopa Indians, numbering about eight thou-
sand, and remained in charge there until 1893,
during which time the main building of the Pima
agency at Sacaton was burned and rebuilt by the
Judge, who also established a school with one
hundred and fifty pupils. He planned the United
States Industrial Indian school at Phoenix,
selected the grounds and began the erection of
the building in 1890. At first he thought Fort
McDowell would be the best location, but
finally selected Phoenix as being more prefer-
able, and with Superintendent Rich of Omaha,
Neb., selected the grounds. Everything was in
a flourishing condition when he resigned his
position at the agency in 1893.

Judge Crouse then became vice-president and
assistant cashier of the Mesa City Bank, which
positions he held until the fall of 1894, when he
was elected probate judge on the Republican
ticket. So acceptably did he fill the office that
he was re-elected in 1896 for another term of
two years. When he retired from office on the
ist of January, 1899, he was made principal of
the Alma schools, and served as such until the
completion of the year. In 1900 he became
president of the Phoenix Title, Guaranty and
Abstract Company, which has the most complete
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sets, being the largest in the territory. The
Judge has been very successful during his resi-
dence in Arizona, where he now owns several
ranches, besides two good farms in Owen
county, Ind.

In his native county Judge Grouse married
Miss Lizzie Burger, daughter of Samuel J.
Burger and who was born there on the same
day that his birth occurred. They have one son,
Roswell Emerson. The Judge was made a
Mason at Knightsville, Ind., also holds
membership in the Ancient Order of United
Workmen and at present is Grand Foreman for
Arizona and New Mexico. He is a member of
the Board of Trade; in politics an unswerving
Republican, he has served as a member of the
county central and executive committees, and
the territorial central committee. He is a man
of high intellectuality, broad human sympathies
and tolerance, and imbued with fine sensibilities
and clearly defined principles. Honor and in-
tegrity are synonymous with his name and he
enjoys the respect, confidence and high regard
of the people of Arizona.

ERWIN D. TREADWELL.

Not only have the practically exhaustless
resources of Yavapai county produced fortunes
for the seekers after wealth, but the mining and
other outlets have developed latent ability and
talent in many of the travelers to this part of
the country which otherwise would have
remained dormant and profitless. Though a
young man to assume so much responsibility,
Mr. Treadwell, who is deputy United States
mineral surveyor, and proprietor of the Jerome
Telephone and Telegraph Company, has found
in the opportunities afforded near Jerome an
unlimited field for his particular aptitude.

Emphatically a western man, having been
born in San Francisco in 1871, Mr. Treadwell
has all of the push and enterprise requisite for
starting and carrying through important and
growing enterprises. His education was
received in his native city and in different parts
of the state of California, and in 1890 he located
in Nevada county, where his father was super-
intendent of the Red Hill Mining Company. In
1892 he came to Prescott and mined and pros-

pected in the Bradshaw mountains, and at the
same time made a thorough study of surveying,
which resulted in 1899 in his appointment as
deputy United States mineral surveyor at
Jerome, whither he had removed in 1897. In
1898 Mr. Treadwell established the Telephone
and Telegraph Company, a private concern, of
which he has since been manager. The com-
pany have about a hundred miles of lines, and
connect with Wright's system at Prescott, and
with the different mining camps. One can
imagine the inestimable benefit and convenience
of this exceedingly modern and liberal proposi-
tion, and the widespread appreciation which has
met Mr. TreadwelFs advanced and practical
views. Efforts are now being made by him to
effect a consolidation of all the independent tele-
phone companies in the territory.

While following his occupation as surveyor
Mr. Treadwell also acts as local manager of the
George A. Treadwell Mining Company and the
Brookshire Mining Company, besides being
numerously interested in the general affairs of
the town and county. He is a member of the
American Institute of Mining Engineers, and
is fraternally associated with the Prescott Lodge
No. 330, B. P. O. E. Mr. Treadwell was mar-
ried October 31, 1900, to Grace M. Lynch, of
San Francisco.

HON. SELIM M. FRANKLIN.

A worthy son of a sterling "forty-niner," Hon.
Selim M. Franklin was born in San Bernardino,
Cal., October 19, 1859. He is one of the pio-
neers of Arizona, his residence in Tucson hav-
ing extended over nearly a score of years. His
enterprise and public spirit received recognition
soon after his settlement here, for in 1884 he
was elected to the territorial legislature. By
many he is termed the "father" of the University
of Arizona, as he introduced and succeeded in
getting passed the bill providing for this insti-
tution, which is now one of the notable educa-
tional factors of the great southwest. In the
sessions of the general assembly, in 1885, he
also took a very active part in the work of estab-
lishing the Arizona Normal School, at Tempe,
and his interest in both of these colleges has
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a member of the board of regents of the uni-
versity, which he had been very instrumental in
getting located at Tucson. In addition to the
many other public services performed while a
member of the commission he assisted in select-
ing the location of the capitol building at Phoe-
nix.

Turning backward a few pages in the history
of this honored citizen of Tucson, it may be
stated that he is one of the two sons of Maurice
A. and Victoria (Jacobs) Franklin, his brother,
Abraham, being a member of the firm of Un-
derwood & Franklin, of Tucson. The latter was
named for his paternal grandfather, Abraham
Franklin, who was a native of England, and
was a prosperous merchant of that realm. Mau-
rice A. Franklin was born in Manchester, Eng-
land, and had just reached man's estate when
the news of the wonderful discoveries of gold in
far-away California aroused his ambition. That
year, 1849, he sailed for San Francisco, round-
ing Cape Horn, and after his arrival at the gold
fields he devoted several years to mining. In
1853 he went to San Diego, where he built the
Franklin House, and carried on the hotel for
some five years. The remainder of his life, six-
teen years, was passed in San Bernardino, Cal.,
where he was engaged in the drug business.
Fraternally he was affiliated with the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows. The wife and
mother departed this life in the city last men-
tioned, in 1861. She was a native of Baltimore,
Md., and was a daughter of Mark I. Jacobs, an
Englishman, who was a merchant of Baltimore
for several years, and was similarly occupied
later in San Bernardino and San Francisco.

The early education of Selim M. Franklin
was gained in the public schools of his native
town, and after pursuing his studies in the San
Francisco high school he matriculated in the
University of California, where he was gradu-
ated in 1882, with the degree of Bachelor of
Sciences. Then entering the law department of
the same institution, he remained there for a
year, and was admitted to the bar in October,
1883. After some initial work in 1iis profession
in San Bernardino, he came to Tucson, and since
that time has been occupied in general prac-
tice here. For several years he was the city
attorney of Tucson, and now is the legal adviser

of many prominent local firms, including the
Arizona National Bank, the Ray Copper Mines,
limited; the Mammoth Cyanide Company, and
L. Zeckendorf & Co. From time to time he has
invested in real estate in this city, and is gen-
uinely interested in all industries calculated to
benefit the place.

The marriage of Mr. Franklin and Miss Hen-
rietta Herring, one of the popular young ladies
of Tucson, was solemnized in 1898. She is a
native of New York state, and is a daughter of
Col. William Herring, of Tucson. Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin have a beautiful home on North Main
street, and their chief treasure is their little
daughter, Marjorie.

In Tucson Lodge, No. 4, F. & A. M., Mr.
Franklin was initiated into Masonry, and yet
retains his membership therein. He also is con-
nected with the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks, and is ex-president of the Territorial Bar
Association. A popular worker in the Demo-
cratic party, he has served on the executive
board of the territorial central committee of the
same.

GEORGE J. STONEMAN.

"Trie bar of Globe is ably represented by Mr.
Stoneman, who, as a general practitioner, and as
the present district attorney, has acquitted him-
self in a manner creditable to all concerned. To
a degree Mr. Stoneman inherits a special apti-
tude for the administration of public affairs,
some of those who bear the name having been
representative politicians and prominently iden-
tified with positions of public confidence. His
father, Gen. George Stoneman. was a man of
exceptional attainments and undisputed honor,
and of high standing in the army. He received
his military education at West Point, and during
the Civil war attained the rank of general, sub-
sequently being placed on the retired list. He is
in this connection remembered as one of the
most courageous and efficient of the heroes who
sustained the cause of the Union. In politics he
was no less distinguished, and was elected gov-
ernor of California in 1883. his administration
being well received, and giving continued evi-
dence of a superior and well-directed judgment.
He died in New York in 1894, having returned

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in his declining vitality to the scene of his birth,
education and brilliant prophetic aspirations.
His wife, who is still living, Mary O. (Hardisty)
Stoneman, is the mother of two sons and two
daughters.

Though born in Petersburg, Va., May 4, 1868,
George J. Stoneman was reared in California,
and received his supplementary education at the
University of Michigan, from which he was
graduated in 1889. His first practice was con-
ducted in Seattle, Wash., and while a resident
of that city he served as city clerk for two
years. In 1894 he departed for the Sandwich
Islands, and practiced for a year in Honolulu.
The following year he became permanently
identified with the prosperity and promise of
this great mining district, at once opening an
office for a general law practice. He is now the
legal representative of two prominent mining
companies. His practice has been successful
from the start, and in most of the important liti-
gation occurring in Gila county during his resi-
dence in Globe he has appeared as counsel.
Having previously filled an unexpired term as
district attorney, he was regularly elected to the
same office on the Democratic ticket November
6, 1900, for a term of two years.

In addition to his political and professional
duties, Mr. Stoneman is interested in mining in
the Globe district, and anticipates good returns
from his investments. Fraternally he is a mem-
ber of the Elks at Globe.

MRS. BEE L. McNAMARA.

Probably one of the best informed of the com-
paratively few who have made a success of the
cattle business in the far west is Mrs. McNamara.
At the present time a resident of Tucson, the
oldest city of European settlement in the west-
ern hemisphere, she superintends her large
stock-raising interests and derives therefrom a
most satisfactory revenue. Associated with the
far west since 1881, she is familiar with the
various transitions which have accompanied the
steady growth of this hitherto supposedly worth-
less portion of country, and is one of its most
enthusiastic advocates and sincere supporters.

As a child Mrs. McNamara lived in Louisville,
Ky., where she was born in a family of eight

children. The parents, Edward and Bridget
(Duffy) Costella, were born in County Mayo,
Ireland, and brought their four children to
America about 1836. Mrs. Costella died in
Kentucky in 1880, and her husband had died
when Mrs. McNamara was not quite a year old.
The last-named was reared and educated in the
vicinity of Louisville and in the Sisters of Provi-
dence Academy in Madison, Ind., after which
she came to Tucson in 1881. In this city, Janu-
ary i, 1882, she was united in marriage with
Owen Noon, who was born in County Mayo,
Ireland, and was brought by his parents to
America when but six months of age. His
brother, Capt. John Noon, served in the Mex-
ican war, came to California in 1849, ar>d now
resides in Nogales, Ariz. Owen Noon went to
California via Panama in 1852 and engaged in
mining until 1878; after removing to Tucson,
he continued in the same occupation. He died
in Oro P.lanco in 1890. He had one daughter,
Lilly May Noon, now a student in Cedar Grove
Academy of the Sisters of Loretto at Louisville,
Ky. She was born at Oro Blanco and is an
accomplished and popular young lady.

At Oro Blanco, in 1892, Mrs. Noon became
the wife of Martin McNamara, who was born
in Ireland and in boyhood went to Australia
with his parents. When twenty years of age
he left home and crossed the seas to California.
After engaging for a time in mining, he
took up his residence in Arizona in the early
'705, and there mined and engaged in raising
cattle. Among other interests he established
the ranch at Warsaw that is still owned by his
widow. He was also one of the owners of the
Tresamigo, and had interests in the Nil Des-
perando group. At his death, in May of 1898,
his widow succeeded to his many interests, in
addition to which she has taken up independent
enterprises, being an unusually successful man-
ager and financier, and the possessor of valuable
mining properties. In national politics she is
a Democrat, but is liberal-minded regarding the
politics of the administration. With her daugh-
ter, Lilly, she is connected with the Cathedral
in Tucson.

During the Apache war occurred the last
uprising and raid of the old chieftain, Geronimo.
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into Oro Blanco district and killed Mr. Shana-
han, a neighbor of Mrs. McNamara. During
the funeral services, while the men stood around
them with their guns, ready for the enemy, the
women sang hymns and saw the body lowered
to its last resting place. Such a thrilling spec-
tacle will probably never again be witnessed in
Arizona. The ranchers for miles around came
into Oro Blanco and remained there until after
the Indians were driven out, it being considered
too hazardous for the whites to remain in
isolated localities. After the raid, a troop of
soldiers came and acted as a guard for a month
or more, until all danger of further molestation
was past.

JUDGE HARLEY H. CARTTER.

One of the honored pioneers of Arizona, the
subject of this record has passed his entire ma-
ture life within its borders. During the thirty-
four years of his residence here he has expe-
rienced many vicissitudes common to the lot
of the frontiersman, and literally "grew up with
the country," his prosperity increasing as did
that of the territory. In public positions here, to
which he has been called frequently, he has been
dominated by a high regard for the welfare of
the people, and never has failed in the dis-
charging of his duties, even in minor affairs.

This sterling citizen of Prescott comes of a
family which has distinguished itself in many
ways. His father, Judge Harley H. Cartter, was
appointed as associate justice of the supreme
court of Arizona, presiding over the second dis-
trict, and acting in that important position trom
1867 to 1869. Meantime his home was in La
Paz, on the Colorado river in Arizona, where he
subsequently carried on the practice of law until
1870, when he located in Prescott. For one
term he was president of the territorial council,
and for many years was a leading member of
the Masonic fraternity. He came of an old east-
ern family, some of his ancestors being among
the early settlers of New England. His brother,
Judge David K. Cartter, acted as chief justice of
the District of Columbia under President Lin-
coln's administration. A great personal friend
of the great statesman, he was conspicuous in
the convention which called him to his exalted

place, for he was chairman of the Ohio delega-
tion in that notable body. A native of Roches-
ter, N. Y., Judge H. H. Cartter became a resi-
dent of Utica, Mich., at an early day, and there
was engaged in the practice of law, later being
similarly occupied at Mt. Clemens, same state.
From 1867 until his death, seven years later,
he was associated with Arizona. His wife, whose
maiden name was Jane Louise Scranton, was
born in Michigan, and also was a representative
of an old New England family. She departed
this life in 1865, and is survived by four chil-
dren.

The only member of his family in this ter-
ritory is he of whom this sketch is penned. He
was born September 12, 1849, m Utica, Mich.,
and in his boyhood attended the common and
high schools of Mount Clemens, Mich. In 1867
he accompanied his father to Arizona, coming
by the round-about way of New York, Nicara-
gua, San Francisco, San Pedro and thence
overland to La Paz. For a period the young
man was employed as a clerk on the Mohave
Indian Reservation for George W. Dent, who
was the. superintendent of Indian affairs in the
territory. About a year later Mr. Cartter be-
came a clerk of Gray & Co., of La Paz, and sub-
sequently entered the government employ as
wagon-master and distributer of supplies from
freight trains in southern Arizona, his superior
officer being General Dandy. For another year
he played the part of a ferryman, operating the
old ferry at Ehrenberg, on the Colorado river.
In the meantime La Paz had been abandoned,
the former town having taken its place.

The year that witnessed the judge's arrival to
majority found him bent upon entering his
father's profession, and after studying with his
senior for a period he was admitted to the bar.
This event occurred in 1873, and he then was
associated with his father in practice. In 1874
he was appointed district attorney, and served
as such for two years. Then, under Sheriff
Lowry, he was a deputy for four years, and in
1897 was appointed to act on the board of county
supervisors, to fill a vacancy. Governor Safford
honored him by appointing him to the responsi-
ble office of judge of the probate court and ex-
orticio superintendent of the public schools of
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charged his duties, and then for a similar period
was deputy county recorder. That term having
been finished, he was nominated and elected
county recorder, and occupied that post for one
term. In each and all of these important incum-
bencies he won the approbation of his constitu-
ents and added to the laurels with which he al-
ready had been honored. He has been active in
promoting the welfare of the Democratic party,
and has received consideration in the delibera-
tions of that body.

Though Judge Cartter has made his home in
Prescott for thirty-one years, he has long owned
and supervised a fine ranch in Yeager canyon,
in the Black Hills, twenty miles northeast of this
city. This property was purchased by him in
1885, but for some time previous to that he had
been engaged in the cattle business, his brand
being "H" and "C" joined together. He also
has made some investments in mining property.
Fraternally he is identified with the Ancient
Order of United Workmen.

The marriage of the Judge and Miss S. A. Mil-
ler, the daughter of Jacob L. Miller, took place
in this city in 1874. She is a native of Illinois,
received a liberal education, and today is a fa-
vorite in local society and is a great worker in
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which she is
a member.

LOUIS H. CHALMERS.

In the profession of law, probably more than
any other, success depends upon individual
merit, upon a thorough understanding of the
principles of jurisprudence, a power of keen
analysis, and the ability to present clearly, con-
cisely and forcibly the strong points in his
cause. Possessing these necessary qualifica-
tions, Mr. Chalmers is accorded a foremost place
in the ranks of the profession in Maricopa
county. He has attained distinction as one of
the able members of the Phoenix bar, and is now
practicing as a member of the firm of Chalmers
& Wilkinson.

He was born in Jamestown, Greene county,
Ohio, January 13, 1861, and is the only child
who reached years of maturity in the family of
Clark and Hattie (Jenkins) Chalmers. On the
paternal side his ancestors were of Scotch origin

and among the early settlers of Virginia and
South Carolina. His great-grandfather, who
was a planter, was born in the state of South
Carolina and there both our subject's father and
grandfather, James Chalmers, were born. The
latter became one of the pioneer merchants of
Xenia, Ohio, where he died in 1882. The father
also followed that occupation in Xenia until the
Civil war broke out, when he enlisted in 1861 as
lieutenant in the Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and died in Camp Chase the same
year. His wife, who was a native of Jamestown,
Ohio, passed away in Iowa. Her father,
Jonathan H. Jenkins, was born in Virginia of
English ancestry, and at an early day removed to
Jamestown, Ohio. He was a man of considera-
ble wealth, who in early life followed the legal
profession and later engaged in merchandising.
A strong abolitionist, he became a conductor on
the "underground railroad," while his home was
a station on the same, and for the active part
he took in such affairs he made enemies of the
southern sympathizers and was mobbed by a
band of them. His father was a soldier of the
Revolutionary war.

Our subject was four years old when his
mother removed to Albion, Iowa, and he was
reared at the Soldiers' Home in Cedar Falls,
that state, until sixteen years of age, when he
returned to Jamestown, Ohio, and completed
the course in the high school at that place. In
1 88 1 he purchased the Waverly, a Republican
newspaper, of Pike county, Ohio, which he ed-
ited for two years, and at the same time pur-
sued the study of law. In the fall of 1883 he
entered the Cincinnati Law School as a senior
and was graduated with the degree of LL. B.
in 1884. He then came west by way of the
Union Pacific Railroad and located in Phoenix,
Ariz., where he has since successfully engaged
in general practice. He is also attorney for the
Phoenix National Bank and the Cobre Grande
Copper Company, and is local attorney for the
Santa Fe, Phoenix & Prescott Railroad Com-
pany.

Mr. Chalmers was married in Phoenix to Miss
Laura E. Coates, a native of Iowa, and a gradu-
ate of the Ellis Female Academy of Los An-
geles, Cal. Her father, George F. Coates, who
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war, came to Phoenix in 1878, and for some
lime was engaged in merchandising here, but is
now a resident of Los Angeles. Our subject and
his wife have one child, Raima.

Politically Mr. Chalmers is a stalwart Dem-
ocrat, and has served as secretary of the county
central committee. He filled the office of city
attorney two or three terms, and in 1890 was
elected to the territorial legislature, serving with
distinction in the sixteenth general assembly as
chairman of the judiciary committee, and as a
member of the corporation and other commit-
tees. He is a member of the Board of Trade,
the Maricopa Club and the Territorial Bar As-
sociation. Socially he is deservedly popular, as
he is affable and courteous in manner and pos-
sesses that essential qualification to success in
public life, that of making friends readily and
of strengthening the ties of all friendships as
time advances.

R. T. BOLLEN.

Associated for the greater part of his life with
the wild and undeveloped conditions of the ex-
treme west, Mr. Bollen, manager of the Casa
Grande end of the Arizona Consolidated Stage
Line, is more familiar than most with the recent
and unprecedented growth of Arizona. The
stage line in which he is interested, and which
is conducted in connection with a general livery
business, conveys passengers and mail between
Florence and Casa Grande, a distance of twenty-
six miles. The road passes the famous ruins of
Casa Grande; and at this point the driver al-
ways stops for a short time to give the travelers
a chance to inspect the wonderful pile.

A native of Texas, Mr. Bollen left his home
state when a mere boy of nine years, and came
to the Pacific coast, where he lived with and
was educated by an uncle. During his early
days he showed a decided predilection for wan-
dering over the country, and in his tramps took
in California, Oregon, Montana, and various
parts of the west. In 1858 he chanced to be in
British Columbia during the gold excitement on
the Fraser river, and engaged in freighting with
a pack train for some time. In all he spent from
1858 to 1864 in the northwest, after which he
settled in Virginia City, Nev., where he was in-

terested in driving and handling stock. In 1873
he first came to Arizona, and after taking an in-
ventory of Tucson, Phoenix, and Florence, re-
turned to the coast, where he remained until
1877. He then located on a ranch on the San
Pedro river in Arizona, and conducted a stock-
ranch, and raised fine horses. In 1890 he re-
ceived the mail contract for the line between
Florence and Silver King, a distance of thirty-
five miles, which contract lasted for four years.
In 1895 he became interested in the stage line
running between Florence and Casa Grande, and
has since been gratifyingly successful in his stage
and livery business. In this connection he is
interested in the half-way house on the route
to Florence, and in all matters pertaining to the
well being of the locality in which he lives, he is
a factor for improvement and progress.

Mr. Bollen is still interested in his cattle ranch
on the San Pedro river, and from the excellent
management of the same derives a substantial
revenue. Like most of the residents living in
the mining districts, he is to some extent inter-
ested in mining, but devotes the greater part
of his time and attention to the stage and livery
business. During his residence in the territory
he has won the good will of those who have
been associated with him in a business or social
way, and embodies in his general make-up the
good cheer and hearty fellowship so character-
istic of those who are reared in the rugged
west.

HON. FRED L. BLUMER.

A citizen from other shores who has become
prominent in the growth of the great southwest,
and particularly of Phoenix, Mr. Blumer was
born in Canton Glarus, Switzerland, November
17, 1850. Of the seven children comprising the
family all are living, and two brothers and one
sister are in Iowa. The parents, Jacob and Bur-
gula (Zentner) Blumer, were born in Switzer-
land, and the mother died in 1882. Jacob Blumer
was a lieutenant on the side of the Reformed
party in the war of 1848, and served his country
with courage and distinction. The parents wen-
representatives of distinguished Swiss families.

In his native country Fred L. Blumer received
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of that interesting country. He was educated
at the University of Wattwyl, in the Canton of
St. Gall, and as a preliminary toward attaining
to future financial independence, was employed
in a large silk factory at Zurich. Later, at Lau-
sanne, Switzerland, he completed his studies in
French, and was bookkeeper for a large tobacco
firm. A later venture was at Schaffhausen, on
the Rhine, where he engaged as a commercial
traveller, until the breaking out of the Franco-
Prussian war, which paralyzed all lines of busi-
ness. In the hope of bettering his prospects, Mr.
Blumer crossed the seas to America in 1870, and
gradually drifted west, and became interested in
farming in Iowa. He later became a bookkeeper
for a large grocery firm in Vevay, Ind., and in
1874 removed to Madison county, Tex., and then
to Davis county, Iowa, where for seven years he
engaged in the dairy business with his brother.
At the same time he carried on large stock-rais-
ing enterprises.

Upon removing to Howard county, Neb., Mr.
Blumer farmed for a year, and then laid out the
town of Elba, on the Union Pacific Railroad, and
engaged in the business of loans, real-estate and
insurance. In Nebraska he attained to consid-
erable prominence, and was conspicuously iden-
tified with the affairs of his locality. He was
recorder of deeds for one term, and in 1886 was
elected from Howard county to the Nebraska
state legislature. The occupancy of this posi-
tion was necessarily interfered with owing to the
fact that in 1887 he removed to Omaha. Here he
engaged in the real-estate business, and was
gratifyingly successful. In 1888 he was elected
to the city council at large, and served for one
term. In 1890 he removed to Houston, Tex.,
and bought and sold real estate and country
lands, and in 1899 located in Phoenix. Novem-
ber i, 1899, he organized the Arizona Mutual
Savings and Loan Association, of which he be-
came manager at the first. The enterprise has a
capital stock of $10,000,000, and has been on a
paying and successful basis from the start. It
is one of the important organizations of the city,
and has the confidence and approval of the com-
munity.

The marriage of Mr. Blumer and Julia J. Wel-
ler occurred in Phoenix, in 1900. Mrs. Blumer
was born in Kansas City. Mr. Blumer is a Re-

publican in politics, with independent inclina-
tions. Fraternally he is associated with the
United Moderns.

L. E. WIGHTMAN, M. D.

The professional career of Dr. Wightman has
centered in Pima and throughout the entire Gila
valley, his practice naturally assuming, with the
lapse of time, large and constantly increasing
proportions. A most capable practitioner, and
one in touch with the best methods employed by
the followers of Aesculapius in the largest and
most advanced centers of the world, he is not
wanting in the appreciation which stimulates
the best endeavor, nor in that skill in treatment
and diagnosis which inspires the utmost confi-
dence in the community.

At Payson, Utah, where he was born May 7,
1869, Dr. Wightman received a portion of his
education, attending Iliff Academy and the Uni-
versity of Utah in Salt Lake City, later graduat-
ing from the Northwestern University, Chicago,
in the class of 1894. His parents were W. C.
and Lucretia J. (Pepper) Wightman, the former
born in New York, and the latter in Quincy,
111. After graduation Dr. Wightman immedi-
ately availed himself of the promise and possibil-
ity of the Gila valley, and although having his
headquarters from the first in Pima, he for a
year had charge of the county hospital at Solo-
monville, and at the same time worked up a
practice through the valley. In 1896 he started,
in partnership with a brother, H. P., the pioneer
and only drug store in Pima, and which up to
the present time has been one of the sound com-
mercial enterprises of the town. In 1900 the
doctor withdrew his drug interests and the con-
cern has since been under control of the younger
Wightman, who the following year erected the
substantial brick store and completed a stock
which has no equal in the valley.

As an evidence of his abiding faith in the pros-
pects by which he is surrounded Dr. Wightman
purchased an adobe house which, upon being
remodeled and covered .with wood, is an ex-
ceedingly pretty and comfortable abode, and
where gracious hospitality is unstintingly dis-
pensed. The office is located in the residence,
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progressive and up-to-date ameliorator of phys-
ical woes. An X-ray machine and elctrical and
compressed-air appliances are among the mod-
ern and late devices of a scientific nature which
aid in the search for, and suppression of, ana-
tomical disorder, and which facilitate the arduous
duties incident to a practice which extends from
Safford to Geronimo. He is now making a spe-
cialty of electro-therapeutics in his practice.

In 1895 Dr. Wightman married Janie Weecb
and of this union there are two children, William
Dewey and an infant daughter, Marval. Mrs.
Wightman is- a daughter of Hiram and Sarah
Weech, of Pima. Dr. Wightman has been prom-
inent in many ways not connected with his pro-
fession. In politics a Republican, he was elected
mayor of Pima in 1898, and has been in the
council for two years. In addition he is examin-
ing physi'cian for the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, the Equitable Life, and the New York
Life, and surgeon for the Gila Valley, Globe
& Northern Railroad.

R. T. MILLAR.

To Mr. Millar is due the credit of establishing
the pioneer and at the present time largest and
best conducted funeral directing establishment
in Tucson. To his special line of effort he brings
a wide knowledge of the most advanced methods
employed in different parts of the world. A spe-
cialty is made of the process of embalming, the
latter day application of which has taxed the
ability and resources of thousands, who have
sought to probe the mystery surrounding the art
as practiced by those master craftsmen, the
Egyptians. The show room of Mr. Millar con-
tains the best handiwork of the cabinet construc-
tors, and in sufficient variety of taste and material
to meet a general and varied demand. The busi-
ness is conducted at 18 South Church street, and
was first instituted in 1891, Mr. Millar having
previously managed a like concern for the Sam-
uel Baird Company.

A native of New Brunswick, Mr. Millar was
born in 1854, and is a son of James and Helen
(Creighton) Millar, who were born in Scotland,
and emigrated to New Brunswick at a compara-
tively early day. In anticipation of future ne-
cessity he learned the carpenter and builder

trade, and in 1875 removed to Massachusetts,
and worked at his trade in Boston and Salem.
In 1879 he located for two years in Chicago, 111.,
and in 1881 settled in Tucson, and for ten years
was in the employ of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company.

Among the other interests which claim the
attention of Mr. Millar is his position of vice-
president and treasurer of the Amole Soap and
Extract Company, the original manufacturer of
toilet articles from the Amole plant. A tooth
paste made from the plant, and a hair shampoo,
are said by those who have tested their effi-
ciency to be unrivalled accessories of the toilet.
As a stanch Republican Mr. Millar is interested
in all of the undertakings of his party, and has
served for two terms as secretary of the county
central committee, and for four years as coun-
cilman. Fraternally he is associated with the
Knights of Pythias and with the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks.

In Tucson, February 4, 1885, Mr. Millar was
united in marriage with Maggie Reid, who was
born in Canada, and a daughter of Robert Reid,
a native of Scotland, who was for many years
superintendent of the Eagle flour mills in Tuc-
son. To Mr. and Mrs. Millar have been born
two sons, Leslie Creighton and Edward Burk-
halter.

BERNHARD MAIER.

The commercial prosperity of Benson has been
materially augmented by the praiseworthy and
enterprising efforts of Mr. Maier, who has con-
ducted a large general merchandise store in this
place since 1899. Gifted with the sturdy perse-
verance and thrift which characterizes the un-
dertakings of most of the sons of Germany, he
has found an ample field in this growing town,
and has made the most of the chances that came
his way. A native of Bavaria, he was born April
8, 1869, and is a son of Hirsch and Fannie
(Raiss) Maier, who are still living in Bavaria.
In the family was one other son and one daugh-
ter, Leopold and Jetta, who are both in America,
the former in Los Angeles, Cal., and the latter in
Benson.

In his native land Mr. Maier received the sub-
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cation which falls to the lot of the average Ger-
man youth, and was well fitted to battle with
the vicissitudes of life. When grown to man-
hood he longed for larger fields in which to fight
the battle of independence, and immigrated to
the United States in 1886, settling in Norwalk,
Los Angeles county, Cal. There he was em-
ployed for eight years as a clerk in a general
merchandise establishment, and later removed
to Riverside county, Cal., where he started a
like enterprise on his own responsibility. A
liberal amount of success attended his venture,
and in 1899 he came to Benson in the hope of
still further encouragement. Mr. Maier keeps
an up-to-date and complete store, and his goods
are arranged with an eye to neatness and general
accommodation, and the genial manager and
proprietor presides at the head of affairs in a
truly tactful and pleasing manner. He keeps in
touch with the popular demand, and is possessed
of a sincere desire to please.

In 1894 Mr. Maier married Frida Fichtelber-
ger, of Bavaria, Germany, and of this union
there is one son, Louis, who was born at Rincon,
Riverside county, Cal., and is now four years old.
In politics Mr. Maier is a Republican, but enter-
tains liberal views regarding the politics of the
administration, and believes in voting for the
man best qualified to fill the position. Frater-
nally he is associated with the Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows, in Riverside, Cal., with
the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and
with the K. O. D. M. of Norwalk, Cal. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Maier are of the Jewish faith.

ROBERT J. WILLIAMS.

Although, practically speaking, a young man,
having been born in Kansas City, Mo., March
24, 1872, Mr. Williams is gifted with the traits
of character and attainment which constitute
good citizenship, and as county recorder of Gila
county he has demonstrated his fitness for the
administration of public affairs. The father of
Mr. Williams, John J., is a native of Ireland,
and was born in Dublin. His association with
Kansas City began after the war, and he later
removed to Minneapolis when his son was but
a youth. His wife, Dollie (Lucas) Williams, was
born in Texas.

In Minneapolis, Minn., R. J. Williams re-
ceived his education in the public schools, and
also acquired considerable knowledge of general
business methods. He came to Arizona in 1890,
settling first at Clifton, Graham county, and in
association with his father engaged in mining for
a year. A later venture was at Jerome, where
he mined and worked in a smelter. January 17,

1897, he located in Globe, and November 8,

1898, was elected county recorder. November
6, 1900, he was re-elected, leading his ticket in
this county, and having a majority of ten more
than any other man on the ticket.

Although a stanch Democrat, Mr. Williams is
liberal-minded as to principles and issues, and
is credited with giving the people an absolutely
impartial administration. He is fraternally asso-
ciated with the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, and
the United Moderns, at Globe, and is a member
of the Western Federation of Miners.

Ever since coming to the territory Mr. Wil-
liams has been interested in mining and now
has some valuable copper properties in the
Globe district. In January, 1901, he was elected
a member of the executive committee for Ari-
zona of the Southwest-International Miners'
Association, of which Hon. Miguel Ahumada,
governor of Chihuahua, Mexico, is honorary
president.

BENJAMIN F. JOHNSON.

This farmer and dairyman, residing five miles
southeast of Tempe, came to the territory in
1882, and has since put forth his best efforts for
the improvement of his adopted locality.

Mr. Johnson is a native of Utah county, Utah,
and was born January 20, 1853. His parents,
Benjamin F. and Harriet N. (Holman) Johnson,
are now living in Maricopa county, and have
reached the advanced age of eighty and seventy
years, respectively. Their son was reared in his
native county, and was educated in the private
schools of his state. He subsequently acquired
considerable business experience, and has gained
much from practical observation and reading.
He was married in Utah, March 15, 1875, with
Rebecca Stevens, a native of Utah, and of this
union there have been nine children (eight of
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becca E., Harriet E., Emma G., James W., Abbie
M., Walter E., and Rose L.

For several years after his marriage Mr. John-
son lived in Utah with his family, and in 1882
migrated from that state to Arizona, and settled
at Tempe. Here he lived until 1887, when he
settled on his ranch, which has since been the
object of his care. Under his wise and careful
management the crude land has been made to
produce in a paying manner, and, added to the
revenue derived from general farming and stock-
raising, a large dairying industry contributes a
large yearly allowance. In this connection Mr.
Johnson derives considerable prestige and as-
sistance from his association with Tempe-Mesa
Produce Company, of which he has been a direc-
tor from the time of its incorporation.

In national politics Mr. Johnson is independ-
ent, and believes in voting for the best man. At
the present time he is serving as councilor to
the bishop of the Nephi ward of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Nephi.
He is an industrious and painstaking citizen, and
has done much towards the development of his
county.

ALEXANDER C. HUNT.-

A native of Huntsville, Butler county, Ky.,
born in 1872, the subject of this article is a son
of Dr. Alexander and Catherine (Clark) Hunt.
Both were likewise Kentuckians by birth, and
John Hunt, grandfather of A. C., was a native
of one of the Carolinas. A great-grandfather —
a Mr. Owsley — was a hero in the war of the
American Revolution, and Major Owsley, fourth
son of William Owsley, and a fourth cousin of
Mrs. Catherine Hunt, raised a company which
was with Jackson at the battle of New Orleans.

The first seventeen years in the life of Alex-
ander Hunt of this sketch were passed in the
Blue Grass state. In 1889 he came direct to
Arizona and, being pleased with the Gila valley,
took up his abode here. For some time he was
employed as a clerk by President Layton and
also was similarly occupied at Willcox, with the
firm of John H. Norton & Co., and for a
period lived at Geronimo.

In November, 1899, tne nrm °f Claridge &
Hunt was organized, and the lumber business

was engaged in at Thatcher. The partners also
conduct a general mercantile store, and in April,
1901, moved into new quarters in a substantial
brick building, 30x65 feet in dimensions, and
two stories and basement in height. This struc-
ture was specially built for the large and growing
business of the firm, and their old location is
used for the storage of sash and doors and build-
ing material, for their lumber business also is
prospering. For several years Mr. Hunt was
interested in the running of a saw-mill and in
the meantime built a number of cottages and
residences in Thatcher, Pima and Fort Thomas.
Many of these he yet owns, leasing them to re-
sponsible tenants. His partner has been the
postmaster of Thatcher since August, 1898. In
his own political creed Mr. Hunt is a Repub-
lican, but he has not been an aspirant to public
positions, as his business affairs require all of his
time. He stands high in the estimation of all
who know him, and has manifested unusual
commercial ability in one of his years.

EUGENE T. HAWKINS.

The popular and widely known merchant and
deputy postmaster at Glendale is a native of
Shelby county, Mo., and was born December 22,
1861. His parents, Bowles and Lucinda S.
(Dawson) Hawkins, natives of Missouri, were in-
dustrious and enterprising agriculturists during
the years of their activity. On the paternal and
maternal sides the grandfathers came from Ken-
tucky, and both chanced to settle in Missouri.
They were prominent members of the county in
which they lived, and were liberal, broad-minded
men.

On his father's farm in Shelby county Eugene
T. was reared to a general knowledge of farming,
and received a fair education in the public
schools of his county. He was an ambitious
lad, and longed for broad fields in which to exer-
cise his ability, and for opportunities beyond
those afforded by a continued residence in Mis-
souri. He naturally turned his attention to the
far west, and in 1885 came to Arizona, and set-
tled in the Salt River valley. The choice of loca-
tion has proved to be a wise one, for success
has attended his efforts, and he is widely known
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cause. At first he settled on a farm fourteen
miles northwest of Phoenix, and engaged in
farming and stock-raising for a number of years.
At the present time he is the possessor of a one
hundred and sixty acre ranch in the valley. In
the fall of 1897 he came to Glendale, and in Oc-
tober of the following year engaged in the gen-
eral merchandise business, in" which he has since
been successfully interested.

The marriage of Mr. Hawkins and Sophia E.
Lutgerding, daughter of Henry Lutgerding, of
the Salt River valley, occurred in Maricopa coun-
ty. Of this union there are five children, viz.:
Lena E., Errol T., Ruby L., Henry H., and Imo-
gene. Fraternally Mr. Hawkins is associated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He has contributed largely towards the growth
of this wonderful valley of promise, and is in
touch with the various enterprises for its up-
building and development. As a purveyor of
general merchandise he receives the patronage
and appreciation of a large part of the com-
munity, and is generally approved for his reliable
and conscientious business methods. He car-
ries an excellent stock of goods, and is possessed
of a kindly desire to please, and a tactful way of
handling whatever complications may arise.

CHARLES BENT.

Charles Bent, one of the well-known and suc-
cessful pioneer miners of Arizona, and the dis-
coverer of some of .the most valuable and paying
properties in the territory, was born in Philadel-
phia, Pa., December 10, 1845. His father, John
Kent, was born in Scotland, and upon coming
to the United States settled in Philadelphia,
where he subsequently died. His wife, who
was before her marriage . Eliza Yeager, came of
an old Pennsylvania family, and was born in
Philadelphia. She was the mother of seven
children, of whom Charles is the only one living.

The youth of Mr. Bent was spent in Phila-
delphia, where he received the education of the
public schools. In 1869 he went to Kansas,
afterward engaging in mining in New Mexico,
and was interested in the cattle business and
mining in Arizona. In 1872 he located in Tuc-
son, and for two years was employed as super-
intendent by Don Sanford, a large cattle man

of the locality. Subsequently he became inter-
ested in mining in the Santa Ritas and Wau-
chukas, and for a time was engaged in the cat-
tle business on his ranch at Arivaca. While
there he helped to defeat the Arivaca land grant.

While prospecting in different parts of the
territory Mr. Bent located a number of impor-
tant claims, but perhaps his greatest undertak-
ing in this direction is the finding of the claims
now owned by Bent & Sampson in Pima
county, fifty-seven miles west of Tucson. This
contains the wolfram ore used for hardening
steel, armor plate and projectiles.

The discovery was made twenty-five years
ago, but the ore remained untested until 1895,
when it was found to contain iron, manganese
and tungsten or wolfram ore, to an extent which
constitutes the finest deposits in the world.
These mines are now being worked and promise
large returns for the fortunate owners. Mr.
Bent is also engaged in buying and selling mines,
and owns besides his other interests mining
properties in southern Arizona, and he has also a
good iron and copper 'mine in the Tucson moun-
tains.

In Pima county Mr. Bent was united in mar-
riage with Margaret Crillo, who was born in So-
nora, Mexico, and a daughter of Ramone Crillo.
Of this union there are eight children— Charles
E., Mildred, Maggie, Mabel, Blanche, Katie,
Adalie and Annie. Mr. Bent is a Republican of
the most pronounced dye, and at different times
has served as county commissioner, and been
a delegate to county conventions. He is one of
the representative miners and prosperous citi-
zens of the territory, and is esteemed by all who
know him.

JOHN J. HODNETT.

The early history of the postmaster and mer-
chant of Tempe is eventful only in its forceful
forging to the front, and in the evinced studied
determination to take advantage of all available
opportunities. The family of which Mr. Hod-
nett is a member is of original French extraction,
and one of the ancestors, Jerald by name, was
a scion of the house of Leinster. The latter-day
descendants emigrated to Ireland, and here the
parents of J. J. Hodnett, Richard and Catherine

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(McCarthy) Hodnett, were born. They event-
ually immigrated to the United States and set-
tled in Mansfield, Ohio, where their son, John
J., was born June 4, 1859. He received an ex-
cellent home training, and developed an early
ambition along the lines of educational work,
for which he was admirably fitted by close ap-
plication at the public schools and the high
school at Mansfield. Subsequent training was
received at Poydras College, Point Coupee Par-
ish, La., from which he was graduated in 1879.
After teaching school for a short time, an occu-
pation in which he had engaged somewhat dur-
ing his college life, he was for two years a
correspondent for the New Orleans Times-
Democrat, and during that time wrote a series
of articles on Mexico. For a time also he held
the responsible position of bookkeeper and pay-
master for the International Construction Com-
pany of Mexico.

With wise discernment Mr. Hodnett decided
in favor of a permanent residence in the far west,
and upon first locating in Arizona engaged in
real estate in Phoenix for a short time. A worth
while opportunity presented itself when he was
employed as conductor of the construction train
of the Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad, and the
honor was accorded him of bringing the first
train into Phoenix July 4, 1887. For the follow-
ing five years he continued in the employ of this
same railroad, his efforts extending in various
capacities with equally satisfactory results. In
1895 he removed to Tempe, and started the mer-
cantile business which has since commanded the
greater part of his time and attention. In addi-
tion to the various responsibilities which fall to
his lot that of postmaster of Tempe is by no
means the least important, the position having
been accorded him November I, 1897, by Presi-
dent McKinley.

Mrs. Hodnett was formerly Sophia Carr, a na-
tive of Louisiana, and daughter of John Carr of
that state, and her marriage with Mr. Hodnett
occurred January 9, 1893. Of this union there
are two children. Geraldine and Mary Erena. In
all of the issues and undertakings of the Repub-
lican party Mr. Hodnett has ever shown a vital
interest, and has held many local positions of
prominence in the localities in which he has
lived. Fraternally he is associated with the

Ancient Order of United Workmen, the
Woodmen of the World and the United
Moderns, at Tempe. His many excellent traits
of citizenship have endeared him to a large part
of the community, and his fidelity to public trust
is absolute and unquestioned. In the changes
that have astonished the dwellers of surrounding
sister states and territories he has borne an im-
portant part, and is one of the most enthusiastic
of the many who have come out of the east and
substantiated a really great faith in their sur-
roundings.

C. T. REYNOLDS.

Safford numbers among its prized and enter-
prising citizens C. T. Reynolds, who, as a suc-
cessful merchant, has contributed not a little to
the general stability of the town. A native of
Meadville, Crawford county, Pa., he was born
December 7, 1864, and is a son of E. A. and
Catherine Reynolds, who were born in Pennsyl-
vania. During a youth spent in his native town
he acquired the education of the public schools,
and was graduated from the Meadville Commer-
cial College. He early displayed an indepen-
dence and youthful ambition which in 1885 found
vent in a trip to Kansas, where he spent a year
and a half in the western part of the state. In
1886 he came to Arizona, and for a year was
employed by the Eureka Springs Stock Com-
pany, after which he went into the stock business
in partnership with Mike Oh.1, at Fort Thomas,
and at the end of two years bought out his part-
ner and continued the business on his own re-
sponsibility. Three years ago he began gradu-
ally to dispose of his stock, although at the pres-
ent time he still owns the ranch on which he
conducted his stock business.

July 9, 1900, Mr. Reynolds purchased a half
interest in the firm of Jeter & Son, owning his
share of the lot, building and stock, and is now
interested in the successful' outcome of their
large general mercantile enterprise, doing busi-
ness under the firm name of Jeter & Reynolds.
The firm carry a complete line of general sup-
plies, which they aim to dispose of to customers
at the lowest possible figure consistent with the
success of their business. They have a merited
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reliable business methods. In addition to his
other possessions in and around Safford Mr.
Reynolds owns one hundred and sixty acres of
land five miles this side of Fort Thomas, which
is well improved, and fenced, and irrigated. This
land is rented out to good advantage, thus re-
lieving the owner of an extra and arduous re-
sponsibility. In politics Mr. Reynolds is a Dem-
ocrat, and is a strict party man when the candi-
dates are up to the standard and true to the best
principles of their party. At Willcox he became
associated with the Masons, and belongs to the
Safford Blue Lodge, recently organized, also to
the chapter and commandery at Tucson and El
Zaribah Temple at Phoenix.

T. E. PULLIAM.

Flagstaff, famous in the annals of mining and
adventurers well supplied with modern commod-
ities, and readily keeps pace with some of its
larger and older sisters in the territory in the
matter of general advancement and progress.
Among the well-conducted and well-patronized
enterprises which have come into being at the
call of an ever-increasing population and conse-
quent demand is the gents' furnishing establish-
ment managed by the firm of Pulliam & Vail.
The junior member of the firm, Mr. Vail, has
other interests which engage the greater part of
his attention, but T. E. Pulliam, under whose
personal supervision the business is conducted,
gives his entire time to the same. He stands
high in the public regard, and has held, besides
his excellent commercial position, the political
offices of recorder and supervisor of Coconino
county.

The early training, education, and first busi-
ness experience of Mr. Pulliam were acquired at
Fort Smith, Ark., where he was born in 1861.
His departure from the home circle occurred in
1877, when he removed to Pueblo, Colo., remain-
ing for three years, and later settling at Eureka
Springs, Carroll county, Ark., where he resided
seven years. In 1887 he came further west and
after a short sojourn in Los Angeles, Cal., set-
tled permanently in Flagstaff in May of 1889.
For the following two years he was employed
with the Arizona Lumber & Timber Company,
and in 1900 became a member of the firm of

Pulliam & Vail, which enterprise has experi-
enced an era of uninterrupted success.

As a stanch member of the Democratic party-
Mr. Pulliam became much interested in the local
and territorial affairs of his adopted locality, and
in 1895 was elected recorder of Coconino coun-
ty, and re-elected in 1897, holding the office for
four years. In November of 1900 he was elected
a member of the board of county supervisors, to
serve for two years, and has otherwise been iden-
tified with the offices within the gift of the peo-
ple. Fraternally he is a member and past master
of the Flagstaff Lodge No. 7, F. & A. M.

The firm of Pulliam & Vail carries a full line
of gents' furnishings, including boots, shoes and
hats, and everything is selected with an eye to
satisfying the tastes and requirements of its
numerous patrons. The store is modern, and
well adapted to the carrying on of the business,
the commercial integrity observed being well
understood and unfailing in its application.

W. F. HAGAN.

The beautiful little town known as North Clif-
ton has no more energetic and public-spirited
citizen than he of whom the following lines are
penned. At the time of his location here, four-
teen years ago, much of this property was a wil-
derness of brushwood and swamps, and today
pretty cottages and more pretentious residences
are to be seen upon every side, embowered in the
grateful shade of fine trees and foliage, while
thriving gardens and orchards also attest to the
industry and good sense of the population. One
of the foremost movers in this redemption of
this once barren waste was our subject— a man
of sagacity and enterprise.

W. F. Hagan was born near Independence,
Mo., fifty-two years ago, and passed twelve years
of his life in Jackson and Bates counties. Then
with his parents he removed to Kansas, where
they dwelt during the troublous war period, and
later returned to his native state, where he spent
several years more. During the Civil war he
served a year and five months with the Eleventh
Kansas Cavalry in Kansas and Missouri. After
the war he went to Colorado and engaged in
mining and prospecting, and for twelve years
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reputed mineral wealth of Mexico at last at-
tracted him within the borders of that republic,
but in a short time he came to Arizona in the
interests of the mining concern of McCutchin,
Payne & Co. During the next four years he paid
considerable attention to mining and also com-
menced dealing in cattle. About eight years ago
he had his parents come to this mild climate,
buying a snug little farm, and later building a
house in town for them. Here the father, Louis
Hagan, died, November 28, 1900, at the ad-
vanced age of seventy-eight years. The mother,
Mrs. Sarah Hagan, died six days later.

In July, 1891, W. F. Hagan opened his recent
place of business in North Clifton and carried a
large stock of general supplies up to the time of
his selling out, February 25, 1901. He dealt in
goods both in wholesale and retail quantities, and
made a specialty of fitting out mining camps
and miners and ranchmen. He gave employ-
ment to four clerks in his store. From his ar-
rival in this territory he was engaged in the cat-
tle business, in connection with his other enter-
prises, and all of his undertakings have been
crowned with success, as he richly deserves.

One of the qualities for which Mr. Hagan is
noted, far and wide, is his liberality. Many an
industry and public improvement here has been
fostered and helped, financially and otherwise,
by him, and besides this, it is well known that
many a poor miner, "down on his luck" and al-
most disheartened, has been placed on his feet
and tided over the hours of despair by the timely
assistance and hearty sympathy extended to him
by Mr. Hagan. Many such an unfortunate, now
perhaps wealthy and happy, looks upon our sub-
ject as his benefactor, and certainly is a true and
life-long friend. Popular with all, he has been
nominated for public office more than once, but,
as the Republican party — his choice — is in a de-
cided minority in Graham county, of course has
not been elected. However, when in Colorado,
he occupied offices of responsibility and trust,
and never has relaxed in his effective work for
his party, toward whose success he has always
been a liberal contributor. Ever since coming
to this county he has served on the central com-
mittee and spares no effort in furthering the in-
terests of his friends.

Mr. Hagan was married to Jennie Battendorf,

a native of Iowa, December 25, 1878. They are
the parents of two children: Alvin, engaged in
business in FJ Paso, and Lee, at home. Mr.
Hagan is now about to sail for Honolulu for the
benefit of his health.

J. M. SEARS.

During the twenty-three years of his residence
in the Salt River valley, Mr. Sears has wrought
wonderful changes in the eighty acres of land
which he secured from the government in 1878.
From a desolate and unpromising desert, the
latent qualities of the soil have been induced to
respond to the solicitations and untiring efforts
of this enthusiastic pioneer, who is now one of
the most successful stock raisers in Maricopa
county.

In Jackson county, Mo., Mr. Sears was born,
October 26, 1843. His parents, Nathan and
Nancy (Mills) Sears, were natives of Kentucky,
and were capable and industrious tillers of the
soil. When he was but a child the family re-
moved from Jackson county to Bates county,
Mo., and there he was reared to years of discre-
tion, amid the usual influences that surround the
average farmer's son. In time he also became a
master of the details of farming, and at the dis-
trict schools acquired such limited education as
was procurable in the early days in Bates county.
In later life this education was supplemented by
the observations of an inquiring mind, and of re-
search in business and other directions.

The tranquillity of an uneventful youth was
interrupted after his removal to Texas in his
eighteenth year, when he was conscripted into
the Confederate service, and for three years
courageously fought for a practically lost cause.
As a member of Company K, Colonel Gordon's
regiment, and later under Generals Price and
Shelby, he took part in several of the important
battles of the war, and in many minor skir-
mishes, spending the majority of his time in the
middle south.

With the restoration of peace Mr. Sears re-
turned to Texas, whither his family had, in the
meantime, removed, and very shortly the various
members migrated to California. An eventful
journey confronted these searchers after im-
proved conditions, and many interesting inci-

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dents relieved the monotony of a tramp across
the plains in a train of emigrants. Their goods
and chattels were moved thither by means of ox-
teams and wagons, and the journey consumed
the greater part of six months. Upon arriving at
the end of their travels, they found themselves
at El Monte, Los Angeles county, Cal., and after
remaining for a short time removed to Anaheim,
Orange county, of the same state. Here the
paths of J. M. Sears and his parents were for the
time divided, the latter, after a number of years,
removing to Arizona, where was terminated
their long and useful existence. The son drifted
into two different counties in California for sev-
eral years, and then returned to Texas for a short
time, subsequently again reaching California by
way of San Francisco. Until 1878 he lived in
Los Angeles county, at which time he settled in
the Salt River valley, which has since been the
scene of most gratifying results of well applied
labor.

February 15, 1861, Mr. Sears was united in
marriage to Mary Smith, a native of Missouri,
and sister to George Smith, a resident of the
vicinity of Phoenix. Of this union there are three
children: Perry, George, and Ella, who is the
wife of Harry Kay. In national politics Mr.
Sears is a firm adherent of Democratic principles,
and has served for several years as a trustee of the
school district in which he resides. Mrs. Sears
is an ardent worker in the Methodist Episcopal
church, and an acquisition to the social and in-
tellectual life of Mariposa county. With her hus-
band she shares the honors of being one of the
very early and enthusiastic pioneers, and with
him has endured the trials and vicissitudes inci-
dent to life in all new and undeveloped locali-
ties.

JAMES NEWTON PORTER.

The Bank of Globe is a monument to the fine
spirit of commercialism possessed by its presi-
dent, J. N. Porter. A model institution in every
way, occupying one of the most prominent cor-
ners in the town, with a lot 50x135, the fine
building with its appropriate and tasteful fur-
nishings and its general prevailing air of finan-
cial success, was erected by Mr. Porter, who.
with W. F. Holt, now of Redlands, Cal., organ-

ized the bank in May of 1900, with a capital
stock of $25,000. Previous to this undertaking
he had organized the Bank of Safford in April,
1899, and he still continues as president of that
institution.

Before becoming a banker, Mr. Porter led
an interesting and eventful life, principally in
the south and west. A native of Gray son
county. Tex., he was born December 20, 1853,
and his early education and training were
received in that great southern state. From
his nineteenth year he became self-supporting,
and at first engaged in the general merchandise
and cattle business at Kimball, Bosque county,
Tex., with which vicinity he was prominently
identified for nine years. Nor has his absence
from his native state materially lessened his
interests within its boundaries, for at the present
time he is the possessor of large holdings there,
and is a stockholder in the Citizens National
Bank of Hillsboro, Hill county, Tex., and the
First National Bank of Meridian, Bosque
county, that state.

On leaving Hill county in 1884, Mr. Porter
took with him a herd of cattle which he had
accumulated, and these he drove west into
Arizona, settling in Cochise county. Four years
later he drove the cattle, which were known as
the Flying X and the Pitchfork herds, into
Graham county, where his efforts at buying,
selling and raising cattle met with gratifying
success. Before railroads were built in this sec-
tion of Arizona he owned and operated stage
lines and carried express and United States mail
for several years in this country. He also
became interested in the general merchandise
business, and for several years conducted stores
at Fort Thomas and Geronimo, which enter-
prises were succeeded by his banking business
in Safford and Globe. His real-estate holdings,
not only in Texas, but in Saflford, Globe and
other parts of Arizona, make him one of the
largest property and land owners in his town.

For the past twelve or fifteen years Mr. Por-
ter has engaged in contracting with the United
States government for beef supplies for various
forts and Indian agencies, and this business he
conducts upon an extensive scale. He is still
engaged in the cattle business. In politics he
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stanch believer in the gold standard, he has of
recent years been more in touch with Repub-
lican principles than with those of his own party.
Fraternally he is associated with the Blue Lodge
and Royal Arch Masons at Hillsboro, Tex., and
is also connected with the Knights of Pythias
at Solomonville, Ariz. In 1878 he was united
in marriage with Miss Mary Ella Caruthers, a
daughter of Capt. Samuel Caruthers, of Bosque
county, Tex. They are the parents of three
children, of whom two are living: Stella, who
is fifteen, and Lilian, who is twelve years of age.

CLARENCE B. NONNAMAKER.

In his responsible position as manager of the
store of the Arizona Copper Company at Mo-
renci, Mr. Nonnamaker has evinced a sound
commercial ability and managerial aptitude quite
in keeping with the demands of the large busi-
ness. The establishment of which he is the mov-
ing spirit is well kept and neat appearing, and
in a sort of social mecca and meeting place for
all classes in the town. The volume of trade
necessitates the employment of fourteen men,
and the list of patrons covers about six hundred
families. It is the aim of the management to
supply a high class of goods of whatever descrip-
tion required at the lowest possible figure,, and
to be able to meet every demand found in the
well-regulated community. Mr. Nonnamaker
has been in the employ of the Arizona Copper
Company since 1897, and has been manager of
the present store for the past two years.

A native of Ohio, he was born March 30, 1868.
and is a son of J. A. and Jennie (Rogers), Non-
namaker, of Hancock county, Ohio. He re-
ceived an excellent home training, and a high
school education which culminated in gradua-
tion. He early displayed habits of thrift and in-
dustry, and an independence which separated
him in 1886 from the family circle and home, and
caused him to go to Nebraska, where for ten
years he was employed in the mercantile estab-
lishment of Penny & Son. During this time he
stored a large fund of commercial knowledge
which has been of such inestimable utility since,
and which paved the way for whatever responsi-
bilities the future might hold.

In 1897 Mr. Nonnamaker was united in mar-

riage with Stella Egington, a daughter of Asa
and Josephine (Carpenter) Egington, of Fuller-
ton, Neb. Mr. Nonnamaker is independent in
politics, and, especially in local affairs, supports
the best man for the office. He has no inclina-
tions for office holding, but is perfectly willing to
aid those of his friends whom he deems fitted for
public trust. He is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and contributes generously towards its
charities and maintenance.

P. B. SOTO.

The commercial soundness of the town of
\Yillcox has been materially augmented by the
flourishing general merchandise business of P. B.
and M. J. Soto. An idea of the extent of their
dealings with the public in a retail and whole-
sale way may be gained when it is known that
for the year 1900 they cleared up a business of
$150,000. Nor are their efforts confined to the
flourishing little town which has profited by their
original store, for the same firm during 1900 did
a business of $ioo,coo at Pearce, a not remote
sister town.

The prime mover of these large interests, P.
B. Soto, was born within easy reach of his pres-
ent home, and is a native of Contra Costa coun-
ty, Cal., where he was born June 29, 1857. His
parents, Y. and Rosa Soto. were farmers in Con-
tra Costa county, and reared their son to agricul-
tural pursuits. They were broad-minded people
and believed in the benefits to be derived from a
higher education, and their son was accordingly
educated at St. Mary's College at San Francisco,
from which he was graduated in 1877. Almost
immediately he started out in the world to face
its responsibilities and discouragements, and
upon settling in Tucson in 1878 was engaged in
educational work in the public schools for four
years. It became necessary for him to resign
this occupation at the time of his father's death in
1 88 1, at which time he was called to his former
home to settle the estate, and remained in Con-
tra Costa county for about a year.

Upon returning to Arizona he secured a posi-
tion as salesman with Norton & Stewart (now
Norton & Co.), with whom he remained for three
years. He then became identified with the mer-
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along the whole Pacific coast, and for six years
was bookkeeper for the firm. By 1888 he had
made such rapid strides in the confidence of his
employers that himself and brother, M. J. Soto,
were taken in as partners, which association was
amicably continued until the death of Mr. Fall
in 1895. P. B. Soto was then made administrator,
without bonds, of the estate, and Soto Brothers
purchased from the heirs the merchandise busi-
ness for $42,000. Mrs. Fall is a sister of Judge
Thornton, formerly of the Supreme Court of Cal-
ifornia. One of John C. Fall's daughters is the
wife of Admiral Roclgers, of the United States
Navy, and another daughter is the wife of ex-
Governor Kinkead, of Nevada.

Soto Brothers have since conducted the for-
mer business of Mr. Fall, and have been success-
ful beyond their expectations. The store at
Pearce, made famous by the noted gold mine, is
under the management of Mr. Renaud, who is a
partner in the Pearce business. The store in
Willcox is 75x150 feet in dimensions, and is a
well-kept establishment. P. B. Soto has erected
one of the best residences in the city, and is the
possessor of considerable other residence and
business property here and elsewhere. He is
one of the energetic and substantial men of the
town, and is interested in all that tends to the
well being of the community. Though not an
office-seeker in any sense of the word, he is a
stanch Republican, and has attended every con-
vention in the locality for ten years.

In 1881 Mr. Soto was united in marriage with
Amelia Appel, daughter of N. B. and Victoria
Appel, the former of whom has for the last
twelve years been a bailiff in the police court at
Los Angeles. To Mr. and Mrs. Soto have been
born five children: Emilia, Lydia, Lucretia, Er-
nest and Stella. Emilia and Lydia are now at-
tending the Notre Dame College, and have been
at that institution five and two years respectively.
The other three children are being educated at
the schools in Willcox.

W. E. LINDLEY, M. D.

Though his residence in Safford dates back
only five years, as he cast in his fortunes with
this place in February, 1896, Dr. W. E. Lindley
has become one of its leading citizens, and now

enjoys a large practice in this locality. Undoubt-
edly the active part which he played in the
Spanish-American war was an important factor
in his popularity, and on that account he is
widely known. In company with Wiley Jones he
had the pleasure of mustering into the regiment
of Rough Riders sixteen young patriots of this
town; and then, in the pursuance of his duty
as examining surgeon, went to numerous points
throughout Arizona and assisted in the organi-
zation of the First Territorial Regiment United
States Volunteer Infantry. Made one of its sur-
geons, with the rank of first lieutenant, he served
as such from the time of his enlistment, July 10,
1898, to February 15, 1899, when he was hon-
orably discharged at Albany, Ga. The reunion
of the regiment occurred in Phoenix in Febru-
ary, 1901.

When the dread war-clouds of the Civil war
were culminating, in 1861, the birth of Dr. W. E.
Lindley occurred in Clayton, Hendricks county,
Ind. His parents, Milton and Mary A. (Banta)
Lindley, were natives of North Carolina and
Kentucky, respectively, and his grandparents
were connected with the Society of Friends.
Milton Lindley was an early settler in Indiana,
no railroads then having been built to Chicago,
111. With his family he removed to Minneapolis,
Minn., in 1865, and ten years later located in
Los Angeles, Cal., where they lived in a beautiful
home for a number of years. The father departed
this life May 16, 1894, and his widow is still liv-
ing in her pleasant Los Angeles residence.

Dr. W. E. Lindley was but fourteen years of
age when he first saw Los Angeles, then a small
Mexican town, with little promise for the future.
When sufficiently advanced in his studies he en-
tered the University of Southern California, and
continued there until within four months of his
graduation. Having formed the earnest desire
to become a disciple of the healing art he matric-
ulated in Cooper Medical College at San Fran-
cisco, where he was graduated in 1884. Return-
ing to Los Angeles, he soon commanded a large
and growing practice, and during the twelve
years of his professional labors there was hon-
ored in many ways. For some three years he
was professor of anatomy in the University of
Southern California: for two years was police
surgeon, and at another time served as coroner

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of Los Angeles county. At length his fame ex-
tended beyond southern California, and the posi-
tion of surgeon of the Arizona Copper Smelting
Company was preferred him. This office he still
holds, and in addition to this he is the local sur-
geon of the Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Rail-
road. His membership is retained in the Los
Angeles County Medical Society, the California
State Medical and the Southern California Med-
ical Societies, and besides, he is identified with
the Idaho State and the Arizona Territorial Med-
ical Societies. Of the Odd Fellows Lodge at
Albion, Idaho, he is a charter member, and in
Los Angeles was a member of the Knights of
Pythias. The Republican party of Arizona can
boast of few workers more earnest than he, and
at the present time the secretaryship of the Gra-
ham county central committee rests upon his
shoulders, in addition to which he is acting on
the executive committee.

A wedding ceremony performed May 22, 1888,
united the destinies of Dr. Lindley and Miss El-
sie L. Strout. 'Her parents were Enoch N. and-
Rebecca A. (Chipman) Strout, of Placerville,
Cal. Her father was the second sheriff of that
(El Dorado) county— his term commencing in
1850. Both he and his wife were born in Massa-
chusetts, and the latter joined him in 1851, go-
ing by way of the isthmus of Panama. Mrs.
Strout's death occurred January 19, 1901, at Pla-
cerville. The Doctor and wife have one child,
Hervey Milton, now eight years old, and attend-
ing school. Mrs. Lindley is a member of the
Christian Church, and, like her husband, has a
wide circle of sincere friends, here and else-
where.

VARNEY A. STEPHENS.

There is little danger of giving too much credit
to the brave pioneers of civilization and progress
when it is remembered what hardships and pri-
vation were endured by them and what a glori-
ous heritage their descendants and multitudes of
strangers enter into, "reaping where they have
not sown," yet, let us hope, possessing grateful
hearts. During the thirty-seven years of Varney
A. Stephens' residence in Arizona he has been a
witness of marked changes and has contributed
not a little to the development of its resources.

Believing that a review of the career of this
highly esteemed citizen of Prescott will be read
with much interest by his hosts of friends the fol-
lowing has been prepared. The Stephens fam-
ily, to which he belongs, was founded in Virginia
by his grandfather. Peter Stephens, a native of
England. With two brothers he came to Amer-
ica in the British army during the colonial war
for independence, and ere long his sympathies
were so thoroughly given to the plucky band of
Americans that he joined their ranks. Subse-
quently he lived in Virginia until the wilderness
of Kentucky was being explored by a few daring
scouts and hunters, when he went on an expedi-
tion into that future state and there settled upon
land in Madison county. His son, John E.,
father of Varney A. Stephens, was born in Vir-
ginia, and spent the greater part of his life in
the Blue Grass state. He owned a farm near
Tompkinsville, Monroe county, and for many
years worked at his trade as a carriage manufac-
turer. He attained the ripe age of seventy-nine
years. His wife, Polly, was a daughter of Isham
Geralds, who was a Virginian, while she was
born in Kentucky.

The only member of his family in Arizona,
Varney A. Stephens is one of nine children, six
of whom were sons. He was born on the old
homestead near Tompkinsville, Ky., May 16,
1820. His education was obtained in the primi-
tive subscription school of the period, and when
twenty years of age he went to Missouri, and at
a point about twelve miles from St. Joseph com-
menced improving a farm. At the end of sixteen
years he went to Denton county, Tex., and, buy-
ing some land, engaged in farming and in stock-
raising, also doing some freighting. His father
was a Whig and throughout the war our subject
was a strong Union man. Needless to say, there-
fore, that the war caused the downfall of his for-
tunes for the time being.

In 1864 Mr. Stephens started across the plains
with an ox-train and some cattle. The trip,
which was pursued to this county, consumed
eight months and five days, and when he first
saw the future city of Prescott, October 5, 1864,
only four families were living in the neighbor-
hood. No school had been built in this locality
and it was not until the following year that the
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captured the stock which he had brought here
by such labor, and for over a year after his ar-
rival he engaged in the saw-mill business, then
from 1866 to 1875 was occupied in freighting.
The firm of Kelly & Stephens was then organ-
ized, and during all the intervening years, down
to the present time, a successful merchandising
business has been carried on by the enterprising
pioneer partners. They sustained a heavy loss
in the disastrous fire of July, 1900, but soon re-
sumed business and are again prospering. They
have built up a splendid reputation for integrity
and enjoy the patronage of many of the represen-
tative old citizens. In political affairs Mr. Ste-
phens is a Republican.

He was married in Missouri March i, 1846, to
Miss Nancy A. Ball, a native of Jacksonville, 111.,
though reared in Missouri. This worthy couple
have reason to be proud of their four children,
namely: Mrs. Caroline Weaver and Mrs. Mar-
tina Kelly, of Prescott; Mrs. Josephine Potts, of
California, and John C., who is engaged in the
wholesale and retail butcher's business in this
city. Mr. and Mrs. Stephens have long been
members of the Christian church, and are be-
loved and revered by a multitude of friends.

WILLIAM CALVIN ROBBINS, B. S., M. D.

Dr. Robbins, who is engaged in the practice
of medicine and surgery at Phoenix, has that
love for and devotion to his profession which
has brought him success and won him a place
among the ablest representatives of the medical
fraternity in Arizona. He was born near Sul-
livan, Ind., July 16, 1869, and was fourth among
eight children, six of whom are living. The
Robbins family was founded in America by five
brothers who came from Scotland about the time
the "Mayflower" brought her little band of Pil-
grims to these shores. Three of these settled
in New England and two in Virginia. The
Doctor's paternal grandfather, John Robbins,
was a native of the Old Dominion and an early
settler of Knox county, Ind., where he owned
a large amount of land. He served as captain
in the war of 1812. Frank Robbins, the Doctor's
father, was born in Knox county, Ind., and is
still living near Sullivan, that state, at the age
of sixty-three years. He is a farmer by occupa-
u

tion and owns about seven hundred acres of
land. His wife, who bore the maiden name of
Letitia Creager, was born in Sullivan county.
Her father, Thomas Creager, who was a soldier
in the war of 1812, was an extensive land owner
in Sullivan county and took a prominent part in
politics, first as an Abolitionist and later as a
Republican.

William C. Robbins remained on the home
farm until seventeen years of age and then
taught school, in which way he earned enough
money to pay his expenses at college. In 1894
he was graduated from Wabash College, with
the degree of B. S. During the freshman and
sophomore' years he was vice-president of his
class, and served as president during the junior
and senior years. For six months he studied
medicine under the direction of Dr. W. B.
Chambers of Crawfordsville, Ind., and in the fall
of 1894 entered the Missouri Homeopathic
Medical College at St. Louis, where he was
graduated in 1897, with the degree of M. D. In
the practice of his chosen profession he
remained at Sullivan, Ind., a few months, but
in the fall of 1897 came to Phoenix, and in the
spring of the following year began a general
practice of medicine and surgery, since which
time his skill has won for him a liberal patron-
age.

The Homeopathic Medical Association of
Arizona has Dr. Robbins among its prominent
members, and he is medical examiner for the
Knights of Pythias, United Moderns and Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters, to which he
belongs. Among the other orders with which
he is associated are the Foresters of America,
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and
the Uniform Rank, K. of P. In his political
affiliations he is a Republican. His office is
located at No. 16 North Second avenue. Socially
he is a popular, genial gentleman, who stands
high among his associates.

January 23, 1901, Dr. Robbins married Oona
Mae Davidson Byers, who was born at War-
rensburg, Mo., January n, 1874, a daughter of
Peter L. and Alwilda (Davidson) Byers. Her
father, who was born near Pittsburg, Pa.,
removed with his parents to Ohio when a youth
and later engaged in farming in Ohio. During
the Civil war he served in the Eighth Ohio

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Cavalry. At the close of the conflict he removed
to Johnson county, Mo., where he continued
farming until 1876, when he removed to Cali-
fornia, and there is now residing in practical
retirement. In politics he is a Democrat. For
many years he has been a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Mrs. Robbins was
educated principally in the high school at Santa
Paula, Cal. In October, 1898, she entered the
Denver (Colo.) Medical College and pursued
her studies one term. Since then she has been
a student in the Hahnemann Hospital Medical
College of San Francisco, from which she
expects to graduate in December, 1901, and to
become one of the pioneer women practitioners
of Arizona.

GEORGE A. OLNEY.

This energetic business man of Safford is a
native of Burnett, Tex., where his birth oc-
curred just two-score years ago. Residing there
until he was twenty, he obtained a liberal high
school education in his youth and after com-
pleting his studies embarked in the cattle busi-
ness, in which he was quite successful.

Twenty years ago our subject came to Ari-
zona, and after traveling in different parts of the
territory, with a view to making a permanent
settlement, decided to locate in Graham county.
In the following year he came to Safford, and
within his recollection nearly the whole of its
growth and prosperity has been accomplished.
After devoting a few months to the freighting
business hereabouts, he went to Clifton, where,
at the time, a more flourishing business was be-
ing transacted, artd there he held the position of
deputy under Sheriff George H. Stevens for two
years. Then he became connected with the cat-
tle business, still making his home in Clifton, and
in 1886 removed to Solomonville, the county
seat, though he continued to keep his interest in
cattle.

In 1890 Mr. Olney was honored by being
elected as sheriff, and at the expiration of his
term, two years later, was re-elected. In 1898
he was elected to the legislature from this coun-
ty, and fully justified the expectations of his
Democratic constituents. For a number of years
he acted on the school board of Solomonville,

and in many material ways manifested his inter-
est in public affairs there. Since February, 1900,
he has made his home in Safford, where he con-
ducts a large hardware and implement business,
at the same time being the proprietor of a neat
and paying meat market. He is a charter mem-
ber of Solomonville Lodge No. 16, K. of P.

Unquestionably one of the handsomest mod-
ern residences of Safford is the brick house of
ten rooms and bath, situated on the border of
the town, and owned and occupied by Mr. Olney
and family. In 1888 he married Nellie, daughter
of G. W. Desler, formerly of Telford, Tenn. The
young couple have three children, Beulah, Dan-
iel C. and Henrietta, aged respectively eight,
seven and four years.

HON. W. J. MULVENON.

Hon. W. J. Mulvenon is one of the substantial
business men of Prescott, and for many years he
has faithfully aided in the great work of preserv-
ing law and order here, thus placing the frontier
territory on a safe and sound basis. He bears
the reputation of having been one of the most
efficient sheriffs that Arizona ever had, and the
appreciation of the public was recently mani-
fested anew by its choice of him as representative
in the territorial legislature. Elected on the
Democratic ticket by good majority, he served
with credit in the nineteenth general assembly,
in 1897, but though urged to again become a
candidate for the same office in the next sessions,
he declined. He has been very active in the
counsels of his party, having served on the coun-
ty and territorial central committees.

Born in Belchertown, Mass., October 25,
1851, our subject is one of the twelve children
of Hugh and Ann (King) Mulvenon, both like-
wise natives of the Bay State. While a resident
there, in his early manhood, the father was em-
ployed in paper mills, but in 1856 he removed
with his family to Dubuque, Iowa, and about
a year later located in Leavenworth, Kans.,
where he engaged in the freighting business for
years. Both he and his wife are yet living at
their old home in that city, and only one of their
children has been called to the silent land, name-
ly: Hugh, who died in Arizona. Three sons, W.
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When he was sixteen years of age, W. J. Mul-
venon entered the employ of the government as
wagon-master, and spent four years in that
capacity, first being located at Fort Riley. later
at Fort Lyon, and afterwards at points in Colo-
rado and the Indian Territory. Resigning in
1871, he proceeded to Silver City, N. M., where
he engaged in mining and prospecting, also in
the vicinity of Georgetown, N. M. In 1872 he
was made deputy by Sheriff Whitehead, and
served for three years at Silver City, N. M.

Coming to Prescott in 1875, Mr. Mulvenon
devoted his attention to mining in the Peck dis-
trict for several years, and in 1881 was appointed
deputy sheriff by Mr. Walker. At the end of two
years he was again made deputy, and served
under Sheriff Henkle for two years as such. At
that time the county comprised the territory now
divided into Yavapai, Coconino and Navajo
counties. In 1884 Mr. Mulvenon was nominated
on the Democratic ticket as sheriff, was duly
elected, and at the expiration of his term was
again elected, thus officiating from January I,
1885, to January i, 1889. During that period
his ability was often taxed severely, especially
when the trouble arose in the Tonto Basin be-
tween the cattle and sheep raisers. The strife
was so fierce and the feeling ran so high there
between the opposing factions that it was neces-
sary for the sheriff to organize forty men, brave
and true, to assist him in quelling the warfare.
One of the deputies, Murphy by name, was shot
by Dilda, and Mr. Mulvenon rested not until he
had captured the outlaw, overtaking him at Ash
Fork. Then he sternly prosecuted him and con-
viction and a death-sentence followed. Too late
for many, those who put to defiance law and
order found that the sheriff was unflinching in
the discharge of his duties, and his record as an
officer redounds to his credit.

Since resuming the private duties of a citizen,
Mr. Mulvenon has been interested in mines on
the Turkey creek. In 1894 he organized the
Crystal Ice Company, of which he is the present
manager. Under his supervision the well-
equipped ice-plant was built, and the business
has been extended until now an extensive whole-
sale and retail trade is carried on, supplies being
shipped to Congress, Jerome and other neigh-
boring towns. At the time of the organization

of the volunteer firemen's corps he became con-
nected with the service, and for three years was
chief of the fire department. He was married in
this city to Miss Ella Johnson, a native of Ore-
gon. Her parents were early settlers and re-
spected citizens on the Pacific coast.

PETER MOHN.

Norway has furnished to the United States
many bright, enterprising young men who have
left their native land to enter the business circles
of this country with its more progressive meth-
ods, livelier competition and advancement more
quickly secured. Among this number is Mr.
Mohn, of the firm of Mohn & Easterling, promi-
nent funeral directors of Phoenix.

He was born near Kongsvinger, Norway, on
the ist of November, 1868, his parents being
Torres and Hanna (Throngaarden) Mohn, who
are still residents of that country. The father
is a farmer by occupation and owns the place
known as Mohn. Our subject's grandfathers,
Gundar Mohn and Hans Throngaarden, were
also agriculturists. In religious belief the family
are Lutherans. Peter is the fifth in order of
birth of six children who reached years of ma-
turity. Four are still living and three are resi-
dents of this country, but our subject is the only
one whose home is in Arizona.

Peter Mohn was reared on his father's farm
and after attending the public schools for some
time he entered an agricultural college, complet-
ing a dairy course. Determined to try his for-
tune in America, he crossed the Atlantic in 1890
and took up his residence in Portland, Ore.,
where he was superintendent of creameries until
1892. He then went to San Francisco, and later
was superintendent of different creameries in
both California and Nevada. In 1895 he accepted
a similar position at Los Angeles, and subse-
quently was superintendent of a creamery at
Westminster until coming to Phoenix in No-
vember, 1896. Here he started the Maricopa
creamery, of which he was superintendent for a
short time, but in June, 1899, resigned that posi-
tion, and has since devoted his entire attention to
his present business, which was established by
him in February, that year, when he bought out
W. H. Smith and formed a partnership with S.

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L. Easterling. Under the firm name of Mohn
& Easterling they have since conducted business
and have met with most excellent success. They
have a fine establishment at No. 118 North Cen-
ter street, which is 30x70 feet and divided into
eight rooms, such as cabinet, show and sample
rooms. They carry a large and well-selected
stock of goods, and in connection with their
regular undertaking establishment they have a
morgue. Mr. Mohn is a graduate of the Hennes-
sey School of Embalming at Chicago, and is a
business man of more than ordinary ability. He
is energetic, enterprising and thoroughly reliable,
and generally carries forward to successful com-
pletion whatever he undertakes.

Mr. Mohn is a member of the Odd Fellows'
Society and the Rebekah branch of that order;
the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the
Fraternal Brotherhood. He also belongs to Vic-
tor Hose Company of the Volunteer Fire De-
partment, and is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.

HENRY ALFRED MORGAN.

The commercial prestige of the various stores
started in different parts of Arizona by John H.
Norton & Co. is admirably maintained by the
splendid financial ability and rigid commercial
integrity of the partner and general manager, H.
A. Morgan. As is well known, the name of John
H. Norton is inseparably associated with much
that is lasting and momentous in the history and
development of certain portions of the territory.
Out of his many plans for the immediate and
ultimate good of Cochise county there came the
cherished desire to bring within easy range and
reasonable prices the general necessities of life
to those who were wresting from the earth her
hidden treasures, or tilling the soil once deemed
beyond the power of human redemption. These
general stores have reached the maximum of their
usefulness through the hearty co-operation and
untiring efforts of Mr. Morgan.

The greater part of the life of Mr. Morgan has
been spent in the far west. In fact, he is a typi-
cal southwesterner, and was born in Columbia,
Tuolumne county, Cal., in 1861. His parents,
George and Margaret Morgan, were natives re-
spectively of England and Ireland, and were

among the very early settlers and appreciators
of California. Their son received all the advan-
tages within their power, to confer, and after a
thorough mastery of the studies of the public
schools was sent, when eighteen years of age,
to a business college in San Francisco. His first
practical business experience was gained in 1880,
when he secured a position as bookkeeper for
the firm of Norton & Stewart, at Fort Grant,
Ariz., and in this capacity he faithfully served
until 1890. Shortly before this time the retire-
ment of Mr. Stewart opened an opportunity for
him to secure a more responsible position, and
he was made general manager of all the stores
of the company. For some time previous he
had resided at Willcox, and continued to do so
under the weight of the added responsibility.
During the time intervening since 1890, there
have been stores started in the vicinity. Among
these is the store at Pearce, established in 1895,
which is conducted under the firm name of Nor-
ton & Morgan, and was the first store opened
in that town. There is also a store at Cochise,
operated under the title of John H. Norton &
Co., and one at Johnson, under the name of
Fiege &. Co. The estimated stock of the four
stores amounts to $75,000, and the trade is far-
reaching and the largest in the territory.

Nor are Mr. Morgan's efforts for the well-be-
ing of his adopted town confined to mercantile
lines. An ardent promoter of education, he
served as clerk of the school board which erected
the new school building, constructed of stone
and brick, and costing $8,000. Of this building
Whitehead & Sullivan of Tucson were the con-
tractors and H. C. Trost, of Tucson, the archi-
tect. A stanch member of the Republican party,
Mr. Morgan is president of the Republican Club,
an organization with a wide influence, to whose
efforts was due the fact that Willcox gave a Re-
publican majority of two to one during the last
campaign, all the camps in the neighborhood fol-
lowing suit and voting for the head of the ticket
by a large majority. In 1881 he attended the
first Republican convention held in Graham
county. As a Mason, he was a delegate to the
meeting of the grand lodge in Phoenix in 1900,
and he is also a charter member and leading offi-
cer of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
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mining interests, he has invested heavily in real
estate in Willcox, among his other properties
owning a comfortable and homelike residence.
In 1886 Mr. Morgan married Miss Anna Belle
Dixon, daughter of J. E. Dixon, of Tucson. Of
this union there are five children, viz.: George
Philip, who is fourteen years of age and attends
the St. Matthew's Military Academy at San Ma-
teo, Cal.; Ethel R., nine years old; Florence,
five; Evelyn, three, and Helen, eight months old.
Mrs. Morgan is a member of the Roman Cath-
olic Church.

AMASA B. SAMPSON.

Mr. Sampson comes from a genealogical line
that helped to lay the foundation of the Re-
public, that gallant old New England stock that
prayed one minute . and fought the next, and
were particularly in evidence during the prog-
ress of the Revolution. The great-grandfather,
Durant, was paymaster under Washington, and
was a politician of note during the infancy of the
new government. The grandfather was born in
Massachusetts, and the next in succession, Ira
B. Sampson, the father of A. B., was also born
in the Bay state. Ira B. Sampson was a large
woolen manufacturer in Springfield, Mass., and
received considerable political recognition dur-
ing his years of activity. He died in Massa-
chusetts. The mother of Mr. Sampson, formerly
Julia Ann Blush, was born in, and came from
one of the old Massachusetts families, a
daughter of Amasa Blush, who married Nancy
Durant, a daughter of Capt. Thomas Durant,
who served his country in the Revolutionary
war. The Blush family trace their ancestry back
to the French Huguenots, and were first repre-
sented in America by one George, a son of Ed-
ward, and grandson of another Edward, and
who came to America from Essex county, Eng-
land, in 1663, settling in Middletown, Conn.
Mrs. Sampson was the mother of three sons and
three daughters, of whom Henry F. is the super-
intendent of the Connecticut River Railroad ;
A. B. is living in Tucson ; Ira B. while captain
of the Second Massachusetts Artillery, was
captured at Newberne, N. C., imprisoned for
nine months in a southern prison, and event-
ually died at Tempe, Ariz.; Julia A. is now Mrs.

J. S. Hurlbut, of Springfield, Mass.; Martha is
the wife of Frank M. Hurlbut, of Morristown,
N. J.; and Henrietta is married to John Murphy,
of Springfield, Mass.

A native of Worthington, Mass., Amasa B.
Sampson was born June u, 1837, and when
young moved with his parents to Springfield of
the same state. His education was acquired in
the public schools and he graduated from the
high school at Springfield. In 1855 he joined
a colony of Massachusetts people, who settled in
Kansas on the Neosho river, and started the
town of Hampden. There he engaged in the
real-estate and loans business, and in 1856 was
with General Lane, and in John Brown's com-
pany during the free state war. In 1859 he
started with a large party from Springfield.
Mass, (where at the time he was visiting) for
the Pike's Peak gold mines as guide and wagon-
master, but upon reaching the Arkansas river
the party disbanded and Mr. Sampson returned
to his home in Kansas. He reached the gold
fields the following year by way of wagon and
ox-team, and was elected sheriff of the Iowa
mining district before any regular government
organization had been effected.

With the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Samp-
son enlisted in Company F, First Colorado
Cavalry, in August of 1861, and during the
service proceeded against the Texas rangers, the
Indians on the plains, and participated in the
battles of Pigeon's Ranch, Peralta, and many of
the more important battles of the war. Enlist-
ing as a private, he was mustered out of
service in February of 1865, by an order which
resulted from the consolidation of two regi-
ments, and which gave the three oldest
. sergeants the privilege of being mustered out or
of serving as privates. In April of 1865 Mr.
Sampson left Denver for the gold mines of
Montana, starting with a pair of horses and a
load of goods. The horses were later traded
for oxen, and he proceeded on his lonely and
desolate journey, for the greater part the sole
sharer of his thoughts, through a country in-
fested with hostile and resentful Indians, and
continually arising difficulties. Arriving in
Montana he settled in Helena, and engaged in
speculating, general merchandise business, and
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the east, and spent two years in New York City,
in search of renewed health. From 1869 until
1879 he lived in San Francisco, and established
during that time the New York fancy goods
store, and was remarkably successful until his
removal to Tucson in February of 1879. Here
also he was successful in a mercantile venture,
and at the end of three years sold out his in-
terests, and enjoyed for a time a season of
travel.

Mr. Sampson has been much interested in
mining in Arizona, and in 1895 was the fortunate
discoverer, with Charles Bent, of the wolfram
ore. This ore is a valuable property for harden-
ing steel, and an important and valuable dis-
covery. While Mr. Sampson and Mr. Bent still
own eleven claims in the Guijas' mountains,
which contain the largest deposits of the ore in
the world, a part of some of the mines have been
sold to the American Wolfram Company.

Mr. Sampson has been prominent in the poli-
tics of the territory. He was elected county re-
corder for Pima county in 1885 and 1886, and
was re-elected in 1887 and 1888, after which he
positively refused any further political recogni-
tion. He is independent in politics, his standard
being principle rather than party. He is frater-
nally associated with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and with the Oriental Encamp-
ment of San Francisco; also with the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, and the Red Men,
of Tucson. He was for one term department
commander of the Grand Army of the Republic
of Arizona, and is a member of Negley Post. In
January of 1878 he joined Lincoln Post No.i, of
San Francisco, and has always been an active
member of the order. August 10, 1865, he mar-
ried Annie Gallagher in Helena, Mont. She
died April 17, 1894, in Chicago.

ALBERT MILLER.

Of the many enterprising men to whom the
Salt River valley has offered a home and abund-
ance, none has more consistently availed them-
selves of the opportunities at hand than Mr.
Miller. Gifted with keen financial ability, and
the determination without which very little is
accomplished, he has attained to a position in
the community commensurate with his public-
spiritedness and particular attainments. .

While devoting his time in the main to the
occupation of farming and stock-raising, particu-
larly the latter, upon his finely improved farm of
two hundred and fifty-two acres almost adjoin-
ing the corporation of Tempe, he has been con-
spicuously identified with the various undertak-
ings which have developed in the wake of an
ever increasing population and consequent de-
mand. He is among other things president of
the Arizona Mercantile Company, a director in,
and at present secretary of, the Mesa-Tempe
Produce Company, and a stockholder in the
Tempe National Bank. Like most of the pio-
neers who have watched the gradual unfolding
of the plans formulated in the beginning of the
'705, his time and attention have been directed
towards a solution of the problem of water sup-
ply, and his efforts have been largely instru-
mental in perfecting the present excellent sys-
tem. In this connection he is a director in the
Tempe Irrigating Canal Company.

Like many of the prosperous dwellers of the
valley, Mr. Miller was in his youth no pampered
child of fortune, nor was he directed by other
than his own common sense into the paths of
future success. A native of Wapello county,
Iowa, he was born February 15, 1859', ancl 's a
son of Winchester and Melinda (Young) Miller,
the former a native of Ohio. Winchester Miller,
who died in Tempe in November of 1893, was
one of the pioneers of the locality, and came to
the territory in 1870. He also was much inter-
ested in the early development of water, and
assisted in the construction of the Tempe Irri-
gating Canal. While conducting his farm on
broad and scientific lines he was prominently
connected with the political affairs of his local-
ity, and was a stanch member of the Democratic
party. For the first few years of his residence
in the far west he served as deputy sheriff of
Maricopa county, and held several minor polit-
ical offices. For the valuable services which he
contributed towards the upbuilding of Tempe
and vicinity he is gratefully remembered, and
his life was such as to win for him the good-will
and respect of all who knew him. Mr. Miller
was twice married, and became the father of a
large family of children, of whom the following
are living: William Y., Albert, Mrs. J. F. Haig-
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student at Stanford University, California; Man-
uella, who is a teacher at Flagstaff, Ariz.; Al-
bert J., Samuel, Sarah, Benjamin, Rosa, Lydia
and Andrew J. The last seven are living at
Tempe. The first Mrs. Miller died in Texas,
and the wife whom Mr. Miller married in Ari-
zona is living with the family in Tempe.

When an infant of less than a year Albert
Miller was taken by his parents to Texas, and
when but six years of age was deprived of the
care and affectionate interest of his mother.
Shortly after the death of the mother, the father,
with two of the children, moved back to Iowa,
and the youthful Albert was reared until his
fifteenth year in the family of his grandfather,
William Young, in Van Buren county, Iowa.
He then started out in the world to face what-
ever the future might have in store, and in 1876
found his way to Arizona, where he was, for a
time, employed by his father, at Tempe. He then
engaged in farming for himself, which occupa-
tion has since enlisted his practical interest. Mr.
Miller has been identified with the Arizona Mer-
cantile Company since 1898, and the year pre-
vious with the Tempe-Mesa Produce Company.

September 29, 1886, Mr. Miller married Miss
Lydia Antoinette, daughter of A. J. Halbert, an
old settler of Arizona. Mrs. Miller was born in
Arkansas and came with her father to Arizona
in 1879. JVIr. and Mrs. Miller have three chil-
dren, viz.: Halbert W., Emma C. and Gussie
Clare.

Mr. Miller is a member of the Democratic
party, and in 1898 was a candidate for county
supervisor, but was defeated by a small majority.
Fraternally he is associated with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and the United Moderns
at Tempe. He is popular among the residents
of the valley, and one of the most successful
financiers in the county.

JAMES W. AKERS.

The administration of Mr. Akers as post-
master of Prescott, to which office he was
appointed by President McKinley March 31,
1898, has been well received by the citizens of
Prescott, and the many advantageous reforms
which have developed and prospered under his
management, have met with their merited appre-

ciation. From within the circumscribed walls of
a small room, where the business of the depart-
ment was at first conducted, he has succeeded in
securing a new postoffice building, which is not
only a credit to the city, but is a means of facili-
tating the delivery of matter to different parts of
the town. An especially commended advance-
ment was the free delivery which was inaugu-
rated in March of 1900, thus placing the mail
service of Prescott on a footing with the larger
and older cities of the union.

Mr. Akers is not alone in being prominent in
the affairs of the territory, his brother, C. H.
Akers, having served as secretary of Arizona.
Other and more distant members of the family
are known in professional and literary circles,
and are successful educators. The family his-
tory is an interesting one, and the first Amer-
ican subject to bear the name was one Peter
Akers, the paternal great-grandfather, who
emigrated from England about 1780, landing a.t
Newcastle, Del. His descendants were prom-
inently identified with the early history of
Harrison county, Ohio, and John H. Akers, the
father of James W., was born in Harrison county
in 1808. He was a prominent physician and
surgeon, having graduated from an eastern col-
lege, and he later practiced with marked success
in Ohio, Iowa, and Kansas, in which latter state
he arose to unusual prominence, not only in his
profession, but as a public speaker in the cause
of abolition, and in the doctrines of the Meth-
odist church. He was twice married, his second
wife, formerly Almarine Harbaugh, being the
mother of John B., Josephine, C. H. and J.
W. Akers. Mrs. Akers is now living in Pres-
cott. She and Mr. Akers had four children,
of whom John B., who served in the Civil
war, met a tragic death November 19, 1887,
while superintendent of a saw mill. A daugh-
ter, Josephine, is the wife of K. L. Mills,
of Kansas City. Mr. Akers by his first marriage
had three daughters : Elizabeth, wife of Captain
Williams, a resident of Kansas ; Nancy, wife of
H. C. Harding, of Denver, Colo., and Matilda,
wife of J. Sharp Walker, an attorney of Topeka,
Kans.

The youth of Mr. Akers was spent at Shaw-
nee, Johnson county, Kans., where he was born
December 23, 1859. His first ambitious expec-

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tations were directed towards the west, and in
1880 he went to Leadville, Colo., and engaged
in prospecting and mining in Leadville, Virginia
City, and St. Elmo until 1883, when he came
to Arizona and located in Prescott. He here
continued to mine and prospect in the Walker
and Hassayampa districts, and on Broom creek,
and then for two years was interested in ranch-
ing in the Salt River valley. He then returned
to Prescott and for five years engaged as a
salesman for the B. B. Company, having charge
of their shoe and dry-goods department. This
position was relinquished in order to assume the
duties of postmaster in March of 1898.

Since living in Prescott Mr. Akers has mar-
ried Nellie H. Brown, who was born in St.
Louis, and who graciously presides over the
home erected by Mr. Akers at 135 South Mc-
Cormick street. Mr. Akers is a member of the
Knights of Pythias fraternity. His position as
postmaster is due to his allegiance to the Re-
publican party, from the advocacy of the prin-
ciples and issues of which he never swerves.

D. L. BOOKER.

This well-known business man of Walker and
the Lynx Creek district has been a resident of
Arizona for the past eight years, during which
period he has been deeply interested in mining
and prospecting, and in everything pertaining to
the upbuilding and development of the territory.
He is a self-made man financially, and com-
menced the battle of life empty-handed and with-
out influential friends or other assistance. By
his own industry and perseverance in affairs
which he has undertaken, and to this alone, his
success must be attributed.

The birthplace of Mr. Booker is in Saline
county, Mo., the date of his nativity being June
26, 1857. His educational advantages were lim-
ited and when quite young he began to earn his
own livelihood. For several years he was num-
bered among the farmers and stock-raisers of his
native county, but at length a desire to try his
fortune in another field of enterprise led him to
come to the far west.

In 1880 Mr. Booker went to Aspen, Colo., and
for the following thirteen years was engaged ex-
clusively in mining and prospecting in that local-

ity. Coming to Arizona in 1893 he was offered a
position as bookkeeper for the firm of Babbitt &
Colvin, of Phoenix. Remaining with that house
for two years, he then went to Prescott and soon
came to the Lynx Creek district, where he has
made some discoveries and claims which give
every promise of being valuable. Finding an
opening for a general store in this neighborhood,
he opened one, and for two years has been its
proprietor, thus contributing materially to the
welfare and convenience of the various mining
camps within a ladius of ten or fifteen miles. He
has a wide acquaintance here, and is universally
respected. In his political faith, he is a Demo-
crat of no uncertain stamp, and at all times and
under all circumstances he strives to discharge
the duties of a good citizen.

J. G. PETERSON.

The present mayor of Mesa is the subject of
this article, J. G. Peterson, who stands high in
the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens.
A young man in the prime of life, he is active
and enterprising, foremost in everything which
makes for the public good. In political affairs,
he casts his influence on the side of the Demo-
cratic party, and was elected by his co-workers
to the city council of Mesa in April, 1900, and
subsequently was chosen to occupy the im-
portant position of mayor, in which office, as
formerly, he is winning laurels.

Charles S. Peterson, the father of our subject,
came to Mesa in 1883 and departed this life sev-
eral years ago. He had served as a representa-
tive from his own district in the legislature of
Utah, and for nearly or quite a quarter of a cen-
tury was the bishop of Peterson Ward, Morgan
county, Utah, and a leading light in the Church
of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints. His
widow, whose maiden name was Ann Patton,
and who is the mother of J. G. Peterson, is yet
living, her home being in Mesa.

The birth of our subject occurred in Morgan
county, Utah, September 6, 1868, and for fifteen
years he dwelt in that locality, receiving a fair
education in the schools of the district. In 1883
he came to Arizona, and continued to give his
attention to the tilling of the soil and to the rais-
ing of live stock. In 1892 he became connected

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with the flourishing enterprise known as the
Farmers' Exchange, and when it was changed
into the People's Store, in 1900, an incorporated
organization, he was chosen to act as its presi-
dent, in which capacity he is leading it onward
to success. His executive business ability is be-
yond question and his integrity is established.
Fraternally he is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the
World and the Knights of Pythias.

For a companion and helpmate along the jour-
ney of life Mr. Peterson chose Leah E. Mets,
daughter of Timothy Mets, of Mesa. The young
couple have three sons and a daughter, namely:
J. Earl, Philip, Edward and Maud.

WILLIAM H. BURBAGE.

A typical New Yorker, Mr. Burbage is also
a typical westerner, having applied the innate
adaptability of the eastern-born to the unfolding
possibilities of Arizona. He was born in New
York City in 1854, and his young life was sad-
dened by the loss of his parents when he was
only seven years of age. The greater part of
his education was acquired in a Catholic insti-
tution in Ohio, in which state he grew to man-
hood and, laid the foundation for a successful
business career. During 1876 he journeyed to
the west, and spent some time prospecting in
Kansas and other sections of the west. In 1878
he became identified with the company store of
the Colorado Trading company at Trinidad,
Colo.

With the hope of securing a permanent and
desirable location Mr. Burbage visited New
Mexico in 1882, and was there employed by a
mercantile house that had branches in Santa Fe
and in Albuquerque. A somewhat ambitious
undertaking was entered upon in 1884, when he
formed a partnership with J. Q. Adamson and
Milton Chenowith, and opened a general mer-
cantile store at Holbrook, Navajo county, Ariz.,
operating the business under the firm title of
Adamson & Burbage. For five years the firm
carried on a large and profitable trade, and at
the expiration of that time sold the business to
the Arizona Co-operative Mercantile Company.
The three men then went to Los Angeles, Cal.,
and embarked in a wholesale meat business.

While living in Ohio Mr. Burbage had de-
cided to devote his life to the practice of the
law and for about two years studied in
furtherance of that intention. For two terms he
was a student in Hiram college, the alma mater
of President James Garfield. Other oppor-
tunities for making a livelihood temporarily in-
terfered with the carrying out of his original
plan, and it was not until he settled in Los
Angeles that he was able to give much time to
his law studies. While still in the meat busi-
ness he spent his leisure hours in study and in
April, 1893, was admitted to practice in the
supreme court of California.

During that same year of 1893 Mr. Burbage
opened an office in Winslow, Ariz., and the fol-
lowing year was elected district attorney for
Apache county. In 1896 he was elected to the
same position in Navajo county, which office he
still retains, having been re-elected in 1898 and
1900. In addition to his general practice he is
local attorney for the Santa Fe Railroad Com-
pany at Winslow. In 1895 he formed a partner-
ship with F. W. Nelson in the real estate and
fire insurance business, and the firm now repre-
sents twenty-one of the best British and Amer-
ican insurance companies. In July of 1900 he
became one of the organizers and was chosen
president of the Navajo County Bank, of which
F. W. Nelson is vice president and George Lane
cashier. In the fall of 1900 he aided in organ-
izing the Gallup Oil company, of which he was
chosen president. The company are operating
in the oil fields at Gallup, Bernalillo county,
N. M., and entertain justifiably bright expecta-
tions regarding the future output. Mr. Burbage
owns a large amount of real estate in the resi-
dence and business sections of Winslow, and
success has attended his varied ventures in the
fields of activity represented in the county.

Fraternally Mr. Burbage is associated with
the Masons, being a Knight Templar and a
member of Albuquerque Temple, N. M. S. In
the local lodge of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks he is the present exalted ruler.
He has always been firmly devoted to the princi-
ples of Democracy. In 1896 he represented
Arizona as a delegate to the national convention
in St. Louis, which nominated W. J. Bryan for
the presidency. From 1896 to 1900 he also rep-

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resented Arizona on the national Democratic
committee.

W. F. OVERTON.

Though comparatively speaking a new-comer
to Nogales, Mr. Overton, the present mayor
of the town, has so practically and substantially
become identified with the various and upbuild-
ing enterprises here represented as to seem an
integral part of the prevailing prosperity. Ar-
riving here in 1895 as the head of the Wells-
Fargo Express Company's interests, and with
an already acquired reputation as an astute and
far-sighted politician his claims for further rec-
ognition were soon substantiated by his election
in 1897 as mayor of the city. So satisfactory
were his services that his re-election followed in
1899, and he is now serving his second term as
chief executive. The position is merely hon-
orary, and a term covers two years. During his
service Mr. Overton has had ample opportunity
to justify his Democratic constituents in placing
him in office, and it was through his personal
efforts that the boundary question was so ami-
cably and satisfactorily adjusted. His adminis-
tration, though bitterly contested by his Repub-
lican opponents, is well received throughout, and
is admitted to be wisely and conscientiously
maintained.

Having been born in the far west, Mr. Over-
ton is thoroughly familiar with the conditions
existing here and in California, where he was
born in Nevada county, May 26, 1854. In 1873
he entered the employ of the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press Company at San Francisco, and served in
different towns along the coast until his transfer
to Tucson in 1885. In Tucson he attained to an
enviable degree of prominence, particularly
along political lines, and in 1890 was elected city
treasurer, serving in that capacity for one term.
In 1892 he was elected treasurer of Pima county,
and filled the position for one term.

Upon coming to Nogales Mr. Overton had
twelve men under him in the management of the
express company's interests, and the business
is still conducted under the same capable guid-
ance. Added to the many advantages which he
has gained from the town of his adoption may be
mentioned prominently the patent which he

helped to secure in 1898, to the town site of
Nogales, and his appointment as trustee, to issue
patents to lot owners within the city limits. His
prosperity, public-spiritedness, and faith in the
continued well being of Nogales was evinced
in 1897, when he erected one of the finest resi-
dences in the place, which for excellence of sit-
uation on the western heights of the city is un-
rivalled, and commands a fine view of Nogales,
Ariz., and Nogales, Mexico. This charming and
hospitable home is presided over by Mrs. Over-
ton, who was, before her marriage, Miss M. Soto,
of Tucson. In addition, Mr. Overton is the pos-
sessor of valuable mining interests in the Pata-
gonia mining district, and of real-estate in the
city which numbers him among her most liberal
minded, large hearted and enterpiising citizens.

WILLIAM D. JOHNSON.

The mayor of the enterprising town of
Thatcher, Mr. Johnson, also stands high in the
Giurch of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints,
having been bishop of St. David ward for two
years, and for twelve years having been
first counselor to President Layton and for the
past four years to President Kimball, the well
known leader of ecclesiastical affairs in this sec-
tion of Arizona. From his early manhood Mr.
Johnson has been a great worker in the interests
of his church, and is accordingly held in high re-
gard by those in authority as well as by the lay-
members. Approaching the age of three-score
and ten, his counsel is received with due rever-
ence, and the younger members of the flock
consult him in the multitude of matters engross-
ing their attention, and it may here be said that
when they adhere to his advice success usually
crowns their labors.

William D. Johnson was born in Haddam,
Middlesex county, Conn., in 1833, in the same
house in which his father and paternal grand-
father had been 'born. His parents, Lorenzo and
Mary (Lyman) Johnson, came of old New Eng-
land families, the mother being a native of Ver-
mont. When about a year old, William D. was
taken to Detroit, Mich., where he resided until
February, 1846, when the family joined the Mor-
mons. Thenceforth they shared the fortunes of
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voo. 111., the Black Hawk war, the Walker war
in 1853 and the Tintic war in Utah in 1856. For
fifteen years the young man was an Indian scout,
and had many a thrilling experience with the red-
skins. Until twenty-one years ago he dwelt in
Utah.

Since 1880 W. D. Johnson has been a citizen
of Arizona, and here, as formerly, plied his trade
as a carpenter for years. In addition to this, he
has devoted considerable time to farming, and
his homestead, a place of one hundred acres, is
a model country-seat. He also owns two other
farms, all located in the fertile Gila valley, and
all well irrigated, save a tract of forty acres.
His first settlement in this territory was in Pima
county, after which he dwelt in Cochise county
for two years, then coming to Graham county,
in whose future he has been confident since first
beholding it.

In numerous local enterprises Mr. Johnson
has contributed his full share. After the erection
of Graham county he held the office of justice
of the peace, being the first man elected to that
office, and in 1887-8 acted as county assessor of
this county. He uses his franchise in favor of
the nominees of the Democratic party. The af-
fairs of the church to which he belongs are pros-
pering in this locality, and the substantial brick
house of worship and the handsome academy
at Thatcher (erected at a cost of over $5,000)
speak in flattering terms of the enterprise and
devotion of the Latter-day Saints to denomina-
tional work hereabouts.

In 1855 Mr. Johnson married Caroline L.
Wild, daughter of Horace Wild, and a native of
New York state, where her birth occurred in
1838. Julia, eldest daughter of this worthy
couple, is the wife of John Daley, of Thatcher.
Ella is Mrs. John Birdno, of Safford. Horace L.,
an energetic farmer, now manages his father's
homestead, assisted by David C., the youngest
of the family. Sarah V. is the wife of M. H.
Merrill, of Thatcher.

JOHN KNIGHT.

While holding the highest municipal office
within the gift of the people of Tempe, Mr.
Knight has repeatedly demonstrated worthiness
to be chosen mayor of this busy and promising

town. Under his administration the affairs of
Tempe have undergone radical changes for the
better, and the confidence imposed in the chief
magistrate has greatly aided in the carrying out
of his progressive and enterprising ideas. Mr.
Knight is now serving his third term as mayor.

Many of the subjects of Great Britain have
brought their strong and substantial national
characteristics to bear upon the development of
the Salt River valley, and here, as elsewhere,
have been identified with the most advanced
efforts for improvement. A native of county
Cornwall, England, Mr. Knight was born Octo-
ber -5, 1852, and is a son of English parents.
Thomas and Mary A. (Bullock) Knight. On
his father's farm in Cornwall he received an ex-
cellent home training, and availed himself of the
advantages of the public schools. As time went
on he received considerable business experience,
and was thus well fitted for the responsibilities
of life. He was an ambitious lad, and thought
to better his prospects in life by emigrating to
the United States in 1878, at which time he came
directly to the west, and was for a time engaged
in mining in Amador county, Cal. He later
continued to mine in San Diego county, Cal.,
and in 1880 engaged in mining in Arizona at
the Silver King mine in Pinal county, where he
remained for about twelve years. While at Sil-
ver King he anticipated the requirements of the
settlement by starting a general merchandise
store, and became prominent in the affairs of
the locality. For a time also he served as post-
master of the place.

In the spring of 1893 Mr. Knight came to
Tempe, and has since been engaged in the mer-
cantile business with gratifying success. From
a comparatively small beginning the business
has grown in proportion to the increase in pop-
ulation and consequent demand, until it is now
conducted on a large scale. While living in
England, Mr. Knight married Emma Bray, and
of this union there are four children, William G.,
Elfrida, Ethel, and Ermine. A second marriage
was contracted by Mr. Knight in Tempe, and of
the union with Nannie Brown there is one
daughter, Alice E. Mr. Knight is a Republican
in national politics, and is fraternally associated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
the Woodmen of the World, and the Ancient

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Order of United Workmen. He is one of the
citizens who has been instrumental in bringing
about the present prosperity, and is appreciated
for his many excellent traits of mind, character,
and attainment.

CHARLES L. FLINN.

The chief executive of the prosperous little
town of Winslow is entitled to an unlimited
amount of credit for the success which he has
made of his life. From his twelfth year he has
faced the problem of self-support, the beginning
of many trials and discouragements being his
invasion of the fascinating possibilities of a run-
away life with Forepaugh's circus. He was born
in Knoxville, Ohio, in 1856, and during his
young boyhood saw considerable of the middle
west and south. Though industrious and ear-
nest people, his parents were unable to furnish
their son with the wherewithal to start in life,
and this, and the love of adventure, inspired an
early departure from the family hearthstone.

When arrived at years of discretion, and an
appreciation of the advantage of learning a
trade, Mr. Flinn became a machinist and engi-
neer at Columbus, Ohio, and in 1876 went to
New Orleans, where he was employed as ma-
chinist for the New Orleans & Jackson &
Great Northern Railroad. Four years later he
joined the forces of the Atlantic & Pacific Rail-
road Company at Albuquerque, N. M., and be-
came an engineer on that road, taking out one
of their first engines. His route lay between
Albuquerque and Gallup, a distance of one hun-
dred miles. In March of 1881 he embarked in
the mercantile business at Coolidge, N. M., and
continued the enterprise until 1886, when he
located in Winslow. Here he continued his
former occupation, but in 1895 met with una-
voidable reverses and wisely disposed of his
interests.

Including and between 1895 and 1898 Mr.
Flirin acted as postmaster at Winslow, and then
started the gent's furnishing store which has
since been successfully conducted. The store
is the largest of its kind in the town, and is doing
a large business on Railroad avenue. The pros-
perous owner has come into the possession of
some real-estate in the place, and owns three

business houses and two dwellings. His pres-
ent responsible position as mayor of the city is
due to his stanch upholding of the principles of
the Democratic party. In local politics espe-
cially he has been very active, and has invariably
worked for the best interests of his town and
county. He was elected to the sixteenth legis-
lature, and was chosen mayor of Winslow in
1900. He has served as a delegate to the terri-
torial conventions, and has been justice of the
peace and notary public for several years. Fra-
ternally he is associated with the local lodge of
Masons, and has been an Odd Fellow for twenty-
four years.

GEORGE R. PARKER.

Though now enjoying a well-earned respite
from active business affairs, Mr. Parker has in
the past represented the soundest commercial
and other undertakings of Prescott and vicinity.
A native of Lempster, Sullivan county, N. H.,
he was born October 30, 1822, and is a son of
George Parker, who was born in Chester, Vt.,
in 1796. The elder Parker was a cabinetmaker
by trade, which he followed in Lempster, N. H.,
until 1826, when he located in Ware, Hampshire
county, Mass., where he was foreman in Wol-
cott's machine shop until 1828. He then settled
in Ohio, and at Burton, Geauga county, engaged
as a millwright until his death, January 30, 1863.
His wife, formerly Rockset Hendee, was born in
Westminster, Vt., March 7, 1795, and died in
Ohio March 29, 1848. She was the mother of
seven children, of whom George Riley is third
oldest. Cynthia died in Ohio; Roxana is living
in Oregon; Judith Ann died in Ohio; an infant
died in Ware, Mass.; William Hendee died at
the age of twenty-one ; and Charlotte A. died in
California.

The early life of George Riley Parker was spent
in Ohio, in Geauga, Columbia and Stark coun-
ties, where he received a good home training,
and was educated in the public schools at Bur-
ton. As a means to future independence he
learned the trade of miller at Rochester, Ohio,
and subsequently worked at the same in Stark
and Columbia counties for seventeen years. In
1851 he removed to Pittsburg, Ind., and until
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started with teams and crossed Minnesota, Illi-
nois, and Wisconsin, and the Mississippi at La-
Crosse, where he bought one hundred and sixty
acres of oak lands at the openings and farmed
the same until 1861.

Having returned to Minerva, Stark county,
Ohio, Mr. Parker enlisted in May of 1864 in
Company A, One Hundred and Forty-third
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the
mustering out of the regiment in November of
1864. He was in the front ranks at Peters-
burg, but was neither wounded, imprisoned, nor
ill during the service. In 1865 he settled in
Rushford, Minn., and after contracting and
building for four years became superintendent
of the Rushford lumber yard. In 1873 he sought
the larger possibilities of the west, and after a
sojourn of a year in Denver, Colo., visited Los
Angeles and San Bernardino, Cal. Unwilling to
make any of these places a permanent place of
residence, he came to Arizona in 1876, locating
in Prescott, where he started a lumber yard in
partnership with his son, Frank. In connection
therewith he purchased a saw-mill nine miles
from the city, which was removed in 1881 to near
Belmont, on the newly surveyed line of the At-
lantic & Pacific Railroad. For two years he con-
tracted for the railroad, and was then obliged,
owing to an increase of business, to start another
mill, the two being then run until 1886, when
the milling interests were disposed of.

A later venture of Mr. Parker's -was the cattle
business, in which he engaged in the People's
valley, Yavapai county, about thirty miles from
Prescott. His ranch comprised nine hundred
and twenty acres, and has recently been disposed
of, after several years of successful general farm-
ing and stock-raising. In the meantime Mr.
Parker has invested heavily in real-estate in
the residence and business districts of Prescott,
and has erected for himself and family one of
the fine residences in the town.

In Stark county, Ohio, Mr. Parker married
Emma Loos, who was born in France and died
in Prescott. Her children were named as fol-
lows: Permelia, the wife of J. F. Reppy, resid-
ing in Clinton, Iowa; Caroline, wife of B. C.
Knapp and a resident of Murfreesboro, Tenn.;
Emma, who died at the age of two years; George,
who died when two years old; Frank, who was

a resident of Los Angeles, Cal., and died De-
cember 28, 1900; Henriette, who is the wife
of Coles A. Bashford, of Los Angeles, Cal.; and
Charles, who is married and resides in Prescott.
Mr. Parker contracted a second marriage in
California with Mrs. A. A. Furbish, who was born
in Lowell, Mass., and is a member of the Con-
gregational Church. Mr. Parker has always
been affiliated with the Republican party, and
is fraternally associated with the Rushford
Lodge of Masons, and was connected with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Ohio.

BENJAMIN F. PASCOE.

During the period of his -residence in Globe,
which extended over more than twenty years,
Mr. Pascoe was intimately identified with the
development of this great mining settlement, and
did much to bring it into a condition of law
and order. Few in this part of Arizona were
more familiar than he with the unruly, rough
and lawless element that mingled with the legiti-
mate miners during the early days of Globe's
history. Too much cannot be said in praise of
the work that he accomplished in enforcing
order. Sharing the hardships of frontier life and
days, it was also his privilege to live to enjoy
a well-deserved prosperity, which represented
the result of years of tireless industry on his
part.

Though born in England in 1838, Mr. Pascoe
had but a dim remembrance of his native land,
having been brought to the United States by
his parents when he was very young. During
1878 he settled permanently in Globe. At the
time he was not unfamiliar with Arizona, having
enlisted in the First California Cavalry, March
9, 1863, as the company was about to leave San
Francisco, and for the following two years he
was stationed at Forts Goodwin and McDowell.
On coming to Globe he was for a short time
employed at driving ox-teams in the mountains
of this vicinity. Subsequently he managed a
hotel for a time. Next he became a night
watchman for Globe, which position in those
days required iron nerve and fearlessness.
Under his jurisdiction were some of the toughest
and most lawless scamps that ever invaded a
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extremely difficult and dangerous, but he so
managed things that at no time was he obliged
to terminate any one's life. His success in the
position was so great that he was made a United
States marshal in 1881, which position he held
for four years, and in 1882 he was elected sheriff
of Gila county. In his dealings with Indians
he was particularly successful, his relations with
them being most friendly, and during his last
term as sheriff he had an Apache deputy under
him.

On leaving the office of sheriff, Mr. Pascoe
engaged in the lumber business, and continued
the same until 1898, when he bought a livery
business. Besides carrying on this enterprise,
he ran the transfer to the depot, and had a large
trade in hay and grain. His corral covered an
area 100x150 feet, and included a house and
necessary equipments. March 20, 1901, Mr.
Pascoe sold out to Thompson & Barclay, and
afterward he devoted his time principally to the
management of his lumber business at Safford,
Graham county, until his death, which occurred
at Safford May 20, 1901. His body was brought
to Globe for interment.

In national politics Mr. Pascoe was a Demo-
crat in later years, but in earlier life a Repub-
lican. When running for sheriff, the opposing
candidate for three successive elections was
William Lawlor, who once defeated Mr. Pascoe
by three votes, but the next time Mr. Pascoe
defeated him by eleven votes, and the third time
by twenty-three votes. In 1896 he was elected
supervisor, but resigned the position. Frater-
nally he was a Mason, having joined that order
at Omega, Nevada county, Cal., and he was a
charter member of the blue lodge at Globe.

HIRAM S. PHELPS.

One of the leading pioneers of the Salt River
valley is the subject of this article, who for
twenty-two years has been actively engaged in
the great work of reclaiming this portion of the
"arid zone," once a veritable desert.

Morris Phelps, father of our subject, was
born in Northampton, N. Y., and was one of
the pioneers of Illinois, for he erected the third
log cabin on the site of the present great western
metropolis, Chicago. For a short time after-

wards he lived in Missouri, but was expelled
from Independence with the Mormon church
and went to Hancock county, 111., in the days
of its infancy. There Hiram S. Phelps was born
to himself and wife February 26, 1846. The mo-
ther was a native of New York state, and prior to
her marriage was Miss Sarah Thompson. When
the infant was a few months old he was taken
to Iowa, his family having been driven out of
Illinois, on account of the troubles occasioned
by the intoleration of religious belief of the
Phelps family and many of their neighbors.
When he "was four years old our subject re-
moved to Utah county, Utah, with his parents,
and from 1864 to 1878 lived in Montpelier,
Idaho. His father, who departed this life in
that state, was a prominent member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints,
and did a great deal of missionary work, being
looked up to and honored in his denomination.

Reared to the practical duties of life, Hiram
S. Phelps became a thorough agriculturist and
business man ere he attained his majority, and
has steadily forged ahead, gradually amassing
a competence. He now owns one hundred acres,
which are finely improved and very productive.
His success as a business man is well known,
and at present he is a director in the Tempe-
Mesa Produce Company, in the Mesa Milling
Company and in the Queen Creek Agricultural
Experiment Company, and hitherto has been a
director in the Mesa Canal Company, and in the
Zenos Co-operative Mercantile and Manufac-
turing Institution at Mesa, all of which are flour-
ishing enterprises. In politics he is independent.

In tracing the ancestry of H. S. Phelps it is
learned that he is a descendant of one of the
first pioneer families of Connecticut. His an-
cestor, William Phelps, a native of England,
crossed the Atlantic on the ship "Mary John,"
and was one of the colonists who settled at
Windsor, Conn., in 1630. Doubtless the pioneer
virtues — the ability to cope with primitive Na-
ture and to conquer the obstacles set in his path-
way were inherited by Hiram S. Phelps, who
stands well in his community and is a faithful
exponent of the Church of Jesus Christ of the
Latter-day Saints, being ,a member of the high
council of the Maricopa stake of Mesa. So
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Mr. Phelps always been that he was one of
seven Mormons who, in 1885, were convicted
in the United States court at Phoenix on account
of his marriage relations, and was sentenced to
imprisonment in the penitentiary at Yuma,
where he served three months. Those who
served with him were A. P. Spillsbery, George
T. Wilson, Charles I. Robson, Oscar M. Stew-
art, James Wilson and Edmund Ellsworth, all
from Maricopa county.

CHARLES T. MARTIN.

The name of Charles T. Martin, clerk of the
district court, and a resident of Globe, is insep-
arably associated with the best efforts for the
continued prosperity and improvement of one
of the 'most interesting mining centers in the
silver and copper regions. A native of Mason
county, Tex., he was born in 1854, and his
youth up to fifteen years of age was spent amid
the surroundings of his southern home. Of
German descent, he is a son of Louis and Eliza-
beth Martin, who were born in Germany, and
who, upon emigrating to the United States, set-
tled in the then wild and uncultivated wilderness
of Texas. In search of an independent livelihood
their son started out in the world and lived for
four years in New York City, at the end of that
time associating his fortunes with the mining
section of New Mexico, settling in 1873 at Fort
Bayard, in the vicinity of Silver City. After
clerking for four years in Silver City Mr. Martin
came to Arizona, and located at McMillen, Gila
county, where he engaged in the merchandise
business in partnership with John A. Miller, and
after two years took up his permanent residence
in Globe.

While Mr. Martin is appreciated for his many
excellent traits of citizenship, it is perhaps as a
politician of broad and comprehensive views
that he will be best remembered, for in this con-
nection his ability has found most congenial
scope. His popularity and hold upon the confi-
dence of the people is best evinced in connection
with the office of county recorder, which, as a
Republican, he held in a Democratic community
for ten years. Two years after relinquishing the
office of recorder he was appointed district clerk
in 1897, by Judge Doan of Florence, to accept

which position he resigned as a supervisor of
the county.

Like the majority in Globe, Mr. Martin is in-
terested in mining, and has several prospects and
claims in the Globe mining district. In the city
he has been identified with many forward move-
ments, not the least of which is his present un-
dertaking in connection with establishing a
water-works system for the town, in which
Thomas A. Pascoe and R. C. Brown are also
interested. In this connection a well has been
sunk, and water was turned into the mains about
March i, 1901.

In 1890 Mr. Martin was united in marriage
with Sarah Eaton, of Ashtabula, Ohio, and of
this union there is one child, Louis. Mr. Martin
is fraternally associated with the Masons, Lodge
No. 3, at Globe, and is a charter member of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and the
Woodmen of the World, in his adopted town.

AMOS H. WIEN.

Now a successful mine owner in the Dragoon
mountains, Amos H. Wien was born in Berks
county, Pa., May 27, 1850. He was reared to
agricultural pursuits in the state of William
Penn, and received the education of the public
schools. Upon enlisting as a musician in the
Sixth Cavalry of the United States army in 1872,
he accompanied his regiment to Fort Riley,
Kans., where they remained about six months,
and then were stationed at Fort Hayes, Kans.,
for two years, but in July, 1876, were transferred
to Fort Lowell, near Tucson, Ariz.; and after
a year were sent to Fort Grant, Ariz. He served
for five years, being discharged December 12,
1877.

After leaving the army Mr. Wien turned his
attention to the management of a ranch in Pima
county, and had a government contract for hay,
wood, etc., subsequently engaging in freighting
in the southern part of the territory. At the
same time he dealt extensively in cattle and
horses, making, however, a specialty of horses.
About ten years ago he came to Russellville,
which is located four and one-half miles north
of Dragoon Station, on the Southern Pacific
Railroad, at the foot of the Little Dragoon
mountains. Ever since he has been interested

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in copper and silver mining. At the present
time he owns the Blue Bell group and Copper
Chief group, the two consisting of eleven claims,
besides two iron claims, and three copper claims.
He is also the possessor of five Wolframite
claims, which ore is practically a new discovery
in Arizona, and bids fair to be of great value
and utility. Although still interested in stock
and horses, he owns at the present time but a
small ranch, devoting the greater part of his
time to mines and mining.

May 6, 1875, Mr. Wien married Charlotte
Reanor, of Kansas, and of this union there were
born eleven children, namely : Herbert, who,
November 6, 1900, was elected justice of the
peace of District No. 9 and is a prominent
Mason, having attained the degree of Knight
Templar ; Mortimer, who is a mine owner ;
Percy, who died when eight years of age ;
Charles A., who is a mine owner ; Jess, who is
managing a ranch ; Gertie, Parthene, Theresa,
Rena, Bertie and August. The children are liv-
ing at home with their parents. In politics Mr.
Wien is a Democrat, but has never sought
official recognition. Fraternally he is associated
with the Masonic lodge at Willcox, and is also
a member of the Royal Arch Chapter at Tomb-
stone.

JAMES J. MILLIKEN.

This pioneer mining operator and discoverer
of valuable mines in Arizona, now residing on
Lynx creek, about fourteen miles from Prescott,
is a native of Lewistown, Pa., where his birth oc-
curred January 25, 1839. His parents, Robert
and Rebecca (Johnson) Milliken, were of the
sterling old Scotch Presbyterian stock, and were
natives of the Keystone state. Daniel Milliken,
the paternal grandfather of our subject, and
Rev. James Johnson, his maternal grandsire,
were early settlers of central Pennsylvania.

Having obtained a common school education,
J. J. Milliken came to the west in 1861, proceed-
ing via the Isthmus of Panama, and thence to
San Francisco and to Nevada county, Cal.,
where he had his initial experience in mining.
In the spring of 1863 he went to Virginia City,
Nev., and during the next five years gave his
attention to the cattle business, also doing a lit-

tle mining and prospecting, in 1864 locating
the Carrico mine, near Austin, Nev. From
1866 to 1878 he carried on agricultural pursuits
in Sonoma county, Cal., making a fair success
of the enterprise.

Coming to Yavapai county twenty-three years
ago, our subject took up his residence about one
mile from the present town of Jerome, and soon
located the famous Walnut Spring, which now
furnishes an ample supply of water for the
smelter at Jerome. In 1879 he came to the Lynx
.creek district and that year located the Ora
Platte mine, now owned by the Montgomery
Gold Mining Company. He also did some placer
mining, and in 1880 located the Kishacoquillas
mine, which he sold to New York capitalists,
and also discovered and laid claim to the fine
Mifflin group, which includes four mines, the
Mifflin, the Selano, the Water Gulch and the
Borrow, which he still owns. These mines,
which produce a gold ore of a free milling na-
ture, yield about $10 to the ton. In 1894 he
discovered and since has developed the Home-
stead mine, the shaft of which is one hundred
and eight feet deep. In connection with it he
owns and operates a five-stamp mill, and has
taken out about $15,000 in gold, the ore aver-
aging nearly $30 per ton, there being a small
showing of silver also. In addition to these, Mr.
Milliken has owned the Golden Fleece mine
No. 2 and No. 3, extensions of the famous Mud-
Hole mine; that group he sold in 1898. For
twenty-two years he was constantly in the moun-
tains, suffering all of the vicissitudes common
to the miner, and during that period discovered
the above-mentioned mines. Strict attention to
business and an exceptionally fine power of dis-
crimination between ores of much or little value
have led to his financial prosperity. Politically
he has always been a Republican.

It was in the hopes of benefiting his wife's
health more than for any other reason that Mr.
Milliken removed to Arizona. January i, 1872,
he married Mary A., daughter of Albert Foster.
He was born in Germany and was one of the
"forty-niners" in California. His death took
place in Santa Cruz county, Cal., where for
five years, or until 1854, he had been employed
at his trade — that of a shoemaker — and also
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had married Antonia Fuller, who continued to
live on the Santa Cruz ranch until she was sum-
moned to the better land, in 1871. Mrs. Milli-
ken, who was the youngest of ten brothers and
sisters, was the second white child born in Santa
Cruz county, Cal., her nativity occurring in 1852.
The only son of our subject and wife is J. A.,
who married Miss Millie Subers, and lives near
his father. Rhoda, wife of A. H. Mitchell, and
Nellie, who is at home, complete the family.
The latter holds a diploma from St. Joseph's
Academy of Prescott and from Woodbury's
Business College of Los Angeles, Cal.

HON. JAMES F. DUNCAN.
Through his service as clerk of the board of
supervisors of Cochise county, as well as his
activity as a Democratic politician, and an enter-
prising citizen of Tombstone, Mr. Duncan is
well known in his county. He was born in Phil-
adelphia, Pa., June 15, 1839. His father, John
Duncan, was a native of New York, and with his
brother, Tom, constructed in 1842 the Globe
mills of Philadelphia, where he died the follow-
ing year. Up to the age of twelve years James
F. Duncan remained in Philadelphia and at-
tended the public schools there. In 1854 he went
to Mount Union, where he learned the black-
smith's trade. In 1861 he was sent by his em-
ployer, Abram Lewis, to the oil regions near
the present site of Rouseville, in order to look
after the oil interests owned by Mr. Lewis there.
At the outbreak of the Civil war he returned to
Mount Union and there, August 10, 1861, he en-
listed in Company A, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania
Infantry. For four years he served his country
at the front. Attached to General Banks' divi-
sion, he was for a time in the Shenandoah valley;
after the second battle of Bull Run he was with
the army of the Potomac. After the battle of
Gettysburg they were sent west to re-enforce
Rosecrans, and he was with Sherman in the At-
lanta campaign and the march to the sea. In
November of 1862 he was made commissary ser-
geant, after which he served in the commissary
department until March 5, 1864. He was then
commissioned regimental quartermaster ser-
geant and remained in that capacity until the
close of the war. July 31, 1865, he was honor-
ably discharged at Harrisburg, Pa.
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With the restoration of peace Mr. Duncan
returned to the pursuits of civic life. For the
following eighteen months he engaged in a mer-
cantile business at Atkinson Mills, Pa., after
which for twelve years he worked in the Penn-
sylvania oil regions, operating around Foster,
Emlenton, Parker City and St. Petersburg, .
Clarion county, where he owned many good
wells, besides having interests in others. The
last well that came into his possession was on
the property of Marcus Huling, the father of
Gen. Willis Huling. In 1879 Mr. Duncan re-
moved to the west, intending to locate at Lead-
ville, Colo., but he was unable to stand the high
altitude, and so was obliged to *eek a different
location.

Lured by the prospects for mining in Arizona,
he came to Tombstone. Soon he went into the
Mule mountains to the location where Bisbee
now stands. Satisfied with the prospects of that
rich country, he finally made his home there,
and, with others of an equally courageous and
hopeful mind, passed his days and nights in the
rapidly growing, but orderly and progressive,
camp. As the many admirable and substantial
traits of character to which he is heir became
known and appreciated, he was induced to take
a prominent part in the development of the town,
and in politics and municipal government be-
came a ruling influence. As the first justice of
the peace appointed in Bisbee he served during
1880, and so satisfactory was his official work
that he was re-elected, receiving seventy-nine
out of eighty votes cast, he himself voting for his
opponent. In November of 1882 he was elected
to the twelfth territorial legislature from Cochise
county, and in 1883 was appointed justice of the
peace, which office he has filled three terms alto-
gether.

The association of Mr. Duncan with Tomb-
stone as a permanent resident began in 1890, at
which time he did a little prospecting. In 1892
he again entered the arena of politics as justice
of the peace of Tombstone, serving until Janu-
ary, 1895, at which time he was made court com-
missioner for the first judicial district, and United
States court commissioner. In 1896 he was again
elected justice of the peace, also councilman for
the first ward, and served as clerk of the council.
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acted as city treasurer. In 1898 he became clerk
of the county board of supervisors, and in Janu-
ary, 1901, was reappointed to the office, which
he now satisfactorily fills. A remarkable show-
ing is the fact that during the year 1898 he held
ten different positions in city and county at the
same time. Among the offices he has held are
the following: councilman of first ward, Tomb-
stone; city clerk; city treasurer; justice of the
peace; clerk of the board of supervisors of Co-
chise county; deputy clerk of the district court;
court commissioner of first judicial district;
United States commissioner; notary public, ex-
officio city recorder, ex-officio coroner, and ex-
officio high sheriff of Cochise county.

Fraternally Mr. Duncan is a member of King
Solomon Lodge No. 5, F. & A. M., and Cochise
Chapter No. 4, R. A. M. He is the owner of a
comfortable residence in Tombstone. In 1871
he was united in marriage with Mary E. Mini-
ger, who died at Westfield, N. Y., October 3,
1882, leaving one son, Lemuel D. Duncan, who
at this time is serving the government in the
Philippines.

HON. EMERSON O. STRATTON.

Nearly half a century has been spent by E. O.
Stratton in the west, and his experiences on the
frontier of civilization were many and varied.
About half of that time was spent by him in
San Francisco, which has been developed from
a tiny hamlet to a proud and commanding city
within his recollection, and for the past quarter
of a century he has been actively identified with
Arizona. Widely and favorably known through-
out the west and southwest, he is justly entitled
to a permanent place of honor in its chronicles.

His parents, John Smith and Cornelia C. (Col-
vin) Stratton, were natives of Clyde, Wayne
county, N. Y., and both his grandfather Stratton
and the maternal grandfather Oliver Colvin
were farmers and soldiers in the war of 1812.
The Stratton family was an old and respected
one in New England. In 1852 John S. Stratton
went to San Francisco by way of the Isthmus
of Panama, and for some time thereafter he was
engaged in mining near Sacramento, Cal. In
the year after his arrival he was joined by his
three brothers, James, Abram (who went to San

Francisco in 1849), and Edwin, and later they
were prominently associated together in con-
tracting and building business in San Francisco.
They were the first to introduce hydraulic power
in the raising and moving of buildings in that
city, where they continued in business from
1849 until recent date. John S., another brother,
was similarly occupied in Sacramento. Thus
the Strattons took a very active part in the
upbuilding of the two great cities of the Pacific
slope, and when the wonderful task of linking
the east with the west, by means of the trans-
continental railroad, was completed by the driv-
ing of the golden spike the head of the family
was present at the imposing ceremony.

The oldest and only living child of John S.
and Cornelia Stratton is he of whom this sketch
is penned. Born November i, 1846, at the home
of his forefathers, in Clyde, N. Y., he was a
lad of only seven years when, in 1853, ne made
the eventful long journey to San Francisco,
crossing the Isthmus of Panama on the backs
of mules. His education was obtained in the
common and high schools of the city of the
Golden Gate, and his preparation for his com-
mercial career was gained in the Union and the
Pacific Business College. Having been grad-
uated in the last-named institution, he became a
bookkeeper for a firm in Bodega, Sonoma
county, and after spending five years with that
house was in business at Freestone, same coun-
ty, for about a year. In 1871 he went to South
America, where he had been offered a position
as bookkeeper, at a large salary, with the Callio,
Lima & Arroyo Railroad. Not being favorably
impressed with Peru, he returned to San Fran-
cisco at the end of a year, and for a like period
conducted a general merchandise establishment
in Marin county, Cal. Then he was in part-
nership with his father in San Francisco until
the fall of 1875.

In September of that year Mr. Stratton lo-
cated at Maricopa Wells, Ariz., as bookkeeper
for the Overland Stage Company, operated by
Messrs. Kearns and Mitchell, and later by
Kearns & Griffith. Early in 1876. when the min-
ing excitement in Final county was at its height,
he went to Florence, where he joined in the
work of prospecting and mining. Not long
after his arrival he was made under-sheriff of the

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county, and served in that office for two years.
In May, 1879, he located a ranch in Pima coun-
ty, on the eastern slope of the Santa Catalina
mountains, where an abundance of running wa-
ter renders the property valuable. From that
time to the present he has successfully carried
on the business of raising cattle, and his brand
(an "S" with a crescent placed above it) is well
known. In partnership with Royal A. Johnson,
he purchased the herd of cattle owned by Daniel
Murphy — the first thoroughbred cattle intro-
duced in southern Arizona. Individually, Mr.
Stratton located another ranch on the San Pedro
river, in Final county, and there, rlso, raised
cattle. Much of his attention for a number of
years has been given to mining enterprises ; the
old Apache Group were opened by him, and
at the present time he owns the Bornite Group
mines, where he has ten claims, a fine quality of
copper, with some gold and silver, being pro-
duced here. Since 1897 he has bought and
shipped cattle on the commission basis exten-
sively, and now gives most of his time to mining
operations.

While living in Final county, Mr. Stratton
was elected and served as county supervisor
for two years, being chairman of the board, and
in the fall of 1894 was elected to the responsible
post of county treasurer, in which capacity he
acted two years. In the Republican party he
has been an effective worker, and in 1898, a few
months after his removal to Tucson, he was
made secretary of the Pima county central com-
mittee, in which position he officiated from 1898
to 1900. He also is an ex-member of the terri-
torial Republican committee. That he is con-
sidered an authority on matters relating to cattle
was shown when Governor McCord appointed
him to serve on the live stock sanitary board of
Arizona, and of that body he was chosen chair-
man. In the course of his varied duties he com-
piled and registered all of the marks used in
branding live stock in Arizona, transferring the
records of the same from the different county
records to the general territorial book of brands,
duly indexing them. He also was the prime
mover in the establishment of the present effi-
cient system of placing tags on hides at ship-
ment for the adequate protection of cattlemen.

December 15, 1870, the marriage of Mr. Strat-

ton and Miss Carrie C. Ames, a native of Barn-
stable, Mass., was celebrated in Cotuit, Mass.
The first born child of this estimable couple is
Mabel, wife of Thomas F. Jones, of Helvetia,
Ariz. She was born in California, while the
two younger, Edith O. and Elmer W., are na-
tives of this territory. Miss Stratton, a graduate
of the Los Angeles (Cal.) Normal, is a suc-
cessful teacher, and Elmer W. is a student in
the University of Arizona.

The parents of Mrs. Stratton are Capt. Sim-
eon L. and Lucy (Crocker) Ames, like her-
self, natives of Barnstable, Mass. In fact, her
paternal ancestors, for several generations, lived
there, as the town records show. Her great-
great-grandfather, Thomas Ames, was born
there, December 30, 1746. His son, Enos, and
grandson Isaac (the latter her grandfather) also
were natives of the place. Capt. S. L. Ames,
who was engaged in a four years' whaling voy-
age in his early manhood, later was master of
vessels engaged in the coasting passenger serv-
ice between Boston and Philadelphia for many
years. In the spring of 1856 he went to San
Francisco, accompanied by his wife and two
children, crossing the Isthmus of Panama on
the railroad. For the following five years he
carried on a general mercantile business at
Michigan Bar, Cal., but the strong ties of as-
sociation drew him back to the old home in
Barnstable, and since 1861 he has dwelt there,
long retired from active cares. His faithful
wife departed this life in 1892, and only two of
their children survive, Mrs. Stratton and Mrs.
Lapham. The wife and mother was a daughter
of Zenas and Rebecca (Sampson) Crocker, na-
tives of Barnstable and Kingston, Mass., re-
spectively. He was a hero of the war of 1812,
and his wife's father, Col. Crocker Sampson,
won his title by service in the American war
for independence. The founder of the Sampson
family in New England was one Henry Samp-
son, who, with a sister and Goodman Tilley,
crossed the ocean in the historic "Mayflower"
and were pioneers of the Bay state.

Mr. and Mrs. Stratton are Unitarian in reli-
gious faith. Both are highly esteemed by all
who know them, .and now, after several decades
of pioneer life, with all which the term implies,
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undaunted courage. In 1900 Mr. Stratton built
the beautiful modern residence which they oc-
cupy, at the corner of Fifth avenue and Third
street, Tucson. Fraternally he was made a Ma-
son in Bodega (Cal.) Lodge No. 214, F. & A.
M. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and to the
Encampment, also to the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, and was one of the origina-
tors of the Hall Association of the last-named.

HON. N. A. MORFORD.

Few men in Arizona are more prominent or
more widely known than N. A. Morford of
Phoenix. He has been an important factor in
both business circles and public affairs, and his
popularity is well deserved, as in him are em-
braced the characteristics of an unbending in-
tegrity, unabated energy and industry that never
flags. He is public-spirited and thoroughly in-
terested in whatever tends to promote the moral,
intellectual and material welfare of either the
city or territory in which he resides.

The Judge was born near Greenville, Mercer
county, Pa., October 22, 1845, and ig descended
from a good old Puritan family, which during
the religious persecutions fled from England
to Holland and later came to America. His
paternal great-grandfather was the progenitor
of the family in this country, and for a time
made his home in New Jersey, whence he re-
moved to Pennsylvania. The grandfather, Jo-
seph Morford, was born in eastern Pennsylvania,
and became a pioneer of Mercer county, where
he secured a tract of government land and in
the midst of the forest developed a farm. He
married Elizabeth Fell of that state, whose an-
cestors were also English Quakers and early
settlers of Pennsylvania, Delaware and New
Jersey.

Nathan Morford, the Judge's father, was born
on the same farm where our subject's birth oc-
curred, and there, he spent his entire life engaged
in agricultural pursuits, dying at the age of sev-
enty years. He was a man of prominence in
his community, and was called upon to hold
various county offices, and he also served two
terms in the Pennsylvania legislature. He was
a strong abolitionist, and was a supporter of the
Whig and Republican parties. Religiously he

was a Universalist, and socially was a prominent
Royal Arch Mason. His widow, who bore the
maiden name of Mary A. Smith, is still a resi-
dent of Pennsylvania. She was born on the
Juniata river in Dauphin county, that state, and
is a daughter of John and Sarah Stevens-
Smith, the latter a sister of Thaddeus Stevens.
Her father was of Pennsylvania Dutch descent.
Judge Morford is the oldest in a family of three
children, the others being Ralph D., a graduate
of the Cleveland Medical College, and now a
practicing physician of Crawford county, Pa.;
and Ellen, wife of Henry Ruhlman of Colum-
biana county, Ohio.

Judge Morford was reared in his native coun-
ty and began his education in its district schools,
later attending Allegheny College for a time.
In 1868 he went to California on account of his
health, and while engaged in prospecting and
mining in the mountains for two years he en-
tirely recovered. He then attended the California
Normal School at San Francisco for a time, and
later engaged in teaching. In January, 1873, he
entered the University of California at Berkeley,
where he was graduated in June, 1876, with the
degree of A. B., and for the following six years
he again engaged in teaching school in Napa
county, Cal., being principal of the schools of
St. Helena, and chairman of the board of edu-
cation of that county for three years.

In 1879 Judge Morford first came to Arizona,
and purchased property in Phoenix, which he
still owns. The place at that time had only a
population of 1,200. He did not locate here, how-
ever, until 1882, when he purchased a half inter-
est in the Phoenix "Daily Herald," which was
the first daily established here, it being started
in February, 1878. In 1883 he became sole
proprietor of the paper, and made it the leading
daily journal of Arizona. In 1898 the "Herald"
Publishing Company was incorporated, and in
May of the following year the Judge sold his
interest in the business. Through his paper he
was the first to advocate the building of a rail-
road into Phoenix, this being five years before
the Maricopa & Phoenix road was built from the
Southern Pacific in 1887. He also advocated
the construction of the Arizona canal long be-
fore it was built, and was undoubtedly instru-
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the territory. He has championed every move-
ment which he believed calculated to prove of
public benefit, and through his paper labored
untiringly for the removal of the capital to Phoe-
nix, his efforts being finally successful. He has
been identified with a number of business en-
terprises, and has aided in land and mining de-
velopment in different parts of the territory.

At St. Helena, Cal., June 7, 1802, Judge Mor-
ford married Miss Alice M. Jones, a native of
Knox county, Me., and a lineal descendant of
Governor Thomas Dudley of Massachusetts.

As a Republican he has taken an active part
in political affairs, and has served as alderman
from the second ward for several years, during
which time many additions were incorporated
in the city of Phoenix. He has also been a
member of the school board several years and
secretary of the same. In 1892 he was appointed
secretary of the territory by President Harrison,
and held that important position until there was
a change in the administration in 1894. In July,
1899, he was elected probate judge to fill a va-
cancy, and in the fall of 1900 was the Repub-
lican nominee for that office.

He is a prominent member of the Republican
Club of Phoenix; has served as chairman of the
county committee; and was secretary of the
territorial Republican committee four years.

The Judge is a member of the Board of Trade,
of which he has been a director, and a charter
member of the Maricopa Club, of which he has
also been a director. In religious belief he is an
Episcopalian, and is a charter member of Trinity
Church at Phoenix. He was a member of its
building committee when the house of worship
was erected, and has ever since served as ves-
tryman. He is also secretary of the board of
trustees of the incorporated church of Arizona,
and is treasurer of the diocese of Arizona. From
1892 until 1894 he was a regent of the University
of Arizona, and is a member of the Alumni As-
sociation of the University of California, and
of the Phi Delta Theta Society of that univer-
sity. In 1890 the Judge was one of the organ-
izers of the Arizona Press Association, and was
its first president. He was made a Mason at
St. Helena, Cal., and is now a member of
Arizona Lodge, No. i, at Phoenix, of the chap-
ter at Napa, Cal., and Arizona Commandery,

No. 3, of Phoenix, in which he is now serving
as generalissimo, and is a member of El Zaribah
Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is
one of the most prominent Odd Fellows of the
territory, belonging to the subordinate lodge,
the encampment, the Rebekah branch and Can-
ton Arizona, No. I, of that order in Phoenix,
and has filled all the offices in the same. For
five years he represented his lodge in the sover-
eign grand lodge, and the last time at Detroit,
Mich., received the grand decoration of chivalry.
He is now serving as deputy grand sire of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Arizona.
His career has ever been such as to warrant the
trust and confidence reposed in him, and his
devotion to the public good is unquestioned,
arising from a sincere interest in the welfare of
his fellowmen.

CHARLES W. HAYS.

This well-known mining man of Nogales was
born in Marion county, Va., July 25, 1849, and is
a son of William F. and Elizabeth (Fleming)
Hays. They were descendants of pioneer families
of the Old Dominion west of the Blue Ridge,
who came from England to the colony of Virginia
long prior to the Revolutionary war. A genea-
logy of the Hays family has been compiled,
extending back more than four hundred years
and showing that they were prominent both in
Scotland and England. The grandfather of our
subject, Henry, came with his father, John Hays,
to Virginia, and crossing the Blue or Allegheny
mountains settled on a wild tract of land. Dur-
ing the first war with England Henry Hays was
a captain in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Morgan, and participated in many of
the sanguinary contests of that memorable
struggle. During the Mexican war, when at
a very advanced age, he was an officer under
General Scott. Politically he was an old-line
Whig and a warm admirer of Henry Clay. He
also took part in Indian wars and, as captain of
a company, captured a band of Indians at San-
dusky Plains, Ohio, in conjunction with Col.
Levi Morgan, and on the subsequent signing
of the treaty of peace delivered the Indians to
Gen. Anthony Wayne. At the time of his death
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his wife lived to be one hundred and two. They
reared a family of thirteen children.

At the opening of the Civil war William F.
Hays left his plantation and enlisted in the com-
mand of Stonewall Jackson, with whom he
served until he was killed at the second battle
of Bull Run. He was the father of four chil-
dren. Charles W. Hays was educated in public
and private schools in Marion county, Va. At
the age of twelve years he became attached to
the command of Stonewall Jackson, who was a
distant relative of the family. He witnessed
many of the most important battles in which
Jackson bore a part, and was in that illustrious
general's tent when his dead body was brought
in from the field of battle.

Returning home at the close of the war, soon
after (1865) Mr. Hays went to Texas, where he
was employed on a cattle ranch. Later he
returned to Virginia, but 1878 found him again
in Texas, where he continued in the cattle busi-
ness. During 1876 he went to the Black Hills,
where he prospected and mined, and he has
since followed the same occupation in Montana,
Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and Mexico.
For eight years he mined at Cripple Creek,
Colo., where he still owns much valuable prop-
erty. As a mining operator he has been suc-
cessful and now owns some of the finest property
of this kind in Sonora, Mexico. Among miners
throughout the west he is a recognized authority
on the subject of mining.

Since boyhood Mr. Hays has been on the
frontiers of civilization. As a scout he took
part in Indian warfare with General Custer, and
his escape in the massacre was due to the fact
that he was suffering from a wound and unable
to take part in the battle. His first Indian fights
were along Red river in Texas, where he was
leader of a company of cowboys. The Indians
were stealing stock whenever opportunity
afforded, and Mr. Hays with his men, after a
running fight, rounded up the Indians and
recovered their stock, driving the red men
across the river. Among the cowboys Mr. Hays
was long known as "Wild Jack" Hays. He had
many hairbreadth escapes and received several
wounds. An unerring shot, and possessing
great bravery, he was exactly the kind of man
needed in the border troubles with the savages.

Among his most important battles were Beaver
Creek, near the Colorado line, at Medicine
Lodge, Kans., and engagements down the Lit-
tle Missouri river. In early days he scouted
with the celebrated Kit Carson. During the
trouble with Sitting Bull he was on scout duty
with a party of cowboys, before and after the
battle of Wounded Knee, principally working
for the protection of the scattered settlers and
ranchmen. At the time of the trouble with the
Apaches, through New Mexico, Arizona, and
Sonora, Mexico, in the spring and summer of
1886, he was prospecting through the country.
When General Miles came with his command,
Mr. Hays was with General Lawton, who was
then making heroic efforts to subdue the
Indians. In a great many instances Mr. Hays
acted as scout, for the protection of prospectors
and ranchmen. He was present at the "round-
up" of the noted war chief, Geronimo.

Fraternally Mr. Hays is connected with the
Elks. At this writing he and his family reside
at Nogales, Ariz. His wife, whose family name
was Jackson, is a direct descendant of the family
of Andrew Jackson and a great-niece of the
celebrated divine, T. DeWitt Talmage. She is
a woman of culture and refinement, broadly read,
possessing business ability and social tact, and
in her home dispenses a graceful hospitality.

JUDGE- WILLIAM A. McKINNON.
The town of Jerome, located in the midst of
the vast mining resources of Yavapai county,
has no more substantial citizen or more earnest
worker for her upbuilding than is found in Judge
William A. McKinnon, justice of the peace and
coroner. He comes from a state which has pro-
duced many successful men, and was born in
Burlington, Iowa, in 1859. His father, Hon.
T. D. McKinnon, was one of the famous men
of the town, and served as circuit judge in Iowa
for eighteen years. He was also the first to
establish a mercantile business in Burlington
and Clarinda, Iowa. After receiving the edu-
cation of the public schools our subject's first
aspirations were directed towards educational
work, in which he engaged for some time. He
was then impressed with the large possibilities
of the far west, and located in California in
1877.

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Judge McKinnon became interested in Cali-
fornia in mining around Copper City, on the
Pitt river, and at the end of two years came to
Arizona, locating at Contention City, near where
Tombstone now stands. He was here with the
Toughnut Company for a year, and had charge
of the stamp mill. In 1880 he went back to
California, and in Plumas county engaged in
milling with the Green Mountain Mining Com-
pany until 1883, when he removed to Butte,
Mont., and was there employed by Senator W.
A. Clark in the forty-stamp silver mill until
1895. He then turned his attention to another
branch of industry, and, while spending a few
months in Oregon, purchased one thousand
head of horses, which he shipped to Memphis
and disposed of.

In 1897, the year after locating in Jerome,
Judge McKinnon was appointed police judge for
the city, but the appointment was later declared
by the legislature to be illegal, the body holding
that the town council had no right to make the
selection. However, in 1898 he was appointed
justice of the peace by the supervisors, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of J. B. Harvey,
and in 1900 was elected to the office on the
Democratic ticket, by a majority of two to one.
In this capacity the Judge tries all civil and crim-
inal matters, and also serves as coroner of the
city or county. Nor are his efforts confined to
the duties of his official office, for he has a wide
interest in the general affairs of Jerome, and
may be counted on to lend his time, money
and liberal assistance to the furthering of any
wise and progressive scheme for improvement
instituted by his fellow-townsmen. He owns
some valuable mining properties in Butte,
Mont., and in other parts of the country, and
has several real-estate holdings in Jerome. In
connection with his regular work he deals in
loans, collections and real-estate. Fraternally
he is associated with the United Moderns of
Jerome.

FRANKLIN PIERCE SECRIST.

The life of the sheriff of Navajo county has
been filled with incidents of a nature so thrill-
ing that they seem better adapted to a novel
of western life than to a personal biography.

Few men who have passed through such experi-
ences live to tell the tale. A volume could be
filled with incidents pertaining to his career, but
in a sketch of this character it is impossible to
relate any but the most important events of his
life.

Mr. Secrist was born in Franklin county, Pa.,
December 7, 1852, a son of Jacob C. and Mar-
garet (Nicodemus) Secrist. In 1865 he removed
with his parents to Franklin Grove, Lee county,
111., where his father engaged in the produce
business. In 1869 the young man returned to
Pennsylvania and for two years was employed
by a gas company in Allegheny City. August
14, 1871, he enlisted in the United States regu-
lar army at Pittsburg, Pa., and was sent to the
St. Louis depot, where he received assignment
to duty at Camp McDowell, Ariz., and the
journey to that point was made via Denver, San
Francisco, Pacific ocean, Gulf of California,
Colorado river, and overland to the camp, two
hundred and forty-five miles. He remained
there six weeks, attached to the Third Cavalry,
and was then ordered with that command to
Nebraska to relieve the Fifth Cavalry.

Returning to Fort McPherson, Neb., the
troop departed for Fort Steele, Wyo., and thence
for Spotted Tail Agency, in Dakota, where Mr.
Secrist was detailed as a dispatch carrier for
fourteen months. While thus employed he
made the ride from Spotted Tail to Red Cloud,
forty-five miles, on one horse, in four hours and
twenty-five minutes, and from Red Cloud to
Fort Laramie, seventy-five miles, on another
horse, from sundown to sunrise. While at Fort
Laramie he was subpoenaed to Omaha to
appear as a witness in the famous case of Cap-
tain Gordon. Rejoining his regiment at Chey-
enne, he participated in the Crook expedition
of 1876, serving through the Sioux campaign
of that year. On the expiration of his time he
was discharged, August 14, 1876, and for the
next fourteen months he hunted game for a
lumber company in Wisconsin.

February 10, 1878, Mr. Secrist re-enlisted in
the army in Chicago and rejoined his old com-
pany at Big Bend in Dakota. Three months
later, at the time of the Cheyenne outbreak, he
was in Wyoming and served through that
memorable campaign. Going thence to Fort

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Steele, he was made past quartermaster-sergeant
and sergeant-major, in that capacity accom-
panying the Thornberg expedition, and partici-
pating in the engagement known in history as
the White river massacre. For gallant conduct
on that occasion he was ordered to Washington
for examination for promotion; but two days
before he was intending to depart President
Garfield was assassinated, and nothing further
was done in his case. Soon afterward, however,
he was made first sergeant, and held that office
until February 8, 1883, when he was mustered
out at Fort Grant, Ariz.

After leaving the regular army Mr. Secrist
entered the service of the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad Company as freight brakeman. Five
months later he became freight conductor, sub-
sequently was promoted to be passenger con-
ductor, and served in that capacity until March,
1900. During his engagement with the railroad
company he resided at Winslow, and after his
retirement from railroad work served as city
marshal for eight months. In November, 1900,
he was nominated by the Democrats for the
post of sheriff of Navajo county, and was
elected. The office also carries with it the duties
of assessor, personal property tax collector and
license collector, and Mr. Secrist is also school
trustee of his precinct. He has been grand
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and for
seven years was identified with the Order of
Railway Conductors. September 10, 1885, he
was united in marriage with Belle Nichols,
daughter of Edwin Nichols, for some time
superintendent of bridges on the Santa Fe sys-
tem. They have two sons, Charles and Harry.

HON. EDWARD T. IJAMS.

Elected in November, 1900, to the twenty-
first territorial legislature of Arizona, as the rep-
resentative of the Graham county district, it
may be inferred that Hon. E. T. Ijams stands
in the front ranks of our citizens. Indeed,, he
is very popular in the Democratic party, and
has been an active worker in the same. For a
number of years he has been a member of the
grand jury and also has held the position of
justice of the peace.

William and Cath (Stevens) Ijams, his par-
ents, are natives respectively of Maryland and

Virginia. The son was born in Ohio fifty-two
years ago and spent eighteen years of his life
in that state. Leaving college at Athens, Ohio,
in 1867, he commenced teaching and devoted
ten years to that calling, in the meantime hav-
ing charge of schools in Missouri, Iowa and
California. Coming to Safford in 1881, he
taught the first public school here, but soon
turned his attention to other fields of enterprise.

For a number of years, and until 1889, Mr.
Ijams was the proprietor of a general store —
the first mercantile venture of the kind in Saf-
•ford. During this period he held the position
of postmaster for five years, and became widely
and favorably known. Then he invested in cat-
tle, having a ranch near Bowie, and it was not
until 1893 that he gave up this industry. The
first drugstore in Graham county was opened
by him at Safford, and for five years he managed
that enterprise, then selling his stock of goods,
though he still owns the substantial brick store
building in which he had been the pioneer drug-
gist. He has been financially interested in nu-
merous undertakings of benefit to the people,
and among these is the Gila Valley Telephone,
making connections between Globe, Clifton,
Morenci, Safford, Solomonville and Tucson, —
two hundred and fifty miles in extent. Of this
company he is general manager and treasurer.
Foremost among the promoters of this company,
he retains a one-third interest in the concern,
which is an enterprise of the greatest public
utility. The first exclusive hardware store in
the Gila valley was opened by him in 1896, the
firm which managed the business being known
as Ijams & Co., until the senior partner sold
out to George A. Olney. In addition to owning
some mining property, Mr. Ijams is the pos-
sessor of some valuable real estate and several
houses.

The marriage of Mr. Ijams and Miss Eliza
Gallaspy of Lampasas, Tex., took place at San
Diego in 1879. They have two sons of whom
they have reason to be proud, namely: Sheldon,
now in his eighteenth year and a student in the
Arizona University at Tucson; and Clyde, a
promising little lad of eight years. The elder
son is preparing to take a course in electrical
engineering, to which line of enterprise he in-
tends to devote his life.

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JOSEPH H. COX.

The large proportion of young men among
the employes of the Arizona Copper Company
is worthy of note, and certainly to this fact much
of the wonderful success which that concern en-
joys must be attributed, with justice. Unques-
tionably this is the age for the young man, for
his zeal and energy are in great demand in every
field of human usefulness, and, moreover, to-day
he is early fitted to assume responsibilities, train-
ing in school and elsewhere being along strictly
practical lines.

A native of Angleton, Brazoria county, Tex.,
the subject of this article was born October 23,
1872, a son of John R. and Angeline O. (Fores-
tier) Cox, natives respectively of Scotland and
England. The mother is of French descent.
Reared at his birthplace, J. H. Cox received a
high-school education and when he had com-
pleted his literary course prepared himself for
his life's career by going to Georgetown, Tex.,
where he became thoroughly versed in electrical
work. Having obtained a diploma certifying to
his efficiency as an electrical engineer he had no
difficulty in procuring a position. For eight
months he was on the pay-roll of the Brush
Electric Light plant at Galveston, Tex., and
thence went to Velasco, same state, where he had
entire charge of "an electric light plant, steam
laundry and water-works for three years. As he
had abundantly proved his general business abil-
ity, as well as his eminently practical knowledge
of electrical engineering, the Arizona Copper
Company was glad to employ him as head of the
electric light and power plant at Clifton, in which
capacity he has acted for four years. Needless
to say the equipment of this important depart-
ment of the company's mammoth enterprises is
unsurpassed in mining regions, and today Mr.
Cox has about twenty men under his super-
vision, all occupied in electrical work. There
are fourteen generators and twenty-six motors,
exclusive of the forty-six small fan motors.

In the great questions affecting the country,
Mr. Cox takes unaffected interest, aiming to
keep well posted along all lines. He is a believer
in free trade and is strongly opposed to trusts.
Fraternally, he is a charter member and past
council commander of Cleora Camp No. 14,

Woodmen of the World. He also is a Knight of
Pythias, belonging to Clifton Lodge No. 17.

June 28, 1899, Mr. Cox married Miss Mary B.
Holt, of Memphis, Tenn. She is a daughter of
John A. and Isabella (Redford) Holt, is a lady
of liberal education, and in religion adheres to
the Methodist Episcopal church.

CHARLES W. HUNTER.

A large number of the prominent buildings
and residences in Phoenix are due to the con-
structive ability of Mr. Hunter. To the prosecu-
tion of his occupation he brings wide knowledge
of the best methods employed in different parts
of the world, and keeps in constant touch with
all improvements as thought out and applied
by men engaged in the same line of work. It
would be difficult to find a better field for effort
in construction than is furnished by the grow-
ing cities and towns of Arizona, as they rise
above a soil wherein is stored the latent rich-
ness of dormant centuries. In the city of Phoe-
nix the buildings credited to Mr. Hunter include
the Sherman block, Arcade block, several build-
ings at the United States Industrial School, and
innumerable residences.

As far back as the memory of the present
generation extends, the Hunter family have ren-
dered to Nova Scotia the allegiance due the
country of their birth. The paternal grandfather
was born there, of Scotch descent, and there he
engaged in agricultural pursuits. In religion
he was an active member of the Presbyterian
Church. Charles W. Hunter was born in Nova
Scotia, January 27, 1854, and is a son of Lodo-
wick Hunter, a builder and stone contractor,
who came to the States in 1866 and settled in
DeKalb county, 111. Throughout the remainder
of his active life he devoted himself to farming.
He died in that county in April of 1900, at the
age of seventy-five years. His wife, Louisa
(Hunter) Hunter, was a member of a family
in no way related to her husband's family. She
was born in Nova Scotia, as was also her father,
George, and her mother, who in maidenhood
was a Miss Fish. Mrs. Hunter resides in Illi-
nois.

In a family of seven children, five of whom
are living, Charles W. Hunter was second in

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order of birth. He was educated in the public
schools. In 1867 he became an apprentice to the
stone-mason and bricklayer's trade under his
father, and at the expiration of his time began
journeyman work. In 1878 he removed to Col-
orado Springs, Colo., in which city and at Man-
itou he worked at his trade. In 1883 he removed
to Huron, S. D., and for a little less than a
year was superintendent of masonry for the
Union Pacific Railroad. In 1887 he went to the
far west and in Pasadena, Cal., engaged in con-
tracting and building until 1890, and continued
the same occupation after removing to Olympia,
Wash.

Taking up his permanent residence in Phoe-
nix in 1892, Mr. Hunter has since met with a
high degree of appreciation as the character of
his work became known. He has received an ex-
tended patronage, which has come to him as
the result of his acknowledged skill and faith-
fulness to every contract. Not only is he a
representative of his trade, but in every other
respect he is an enterprising citizen of his town.
In national politics a Republican, he is not a
seeker after official recognition, but prefers to
devote all of his time to the immediate demands
of his business. Fraternally he is associated
with the Woodmen of the World.

THOMAS SHIELDS COLLINS, M. D.

As an exponent of medical science Dr. Col-
lins occupies a prominent position among the
professional men of southern Arizona. A con-
scientious and painstaking practitioner, he has
not only established a desirable general practice
at Globe, but has at different times been com-
pany physician for some of the largest mining
concerns in the territory. The youth of Dr.
Collins was uneventfully passed in Pittsburg,
Pa., where he was born September 13, 1866.
His parents, William A. and Eliza (Lee) Collins,
were natives respectively of Kentucky and Ohio.
William A. Collins was an attorney and jour-
nalist, and editor of the Pittsburg Chronicle-
Telegraph.

Dr. Collins received his education in Florida
and Virginia, and subsequently studied medi-
cine at the Hospital College of Medicine in
Louisville, Ky., from which he was graduated in

1886. After fifteen months spent in practical
demonstration in the Louisville hospitals, and
six months in the Southern Pacific railroad hos-
pital at Oakland, Cal., he came to Silver King
Camp in Arizona, in 1888, and was company phy-
sician for two years. For the following few
months he derived a great deal of interest-
ing information from extensive traveling, -and
materially broadened his scope, horizon, and
knowledge of human nature. He visited Central
and South America, later going to Cuba, Flor-
ida, and other southern points, his wanderings
terminating in Globe in 1891. Here he was
company doctor for the mines of Globe until
1897, when he followed the tide of fortune seek-
ers north, and spent a year in the Klondike.
Upon returning to Globe he entered upon a
general medical and surgical practice, in which
he has since been successfully engaged. Like
the majority who live in a region where the
speculative enterprise of mining is possible, the
doctor is also interested, and owns several
claims in the Globe district. He is the pos-
sessor of town property, and owns his residence
and office, which is located just off from the
main street near the center of the town.

Mrs. Collins was, before her marriage in 1891,
Nellie Atkinson, and her parents are Capt.
George and Maria Atkinson, the former of
whom was a captain in a "Minnesota Regiment
during the Civil war. In politics a Democrat,
Dr. Collins is actively interested in local politi-
cal affairs, has served on several committees,
and has been chairman of the Gila county cen-
tral committee. Fraternally he is associated
with the Odd Fellows at Globe and is a mem-
ber of Lodge No. 12, which is the largest lodge
in the territory. He is also a Woodman and
Workman, a charter member of both lodges in
Globe, and of the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks.

FREDERICK L. BRILL.

Few of the dwellers of Salt River valley have
been for so long a time identified with the
territory of Arizona as has Mr. Brill, who came
here in 1865, and has since made it the scene of
the various enterprises in which he has been
engaged. As may well be imagined, the coun-

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try at that time was in a wild and unprom-
ising condition, and they were indeed stout of
heart who had faith in its possibilities. The
red men still regarded the rivers, and woods,
and plains, as their rightful and undisputed herit-
age, and to the early miners who sought to
wrest from the earth its hidden treasures, they
were a constant menace and danger. It is
therefore true that to these miners of courage
and unflagging zeal is largely due the present
state of improvement and civilization of this pro-
lific corner of the earth.

For several years Mr. Brill was engaged in
mining in different parts of the territory, and
was part owner of the famous Vulture mine,
located about fiften miles west of where Phoenix
now stands. Later he settled on a ranch fifty-
six miles west of the site of Phoenix, and
took up land for mining purposes, subsequently
drifting into general farming and stock-raising.
Of the original land purchased in the early days,
he still owns nine hundred and sixty acres, part
of which is under a high state of cultivation,
and unusually well watered. Here he lived and
prospered for many years, and finally removed
to where he now lives, in the near vicinity of
Phoenix. To Mr. Brill belongs the distinction
of having planted the first orchard in the ter-
ritory of 'Arizona, on Brill's ranch, near Wick-
enburg, which he still owns. While a resident
of that place he attained to considerable promi-
nence in the affairs of the locality, and for sev-
eral years served as justice of the peace.

A native of other shores, Mr. Brill was born
in Prussia, April 4, 1833, and is a son of Henry
Brill, also born in Prussia. In his native land
he received the substantial training accorded
the average German youth, and was well
equipped for the future responsibilities of life by
receiving a good education. To this has been
added the research of many years, and constant
reading and application, and today Mr. Brill is
an unusually well informed man, and in touch
with the general topics of interest. When about
seventeen years of age his ambition reached be-
yond the land of his birth, and in search of
broader opportunities, he immigrated to Amer-
ica, the journey being accomplished in a sailing
vessel. Upon arriving in the United States he
settled in Louisiana, and for a short time en-

gaged in the tobacco business in New Orleans.
A later venture was a mercantile business con-
ducted in San Antonio, Tex:, and also the manu-
facture of cigars. Still unsettled as to location,
Mr. Brill tried his fortunes in Nicaragua, and
after a short time went to California, via San
Francisco, and for a time engaged in mining in
southern California. In San Diego county he
began to raise cattle, and was thus employed
until 1865, when he came to Arizona.

Mrs. Brill was formerly Laura Copeland, a na-
tive of San Francisco. The first wife of Mr.
Brill was Isabella Rourke. He has three chil-
dren: Cora, Frederick and Louise. In religion
he is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

MRS. MARY H. BAXTER.

Mrs. Baxter was born in Madison, Ga., and
is a daughter of Patterson and Mary (Johnson)
Taylor, born respectively in North Carolina and
in Morgan county, Ga. Patterson Taylor was
a farmer during the greater part of his life, and
moved from North Carolina to Georgia when a
young man. He served with distinction in the
Florida or Seminole war, and died in Georgia in
1845. His wife, who was a daughter of John
Johnson, a native of Georgia and a planter by
occupation, married a second time, and subse-
quently died in Phoenix. She became the mother
of seven children, six of whom attained maturity,
three sons and three daughters, Mrs. Baxter
being the second youngest child of the second
marriage. Of the other children, James D. Jack-
son was killed during the Civil war, while serv-
ing in a Georgia regiment at the battle of Mal-
vern Hill; Christopher C. Taylor was in a Geor-
gia regiment, and was killed at the battle of
Malvern Hill ; Mrs. Reeves, a full sister of Mrs.
Baxter, is living in Los Angeles, Cal.

Miss Mary Taylor was reared in Georgia, and
received an excellent education. In 1861 she
removed to Fanning county, Tex., and in 1869
crossed the western plains with a train of four
hundred people, and terminated the journey at
Gila Bend. At Agua Caliente Miss Taylor was
united in marriage with King Woolsey, who was
born in Georgia, and educated in Louisiana and
Arkansas. His father was a large land owner,
and had property on both sides of the state line

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In 1850 the son went to Calaveras county, Cal.,
and engaged in mining, and in 1860 located in
Arizona. The following year began his associa-
tion with the Indians, wherein he so distin-
guished himself in the face of extreme peril and
almost certain death. He led several expedi-
tions against the Apaches in 1863-4, and after
several battles in different parts of the territory
succeeded in rounding them up, thus averting
much disaster and loss of life.

On the Gila river Mr. Woolsey bought the
Agua Caliente ranch and hot springs, and settled
down to the life of a prosperous rancher. In
the Prescott district he had large mining inter-
ests, and built three quartz mills which were
operated in partnership with ex-Governors Rich-
ard C. McCormick and John N. Goodwin. His
interests further extended to the purchase of im-
proved farms in the Salt River valley, and to the
acquisition of considerable business and other
property in Phoenix. He was a miller also on
a large scale, and conducted his enterprise in
partnership with John Y. T. Smith. Mr. Wool-
sey died in Phoenix in 1879, and is remembered
as a man of sterling character and high principle,
with wisely directed generous impulses, and a
personal courage which never quailed in the face
of danger. In the political affairs of the com-
munity in which he lived he exerted a wide in-
fluence, and served in the first, second, third,
fifth, seventh and ninth territorial councils, hav-
ing been president of thesame during the seventh
and ninth terms. He was also on the staffs of
Governors Goodwin, McCormick and Safford.

Mrs. Woolsey subsequently became the wife
of Mr. Baxter, an attorney of Phoenix. She is
a woman of great executive ability, and an ex-
cellent business manager, and owns large real-
estate interests in Phoenix and elsewhere. Her
property is all well improved and on a paying
basis, and includes the Plaza building. The
Agua Caliente ranch, which is the especial1 pride
of Mrs. Baxter, is ten hundred and forty acres
in extent, and "one of the finest pieces of prop-
erty in the county. The irrigation facilities are
admirable, the water being inexhaustible, and
derived from the Agua Caliente spring. This
spring is possessed of medicinal qualities which
have gained for it a wide renown, and which is
purported to have accomplished' some really

wonderful cures. The water gushes forth with
the rapidity and power of a mountain torrent,
and contains iron, magnesia and sulphur. The
inducement offered by the healing power of the
water has justified the erection of an hotel in
process of construction, which is to cost $60,000.

JULIAN VEST.

The great army of railroad conductors having
their respective routes in the far west are ably
represented by that enterprising citizen of Tuc-
son, and excellent railroad man, Mr. Vest. A
native of Richmond, Va., he was the youngest
in a family of nine children, seven of whom are
living. His father, James M. Vest, was born in
Louisa county, Va., and was a planter on a
large scale, owning Corduroy, a beautiful and
richly developed home of one thousand and six
hundred acres. He was one of the ideal south-
ern planters, and lived to be over eighty years
old. The paternal grandfather, John Vest, also
a native of Virginia, was a planter and promi-
nent man, and served his country in the war of
1812. On the maternal side, the ancestry is
English. Mrs. Vest, who died in 1876, before
her marriage was Martha Sneed Burnley, who
was born at Rock Creek, Louisa county, Va.

On his father's plantation of Corduroy Julian
Vest received the early training that fitted him
for the future responsibilities of life, and was
educated by a private tutor, at the Culpeper
Academy, and at the Blacksburg Military Acad-
emy. In 1873 he started out in the world to
earn his own living and became identified as
brakeman with the railroad owned by Collis P.
Huntington, called the Chesapeake & Ohio.
Eighteen months later he was promoted to the
position of conductor, and in 1883 filled a similar
position with the Kentucky Central Railroad.
In 1894 he became yardmaster at Memphis,
Tenn., for the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwest-
ern Railroad, and was transferred in 1896 to the
Tucson division of the Southern Pacific, as con-
ductor on the division.

In Cynthiana, Ky., September 19, 1888, Mr.
Vest married a native of the place, Nancy I.
Craig, a daughter of F. G. Craig, a prominent
distiller and race horse man, and who served as

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quartermaster in a Kentucky regiment during
the Civil war. Her mother was Kate Sparks, a
member of an old Kentucky family. To Mr. and
Mrs. Vest have been born two children, Charles
Frank and James W. In Paris, Ky., Mr. Vest
became associated with the Masons, and is now a
member of the Tucson Lodge, No. 4,' and is still
connected with the Royal Arch Masons at Paris,
Ky. As a member of the Order of Railroad Con-
ductors, he belongs with San Xavier Division,
No. 313. In national politics a Democrat, he is
liberal-minded regarding the prevailing adminis-
tration. In religion he is connected with the
Baptist Church.

THOMAS GRINDELL.

The greatest gift of life, a mind stored with
the best knowledge of the world, belongs to Mr.
Grindell. A profound student always, by study
and by travel in many lands he has acquired the
breadth of mind which is the rightful heritage of
the intelligent observer. He was born in Platte-
ville, Wis., June 29, 1871, and is a son of Wil-
liam and Margaret (McMurray) Grindell, natives
respectively of Ireland and Illinois. When a
young man, William Grindell settled in Canada,
but soon removed to the States and became one
of the earliest settlers of Platteville, Wis. His
industrious efforts were attended by a cor-
responding prosperity, and he was one of the
best in his line in the manufacture of furniture.
In Masonic circles he wielded an extended influ-
ence and was identified with other important in-
terests of his town. He lived to be seventy-six
years of age. His wife, who is now living in
Platteville, Wis., was a niece of Peter Cart-
wright, her mother having been a sister of that
eminent evangelist.

The home training received by Thomas Grin-
dell was calculated to develop the best traits of
his character. In his native town of Platteville
he was educated in the public schools and in
1890 was graduated from the normal school.
Subsequent training was received in the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin, which he entered as a
junior and left in March of the senior year.
Following a westward inclination he sought the
glowing possibilities of California and engaged
in the educational work in Los Angeles in 1892.

In 1893 he entered upon extended journeyings
and visited the Sandwich Islands, New Zealand,
Australia, the Philippines, China and Japan, and
was away from this country about thirteen
months. After returning to San Francisco he
started upon another trip of adventure and vis-
ited Alaska, Juneau and Sitka being his especial
objective points. On his return to the United
States he spent a short time in Los Angeles,
after which he visited old Mexico and Central
America, where he purchased placer gold from
the Indians and natives. Interspersed with the
overland travels were many interesting experi-
ences which threatened disastrous terminations
and included the adventures of being twice
robbed. On one occasion he was waylaid and
nearly killed, in addition to being relieved of his
possessions. A siege of yellow fever somewhat
dampened the delight and enthusiasm of travel
in Central America, but fortunately was viewed
from a philosophical standpoint by Mr. Grindell
as a part of the hardships to be endured by those
who wander far from their native heaths.

During 1895 Mr. Grindell was commissioned
captain in the Guatemalan army while touring
through that country. At that time Guatemala
was about to go to war with the republic of
Mexico over the disputed mahogany lands on
the border, but a settlement being effected he
withdrew from the service. In the fall of the
same year he settled in Tucson, Ariz., and be-
came interested in mining and educational work,
and was later principal of the Nogales public
schools. At the same time he attained to con-
siderable political prominence and was secretary
of the territorial meeting that appointed the Mc-
Kinley delegates to the St. Louis national con-
vention in 1896. In 1900 he was a delegate to
the convention at Philadelphia that nominated
William McKinley for a second term as presi-
dent. In 1897 he was appointed to the chair of
English literature in the Arizona Normal school
at Tempe, but resigned the position to enlist as a
private in troop C, First United States Volun-
teer Cavalry, more familiarly known as Roose-
velt's Rough Riders. With this famous troop
he served in the Spanish-American war until
mustered out in the fall of 1898. Upon his re-
turn to Arizona he was nominated for superin-
tendent of schools of Maricopa county, but suf-

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fercd defeat with the rest of the Rough Riders
in the territory that year. In January of 1899
he was appointed deputy to United States Mar-
shal Griffith and served in the office at Tucson
for a year, since which time he has been clerk
of the supreme court of Arizona.

In addition to the responsibility incident to
the supreme court clerkship Mr. Grindell is in-
terested in ranching near Tucson and owns, in
partnership with his brother, Edward P. of Tuc-
son, the site of old Fort Lowell in Arizona. He
also laid out an addition to Nogales, known as
the Grindell tract, consisting of one hundred
and seventeen lots. In Los Angeles, Cal., he
was made a Mason and is now connected with
Chapter No. 2, R. A. M., Commandery No. 3,
K. T., and El Zaribah Temple, N. M. S., of
Phoenix. The Ancient Order of United Work-
men includes him in its list of members, also
the Maricopa club.

JOHN L. SEAMANDS.

John L. Seamands comes of a family of rail-
roaders, as his father and three brothers have
given their mature lives to this line of occupa-
tion. He is justly popular among the railroad
men with whom he is acquainted, and for a quar-
ter of a century has devoted his life to railroad-
ing. Belonging to the Order of Railroad Con-
ductors, he is ex-chief of Xavier Division, No.
313, and in 1893 represented Lexington Divi-
sion, No. 239, in the grand division at Toledo,
Ohio. In 1888, 1889 and 1890 he attended the
general conventions of the order, at Toronto,
Denver and Rochester, N. Y., respectively.

The Seamands family is of English origin, and
the great-grandfather of our subject, William
Scaniands, was born in Virginia, as also was the
grandfather, William R. Seamands. The former
was a man of liberal education for his day and
locality, and his death occurred in West Vir-
ginia. William R. Seamands was a successful
stock dealer and farmer, and spent his last years
in West Virginia. Andrew Jackson Seamands,
father of John L., was born in Cabell county, W.
Va., nnd prior to nnd after the Civil war was
employed in the construction of the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroad. When the line had been fin-
ished he became roadmaster, and when in his

fiftieth year and living in Milton, W. Va., was
in charge of a supply train and on one occasion
was on his way from the camp to the railroad
station, where he was to take a train for home,
when he was accidentally killed by falling
through a bridge. His widow, Mrs. Mary (Mann)
Seamands, is yet living, her home now being in
Tucson. She was born in Jackson county, Ohio,
where her people were early settlers. Henrietta,
her only daughter, died in West Virginia, and
Frank P., the youngest, died when three years
old. Albert G., Ch«rles W. and James D. are
conductors, with their homes and headquarters
in San Antonio, Tex.

J. L. Seamands was born and reared in Cabell
county, W. Va., and received a public-school
education. In 1875, when fifteen years of age,
he commenced working on the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad with his father and was promoted
from errand boy and "jack-of-all-trades" to
brakeman. After a year and a half or so he was
given a position as conductor on the same line,
and it was not until January, 1884, that he re-
signed and went to Texas. There he was em-
ployed for ten months as a conductor on the
International & Great Northern Railroad, and
from November, 1884, to March, 1886, was again
with the Chesapeake & Ohio, in the same capac-
ity. During the following seven years he ran
between Cincinnati and Lexington, Ky., on the
Kentucky Central Railroad, after which he was
with another railroad until March, 1896. Re-
signing, he came to Tucson, and from May of
that year until September, 1899, was conductor
on a train running in the Tucson division of the
Southern Pacific. For fifteen months he was
traveling conductor between Tucson and El
Paso and on the branch road from Benson to
Nogales, Ariz., his territory comprising about
four hundred miles of railroad. At the present
he is conductor between Tucson and Nogales.

In February, 1883, Mr. Seamands was imrried
in St. Albans, W. Va., to Miss Jennie Capehart,
a native of that town, as were her father, Stephen
P., and grandfather, John Capehart. The family
is of German ancestry. John Capehart was the
owner of a plantation, and Stephen P. Capehart
followed agricultural pursuits in early manhood,
later becoming a merchant of St. Albans. He is
a first cousin of Hon. James Capehart, who repre-

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sented the third district of West Virginia in
congress several terms. For a wife S. P. Cape-
hart chose Susan, the only child of Andrew
Woods (and granddaughter of a hero of the
American war for independence). The latter
was a native of Scotland and was of the old
Presbyterian faith, being a minister of that de-
nomination. Andrew Woods was born near
Winchester, Va., and was a furniture manufac-
turer at Charlestown, W. Va., for several years.
Of the five children born to S. P. Capehart and
wife two are deceased. William C. is a con-
tractor, living at St. Albans, and John C. is a
traveling salesman of Morgantown. The mar-
riage of Mr. and Mrs. Seamands is blessed by
three sons, namely: Roy Capehart, Earl Arnett
and Lawrence Capehart.

Fraternally Mr. Seamands is an Odd Fellow
and a Knight of Pythias, and in his political faith
is a Democrat. Mrs. Seamands was educated in
Sheldon College, at St. Albans, and possesses at-
tractive social qualities. She belongs to the
Ladies' Auxiliary of the Order of Railroad Con-
ductors and is secretary and treasurer of the Tuc-
son branch, Xavier Division, No. 118. In re-
ligion she is a Presbyterian, while her husband
favors the Methodist Episcopal creed.

WILLIAM H. CLARK.

A native of Cheshire, Berkshire county, Mass.,
born August 22, 1859, and reared and educated
in that state, Mr. Clark has been a sincere ad-
mirer and friend of Arizona since he first
came here, twenty-three years ago. Though
he returned to New England in the mean-
time, and thought he would settle there
permanently, the charms of Arizona were
never absent from his mind, and eventually
he came back, thenceforward to be unwavering
in his allegiance to this future state.

Mr. Clark possesses a liberal education and is
a well-informed man on all the current issues
of the day. In the Centennial year he was con-
nected with the Newtown (Conn.) "Bee," a well-
known newspaper of that state, and about that
time his interest in the far west was awakened.
In 1878 he started for the west, and made an
extended tour through Colorado, New Mexico
and Arizona, continually becoming more im-

pressed with the gigantic enterprises engaging
' the attention of the comparatively few inhabi-
tants and the yet greater future before them.

In the spring of 1880 Mr. Clark returned to
Massachusetts and then dwelt in New York City
for a few months. Much to the surprise of many
of his friends he yielded to the attractions of a
military life, and in December, 1880, enlisted in
the United States regulars for five years. As-
signed to service with the Fourth Cavalry, under
Colonel McKenzie, he first was stationed at Fort
Riley, Kans.,and thence was sent into Colorado,
also aiding in the transferring of the Ute Indians
from that state to Utah. In August, 1881, the
Fourth Cavalry was sent to Fort Apache, owing
to the outbreak among the Cibecu Apache In-
dians of that vicinity and of the San Carlos dis-
trict. Later in the fall they were ordered to Fort
Wingate, N. M., and remained there until the
spring of 1884, chiefly doing duty on detached
service. The remainder of Mr. Clark's term of
enlistment was at Fort Apache, where he was
granted an honorable discharge December 18,
1895. Several times during his service he acted
as a non-commissioned officer, mainly in the
quartermaster's department, and throughout his
army career made a most creditable record. Dur-
ing the last year he took part in the campaign
against Geronimo and his braves, whose massa-
cres and devastations struck terror to the hearts
of even old settlers and Indian-fighters.

Once more returning to New England, Mr.
Clark became associated with the American
Zylonite Company, of Adams, Mass., and spent
a year or two there. It often has been said that
he who passes a year or even less in the south-
west can never be satisfied to live elsewhere
again, and so it proved in the case of our subject.
In 1888 he came to Holbrook, and opening the
well-known Holbrook House conducted it for
four years. In 1893 ne became general agent
for several eastern firms, and in the following
three years commenced dealing in general mer-
chandise. After two years had rolled away he
sold out to Mr. Wooster and embarked in a
brokerage business, buying and selling every-
thing, including real estate. Along the Santa Fe
and throughout northern Arizona he has built
up a large trade with local merchants, as he
handles all kinds of merchandise.

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In no wise is Mr. Clark a politician, in the
usual .sense of the term. However, he keeps well
posted in the great and grave affairs of the times
and uses his influence in favor of the Republican
party. A special point is made by him in attend-
ing conventions, county and territorial, and fre-
quently he has been sent as a delegate. In June,
1900, he had the honor of being a delegate to
the national Republican convention at Philadel-
phia. He is a charter member of Winslow Lodge
No. 536, B. P. O. E., and was one of its first
officials. His marriage to Miss Augusta Schulz
took place in New Mexico in 1894.

THOMAS McGRATH.

Among the prominent railroad men residing
in Phoenix is the gentleman whose name intro-
duces this sketch. Throughout his business
career he has been actively identified with rail-
road work, and is now one of the popular con-
ductors on the Santa Fe, Phoenix & Prescott
line. A native of Vermont, he was born in St.
Albans, on the ist of January, 1867, and is a
son of Kennedy and Mary (Maloney) McGrath.
The father was born in Ireland and when six
years old came to this country with his parents,
the family locating in Waterbury, Vt., where the
grandfather, Thomas McGrath, followed farming
until his death. For the long period of thirty-
two years the father served as yardmaster for the
Central Vermont Railroad, but is now living a
retired life on his farm near St. Albans. His
wife is a native of that place and a daughter of
Simon Maloney, who was connected with the
Central Vermont Railroad throughout his active
business life. Our subject is one of a family of
eleven children, all of whom are living. His
brothers, Edward and John, are now engineers
on the Mexican Central Railroad.

Mr. McGrath, of this review, .grew to man-
hood at his birthplace, and at the age of four-
teen years began work in the passenger yard of
the Central Vermont Railroad. Two years later
he was given charge of the same and held that
position three and a half years. In 1886 he went
to El Paso del Norte, Mexico, and after brak-
ing on the Mexican Central Railroad for three
months was promoted to conductor, having
charge of a train running between El Paso and

Jiminiez. Not being pleased with that section
he went to Colorado in May, 1887, and entered
the seivice of the Colorado Midland as brake-
man on a train running between Colorado
Springs and Buena Vista, but was soon made
conductor. In 1888 he secured a position as
brakeman on the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad,
and a month later was made conductor of a
freight train running between Williams and
Peach Springs, holding that position three
months, after which he was brakeman on a train
running between Needles and Peach Spring. His
train was wrecked by a broken wheel, but for-
tunately he escaped uninjured. Although he
was in no wise to blame for the accident he was
laid off, and then went to Trinidad, Colo., and
secured a position as brakeman on the Denver,
Texas & Fort Worth Railroad between Trini-
dad and Texline. Subsequently he was conduc-
tor on a train running between Pueblo and
Trinidad, and then returned to Needles to be-
come conductor on the construction train that
built the Colorado & California Railroad. Later
he accepted a similar position on a construction
train of the Santa Fe, Phoenix & Prescott Rail-
road, with which he has since been connected.
He was freight conductor for a time, but for four
years has now been passenger conductor on a
train running between Ash Fork and Phoenix.
His has been a successful railroad career and he
has the entire confidence of the company, as
well as the high regard of his associates and
many friends. He is a member of the Aztec
Division No. 85, O. R. C., at Winslow, and is a
stanch supporter of the Republican party.

At Williams, Ariz., Mr. McGrath was united
in marriage with Miss Jennie York, and to them
have been born two interesting children, Arlie
and Murray.

S. M. HARRIS.

This honored veteran of the Civil war, and
now a well-known conductor on the Phoenix
Short Line, residing in Phoenix, was born in
St. Louis, Mo., in September, 1847, and 's a son
of Joseph and Providence (Frazer) Harris, also
natives of that state, the former born in St.
Louis county, the latter in Franklin county. His
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farmer and miller by occupation, was born in
Warren county, Ky., and at an early day re-
moved to St. Louis, Mo. The maternal grand-
father, Charles Frazer, was of Scotch-Irish de-
scent, and was also a pioneer of St. Louis. Later
in life he followed farming in Franklin county,
Mo. He was steward of the Lewis and Clark
expedition, which explored the northwest, fol-
lowing the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers to
their source, and Frazer river was named in his
honor. The father of our subject followed farm-
ing in Missouri throughout life. He was killed
in November, 1855, while on his way to attend a
celebration in Jefferson City by the excursion
train on the Missouri Pacific Railroad going
through the bridge at Gasconade. His wife died
in Kansas City in 1887.

Of the six children of this worthy couple S. •
M. Harris is third in order of birth and the only
one living in Arizona. He was reared and edu-
cated in St. Louis. He engaged in farming until
fourteen years of age, when he began his rail-
road career as a newsboy on the train, but a year
later became brakeman on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad. In 1864 he laid aside all personal in-
terests and enlisted in Company K, Fortieth
Missouri Volunteer Infantry, being mustered
into the United States service at Benton Bar-
racks, St. Louis. He was on duty in Louisiana,
Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee,
and participated in the engagements at Frank-
lin, Spring Hill and Nashville, and the siege of
Mobile, Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, after
which he went to Montgomery, Ala. He was
mustered out at Benton Barracks, in August,
1865, and returned to his home in Missouri.

After the war Mr. Harris again entered the
service of the Missouri Pacific Railroad as
brakeman, and was promoted to conductor in
October, 1868. Subsequently he was with the
Iron Mountain, Northern Missouri and other
roads, and for eight years was a conductor on
the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Rail-
road between Kansas City and Memphis, his
home being in the former place. In 1889 he
went to Stockton, Cal., and was with the South-
ern Pacific Railroad one year, at the end of
which time he removed to Los Angeles and be-
came a conductor on the Southern California
Railroad. In 1894 he entered the service of the
in

Stockton Railroad, with which he was connected
until coming to Phoenix in February, 1896. He
has since been in the employ of the Maricopa,
Phoenix & Salt River Valley Railroad Company,
as brakeman three months and since then as con-
ductor in charge of a passenger train. He is one
of the most popular conductors of the line, being
painstaking and obliging, and easily makes
friends of all with whom he comes in contact.
Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen at Fort Scott, Kans., and
the Masonic order at Lodi, Cal.

In Kansas City, Mo., Mr. Harris married Miss
Huldah Fitzgerald, a native of San Joaquin
county, Cal. She is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and a most estimable lady.
She is a daughter of Joseph W. and Sarah Fitz-
gerald, of Lodi, Cal. Her father, who is de-
ceased, was reared in St. Louis county, Mo.,
went to California in 1849 and engaged in min-
ing for many years. Subsequently he turned his
attention to ranching.

CAPT. J. DeWITT BURGESS.

The life record of this sterling citizen of Tuc-
son presents many points of unusual interest,
and his twenty-three years of identification with
the interests of Arizona entitles him to an hon-
ored place in its annals. He possesses broad
and liberal views of life and human achieve-
ments, is a patriot in the best and highest sense
and is entirely worthy of the praise and emula-
tion of his associates and contemporaries.

Born in Devonshire, England, May 2, 1847,
he is the eldest child of Cyrus Angus and
Leonora F. N. (DeWitt) Burgess, natives re-
spectively of Dublin, Ireland, and Devonshire.
The mother was the only child of John DeWitt,
whose brother was Sir Henry DeWitt of Devon.
The family originated in Holland, and at the
close of the "thirty years' war" went to England,
later to Scotland and finally located in the south-
ern part of England. John DeWitt was a capi-
talist, owning valuable estates in Scotland and
England. Cyrus A. Burgess was born in Dub-
lin, and for seventeen years was professor of
mathematics in Trinity college of that city. He
was a man of exceptional ability, and for years
was engaged in civil and mining engineering
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brought his family to the United States and for
the next five years was employed in the con-
struction of the Pennsylvania railroad at Phila-
delphia. Later he represented a large English
corporation in the New York & Erie Railroad,
controlling a good block of stock. He died in
the midst of his extensive enterprises, in New
Jersey, in 1868, and his widow departed this
life in Dublin, Ireland. All of their children,
three sons and two daughters, survive.

The boyhood of Capt. J. DeWitt Burgess was
exceptionally replete with interest and educa-
tional factors, though his literary schooling was
limited, his father being his chief instructor. An
infant when brought to America, he was made
a companion of by his father, and accompanied
him on trips to Arkansas, Tennessee, North
Carolina, Virginia, Michigan and Pennsylvania,
and also to Cuba and South America. He be-
came well versed in mathematics under the tute-
lage of his gifted father and in 1861 entered
Wabash college at Crawfordsville, Ind.

In August, 1862, the young man, then only
fifteen years of age, enlisted in Company F,
Sixth Indiana Caval'ry, and within a few days,
on August 30, took part in the battle of Rich-
mond, Ky. In the following December he took
part in the engagements of Elizabethtown and
Muldrough'sHill and then assisted in the capture
of Knoxville under the leadership of General
Burnside, remaining with him until March, 1864.
Among the maneuvers in which he was con-
cerned were Strawberry Plains, Elaine's Cross
Roads, London, Campbell Station and the three
weeks' siege of Knoxville. In March, 1864, the
regiment returned by railroad to Lexington,
Ky., and then, having obtained fresh horses,
joined Sherman at Rocky Face Ridge May 4,
1864, and continued with him until August 2 in
Stoneman's brigade. While near Macon on a
raid Captain Burgess and his comrades were
captured August 9 at Sunshine Church, and were
kept in prisons at Andersonville, Charleston,
S. C., and Florence, S. C., until the ensuing
December, when he was released on special
parole. Sent to Savannah, thence to Annapolis
and then to Camp Chase, Ohio, he was there in
command of paroled prisoners until May, 1865,
when he returned to his regiment and was mus-
tered out at Pulaski, Tenn., July 28, 1865. He

had enlisted as a private and by meritorious con-
duct had been promoted, becoming second lieu-
tenant September i, 1862; first lieutenant July
18, 1864; captain May 2, 186^, and was honor-
ably discharged July 28, 1865. On two occa-
sions he was wounded, a bullet passing through
his body under the left arm, but fortunately
missing the vital organs. At Resaca he was
knocked down and run over by a caisson and
at the siege of Atlanta, July 22, his horse was
killed under him and in falling almost crushed
the rider's leg.

In 1866, by a competitive examination, Cap-
tain Burgess was appointed from Terre Haute,
Ind., as a cadet to West Point, and belonged to
the class of '70. However, in June, 1868, he
resigned, but in the following August was ap-
pointed as second lieutenant of the Seventh
United States Cavalry, and joined the regiment
at Fort Hays. That fall he participated in the
campaign against Black Kettle's band of Chey-
enne Indians and took part in the battle at Wich-
ita, and after they were quelled, November 28,
1868, he tendered his resignation. Coming to
Santa Fe he enlisted and outfitted twenty-one
men with arms and ammunition, and the party,
with considerable luggage conveyed by pack
animals, made the hazardous trip through New
Mexico and Arizona to Los Angeles. Prospect-
ing for some time in California, Captain Burgess
then went on horseback to San Francisco, and
in May, 1869, returned to the east on the newly-
completed Union Pacific.

In 1870 the captain was married in South
Bend., Ind., and went to England, where four
or five months were pleasantly spent, but the
wife soon died and in 1871 he left Liverpool for
a cruise around the world, by way of the Cape
of Good Hope, thence to India and to San Fran-
cisco and back to Indiana. Locating in Terre
Haute, he operated a machine shop and foundry
until March, 1873, when he sold out and came
to Arizona. Here he was associated with Gen.
A. V. Kautz and Col. James Biddle, and they
partially developed some Silver Creek property,
now known as the Equator mine, near Verde.
In 1875 the captain was appointed storekeeper
at the Verde Indian reservation, and later aided
in the removal of the Tonto Apaches and the
Apache Mohaves to the San Carlos reservation.

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For eight years, and until 1882, he was in the
employ of the government as chief of scouts at
San Carlos and in the field. He was also
agency clerk at San Carlos until May, 1876, and
helped to move the Chiricahur Apaches from
Bowie to San Carlos.

Since 1882 Captain Burgess has been engaged
in general mining enterprises, and is a member
of the American Institute of Mining Engineers.
For two years he was general manager of the
Table Mountain copper mines, for several years
held a similar position with the Saginaw mines,
situated about nine miles from Tucson, and was
superintendent of the Bolivia -Placer Mining
Company. At the present time he is the presi-
dent of the old Pueblo Copper Company, whose
mines are about twenty miles north of Red
Rock. He also is the superintendent of the
Golden Rule Copper mines, located some fifty
miles north of Tucson.

From his early manhood the captain has been
a stanch Republican. He held membership with
John A. Logan Post No. 3, G. A. R., of Terre
Haute, Ind., was an official of the Indiana com-
mandery of the Loyal Legion, and was identi-
fied with the Knights of Pythias. In religious
belief he is an Episcopalian and the kindly prin-
ciples which animate him have been of untold
assistance to the poor and unfortunate who have
appealed to him for aid.

WILLIAM F. BRANEN.

The popular passenger conductor on the Santa
Fe, Phoenix & Prescott Railroad, who now
makes his home in Phoenix, is a native of Iowa,
his birth having occurred in Polk, January 25,
1863. His parents, James and Minerva (Drellin-
ger) Branen, were born natives of Indiana, and
early settlers of Polk, Iowa. The maternal grand-
father, Alfred Drellinger, was born in the east
and belonged to an old eastern family. He was
one of the pioneers of the Hoosier state and a
farmer by occupation. From Polk the father of
our subject removed to Des Moines, Iowa,
where he first engaged in merchandising and
later in the hotel business. In 1869 he went to
Colorado and engaged in mining at Idaho
Springs for a time. Later he resided in George-
town and Silver Plume, and from the latter place

removed to Floyd Hill, Clear Creek county,
where he conducted a hotel seven or eight years.
Subsequently he was engaged in the same busi-
ness at Golden and Gunnison, and at the latter
place his death occurred. He served as an offi-
cer in an Iowa regiment during the Civil war,
and was a member of the Masonic fraternity.
His widow now resides in Denver, Colo. In the
family of this worthy couple were four sons and
three daughters, namely: Joseph, who was also
a member of an Iowa regiment during the war
of the Rebellion, and is now a resident of Phoe-
nix, Ariz. ; John, of El Paso, Tex. ; Mrs. Jennie
Paul, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. Mattie
Stewart, of Idaho; Charles, an engineer on the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, living in Du-
rango, Colo.; William L., our subject, and Mrs.
Minerva O'Brien, of Victor, Colo.

Reared in Colorado, William F. Branen was
educated in the public schools of Idaho Springs,
Georgetown and Golden. In 1875 he began his
railroad career as watchman of engines at Floyd
Hill, then the terminus of the Colorado Central,
and was soon made fireman, his route being be-
tween Black Hawk and Denver. Subsequently
he served as brakeman, and in 1880 was pro-
moted to be conductor on the same line. Later,
however, he returned to firing, and in 1882 was
made engineer on the Denver & South Park
Railroad, between Denver and Como. In 1884
he was transferred to Butte City, Mont., and
continued with the Union Pacific Railroad until
1889, when he entered the service of the Colo-
rado Midland as engineer between Colorado
Springs and New Castle for four years. He then
returned to the South Park line as engineer, and
remained with that company until late in the
fall of 1893, when he came to Arizona as engi-
neer on the construction train of the Santa Fe,
Phoenix & Prescott Railroad. On the comple-
tion of the road he was made engineer of a pas-
senger train, and his was the first train of that
kind run into Phoenix. In 1897 he became pas-
senger conductor, and is regarded as one of the
most popular and obliging men in the service
of the company. Those who know him best are
numbered among his warmest friends, and he
has the confidence and respect of all with whom
he comes in contact either in business or social
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of the Order of Railway Conductors, and is iden-
tified with the Republican party. Mr. Branen
was married in Phoenix, the lady of his choice
being Miss Helen Colby, a native of Wisconsin.

JAMES E. GUTHRIE.

Almost throughout the existence of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, or for the past quar-
ter of a century, James E. Guthrie, of Tucson,
has been on its pay-roll, and one of its most
faithful and trusted employes. In the Centen-
nial year he ran as fireman on an engine plying
between Los Angeles and San Pedro and in the
following year used to make the trip to Yuma.
He celebrated the Fourth-of-July, 1880, by tak-
ing his place for the first time at the lever, and
has nearly completed twenty years in that
capacity. To him fell the honor of piloting the
first train into El Paso, Tex., in 1881, S. S. Gil-
lespie being the conductor. His present run is
between Tucson and Yuma, Ariz., a passenger
train he has been the engineer of since May,
1884. During these seventeen years he has be-
come so well known along the line that the pass-
ing of "Whistling Jim," as he is popularly
termed, is looked for as an incident of the daily
life of many a resident on the Southern Pacific.
Many experiences have fallen to his share, and
on one occasion his engine was ditched and
the train held up by robbers. He belongs to
Division No. 28, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. He also holds membership in the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and uses
his ballot in favor of Democratic nominees and
principles.

Turning to the early history of this valued
railroad man, it is learned that he is a native of
Denton county, Tex., in which state his parents
were early settlers and prosperous farmers. His
paternal grandfather, Rev. Mr. Guthrie, also a
pioneer in the Lone Star state, and a minister
in the Presbyterian denomination, was a native
of Alabama and was of Scotch descent. R. B.
Guthrie, father of the subject of this article, was
born in Alabama, and his wife, Mary (Killen)
Guthrie, was a native of Mississippi and thence
accompanied her parents in their removal to
Texas. In 1868 the Guthrie family started on
the long overland journey to Los Angeles, Cal..

crossing Pecos river and passing through Tuc-
son and thence westward across the Colorado
river. The father devoted his attention to the
raising of oranges and to the cultivation of a
ranch, and now is living near Santa Ana, Cal.

The third in order of birth of nine children,
three of whom are deceased, James E. Guthrie
was born October i, 1855. Thus he was in his
fourteenth year when he made the memorable
western journey across the plains which have
since been spanned by the useful railroad. In
California he pursued his studies in the public
schools and was reared in the quiet pursuits of
the farm. Agriculture, however, was not to his
taste, and as soon as he had arrived at his ma-
joiity he embarked upon a railroad career, in
which he has met with success, as noted above.

The attractive home of James E. Guthrie, at
No. 344 South Third avenue, Tucson, was built
under his supervision. His marriage to Mrs.
Sallie (Wood) Leslie, daughter of Judge John S.
Wood, a pioneer citizen of Tucson, took place
here. By her former union she has one daugh-
ter, Beppie Leslie, and a daughter, Dorothy,
blesses her marriage with Mr. Guthrie. Judge
Wood was a native of Virginia, and his wife, a
Miss Marshall, though born in Missouri, came
of the old Virginia family of Marshalls. In the
early days of California the Judge removed to
the state, and since that time has been identified
with California and Arizona.

FRANK DIETZ.

The ancestry of the Dietz family is German,
and they were first represented in America by
Jacob, the paternal grandfather of Frank Dietz,
who, upon emigrating from his native land, set-
tled in Ohio, in the vicinity of Cincinnati. Dur-
ing his long and active life he was engaged in
stock-raising, and was also a butcher by occupa-
tion. Frank Dietz was born in Hillsboro, Ohio,
September 9, 1858, and is a son of John Dietz,
who was born in Germany and came to America
with his father. He was a shoe merchant at
Hillsboro, and died in 1864 at the early age of
thirty-three years. His wife, formerly Emily
Henry, was born in Germany, and came to
America with her parents. She was the mother
of four children, and died in 1897. Of the chil-

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dren, William died in Denver; George is living
in Gainesville, Tex., and is a conductor on the
Santa Fe, and Henry is a resident of Irondale,
about twelve miles from Denver, Colo.

The education of Mr. Dietz was acquired in
the public schools, and at an early age he started
out in the world to earn his own living. His
first venture was as a salesman in a large whole-
sale grocery establishment, and in 1878 he re-
moved to Los Angeles, Cal., where he entered
the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company as fireman. In 1880 he removed to
Tucson; in 1883 he was promoted to the posi-
tion of engineer, which he has since held, his
line being then between El Paso and Tucson.
Since 1895 he has had the passenger run be-
tween Tucson and Lordsburg. One of the evi-
dences of the prosperity that has rewarded the
industry of Mr. Dietz is the well constructed
residence on the corner of Fourteenth street and
South Fourth avenue.

Since living in Tucson Mr. Dietz married,
October 6, 1884, Emma Pierce, a native of
Windmill Point, on Lake Champlain, in Ver-
mont, and a daughter of Joseph and Mary
Pierce. For thirty years Mr. Pierce was master
mechanic of the Vermont Central Railroad at
White River Junction. In 1884 he came to Tuc-
son, Ariz., where he is living at the present time
at the age of eighty-two years. His wife, who,
before her marriage was Mary B. Cummings,
was born in Chelmsford, Mass., and died in Tuc-
son. She was the mother of six children, of
whom Mrs. Dietz is second youngest. Lizzie,
a sister, is now Mrs. E. J. Bowers, of Los An-
geles, Cal.; Washington died in New York;
Charles died in Vermont in 1890; Frank is in
Bowie, Ariz., and is engaged in the cattle busi-
ness; Walter is a stationary engineer at Bowie,
Ariz., and is in the employ of the Southern Pa-
cific road. Mrs. Dietz was educated in Vermont,
and came in 1883 with her parents to Tucson.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dietz have been born five chil-
dren. Those living are: Hazel Irene, Anna M.,
Lizzie M. and Charles E. George, the third
child, died at the age of three years.

Mr. Dietz is a member of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, Division No. 28, and has
served three terms as chief of the division. He
is now insurance secretary. Mrs. Dietz is a

charter member of the Grand International Aux-
iliary of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and is insurance secretary of the same. In re-
ligious connections she is identified with the
Episcopal Church.

BERNABE C. BRICHTA.

Within a few years the subject of this article
has risen in the business world to a place of in-
fluence and wealth. Possessing just the qual-
ities which insure success, he has spared no ef-
fort and by indefatigable labor and attention to
the wishes of the trade has won the esteem and
patronage of the public. Patriotism is one of his
foremost qualities, and Arizona is indebted to
him for the eight years of his life which he gave
to the National Guard service. Enlisting in June,
1886, in the troops which were organized into
the First Regiment of Arizona National Guard,
he served as first lieutenant of Company F, be-
ing commissioned by Governor Wolfley and
later by Governor L. C. Hughes. Remaining
with the regiment until 1892, he then resigned
and retired to the private walks of life.

Bernabe C. Brichta, son of the well-known
pioneer, Augustus Brichta (See his sketch else-
where in this volume) was born June II, 1860,
in Sonora, Mexico. His boyhood was passed
chiefly in Tucson, where he attended the gram-
mar and high schools. At the age of fifteen he
commenced serving an apprenticeship to the
printer's trade, and for seven years was em-
ployed in the office of the "Star" of Tucson.
Thus he assisted in the task of publishing the
first daily paper printed in this city. Later he
was with the "Citizen" and with the "Arizona
Journal" for some five years, and then spent a
twelvemonth in the service of the Southern Pa-
cific railroad. The journalistic life, however,
held more attractions for him and he returned
to it in 1887, for a few months being connected
with the Tombstone "Prospector." When in
the office of the Tucson "Journal" one of his
associates and great friends was the well-known
"Buckie" O'Neill, whose sketch is printed upon
another page of this volume. That undaunted
and popular young officer of the Spanish-Amer-
ican war who found his untimely death in Cuba
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positor on the "Journal" in 1883, and was re-
nowned for his speed as a typesetter, it being
said of him that he had no equal, not only in
Arizona, but on the entire Pacific coast. He
was treasurer of the Tucson Typographical
Union at that time, Mr. Brichta being a member
of the same.

In 1888 our subject embarked in business in
a limited way — how limited may be judged from
the fact that his capital amounted to only $125.
Buying a small stock of goods, he gradually
built up a trade and year by year has enlarged
his quarters and supply of goods. He now con-
ducts a general mercantile establishment, sit-
uated at the corner of Toole and Sixth avenue,
which substantial building he erected in 1894.
He also has built a warehouse, stable and resi-
dence, and is prospering in all of his under-
takings. Like most Tucson people, he has mine
investments, three different claims being in the
Cooper mining district. Fraternally he belongs
to the Lodge and Hall association of the An-
cient Order of United Workmen. In the Demo-
cratic party he is an active worker, and is a
member of the county central committee.

For a companion along the journey of life
Mr. Brichta chose Miss Maria Antonia Cruz,
who is a native of Santa Cruz, Mexico, but was
reared and educated in Tucson. They are the
parents of six children, named in order of birth
as follows: Bernabe C., Jr.; Louis, Albert, Jo-
sephine, Amelia and Maria Antonia.

JOHN S. DETWEILER.

Prescott numbers among its reliable and en-
terprising citizens an unusual number of railroad
men, and none is more successful and popular
than Mr. Detweiler. He was born in Catawissa,
Franklin county, Mo., September 26, 1866, and
is a son of Dr. E. S. Detweiler, a practicing
physician of Catawissa, Mo., who was born near
Harrisburg, in Dauphin county, Pa. During
the Civil war Dr. Detweiler was surgeon of the
Seventeenth Missouri Federal Volunteers. His
wife, Addie M. (Fulkerson) Detweiler, was born
in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and comes of an old and
distinguished southern family. She is now re-
siding in Kansas City, Mo., and is the mother of
ten children, of whom six daughters and two

sons are now living. One of the sons, B. S., is
with the Santa Fe, Phoenix & Prescott Rail-
road, with headquarters at Prescott.

Until seventeen years of age John S. Det-
weiler lived at home and studied in the public
schools. An outlet presented itself in 1883,
when he joined a surveying corps under E. J.
Beard, who had in charge the surveying for
the Eureka Canal Company in Kansas. In this
capacity he continued until 1885, when he re-
turned to Kansas City and as machinist entered
the employ of the Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Memphis Railroad, and in 1887 accepted a simi-
lar position with the Chicago, Santa Fe & Cali-
fornia Railroad at Streator, 111. His next effort
was with the Washington Park Company at
Kansas City, whose steamboat he ran on Wash-
ington Park lake for a couple of seasons, and he
was then with the Terminal Railroad Associa-
tion at St. Louis as machinist in their shops for
a short time.

After serving as engineer for the New Or-
leans & North Western Railroad at Natchez,
Miss., for eighteen months he resigned to be-
come an engineer on the Santa Fe, Phoenix &
Prescott Railroad, with headquarters at Pres-
cott. In April of 1893 he began to work on the
construction of the road between Prescott and
Wickenburg, and has since continuously been
with this enterprising railroad corporation. For
several years he has run a passenger train, and
has been proverbially fortunate in all ways per-
taining to his work. As proof of his success, he
has erected a pleasant and comfortable home in
the city, which is presided over by Mrs. Detwei-
ler, formerly Anna Ebel, of Oconomowoc, Wis.
Mrs. Detweiler is the mother of one child, Hal-
lie Mae. Mr. Detweiler is a Republican in poli-
tics, is a member of the Brotherhood of Loco-
motive Engineers, and fraternally is associated
with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

JOHN C. CLANCY.

In the prime of life and general usefulness, J.
C. Clancy is one of the highly respected em-
ployes of the Southern Pacific Railroad, his ser-
vice with this corporation dating from 1884.
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ing occurred in March, 1861, just before Fort
Sumter was fired upon and Civil war com-
menced. His father, Thomas Clancy, was en-
gaged in farming on Long Island, not far from
the great metropolis, and in 1869 he decided to
take up his abode in a sunnier clime, on the
other side of the continent. Accordingly, ac-
companied by his family, he went by boat to
Panama, and thence to Los Angeles, Cal. There
he spent the remainder of his life, and his widow,
Mrs. Mary (Kervick) Clancy, now resides in
Santa Cruz, Cal. Of their nine children, only
two survive, namely: J. C. and Thomas Clancy,
the latter now engaged in the lumber business at
Santa Cruz, Cal.

John C. Clancy received his education chiefly
in the schools of Los Angeles, and pursued his
higher studies in St. Vincent's College. Subse-
quently he embarked in the business world by
obtaining a clerkship in a mercantile establish-
ment of Los Angeles, and was thus employed
until 1081. Then, coming to Arizona, he clerked
at Globe for six months, and in 1882 came to
Tucson, where he was a clerk at the Cosmo-
politan Hotel for two years or more. Then, as
above stated, he entered the service of the South-
ern Pacific, and, after acting in the capacity of
fireman for some five years received a deserved
promotion. His run had been between Tuc-
son and El Paso, and now, as engineer, he pilots
the Sunset Limited, running from Tucson to
Lordsburg, N. M. Good fortune has attended
him thus far, and he has become popular all
along the line.

The pleasant home of Mr. Clancy, at No. 243
Eleventh street, is owned by him, and in addi-
tion to this, he owns another residence on
Eleventh street. The lady who presides over
the hospitalities of his home bore* the maiden
name of Florence Hawkins. She was born in
Ohio and at the time of her marriage to Mr.
Clancy was a resident of Pomona, Cal. They
are the parents of a daughter, Katherine.

For a period of four years Mr. Clancy was the
secretary of Division No. 28, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. One of the foremost
workers in the founding of the Southern Pacific
Library Association, he served as a member of
its first board of directors. In his political affil-
iations he is a Democrat.

DAVID A. RICHARDSON.

This attorney-at-law of Nogales was born at
Crockett, Houston county, Tex., September 21,
1865, and is a son of Joel D. and Cora C. (Haz-
lett) Richardson. His paternal grandfather,
Lloyd Richardson, a native of England, came to
America in boyhood in company with his parents
and settled in the vicinity of Lynchburg, Va.,
where he grew to manhood upon a plantation.
After the close of the Revolutionary war he
moved to White Sulphur Springs, about nine
miles from Jackson, Tenn., and settled on a
plantation, where, with the aid of his large num-
ber of slaves, he conducted extensive planting
operations. The remainder of his life was passed
on that homestead.

The youngest son in a large family of chil-
dren, Joel D. Richardson was born near Jack-
son, Tenn., on the plantation, and there his
youth was passed, his education being received
principally in the Jackson schools. When young
he learned the trade of a wagon manufacturer.
In company with three older brothers, in 1835,
he went to the then republic of Texas, and set-
tled with some slaves he had brought with him
on a large plantation near Crockett, Houston
county! During the war with Mexico he served
under General Taylor. His marriage took place
at. Crockett in 1860 and united him with Cora
C., daughter of Ezekiel Hazlett, who was the
largest slaveholder and planter in Houston
county. The year following, at the outbreak
of the Civil war, he enlisted as a private under
General Beauregard, and served until the expira-
tion of the struggle, his wife accompanying him
in all of his marches and remaining constantly
at the front. On his return to Crockett he
engaged in the mercantile business. His death
occurred in his home town on the 4th of July,
1872. He and his brothers were among the
wealthiest land and slave owners in Houston
county and were prominent Democrats, adher-
ing to the political belief that has been the
family watchword for generations.

The three sons of Joel D. Richardson were
David A. ; James W., a planter and stock-raiser
in Houston county ; and Joel D., Jr., who is in
partnership with his brother James. The sub-
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as he attended school only eight months, but by
indefatigable effort and study he has become a
broadly-informed man. In 1885 he began the
study of law under Azia A. Willie, then chief
justice of the supreme court of Texas. He was
admitted to the bar in Texas at Galveston, in
June, 1889, after which he practiced at Galves-
ton and El Paso until coming to Arizona. Dur-
ing his professional career in the Lone Star state
he defended more criminals than any other law-
yer in Texas. On account of his health, he
removed to El Paso in February, 1897, and in
August, 1900, he became a resident of Nogales.
In criminal practice he is especially strong.
Well grounded in the science of the law, he pos-
sesses the peculiar ability to apply the law and
evidence to the cause at trial. Forceful in
delivery, possessing oratorical ability, and
fluency of speech, his standing in the profession
is exceptionally high. He participated in many
of the important cases that have shed luster on
the bar of Texas. Admitted to practice in
Mexico, he defended the famous Rich case at
Juarez, it being the first case under the new
treaty and the first instance in which a woman
was given up by extradition from one country
to another. At this writing Mr. Richardson is
in partnership with F. J. Duffy, prosecuting
attorney of Santa Cruz county. His thorough
knowledge of the Spanish language aids him
materially in his practice, and he is also con-
versant with French.

Fraternally Mr. Richardson is connected with
the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men. In
politics he has always been a Democrat. In
December, 1893, he married Angele C. Lisbony,
daughter of Charles P. and Aline R. (Bertram)
Lisbony, of New Orleans, La., her father a
native of France, and her mother a daughter
of Col. Andrew Bertram, of the English army.

LOUIS C. MASTEN.

The duties of the responsible position as gen-
eral auditor of the Maricopa & Phoenix & Salt
River Valley Railroad are being discharged by
Louis C. Masten in a manner which reflects
great credit upon him. Doubtless he inherited
much of his ability to cope with the problems of
the financier from his father, N. K: Masten, a

"forty-niner" who was associated with Mark
Hopkins and Stillman, Thayer, Mackey and
Flood, and scores of the pioneers and founders
of San Francisco and California. The complete
history of the life of N. K. Masten, replete with
incident and adventure and great accomplish-
ments, could not be given within the limits of
this work, but an outline of his career doubt-
less will prove of interest to those who are more
or less acquainted with him by fame, and to the
numerous friends and well-wishers of the imme-
diate subject of this sketch.

Of an old New York State family, N. K. Mas-
ten was born in the city of Troy, N. Y., May 5,
1821. His financial ability early manifested
itself, and for some years prior to his removal
to the west he was engaged in the banking
business in New York City. Among the first to
journey to California after the discovery of gold
there, he rounded Cape Horn, and for about
six months was upon the high seas. Reaching
San Francisco, he proceeded to the mines, where
his success was varying, and after a period he
returned to the city and engaged in business as
a merchant and broker. For a number of years
he was a member of the well-known firm of
Mattoon, Masten & Co., wholesale dealers in
merchandise. His business relations with
Messrs. Thayer, Mackey, Flood and others
prominent in local history are matters of record.
Later he devoted himself more exclusively to
banking and brokerage; was the auditor of the
Hibernia Bank, and afterwards cashier of the
First National Gold Bank, and then held a like
position in the Nevada Bank of San Francisco.
Since 1884 he has been occupied in railroading,
at first as financial agent for the Southern Pa-
cific Company ; now is the president of the Mari-
copa & Phoenix & Salt River Valley Railroad
Company, and vice-president of the Lake Tahoe
Railway & Transportation Company, both of
which railroads he was active in building. His
residence has been in San Francisco for half a
century, and in innumerable ways he has con-
tributed materially to the prosperity of that city
and to the Pacific slope, as well as to the entire
west, directly or indirectly. His wife, who de-
parted this life in San Francisco in 1891, bore
the maiden name of Emelia A. Von Falkenberg.
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Peru, South America, and by her marriage be-
came the mother of twelve children, only one of
whom is deceased.

Louis C. Masten was born in San Francisco in
1872, and completed his literary education in
the high school of Oakland. His introduction
into the world of commerce was effected when
he became an employe of the San Francisco
Savings Union, where he soon was promoted
from the humble position of messenger to that
of assistant teller. Naturally studious, he de-
voted considerable time to astronomy, and when
the expedition from Lick Observatory visited
Japan in 1896 in order to witness the solar
eclipse of August 9, he accompanied them and
spent six months very pleasantly and profitably
in that interesting land. Upon his return home
he came to Arizona, and for more than a year
was engaged in mining in the Fortuna mines.
At length deciding that no surer road to suc-
cess than railroading can be found, he entered
the auditing department of the Maricopa &
Phoenix & Salt River Valley Railroad, and
having mastered the details of that department,
was appointed auditor of the road in February,
1900, where he is amply justifying the faith re-
posed in him by his superior officials. A pop-
ular member of the Board of Trade, of the Mar-
icopa Club, and of the Kinsley Lodge, A. O. U.
W., of which he is the master workman, he
seeks to promote the business and social activ-
ities of this community.

JOHN P. ORME.

Few of the courageous and far-sighted
pioneers of Maricopa county have wielded a
wider influence along the lines of progress in
their adopted territory than has Mr. Orme.
Gifted with the substantial traits of mind and
character which are conducive to excellent and
broaded-minded citizenship, he has closely fol-
lowed the fortunes of this land, and achieved
a success as complete as it is representative.
From a comparatively desert condition in 1877,
Mr. Orme has developed his ranch of eight
hundred acres, entered from the government,
into a profitable possession, and he is to-day
one of the most enterprising cattle-raisers of his
county.

A native of Montgomery county, Md., Mr.
Orme was born November 28, 1852, and is a
son of Charles and Deborah (Pleasants) Orme,
the latter a granddaughter of former Governor
Pleasants of Virginia. The boyhood of Mr.
Orme was clouded by the death of his father,
which occurred in 1863. He received an excel-
lent home training and in 1866 went to Colum-
bia, Mo., where he became a student in the
Missouri State University. There he prepared
for the future by taking a full course in civil
engineering, in the application of which he was
engaged for several years. After a time he
removed to southeastern Texas, and while there
lost his health, which necessitated a return to
Maryland, where he resided in Baltimore for
several months. Returning to Texas, after a
short time in the northern part of that state, he
went to Colorado, and from there to Los
Angeles, Cal., hoping that the change of climate
might benefit his health. In March of 1877 he
came to Arizona and has since made this terri-
tory his home.

Among the many undertakings of Mr. Orme
worthy of mention is the part taken by him as
one of the three constructors of the Maricopa
canal, which has proved of incalculable benefit,
and which is eighteen miles long. In connec-
tion with this enterprise he has acted as super-
intendent and director, and has rendered able
and conspicuous service. With the Democratic
party he has for many years been actively con-
nected, but although often solicited to accept
positions of trust within the gift of the people,
he has invariably declined such honors. Frater-
nally he is associated with the Ancient Order of
United Workmen in Phoenix, and the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows.

In 1879 occurred the marriage of Mr. Orme
and Ella Thompkins, a native of Texas. Her
father, John, was a son of William Thompkins,
a soldier in the Revolutionary war ; the former
was a native of the state of New York and when
a young man moved to Texas. Four children
were born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Orme,
namely: Clara E., who was educated in the
schools of her native county and the Girls' Col-
legiate School of Los Angeles, Cal. ; Ora D., a
student in the Phoenix high school; Winnifred
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Immaculate Heart in Los Angeles ; and Charles
H. Mrs. Orme died at the family home Decem-
ber 28, 1898. In religion she was an Episco-
palian, and Mr. Orme is also connected with
that church. He is greatly interested in the
cause of education and has been a member of
the board of trustees of school district No. 16,
in Maricopa county.

GEORGE GANN.

George Gann, the well-known freight agent of
the Phoenix Short Line at Phoenix, was born on
the 2Qth of August, 1866, in Stockton, Cal., and
is a son of Thomas and Catherine (Tell) Gann,
the former a native of Georgia, the latter of
Nashville, 111. The paternal grandfather, who
was a planter, died in Georgia. In 1851 the
father went to California, where he was first en-
gaged in mining and later in the stock business,
owning and operating a ranch near Stockton,
where his death occurred. The mother is. now a
resident of Phoenix, Ariz. In the family were
two children: George, of this review, and Mrs.
Dora Ruiz, of Fresno, Cal.

George Gann passed his boyhood and youth
at Stockton, Cal. He attended the public and
high schools of that city, and graduated from
the Stockton Business College. In early life
he assisted his father on the ranch, and on leav-
ing home entered the employ of General Bost of
Sacramento, who had previously served as sur-
veyor-general of California. As a civil engineer
he remained with him for a period of three
years, surveying the west side canal and county
lines, and became a levelman. In 1889 he be-
gan his railroad career, as clerk in the freight
office of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Mer-
ced, Cal., and later worked up and down the
line as relief agent until coming to Maricopa,
Ariz., in 1892, serving as chief clerk in the
freight department of the Maricopa & Phoenix
Railroad for four years. In 1896, on the com-
pletion of the branch to Mesa, he opened the
first freight office at that place, and conducted
the same in a box car for three months. He
remained at Mesa until 1898, when he was trans-
ferred to Phoenix as freight agent, and is still
filling that position. He has always been found
true and faithful to every trust reposed in him,

and well merits the high regard in which he is
uniformly held.

At Fresno, Cal., Mr. Gann was united in
marriage with Mrs. Lizzie (McCubbin) Holder,
a native of Marysville, that state, of which place
her father was a pioneer. Fraternally Mr. Gann
is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the
Woodmen of the World. In national politics
he supports the x Democratic party, but at local
elections where no issue is involved he votes for
the men whom he believes best qualified to fill
the offices, regardless of party lines. He takes
a commendable interest in public affairs, and is
one of the most progressive citizens of the com-
munity in which he lives.

RODERICK McDOUGALL.

Roderick McDougall, the master mechanic
of the Detroit Copper Company at Morenci, was
born in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1871. During
his boyhood days he studied diligently at the
public schools, and in time graduated from the
high school. He wisely decided upon a future
means of occupation for which there is an ever
present demand, and which brings in fair re-
turns for the labor expended. Like his brother,
John, also connected with this mine, he early
displayed mechanical ingenuity, and upon the
principle that congenial work means success,
he began and completed an apprenticeship as a
machinist.

When nineteen years of age Mr. McDougall
located in New York City, and for six years
worked in several of the large shops of the
city, subsequently becoming foreman for R.
Hoe & Company, in whose service he remained
for three years. This varied experience was
of incalculable benefit to the master mechanic,
and fitted him for any responsibility that might
come his way. In the west his first position
was with the company of which he is still a
valued employe, and with whom he started as
machinist in March, 1899. After six months
he was promoted to the position of foreman,
and at the end of a year was given the position
of master mechanic, which he still holds. Un-
der him are about seventy men, and the smelter
runs about eight hundred tons per month. The
locomotives, hoists, machinery and all running

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gear of the mines are under his personal super-
vision, a truly great responsibility, when it is
known that Mr. McDougall is but twenty-nine
years of age. That he has made a splendid use
of the opportunities that have come his way is
a matter of pride to all who are interested in
his masterful handling of his life chances.

October 20, 1899, Mr. McDougall was mar-
ried to Jennie Fraser, a daughter of J. Fraser,
of Nova Scotia. One child, Walter, has blessed
this union. Fraternally Mr. McDougall is a
member of the Odd Fellows. With his wife he
belongs to the Presbyterian Church.

HENRY P. ANEW ALT.

Henry P. Anewalt, general freight and pas-
senger agent of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoe-
nix Railroad at Prescott, is a native of Allen-
town, Pa., and was born January 3, 1868. His
paternal grandfather, Peter Anewalt, owned
and carried on a farm near Allentown. He was
a sterling Lutheran, and possessed the genuine
esteem of his neighbors and acquaintances. The
parents of our subject were J. C. and Henrietta
(Getz) Anewalt, natives of Northampton county,
Pa. The latter's father, Henry Anewalt, was
born in Germany and came to the United States
when a young man. He was a farmer and also
owned and operated mines in Northampton
county. Born in 1801, he lived to the advanced
age of eighty-four years, dying in 1885. J. C.
Anewalt was a wholesale and retail hatter and
furrier in Allentown for many years, and was
prominent in all local affairs, holding several
public offices of trust and honor. Fraternally
he was a Mason and was buried with the beau-
tiful rites of the order. His wife also has passed
to her reward, and two of their five children are
deceased. The eldest son, Lewis Anewalt, suc-
ceeded to his father's business and is still man-
aging the same.

Henry P. Anewalt was given the advantages
of a liberal education, and pursued his studies in
the common and high school of Allentown.
After his graduation from the high school he
entered the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad at
Kansas City, and for the ensuing nine years
was a clerk in the local freight office and in
other departments. In 1895 he resigned the

position which he had held for some time,
that of chief clerk in the office of the commercial
agent, for he had been tendered a better place,
namely, that of chief clerk in the general freight
and passenger department at Prescott, with the
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad. He
continued to discharge the duties there devolv-
ing upon him until June I, 1899, when he was
appointed general freight and passenger agent
for the same road to succeed George M. Sargent.
The road is two hundred and twenty-four miles
long, extending from Ash Fork to Phoenix,
and though comparatively young, has built up
a large and constantly increasing traffic, as it
passes through the heart of the rich mining re-
gions of central Arizona, and connects with the
two great railroads which have been the making
of this territory, giving it an outlet into the other
states of the Union. Mr. Anewalt is a young
man of ability and marked executive talent. He
is a valued employe of his company, and is pop-
ular with the public, whose interests he strives
to protect and advance.

In Kansas City the marriage of Mr. Anewalt
and Miss Evelyn Barnett was celebrated in
1896. She is one of the native-born daughters
of that city, and her father, John Barnett, was
one of the pioneer settlers of the place and one
prominent in its upbuilding. Our subject and
wife have one child, named Henry P., Jr. Mrs.
Anewalt is a member of the Episcopal Church.
In the fraternities he is connected with the
Woodmen of the World and with the Masonic
order, belonging to Gate City Lodge No. 522,
F. & A. M., of Kansas City, of which he is past
master. Besides, he was raised to the Royal
Arch degree in Oriental Chapter, of the same
city. In his political creed he is a Republican.

J. F. GEIMER.

For some time Mr. Geimer was master me-
chanic of the Maricopa & Phoenix & Salt River
Valley Railroad at Phoenix, and he is now en-
gineer for the Crystal Ice Company of Pres-
cott. Born at Sedalia, Mo., March n, 1867, he
is a son of Joseph and Caroline (Keifer) Geimer.
The father was a native of Germany and on his
immigration to America first located in New
York City, where he engaged in mercantile pur-

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suits for a time. He subsequently made his
home in Sedalia, Mo., where he died March 22,
1867, at the age of fifty-eight years, our subject
being only eleven days old at the time of his
death. The mother is a native of Philadelphia,
Pa., and a daughter of Charles Keifer, who re-
moved from that city to Sedalia, Mo., where he
conducted a hotel. He died at that place. Mrs.
Geimer is now a resident of Pilot Knob, Mo.

J. F. Geimer is the only child of the family,
and after his father's death was taken by his
mother to St. Louis, where he attended the pub-
lic and high schools. On his return to Sedalia,
in 1884, he entered the Missouri Pacific Railroad
shops, where he served a three years' apprentice-
ship to the machinist's trade. In 1887 he went
to Coolidge,Kans.,as machinist and round house
foreman for the La Junta division of the Santa
Fe Railroad, and the following year was trans-
ferred to Las Vegas, N. M., where he served in
the same capacity for eighteen months. Subse-
quently he was employed by the Southern Pa-
cific Railroad at El Paso, Tex., until 1894, when
he was made general foreman of the Santa Fe,
Prescott & Phoenix Railroad at Prescott, Ariz.,
which position he resigned in 1898, and was
then appointed master mechanic of the short
line of the Maricopa & Phoenix & Salt River
Valley Railroad at Phoenix. He was also gen-
eral superintendent of rolling stock. February
18, 1901, he resigned to become engineer for the
Crystal Ice Company of Prescott.

In Las Vegas, N. M., Mr. Geimer married
Miss Cora Robinson, who was born in Chari-
ton, Iowa, in 1883, and removed with her parents
to Las Vegas. They have one child, Robert E.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Geimer is con-
nected with the Knights of Pythias, and in na-
tional politics is a Republican, but at local elec-
tions votes independent of party lines, endeavor-
ing to support the men best qualified for the
office. He is an expert machinist and engineer,
and as a man is well liked by all who know him.

LEWIS W. COLLINS.

This well-known resident of Phoenix and
proprietor of the stage line between this city
and Mesa, is a native of the far-off state of
Maine, his birth having occurred in Union,

Knox county, on the i8th of May, 1865. His
parents, George U. and Mary E. (Fenderson)
Collins, were also natives of the Pine Tree
state, while the former was of Scotch-Irish
and the latter of Scotch descent. Our subject's
paternal great-grandfather was a soldier of the
Revolutionary war. The grandfather, Thomas
Collins, was a farmer by occupation and a life-
long resident of Knox county, Me.

In early life the father followed farming and
ship carpentering in that state. In 1861 he
went to California by way of the Nicaragua
route, and while there built the first mill in
Santa Cruz county. Returning to Maine in
1865, he engaged in farming there until 1869,
when he again went to Santa Cruz county, Cal.,
this time by way of the Union Pacific and Cen-
tral Pacific Railroads. He carried on the lum-
ber business in that county until coming to the
Salt River valley, Ariz., in 1879, when he lo-
cated on a ranch six miles west of Phoenix and
has since devoted his energies to agricultural
pursuits, in which he has met with most ex-
cellent success. He has one of the largest and
finest ranches in the territory, on which he has
sunk a large well, 100x45 feet, containing
twenty-five feet of water. From this he obtains
an abundant supply of water for his cattle, and
also for irrigation purposes, having two pumps
operated by an engine in constant use. His
water system cost him about $12,000. He is a
Knight Templar Mason and a member of the
Mystic Shrine, and is a man highly respected
and esteemed by all who know him. His wife
died in this territory. She was a daughter ot
Josiah Fenderson, a farmer of Maine. Her
paternal grandfather was a native of Scotland.
Our subject has two brothers, William E. and
Rolla A., both engaged in farming near Phoe-
nix.

When four years old Lewis W. Collins was
taken by his parents to California, and in the
public schools of that state and this territory he
acquired his education, having removed with
the family to Arizona in 1879. He remained
under the parental roof until nineteen years of
age, and then started out in life for himself.
He was first engaged in buying and baling hay,
and carried on that business quite successfully
for seven years. He became interested in the

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stage business by taking the place of a friend
who was ill, and continued with him eight
months. In December, 1893, he bought out
the line, and has since conducted this enterprise
with marked success. He makes the round trip
between Phoenix and Mesa, taking in Tempe,
in one day, the distance being thirty-five miles,
and has built up a good business. Besides his
own pleasant residence on Indiana street, he
owns other property in Phoenix.

In that city he was united in marriage with
Miss Lillian J. Fry, a native of Chicago, 111.,
and to them have been born three children:
Flossie and Frank, both of whom died at the age
of two years and nine months, and Herbert, still
living. In religious belief Mr. Collins is a Pres-
byterian, and in politics is a stanch Republican.
He served as United States deputy marshal for
the Second Arizona District under President
Harrison. Socially he is quite popular, and
holds membership in the Iron Springs Outing
Club, the Foresters and the Woodmen of the
World. He is a man who stands high in the
community where he is so well known, and
those who know him best are numbered among
his warmest friends.

WILLIAM W. BROOKNER.

The well-conducted mercantile establishment at
Globe over which Mr. Brookner presides, and
which, under his capable and well-directed energy,
has developed into one of the best of its kind in
the county, was organized in the fall of 1899, and
has since experienced a continually increasing
prosperity. The firm of W. W. Brookner & Co.,
of which S. C. Sayler is the "Company," occupy
a store 30x70 feet in dimensions. Their stock
is most complete as to detailand selection, and
is able at all times to meet the varied demands of
the enterprising residents of this thrifty little
mining center. Mr. Brookner's interests are not
confined to the store in his adopted town, but
extend to Payson, where he is a member of the
mercantile firm of J. W. Boardman & Co. Pre-
vious to incorporating the Globe store he had
participated in the organization, in 1890, of the
Old Dominion Commercial Company, of which
he was the manager about half- of the time until
1898.

Until his twentieth year Mr. Brookner lived in
his native town of Dixon, 111., where he was born
in 1860. He received an excellent home train-
ing, and was educated in the public schools, sub-
sequently receiving a good commercial educa-
tion. He early displayed habits of thrift and in-
dustry, and his discerning mind saw in the far
west opportunities which did not exist in Illinois.
Prompted by the rumors of prosperity which
emanated from the silver district of Globe he
came here in 1881, and for several years worked
at whatever fortune threw in his way. Consider-
ing that he was at first possessed of nothing save
a natural determination to succeed, Mr. Brook-
ner is entitled to the credit and appreciation
which his townsmen readily accord him. A
staunch Democrat, he served as treasurer of Gila
county one term of two years. Fraternally he
is identified with the Benevolent Protective Or-
der of Elks.

The marriage of Mr. Brookner and Sarah
Glenn, daughter of David Glenn, Sr., occurred
in Globe in 1884. Mrs. Brookner was born in
Canada, and is the mother of two children, Laura
and Bessie.

MRS. MARY (BERNARD) AGUIRRE.

The life record of this highly honored pioneer
of Tucson and the great southwest reads like a
romance, and certainly few women have expe-
rienced such marked vicissitudes. Coming of
distinguished and honorable ancestry, she is her-
self a remarkable woman, possessing a liberal
education, and for the past quarter of a century
has occupied a leading place in the educational
circles of Tucson. In 1895 she took the chair
of Spanish language and English history in
the University of Arizona, a position which she
yet occupies and for which she is specially
adapted.

The Bernard family is traced back to the mid-
dle ages, and several of the name took part in
three different crusades. Some of them were
knighted and had coats-of-arms, and from such
a line Mrs. Aguirre is a descendant, her ances-
tors being nobles of Gascony, France. On the
maternal side she is no less distinguished, as her
grandfather, John Cunningham, was the last
Earl of Glencairn, in Scotland. The Bernard

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family in the United States was founded here in
1652 by Peter Bernard, who settled in Virginia.
His descendants went to eastern Kentucky,
where they were pioneers, and Thomas Bernard,
grandfather of Mrs. Aguirre, was born in that
state, and owned a plantation there, and later,
in Missouri, where he died. Joab Bernard,
father of our subject, was born in Richmond,
Ya., and as a young man went to St. Louis, Mo.,
where he was in partnership with John J. Roe
in a mercantile enterprise. In 1856 he removed
to Westport, Mo., and soon embarked in the
trade with Santa Fe. For many years he
freighted supplies from Westport to Santa Fe
and vicinity and to different government forts.
Retiring, he passed his last years at his West-
port home, dying in 1880, aged eighty years.

For a wife Joab Bernard chose Arabella,
daughter of George and Jane (Cunningham)
Bier, natives of Maryland. The father, whose
birth took place in Frederick, Md., was an offi-
cer in the war of 1812, and was a grandson of
Peter Bier, who was a native of Germany and
was a pioneer of Frederick, Md. It may be
mentioned, in passing, that the mother of Mrs.
Aguirre and Admiral Schley of the United
States navy, were second cousins. Mrs. Ara-
bella (Bier) Bernard, who died at the home of
her son, N. W. Bernard, in Tucson, in 1899, at
the age of eighty-four, was a native of Baltimore,
as was her mother, Mrs. Jane (Cunningham)
Bier. The latter's father, Earl John Cunning-
ham, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1762,
and after becoming a citizen of Baltimore, Md.,
took part in our second war with Great Britain,
on the side of his adopted country. He was the
master and owner of the vessel in which he
crossed the Atlantic to his future home, and
until he retired from active life was engaged in
the merchant marine trade. He was buried in
Green Street cemetery, Baltimore, and four
generations succeeding him have placed their
dead in the szme cemetery. For a wife the
Earl chose Miss Margaret Mather of Baltimore,
a near relative of Margaret Wilson, the cove-
nanter, who was a martyr of religious persecu-
tion.

The third of the eight children bom to Joab
and Arabella Bernard. Mrs. Aguirre is' a native
of St. Louis, Mo., where her birth 'took place

June 23, 1844. Her eldest sister, Mrs. Mar-
garet Johnson, resides in Westport, Mo. Mrs.
Catherine Worthington, the second sister, died
in Baltimore, Md., and Arabella died in West-
port, Mo. Mrs. Annie Rice is a resident of
Grand Junction, Colo., and Mrs. Jessie Byrne,
a widow, lives in Tucson. N. W. Bernard is in
the cattle business in Pima county, Ariz., and is
also supervisor of the county, and Hon. A. C.
Bernard is a representative in the Arizona leg-
islature and is the manager of the Tucson Cold
Storage Company.

When she was an infant, in 1844, Mrs. Aguirre
was taken to Baltimore, and spent the next
twelve years of her life at Locust Grove, on the
Reisterstown road, in Baltimore county, which
property her father owned. In 1856 they re-
moved to Westport, Mo., but the education of
our subject was completed at the Baltimore Fe-
male Academy.

August 21, 1862, the marriage of Epifanio
Aguirre and Miss Mary Bernard was solemnized
in Westport. He was born in 1834 near Chi-
huahua, Mexico, the son of Pedro Aguirre, a
native of the same state. His ancestors had
come from Spain at the time of Cortez, and were
given large grants of land in the vicinity of Chi-
huahua, and much of this property is yet re-
tained in the family name. In 1852 Pedro
Aguirre removed with his family and a large
colony to Las Cruces, N. M., where he became
the owner of extensive tracts of land and was
prominently connected with many enterprises
until his death. He was a naturalized citizen of
the United States and was in high standing in
the Masonic fraternity. When sixteen years of
age Epifanio Aguirre became a resident of Las
Cruces, N. M., and at the age of nineteen started
out in the business world, in which he achieved
fame and wealth. By 1864 he had the bulk of
the contracts for freighting for the government
between Colorado and the Missouri river and
along the Santa Fe trail. In fact, he made and
lost several good-sized fortunes, for the Indians,
especially, seem to have held his destiny in
the balance. He had mule trains and ox trains,
and several times the redskins stampeded his
animals. Once an entire train was captured by
the Indians at a point between Socorro and San
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on the plains, owing to the carelessness of an
officer, who threw a lighted match in the prairie
grass. Mr. and Mrs. Aguirre were following
one of their trains at a little distance in a car-
riage, when the Indians attacked the van and
made off with all of the live stock. It becoming
necessary to make a business trip to Altar,
Sonora, Mr. Aguirre left his wife there while,
with four comrades, he proceeded towards Tuc-
son, where he had some interests demanding
his attention. January 16, 1870, when near
Sasabi, they were attacked by the Apaches and
all were killed save a brother, Conrado Aguirre,
whose escape appears nothing short of marvel-
ous.

The terrible news of her husband's death
soon reached Mrs. Aguirre at Altar, and for six
months She remained there. Then the desire
to join her kindred in Missouri became over-
whelming, and though she had bravely faced
the dangers and untold hardships of crossing
the western plains no less than five times, al-
ways in company of her husband, she now felt
that it would be impossible for her to travel that
way. Accordingly she took the necessarily
round-about trip to San Francisco and thence
east over the newly-completed Union Pacific.
Until 1874 she remained in Westport, and then
came to Tucson across the plains with her
brothers. In the following year she commenced
teaching in the public schools of the town, and
for many years was the principal of the Girls'
School. That she is recognized as a successful
teacher was shown by the honor which was con-
ferred upon her five years ago, when she was
called to the chair of Spanish and English his-
tory in the University of Arizona. She is iden-
tified with the Woman's Library Club and at-
tends the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her
second son, named in honor of his father, died
at the age of thirteen years. The other sons,
Pedro J. and Stephen, are fine young men, well
educated and taking prominent places in the
business world. The elder, Pedro J., a graduate
of the University of Kansas, is an expert as-
sayer, and is now employed in that capacity in
the Cananea mining district at the Democrata
mine, in Sonora, Mexico. Stephen, a graduate
of the Tucson high school and of the business
college of Lawrence, Kans., is in charge of W. C.

Green's company stores in the Cananea district,
at Naco.

JUDGE CHARLES T. CONNELL.

Among the most prominent and substantial
citizens of Tucson is Judge Connell, who was
born in Mount Vernon, Linn county, Iowa, Jan-
uary 21, 1859. -His father, Peter D. Connell, was
born at Steubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio,
and was a farmer in Linn county, Iowa, dur-
ing the years of his activity. With the breaking
out of the Civil war he enlisted in the First
Missouri Volunteer Federal regiment, and be-
came a lieutenant of the engineering corps.
He was killed in a battle in Tennessee. His
wife, who was formerly Mary Mitchell Safely,
was born in Waterford, N. Y., and was a daugh-
ter of Thomas Safely, a native of Edinburgh,
Scotland. He eventually settled in Waterford,
N. Y., where he was the piqneer blacksmith
of the place, later removing to Mount Vernon,
Iowa. Mrs. Connell died in Troy, N. Y. The
paternal grandfather, Peter JD. Connell, was born
in Ohio, where he was a farmer, and later con-
tinued the same occupation after removing to
the then newly settled Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in
1839.

As the only child in his father's family
Charles T. Connell was reared and educated in
Troy N. Y., and at Mount Pleasant Military
Academy, Sing Sing, N. Y., but in the changing
course of events abandoned his original inten-
tion of entering West Point. Of an ambitious
temperament, he became interested in the re-
ports of mining from the west, and in 1879 lo-
cated in Globe, Gila county, Ariz. The follow-
ing year he was appointed by Major Powell
enumerator of census for the Apaches, and was
engaged in this work for some time. In 1881 he
received the appointment of Indian trader at the
San Carlos agency, and was thus employed until
1883, when he engaged in mining in the vicinity
of Globe. He still has an interest in the Santa
Rita and the Helvetia claims, and owns the Cop-
per Mountain group in partnership with Alex-
ander McKay. In fact, at the present time the
greater part of the time of Mr. Connell is de-
voted to prospecting and developing, and he is
one of the best informed men in the locality on
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Among the many interests that have at times
engrossed the attention of Mr. Connell was that
of superintendent for three years of the Eagle
Golden Milling Company (commonly known as
the Saginaw camp), nine miles southwest of
Tucson. He was one of those who compiled the
city charter, and he issued the first, second and
third edition of the Tucson City directory. He
is also secretary of the city volunteer fire de-
partment. In local politics Mr. Connell has
played a prominent part, and adheres strictly
to the principles and issues of the Repub-
lican party. During 1884-5 ne served as dep-
uty United States marshal under Z. L. Tidball,
and is ex-chairman of the Republican county
central committee, having served in that ca-
pacity two different times. When City Recorder
Judd died in 1893, Mr. Connell was appointed
to take his place, and was elected city recorder
the following year, and re-elected in 1896 and
1898. In March, 1901, he was appointed by
Governor Murphy member of the board of
trustees of the Arizona Reform School, located
at Benson. He is secretary of the board, his
headquarters being at Tucson.

May 2, 1882, Mr. Connell married Susan A.
Moore, of Globe, Ariz., who died February 20,
1895. Of this union there are three children,
namely: Frances S., who was the first white
child born on the San Carlos Indian reservation ;
Henrietta F., and Robert Moo: e. Mr. Connell is
fraternally associated with the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks, the Reel Men and the
Knights of Pythias. He was formerly secretary
of the company of Sons of Veterans.

CHARLES BAUER.

Now in the prime of early manhood, Charles
Bauer of Mesa was born three decades ago,
March 20, 1871, in Alsace. His parents, George
and Caroline (Schwartz) Bauer, were natives of
Alsace and Lorraine, respectively, both now
provinces under the jurisdiction of the German
crown. The father, after a long and useful life,
passed to the better land, and the mother is still
living in Alsace. Their son George, much
older than the subject of this article, came to
the United States and lived in Arizona for nearly
a quarter of a century. He was a man of great
ambition and energy, and experienced the vi-

cissitudes of a pioneer life here. Early in the
'O/DS he settled on the homestead now owned
by Charles Bauer, and, after making many val-
uable improvements here, he was summoned to
the silent land, his death occurring on New
Year's Day, 1898. The love and genuine regard
of this entire community was his to a marked
degree, and his memory is cherished by his in-
numerable friends.

The boyhood and youth of Charles Bauer
was passed in his native land, and, having served
an apprenticeship of three years as a cook in
the city of Strasburg, Germany, he decided to
come to America. In May, 1888, he landed in
the United States, and at once continued his
journey toward the setting sun. For a short
time after reaching his destination — -San Fran-
cisco— he was employed at his trade, but soon
obtaining a better position in a large establish-
ment where confectionery was manufactured, he
continued in that line of business for two years
and a half. In January, 1898, he came to Mesa,
and since that time has lived at his present home,
formerly the property owned by his brother,
George Bauer. The place comprises one hun-
dred and six and two-thirds acres, all under ex-
cellent cultivation and very productive. The
town of Mesa is situated at a convenient dis-
tance, supplies thus being readily obtained. In
his political faith Mr. Bauer is a Republican,
while in religious belief he is a Lutheran.

January 27, 1891, the marriage of Charles
Bauer and Augusta Mardberg, a native of Swe-
den, was celebrated in this locality. A son and
a daughter bless their home, namely, Carrie A.
and Charles G. By their sterling qualities Mr.
and Mrs. Bauer have become well liked in their
neighborhood, and they have every reason to
look forward to a future of prosperity and hap-
piness.

WILLIAM C. BASHFORD.

W. C. Bashford, son of Hon. Coles Bashford,
at one time governor of Wisconsin and later
attorney-general, congressman, and secretary of
Arizona for two terms, in fact, for several dec-
ades occupying public positions exalted and
highly responsible, is one of the most influential
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twenty-seven years. A sketch of the remark-
able career of his father appears elsewhere in this
volume, and will be perused with interest by
everyone interested in Arizona, of which he truly
was one of the most influential founders and pio-
neers.

Born at Oshkosh, Wis., April 5, 1853, at the
time that his father, the future governor of that
state, was representing the people in the Wiscon-
sin senate, W. C. Bashford was reared to a lofty
ideal of duty and principle. His education was
pursued in the common and high schools of his
native place. In November, 1873, he went to
San Diego, Cal., where he spent the winter, and
in the spring of 1874 located permanently in
Prescott. Here he soon embarked in the mer-
cantile career which has made his name well
known, not only throughout the territory, but
indeed, throughout the southwest, as his deal-
ings with surrounding states and territories have
been extensive. He, with his partner, R. H.
Burmister, associated himself with Levi Bash-
ford in 1874, under the firm name of L. Bash-
ford & Co. In 1886 the firm of W. C. Bashford
& Co. was formed, and later it transacted busi-
ness under the name of Bashford & Burmister.
In 1892 the Bashford & Burmister Company
was incorporated, with our subject as secretary
and treasurer. Largely owing to his enterprise
and well-directed energy the business prospered,
and after having been associated with the great
mercantile firm for twenty-one years, he resigned
in 1895 from the management, preferring to de-
vote his entire attention to his numerous mining
and other investments.

It is safe to make the assertion that no citizen
of Prescott has been more deeply concerned in
its improvement and prosperity than has been
W. C. Bashford. Active in organizing the Pres-
cott National Bank, he served on its board of di-
rectors for several years. Following in the po-
litical footsteps of his illustrious father, one of
the first champions of the Republican party, he
has accomplished much for it in this territory,
having acted on the Arizona territorial commit-
tee almost continuously since he arrived at ma-
turity, and from 1892-4 being chairman of the
same influential body. For one term he was a
member of the Arizona territorial board of equal-
ization, and in the fall of 1886 was honored by

election to the important position of county
treasurer of Yavapai county, in which capacity
he acted efficiently and to the entire satisfaction
of the public from January, 1887, to January,
1889. In addition to this, he held the office of
city treasurer of Prescott for three terms and
long ago fully demonstrated his superior finan-
cial ability and absolute integrity.

In the Centennial yearW. C. Bashford married
Miss Mary Louise Evans, a native of Ohio, the
ceremony which united their destinies being sol-
emnized in Prescott. They have ever been wel-
comed in the best and most cultured society
circles, here and elsewhere, and enjoy the ac-
quaintance of a host of friends.

A. H. EMANUEL.

From the earliest history of Tombstone to the
present day, the life and efforts of Mr. Emanuel
have been inalienably associated with whatever
of merit has been instituted for the well being of
the community. As he himself expresses it, he
has seen "the rise and fall of the empire," and he
is one of those who have tarried in the wake of
the departed silver prestige, firm in the belief
that from the plans of the cool-headed residents
of today will emerge a city with all of the enter-
prise, but less of the feverish uncertainty of the
past. And to every effort for advancement he
has lent the influence of his name, whether it be
educational, commercial or social, for in this re-
mote mining city of the west there is no truer-
hearted man, or one more in touch with the re-
finements and better things of life, than is the
present chief executive of the city of Tombstone.

For the greater part of his life Mr. Emanuel
has been interested in the mining and other ven-
tures of the west. Born in the city of Philadel-
phia, Pa., at a very early age he left his native
place and was educated at Burlington, N. J. In
1850 he came to California by way of the isth-
mus, and upon locating in San Francisco, be-
gan at the bottom of the commission business as
a clerk for Bryant & Paxton. He subsequently
engaged in the same line of work on his own re-
sponsibility, living in all in San Francisco for ten
years. In Virginia City, Nev., to which he later
moved, he became interested in the milling busi-
ness with Golden Curry Mining Company, and

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acted as their foreman for two years. The fol-
lowing nine months were spent with the Yellow
Jacket Company. In 1864 he started a livery
business in Virginia City, in partnership with the
late C. H. Light, and speculated and mined
somewhat. In 1870 he removed to Pioche, Nev.,
and entered upon a long career of freighting for
different mining companies, including the
Meadow Valley Mining Company and the Ray-
mond and Ely companies. For the hauling of
the miners' ore Mr. Emanuel and his partner em-
ployed mule teams, and possessed in all a herd
of about two hundred and ten of these animals.
In 1878 they took their teams over to Cande-
laria, in Nevada, which was then a new mining
camp, and later went to the McCraken mine,
near Wickenburg, Ariz. During this time he
still lived in Nevada, and his partner took the
teams around the country. In January of 1880
he located in Tombstone, bringing the teams
with him, and hauled the ore for the Contention
and Grand Central companies until 1882 when
they sold their teams and went out of the freight-
ing business.

In the fall of 1880 Mr. Emanuel assumed
charge of the Vizina mine, and superintended its
operations until it was eventually closed down.
He then filled a like capacity with the Santa
Rosa Mining Company in Sonora, Mexico, until
that visionary expectation also terminated. At
the present time he owns nine mining claims, all
patented, in the Tombstone district, and former-
ly owned one in the Turquoise district, the latter
being copper and the others silver.

In politics a Republican, Mr. Emanuel voted
in 1856 for his personal friend, J. C. Fremont,
for president. His political career was practical-
ly initiated in December of 1889, when he was
appointed clerk of the district court, which posi-
tion he still holds. In 1892 he was appointed
railroad commissioner, and in 1897 district court
and United States court commissioner. In 1896
he was elected to the highest municipal office
within the gift of the people, re-elected mayor in
1898, and again in 1900, with no opposition. The
administration of this capable executive has met
with universal approval, and his tact, discretion
and ready adjustment of complicated affairs have
more than justified the long standing confidence
placed in him.

Mr. Emanuel is variously interested fraternal-
ly, and among his affiliations may be mentioned
the Odd Fellows, of which he has been a member
since 1870, and of which he is past noble grand
and past grand representative of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge; the local lodge of Knights of
Pythias, of which he is past chancellor, having
filled the chair for six years and being the pres-
ent incumbent. He is also a member of the Uni-
form Rank, K. of P., and of the Bisbee Encamp-
ment, I. O. O. F. Among the many outside in-
terests which command the attention of Mr.
Emanuel is a large blacksmith and wagon shop,
in fact, the only one in the town, which he owns
and operates. He is the possessor of a beautiful
home in the city of his adoption, which is ideally
surrounded with a well-kept lawn wherein are
grown one hundred and twenty-six varieties of
the rose. In his various journeyings the owner
thereof has amassed a large store of general in-
formation, and a well-selected library is indica-
tive of his excellent literary tastes, and his fine
knowledge of current literature. He owns con-
siderable other Tombstone property, and a ranch
on the San Pedro river.

C. W. BARNETT.

C. W. Barnett, assessor of Maricopa county
and one of the leading citizens of Phoenix, has
been actively identified with the business inter-
ests of this territory for twenty years, and occu-
pies a position of no little importance in connec-
tion with its political affairs. His entire life has
been spent on the Pacific slope, being born in
San Bernardino county, Cal., sixty miles south of
Los Angeles, September 29, 1858.

William Barnett, the father of our subject,
was a native of New York state and a son of
Samuel Barnett, a soldier of the war of 1812 and
a farmer by occupation. At an early day the
latter removed to Illinois, and subsequently be-
came a resident of California, his last days be-
ing spent in Ventura. He was of English de-
scent, and belonged to rn old New England fam-
ily. William Barnett was a young man when he
accompanied his father on his removal from Illi-
nois to California in 1847. They crossed the
plains with ox teams via the Platte river route,
passing through Salt Lake City and the Southern

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Pass, and settling in what is now San Bernar-
dino county. Later William Barnett was inter-
ested in the development of coal lands in San
Diego county, and in 1862 went to Ventura
county, where he was engaged in farming for two
years. Subsequently he conducted a hotel in the
city of Ventura until coming to Arizona in 1881.
He located on a ranch at Mesa, and to its man-
agement devoted his energies until called to his
final rest in 1898. He participated in the early
Indian wars in California, and experienced all
the hardships and privations of pioneer life.
Fraternally he was a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. He married Helen M.
Sirrine, a native of New York City, who died at
the home in Mesa prior to the death of her hus-
band. Her father, Rev. T. Sirrine, was also born
in New York City of Scotch ancestry, and died
at the age of thirty-three years. Our subject is
the second in order of birth in a family of five
children, the others being J. H., a druggist of
Mesa; George S., an employe of the Globe Short
Line Railroad ; Warren W., a merchant of Mesa,
and Samuel T., a dairyman living near Mesa.

C. W. Barnett grew to manhood in Southern
California, and received a good common school
education, graduating from the high school of
Ventura. At an early age he became interested
in photography, and was engaged in that busi-
ness in Bodie, Cal., in 1879, and later in the
mining camps of Nevada. Coming to Arizona
in 1881, he conducted a gallery at Mesa for one
year, and then built a studio at Phoenix, on the
present site of the Valley Bank. There he en-
gaged in photography as a member of the firm
of Rothrock & Barnett until 1894, and took first
premiums for both portraits and views at the
first territorial fair. During all this time Mr.
Barnett was also successfully conducting a ranch
of three hundred acres near Mesa, which is one
of the finest places in the valley. For four
years the filled the contract to furnish Fort Mc-
Dowell with two hundred acres of alfalfa, it be-
ing the largest contract given to any one party.
Mr. Barnett resided upon his ranch from 1894
until 1897, but in January of the latter year re-
turned to Phoenix, having been appointed dep-
uty county recorder under F. W. Sheridan. In
1898 he was the Republican candidate for county
assessor, and in 1900 his name was placed on

the party ticket as candidate for county collector.
He has always taken a very active and promi-
nent part in political affairs, and at different
times has been a member of the county central
committee and the territorial committee.

At Phoenix occurred the marriage of Mr.
Barnett and Miss Hattie E. Barnum, a native of
Prescott, Ariz., and a daughter of Thomas Bar-
num. He was born in Potsdam, N. Y., and at
an early day came to Prescott as a government
contractor and freighter. She was educated in
the Phoenix schools, and later was a student in
Chicago. By her marriage to our subject she
has become the mother of two children-, Clarence
C. and Ethel May. Fraternally Mr. Barnett is
a member of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, the Artisans and the Knights of Pythias.
In business affairs he has met with well deserved
success, and is still the owner of a fine ranch of
one hundred and sixty acres on the Consolidated
canal, south of Mesa. He is widely and favor-
ably known throughout Maricopa county, and
those who know him best are numbered among
his warmest friends.

HON. ALLAN C. BERNARD.

Elected to represent this district in the twenty-
first session of the Arizona legislature, Hon.
A. C. Bernard of Tucson stands high in the
councils of the Democratic party. He also
served in the Nineteenth legislative assembly,
acting as chairman of the committee on claims,
as well as the judiciary committee, and mean
time winning the regard of his associates and
the public. Prior to his election to that office
he had been deputy clerk of the United States
district court for the first district of Arizona,
holding that position until he was called to the
higher one. Both in public office and in private
life his course has been marked by uprightness,
independence and a genuine consideration for
the rights of the people, which accounts for his
popularity. In the twenty-first legislative as-
sembly he secured the passage of an act en-
abling the city of Tucson to perfect title to all
property sold by the city, and in both the twen-
tieth and twenty-first sessions was recognized
as the Democratic leader of the house.

The father of our subject, Joab Bernard, was
born in Virginia in 1800. At an early period he

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removed to Westport, Mo., and became one of
the pioneer freighters of the west. For many
years he was engaged in mercantile dealings with
the people of Santa Fe and Las Cruces region,
experiencing the great dangers and hardships in-
cident to life on the frontier of civilization. He
married Arabella Bier, who was born in Mary-
land and died in Tucson, Ariz., in November,
1899, at the age of eighty-four years. Of their
two sons and six daughters, six are yet living.
One of the sons, N. W. Bernard, is a supervisor
of Pima county. A daughter, Mrs. Mary
Agnirre, resides in Arizona, and the family his-
tory appears more fully in her sketch.

At Westport, Mo., A. C. Bernard was born
February u, 1859. After completing his ele-
mentary studies he attended the high school in
Kansas City, Mo., for some time. Then he went
to La Junta, Colo., and from there came to Tuc-
son in 1876. For a year he was connected with
the surveying corps in charge of Theodore F.
White. Later he became a clerk for the mercan-
tile house of Tully, Ochoa & Co., which firm was
financially ruined by the advent of the Southern
Pacific Railroad. At the age of twenty-four Mr.
Bernard went to Fort Bowie, Ariz., and for about
a year was proprietor of a general trading store.
Then, returning to Tucson, he obtained a posi-
tion as a clerk. At the same time he embarked
in the cattle business at Arivaca. Gradually he
extended his possessions and bought and sold
cattle and lands on a commission basis in dif-
ferent sections of the territories and Sonora,
Mexico.

Since 1898 Mr. Bernard has given his entire
attention to the Tucson Ice and Cold Storage
Company, which manufactures ice for the whole-
sale and retail trade, and owns machinery hav-
ing a capacity of twenty tons per day. The com-
pany has the local agency for the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Company's products, and has a
large bottling plant, besides dealing extensively
in coal. Under the able management of Mr.
Bernard much has been accomplished within the
past three years, and the trade has been greatly
extended. He is a member of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and is exalted ruler in
the local lodge, besides being connected with
the Elks Club, and is actively interested in the
Woodmen of the World.

At Westport, Mo., occurred the marriage of
"Mr. Bernard to Miss Minnie Chouteau, grand-
daughter of Pierre Chouteau, founder of St.
Louis. She was born in Shawnee, Kans., and re-
ceived a liberal education. The two sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard, Allan C., Jr., and Fred-
erick H., are students in the University of Ari-
zona.

JOHN P. FEENY.

Since entering upon his service as county re-
corder of Mohave county, Mr. Feeny has won
the high esteem of the public by his able and
conscientious service in official positions. He
was first elected to this responsible place in
1898, and discharged his duties so well that he
was a popular candidate at the expiration of his
term, and at the polls received^ majority vote
of two hundred and nine, over John C. Potts, a
pioneer and favorite citizen of this county. Since
becoming a permanent settler of this territory
Mr. Feeny has been one of its most useful citi-
zens.

Though a native of Boston, Mass., born in
1858, our subject was reared in the west, as his
parents removed to Virginia City, Nev., when
he was about a year old, and continued to make
their home in that place for eighteen years. His
education was completed in San Francisco, and
in 1874 he received the first prize in a cornpeti-
tive test in penmanship. In 1878, during the
mining excitement at Bodie, Cal., he went to
that point, but soon returned to Virginia City,
where he had been interested in mining enter-
prises for some time. For seven years he was
connected with the Nevada National Guard, of
which he was a lieutenant two years. Later he
mined in San Bernardino county, Cal., and in
the vicinity of Providence in the same county.

In 1882 Mr. Feeny came to Arizona and pros-
pected in the very locality near Jerome, in which
the United Verde mine has since been developed.
He remained there for two years and superin-
tended the construction of many of the buildings
put up by the company which owns the mine just
mentioned. In 1884 he went to the southern
part of Arizona and with Judge Walker engaged
in operating the Vekol mine. Subsequently he
made a trip through San Bernardino county,

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Cal., and through Death valley to Eureka, Nev.,
where he leased and managed the Banner mines
for eight months. Then for six months he lived
in San Francisco, and in 1887 went to Bisbee and
Tombstone, Ariz.; then accepting a position as
mine carpenter at Georgetown, Cal., where he
was located six months. During the ensuing
two years he was associated with mining com-
panies of Forest Hill, Placer county, same state,
and in 1892 became superintendent of the G. A.
R. group in the White Hills district of Mohave
county, Ariz. Since that time he has personally
mined and prospected near Chloride and Mineral
Park, meeting with quite gratifying success.

Mr. Feeny has a wide acquaintance in mining
circles and is considered a practical, progressive
business man. In political ranks he is an ardent
Democrat and makes a point of attending con-
ventions of the party. He was a delegate to the
territorial convention which assembled at Phoe-
nix in 1900, and at the present time is secretary
of the county central committee of Mohave
county. Besides belonging to the Miners'
Union he is affiliated with Kingman Lodge No.
468, Order of Elks, and is a member of the
Kingman Comedy Club, for which his native
talents have peculiarly fitted him. In connec-
tion with his public position of county recorder,
he is ex-officio clerk of the board of supervisors
of Mohave county.

In his domestic relations Mr. Feeny is espe-
cially fortunate. His marriage to Miss Mary
Hackett, of San Diego, Cal., took place in 1896,
and they are the parents of a promising little
son, John P., Jr.

JOHN J. GARDINER.

The phenomenal prosperity of Phoenix is just-
ly attributed to her exceptionally enterprising
business men, for whom no project, seemingly,
is too difficult, and who possess a public spirit
which is rarely equaled. To one well acquainted
with the characteristics of our citizens it appears
that Phoenix is a cornucopia of wealth and prog-
ress, ever pressing forward to greater achieve-
ments, and foremost in the ranks is J. J. Gardi-
ner, whom all honor and hold in genuine esteem.

A grandson of John and son of George Gardi-
ner, he was born June 21, 1841, in Gloucester-

shire, England, of which locality his ancestors
were residents for generations, their occupation
being farming and stock-raising. The father
lived to the ripe age of eighty-five, and his wife
Mary, mother of our subject, departed this life
in Phoenix in her eightieth year. She, too, was
born and reared in Gloucestershire, the daughter
of Isaac Thompson. Of her eight children three
have passed to the better land, three are in Eng-
land, and two in Arizona: J. J. and his sister,
Mrs. Thomas, who resides near Phoenix

Though his youth was spent upon the old
farm, J. J. Gardiner learned the business of a
millwright and machinist, being employed in a
flour-mill at the age of eighteen. In 1862 he de-
termined to seek his fortune in the New World,
and after a four weeks' voyage in the sailing ves-
sel "John J. Boyd," arrived in the United States
and located in Omaha, Neb. In partnership with
Henry Clifford he bought some teams and for
several years was engaged in freighting across
the plains. His first trip was to Salt Lake City,
whence he went to Montana and Nebraska. The
Indians being very troublesome and a constant
menace to travelers, they only went in large
companies, and though some were not so fortu-
nate, Mr. Gardiner never was seriously molested,
and was financially prospered. In 1869 he went
to Los Angeles, and in the following year came
to Arizona, since which time, three momentous
decades of territorial history, has been closely
associated with its development. For twelve
years he engaged in hauling supplies from Yuma
to Tucson, Camp Grant and Prescott, as well as
to different mining camps in the mountains. In
this service he had five wagons, each provided
with ten mules, and frequently as much as six
tons were transported in a trip.

Prior to 1882 Mr. Gardiner had invested a
large amount in Phoenix property, among them
the machine and blacksmith shop at the corner
of Adams and Second streets. This was carried
on under his supervision and in 1886 the fine
city water-works plant was inaugurated, he being
made the president of the company. Large wells
were made and a well-equipped plant was placed
in running order. A stand-pipe one hundred
feet high was built, a pressure of .forty pounds
was maintained, and perhaps no one improve-
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this great undertaking, with which Mr. Gardi-
ner was connected until 1890. About 1888 he
organized the Phoenix Electric Light Company,
of which he was the president until he sold out
to the present management. The fine modern
works were built under his direction on block
19. The first planing-mill in this place was built
and operated by him for some time, and he also
carried on the contract for the building known
as the city hall, the Valley Bank building, and
many other well known structures. In 1894 the
largest flour-mill in this territory was built by
him, and for six years he was at the head of
the enterprise, then leasing it to the present
manager. These mills, situated at the corner of
Second and Adams streets, are 300x300 feet in
dimensions (including warehouse); the latest
roller-process is employed, and the mill has a
capacity of one hundred and twenty barrels a
day. Space is lacking in which to chronicle his
many business enterprises, but a fair idea of his
multifarious interests can be gained from the
above. A finely improved farm which he owns,
of one hundred and sixty acres, situated three
miles from Phoenix, amply testifies to his genius
as an agriculturist. In no wise a politician, and
not an aspirant to public office, yet well posted
on the issues of the day, he uses his ballot in
favor of the Republican party.

In this city the marriage of Mr. Gardiner and
Miss Laura B. Franklin occurred, and their two
children are Charles and Mary. Mrs. Gardiner
was born in Los Angeles and was educated in
Mills College, Oakland, Cal. Her father, Samuel
Franklin, was a pioneer farmer of California and
now is engaged in mining near Prescott, Ariz.

GEORGE B. GAMBLE.
On New Year's day, 1901, George B. Gamble
entered upon the duties of the office of treasurer
of Graham county, to which he had been elected
on the regular Democratic ticket in November,
1900. That he is well qualified to occupy this
responsible position is shown by the fact of his
own success in the business world and by the
strict fidelity with which he always has met every
obligation placed upon his shoulders. He has
given his allegiance to the Democratic party
since becoming a voter and is a valued worker in
the ranks.

Our subject comes of a family noted for pa-
triotism, and his father, Gen. James Gamble, was
a hero of the war of 1812. He was one of the
first white settlers in Polk county, Tenn., and
was appointed military drill-master in his local-
ity, being commissioned as a general after the
war of 1812. Both he and his wife, Susan Bee-
ler, died in Tennessee, and it is worthy of men-
tion that Mrs. Gamble was one of the last wid-
ows of veterans of our second war with Great
Britain who drew a pension therefor.

George B. Gamble was born in Benton, Polk
county, Tenn., October i, 1860, and in his youth
had slight educational advantages. Neverthe-
less, being of a practical nature, he thoroughly
learned the business of a machinist and at the
age of seventeen came to the west. For six
years he was employed in the Georgetown (N.
M.) distiict, and set up the first engine in that
locality. In 1883 he came to Graham county
and was with the Arizona Copper Company for
a period, then was in the employ of the Detroit
Copper Company four years as engineer, later
running a locomotive on their short line of rail-
road for eight years. At one time he had charge
of the four and a half ton engine which was con-
veyed over mountains and plains eight hun-
dred miles, drawn by oxen.

In 1889 Mr. Gamble visited the valley of the
Gila and was so favorably impressed by it that
he invested in one hundred and twenty acres of
land, situated about half-way between Solomon-
ville and Safford, on the main road. It was not
until November, 1899, that he located upon this
place, however, but since that date he has been
actively engaged in its improvement, and today
the farm is a very desirable piece of property. A
handsome modern brick dwelling was built by
the owner recently, and fences, shade trees and
numerous other features contribute to the thrifty
appearance of the place.

In 1881 Mr. Gamble married Miss Jesusita
Cordoba, of New Mexico. They are the parents
of three daughters and five sons. James A. and
William E. are employed in the store at Clifton.
Josie, Lena, George, Thomas, Anna and Ed-
ward, the younger ones, are at home.

In the Masonic order Mr. Gamble is a charter
member of the blue lodge at Safford. He also
is connected with the Spanish-American Alii-

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ance, his membership being with the Clifton
lodge. A patriotic citizen, he favors good schools
and all institutions calculated to benefit the com-
munity and the country in general. He is de-
serving of great credit for the excellent personal
record he has made in the journey of life, for he
started out empty-handed and has been the arch-
itect of his own fortunes.

knowledge of all sides of the mining business
than has Mr. Gray.

HENRY J. GRAY.

Henry J. Gray, who is eminently fitted by edu-
cation and training for the responsible position
of superintendent of the Tombstone Mill & Min-
ing Company, was born in Harrisonburg, Rock-
ingham county, Va., and is a son of Henry J.
and Annie Gray.

Mr. Gray was reared to habits of industry and
thrift in his native state of Virginia, and after
finishing his studies in the public schools of his
locality attended the Norwood College, at Nor-
wood, Va. Upon starting out in the world for
himself he sought the larger possibilities of the
west, and in Colorado engaged in surveying on
the Durango branch of the Denver & Rio
Grande Railroad. Upon taking up his residence
in the crude but rapidly developing town of
Tombstone in 1882, he was soon after employed
as assayer by the Tombstone Mill & Mining
Company, and remained in the position until
1894, at which time his former acceptable serv-
ices resulted in his appointment to the position
of manager of the company. At the time of the
company's change of ownership he retained his
responsible place, and is still connected with the
concern as superintendent.

Independently Mr. Gray is interested in pros-
pecting and mining in the Tombstone mountains.
The Tough Mountain group, which are under
the jurisdiction of the Tombstone Mill & Mining
Company, consists of eighteen claims in the
Tombstone mountains, which are wonderfully
rich in gold and silver ore. Mr. Gray is particular-
ly familiar with the enormous boom and subse-
quent decline in the fortunes of the city which
rose as if by magic in the midst of one of the
greatest mining localities in the world. He is
fortunately beyond the misfortune of individual
investors who have staked all and lost, and it is
doubtful if any in the locality has a keener

GEORGE P. BULLARD.

The science of law in Phoenix has an able ex-
ponent in Mr. Bullard, who has lived in Arizona
since 1886, and therefore claims a long standing
familiarity with the conditions existing in this
territory of wonderful promise and resource.

A native of Portland, Ore., Mr. Bullard was
born April 14, 1868, and is a son of Lowell J.
Bullard, who was born in Framingham, Mass.
The paternal grandfather was a farmer -in Mas-
sachusetts, and came from an old New England
family. The Bullards were first represented in
America by one of their number who emigrated
from England in 1620, from whom sprang de-
scendants who distinguished themselves in their
various localities, and fought for their country's
cause when duty or inclination called. Some of
them served in the Revolutionary war. Lowell
Bullard is a man of forceful character and distin-
guished attainments, who, in the early days,
crossed the plains and lived for several years in
San Francisco. Following a later inclination he
removed to Panama, and is now a resident of
Old Mexico. He is filling the position of direc-
tor-general of the American Travelers' Insur-
ance Company, and is president of the American
Club of Mexico City.

On the maternal side also the connections are
distinguished, the Purdy family being promi-
nently identified with the early history of Cali-
fornia, while later members were connected with
historical and scientific research at home and in
Egypt. Mrs. Bullard was formerly Virginia
Purdy, a native of White Plains, N. Y. The
paternal grandfather, ex-Governor Samuel
Purdy of California, was born in New York, and
went to California in 1849. His occupation at
the time was that of a general merchant, and
his affairs were conducted first in Sacramento,
and later in San Francisco. He was elected
lieutenant-governor for one term under Gov-
ernor Bigler, and died in San Francisco in 1884,
while serving as chairman of the city hall com-
mission. Governor Purdy had an incorruptible
nature, and made a courageous stand for right in
the management of the affairs that came to him
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which was a veiled attempt to appropriate the
water front of San Francisco, and when the mat-
ter became a tie and was up to Governor Purdy,
he refused a bribe of $50,000 and voted it down.
His son, Sparrow Purdy, went with Mr. Stone
to Egypt, where he was called Purdy Pasha, and
where he eventually died. He was a member of
the Royal Geographical Society of Europe.
Mrs. Bullard died in Baltimore, Md., in 1889.
She was the mother of two children, one son
and one daughter, of whom George P. is the
oldest.

Until his fourth year George P. Bullard lived
in California, and after that lived in Massachu-
setts until twelve years of age. He subsequently
spent some time in Chicago, Baltimore, Md.,
and New York, in all of which places he at-
tended the public schools, and graduated from
the high school at Framingham, Mass. In 1886
he sought the possibilities of the far west, and
came to Yuma, Ariz., where his desire for legal
training was fortunately obtainable under the
able instruction of his uncle, Samuel Purdy, Jr.
In 1889 he was admitted to the California bar,
and at once began the establishment of a suc-
cessful practice in San Francisco. In the mean-
time his mother had married C. D. Ralyea, and
Mr. Bullard conducted his business affairs under
his stepfather's name, and in partnership with
C. H. King. In 1894 he located in Yuma for
four months, and while there received an order
from the courts to assume his father's name,
and from then to the present time has lived un-
der the name of Bullard. Upon removing to
Phoenix. Mr. Bullard began to engage in a gen-
eral practice of law, and has been most success-
ful in his undertakings. Under District At-
torney Williams he served as deputy for one
year, and is the present city attorney of Phoe-
nix, to which office he was elected in 1900.

In June of 1899 Mr. Bullard was united in
marriage with Kate C. Fisk, born in Coloma,
Eldorado county, Cal., and a daughter of Henry
Brockway Fisk, a native of New York state.
Henry Fisk went to California in 1849, and en-
gaged in a general merchandise business in El
Dorado county, where he eventually died. His
wife, formerly Ellen E. Comer, is living in Ak-
ron, Ohio. Mr. Bullard is a Democrat, and in
the fall of 1900 was nominated for district at-

torney. Fraternally he is associated with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and with
the Woodmen of the World. He is variously
interested in the most substantial enterprises of
the town, and numbers among the responsibili-
ties outside of the practice of his profession that
of president of the Arizona Copper Gold Mining
Company; secretary of the Arizona Lime Com-
pany, and a stockholder in the Elks' Building
Association. Mr. Bullard has the fine and sub-
stantial traits of mind and character which so
materially aid in the stability of growth in the
city of his adoption, and which are supplemented
by a genial temperament, the forerunner of pop-
ularity and success.

EDWARD M. DOE.

A large proportion of the work in Coconino
county involving grave complications falls for
legal adjustment into the capable hands of Mr.
Doe. A member of the bar at Flagstaff, his
reputation as a profound and erudite student of
the law is by no means confined to the limits of
his ambitious little town, but extends through-
out and beyond the county, representing a large
general practice, as well as arduous accomplish-
ment along special lines.

The education and character-foundation of
Mr. Doe were acquired in Iowa, whither his
parents removed from Vermont in the early '503.
He was born in Cabot, Washington county, Vt.,
in 1850, studied in the public schools of Iowa
City, and was graduated from the collegiate de-
partment of the Iowa State University in 1870,
and from the law department of the same insti-
tution the following year. For several years
afterward he engaged in a general practice in
Iowa, removing thence to Fort Worth, Tex.,
where he remained a few years. In the spring
of 1887 he came to Flagstaff, and conducted a
law practice in partnership with W. G. Stewart,
the firm name being Stewart & Doe. Of great
benefit to Mr. Doe was this association with Mr.
Stewart, who, for several years before his death
was a prominent politician, and active in the
separation of Coconino county from Yavapai
county. As a result of this separation, Mr Doe
was appointed by Governor Irwin the first dis-
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taken an active interest in local and territorial
political matters, never departing from his alle-
giance to the best tenets of the Republican party.
The services of Mr. Doe are retained by the
Saginaw Southern Railroad Company, the Sagi-
naw Lumber Company, the Arizona Cattle Com-
pany, the J. M. Dennis Company and the Ari-
zona Central Bank. Besides these, he attends to
the work of numerous local firms, the whole
constituting about all of the important legal
business of the county. For many years he has
acted as attorney for the Santa Fe Pacific Rail-
road Company. His practice carries him into
. all of the courts of the territory, and his close
attention to his profession, and the universal
satisfaction which has attended his efforts has
resulted in a wide popularity and confidence, as
well as large pecuniary returns. Fraternally he
is associated with the Elks.

EDWARD D. TUTTLE.

At the age of sixty-six years still an active
business man of Safford, E. D. Tuttle is espe-
cially deserving of mention in a territorial rec-
ord. Like his ancestors, he has ever been a
patriotic citizen of this republic, and here it may
be stated that his grandfathers, Tuttle and Tay-
lor, were heroes of the Revolutionary war, that
his father was a soldier of the war of 1812,
while he himself served in the Civil war, and his
son, Arthur L., enlisted in the Spanish-American
war and served throughout that conflict, going
to Cuba with Buckie O'Neill's Troop A, First
United States Volunteer Cavalry, a regiment
commonly known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders,
and commanded by Colonel Wood, now General
Wood, governor-general of Cuba. Although
he was only eighteen years old (being probably
the youngest soldier in the regiment) he per-
formed his duties as efficiently as any of his com-
rades. Captain O'Neill was killed while leading
his men at the battle of San Juan Hill.

Born in Leroy, N. Y., November 19, 1834,
Edward D. Tuttle is a son of Harvey and Lucy
(Taylor) Tuttle, natives of Connecticut, and
among the early settlers of western New York,
where they took up their abode in 1816, pur-
chasing their land from the proprietors of the
Holland land purchase. Our subject spent the

first fifteen years of his life in New York and
then went to Milwaukee, Wis., where he .re-
mained until February, 1852. That year wit-
nessed his trip overland from St. Joseph, Mo.,
to the placer mines of California, and until the
Civil war broke out he pursued his quest for
mineral wealth. Enlisting as a private in the
Fourth California Infantry, in August, 1861, he
served until the close of the war, being mustered
out at the Presidio, November 30, 1865. At
Camp Sumner, September 21, 1861, he was pro-
moted to the second lieutenancy, and in No-
vember, 1862, at Benecia barracks, California,
was made first lieutenant. While stationed at
Fort Mohave, in 1864, he secured a leave of ab-
sence and served as a member of the first terri-
torial legislature from the second district, having
been elected at the first election called by procla-
mation of the first governor, John N. Goodwin,
the legislature consisting of six members of the
council and twelve members of the house.

After the close of the war Mr. Tuttle was em-
ployed as military storekeeper and quartermas-
ter's agent in the regular army, being located at
Yuma Depot, serving from 1866 to 1868. He
then received the appointment of sutler at a
cavalry post in northern Arizona, doing business
there until February, 1869.

For two years he was freight agent for the
Colorado Steam Navigation Company at Yuma.
Next he removed to California and devoted his
time and means to farming until 1875. He then
worked as bookkeeper for a San Francisco firm
until March, 1877, when he located a farm near
the site of the present town of Safford. At that
time there were not more than a half-dozen
white families in the whole valley. For two years
he conducted a mercantile business, but his en-
ergies have been chiefly given to the develop-
ment of his farm. He now resides on his well-
tilled and well-irrigated homestead of one hun-
dred and sixty acres, just adjoining Safford on
the north.

September 30, 1869, Mr. Tuttle and Marietta
L. Robinson, of Summit, Wis., were married at
Oakland, Cal. Their eldest daughter, Kate, was
appointed postmaster at Safford August 21,
1897, ar"d reappointed March 14, 1901 ; the office
has been of the third class since January i, 1901.
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in the high school at San Jose, Cal., where the
mother has kept house during the school year,
the family owning a comfortable residence there.
Lucy M. is a graduate of the San Jose graded
schools. Mary R., a graduate of the California
State Normal School, is now teaching in the pub-
lic school of Safford. Edward W., who followed
a two years' classical course at Stanford Univer-
sity, is now a student in the law school of Michi-
gan State University. Arthur L., the boy-soldier
of 1898, who was attending Arizona University
at the time of his enlistment, is now employed
as engineer in charge of the gas engines in the
reduction works of the Phelps-Dodge Copper
Company at Nacosari, Mexico.

Ever since the organization of the Republican
party Mr. Tuttle has been one of its most loyal
adherents. For four years after the formation
of this county from Pima county he was clerk
of the board of supervisors. For two years he
also served as clerk of the district court, being
the first to fill that office. As deputy county
treasurer, in which capacity he served three
years, he opened the first set of books for that
department. As a justice of the peace for two
terms, he assisted in preserving law and order.
He is an active member and trustee of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church at Safford, to which he
donated the ground for the house of worship
and assisted financially in the building.

COL. J. B. BREATHITT.

From the pioneer days of Kentucky to the
present time the distinguished family to which
Colonel Breathitt belongs has been prominently
identified with its history and progress. Among
the first settlers of Maryland, from England were
the Breathitts, who later located in Virginia,
and in that state Edward, the great-grandfather
of Colonel Breathitt, was born. With his family
he went to Kentucky, settling in Logan county.

His son, Gov. John Breathitt, was born in
Prince Edward county, Va., and went with his
father to Kentucky, becoming one of the lead-
ing members of the bar in his adopted state.
His successes, particularly in land litigation
cases, won for him the genuine admiration of
the public, and from early manhood the promi-
nent part which he took in political matters

brought him honors at the hands of his partisan
friends. That he was personally popular is
shown by the fact that he was elected lieutenant-
governor of Kentucky at a time when the Whigs
were in the ascendency, he being the only Dem-
ocrat elected on the ticket. At the expiration of
his four years' term as lieutenant-governor his
name was proposed for the gubernatorial chair,
and though the Whig majority in the state was
about sixteen thousand, he was elected. After
a service of nearly two years his death occurred,
he being at that time in his forty-eighth year.

During President Jackson's administration
the responsible position of United States minis-
ter at the court of St. James was proffered Gov-
ernor Breathitt by the President, but he declined.
The first legislature that convened after his elec-
tion as governor was to choose a United States
senator, and the joint ballot resulted in a Whig
majority of sixteen. Each day for ninety days
the assembly balloted on the question, but the
dead-lock continued up to the time of the
governor's death. He was held in high esteem,
even by those of other political affiliations, wher-
ever he was personally known. He belonged
to no secret organization except the Masonic.

Cardwell Breathitt, father of the Colonel, was
a native of the Blue Grass state, and upon ar-
riving at man's estate he entered the legal pro-
fession. He was a resident and practitioner of
Russellville, Logan county, Ky., until 1852,
when he removed with his family to Arrow
Rock, Mo. There he has made his home for
nearly half a century, and is held in genuine re-
gard by his large circle of acquaintances in that
locality. His wife, Mary E., was a daughter of
Philip Slaughter, a veteran o{ the war of 1812.
A native of Kentucky, his daughter, Mrs. Breath-
itt, was born in Russellville. The Slaugh-
ters came from Culpeper county, Va., to Ken-
tucky. While three of the sons and two of the
daughters born to Cardwell Breathitt and wife
are living, two have passed to the silent land,
and the mother died some years ago in Missouri.

Col. J. B. Breathitt was born in Russell-
ville, Ky., and was reared chiefly in Missouri.
In 1862, while quite a boy, he enlisted in Com-
pany G, Second Missouri Cavalry, C. S. A., be-
ing the youngest boy in his regiment. He was
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McCullough, and after serving in Missouri for
a short time was ordered to the thickest of the
fray, taking part in the severe battles of Pea
Ridge, Corinth, luka. Holly Springs and all of
the engagements in which his regiment bore a
part in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and
Florida, surrendering to the Federal forces at
Columbus, Miss., in 1865, at the close of the
war.

Returning home, the young man gave his at-
tention to farming for several years, in the
mean time devoting considerable leisure to the
study of law under his father's instruction. Ad-
mitted to the bar in 1875, he commenced the
practice in Arrow Rock, Mo., and in the follow-
ing year was elected prosecuting attorney of Sa-
line county, and for that reason settled at Mar-
shall, the county-seat, where he remained. After
the expiration of the time for which he was
elected he resumed the regular practice of law at
Marshall. He continued to rise in his profes-
sion, and also became a recognized factor in
politics. In 1886 he was elected railroad com-
missioner of Missouri, in which capacity he
served for six years, being chairman of the board
during the last two years, and several times at-
tending national conventions of railway commis-
sions at Washington, D. C.

In January, 1893, Colonel Breathitt located in
Kansas City, where he believed that a wider
field of usefulness awaited him. In 1895 he
was appointed by President Cleveland as special
agent of the land department of the interior,
and was located in Arizona. Though his head-
quarters were in Tucson, his duties called him
to all parts of the territory, and he continued in
the office until June, 1897, when a change of ad-
ministration led him to seek another line of en-
terprise. That autumn he organized the Pima
Investment & Trading Company, of which he
is the president and general manager. He deals
in real estate, mines and cattle, and by his sagac-
ity and good business judgment has won an en-
viable name in commercial circles.

Like his forefathers, the Colonel is a firm and
enthusiastic Democrat, and has taken a leading
part in local and general conventions of the
party. In Missouri it was a common saying
that he had a wider acquaintance than any other
man in the state, and for a quarter of a century

he attended all of the state and national conven-
tions of his party. In 1900 at the territorial con-
vention at Phoenix he was unanimously elected
national committeeman from Arizona and as-
sisted the national committee in the campaign
of that year. Fraternally he is a charter member
of Lodge No. 385 of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks.

HON. JOHN G. CAMPBELL.

One of the honored pioneers of Prescott and
one of the longest established in business in this
city, Mr. Campbell is known far and wide in
Arizona. Time and again has he been called to
public positions of trust and honor. His Dem-
ocratic friends elected him to represent Arizona
as a delegate to Congress in 1878, and besides
taking part in the deliberations of that assem-
blage in the winters of 1879-80 and 1880-81, he
served in the extra sessions of 1879. Though
there were three other candidates in the field,
he was elected by a plurality of five hundred and
eighty votes, which was a good majority for that
period and under the existing conditions. He
won the sincere approbation of his constituents.
Twice he was elected from Yavapai county to
the territorial council of Arizona, and then de-
clined further nomination, though certain of
subsequent election. For several years he held
the office of county supervisor and was chairman
of the board three years. In each and all of
these varied positions he worked in behalf of
the people of his community and territory.

On both sides of his family Mr. Campbell is
of Old Scottish stock. His paternal grandfather,
Archibald Campbell, was a native of Campbell-
ton, Argyle, Scotland, and his maternal grand-
father was James Hunter, a farmer near Stirling,
Scotland. The parents of our subject were Rob-
ert and Agnes (Hunter) Campbell, natives re-
spectively of Glasgow and Stirling, Scotland,
and both, like their ancestors, were stanch Pres-
byterians. The father, who was a cabinet-maker
by trade, carried on that business in Glasgow
until 1841, when he came to the United States.
For some time he dwelt in New York City and
Jersey City, but died in the greater metropolis,
where he had been long employed at his usual
avocation. Only two of his ten children are now

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living, and three of his sons, James, Archibald
and William, were heroes of the Civil war, be-
longing to a New York regiment.

The birth of J. G. Campbell took place in
Glasgow, Scotland, June 27, 1827. He accom-
panied his father to America in 1841, the rest of
the family coming three years later, after a home
had been made ready for them. The ship
"Washington," on which the youth sailed across
the Atlantic was sixty-one days upon the briny
deep. He proceeded to Detroit, Mich., where
he was apprenticed to the baker's and confec-
tioner's trade, and evenings were passed by him
in schools, for he felt the need of a better edu-
cation. At the end of three years he returned
to New York Qty, where he was employed at
his trade for a similar period.

In 1849 Mr. Campbell started for the gold
fields of California, going to Vera Cruz, Mexico,
and crossing that country in a northwesterly di-
rection. He arrived at the Colorado river in
July, crossing it near the present town of Yuma,
and thence proceeding to San Francisco. For
two years he engaged in mining on the Yuba
river, and then carried on a ranch and cattle
business in the Shasta valley, Siskiyou county,
Cal., until 1854. The next three years were
spent in Deadwood, Cal., where he was occupied
in merchandising. In 1857 he went to Chili,
South America, and for two years operated a
general store, but the revolution of 1859 led to
his return to San Francisco. The same year
witnessed his arrival in Los Angeles, where he
kept the old Lafayette hotel until 1861. He
next went to San Francisco, and in the spring
of 1863 came overland to the El Dorado canon.
Making a raft, he made his way down the Colo-
rado river to La Paz, Ariz., where he embarked
in general merchandising, obtaining supplies
from Los Angeles.

In the autumn of 1864 Mr. Campbell came to
Prescott, and during the thirty-one years which
followed conducted a general store, which he
sold in 1895. In the meantime he also was in-
terested in the cattle business, embarking in
that line in 1868 and keeping large herds, his
ranch being in the Chino valley. In this enter-
prise he was associated with two men, the firm
name being Campbell, Buffun & Baker at first,
and later, Campbell & Baker. Their brand was

composed of the figures seven and six con-
nected, the first stroke of the six being joined
to the last downward line of the seven. This
was the largest cattle firm in the territory for a
great many years, as, indeed, the partners owned
twice as many cattle as did any other firm. The
dry seasons and adverse circumstances, however,
played havoc with their immense herds, and it
is estimated that they lost not less than ten thou-
sand animals in four years. After struggling
against the tide in vain, decade after decade, Mr.
Campbell left the business. Of late years he has
been the proprietor of the Depot House, a well-
managed and prosperous hotel. He built the
structure and has given his personal attention to
every detail of the business, thus insuring com-
fort and satisfaction to his guests.

While in Washington, D. C., Mr. Campbell
made the acquaintance of and married Miss
Marguerite Malezieux, who is a native of Paris,
France, and whose father held an office in the
United States treasury department in Washing-
ton. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs.
Campbell, three of whom are living, viz.: Louise,
Frank Robert and Lillie Belle.

JOSEPH FISH.

Joseph Fish, of Holbrook, was born at Twelve
Mile Grove, Will county, 111., June 27, 1840, be-
ing a son of Horace and Hannah (Leavitt) Fish,
natives of Canada. The grandfather, Joseph
Fish, was a native of New Hampshire and a son
of Nathan Fish, whose birth occurred in Massa-
chusetts. The Fish family descends from En-
glish ancestry, but has long been identified with
American history, and one of the name served
under Churchill in King Philip's war. Several
members of his grandmother's family served in
the colonial army during the Revolution and
fought under Morgan as sharpshooters, assisting
in the capture of General Burgoyne at Saratoga.

The boyhood days of Horace Fish were spent
in Canada, where his father resided from early
manhood until death. However, he himself
sought a more favorable location, and about
1837 came to the states, settling in Will county,
111., with his family. In 1846 he left Illinois and
the next year settled in Council Bluffs, Iowa,
but in 1850 went to Utah, having previously be-

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come a member of the Mormon Church. He
died in southern Utah in 1870, and his wife
passed away six years later. They were the
parents of six children, all of whom survive, the
youngest being fifty-three years of age at this
writing.

In the village of Parowan, Iron county, Utah,
the subject of this sketch received a limited edu-
cation. March 22, 1859, he married Mary Camp-
bell Steele, daughter of John and Catharine
(Campbell) Steele, of southern Utah. From
Scotland, their native land, Mr. and Mrs. Steele
came to America about 1845. At that time their
daughter, Mary C., who was born in Belfast, Ire-
land, was five years old. She died in December,
1874, leaving four daughters and two sons, all
of whom survive. The second marriage of Mr.
Fish took place May i, 1876, and united him
with Adelaide, daughter of Jesse N. Smith, who
is president of the Arizona Co-operative Mer-
cantile Institution and in the Mormon Church
acts as president of the Snowflake Stake. By
his second marriage Mr. Fish has three sons.

During his residence in Utah Mr. Fish was
engaged in farming and the mercantile business.
From 1865 to 1871, during the Indian cam-
paigns, he was a member of the Utah Militia,
Tenth Iron County Regiment, commanded by
Ool. W. H. Dame, and at first held commission
as lieutenant, later being promoted to the rank
of major and aide-de-camp to the colonel. While
in the service he took part in several Indian
campaigns and engaged in a few skirmishes. He
was admitted to the bar in Utah. For a few
years he served as justice of the peace, for
one term was treasurer of Iron county and for
two terms served as county clerk of the same
county. Politically he is a Republican.

In January, 1879, Mr. Fish settled at Snow-
flake, Ariz. During the greater part of the year
1880 he had charge of the commissary depart-
ment for the contractor in building the Atlantic
& Pacific Railroad through the western part of
New Mexico and eastern Arizona. In 1881 he
became connected with the Arizona Mercantile
Institution, which has claimed most of his time
since, with the exception of three years spent on
the Gila at Safford, in Graham county, where
he engaged in the mercantile business and for
a time had charge of a grist mill. During his

residence in Safford he was elected, on the Re-
publican ticket, a member of the house of the
eighteenth legislature, and while in that body
served as chairman of the committee on irriga-
tion and a member of the judiciary and ways and
means committees.

It is said of Mr. Fish by those who know him
well that he has qualities which adapt him
peculiarly for the work of a historian. He occu-
pied the position of stake recorder or historian
for the Eastern Arizona Stake for several years.
In 1896 he began the collection of data for an
historical work on Arizona, and has now about
completed his researches. When published, the
work will be one of standard merit and a recog-
nized authority in its line, and especially con-
cerning the early colonization of the county and
Indian wars. He has what is probably the only
collection of photographs of all the governors
of Arizona and the compilers of this work are
indebted to him for the use of the same, for
which they desire to express appreciation.

WILLIAM M. MUNDS.

A typical, hardy dweller of the western plains,
a successful miner, large cattle raiser, one of the
early and forceful pioneers and developers of
Jerome, and a breezy, large-hearted product" of
the crude and resourceful west, Mr. Munds has
been associated with Arizona and Yavapai coun-
ty since 1876. Of southern birth, he was born in
Kentucky in 1836, his parents being James and
Mary (Williams) Munds. When but a baby in
arms his industrious parents moved their family
to Missouri, on the Iowa line, where William M.
was trained to the life of a farmer and educated
in the public schools of his county. When four-
teen years of age an opportunity to see the coun-
try lying to the west presented itself, and he
.accompanied ?n expedition of emigrants to Cali-
fornia, going thence by way of wagons and ox-
teams, the journey consuming several weeks.

Arriving on the Pacific coast, Mr. Munds en-
gaged in placer mining in Eldorado county for
six years, spending in all seven years in different
parts of the state. In 1857 he ventured upon
another means of livelihood afforded by the pe-
culiar adaptability of the state of Oregon, and
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mining and prospecting. Still more extensive
stock-raising was undertaken after removing to
Arizona in 1876, and two years later he settled
in the Verde valley, where, in time, he became
the possessor of three large ranches and of sev-
eral thousand head of cattle. In the meantime,
in 1892, he had moved into Jerome, and in con-
nection with his ranches carried on a meat mar-
ket with decided success for about six years.
From the first his interest in Jerome was pro-
nounced, and his faith in the future of the city
was emphatically and practically demonstrated.
When the incorporation of the city was contem-
plated he lent the weight of his influence and
gave a helping hand, and insisted upon the incor-
poration, in spite of opposing factions and bitter
hindrances. As a consequence the charter was
secured, and the disinterested efforts of Mr.
Munds were rewarded by his appointment as
first mayor of the town. His administration was
well received, and his sincerity and loyalty to the
common good was never doubted for an instant.

At present enjoying a well-earned respite from
active business life, Mr. Munds devotes his time
to the management of his real estate and to
numerous personal affairs. Out of the various
real estate holdings which he has at times owned
he still retains the Tovrea building and several
building lots. He also owns interests in mining
near Jerome, and in the Verde and Cherry dis-
tricts. In local politics he has been prominent,
and invariably supports the Democratic party.
Fraternally he is a Mason, and is a member of
the Verde Lodge No. 14, also of the Flagstaff
chapter of Royal Arch Masons.

Mr. Munds has been twice married. The first
Mrs. Munds, who was formerly Sarah Jane Cox,
left five children, of whom two survive: Mel-
vina, the wife of Dr. Carrier; and J. L. Munds,
sheriff d! Y.avapai county. The present Mrs.
Munds was Ann La Tourette, a daughter of
John La Tourette, now a resident of Phoenix.
There are no children of this union. Mrs. Munds
came to Arizona with her parents in 1876.

VERNON L. CLARK.

Since establishing his home in Phoenix Mr.
Clark has become one of the leaders of the
Democratic party in Maricopa county, and is

now serving as chairman of the county central
committee. His large acquaintance and un-
bounded popularity gives him an influential fol-
lowing, while his shrewd judgment of men and
affairs make his counsel of value in all important
movements. In business circles he also takes a
foremost rank, and his success is all the more
notable from the fact that it has been secured
by his own judicious management.

Mr. Clark was born near Stanton, Ky., Sep-
tember 29, 1861, and is the second in order of
birth in a family of four children, three sons and
one daughter, but is the only one living in Ari-
zona. His great-grandfather, James Clark, came
to this country from Ireland and settled in Mary-
land, where his death occurred. The grand-
father, William Clark, was born in that state,
and at an early day removed to Clark county,
Ky., becoming one of its pioneer farmers. Dr.
John T. Clark, our subject's father, was a native
of Clark county, Ky., where he engaged in the
practice of medicine throughout life, being a
graduate of the Starling Medical College of Col-
umbus, Ohio. At the age of nineteen years he
enlisted in an independent company of volun-
teers raised for the Mexican war, and served
under Gen. John S. Williams. He was a mem-
ber of the state legislature of Kentucky in 1864-
5, and was one of the most prominent and in-
fluential men of his community. In religious
belief he was a Cumberland Presbyterian. He
died in 1888, but h,is wife is still a resident of
Kentucky. Both were of Scotch-Irish descent.
She bore the maiden name of Jincy Stewart, and
was born in Powell county, Ky., as was also her
father, Madison Stewart, who was a farmer by
occupation. He married a Miss Daniel, whose
mother was Annie Scholl, of Virginia, a niece
of Daniel Boone. His father had removed to
Kentucky with that pioneer and Indian fighter.

At the age of two years Vernon L. Clark ac-
companied his parents on their removal to Pilot
View, Clark county, Ky., where he grew to man-
hood, his education being obtained in the dis-
trict schools. In 1882 he entered the employ
of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad as clerk,
and two years later became bookkeeper for Ma-
son & Hoge, railroad contractors, at work in
Kentucky. Later he was at their headquarters
in Frankfort, that state, and served as auditor

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of the Kentucky Midland Railroad, which they
built. From 1891 until 1896 he was secretary
and treasurer of the Kentucky Investment &
Building Association of Frankfort.

Resigning in the latter year Mr. Clark came
to Phoenix, Ariz., as a railroad contractor, grad-
ing sidings and raising the grades on the South-
ern Pacific Railroad for one year. He then
assisted in organizing the Lawrence & Clark
Vehicle Company, of which Mr. Lawrence is
president and our subject secretary and treas-
urer. They represent the Columbus Buggy
Company; Durant & Dart, of Flint, Mich.; and
Babcock, of Watertown, N. Y.; and carry on
business at Nos. 26 to 32 West Adams street,
where they have the largest carriage repository
in Arizona, it being 50x138 feet in dimensions.
Mr. dark was also one of the organizers of the
Alhambra Brick Company, which has a capital
stock of $50,000, and of which he is president.
They manufacture building brick and have a fine
modern plant three miles northwest of Phoenix,
which is operated by steam power and has a
capacity of thirty-six thousand five hundred
brick per day.

In Clark county, Ky., Mr. Clark married Miss
Kate Strode, who was born there and died in
that state. In religious belief he is a Cumber-
land Presbyterian, but there being no church of
that denomination in Phoenix he attends the
Episcopal Church, in which he is serving as ves-
tryman. He was made a Mason in W. H. Cun-
ningham Lodge No. 572, in Kentucky, with
which he still holds membership, and was later
raised to the degrees of Royal Arch Mason and
Knight Templar at Frankfort, but is now a
member of the chapter and commandery at
Phoenix, and also belongs to El Zaribah Tem-
ple, N. M. S. He is a member of Maricopa
Club, is also a member and director of the Board
of Trade, and a director of the Phoenix Library
Association. While a resident of Frankfort,
Ky., he served as city treasurer one term, and
since coming to Phoenix has taken a prominent
part in political affairs, serving as chairman of
the county Democratic central committee and
of the county executive committee, and also as
a member of the territorial committees. He is
a man whose genial temperament, sound judg-
ment and well-proved integrity have brought

him the esteem and friendship of a host of ac-
quaintances far and near.

HON. O. L. GEER.

The little town of Martinez owes much of its
growth and present standing to the untiring
efforts of one of its most prominent citizens,
O. L. Geer. While ostensibly a mining man,
and devoting the greater part of his time to
wresting from mother earth her stores of treas-
ure, he is practically interested in most of the
paying enterprises of the town, although he has
been here only about two years. As manager
of the Martinez Mercantile Company, in which
organization he owns most of the stock, he has
built an extensive trade with the surrounding
camps, and receives a large patronage from the
residents of the village. In addition, he con-
ducts a hotel and livery and has a large-sized
corral. The hostelry is conducted along the
most approved lines, and the guests who patron-
ize it are sure of fair treatment, clean rooms and
a well-set table.

Mr. Geer was born in Lafayette county, Ky.,
in 1847, ar>d his boyhood days were passed in
Kentucky and Texas. When twenty-two years
of age, in 1869, he started for the west and
located in Arizona, which he has since regarded
as his permanent home. However, much of his
time for ten years was spent in New York, but,
owing to failing health, he eventually returned
to his old haunts in Arizona, having that fond-
ness for the territory which comes to almost all
who once linger within its bounds. From the
first he was interested in mining and prospect-
ing, and at the present time has claims in Mari-
copa and Yuma counties, which promise large
returns from development. It is needless to say
that in this healthful climate, and under the ex-
hilarating influence of business success, his tem-
porarily shattered health has regained its normal
condition. Added to the many other responsi-
bilities of his life, is the position of general man-
ager of the Arizona Development Company of
Philadelphia, a corporation capitalized at $1,000,-
ooo.

The principles of the Democratic party have
a stanch supporter in Mr. Geer. In November,
1900, he was elected to the legislature from

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Yavapai county, and is now filling the office with
the same credit to himself characteristic of all
his work. At New Orleans he was made a Ma-
son and now stands high in that fraternity. In
1887 he married Miss Annabella M. Marsalles,
who was born in New Orleans, and they now
have a pleasant home in Martinez, where the
numerous friends of the family delight to con-
gregate.

BENJAMIN F. McFALL.

Benjamin F. McFall, horticulturist, and pres-
ent recorder of Maricopa county, was born No-
vember 20, 1858, in Gentry county, Mo., and is a
son of John and Martha (Sylvia) McFall, natives
respectively of Kentucky and Missouri. The an-
cestry of the McFall family is Scotch-Irish.
John McFall was a prominent man in the locali-
ties in which he resided, and while living in Mis-
souri exerted a wide influence in the affairs of
the community. The town of McFall, Mo., was
named after him, in recognition of his services
as a citizen, and of his character as a man. He
died in Maricopa county, Ariz., in 1892, having
removed to the far west in 1886. His wife is at
present residing near Phoenix, and is in her
seventy-fifth year.

Until his eighteenth year B. F. McFall was
surrounded by the influences that mold the
character of the average farm-reared boy. Aside
from the advantages of the public schools, he
attended the Missouri State University, at Col-
umbia, Mo., for two years, and at times during
the early years had opportunity to acquire con-
siderable business experience. Upon starting
out to earn his own livelihood, Mr. McFall was
for two years a clerk in the Albany Bank, at Al-
bany, Mo., and subsequently engaged in a mer-
cantile business at McFall, Mo., for about three
years. In the hope of regaining his somewhat
impaired health he went to Arizona in 1885, and,
having derived satisfactory results from the
change, decided to make the fertile Salt River
valley a permanent abiding place.

For a time, in Phoenix, Mr. McFall was in-
terested in clerical work, but later settled upon
his ranch in Maricopa county, six miles north-
east of Phoenix. The property is largely de-
voted to the culture of oranges, to the study of

which the successful owner has given much time
and attention, and close scientific investigation.
Aside from the affairs of his farm Mr. McFall
is variously interested in the general happen-
ings of his adopted locality, and has received
substantial recognition of his ability to serve
the public. In November of 1900 he was elected
recorder of Maricopa county, as the candidate
of the Democratic party, for a term of two years,
and he has also served on the school board of
his district as a trustee. He has always been
a stanch Democrat. Fraternally he is associated
with the Masonic order.

The marriage of Mr. McFall and Nannie Her-
man, who was a native of Iowa, occurred at
Albany, Mo., in 1881, where her father, William
Herman, was residing. Of this union there are
three children, Nellie, Herman, and Rick. Mr.
and Mrs. McFall are members and active work-
ers in the Baptist Church at Phoenix, of which
he was formerly a deacon.

JUDGE L. C. HERR.

Judge L. C. Herr has been identified with the
changeful fortunes of Arizona since 1888. At
first influenced hither by the widespread belief
in the opportunities for mining, he became inter-
ested in prospecting in the Big Cottonwood
mountains, and in time so far realized his ex-
pectations as to become the owner of such valu-
able properties as the Mohawk mines and the
Dewey. After locating in Florence his general
ability received ready recognition, and in addi-
tion to the various responsibilities assumed b\
him was the probate judgeship, to which he was
elected in 1896. So satisfactory were his ser-
vices in this connection, and so aptly and tactful-
ly were the issues brought before him adjusted,
that his re-election followed in 1898, and again
in 1900. As a stanch and uncompromising
member of the Democratic party which placed
him in office, he is a force in a community which
recognizes a correct interpretation of the laws,
and which values and needs such citizenship as
is furnished by the life and efforts of the probate
judge of Final county. Undoubtedly a large
share of his success is due to the kinship which
exists between the locality and himself, for his
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all times apparent, and substantiated by his own-
ership of a home here and other property as
well.

A native of Dauphin county, Pa., Judge Herr
was born in 1848, and was educated in Illinois
and Ohio. His first independent venture was
as a salesman for an eastern firm, his route com-
prising Illinois, Ohio, and Kansas, from which
occupation he came to the broader possibilities
of Arizona. In Florence he has been conspicu-
ous for his long maintained and practical interest
in education, and has done much to bring about
the present excellent system of instruction. He
is now superintendent of public instruction. Fra-
ternally he is associated with the Ancient Order
of United Workmen. He was married in 1872
to Nancy Stanfield, of Spring Valley, Ohio.
They are the parents of two children, Guy and
Beulah.

HENRY ARBUCKLE.

This veteran railroad man of Clifton is and
has been for many years one of the most trusted
and highly respected employes of the celebrated
Arizona Copper Company. He has just reason
to be proud of the admirable record which he
lias made, and we are pleased to present to his
numerous friends in Graham county and else-
where the following facts in regard to himself
and his chosen field of usefulness.

The fine souvenir edition of the "Arizona Bul-
letin," published at Solomonville, the county
seat of Graham county, in January, 1900, con-
tained a concise account of the mining enter-
prises of the Arizona Copper Company. After
relating the great difficulties under which the
pioneer company labored here, when ''copper
was shipped by bull teams to La Junta, 600
miles away, the nearest railroad station," the
journal further said: "In those days the
Apaches were very bold, occasionally dashing
into the outskirts of the town and capturing
freightingoutfits. Like wise generals.the Leszyn-
skys" (then owners of the celebrated Longfellow
mine and other mining property here) "rec-
ognized the supreme importance of a safe line
of communication between the mines and the
works. They accordingly hauled in steel rails
and a small locomotive and built Arizona's first

mining railroad (a 2O-inch gauge), the rails being
laid from Clifton to Longfellow, a distance of
over four miles. Henry Arbuckle set up this
little locomotive, the first one in Arizona, and
was its engineer and has been with the 'Baby
Gauge' ever since."

The small engine mentioned weighed only
four and a half tons, and was the first one ever
made for a twenty-inch track. Small as it was,
it was no slight undertaking to transport it by
ox teams 600 miles. When it arrived here Mr.
Arbuckle was placed in charge of it and for more
than two years was engineer of the same, then
being transferred to larger ones, and to-day,
running on the same narrow-gauge track en-
gines of nineteen and one-half tons are being
used. For twenty-one years he has traversed
the eight-mile track between Clifton and the
mines, and during the early period of his ex-
perience always had his rifle at hand, as the In-
dians frequently attacked him on the engine.
On one occasion the speed of his engine and his
own cool and daring character saved his life,
and on the day following it was his sad task to
bring into town the bodies of five white men
who had been killed by the bloodthirsty foe.

During the long and steady service of Mr.
Arbuckle he has never had any serious misfor-
tune or casualty laid to his charge, and he is
noted for his great care and fidelity to his du-
ties. The distance of his present run, four
miles and two hundred feet, is from Clifton to the
"Longfellow incline" — a remarkable piece of
railroading. Several curves have a 42-degree
reversion on a 4O-degree slant, and for the quar-
ter of a mile before reaching the "incline" the
grade is 303 feet to the mile. To those ac-
quainted with the difficulties of this railroad up
the canon, the fact that our subject has so many
thousands of times with his engine climbed and
descended the slopes without accident is a mat-
ter of wonder as well as of admiration.

From boyhood Mr. Arbuckle has devoted his
entire attention to railroading, and like most
successful men, knows the one business thor-
oughly, and that one alone. He is a native of
Pittsburg, Pa., born in 1836, and spent the first
fourteen years of his life in the "Smoky City,"
receiving a public school education. Until 1850
he resided in the east, and then went to Cali-

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fornia, but Arizona has long had greater charms
for him, he having been a resident of this ter-
ritory since 1876. As a citizen he upholds all
measures which make for the good of his com-
munity, and in national elections votes the Re-
publican ticket.

J. H. THOMPSON.

The record of Mr. Thompson as sheriff of Gila
county is not excelled by any one in the terri-
tory who has held a similar position. At first
initiated into the responsibility by filling the un-
expired term of Sheriff Glen Reynolds, who was
killed by Indian Kid, he was, at the end of the
seven months, regularly elected to the office,
serving for three successive terms, during 1890-
2-4, and was again elected November 6, 1900.
His discharge of the duties of the office has
met with general approval, and he is commended
for the tact, discretion and impartiality which
have characterized his disposition of difficult
and aggravating situations.

Mr. Thompson's early remembrances are asso-
ciated with his boyhood days in Texas, where
he was born December 19, 1861, a son of W.
G. and Ellen (Williams) Thompson, natives of
Tennessee. The father was prominent in the
early history of Texas, having settled there in
1836, and he was a veteran of the Mexican war.
His useful and industrious life terminated in
November, 1870. His wife is still living, and has
for some time made her home in Globe. When
nineteen years of age J. H. Thompson started
out to face the serious and responsible side of
life, and settled in the north end of Gila county
in the Tonto basin, where he became interested
in the cattle business. In search of more con-
genial and remunerative occupation he settled
in Globe in 1889, having sold his stock and land
in the Gila valley, and for six or seven months
worked in- the mines in the vicinity of Globe.
The following June he assumed control of the
office of sheriff, and has since been prominently
before the eyes of the public. Exception may
be made of his trip to the Klondike, which was
undertaken in the interval of his respite from the
cares of office between 1894 and 1900. At the
present time he is still extensively engaged in
mining and stock raising, and owns a herd of

cattle on Canon creek. He owns large interests
in prospects, and has thirty-five claims in one
bunch in the Pioneer mining district. In Globe
he has built a comfoi table residence, and has two
houses on the half block of ground which he
owns.

January i, 1887, Mr. Thompson married Car-
rie L. Nash, who was born near Cincinnati,
Greene county, Ind. Of this union there are
two living children, Louis and Ellen. Three
sons are deceased. In politics Mr. Thompson is
affiliated with the Democratic party, and is em-
phatically in favor of the principles and issues of
that organization. Fraternally lie is associated
with the Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, the United Moderns, and the
Elks, in Globe. He is a charter member of the
Odd Fellows Lodge.

JOHN B. JONES.

As a stranger among unaccustomed surround-
ings, and with little to depend on save his own
perseverance and determination to succeed, Mr.
Jones came to Arizona in 1892, and has, step by
step, forged his way to the front in the face of
discouragements and obstacles, and is now one
of the successful citizens of Williams. He was
born in Orange county, N. C., in 1862, and was
reared and educated in Chatham county, whither
his parents had in the mean time removed. It
was not until 1892 that he left the surroundings
of his youth and came to Coconino county, Ariz.,
a contrast indeed from the peaceful agricultural
life of an old and settled country.

In Arizona Mr. Jones started a mercantile
business at Challander, Coconino county, and
after four years went to Flagstaff, where he re-
mained for a year. He later had a store at En-
terprise, and a saw-mill, which he successfully
conducted until 1897, when he located in Wil-
liams. Here he has a well-managed general
merchandise store, stocked with the things most
in demand in a town located in the midst of a
splendid timber and grazing country, and shel-
tering inhabitants from all parts of the United
States and Europe. Added to a keen financial
ability, the enterprising storekeeper is affable in
manner and sincerely desirous of pleasing, all
of which adds to his popularity and draws cus-

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tomers. He is extensively interested in mining
in the Grand canon, and has some good pros-
pects, and also owns eighteen lots in the city of
Williams. He has done much to further the
interests of the city, and spares neither time nor
expense when the well-being of the citizens is
the question for consideration.

In national politics Mr. Jones is an uncom-
promising Democrat. Besides several other lo-
cal offices held in the past, he was elected a
member of the board of supervisors of Coconino
county in November of 1898, serving for two
years. In 1900 he was appointed assessor of
Coconino county, and is now serving in that
office. In fraternal circles he is very prominent,
and is affiliated with the Masons and Elks at
Flagstaff, and with the Woodmen and Red Men
at Williams, of which latter organization he is
treasurer. Mr. Jones was married in Boston,
Mass., August 20, 1896, to Maud M. Jordan, a
native of Maine. They have one child, H. Leon,
aged four years.

FRANK E. MURPHY.

Few of the residents of Tucson are as familiar
with the vast mining interests scattered through-
out the territory of Arizona as is Mr. Murphy,
sheriff of Pima county, nor have any watched
and assisted in the development of the mining
resources with a greater amount of enthusiasm
or keener interest in the ultimate results. While
acquiring a general and far-reaching knowledge
of the various treasures which enterprise has
brought to the surface in enormous quantities,
he lias made a special study of conditions as they
exist in Pima and Final counties.

The Murphy family have made their home in
America for many years. The paternal grand-
father was born in Ireland, and when a young
boy migrated with his parents to Kentucky,
subsequently settling in Lewis county, Mo. The
maternal grandfather was born in Virginia.
Frank E. Murphy was born in Lewis county,
Mo., April 9, 1861, and is a son of James L. and
Harriett (Hardin) Murphy, natives of Kentucky.
James Murphy was a farmer and stock man, and
died when his son Frank was but thirteen years
of age. Mrs. Murphy, who is now living in Sac-
ramento, Cal., is a daughter of Thomas Hardin,

of Kentucky, and is a relative of the noted law-
yer Benjamin Hardin, of Kentucky, who died
in Lewis county, of which he was one of the
earliest settlers.

Frank E. Murphy is the oldest living son in
a family of six children, of whom one son is
deceased. Until his thirteenth year he lived in
Lewis county, at which time the family removed
to Sacramento, Cal., where they engaged in
farming and stock-raising. Here he continued
his studies in the public schools, and in 1882
started out in the world to seek his fortune. Ar-
riving in Tucson he engaged for a time in the
cattle business, and in 1884 became interested in
mining, principally in Pima and Maricopa coun-
ties. Under pressure of all the duties and re-
sponsibilities which have since come his way
Mr. Murphy has still retained an interest in min-
ing, and is an ardent advocate of the manifold
advantages to be derived from a residence in this
promising country.

In 1900 Mr. Murphy was nominated for sher-
iff of Pima county on the Democratic ticket, and
was elected by a majority of two hundred and
fifty votes. His term of office as sheriff extends
from January I, 1901, until January I, 1903. He
has ever been interested in the political under-
takings of his party and is one of the representa-
tive citizens of Tucson, being enterprising, pro-
gressive, and public-spirited.

PHILEMON C. MERRILL.

The county assessor of Graham county was
born in Bear Lake county, Idaho, and is a son of
P. C. and Lucinda (Brown) Merrill, who have,
during a large part of their lives, been engaged
in farming. At the age of ten years he came to
Arizona with his parents, settling at St. David,
Cochise county, where they lived for about ten
years, and then came to the Gila valley and
Pima.

Until about three years ago Mr. Merrill was
engaged in farming, and was a successful tiller
of the soil, and an enterprising citizen of his
locality. In 1897 and 1898 he served as deputy
county assessor under Sheriff Birchfield. Janu-
ary I, 1900, he was appointed county assessor
by the board of supervisors, and in November
of 1900 was regularly elected to that office on

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the Democratic ticket for a term of two years.
During his residence here he has been inter-
ested in all of the leading political undertakings,
and was justice of the peace for two terms. In
connection with his official responsibility he is
variously interested in the enterprises which are
rendered possible by the large resources of the
locality, and, situated in the heart of a great
agricultural and wheat district, he has availed
himself of this opportunity and has a farm of
fifty acres one mile from Pima. The property
serves as a relaxation to its owner from the
cares of city life, although it is leased by ten-
ants. Mr. Merrill also owns a house and lot in
town, and several paying and promising mining
claims in the Montezuma district. He also owns
interests in the Bryce Irrigation & Canal Com-
pany, and is interested in the best way of over-
coming the greatest shortcoming of the county,
that of water limitations.

The union of Mr. Merrill and Pearl Weech, a
daughter of Hiram and Sarah Weech, occurred
October 16, 1898, and of this union there is one
child, Paul, born November 16, 1899. Mr. Mer-
rill and wife are members of the Mormon
Church, and Mr. Merrill has held office in the
Mutual Aid Association.

GEORGE W. COOL, D. D. S.

It is an undisputed fact that of all the pro-
fessions which spring into being at the call of
civilization in different parts of the world, that
of dental surgery, one of the most necessary and
important, is really the least understood and
appreciated. Nor is this deficiency of under-
standing confined to comparatively new coun-
tries, for China, of almost forgotten antiquity,
regards the care and treatment of the teeth as
secondary in importance. Physicians have
abounded from time immemorial, and have been
an integral and sometimes predominating force
in the social, religious, political and material
world of even conditions of savagery. The great
mass of people require and know of doctors, but
it is invariably the educated, orderly, and refined
element who recognize the part which dentists
play in the maintaining of health and general
well-being. It has therefore been the happy
fate of many dentists of ability to be recognized

as valuable adjuncts at foreign courts, where
they have held undisputed sway in the line of
their own choosing, and with necessarily limited
competition. Numerous instances may be cited
of Americans, than whom there are no more
skilled dentists in the world, who have been
royally received by the dignitaries of other gov-
ernments, and have held their own because of
their mastery of molar afflictions but vaguely
understood, and heretofore unvanquished. Dr.
Cool has been thus favored for a considerable
part of his professional career, and in this con-
nection has been within the shadow of the gov-
erning powers of Central America, and an inter-
ested witness of the internal strife which is the
unhappy and inevitable portion of that people.
Armed with a diploma of dentistry from the
University of California in 1884, and with a
postgraduate diploma from Haskell's College
of Dentistry in Chicago, he further studied at the
national university at Costa Rica, Central Amer-
ica, and was subsequently for five years state
dentist for the five republics. During this time
he was special dentist for the presidents of the
five republics, the ill-fated Rufino Barrios be-
ing then in power, who afterward was treacher-
ously assassinated. During the presidency of
Emanuel Barillas, the doctor was president of
the board of dental 'examiners of Costa Rica.
During the revolution, when Barillas went out
of power, Dr. Cool was obliged to leave the
country, and take up his residence in San Fran-
cisco. For most of the positions which he
creditably sustained in Central America he was
indebted to the friendly interests of Barillas,
president of Guatemala, and during whose reign
he accumulated a large fortune in a compara-
tively short time. The experience gained was
by no means secondary, the knowledge of the
language alone, which is a high grade of Span-
ish, and which himself and family mastered per-
fectly, more than compensated for many of the
inconveniences which they were obliged to un-
dergo.

The childhood of Dr. Cool was spent in Vic-
toria, British Columbia, where he was born in
1865, a son of G. W. and Virginia (Pleasants)
Cool, natives respectively of Ohio pnd Ken-
tucky. The elder Cool was among the wealth
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gold in 1849, and there his son was reared to
manhood and received the education which so
ably fitted him for the responsibilities of after
life. After his return from Central America Dr.
Cool associated himself in 1892 with his brother,
Dr. Russell H. Cool, of San Francisco, with
whom he remained for fifteen months. He then
came to Arizona, and lived at Tombstone and
Bisbee for a couple of years, locating perma-
nently in Safford in 1900. Here he has a fine
practice, and is enthusiastic over the town, its
people, and the general prospects.

In 1885 Dr. Cool married Mabel Schuller, a
daughter of Andrew Schuller. Of this union
there are three children: Bessie, who is fifteen
years of age; Barillas, who is ten; and Ivah, nine
years old. Dr. Cool is fraternally identified
with the Masons at Guatemala, and belongs to
the Central America blue lodge. Professionally
he is associated with the California State Dental
Society, with the Pacific Coast Dental Congress,
and is ex-president of the Oakland Dental Club,
of Oakland, Cal. In 1901 Governor Murphy ap-
pointed him a member of the Territorial Board
of Registration in Dentistry.

WILLIAM MILTON BREAKENRIDGE.

Since the Centennial year the subject of this
article has been prominent in Arizona, and as
under-sheriff and deputy United States marshal
has been an important factor in the maintenance
of law and order. Brave and fearless and un-
compromising in the performance of his duties,
he justly earned the high respect in which he
is held by the general public, and his name will
go down in the history of this territory as one
of its truest friends and founders.

Of English ancestry, our subject's grandfa-
ther, Dr. George Breakenridge, was born in
Ontario, Canada, and after graduating from a
medical college went to Wisconsin, where he
was an early settler and practitioner. His son,
George Dudley, father of William M. Breaken-
ridge, was born in Canada, and was married
there to Miss Eliza A. Ross, a native of the
same locality, and of Scotch descent. The young
couple were pioneer citizens of Watertown,
Wis., and though he had formerly been engaged
in the lumber business, he now turned his at-

tention to railroading, and for a number of
years was a conductor on the Milwaukee &
Western Railroad. Both he and his wife de-
parted this life in Wisconsin. Of their four
children George E. is interested in mining oper-
ations, while his home is in British Columbia.
Mrs. James Tremaine resides in Milwaukee,
Wis., and Mrs. Celeste C. Carr lives in Cleve-
land, Ohio.

The birth of William M. Breakenridge took
place on Christmas day, 1846, in Watertown,
Wis., and his education was gained in the pub-
lic schools of that place. In 1861 the youth set
out to make his own way in the world, Pike's
Peak being his immediate goal. Starting over-
land from St. Joseph, Mo., he proceeded with
the mule train to Denver, the trip taking about
sixty days. For a couple of years he was em-
ployed in the construction of the first telegraph
line ever made from Denver to Central City,
Colo., and upon its completion he was installed
as messenger boy in the last-named town, re-
maining there until the spring of 1864. The In-
dians had been so threatening for some time
that the young man enlisted in Company B,
Third Colorado Cavalry, and participated in the
battle of Sand Creek and other skirmishes, be-
ing mustered out at the end of six months when
the redskins had been reduced to order.

Then followed a period in the life of our sub-
ject when he was occupied in the difficult and
ofttimes dangerous business of freighting. At
first he traversed the distance between Denver
and the Missouri river, and in 1867 the Indians
attacked his party and succeeded in driving off
all of their cattle. Later he teamed from Denver
to the North Platte, then the terminal of the
Union Pacific, and in the fall of 1867 accepted a
position as brakeman on that railroad. After a
year and a half, perhaps, of this life, he returned
to freighting, being associated with his brother,
and making trips to Bannock, Mont., Cheyenne
and Kit Carson. In conjunction with his
brother he then took the contract for building
that part of the Kansas Pacific between Kit Car-
son and Denver, and in 1870 joined the engi-
neering corps of the Denver & Rio Grande, help-
ing to drive the first stake of that wonderful
railroad, and continuing with its surveyors until
1876.

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Having obtained a three months' leave of
absence from his late post of duty, Mr. Break-
enridge assumed the place of wagon-master and
guide for the Boston Colony which proposed to
locate on the Little Colorado. Crossing Ari-
zona to Sunset it was found that the country
desired had been taken up, and so they pursued
their way to Prescott. There our subject pur-
chased the teams of the party and engaged in
freighting and farming in the Salt River valley
in the vicinity of Phoenix. In 1877 he was
made county surveyor of Maricopa county and
in the following year became deputy under
Sheriff Thomas, in which capacity he served un-
til January, 1880. For several months he then
engaged in prospecting near Tombstone, Ariz.,
but in the fall of 1880 was appointed deputy
sheriff under John H. Behan — a position he re-
tained for two years. After another interval of
two years and a half he was again called to an
official place, this time being appointed deputy
United States marshal under W. K. Mead, with
Phoenix as his headquarters. In 1891 he was
made special officer for the Southern Pacific,
taking the place of Vic Wilson, who had just
been killed by Evans and Sontag, near Visalia,
Cal. About 1893 a train was held up twelve
miles west of Los Angeles, Cal., by "Kid"
Thompson and Johnson, and owing to the skill
and clever management of Mr. Breakenridge
and two of his associate deputies, the outlaws
were located in Maricopa county, arrested and
taken to Los Angeles, where Thompson was
convicted and received a life sentence. Septem-
ber 30, 1894, Oscar Rogers, Frank Armour and
John Donovan robbed a train near Maricopa,
Ariz., and the next morning Armour was ar-
rested near Phoenix and Rogers three days later
near Yuma, both receiving sentence to forty
years in the penitentiary. In 1895 Grant Wheeler
and Joe George blew open a safe near Willcox
and escaped to the mountains, but our subject
followed them. They separated and he contin-
ued in pursuit of Wheeler across Arizona and
into San Juan county, Colo. At last he cor-
nered the desperado, who, upon being ordered
to surrender, blew out his own brains. Scores
of other instances of our subject's fidelity and
efficiency in the pathway of his duty might be
cited, but it is unnecessary, as his worth is well

known throughout the southwest. During the
nine years when he was deputy United States
marshal he had numerous unpleasant and highly
exciting adventures, but never flinched from
duty. Since 1891 he lias lived in Tucson, where
he has been stock claim agent and special offi-
cer of the Southern Pacific. In political prefer-
ence he is a Democrat, while fraternally he is a
charter member of the lodge and club of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

GEORGE M. BROCKWAY, M. D.

Dr. Brockway is one of the most promising
and capable members of the medical profession
who have settled within the borders of Arizona.
A resident of Florence since 1894, he has not
only met with a deserved success as physician
and surgeon, but has as well been substantially
identified with the social, intellectual and mate-
rial growth of the city, and with the concerted
attempt on the part of the residents to restore
the old time prestige and enterprise.

The youth of Dr. Brockway was spent in
Lyme, New London county, Conn., where he
was born in 1864. After a three years' course in
Amherst College he entered the medical depart-
ment of the University of Buffalo, completing
the course with the class of 1890. For the fol-
lowing year he filled the post of house physician
and surgeon at the Buffalo general hospital, and
subsequently conducted an independent prac-
tice for three years in what is now a part of
Greater New York. With glowing expectations
regarding the great west, he resided for a time
in Southern California, but being dissatisfied
with the climate came to Arizona the following
January, and in Florence, which has since been
his home, assumed charge of the county hospi-
tal. In addition to being the contract physician
and surgeon of the hospital, he owns the drug
store in connection therewith, and fills the post
of county physician. The greater part of his
time is devoted to his profession, and there is no
more progressive and wide-awake exponent of
medical science in the county.

Dr. Brockway is interested to a limited extent
in farming, and owns a farm on the Florence
canal, but owing to an insufficient amount of
water the project has not proved as successful

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383

as one might wish. He is greatly interested in
the matter of water supply, as are most who are
dependent upon artificial irrigation. He is a
member, and has twice been vice-president of
the Territorial Medical Association, and is a
member of the American Medical Association.
Fraternally he is associated with the Ancient
Order of United Workmen. He is medical ex-
aminer for the New York Life Insurance Com-
pany, the Mutual Life of New York, the Penn-
sylvania Mutual, the Equitable and other com-
panies. He was married November 8, 1892. to
Esther A. Kelley, of Providence, R. I. They
have one son, Marshall F.

JOHN T. DENNIS.

Nearly forty years have passed since John T.
Dennis, of Phoenix, became a permanent settler
of Arizona, and probably no one is better known
in the southwest, nor more universally respected.
His history possesses many points of special in-
terest to the public, and the annals of Arizona
could not be properly compiled without giving
to this honored pioneer a prominent place.

More than a century ago the paternal grand-
father of our subject removed from Canada to
New Jersey, and in Sussex county his son, John
Dennis, was born in 1792. The latter, who was
the father of John T., removed to Hocking coun-
ty, Ohio, in 1825, and later lived in Muskingum
county, same state, where he was the proprietor
of a hotel for a period and also engaged in farm-
ing for some time. In 1841 he went to Guernsey
county, Ohio, six years subsequently became a
resident of Iowa, and from 1853 to 1858 lived at
his old home in Guernsey county, where he died
in the year last mentioned. He was a hero of
the war of 1812, having enlisted in a New Jersey
regiment. His wife, mother of our subject, bore
the name o.f Sarah Lewis in her girlhood. She
was born in New York state and came of an old
eastern family. Two of her sons, Peter and Jo-
seph, now deceased, served in an Ohio regiment
during the Civil war. Lewis, who died in Ore-
gon, went to that state in 1850, and another son,
James, who became a citizen of California the
same year, died in Tempe, Ariz., in 1888. Three
others of the children besides John T. grew to
maturity and three died when young.

The birth of John T. Dennis took place near
Norwich, Ohio, January 8, 1840, and when he
was about six weeks old death deprived him of
his mother's love and care. When seven years
of age he accompanied his father to Iowa, re-
sided in Fairfield, Jefferson county, for some
time, and in 1853 returned to Ohio. After the
death of his father, the young man joined a party
and crossed the plains with ox teams to Cali-
fornia, by way of Omaha, the North Platte and
the Humboldt river. At the end of four months
he reached his destination, went to Lynch's
ranch, thence to the mines in Pine Grove, Surry
county, and other mining points. After pros-
pecting and mining for several years, with more
or less success, Mr. Dennis came to Arizona,
leaving San Francisco July 5, 1862, and riding
a horse all of the way, bringing supplies on pack-
mules. For about three years he worked in the
vicinity of La Paz, a mining camp, which sprang
into existence in 1862, had fifteen hundred in-
habitants at one time, but for a quarter of a cen-
tury has been a "deserted village." The rude
shanties and huts of brush-wood were sup-
planted by a block of good buildings, some of
which cost from $10,000 to $12,000, but all now
are in ruins. In 1863 the Vulture mine, which
has produced fully $15,000,000, of precious
metal, was discovered fourteen miles from Wick-
enburg, and Mr. Dennis engaged in freighting
and similar enterprises in that locality from 1865
to the close of 1868.

December 8, 1868, our subject settled in the
Salt River valley, locating a claim, a portion of
which now lies within the corporation limits of
Phoenix. In 1871-2 he assisted in surveying the
city, erected the first store, in which was estab-
lished the pioneer postornce, with William A.
Hancock as the first postmaster of the future
thriving place. Until 1887 Mr. Dennis continued
to carry on agriculture, and in 1869 he was
among the first to raise a crop of barley in this
region. He also freighted supplies, usually from
Yuma, and engaged in lumbering and other en-
terprises which materially aided in the upbuild-
ing of this city and section. A great worker,
interested and active in all of the early improve-
ments, ever ready to lend his means and in-
fluence towards industries and worthy institu-
tions, his name is indelibly engraved upon the

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hearts of his associates and acquaintances. In
1884 he made his first visit to his old home and
the east, and the same year he laid out his entire
quarter-section farm, as Dennis' Addition to
Phoenix. Much of the property has been sold
and built upon, and for some years he also has
been connected with the upbuilding of Tempe,
Ariz. In former years he dealt to some extent
in ranches, and for many years was engaged in
the cattle and live stock business. In short, he
may be termed an "all around" business man,
for he has not been limited to any special line of
undertaking, and usually has met with success.
The Dennis block, 50x138 feet in dimensions,
two stories and basement in height, and situated
at the corner of Washington and Second streets,
is a monument to his enterprise.

The 4th of July, 1887, was a memorable day
in the history of Phoenix, as the Maricopa &
Phoenix Railroad, so long needed, was com-
pleted at that time. One of the most active pro-
moters of this valued improvement was Mr. Den-
nis, as the public here is well aware. For seven
years he was one of the board of directors and its
first vice-president, but the road was finally sold.
For one term he represented the first ward in the
city council, and since early manhood his fran-
chise has been used in behalf of the Republican
party. He also was a member of the commis-
sion having in charge the asylum of this county,
for one term, and is an honored member of the
Pioneers' Association of Arizona.

March 27, 1888, the marriage of Mr. Dennis
and Mrs. Ada Bowers took place in Phoenix.
She was born in Tennessee, a daughter of Gran-
ville and Narcissa Hogan, of Irish and Scotch
extraction. By her marriage to F. W. Bowers
she had one son, Ulvah Bowers. Mrs. Dennis
and her son are members of the Episcopal
church. In 1877, after the death of her first hus-
band, she removed to Sherman, Tex., but in 1882
located in Tucson, subsequently went to Globe
and was postmaster at Payson during the first
administration of President Cleveland. In Octo-
ber, 1887, she became a resident of Phoe-
nix.

N. B. COLE, M. D.

The city of Phoenix knows no more courtly,
gracious, capable, and conscientious follower of

the seer yEsculapius than is found in that widely
known and experienced practitioner, Dr. Cole.
Covering a period of forty-odd years he has
wisely and efficiently ministered to the necessi-
ties of suffering humanity in different parts of
the country, and has all the while kept pace
with the advancement along the lines of his pro-
fession, as developed in the principal centers of
activity.

The Cole family claims Scotch and Dutch
descent, an excellent combination of reliable
characteristics, than which there could be no
better. The paternal great-grandfather served
with courage and distinction in the Revolution-
ary war, and his son, Thomas, who was born in
Huntingdon county, Pa., served in the war of
1812. Thomas Cole was a pioneer farmer of
Ohio, in which state he settled in about 1800.
His grandson, N. B. Cole, was born in Fairfield
county, Ohio, December 28, 1837, and is a son of
B. Cole, who was born in the same county in
1802. During the years of his activity B. Cole
was a fanner in Fairfield county, and there his
useful and industrious life was terminated at the
age of eighty-two years. On the maternal side
Dr. Cole is related to the Peters family, of
Maryland, his mother having been, previous to
her marriage, Leah Peters, a native of Balti-
more, Md. She was a daughter of Henry Peters,
and died at the age of eighty-seven years. She
was the mother of ten children, of whom Thomas
is living in Fairfield county, Ohio; Mary, who
married Mr. West, died in Illinois; David is liv-
ing in Indiana; N. B. is in Phoenix; Jonathan
R. is in North Dakota; Rufus died in Illinois;
Joseph, who is now a publisher in New York
City, served in an Ohio regiment during the
Civil war; Benjamin died in Fairfield county,
Ohio; Lewis lives in Columbus, Ohio; and
Henry is a resident of Lancaster, Ohio.

The early education of Dr. Cole "was derived
in the public schools, and at the age of nineteen
he began the study of medicine under the able
instruction of Dr. Lynch, of Lancaster. Supple-
mentary training was received at the Long Isl-
and Hospital Medical College, from which he
was graduated in the class of 1860, the first
class to be graduated from that institution. Un-
til the beginning of the Civil war Dr. Cole prac-
ticed his profession in Etna, Ohio, and to aid

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387

the cause of his country he became, in 1862, as-
sistant surgeon of the Fiftieth Ohio Regiment,
in which capacity he served for two years and
nine months, or until April of 1865. During
three months prior to this time he was in the
volunteer service, in the Nineteenth Ohio, and
at the general field hospitals in Tennessee, Wil-
mington, N. C., and elsewhere, in whose charge
he was placed. He then resigned from the
service at Raleigh, N. C., and at the time had
charge of the division hospital.

After the restoration of peace Dr. Cole settled
in Bloomington, 111., and for thirty years con-
ducted a large and successful practice. During
that time he was for twelve years on the United
States pension board, and for six years was sur-
geon of the Soldiers Orphans' Home. In 1895
he severed his long and amicable relations with
the people of Bloomington, and took up his
permanent residence on his ranch, eleven miles
northeast of Phoenix. At the same time he is
prosecuting a large general practice in the city
of Phoenix, and has met with the patronage and
appreciation due his ability and erudition.

The marriage of Dr. Cole and Matilda C.
Evans, of Granville, Ohio, occurred in Gran-
ville September 7, 1865. Of this union there
have been three children, viz.: Carrie L., who is
now"Mrs. C. P. Hart, of Bisbee; Leah M., who
is attending the University of Arizona; and Nel-
son Evans, who is at home. In national politics
Dr. Cole is a Republican. He is ex-president
of the McLean county (111.) Medical Association.
Mrs. Cole is a member of and ardent worker in
the Methodist Episcopal Church.

FRANCIS M. MOGNETT.

Prominent among the citizens of Arizona who
have witnessed the marvelous development of
the west in the past half century, and who have,
by honest toil and industry, succeeded in acquir-
ing a competence, is the gentleman whose name
introduces this sketch. This honored pioneer
now makes his home in Phoenix, and is justly
numbered among the representative and promi-
nent citizens of the place. In 1852 he came to
the Pacific coast, and since 1877 has been a resi-
dent of Arizona.

Mr. Mognett was born near Kingston, Cald-

well county, Mo., April 27, 1842, and is a son of
George and Frances (Farley) Mognett. The
father was born in Greenbrier county, Va., in
1799, and was of German descent. Some of his
ancestors were among those who fought for the
independence of the colonies in the Revolution-
ary war, and he had a brother in the war of
1812. At an early day he removed to Caldwell
county, Mo., after stopping for a year or so in
Indiana, and in 1852 he crossed the plains to
Oregon, taking with him his family. His wife
died en route, but the father and children finally
reached their destination in safety. The journey
was made with ox-teams, and they took with
them some full-blooded shorthorn cattle. They
passed through St. Joseph, Mo., and crossed the
Platte river at North Platte. They traveled
through Wyoming to the head of the Snake
river, and then proceeded down that stream to
the city of Dalls, and on to Oregon, being from
April until -November in making the trip.

After spending about a year at the present
site of Portland, they located in Clackamas
county, among the foothills of the Cascade
mountains, where they lived in constant dread
of the Indians for some time. A log palisade
was built near the house, and several times dur-
ing Indian outbreaks were forced to seek shelter
in the forts of that locality. Our subject can
relate many interesting incidents of those pio-
neer days. The father, who was by occupation
a farmer, died in Oregon, in 1881, at the age of
eighty-one years. His wife, who was born in
Virginia, of Scotch-Irish ancestry, died of chol-
era at Ash Hollow, near Snake River, while
crossing the plains in 1852, as previously stated.
Of their eight children Francis M. is the young-
est, the others being Mrs. Jane Cameron, who
died in Missouri; Mrs. Sarah Smith, who lives
near Vancouver, Wash.; Mrs. Rachel Jones, who
died in Oregon in 1888; Mrs. Wilmotte Martin,
who also died in Oregon; Julia, who died in
Portland, that state; Mrs. Eliza Cutting, who
died in Oregon; and Jackson, a resident of
Phoenix, his home being just a block west of his
brother's. Jackson was born in Indiana, August
29, 1835, and for many years has been engaged
in ranching and the cattle business with our sub-
ject. They also own a few buildings in partner-
ship. With the exception of Jane and Rachel,

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

all of the children accompanied the father on his
removal to Oregon.

Francis M. Mognett spent the first ten years of
his life in the state of his nativity, and then
crossed the plains with the family. For a few
years there were no schools near their new home,
but later subscription schools were started. The
homes of the early settlers were all log houses,
and the families lived in true pioneer style. As
soon as old enough to be of any assistance Mr.
Mognett began to aid in the improvement and
cultivation of the home farm. Later he built a
sawmill on Cedar creek, Clackamas county, Ore.,
where he engaged in the manufacture of lumber
and shingles for many years, and on disposing
of his property there he removed to eastern Ore-
gon, being engaged in the cattle business in
Umatilla county for eight years. In 1876 he
started overland for Arizona, and crossed the
Colorado river with three hundred and seventy-
four head of high-grade cattle, his brand being
III. He was accompanied by his brother, and
they located forty miles south of Prescott in
Yavapai county, where they continued in busi-
ness until the partnership was dissolved in 1881,
when they bought sixty-two acres of land north
of Phoenix. This property was divided the fol-
lowing year. They sold to Mr. Chalmers. Short-
ly after he sold to Mr. Churchill, but as he failed
to make final payment the land reverted to F.
M. Mognett, who has since sold the most of the
property, and it is now adorned with comfort-
able homes.

The brothers continued in the cattle business
together until 1897, having at one time about
seven thousand head. During the year 1897
they sold their herd and ranch property. Our
subject is now a resident of Phoenix, his home
being at No. 504 North Second street. He owns
considerable real estate in that city, including
fine business property on Washington, Adams
and Jefferson streets, besides many dwelling
houses and the Portland hotel. He also has
an improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres
four and a half miles northwest of Phoenix. He
has probably done more to improve the city
than any other man within its borders, and while
promoting his own interests has materially ad-
vanced the welfare of the community in which
he lives.

In 1870 Mr. Mognett was married in Oregon
to Miss Sarah E. Wilson, a native of Multnomah
county, that state. Her father, John P. Wilson,
who was born in Illinois, and crossed the plains
with his family in 1853, located in Multnomah
county, where he engaged in farming for many
years, but is now living in East Portland, at the
age of seventy-eight years; he is a consistent
and faithful member of the Methodist Church.
His father, John P. Wilson, Sr., died in Illinois.
Mrs. Mognett's mother, whose maiden name
was Mary Ann Grigsby, was born in North Car-
olina, and died in Oregon at the age of seventy-
five years. Our subject and his wife have ten
children, namely: Minnie A., wife of C. W. Stev-
ens, the well-known liveryman of Phoenix; Fan-
nie, wife of W. A. Milton, a wholesale grocer, of
the same city; George W., who is engaged in
mining and also resides in Phoenix; Ida M.
and Rosa L., both graduates of the Lamson
Business College; Elmer F., Martin J., Annie
E., Jesse I. and Francis M., Jr., who are at home.
The family is a very bright and interesting one,
and some of the daughters are artists of rare
ability, which is evidenced by several fine paint-
ings which adorn their home.

In his political views Mr. Mognett is a Dem-
ocrat. He has traveled extensivefy over the
west, is an entertaining conversationalist, and is
a man of much more than ordinary information
and attainments. His upright course in life
commands the respect and commendation of all
with whom he comes in contact, either in busi-
ness or social life, and his labors as one of the
founders of this territory justly entitle him to
prominent mention in its annals.

LEWIS A. W. BURTCH, M. D.

Probably no realm of human thought wit-
nesses greater changes within each succeeding
decade than does that of medicine, and thus the
student of this period certainly is "heir of all the
ages" and especially of the last few years of
scientific research and experiment. While the
physician of long standing possesses the experi-
ence gathered in many years of treatment of dis-
ease, the young practitioner, on the other hand,
has so recently reaped the benefits of improved
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389

has learned from numbers of noted specialists
their systems of dealing with the ills to which
flesh is heir that he is also well able to minister
to the needs of the people.

The subject of this article, Dr. L. A. W.
Burtch, is a young physician and surgeon, but a
very successful one, and his future is full of
promise. A son of J. M.and Phoebe F. (Wood)
Burtch, natives of New York state, who settled
in Illinois thirty years ago, the Doctor was born
in the town of Morrison, 111., June 16, 1875. In
his boyhood he evinced strong love for scientific
studies and received an excellent general edu-
cation. After leaving the high school he further
qualified himself for the serious duties of life by
pursuing a course in the business college at
Clinton, Iowa. Subsequently he entered Rush
Medical College, of Chicago, 111., where he was
graduated in 1897. He then took a special
course in the dispensary and clinics, where, in
dealing with a varied class of poor people of a
great city, he gained practical experience.

In October, 1897, Dr. Burtch came to Clifton
and established an office. Here he has pros-
pered from the start and today enjoys a large
and remunerative practi9e. Liking this locality,
he has decided to remain, and recently purchased
a pretty home in the Riverside Park addition.
The lady who presides over its hospitalities for-
merly was Miss Margaret E. Stark, of Benton
Harbor, Mich., and her marriage to the Doctor
occurred four years ago. They are the parents
of an infant son, James D. by name.

In his political faith, Dr. Burtch favors the
Democratic party. He was initiated into Ma-
sonry and became a master mason in the blue
lodge of Morrison, 111. He also is associated
with the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
being one of the official members of the Clifton
lodge at present, is a member of the Knights
of Pythias, and in addition to this, is connected
with the Spanish-American Alliance. Social by
nature, he has made many firm friends since be-
coming a citizen of Clifton. Upon his arrival
here he passed an examination by the territorial
board of medical examiners, with a creditable
record, and by no means has he ceased his dili-
gent studies and research in his chosen field of
usefulness, as it is his commendable ambition to
keep fully abreast of the times.

LOGAN D. DAMERON, M. D.

Among the popular representatives of the
medical profession in Phoenix is Dr. Dameron,
who, in addition to a general practice, makes a
specialty of the diseases of the eye, ear, nose
and throat, his office being in the Ellingson
building. He was born in Lewis county, Mo.,
March 15, 1867, and is a son of W. M. and
Anna (Fisher) Dameron. On the maternal side
he traces his ancestry back to Baron von
Fischer of Germany, whose son Ludwig when
a boy killed a deer in the king's forest or park,
and to avoM punishment came to Virginia,
where he assumed the name of Louis Fisher.
He died jn Culpeper county, that state, in 1773.
His son, Barnett Fisher, spent his entire life
in the Old Dominion and married Eve Wil-
hoit, of that state. In their family was Joseph
Fisher, the great-grandfather of the Doctor.
The grandfather, James Lewis Fisher, was born
in Culpeper county, Va., in 1804, and became
one of the pioneer settlers of Rails county, Mo.,
where he died November 24, 1865. The Doc-
tor's mother was a native of Rails county. The
father, W. M. Dameron, was born and reared
on his father's plantation in North Carolina, and
when a young man went to Lewis county, Mo.,
and was engaged in farming and stock raising
near Labelle until his retirement from active
labor. He is now living with our subject in
Phoenix. During the Civil war he served as
lieutenant in a Missouri regiment. In his fam-
ily are only two children, the younger being
R. M., superintendent of iron works in St. Louis,
Mo.

Dr. Dameron grew to manhood upon his
father's farm, and acq'uired his literary educa-
tion in the public schools of the neighborhood
and Labelle Academy. At the age of eighteen
he commenced teaching school, and successfully
followed that occupation through the winter
months for five years, in this way earning the
money to pay his expenses at college. In 1889
he entered the Hospital Medical College at
Louisville, Ky., where he was graduated with
the degree of M. D., June 17, 1891, and the
following January took up his residence in
Phoenix, Ariz., and embarked in general prac-
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attention to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and
throat, having taken a special course of study
along that line at the Chicago Polyclinic College
in 1896. He has been surgeon at the United
States Indian Industrial Training School at
Phoenix since 1894, and since 1898 has served
as city physician.

Dr. Dameron was married in Phoenix to Miss
Bettie A. Hughes, a native of Texas, and a grad-
uate of the Northern Texas Female College. By
this union have been born two children, Erile
Adel and Logan D., Jr. In his political affilia-
tions the Doctor is a stanch Democrat, and is
now an influential member of the territorial
Democratic central committee, having previ-
ously been a member of the county central com-
mittee. Religiously he is a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church South, and frater-
nally is connected with the Masonic Order and
the Woodmen of the World. He represented
Arizona in the Sovereign Camp of the Wood-
men of the World at St. Louis in 1897 and at
Memphis in 1899. He was a member of the
pension board one term under President Cleve-
land's administration; is a prominent member
of the Arizona Territorial Medical Society, of
which he was secretary five years, and is also
ex-president of the Maricopa County Medical
Society. He stands high among his professional
brethren, and his skill and ability have won for
him a large and lucrative practice.

WILLIAM DUFFIELD, M. D.

It has been given to Dr. Duffield to materially
aid in the best development of medical science
not only in his adopted town of Phoenix, but
throughout the length and breadth of the ter-
ritory of Arizona. In assisting to frame the
laws governing the practice of medicine in this
far western part of the country, he has brought
to bear an erudition, and clearness and breadth
of understanding, compatible with the best in-
terests of patients, physicians, and institutions.
In his private practice he is following the trend
of the world towards specialties, and is devoting
his greatest research to diseases of the chest and
throat, in the treatment of which he has met with
marked success.

To a degree Dr. Duffield inherits his special

liking and aptitude for his chosen line of work,
his ancestors on both the paternal and maternal
side having been more or less interested in the
study of medicine. A native of Bloomfield,
Iowa, he was born September 30. 1866, and is a
son of John M. Duffield, who was born in
Steubenville, Ohio. John Duffield was reared in
Iowa, and for the greater part of his life was
engaged in the drug business. Many of his
ancestors had been clergymen, and were men of
extended moral and intellectual influence. Dur-
ing the Civil war he served his country as cap-
tain of Company G, Second Iowa Infantry, and
after three years of participation in the strife
betwen the north and south was discharged for
disability, the result of a sunstroke received at
the battle of Shiloh. His brother, George Duf-
field, was colonel of the Third Iowa Cavalry,
the regiment in which Col. James Baker; Cyrus
Bussy, the late secretary of the interior; John
A. Noble, H. H. Trimbly, attorney-general of
Ohio; and Col. H. H. Jones, of Phoenix, were
prominent officers.

Many of the Duffield family were early set-
tlers in Iowa, among them being the paternal
grandfather, William by name, who was born in
Philadelphia, and married a Miss Stauffer. He
was a farmer during the greater part of his life,
and removed from Ohio to Iowa in 1844, where
he was among the first to undertake the develop-
ment of Bloomfield, Davis county. The mother
of William Duffield was, before her marriage,
Anna M. Findley, and was born in Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa. Her father, Dr. William McKinley Find-
ley, was born in Piqua, Ohio, and was a graduate
of the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia.
For several years he practiced medicine in Indi-
ana, going thence to Burlington, Iowa, and
later to Bloomfield, of the same state, where he
eventually died. He was one of the most prom-
inent surgeons of southern Iowa, and was, dur-
ing the Civil war, surgeon of the Fourth Iowa
Cavalry. The Findley family are devoted mem-
bers of the Methodist Episcopal church, to
which many of the earlier members also be-
longed. The paternal great-grandfather, Sam-
uel, was president of an old college in Kentucky,
and one of his brothers was a well-known min-
ister in the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Ohio, and was also a writer of ability.

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Dr. Duffield is one of two children in his
father's family, his brother, Findley, being at
the present time prominently identified with the
affairs of North English, Iowa, wheie he is editor
of the "Record" and also postmaster. William
Duffield received his early training in Bloom-
field, and when sixteen years of age entered the
University of Iowa at Iowa City, and was gradu-
ated with the degree of Bachelor of Science.
Previous to graduating from the medical depart-
ment of the University of Pennsylvania in 1891,
he had for a time engaged in educational work,
and had also tried his hand at journalism, as
editor of the "Davis County Republican." Subse-
quent medical training was received in the Poly-
clinic Hospital in Philadelphia, of which he was
resident physician for eighteen months, and then
assumed charge for one year of a sanitarium
for nervous diseases. As assistant surgeon of
the Mexico Central Railroad, Dr. Duffield spent
two years in Mexico, and in 1895 took up his
permanent residence in Phoenix.

May 3, 1899, in Phoenix, Dr. Duffield mar-
ried Mrs. Margaret J. (Russell) Weber, who
was born in Chicago. Dr. Duffield is variously
associated with the different organizations, med-
ical and otherwise, in his adopted town, and his
services and good fellowship are eagerly sought
in many directions from which he is debarred
by the responsibilities incident to a large and
ever increasing practice. He is a member of
the American Medical Association, and a fellow
of the Arizona Academy of Medicine. In na-
tional politics he is affiliated with the Republican
party, and is a stanch advocate of the principles
therein embodied. Fraternally he is associated
with the Foresters, the United Moderns, the
Fraternal Brotherhood, Knights of Pythias, Red
Men, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and
the Masons, of Phoenix, and is connected with
the Sons of Veterans in Iowa. He is a member
and former organizer of the Board of Trade.

PHILEMON C. MERRILL.

One of the venerable and highly honored
pioneers of the southeastern part of Arizona is
this veteran of the Mexican war, who passed
through Cochise county on his way to the
Pacific coast fully fifty-five years ago with the

first expedition which ever proceeded by wagons
on this long and hazardous journey over moun-
tains and plains. His memories of the days
long gone by are full of interest to those fortu-
nate enough to hear his account of them ; and
in addition to these, his experiences in the west
of half a century and more ago were such that
all of his courage and strength of character were
called into requisition upon many an occasion.

Mr. Merrill comes of old New England stock,
hi? father, Samuel Merrill, being a native of
Massachusetts, while his mother, Phoebe Odel,
was born in Connecticut. He was born in
Byron, Genesee county, N. Y., November 12,
1820, and at the age of eleven he accompanied
the family to Michigan, thence going to Han-
cock county, 111., in 1837. With the Mormons
they were persecuted in 1846 and went to
Omaha, Neb. In that then frontier town the
young man enlisted in what was called the Mor-
mon Battalion of Iowa Volunteers, for the war
with Mexico, his captain being Jesse D. Hunter,
while he was a lieutenant and adjutant. From
Leavenworth they proceeded to Santa Fe, N. M.,
down the Rio Grande and across Arizona, pass-
ing through Bisbee on the San Pedro, through
Benson and Tucson, and westward to San
Diego, Cal., where they arrived January 30,
1847. Later the regiment was sent to Los
Angeles, Cal., and there honorably discharged,
July 16, 1847. Some of the soldiers re-enlisted
in the army and Mr. Merrill went to San Fran-
cisco, where he joined a party of seven men
bound for the east. They reached Salt Lake City
October 8, 1847, and thence proceeded down the
Platte river route to Omaha, arriving there
December n. Mr. Merrill crossed the plains
along the Platte river eleven times, going from
Omaha, Kearney, Leavenworth and other points
in Kansas.

In 1849, with his wife and two children, Mr.
Merrill accompanied the colony which settled
in Salt Lake City and vicinity and for twenty-
eight years dwelt in that region. In the mean-
time, in 1853, he was sent as a missionary to
Europe and spent four years in England and
Wales. From his early manhood he has been
an earnest worker in the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, in which he has been an
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authorities decided to establish a colony in the
desert of southeastern Arizona and called for
volunteers, he responded and left the homestead
to which he had devoted so many years of his
life and accompanied six other families to the
San Pedro valley, where once more the struggles
with nature and privations had to be endured
and conquered. One of the very first white
settlers in St. David, he dwelt there from 1877
to 1887, and then came to the Gila valley, where
he is highly respected. He holds the office of
elder in the church, in which he was ordained
to a Seventy, then to the high priesthood, and
now holds the office of evangelist patriarch,
standing next to the Twelve Apostles.

Since the formation of the Republican party,
Mr. Merrill has given it his allegiance. He was
for two terms a member of the territorial leg-
islature of Utah. In 1892 and 1893 he served as
treasurer of this county, and the fact that he was
chosen for so responsible a position demon-
strates the confidence placed in his financial
ability and strict integrity. For about three-
score years he has been identified with the
Masonic order, having united with it in Nauvoo,
111. September 20, 1840, Mr. Merrill married
Cyrene Dustin, a native of Ohio. Five of the
seventeen children of Mr. Merrill survive,
namely : Thomas S., who is a prosperous
farmer of this valley; John S., who lives at St.
David; Seth A. D. and Henry M., who are resi-
dents of this valley ; and Jedediah, who is in
Idaho.

A. E. EALY, M. D.

A. E. Ealy, M. D., local surgeon of the Santa
Fe Railroad at Kingman, and for several years
superintendent of the Mohave County Hospital
of this city, is a very successful physician, stand-
ing high in his profession. He is identified with
the International Association of Railway Sur-
geons and is a member of the Arizona Terri-
torial Medical Association, being its third vice-
president at the present time.

The birth of the Doctor took place in Bedford
county, Pa., in 1846, .rnd there he was reared and
educated. Upon completing his common school
course he became a student in Washington and
Jefferson College, and subsequently prepared

himself for his future career by systematic study
under the supervision of his father, Dr. J. C.
Ealy, who was a successful practitioner of Bed-
ford for half a century or more. Matriculating
in the medical college of the University of Penn-
sylvania he continued there until his graduation,
in 1870. During the ensuing five years he was
associated with his father in practice at Schell-
burg, Pa., and then located in Dayton, Ohio,
where he remained for about a year.

Coming to the southwest in 1880, Dr. Ealy
took up his residence at Albuquerque, N. M.,
where he steadily rose in his profession, being
physician to the Indian School for six years,
officiating as city physician for a number of years
and also serving in the capacity of county cor-
oner. At the end of thirteen years spent in that
thriving little city he decided to remove to a
place of lower altitude, owing to poor health
experienced by some of his household. King-
man proved to offer the chief requisites, and
since 1891 he has dwelt here. He is well known
and is popular with the railroad men between
Albuquerque and Kingman, his -acquaintance-
ship with them being quite extensive. In all
local affairs he has manifested his patriotic in-
terest, and, like the majority of our enterprising
citizens, has made investments in mining prop-
erty, his claims being situated in the Colorado
River district. In addition to this he owns sev-
eral buildings here, and uses his influence in the
promotion of all public interests. In his political
creed he is a stalwart Republican. He is the
chief medical examiner for the New York Life,
the Mutual Life, the Equitable, the Pennsyl-
vania Mutual, the Hartford Life Associations,
and many others. In the fraternities he is a pop-
ular member of the Odd Fellows and Knights
of Pythias lodges of this city.

THOMAS B. DAVIS, M. D.

Could the history of Dr. T. B. Davis, of Pres-
cott, be written in full it would constitute a
large book, and certainly would prove of intense
interest to the general public. Briefly sum-
ming up his career, up to 1889, it may be said
that for a score of years previously he had been
in the United States service in the capacity of
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serious campaigns against the Indians in the
west, and possesses a fund of information on the
subject. Indeed, his reminiscences are extreme-
ly entertaining and the deductions of his experi-
ences are of the most practical nature.

Dr. Davis comes of stanch patriotic stock,
and many of his relatives were associated with
the defense of our country from its early years.
His grandfather, John Davis, served in the War
of 1812 as captain of a company of mounted
infantry. He was born in Virginia and was an
early settler in Kentucky, where he owned large
landed possessions and where he spent his last
years. The parents of the Doctor were William
and Mary (Drummond) Davis, both of whom
died in Indiana. The father was born in Jeffer-
son county, Ky., in 1800, and when about eigh-
teen years of age went to Clark county, Ind.,
where he thenceforth was occupied in agri-
cultural pursuits. His death occurred in 1882.
The mother was born in the old Jennings block-
house in Clark county, which building became
the property of Governor Jennings, the first gov-
ernor of Indiana, and was subsequently owned
by Mr. Drummond. Her father, James Drum-
mond, was of Scotch ancestry, and at an early
period removed from his native Pennsylvania
to the wilds of Indiana. His brother, John
Drummond, was wounded in the battle of Tip-
pecanoe, and died three days subsequently.

Dr. Davis is the youngest of eight children,
and was born in Charlestown, Clark county,
August 22, 1844. His only sister, Anna M.,
died in California. Jefferson C., the eldest
brother, was a private and non-commissioned
officer throughout the Mexican war, under Gen-
eral Taylor, being in the Third Indiana Volun-
teers, commanded by Col. James H. Lane.
After the war he was made a lieutenant in the
First United States Artillery. At Fort
Sumter he was in command of a battery and
then was made captain of a company. Later
he was transferred to the command of the
Twenty-second Indiana Infantry, being its col-
onel, and after a period was promoted for meri-
torious service, becoming brigadier-general and
afterward major-general. He then was in the
Army of the Cumberland, in the Fourteenth
Army Corps, Sherman being his superior officer.
At Jonesboro he was in command of the Federal

forces and at Chickamauga his troops formed
the rear guard. Going on the march to the sea
with Sherman, he acted in the capacity of corps
commander, and when the war had ended took
part in the grand review at Washington. For
his signal services he then was offered a com-
mission as colonel of the Twenty-third United
States Infantry, and continued in that position
until his death, which event occurred in Chicago
in 1879. James W., the second brother, is an
architect, now located in San Antonio, Tex., and
John, the third, who was a merchant, died in
Indiana. Joseph L. also was a hero of the Civil
war and departed this life just after it had been
terminated, at Savannah, Ga. His first enlist-
ment was in the First Iowa Infantry, and at the
end of his three months' teim he volunteered in
the Second Iowa Infantry. He was promoted to
a captaincy, and then became lieutenant-colonel
of an Iowa regiment, serving throughout the
war, and marching with Sherman to the sea.
George W., a farmer in the vicinity of Charles-
town, Ind., was assistant to the regimental quar-
termaster in the army of the Cumberland. He
died on his farm in Clark county, Ind., in the
spring of 1901. William was first lieutenant of
the First Missouri Cavalry during the war of
the Rebellion and then was made lieutenant of
the Tenth United States Cavalry in 1867, later
being promoted to a captaincy, and after thirty
years of army life retired, now making his home
in Jacksonville, 111. At present he is on duty as
professor of military science and tactics of the
college at Arkadelphia, Ark.

The boyhood of Dr. Davis passed on a farm,
and the patriotic ardor of his brothers, all
older than himself, found a response in his
youthful heart in the dark days of the war.
Though too young for the regular service, he
served under General Thomas and his brother.
General Davis, as an orderly. His studies were
pursued in the University of Indiana until he
reached his junior year, and in 1866 he was ap-
pointed medical cadet to Crittenden Hospital, at
Louisville, Ky. There he had valuable practical
experience for three years, and in the mean time
entered the medical department of the Univer-
sity of Louisville, being graduated there in 1869.

Having been tendered a position as acting as-
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Davis accepted the place, and thus entered upon
his long army service. He was first stationed
at the military post at Austin, Tex., General
Canby being in command. During 1869-70 the
troops were engaged in reconstruction duty in
Texas and in May, 1870, were ordered to the
frontier. He participated in numerous cam-
paigns against hostile IndiansMuring the years
1870-71 and in 1872 was with General Mc-
Kenzie's campaign on the staked plains of
Texas, which completely subdued hostile Co-
manches. In 1876 Dr. Davis was assigned to the
Eleventh United States Infantry, which took
part in the warfare with the Sioux Indians in
Dakota. After witnessing the submission and
dis-armament of the red men there, he returned
to Texas in 1878 and was stationed on the bor-
der. In 1881 he was sent to Fort Davis, and
in the following year the San Carlos Indian
outbreak occurred. It was not until 1883 that
they surrendered and from February of that
year until 1889 he was post surgeon. In 1885-6
the second uprising of the Apaches, this time
with Geronimo as their leader, kept the soldiers
in active service, and an expedition into old
Mexico in pursuit of the red men being neces-
sary, Dr. Davis was with Captain Crawford in
what was known as the Second Battalion of
Indian Scouts. In 1889 he was transferred to
Fort Grant ?nd then to Fort Mohave and the
same year to Fort Whipple.

At last resigning, the Doctor went to New
York City and having taken a post-graduate
course located in Prescott, where he has con-
ducted a general medical and surgical practice
since 1891. He is a health officer of this place
at the present time, and is president of the
Yavapai County Medical Society, is president
of the Arizona Territorial Medical Association
and is a member of the American Medical Asso-
ciation, having twice been sent as a delegate to
the national convention of the same. He is past
exalted ruler of the Prescott lodge of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, which of-
fice he held twice, and it is a matter of pride
with him that he is one of the charter members.
In July, 1900, he was appointed by Governor
Murphy a commissioner to represent Arizona at
the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. Po-
litically he is devoted to the interests of the

Democratic party, and not only is an active
worker and member of the county central com-
mittee, but also is chairman of its executive
committee. In military, professional and po-
litical circles he has been a man of marked in-
fluence for three decades and more, and is de-
servedly popular with the general public.

CHARLES L. EDMUNDSON, M. D.

The medical and surgical profession in Bis-
bee is ably represented by Dr. Edmundson, who
has been a resident of this enterprising mining
town since 1896. A native of Keokuk county,
Iowa, he was born February 22, 1864, and is
a son of John and Ruth (Heald) Edmundson.
After attending the public schools he was grad-
uated from the high school, subsequently grad-
uating from the medical department of the Uni-
versity of Colorado in the class of 1891.

Upon locating in Kingston, N. M., Dr. Ed-
mundson practiced his profession with gratifying
success for five years, and in October of 1896
settled in Bisbee, which has since been his home.
Since November of 1900, Dr. Edmundson has
conducted his affairs in partnership with Dr.
C. L. Caven, under the firm name of Edmund-
son & Caven. Dr. Caven is a native of Pitts-
burgh, Pa., and was educated in the public
schools in New Orleans, La., graduating from
the high school. In 1889 he removed to Los
Angeles, Cal., and entered the University of
Southern California in 1893, graduating in 1896.

The firm of Edmundson & Caven are doing a
large business in Bisbee, and are surgeons for
the Lowell & Arizona Mining Company, and
for the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company.
The various responsibilities of Dr. Edmund-
son include his position as medical examiner for
the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the
Woodmen of the World, the Circle, the Forest-
ers, the Fraternal Brotherhood and the Home
Forum. He is also examiner for the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, and the Equitable Life
Insurance Company of New York. He is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows. He devotes all of his time to the practice
of his profession, and in every possible way
keeps in touch with the progress in medical and
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large centers of the world. He is one of the
town's most painstaking and conscientious cit-
izens, and is appreciated for his professional and
social excellencies.

Dr. Edmundson was married October i, 1893,
to Miss Catherine L. Hutchins, daughter of
William Hutchins, of Kingston, N. M. One
son was born of this union, Charles S.

MRS. ERNEST M. MILLS.

One of the most comfortable and inviting
hotels of Phoenix is presided over by Mrs. E.
M. Mills, than whom the city has no manager
more genial and enterprising. Among the mid-
dle-priced hotels the New Mills house has no
superior, and its clean, well-ventilated and well-
furnished rooms are rarely without an occupant.
For the moderate price of $1.50 per day one
may be housed and furnished with every con-
venience, while the cuisine, for variety and excel-
lence, leaves little to be desired. The hotel is
three stories high, and 50x80 feet in dimensions.

A native of Chillicothe, Ohio, Mrs. Mills is
a daughter of James Rezzer, born in Philadel-
phia, Pa., and one of the early settlers of Knox
county, 111. During the Civil war Mr. Rezzer
fought with courage in an Illinois regiment,
after which he returned to his farm in Knox
county. In 1870 he removed to Sedgwick
county, Kans., which was then in a very wild
and crude state, and he was one of the active
pioneers to whom the present residents are
indebted for their prosperity. His useful life
terminated in McPherson county, Kans., when
he was sixty-six years of age. He had married
Susan Shepherd, who was born in Philadelphia,
Pa., and died in Knoxville, 111. They were the
parents of five children, viz. : Anna, who mar-
ried C. H. Knapp and died in Phoenix ; Shep-
herd A., who died in Fort Scott, Kans. ; Mrs.
Mary Worley, of McPherson, Kans. ; G. W., a
farmer near Salina, Kans. ; and Susie Rae, Mrs.
Mills. The last-named received excellent edu-
cational advantages and claims the distinction
of having been one of the first girls admitted to
the now famous Knox College at Galesburg, 111.
At this institution she studied until the senior
year, when she accompanied her parents to Kan-
sas, and engaged in educational work in what
was then Sedgwick (now Harvey) county.

In 1875 Susie R. Rezzer became the wife of
Ernest M. Mills, who was born at St. Thomas,
Ontario, August 19, 1847, and was reared in his
native country of Canada. He was ambitious
and venturesome and looked beyond the restric-
tions of his northern home. The breaking out
of the Civil war offered the opportunity for
which he had longed and furnished an outlet
for his enthusiastic spirit. In the absence of
parental permission he ran away to the states.
At the age of seventeen years he enlisted in an
Ohio regiment, in which he served until the
close of the war, mean time being advanced to
the rank of sergeant. Once he was wounded
in battle. After the cessation of hostilities he
took up land in McPherson county, Kans., and
became an enterprising tiller of the soil. Soon
he was made deputy United States marshal, and
for several years he served as county coroner
and justice of the peace. After his marriage he
settled in McPherson, where he conducted a
livery business and served as United States mar-
shal. At one time he captured a gang of coun-
terfeiters and their outfit, and had the satisfac-
tion of seeing them later sentenced to the
penitentiary for life. In 1881 he settled in
Phoenix, Ariz., where he engaged in contract-
ing and building. Here, as in Kansas, he was
United States marshal. In 1883 he captured
four desperate stage robbers in Arizona, and
they were sentenced for life to the penitentiary
at Detroit. During his term of office he also
assisted in the prosecution of polygamous Mor-
mons. For eight years he served in the city
council, representing three different wards ; for
some time served on the territorial board of
equalization, and up to the time of his death he
served as secretary of the Republican central
committee of the territory. As a delegate, he
frequently represented the Republican party in
conventions. He was associated with the Grand
Army of the Republic and was a member of the
Maricopa Club. In many respects he resembled
his father, Hon. Stephen B. Mills, who was a
member of the Canadian parliament for more
than twenty years and was a man of ability and
influence.

In 1886 Mr. Mills purchased the Lemon
hotel, which he improved and refitted, chang-
ing its name to the Mills house. The manage-

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ment of this hotel occupied his time until he
died, June 26, 1893. The New Mills house was
formerly the Farley house and was purchased
in 1895. It is on West Washington street and
has undergone great improvement since the
occupancy of the present owner. Interesting to
note is the fact that the first American flag
raised on Cuban soil was made at the New Mills
house. This emblem of a great republic was
afterward presented by Miss Flora Mills to an
Arizona troop of Rough Riders, and used by
them as their regimental flag. During all the
time that Colonel Roosevelt maintained head-
quarters in Cuba, the flag hung there. Upon the
return of the regiment from the war the now
historic flag, riddled by bullets and faded by
storms, was received by the fair donor, and is
now preserved in a glass case in the new capitol.
Mrs. Mills is a member of the Rebekahs. For
three years she has been president of the
Woman's Relief Corps. A member of the Pres-
byterian Church, she has been a generous con-
tributor to its support. In national politics she
is a believer in Republican principles.

HIRAM W. FENNER, M. D.

Of all the exponents of medical science who
have sought the growing possibilities of Arizona
as a field for the exercise of their ability, none
is more favorably known than Dr. Fenner, who,
though a resident of Tucson, is nevertheless
widely known beyond the confines of his pros-
perous town. From a comparatively small be-
ginning in 1883, at which time he located in
Tucson, his practice has assumed gratifying pro-
portions, and readily reflects the appreciation
which the public at large entertain for his skill
of diagnosis and treatment. Besides carrying
on a general medical and surgical practice he"
is variously interested in the affairs that have
to do with the general welfare, and among his
other responsibilities may be mentioned his posi-
tion of division surgeon for the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, to which he was appointed
in 1895. In 1898 he was made a regent of the
University of Arizona, and he is a member of
the board of library commissioners, which board
is attending to the erection of the new Carnegie
library. This building, like all those of a sim-

ilar nature erected by the philanthropist whose
name it bears, is to be a model of its kind, and
will have accommodation for twenty-five thou-
sand books.

Dr. Fenner was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, Feb-
ruary 3, 1859. The ancestry of the family is
German, and the first members to come to Amer-
ica settled in Pennsylvania. Hiram Fenner, the
father of Dr. Fenner, who was born in Fenners-
ville, Pa., the original settlement of the family,
was engaged, during the course of his active life,
in the clothing and general merchandise busi-
ness. He died in Bucyrus at an advanced age.
His wife, formerly Elizabeth Myers, was born
in Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Samuel
Myers, one of the founders of Bucyrus. Sam-
uel Myers came from an old Pennsylvania fam-
ily, and previously lived in Crawford county.
Mrs. Fenner also died in Bucyrus. She was the
mother of four children, two sons and two
daughters, who are all living, Dr. Fenner being
the youngest. The other son, Samuel, is in the
hardware business at Terre Haute, Ind.

In the public schools of Bucyrus, H. W. Fen-
ner received an excellent education, and was
graduated from the high school in 1876. His
earliest aspirations were centered on medical
science, and when quite a young boy he decided
to qualify for this noblest and most interesting
of professions. In 1876 he began the study of
medicine under Dr. George Crapo, of Terre
Haute, Ind., and subsequently entered the Med-
ical College of Ohio at Cincinnati (now the Uni-
versity of Cincinnati), from which he was gradu-
ated in 1881. Soon after he was appointed phy-
sician of the Copper Queen Mining Company,
at Bisbee, Ariz., and continued to practice there
until 1883, when he located in Tucson.

Dr. Fenner was married in California near
San Francisco to Ida Hemme, born in California,
and a daughter of August Hemme, who in the
early days crossed the plains with ox teams and
wagons, and mined in California in the days of
gold. In national politics Dr. Fenner is a Re-
publican, and has held various offices within the
gift of the people. At times he has been county
and territorial commissioner, and chairman of
the Republican county central committee. A
member of the Territorial Medical Society, he
has been associated with this organization for

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many years. The Doctor has one of the finest
residences in the town, and commodious, well
fitted offices. His grasp of the best tenets of
his profession, no less than his genial, tactful
manner, and optimistic temperament, have won
for him a warm place in the hearts and esteem
of friends and patrons.

JOSEPH HARDY, D. D. S.

This well-known and popular dentist of
Phoenix, was born near Petersburg, Va., on
the 3d of June, 1862, his parents being Elisha
and Nancy (Hall) Hardy, who as farming people
spent their entire lives in the Old Dominion.
The Hardy family came originally from Hardy,
Ireland, and were among the early settlers of
Virginia. Our subject's paternal grandfather
was a lifelong resident of that state, and a planter
by occupation. His maternal grandfather, Rob-
ert Lawrence Hall, was born in Scotland, and
on his emigration to the new world located in
Virginia, becoming one of its largest and most
prosperous planters. He owned over ten thou-
sand acres of land in that state, where he con-
tinued to make his home throughout life. Dr.
Hardy is one of a family of four children, of
whom three reached years of maturity and two
are still living.

Dr. Hardy grew to manhood in his native
state and was educated at the Pine Grove Acad-
emy. In 1881 he went to Missouri and spent
three years on a cattle ranch in that state, after
which he returned to Baltimore, Md., and took
up the study of dentisty under Dr. Winder,
who was dean of the oldest dental college in
the world. Our subject was graduated at the
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery in 1889,
with the degree of D. D. S., and engaged in prac-
tice in Virginia until the fall of that year. On
the 28th of October, 1889, he arrived in Phoenix,
and has since prosecuted his chosen profession
at this place. He is thoroughly up-to-date,
keeping well posted on the latest discoveries and
theories in the science of dentistry, and has a
well-equipped laboratory and operating room in
the Ellingson building. He enjoys a liberal
share of the public patronage, and is meeting
with well deserved success. Besides his pleas-
ant residence on North Fifth avenue, he owns

a good bearing orange grove of twenty acres
seven miles northeast of the city, being the third
person to engage in orange culture in the Salt
River valley.

At Des Moines, Iowa, occurred the marriage
of Dr. Hardy and Miss Jennie B. Phillips, a
native of that city and a daughter of William
Phillips, who settled there in 1845 and became
one of its prominent attorneys. They have two
children, Phillips and Joseph. The Doctor is
a member of the National Union and the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South, and is a supporter
of the Democratic party. He has been active in
securing legislation beneficial to the dental pro-
fession; was appointed a member of the first
board of territorial examiners and filled that
position about four years. He was also one of
the organizers of the Territorial Dental Society.
He has become thoroughly identified with the
interests of his adopted city, and is well known
as an enterprising, reliable business man, who
commands the confidence and respect of all
with whom he comes in contact.

HENRY J. JESSOP, D. D. S.

One of the oldest and most prominent dentists
of Arizona, Dr. Jessop, of Phoenix, is now a
member of the Territorial Board of Dental Ex-
aminers. A native of England, he was born
in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, March 22, 1863,
and is a son of Dr. H. E. and Susan (Hughes)
Jessop. His paternal grandfather was Walter
Jessop, an attorney of Cheltenham and a life-
long resident of England. The father was a
graduate surgeon of the London Royal College
of Surgeons and a graduate physician of the
College of Physicians, of Edinburgh, Scotland,
and for many years was house surgeon of Char-
ing Cross Hospital, London. Later he engaged
in the practice of his profession at Cheltenham,
where he died at the age of fifty years. He was
very prominent in professional circles and was
a man highly respected and esteemed by all who
knew him. His wife, who belongs to an old
Worcestershire family, is still a resident of Eng-
land. Of their thirteen children eleven reached
years of maturity, while our subject, who is third
in order of birth, is the only representative of
the family in America.

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Reared at Cheltenham, Dr. H. J. Jessop was
educated in the public schools of that place and
Cheltenham College. Coming to the United
States in 1882, he located at El Paso, Woodford
county, 111., where he studied dentistry under
Dr. J. E. Fishburn for three years, and then
opened an office of his own at Minden, Neb.,
where he was engaged in practice for three
years. In February, 1889, he came to Phoenix,
Ariz., and is today the oldest dentist of the
place in years of practice, his office being located
in the Porter building. It is well equipped with
all modern appliances known to the profession.
His skill and ability are attested by the liberal
patronage he enjoys, and he ranks as one of the
leading dentists of the territory. In 1891 he
was appointed a member of the Territorial
Board of Dental Examiners, and has since filled
that position with the exception of one year.

Dr. Jessop was married in El Paso, 111., to
Miss Lillie Waite, and to them has been born
one child, Ruth. He uses his right of franchise
in support of the Republican party and its prin-
ciples, and takes a commendable interest in pub-
lic affairs. He is a member of the Board of
Trade of Phoenix, the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, the Athletic Club, and the Maricopa
Club. He is now serving as director and vice-
president of the latter club and is very popular
in social circles, being a man of pleasing address
and genial manners.

OSCAR L. MAHONEY, M. D.

During the long years of devotion to the best
tenets of his profession, the science of medicine
knew no more worthy and conscientious ex-
ponent than Dr. Mahoney. From the first of
his practice he received the patronage and appre-
ciation of the communities in which he lived,
and has to his credit a long record of promi-
nent recognition due his particular aptitude for
the work of his unbounded faith.

A native of Jefferson county, Tenn., he was
born March 7, 1839, and is a son of Dr. James
W. and Amanda M. (Turnley) Mahoney, who
were born in Tennessee. On both sides the
family are of Irish extraction, and many of them
have been prominently connected with the most
important events in American history. The ma-

ternal grandfather fought with General Jackson
at New Orleans, and the great-grandfather was
a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Dr. James
W. Mahoney was for many years a practicing
physician and surgeon in Tennessee and Arkan-
sas, and a prominent man in the localities which
profited by his wisely directed experience.
When a boy of eight, Oscar L. removed with
his parents from Jefferson county, Tenn., to
Crittenden county, Ky., and located at a place
now called Weston, and where the father prac-
ticed medicine until his son's twelfth year. They
then settled twenty-three miles west of Pine
Bluff, Ark., on the Saline river, where the elder
Mahoney died. There the son attained his ma-
jority, and received a fair education in the dis-
trict schools. In the wake of an early resolve
to follow the profession of his father he began
the study of medicine, but his studies were inter-
rupted by the breaking out of the war, and the
patriotism which impelled him to offer his serv-
ices to the country.

The war record of Dr. Mahoney was prolific
of many interesting events, and he participated
in many of the important battles of the war.
As a member of the Ninth Arkansas Infantry
he fought at Shiloh, Corinth, St. Charles, Ark.,
Cotton Plant, Pine Bluff, Arkansas Post, and
many minor skirmishes. As a private in the
Confederate army he served all through the war,
and at Shiloh received a wound in the left hand
from a spent ball which necessitated the amputa-
tion of the middle finger.

When peace was restored he continued to
qualify for the profession of medicine, and at-
tended a course of lectures at Ann Arbor. In
1867 he was graduated from the Medical Col-
lege of Ohio, at Cincinnati, and at once came to
Arizona, where for two years he engaged in
practice at Wickenburg. He then returned to
Illinois and began practice at Murphysboro,
where he attained to considerable prominence,
during sixteen years being the foremost physi-
cian of the place. For two years he served as a
member of the city council, and was also en-
gaged in tlje drug business for many years. In
1883 he again sought the possibilities of the
southwest, and settled in Phoenix, Ariz., where
he was a valued .acquisition to the profession of
medicine until January t, 1898. At the present

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time he is enjoying a well-earned respite from
the responsibilities incident to professional life,
still residing in Phoenix. While conducting a
large and lucrative practice in Phoenix he was
for ten years superintendent of the Maricopa
county hospital.

In 1870 occurred the marriage of Dr. Ma-
honey and Virginia Rosson, a native of Tennes-
see, and a daughter of Osborn and Rebecca
(Patton) Rosson, natives of Tennessee. Mrs.
Mahoney is a graduate of the Women's Hos-
pital Medical College, now affiliated with the
medical department of the Northwestern Uni-
versity of Chicago. For years she has been a
successful practicing physician in Phoenix, and
with her husband has represented the best pro-
fessional element in the territory. In national
politics the Doctor is associated with the Demo-
cratic party, and has held various offices within
the gift of the people. During 1884 he served
as a member of the city council, and was for a
time coroner of Maricopa county. Fraternally
he is a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, at Murphysboro, 111., and of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, at Phoenix.

THOMAS J. HESSER.

Few inhabitants of northern Arizona are per-
sonally known by more men than is Thomas
Jefferson Hesser, proprietor of Hotel Navajo,
at Winslow ; and few men have a larger circle of
devoted friends. He is a descendant of good
old Pennsylvania-Dutch stock, and is a son of
John Wesley and Susan (Merkle) Hesser. At
Llewellyn, Schuylkill county, Pa., where he was
born October 19, 1858, he passed the years of
youth, mean time receiving a common-school
education. At the age of twenty years he left
home and went to Kansas, where for about one
year he was employed in Salina. Subsequently,
for two years, he worked as a molder in Burling-
ton, Iowa, having learned that trade before his
departure from Pennsylvania. In Burlington
he was also employed as a clerk for a hardware
concern.

Upon relinquishing his clerkship, Mr. Hesser
was for five months engaged in work for the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; for five
months he was also employed in a restaurant at

Kansas City, Mo. ; while for six months he
acted as brakeman for the Santa Fe Railroad
Company in New Mexico, with headquarters at
Kingman, N. M. For four months he was
located at Durango, Colo., after which for
twenty months he was employed in the train
service of the Mexican Central Railroad Com-
pany. Finally, in 1884, he located in Winslow,
Ariz., where he has since resided. Until Febru-
ary, 1896, he was in the employ of the Santa
Fe Railroad Company, first as freight brakeman,
then as freight conductor, and finally as pas-
senger conductor.

After resigning his position with the Santa
Fe in 1896, Mr. Hesser constructed Hotel
Navajo, of which he has since remained the
genial and popular proprietor. In various other
ways he has identified himself with the best
interests of Winslow, his property holdings
including one-fourth interest in the Winslow
opera house, erected in 1898. Politically he is
a stanch adherent to the principles of the Repub-
lican party, is a member of the territorial cen-
tral Republican committee, and also of the
Winslow city council. Fraternally he is iden-
tified with the Elks and the Knights of Pythias.
April 3, 1887, he married Harriet A. Jones, a
native of Minersville, Pa., and a daughter of
Lemuel D. Jones. They are the parents of a
daughter, Ruth A. Hesser.

NARCISO HEREU MATAS, M. D.

This prominent physician and prosperous cit-
izen of Tucson, was born May 16, 1845, in
Gerona, Catalonia, Spain, and according to an
old Spanish custom took his mother's maiden
name, his parents being Emanuel and Paula
(Matas) Hereu, rlso natives of Gerona, where the
father followed the life of a planter. Both par-
ents died in Spain. The Doctor's paternal
grandfather was Bernito Hereu, also a planter,
while his maternal grandfather was Narciso Ma-
tas, an extensive planter and large manufacturer
of olive oil. The Doctor's mother died at the age
of thirty-three years, when he was fifteen years
old. In the family were four sons and three
daughters, all of whom reached manhood and
womanhood, while two sons and three daughters
are still living.

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Dr. Matas grew to manhood in his native
land, and began his business career as a clerk in
his uncle's drug store at Gerona, where he stud-
ied in the college for five years, beside one year
in college at Barcelona. On first coming to
America in 1857, he entered the New Orleans
School of Medicine, where he was graduated in
1859, with the degree of M. D., and then en-
gaged in the practice of his chosen profession
in the Crescent City until the Civil war broke
out. In 1861 he returned to Spain and studied
medicine for four years in the University of
Barcelona, where he was graduated in 1866.
He next attended clinics in Paris for a year, and
in 1867 returned to New Orleans. Soon after-
ward he removed to Brownsville, Tex., and
built up an extensive practice in the Spanish
colony at Matamoras and Brownsville, where
he remained until coming to Tucson in 1881.
The following year during the yellow fever epi-
demic at Brownsville, he returned to that place
and had charge of three hundred patients, re-
suming practice at Tucson in the fall. In 1883
he went to Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, during
an epidemic of yellow fever at that place.

As a progressive physician Dr. Matas keeps
well posted on everything pertaining to his
chosen profession. In 1892 he was a member
of the International Medical Health Associa-
tion which met in Mexico City, and was a mem-
ber of the first Mexican Medical Congress of
that place, taking an active part in its work,
especially in the surgical and pathological sec-
tions. During his residence in Tucson he has
served as county physician and city health of-
ficer; has been medical examiner for nearly all
of the societies and life insurance companies
represented at this place, and was pension exam-
iner one term. The Doctor has a pleasant home
at No. 98 West Pennington street, and owns a
large amount of valuable property in the city,
including about half a block on Pennington
street and the Stewart Hotel. He is interested
in gold, silver and lead mining, and has been
very successful in his mining ventures. He sold
the Mammoth mine, but still has some valuable
mining property, including the Apollo mine,
and is a director of the Tucson Street Railway,
of which he was one of the organizers, and was
president for a time.

Dr. Matas married Theresa Jorda, who bore
him two children. Rudolph, the eldest, is a
graduate of the University of New Orleans, and
is now professor of surgery in the medical de-
partment of the University of Louisiana. He
has a national reputation as a surgeon and is
very prominent in professional circles. Elvira
is now in Spain.

In 1893 Dr. Matas married Miss Louisa M.
Mallet, who was born in Brownsville, Tex., of
French and German ancestry. They have one
daughter, Irene, who is attending school in Los
Angeles.

In politics Dr. Matas is independent, and in
his social relations is a Mason and a member
of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and
the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He
also belongs to the Arizona Medical Society.
He has contributed to medical literature, in-
cluding some very able articles on the subjects
of yellow fever microbes, bacteriology, etc. He
is a close and thorough student, a man of deep
research, and his investigations into the science
of medicine and his skillful application of the
knowledge thereby obtained has won him a
place in the foremost ranks of the medical fra-
ternity.

HON. A. H. NOON.

If, as an eminent writer has said, the cease-
less striving according to our best light for
the peace, prosperity, and happiness of those
who compose our environment constitutes suc-
cess in life, Dr. Noon may be said to have gone
a long way towards the goal for which many
aspire, but which comparatively few reach. Nor
has his association with the promising town of
Nogales been the greatest of his efforts. To the
conduct of his affairs he brings a knowledge
of the world and human nature, as developed in
England, in the wilds of Africa, and in the re-
sourceful west. A native of England, he early
displayed an ambition which extended beyond
the borders of his Albion home, and when a
mere boy went to South Africa, where he served
in the British army for four years, and after-
wards raised a company of volunteers of which
he was elected lieutenant. In the mean time he
had been utilizing his leisure hours by studying

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medicine under Dr. John Eglinton Seaman, an
ex-army surgeon from the East Indies, and in
1864 he emigrated to the United States and
completed his medical course.

Dr. Noon's interesting association with Utah
began about 1865, at which time he went to the
Tintic mining district and founded the town of
Eureka, laid out the town, built the first house
of stone, was appointed the first postmaster, and
was elected the first justice of the peace and not-
ary. In fact, it may be said that Dr. Noon was
the town, around which grew up the various
small interests usually associated with mining
villages. So impressed were the other resi-
dents as to his prior and deserved right of pos-
session that they nick-named him "Old Tintic."
Besides his mining interests in Utah he practiced
his profession there and was associated in prac-
tice with Dr. D. C. Roberts, a well known south-
ern army surgeon.

In 1879 Dr. Noon came to Arizona, and be-
came interested in mining in Pima county in
the Oro Blanco district, and while there again
tried his hand at town-making. His efforts
were industriously exerted towards the growth
of an infant village called Oro Blanco, and there
he still owns large interests, but which is at
present experiencing a season of inactivity. At
the time of the severance of Santa Cruz from
Pima county, Dr. Noon was honored by being
appointed by the governor a member of the
board of supervisors, of which he was also chair-
man, and in November of 1900 he was elected,
on the Democratic ticket, the first representa-
tive from Santa Cruz to the lower house of the
legislature. Although much occupied with the
various enterprises, political and otherwise,
which have tended to the development of his
town and locality, he has uninterruptedly prac-
ticed medicine and surgery, and has a large
practice. He is resident manager of the Auster-
litz Mining Company, and owns a controlling
interest in the same. In addition to the com-
fortable residence which constitutes his home
property, he is the possessor of several building
lots in Nogales.

In 1864 Dr. Noon married Miss Emma C. E.
Slaughter, and of this union there are five sons,
viz.: Alonzo E., who is interested in ranching
and mining in the Oro Blanco region; Adolphus

S., who is a master mechanic and owns a ma-
chine and blacksmith shop in Nogales; Arthur
H., who is a stockman and miner; Edward E.,
who is an assayer, and a member of the Insti-
tute of Mining Engineers; and S. Frederick, who
is clerk and also commissioner of the district
court of Santa Cruz county. The daughter of
the family is named Sarah C. Dr. Noon is a
member of the Arizona Territorial Medical As-
sociation. Fraternally he is associated with the
Masonic Lodge at Nogales, and is treasurer of
the same. He has been a member of Franklin
Lodge, A. O. U. W., in California for more than
twenty years.

ALBERT J. GRISWOLD.

Though not one of the earliest settlers of
Nogales, having arrived here in 1891, Mr. Gris-
wold is one of the most enthusiastic advocates
of the resources and possibilities of the flourish-
ing little bi-national city. At present the post-
master of the town, to which position he was
appointed by President McKinley in 1897, he
is also variously interested in the enterprises
which have recently been made possible and
which have been materially aided by his counsel
and influence.

Until seventeen years of age Mr. Griswold
was reared to agricultural pursuits on his fath-
er's farm near Rose, Wayne county, N. Y.,
where he was born February n, 1852. His
parents, William and Sarah (Colburn) Griswold,
were also natives of New York .state, living
upon a farm in Wayne county for some years,
but subsequently settling in Linn county, Mo.
Their son received his education in the public
and high schools of Wayne county, N. Y., and
later engaged in educational work in Linn
county, Mo., for fourteen years. During part
of this time he also attended the Missouri State
Normal school at Kirksville, Mo., from which he
was graduated in 1879 and afterward he again
taught school for three years. While teaching
in Meadville, Mo., previous to his graduation,
he was for nine years principal of the public
school.

In 1883 Mr. Griswold entered the employ of
the American and Wells-Fargo Express com-
panies at St. Joseph, Mo., and after a year was

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transferred to Atchison, Kans., subsequently in
the same capacity spending two years in Trini-
dad, Colo., thence in 1887 going to Kansas City,
Mo. Owing to ill health after a time he secured
a transfer of work to La Junta, Colo., and later
to Santa Fe, N. M., and El Paso, Tex. In
1891 he came to Nogales, Ariz., as agent for
the Wells-Fargo Company. In 1895, resigning
that position, he bought out the insurance busi-
ness of D. J. Cummings, and now represents
fourteen of the best companies in the world,
among them being the Phoenix of London, the
Union Insurance Company of London, the
Scottish Union and National Insurance Com-
pany, the Fireman's Fund of California, the
Home of New York, the National, Atlas, Aetna
and Hartford.

A stanch Republican in politics, Mr. Gris-
wold has been active in local matters. For a
short time he served as city clerk of Nogales
and in 1897 he was commissioned a notary pub-
lic. For several years he was associated with
the Nogales Electric Light Company as auditor
and one of its directors. Fraternally he is a
member of Nogales Lodge No. n, F. & A. M.,
the Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows at
Santa Fe, N. M., besides is a charter member of
the local tribe of Red Men and has served as
keeper of the wampum.

In 1873 Mr. Griswold married Adella M. Cole
of Meadville, Mo., who died in 1876, leaving
one son, Earl L., now agent of the Wells-Fargo
Express Company at Clifton, Ariz. The second
marriage of ,Mr. Griswold took place at Kansas
City, Mo., in 1891, and united him with Mrs.
Retta A. Vogel, by whom he has two sons, Clay
A. and Claude.

ARTHUR W. OLCOTT, M. D.

The medical and surgical fraternity of Tuc-
son has a capable representative in Dr. Olcott,
who brought with him to his field of effort in
the territory the results of the best possible edu-
cational and professional training obtainable in
the country. A native of St. Louis county, Mo.,
he was born April 25, 1865, and is a son of C. H.
Olcott, a native of New York state, and for
many years a wholesale dry-goods merchant in
New York City. Subsequently he removed to

St. Louis, Mo., where he continued his former
occupation until his retirement from active par-
ticipation in business affairs. He lived to a good
old age, until February of 1900, at which time
he was eighty-six years old. He was a devoted
member of the Presbyterian Church, and in poli-
tics was a Democrat. In his younger years he
married Maria Austin, who was born in Utica,
N. Y., and who is living at the present time. She
is the mother of seven children, six of whom
are living, A. W. being the youngest.

The ancestry of the Olcott family is English,
and the first members to emigrate to America
settled in different parts of the extreme east.
The paternal grandfather, C. H. Olcott, was
born in New York state, and died at a compara-
tively early age. Dr. Olcott lived, during his
younger days, at Webster Grove, a suburb of
St. Louis, and began his education in the public
schools. After preparing for Princeton College
at Smith Academy he entered the former insti-
tution in 1880 and was graduated in 1884 with
the degree of A. B. Having determined to de-
vote his life to the science of medicine, he en-
tered the same year the St. Louis Medical Col-
lege, and was graduated in the class of 1887.
Through competitive examination he secured
the additional experience accorded an interne at
the St. Louis City Hospital, and at the end of
the year was given the same privilege at the St.
Louis Female Hospital. He was then on the
staff of the St. Louis Mullanphy Hospital until
1896, and at the same time was continuing grad-
uate work, and was instructor in anatomy at the
St. Louis Medical College.

Dr. Olcott became associated with Tucson in
the fall of 1896, and at once entered upon a gen-
eral medical practice. His ability received ready
recognition, and in 1897 ne was appointed city
health officer, and has since satisfactorily sus-
tained the position. The office is located at No.
176 West Pennington street. Dr. Olcott is heart-
ily in sympathy with all that pertains to the de-
velopment and upbuilding of his adopted western
town, and is one of its most trustworthy and
enterprising citizens. He was made a Mason
while living in St. Louis, and was a member of
the West Gate Lodge No. 445. In politics a
Democrat, he is liberal-minded regarding the
politics of the administration, and believes in

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voting for the man best qualified to fill the posi-
tion. He is a member of the Territorial Medical
Association.

The marriage of Dr. Olcott and Statia R.
Nead occurred in St. Louis in 1893, ar>d of this
union there is one son, Arthur W., Jr.

FRANK J. DUFFY.

Well known as district attorney and former
assessor of Santa Cruz county, Mr. Duffy has
been a resident of Nogales since June of 1893.
A native of St. Lawrence county, N. Y., he is a
son of Michael and Mary (O'Brien) Duffy, who
were born in the same county as himself. Dur-
ing the early '505 his father went to California,
where he remained about eight years and then
returned to New York. The west, however, had
gained such a charm for him during his resi-
dence there that he soon returned to the Pacific
coast, where he spent three years. Again going
back to his home state he remained there until
his death in 1892.

Primarily educated in the public schools,
Frank J. Duffy afterward attended St. Lawrence
University, from which he was graduated in
1888, with the degree of Bachelor of Science.
During the latter part of the same year he came
to Arizona and for the next five years was en-
gaged in educational work in Phoenix and
Globe. In the mean time he had decided to de-
vote his life efforts to the profession of law, and
had employed whatever of leisure presented
itself out of the school-room to the mastery of
the science as utilized in the courts of the ter-
ritory. In 1899 he was admitted to practice in
Santa Cruz county.

After coming to Nogales Mr. Duffy was for
three years in the employ of the United States
custom service. In 1896 he was elected justice
of the peace, to which office he was re-elected
two years later. At the time of the separation
of Pima and Santa Cruz counties he was offici-
ating as justice and rendered conspicuous service
as assistant enrolling and engrossing clerk, also
arranged the complicated and intricate matters
for the bill. In 1899 he resigned as justice in
order to accept the office of assessor. In the
November election of 1900 he was elected dis-
trict attorney on the Democratic ticket, and his

administration has been well received. As an
exponent of the law he is capable and erudite,
and is regarded as a representative lawyer of
the territory. Although he has been admitted to
the bar for but a short time he has shown him-
self to be a close student, and one who is en-
dowed with the faculty of distinguishing and
elucidating his legal propositions to a degree
equaling the skill shown by many lawyers of
wider experience.

With the progress of movements for the up-
building of his adopted town Mr. Duffy is identi-
fied. Fraternally he is associated with the An-
cient Order of United Workmen, in which he is
past master workman. In February, 1894, he
married Miss Catherine C., daughter of J. A.
and Mary E. (Moss) Linder, descendants of
well-known families of the Mississippi valley.
Born of this union are two children, Francis R.
and Mary L.

DR. SAMUEL J. PETERS.

Dr. Samuel J. Peters, physician and agricul-
turist, came to the territory of Arizona in 1885,
and in 1897 settled on the ranch which has since
been the object of his care. His efforts are di-
rected ahnost wholly to the raising of cattle,
and the extent of his enterprises necessitates not
only the three hundred and twenty acres which
constitute his personal property, but consider-
able rented land as well. In 1885 Dr. Peters
located in the Tonto Basin, this territory, and not
only carried on a large cattle business, but was
interested in a successful mercantile venture.
He here attained to considerable prominence in
local affairs, and served as postmaster of Rye
postoffice for several years. A later place of
residence was art Sugar Loaf mountain, where
he was also engaged in raising cattle. He is
therefore familiar with conditions as they have
existed in this land of promise for sixteen years,
and has, like many others who have brought
about the present prosperity, witnessed many
gratifying changes. Dr. Peters was born near
St. Stephens, Me., November 7, 1845, and is
a son of James and Eliza Peters, also natives of
Maine. For many years the family has been
represented in Maine, the ancestors having set-
tled there upon first coming to America. Sam-

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uel J. received the home training calculated to
develop the best traits of his character, and he
lived in Maine, and was educated in the public
schools, until his twentieth year. His early am-
bitions were turned in the direction of dental
science, and in order to qualify for the practice
of that profession he went to Boston and studied
at the Harvard Dental School, from which he
was graduated. Among the superior advantages
which came his way was the opportunity to lis-
ten to lectures delivered by Oliver Wendell
Holmes. Dr. Peters successfully practiced in
Boston for nearly fifteen years, when, owing to
failing sight, he was obliged to seek a change
of occupation. It was then that he decided in
favor of the free and out-door occupation of
cattle-raising in Arizona, which subsequently
proved to have been a wise decision.

Dr. Peters is regarded as one of the most en-
terprising and substantial dwellers of the Salt
River valley, and his ranch near Tempe is con-
ducted on the broadest and most scientific prin-
ciples. He is essentially a self-made man, hav-
ing overcome the obstacles of ill health and ad-
verse fortune. In national politics he is inde-
pendent, and believes in voting for the man best
qualified to hold the position. He is fraternally
associated with the Masonic order at Tempe,
and is a charter member of the Tempe Lodge,
F. & A. M.

FRANCIS A. ODERMATT.

To Dr. F. A. Odermatt, of Tucson, attaches
the honor of being the longest established prac-
titicing dentist of Arizona. In his profession
and in the commercial, political and social cir-
cles of this city he is justly popular and promi-
nent, for he neglects no opportunity of promot-
ing the general welfare of the community in
which he has elected to make his permanent
home.

From his forefathers Dr. Odermatt doubtless
inherited a large share of the genius for which
he is locally celebrated. His maternal grand-
father, Zumbuehl, a native of Canton Unter-
walden, Switzerland, was a noted sculptor, his
works being chiefly of alabaster. The doctor's
parents, Francis A. and Catherine (Zumbuehl)
Odermatt, were likewise natives of Canton Un-

terwalden, and both departed this life in San
Francisco, whither they had removed in 1863.
They had come to the United States in Febru-
ary, 1852, and had resided in St. Louis, New
Orleans, and Springfield, 111., prior to their re-
moval to the Pacific coast. Of their eight chil-
dren one is deceased, and the subject of this
article is the only one of the family in Arizona.
His brothers, following in the footsteps of their
father, who was an exceptionally skilled machin-
ist, are manufacturing machinery in' California.

The birth of Dr. F. A. Odermatt occurred
June 17, 1848, in Buochs, Canton Unterwalden,
Switzerland, where many generations of his fam-
ily had lived and died. When he was less than
four years of age he was brought to America,
and until 1863 lived chiefly in St. Louis, where
his father was engaged in mercantile pursuits.
In San Francisco the youth pursued his educa-
tion in St. Ignatius College, devoting much of
his time to Latin and Greek, and in 1865 com-
menced to attend St. Thomas's Theological Sem-
inary at the Mission Dolores. Continuing there
until February, 1867, he then accompanied
Archbishop Alameny, of San Francisco, to Eu-
rope, and in May of the same year matricu-
lated in the famous old College of Einsiedlen, in
Switzerland. For almost two years he industri-
ously labored in the mines of knowledge there,
but at length his health became seriously im-
paired, and on that account he returned to San
Francisco in February, 1869.

After a few months spent in recuperating Dr.
Odermatt decided to enter the dental profes-
sion, and for ten years he was in practice un-
der the direction of the late Dr. C. C. Knowles,
a noted dental surgeon of the Pacific coast.
With this thorough and practical preparation for
his chosen work, the young man embarked in
business on his own account, his offices being
at the corner of Post and Kearney streets. In
October, 1882, the superior climate and other
attractions of Tucson had so appealed to him
that he concluded to cast his fortunes with our
people. Arriving in this place, then a strag-
gling town, he soon won his way into the front
ranks of his profession in the territory, and has
steadily risen in influence and usefulness. In
1897 he was sent as a delegate to the Pacific
Coast Dental Congress, and has been connected

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with the California Dental Association and for-
merly was connected with the San Francisco
Dental Association. As early as 1887 he intro-
duced a bill in the Arizona legislature, hoping
thereby to protect the public from incompetent
dentists, and striving to establish a board of
examiners of practitioners in this line. It ap-
peared that the time was not yet ripe, for the
bill was not passed at that session, but subse-
quently, in 1891, a similar one became a law,
and Dr. Odermatt was appointed as a member of
the first board of dental examiners. For three
years, or until he tendered his resignation, he
served as secretary of that body. He also or-
ganized the Territorial Dental Association,
wrote its constitution and by-laws, and ever
since has been an active member of the organiz-
ation.

In the Ancient Order of United Workmen the
Doctor is a leading member in Arizona. He
has been deputy grand master workman for the
district of Arizona of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen and at present is chairman of
the finance committee of the grand lodge of
Arizona and New Mexico. Besides this, he
is a director of the Hall Association of the same
order, and was one of the most active members
of the building committee, which erected the
handsome structure in Tucson, 90x90 feet, two
stories in height. A charter member of the local
lodge of the Order of Elks, he was its first loyal
knight, and moreover was a charter member
and the first council commander of San Xavier
camp . of the Woodmen of the World. In the
Spanish-American Alliance he was the first past
supreme president, and is a charter member of
the German Leiderkranz. From the time of the
organization of the Tucson Building and Loan
Association he has been identified with it, was
vice-president in 1900, and in 1901 was made
its president. For three years he was a school
trustee, and for part of that time was secretary
of the board. Always an ardent Republican, he
has been the secretary of the local political club.

The wife of Dr. Odermatt, formerly Miss
Carlotta Flores, is a representative of an honored
old family. Her maternal grandfather, the late
Don Carlos Yorba, of San Juan, once owned
great tracts of land, including almost the entire
Santa Ana valley, in southern California, and

his immense herds of cattle and live stock
roamed these vast domains. A daughter of
Senor Justo Flores, Mrs. Odermatt is closely
related to the famous Godoy family of Santiago,
Chili, and her grandmother was the sister of
Senor Miguel Godoy, once the ambassador of
Balmaceda to France. The Doctor and wife
have two children, namely: Theresa A. and
Frank J.

The few hours of leisure which Dr. Odermatt
enjoys have often been devoted to artistic work,
for he possesses marked ability as a sculptor,
and might easily have won world-wide fame had
he elected to give himself up entirely to the
noble craft. He is a wonderful wood carver,
and a beautiful model of the old San Xavier
Church which was placed on exhibition here a
few years ago elicited glowing praise from the
local press and public. The daily "Star" and the
"Arizona Enterprise," among others, commend-
ed his sculpture and carving in the highest
terms, echoing the sentiments of able judges —
many of whom are familiar with the noble ex-
amples of art, as produced by his talented fellow-
countrymen — the Swiss, who are unequaled in
these lines.

OTTO E. PLATH, M. D.

As a conscientious and able exponent of medi-
cal science, Dr. Plath represents the most stu-
diously advanced and wisely conservative ele-
ment among the practitioners of Phoenix. Of
German parentage, he was born in New Ulm,
Brown county, Minn., May 23, 1864, and is a
son of Herman and Louisa (Lang) Plath, natives
of Germany. The paternal grandfather was
born in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and, during his
long and active life, was a stockman on an ex-
tensive scale. The maternal grandfather, Lang,
emigrated to America in the early sixties, and
was among the very early settlers of Cleveland,
later removing to Minnesota. Herman Plath
was born in 1827, and crossed the seas to the
United States about 1849, locating in Brown
county, Minn., where he was among the first to
invade the hitherto undisputed possessions of
the red men. From the wildness of primeval
condition he improved his land, and courage-
ously outlived the severe hardships to which

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pioneer life is heir. At the time of the Sioux
Indian massacre in 1863, he joined the first local
company, and assisted in protecting the citizens
of New Ulm, until the arrival of the state troops.
Subsequently he removed to Albany, Minn.,
and changed his occupation of farming to that
of manufacturing flour. He was formerly a Re-
publican, and latterly a Populist, and held sev-
eral important township offices, though defeated
when nominated for the legislature. Fraternally
he was a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and in religion a Protestant. His
wife is still living, and is the mother of ten chil-
dren, six of whom are living, O. E. being the
oldest.

In New Ulm Dr. Plath received an excellent
education in the public schools, and at a prac-
tically early age began the study of pharmacy,
completing his apprenticeship at Cleveland,
Ohio. In 1884 he entered the College of Phar-
macy at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he was
graduated in 1886. After a year spent at the
University of Cincinnati, in pursuit of a special
scientific course, in 1888 he started a pharmacy
in Cincinnati, and continued in business there
until 1892. Following a long thought-out in-
clination he began the study of medicine under
Dr. Lyle, and for one year attended the Ohio
Medical College during 1892, finally graduating
from the three years' course of the Miami Medi-
cal College in 1896. During the summer of
1896 he practiced his profession in Cincinnati,
and in the fall came to the far west, and located
in Phoenix.

While living in Cincinnati Dr. Plath married
Louise Weigt, a native of Cincinnati, and of
this union three children have been born. Theo-
dore F., Adeline and Helen, twins. Dr. Plath
is variously interested in medical matters in the
community in which he lives, and is medical ex-
aminer for the Manhattan Life Insurance Com-
pany of New York and the Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company of New York. From 1898 until
1900 he served as secretary of the Territorial
Medical Association, and he is a member of the
Maricopa Medical Association, and a fellow of
the Arizona Academy of Medicine. He is also
a member of the Alumni Association of Miami
College. In Cincinnati he was made a Mason,
and belonged to the Price Hill Lodge No. 524,

but is now a member of Phoenix Lodge No. 2.
He is associated also with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, Phoenix Lodge No. 2;
with the Foresters, of which he is examining
physician; with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen and the Fraternal Brotherhood.

MARK A. RODGERS, M. D.

This prominent and successful physician and
surgeon of Tucson was born in Brookville, Jef-
ferson county, Pa., on the 5th of February, 1868,
and is the youngest in a family of eleven chil-
dren, nine of whom are still living, though our
subject is the only one residing in the west.
His paternal grandfather, Hugh Rodgers, was
a native of Baltimore, Md., and an early settler
of Kittanning, Armstrong county, Pa., where
he acted as conveyancer and clerk of the court.
His death occurred in that state. Dr. Mark
Rodgers, our subject's father, was born in Kit-
tanning, and was graduated from the medical
department of the University of Pennsylvania
in 1853. He was first engaged in practice in
his native city and later in Brookville, but sub-
sequently turned his attention to mercantile
business, which he continued to follow until
called from this life at the age of sixty-six years.
He married Rebecca Armstrong Corbett, a na-
tive of Mifflin county, Pa., and a daughter of
Philip Corbett, who was born in the* same state
and followed farming in Mifflin county through-
out his active business life. The Corbett family
was of French Huguenot extraction and of
Presbyterian faith. The first to come to Amer-
ica settled in New Jersey, but early in the seven-
teenth century the family was founded in Penn-
sylvania. Some of its representatives fought
bravely for American independence in the Rev-
olutionary war. Mrs. Rodgers also belongs to
the Armstrong family, which is of Scotch-Irish
origin. One of its representatives was Colonel
Armstrong, who served with distinction under
Washington and Braddock in the French and
Indian war, and during the Revolution was in
command of Pennsylvania troops in the Conti-
nental army. The mother of our subject is still
living and continues to reside in Brookville, Pa.

Dr. Rodgers of this review was graduated

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from the high school of his native town in 1884,
and spent the following year in Dakota. On
his return home he entered the University of
Pennsylvania, and was graduated from the medi-
cal department of that noted institution in 1891,
with the degree of M. D. By competitive exam-
jnation he then entered the Allegheny General
Hospital at Pittsburg, Pa., where he served as
resident physician thirteen months, after which
he engaged in private practice in that city until
coming to Tucson, Ariz., in the spring of 1895.
He has made a special study of abdominal sur-
gery and gynecology, and for a time was asso-
ciated with Dr. R. Stansbury Sutton, the great
gynecologist. During his residence in Tucson
he has engaged in general practice, but has also
given considerable attention to his specialty, be-
ing considered one of the best representatives of
that branch of the profession in the territory. In
Pennsylvania Dr. Rodgers was a prominent
member of the State Medical Society, the Pitts-
burg Medical Society, a fellow of the Pittsburg
Academy of Medicine, and secretary of the Pitts-
burg Obstetrical Society, and already takes a
leading place among the foremost representa-
tives of the Territorial Medical Society of Ari-
zona. He is also a member of the American
Climatological Society, before which he has
read important papers, including one on "The
Climate of Arizona," read at Lakewood, N. J.,
May 13, 1896. He affiliates with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, and politically is iden-
tified with the Democracy.

On the 26th of November, 1896, at El Paso,
Tex., the Doctor was united in marriage with
Miss Lucile G. Freeman, a native of Cleveland,
Ohio, and to them has been born a son, Mark.
Mrs. Rodgers is a member of the Episcopal
Church.

SHIRLEY ADDISON CHRISTY.

This popular citizen of Phoenix, the son of
Col. William Christy, is the general manager
of the Arizona interests of the Mutual Life In-
surance Company of New York City. Though
comparatively young in years and in the
business world, he it meeting with success in his
enterprises and is fully justifying the abundant
faith which his numerous friends have reposed

in him, predicting a brilliant future for him at
the threshold of his commercial career.

As in the biographical sketch of Col. William
Christy a full record of the family of our sub-
ject is given, suffice it here to narrate his per-
sonal history. He was born in Des Moines,
Iowa, January 18, 1874, and was just nine years
of age when he accompanied his parents to
Phoenix. Here he pursued his education in the
public schools, later attending the University
of Southern California at Los Angeles. When
eighteen years of age he started upon his busi-
ness life by becoming an employe of the Valley
Bank of Phoenix, and, after serving in the
capacity of collector for a period, was promoted
to the position of paying teller.

When the Spanish-American war came on
Mr. Christy became chief clerk in the Paymas-
ter's Department, holding a commission with
the rank of second lieutenant. For some time
he was stationed in Washington, D. C., and
later was transferred to San Francisco, awaiting
developments in the far west. After peaceful
relations between Spain and the United States
had been declared our subject decided to resign
from his post and on December i, 1898, re-
turned to the usual walks of life. Resuming his
former place as paying teller in the bank he con-
tinued in that office until June i, 1899, when he
tendered his resignation in order to accept his
present responsible position. A member of the
board of trade and a director of the Maricopa
Club, and also actively identified with the Sons
of the American Revolution and with the Sons
of -Veterans, he bears his due share in the gen-
eral commercial and social circles of Phoenix,
never failing in patriotism and public spirit. As
the president of the Young Men's Republican
Club he has wielded no slight influence in local
politics and firmly believes in the policy of his
party.

An important event in the life of Mr. Christy
took place in Des Moines, Iowa, December 19,
1895, when he married Miss Abelina Creighton,
daughter of Col. James H. Creighton, now of
Phoenix. He is a native of Waynesburg, Ohio,
and son of a Presbyterian minister, who removed
from his birthplace in county Antrim, Ireland,
to Ohio at an early period, and there spent the
rest of his life. Col. J. H. Creighton became a

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resident of Des Momes, Iowa, prior to the civil
war and there attained prominence in the legal
profession. During the long struggle between
the North and South he served with the rank
of colonel in the Eighteenth Iowa volunteer in-
fantry and of late years has been an honored
member of the Grand Army of the Republic and
of the Loyal Legion. His wife, the mother of
Mrs. Christy, bore the maiden name of Laura C.
Hudson. She was born in Lebanon, Mo., and
her father, Alexander Hudson, a native of Dela-
ware, was a pioneer of Missouri and for years
a leading member of the Lebanon bar. One of
eight men in Wright county, Mo., who had the
courage to declare themselves on the side of the
Union just at the outbreak of the Civil war, he
served in a Missouri regiment. While at his
home, early in the morning, he was called out of
his house and assassinated by guerrillas. Mrs.
Christy was born in Indianola, Iowa, and is a
graduate of Simpson College, where she pursued
courses in classics and music. As a musician
she has won more than local renown, for her
talent is beyond question. Desiring to perfect
herself in her loved art she spent the greater
part of 1900 in Europe studying under fine mas-
ters, Professors DeValle and Brodge of Flor-
ence, Italy, and Professor Thome of Paris being
of the number. Sharing the popularity which
Mr. Christy enjoys she is an honored member
of local society and as a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal church performs her due share
in the religious work in Phoenix.

FRED O. RICHMOND, M. D. C.

Born upon a farm situated about twenty-four
miles northeast of Madison, Dane county, Wis.,
December 12, 1854, Dr. Fred O. Richmond is a
son of P. B. Richmond, one of the earliest set-
tlers of that locality. He owned and brought
to a high state of cultivation a farm of four hun-
dred acres, and for almost half a century dwelt
there, his death occurring when he was in his
seventy-fourth year. Both himself and wife, as
well as his father, were natives of New York
state. She bore the family name of Warner,
and of her children one died when young, and
three sons and a daughter are now living. Ezra
W. is yet living on the old Wisconsin home-

stead; Lucy B. is a resident of Helena, Mont.;
and George B. and Dr. Fred O. are citizens of
Phoenix. Edward A., who was a successful
pharmacist of Sabetha, Kans., is deceased.

In his youth Dr. F. O. Richmond formed the
deep interest in fine cattle and horses which he
has today, for his father made a specialty of raisi
ing standard bred coach and draught horses,
Devonshire and Durham cattle and sheep. His
success and wide experience rendered him a
valuable member of the Wisconsin Stock Breed-
ers' Association, and most of his sons obtained
practical knowledge of farming in all of its de-
partments. Our subject completed his literary
education in Ripon (Wis.) College, which he
attended until the junior year.

In 1875 Dr. Richmond went to Grand Mead-
ow, Mower county, Minn., and for three years
engaged in farming, after which he operated a
farm of one hundred and sixty acres, in Brown
county, Kans., for eleven years. In the mean
time he transacted considerable business in
grain, for a period representing Gregg Brothers'
Grain Company, of St. Joseph, Mo. Possessing
natural mechanical ability, he assisted in the
building of a mill and was chief engineer there
for about two years.

In his leisure time Dr. Richmond took up the
study of veterinary medicine, and at length en-
tered the Chicago (111.) Veterinary College,
where he was graduated in 1893, with the degree
of Doctor of Comparative Medicine. For sev-
eral years, prior to and during his college course,
he was more or less engaged in the practice as
a veterinarian, and in 1893 took up his perma-
nent abode in Phoenix. For three years there-
after he owned an interest in the Golden Eagle
livery, and dealt in horses. Though he sold his
share in the livery, he still keeps several fine ani-
mals and devotes his time to the practice of
veterinary surgery and medicine. He owns the
handsome stallion King Pin, who trotted a mile
in 2:16. His sire, Electro, was a son of Elec-
tioneer, and his dam, Phoebe W., was a daughter
of Hesperian.

During the administration of Governor
Hughes, Dr. Richmond was the territorial veter-
inarian, and secretary of the live stock sanitary
commission of Arizona. He also is an honorary
member of the Illinois Veterinary Medical As-

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421

sociadon. One of those influential in the organ-
izing of the Phoenix National Bank, he became
a charter member and continued on the board
of directors until he tendered his resignation.
One of the incorporators and stockholders of
the Trask-Kessler Grocery Company, he served
on its board of directors until he sold out.
While a resident of Kansas he was a director of
the Sabetha Bank, and to some extent he has
financial investments in Arizona ranch property.
He is a member of the Phoenix Board of Trade
and is affiliated with the Republican party. He
is identified with the Woodmen of the World
and with the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, and takes a very deep interest in the work-
ings of the former order.

Soon after coming to Phoenix, Dr. Richmond
built a residence at the corner of Sixth avenue
and Van Buren street. His wife, formerly Miss
Hattie I. Millet, was born in Rock county, Wis.,
and was united in marriage to the Doctor, Oc-
tober 22, 1876. They have two children, Madge
P. and Forrest L., both of whom received their
higher education in the Normal School of this
territory.

COL. HARRISON EDWARD STROUD,

M. D.

A son of John Thomas and Annie (Layton)
Stroud, the subject of this article represents in
Arizona two of the old and influential families
of England, the Strouds having crossed the
channel from Normandy with William the Con-
queror, and thenceforth were and yet are in-
fluential subjects of the British crown. The Col-
onel's grandfather, John Thomas Stroud, was
born in London, .and was a capitalist and large
landed proprietor at Windsor, England. The
maternal grandfather, Thomas Layton, also the
owner of valuable estates in the same locality,
was the mayor of Windsor, and his son Fred-
erick held the same office in 1894. John Thomas
and Annie Stroud were natives of Birming-
ham and Windsor, respectively. He was an ex-
tensive manufacturer in the city of his birth until
1880, when he came to America. After living
in Iowa for some time he went to California, in
which state both he and his wife died.

Col. H. E. Stroud, the youngest of ten broth-

ers i-nd sisters who lived to maturity, was born
in Birmingham, England, December 18, 1856.
One of his brothers, James, is a lieutenant in
the British army, another brother is in Con-
necticut and one in Colorado. In the elementary
and King Edward's grammar schools our sub-
ject received his early training for life's duties.
Prior to his removal to the United States, in
1880, he studied medicine with a preceptor.
Near Corning, Iowa, he engaged in farming for
about a year and in 1881 went to Colorado,
where he embarked in medical practice. Becom-
ing the surgeon for the railroad during the con-
struction of the Denver & Rio Grande, between
Cimarron and Gunnison, through the Black
canon, he next went to Grand Junction, where
he was the first regularly located physician, and
the drug store which he established was the
first one in the place.

Remaining there until December, 1887, and
in the mean time having been graduated from
the University of Colorado in 1885, with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine, Dr. Stroud next
went to San Diego, where he carried on his
professional work for seven years. Then, mak-
ing his home in San Francisco for about a year,
he spent the summer of 1893 in Chicago, where
he attended special courses of lectures in the
College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Rush
Medical College. Later, in 1896, he further
qualified himself by additional study in the Post-
graduate College of Chicago, and in 1899 went
to Europe, where he devoted his attention espe-
cially to the grave subject of tuberculosis. He
made a study of various sanitary systems, as em-
ployed in the chief cities, and gained invaluable
information along all lines. In the autumn of
1893 he took up his abode in Phoenix, where
he has built up a large general practice, while
making a specialty of tuberculosis. In his finely
equipped laboratory he prosecutes his investiga-
tions, and is meeting with great success in the
treatment of diseases of the respiratory organs.
In a financial way, also, he is prospering, and
besides being the owner of the Stroud Building
on South Center, near Washington street, he
has other valuable property.

In 1896 Dr. Stroud was appointed by Gov-
ernor Franklin to serve as surgeon-general of
Arizona, with the rank of colonel, and in that

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office he remained until the change of adminis-
tration. He is a member of the American, the
Arizona Territorial and the Maricopa County
Medical Associations, and belongs to the Mari-
copa Club, of Phoenix. In Corning, Iowa, he
was initiated into Masonry, and now is con-
nected with the Phoenix Lodge. He is an Odd
Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, and belongs to the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In poli-
tical affiliation he is a Republican. In the Epis-
copal Church of this place he is an ex-warden.
While living in California Dr. Stroud married
Miss Alice Lawrence, a native of Toronto, Can-
ada. They are the parents of three children,
namely: William Harold, Grace Lawrence and
Frances Dorothy.

J. C. SCARBOROUGH, M. D.

In tracing the career of the successful physi-
cian it is usually found that he possesses certain
marked charrcteristics in addition to having a
thorough knowledge of the healing art and good
financial ability. There must be a readiness of
sympathy and the power of entering into the
feelings of others, united to a self-poise and
conscious strength, which naturally emanate
from a strong, self-reliant soul. In the subject
of this sketch is to be seen one who is fortunate
in being gifted with many of these qualities of
the successful physician, and his cheery, helpful
optimism is a source of hope and comfort in
many a home shadowed by sickness and suffer-
ing.

Born in Springfield, Mo., in January, 1874, the
Doctor is a son of W. B. and Minerva (Denny)
Scarborough, the former a native of South Caro-
lina and the latter of Tennessee. Our subject's
paternal grandfather lived and died in South
Carolina, and W. B. Scarborough departed this
life in 1876, at his home in Springfield, Mo. He
had gone from his native state to Tennessee in
early manhood and there had met the lady who
became his wife and who is now living in Pres-
cott.

Three of the four brothers and sisters of Dr.
Scarborough are living. He was only two years
of age when death deprived him of the loving
care of a father, and his earliest recollections

are of Ann Arbor, Mich., whither the family
went to live, and there he passed ten years. In
1885 he came to Arizona and attended the public
schools of Flagstaff for three years. Then re-
turning to Ann Arbor, he continued his studies
in the high school and in 1891 entered the Uni-
versity of Michigan, where he devoted his time
to the sciences and classics for two years.

Having determined to enter the medical pro-
fession, Dr. Scarborough entered the medical
department of the University of Michigan in
1894 and was graduated in 1898, having com-
pleted the full four years' course with credit.
That he stood foremost in his class is shown
by the fact that he was made interne in the hos-
pital connected with the college, and remained
there for a year, obtaining valuable experience
under the training of renowned physicians and
surgeons. In the spring of 1899 the young man
came to Prescott, where he established an office
in the Head building. Since that time he has
been employed in the county hospital and is
building up a large and remunerative practice.

Dr. Scarborough became a member of the
Masonic Order in Ann Arbor, and yet belongs
to the Golden Rule Lodge No. 159, F. & A. M.,
of that place. He also holds membership in the
Phi Ro Sigma, a Greek letter medical fraternity,
of Ann Arbor. Since coming to Prescott he
has identified himself with the Knights of
Pythias and with the Benevolent Protective Or-
der of Elks. He is connected with the Arizona
Medical Association and with the Yavapai Coun-
ty Medical Association. In national politics he
uses his franchise in favor of the Democratic
party.

JOHN ROGERS WALLS, M. D.

A representative physician and surgeon of
Prescott is he of whom the following sketch is
penned. Though compamtively a new-comer,
he so thoroughly identified himself with local
interests upon his arrival that today he is highly
esteemed in professional, social and political cir-
cles here.

Born in Toronto, Canada, as were his parents,
Robert and Mary (Rogers) Walls, the Doctor is
their only son, though they have three living
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born in Yorkshire, England, and at the time of
his death, in 1899, was over ninety years of age.
After coming to America he settled upon a farm
near Toronto, and his last years were spent at
Hamilton, Canada. Robert Walls, now about
three-score years old, is nevertheless very active.
Formerly a farmer near Oakville, Canada, he
long has been employed as an expert machinist
at Brantford, and for years has been connected
with the establishment whose present style is the
Massey-Harris Company. A member of the
Masonic order, he belongs to the lodge and
chapter. His wife is a daughter of John and
granddaughter of John Rogers, the latter a na-
tive of Philadelphia. Though he owned con-
siderable property in and near that city, he was
so strong a Tory that he removed to Canada.
His ancestor, Bishop John Rogers, of London,
England, was one of the martyrs during the
reign of Queen Mary. John Rogers, father of
Mrs. Robert Walls, was born on Yonge street, '
Toronto, and was a wealthy farmer and trader
with the Indians, by whom he was called "Big
Maskinonge." The mother of Mrs. Robert
Walls was Isabel MacAnderson in her girlhood.
Born in the northern part of Ireland, she was a
descendant of the Inverness, Scotland, family
of MacAndersons, which furnished to General
Wellington one of the brave officers who assist-
ed him in gaining a victory at Waterloo. He
was in charge of a detachment of the "Scotch
Grays," and was wounded in that historic battle.
During the remainder of his life he was a crip-
ple, and his last days were passed in Canada.

The birth of Dr. John Rogers Walls occurred
near Toronto, December 10, 1867, and his boy-
hood days passed happily on a farm. His edu-
cation was pursued in the common and high
schools and later he spent a year in Toronto
University. In 1886 he matriculated in Trinity
University of Toronto, and in the spring of 1891
was graduated with the degrees of Doctor of
Medicine and Master of Surgery. Then he made
a creditable showing in a competitive examina-
tion for entrance into the British navy, but did
not enter the service owing to the illness of his
brother-in-law, with whom he went to Denver
for a change of climate.

In 1891 Dr. J. R. Walls embarked in the
practice of his chosen profession, Denver being

the scene of his labors until the spring of 1897.
In the mean time he had married Miss Sophia
Foad, of Toronto, in 1892, and six weeks after-
ward she died of typhoid fever in Denver. In
1896 Dr. Walls also suffered from a severe at-
tack of the same dread disease, and becoming
convinced that a change of climate would prove
beneficial, decided to try the pure and bracing
mountain air of Prescott. Certainly he has not
regretted his decision, for today he is well and
strong, and actively occupied in professional
duties, paying special attention to gynecology,
obstetrics and surgery. He is United States
pension examiner, the station at Prescott hav-
ing been established by President McKinley.
That the Doctor stands well in his profession
may be deduced from the fact that he has the
honor of being the secretary and treasurer of
the Yavapai County Medical Association, and
he also belongs to the Arizona Territorial Medi-
cal Association. In the Masonic order he is
connected with Aztlan Lodge No. i, F. & A.
M., and besides he is a Knight of Pythias and is
identified with the Order of Elks. In religious
belief he is a Presbyterian. The Republican
party has no more efficient worker in this sec-
tion, and besides being an ex-member of the
territorial central committee he is serving on the
executive committee of the county central com-
mittee.

Dr. Walls was married in Fort Logan, Colo.,
to Miss Alza Dennis, a native of Brantford, Can-
ada. They are the parents of two daughters,
Helen Rogers Dennis and Mary Elizabeth Ger-
trude.

HON. THOMAS T. HUNTER.
This citizen of Safford, who represented
Cochise county in the thirteenth session of the
Arizona territorial legislature, is one of the pio-
neers of the southwest, as he has dwelt in this
portion of the Union since December, 1867. For
three years he served efficiently as postmaster of
Safford, and built the first house here (a small
frame building), in which the postoffice was lo-
cated during his term. This building he still
owns and a part of it he utilizes as his office in
the capacity of justice of the peace, to which he
was elected in 1898 and again in 1900, both times
on an independent ticket.

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A son of James and Alice (Lawson) Hunter,
the subject of this sketch was born in Louisiana,
February 24, 1844. He was reared in South
Carolina, and, more fortunate than many of his
boy friends, he received an academic education.
When the Civil war came on he was prompt
to enlist in defense of his principles, and served
from the beginning to the end of the war. His
service was in a battery of General Longstreet's
corps, and his bravery and fidelity to duty won
for him the praise of his superiors. He was mus-
tered out of the army at Nachitoches, La., June
26, 1865. Desiring to try his fortunes in a new
locality, he then went to western Texas and
embarked in the cattle business. Having learned
of the natural advantages of Arizona, he drove
his herd across the plains and mountains and for
some years remained in the vicinity of what is
now Phoenix, where he arrived in 1868. His
next move was to California, where he remained
a few years, but in 1878 he returned to Arizona
with the intention of becoming a permanent resi-
dent, which resolution he has carried out, and
after spending a period in the Aravaipa canon he
went to the Sulphur Springs valley, at Willcox,
Cochise county.

One of the first settlers of the infant town of
Phoenix, Judge Hunter vividly recalls his expe-
riences there. For twenty years, covering the
period from 1866 to r886, a constant bitter war-
fare was waged by the different Apache tribes
upon the few pioneers who had dared to fill a
gap on the frontier. During these years Judge
Hunter and his neighbors lived "under march-
ing orders," as it were, always on duty, night
and day, sentinels upon the outposts of civiliza-
tion. Many encounters were had with the com-
mon enemy during those years. The hardships
and dangers encountered by the pioneers went
far in the make-up of a distinct class of men,
who are fast disappearing from the west. In an
interview with the writer, Judge Hunter said:
"I have one burning ambition and desire yet
unaccomplished, and that is, that I hope my life
will be spared to see Arizona, the loved land of
my adoption, admitted as a state into the
Union."

Judge Hunter was connected with the con-
struction of the old Swilling canal, the first ditch
built in the Salt River valley. Later he dwelt

in Wickenburg and Prescott, being a pioneer
of both places. In 1893 he came to Safford and
bought a ranch in the neighborhood. He still
owns a forty-acre farm under good cultivation
and another tract of eighty acres, besides prop-
erty in the town, including the attractive resi-
dence which he built for his family. For some
time he has been engaged in the real-estate
business, and is thoroughly posted in local prop-
erty values.

The marriage of T. T. Hunter and Miss Ollie
E. Gallaspy, in 1868, was one of the first wed-
dings solemnized in Yavapai county. They be-
came the parents of four children, all of whom
possess liberal educations. Alice, wife of T. K.
Davis, is a teacher in the city high school. Mrs.
Mamie Castle and her husband have a stationery
and bicycle store in Safford. Virginia Lee, a
graduate of the Los Angeles (Cal.) Normal
School, is a teacher in Chicago, 111. Katie, the
youngest, is attending the Louisiana State Nor-
mal School. The wife and mother departed this
life in Tucson in 1893. The lady who now bears
the name of our subject was Miss Qarrie Maurer,
born in Beaver Falls, Lewis county, N. Y. Their
marriage occurred in Graham county, October
11, 1894.

For a number of years Judge Hunter has
served on school boards in Graham and Cochise
counties. During his early manhood, and, in-
deed, until six years ago, he always voted the
Democratic ticket, but of late he has been inde-
pendent. In 1884 his Democratic friends elected
him to the territorial legislature, and his service
in that body met with the approval of his con-
stituents. Fraternally he is a charter member
of Willcox Lodge No. n, A. O. U. W.; captain
commander of Winnie Davis Camp No. 1244,
of United Confederate Veterans' Local Camp of
Safford; and a charter member of Lodge No.
28, I. O. G. T., of Safford.

DR. J. V. WILSON.

Though now returned to the field of medicine
towards which his early aspirations tended, and
which had been interrupted by the changing
course of mind and events, Dr. Wilson is known
as one of the most interesting and enthusiastic
of the pioneer miners and prospectors of Ari-

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427

zona. Covering a period of many years follow-
ing 1872, his experiences have held many suc-
cesses with an average amount of failures, and
have included various and adventurous associa-
tions with the Indians, and other indigenous
conditions of the extreme and early west.

Of French-German ancestry, Dr. Wilson was
born near New Orleans, La., February 3, 1827,
and was the second oldest in a family of four boys.
His father, De Stay Wilson, his grandfather, and
his mother, Nastacia (Bugres) Wilson, were also
born in the vicinity of New Orleans, and passed
the greater part of their lives in the southern
states. J. V. received his education at a private
school in New Orleans, and as a future means
of livelihood studied medicine with his uncle
Alexander. At the early age of twenty he had
qualified to practice the profession, which was
engaged in until the breaking out of the Civil
war. As a member of Company B, Fourth
Louisiana Tigers, he participated in many of the
important battles of the war, including Vicks-
burg, Lookout Mountain, and the Georgia cam-
paign. He suffered some of the vicissitudes of
war, and was wounded in the leg and side.

In the latter part of 1865 Dr. Wilson located
in Colorado and became interested in mining in
the Blackhawk and Central City mines, and was
later engaged in the saw-mill business in Utah.
After a short sojourn in California he came to
Arizona in 1872, mining in the Santa. Rita moun-
tains, and later in the diamond fields of New
Mexico. At Sonora, Mexico, he was also en-
gaged in mining, and then at Silver King, Final
county, purchased the dump of the Silver King
mine. He here started a hotel, and was so suc-
cessful in conducting his affairs that he cleared
$110,000. Dr. Wilson attended the New Or-
leans Exposition, and upon returning to Arizona
settled in Florence, and became interested in
mining and a mercantile venture. At this time
he began to have renewed interest in medical
science, and directed his research towards finding
a practical cure for leprosy. His expenses for
experimenting, which amounted to $7,000, were
met out of his own pocket and conducted in the
city of New Orleans, and were successfully ap-
plied in two different cases, one patient not hav-
ing been able to walk for ten years. At the
expiration of two years he returned to Arizona

and engaged in mining in Sonora with but indif-
ferent success, which streak of ill luck settled his
determination to return to the safe harbor of a
successful and lucrative medical practice.

In 1892 Dr. Wilson located in Tucson, where
his efforts have met with a deserved appreciation
and patronage. In his practice he is greatly
assisted by his knowledge of languages, which
embraces French, Spanish and English. His
office is located at Nos. 28-30 South Stone ave-
nue. In Florence, Final county, Dr. Wilson
married Rosa Alivico, a native of Sonora.

JOHN BECK.

John Beck, manager and vice-president of the
Pioneer Transfer Company, Incorporated, of
Tucson, is a native of Cambridge, England, and
was born December 4, 1864. He is a son of Wil-
liam Beck, who lived for the greater part of his
days in England, where he was born and died.
His son John came to America in 1872 and lo-
cated in Du Page county, 111., where he received
his education in the public schools, and was
fitted for the future responsibilities of life. Of
an ambitious turn of mind he started out in the
world to earn his own living when nine years
of age, engaging in general farm work in north-
ern Illinois. In 1883 he came to Phoenix, where
he was employed in the H. W. Ryder lumber
yard for eleven years. In time he mastered
every detail of the business and became manager
of the Phoenix yard, which was greatly in-
creased during his capable directorship.

In 1896 Mr. Beck resigned from the Ryder
Lumber Company and became identified with
the Pioneer Transfer Company, of Phoenix, un-
til the spring of 1899, when he came to Tucson
and organized the Pioneer Transfer Company,
Incorporated, with J. W. Reed as president and
himself as vice-president and manager. The
office of the concern is located at 10 South Stone
avenue, and they do a large business in bus and
baggage transfer and freight, and have also a
large capacity for fire-proof storage. They reap
a large remuneration from consignments and
ore distribution, and are agents for different
wholesale companies, an idea which originated
with Mr. Beck, and which has proved of great
benefit to all concerned.

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In Phoenix, in 1887, occurred the marriage of
Mr. Beck and Barbara Harth, who was born in
Illinois, and died in Tucson, September 2, 1900.
Of this union there are two children, Charlotte
E. and Florence E. Mr. Beck is one of the en-
terprising citizens of Tucson, and has been vari-
ously identified with the interests here repre-
sented. For eleven years he was a member of
the volunteer fire department of Phoenix and
was connected with Company I, as foreman,
secretary, and assistant chief. Fraternally he is
a Knight of Pythias, and politically is a stanch
member of the Democratic party.

NELSON PAUL BEEBE.

Though retired from active participation in
business affairs in Safford, Mr. Beebe is one of
the strong and influential men of the place, hav-
ing for many years been associated with its best
moral and material growth. A native of New
London, Conn., he received his early education
and training in this far eastern state, and as a
boy was filled with longings for the exciting ad-
ventures which are plentifully interspersed with
the roving life of the sailor. At the age of fif-
teen he put to sea, and in about five years was
a practically seasoned salt. In 1851 he started
for the west, crossed the Isthmus of Panama,
and arrived in San Francisco, Cal., in the spring
of 1852, where he remained for five years.

In 1857 Mr. Beebe went to Salt Lake City,
where he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. As a missionary he labored
among the people for a year in Arkansas, and
then brought a party of one hundred and twen-
ty-five from that state, which he located at Sun-
set, Ariz., on the Little Colorado river. At the
present time the majority of these pioneers are
living in the Gila valley, and are prosperous, in-
dustrious citizens. After returning to Salt Lake
City Mr. Beebe came to Snow Flake, Navajo
county, Ariz., and there built a grist mill, which
he operated for a year, and then disposed of it
for a herd of cattle. With his cattle he settled
at St. David, Cochise county, and there lived
and prospered for a period covering four years.
He then came to Safford and located a farm of
one hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining
the town, upon which he has since lived. Sixty-

five acres of this land has since been laid out in
what is known as Beebe's Addition, some of
which has been sold, and a large part of which
has been given by the generous owner to his
sons and sons-in-law.

In 1865 Mr. Beebe married Eliza Kemp, of
Salt Lake City, who died on the San Pedro
river. She was the mother of ten children, eight
of whom are living: William, Alice, Grace,
Etta, Paul, Samuel, David and Nellie. In 1892
Mr. Beebe married Mrs. Alice (Smithers)
Kemp, widow of Samuel Kemp, and the mother
of five children: Ray, Maud, Laura, Elmo and
Pearl. In politics Mr. Beebe is a Republican,
and was a justice of the peace at St. David for
two years. He is an ardent worker in the
church, as are also his wife and children. Mr.
Beebe has had many interesting experiences
since settling in the west, and has crossed the
desert from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles
nine different times. For twenty years he was
engaged in freighting in Utah, and at one time
loaded a quartz mill on the Colorado, and landed
it at Deer Lodge, Mont.

ALMA H. BENNETT.

This well-known and popular farmer of Gra-
ham county was honored by election to the trust-
worthy post of county supervisor in 1892 and
served for four years in that capacity to the
entire satisfaction of all concerned. Then he
was elected as a justice of the peace and upon
the expiration of his two years' term was re-
turned to the office by the votes of his party
friends, his term to run until January i, 1902.
Deeply interested in the welfare of this county,
he spares no effort in the advancement of every
enterprise calculated to aid in the cause of
progress.

David and Joanna (Lovel) Bennett, parents
of our subject, were natives of New York state.
His birth took place in Huron county, Ohio, in
1831, and in childhood he left the Buckeye state
and went to Missouri, living in Clay county for
three years. Then the family settled in Han-
cock county, 111., but at the end of eighteen
months went to Lee county, Iowa, where the
following decade wrs passed. Returning then
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three years and in 1850 went with the colony to
Salt Lake City, Utah.

After a residence in Utah of about ten years,
Mr. Bennett went to California in 1852, but in Oc-
tober, 1856, returned to Utah, and in 1865 con-
cluded to try his fortunes in Arizona, and during
the five years of his residence in Piute county he
was elected and served as sheriff for two years.
Returning to Utah, he remained there until
1881, when he once more became an Arizonian.
Among the first settlers of the Gila valley, he
improved a farm and now owns one hundred
and thirty acres, of which fifty acres are well
irrigated and highly productive. In his early
manhood he thoroughly mastered the trade of
a carpenter and builder, and followed that calling
industriously for many years in connection with
agriculture. For ten years after settling in this
vicinity he devoted a large share of his time to
building, but of late has found his farm duties
sufficient to occupy his attention.

Mr. Bennett is one of the commissioners of
San Jose ditch, which furnishes this entire
neighborhood with water for irrigation. In his
political creed he is an ardent Democrat, and
though he has been called to public offices has
not sought for the honors. He is one of the
trustees of the local school and is a devoted
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints. He was married in 1856 to Miss
Polly Wilcox, of Illinois. Of their children a
son and a daughter survive, namely: William
A., a successful farmer of the Gila valley, and
Mrs. Anna Nelson, who lives in her father's
neighborhood.

JUDGE WILLIAM A. MOODY.

The flourishing and cleanly little town of
Thatcher, a representative in Graham county of
progress and order, numbers among its most
enthusiastic and helpful citizens Judge Moody,
probate judge of the county and ex-officio school
superintendent. Thatcher is located ten miles
down the Gila river and three miles west of Saf-
ford, in the midst of a good agricultural, stock
and mining country, and well supplied with edu-
cational facilities and neat houses. It is the
center of some of the important undertakings
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

Saints, and in fact the population contains a
large percentage of these persevering pioneers,
who have found no country too sterile or un-
promising to be within the redemption of hu-
man power and industry.

From his infancy Judge Moody has been as-
sociated with the conditions of the crude and
undeveloped west, interspersed with journevs to
remote sea-surrounded islands, engaged always
in some work for the church. A native of Lin-
coln county, Nev., he was born June 28, 1870,
and is a son of W. C. Moody, who was born in
Alabama, March 23, 1819, removed to Texas in
1838, and to Utah in 1853. During his residence
in Texas he served with the American army in
the war with Mexico, participating in the most
important engagements of that conflict. In 1868
he removed to Nevada, believing himself still to
be in Utah, but subsequent surveys showed his
location to be in Nevada. Until 1881 he remained
there, but then returned to Utah, making his
home at Deseret. Since 1885 he has resided at
Thatcher, being numbered among the most use-
ful citizens of this place. His father, John Wy-
att Moody, a native of Virginia, was a pioneer
of Texas, and was elected the first auditor of
that state.

When the family returned to Utah William
A. Moody was eleven years of age. In 1885 he
came to Arizona and for/ a year studied in the
Latter Day Saints' Academy at Thatcher, after
which he spent three years and nine months as a
missionary in the South Sea Islands. On this
commission he was accompanied by thirty-five
elders. During his sojourn in the tropical clime
of Samoa and adjacent islands he learned to read
and write the language of the natives and taught
at his own expense for two years a free public
school. His stay was not unmixed with sadness
and loss, for his wife, Adelia, daughter of David
D. and Rosina Williams, whom he had married
at Thatcher June 4, 1894, died May 24, 1895.
Her daughter, Hazel, who was born at Samoa,
May 3, 1895, is now living with her father and
stepmother at Thatcher.

After his return from the islands Mr. Moody
entered heartily into the work of the church in
Thatcher, and also became interested in a mer-
cantile venture which is still being successfully
conducted under the firm name of Moody, Dam-

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ron & Co., which firm also have a branch busi-
ness at Globe, the two houses carrying on a
large trade. The death of Judge W. W. Dam-
ron; October 2, 1898, resulted in a vacancy in the
office of probate judge, and two days later (the
4th) Mr. Moody was appointed to the position.
Before his death Judge Damron had been re-
nominated for the office on the Democratic
ticket and the central committee nominated Mr.
Moody in his place. At the following elec-
tion he received a majority of one hundred
and sixty votes, and November 6, 1900, he
was re-elected by a majority of two hundred
and seventy-six votes. As county superintend-
ent of public schools, which office is ex-officio
to that of probate judge, Judge Moody has
secured a marked progress in the schools of
Graham county, and his greatest energy has
been put forth in that direction. In August,
1900, on the summit of Mount Graham, at
an altitude of ten thousand feet, he conducted
the first summer school in the county and possi-
bly the first in the territory. It is his intention to
hold another during the present year (1901).
These schools are for the benefit of the teachers
of Graham county, in order that they may be
the better fitted for the great responsibilities of
their work.

In 1899 Judge Moody married Sarah E. Blake,
a daughter of William and Mary Blake, of Provo
City, Utah. Of this union there is a daughter,
Ruth, who was born February 25, 1900. Mrs.
Moody is an active worker in the church and
her husband is stake superintendent of the
Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association.
While his educational advantages were limited,
yet he is well informed. For years he has sys-
tematically followed certain courses of study and
he is today still a student. Contact with the
world in his varied and unusual experiences has
given him a breadth of thought which qualifies
him for the higher responsibilities of life more
than any school training could have done.

M. O. BICKNELL.

A very successful young railroad man of Phoe-
nix is M.O.Bicknell, general freight and passen-
ger agent here for the Maricopa & Phoenix &
Salt River Valley Railroad. During the past

decade — the period of his residence in the south-
west— he has become thoroughly interested in
its development and expects to make his home
here permanently. His personal worth and cour-
teous, kindly manner have made him a general
favorite with the public, and his duties bring him
into association with a large class of our popula-
tion.

The Bicknell family, which originated in Eng-
land many generations ago, was founded in
Massachusetts at an early date, whence one
branch went to Indiana about 1800. Our sub-
ject's paternal grandfather was born on the pio-
neer homestead near Vincennes, Ind., and there
he continued engaged in agricultural pursuits
until his death, which event occurred in early
manhood.

Born March 22, 1869, M. O. Bicknell is the
only child of William Stancil and Sarah J. (Keith)
Bicknell, both natives of Indiana. The father
was reared on a farm near Vincennes, and car-
ried on the cultivation of the soil until of late
years, when he turned his attention to the real-
estate business in Vincennes. Loyally respond-
ing to his country's call when the Union was
threatened, he served as a sergeant of Company
C, Eightieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from
1862 until the close of the war, and was twice
wounded, once at the battle of Shiloh. Mrs.
Bicknell, who died in 1895, in her fifty-second
year, was a daughter of John Keith, a native of
Louisville, Ky., and a farmer of Indiana during
his last years.

The boyhood of M. O. Bicknell was passed
at his birthplace, in Vincennes, in the common
and high schools of which city he obtained a
liberal education. In 1887 he commenced his
railroading career, becoming a bill clerk in the
freight department of the Evansville & Terre
Haute Railroad, at Vincennes. At the same
time he mastered telegraphy, and on New
Year's Day, 1889, was appointed agent at Pa-
toka, Ind., for the same corporation. Faithfully
discharging his duties there until October I,
1890, he then was appointed train dispatcher at
Evansville, where he remained until the fall of
the following year.

On account of failing health, Mr. Bicknell's
mother was living at Las Cruces, N. M., and
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a period. Within three weeks he had entered
the employ of the Santa Fe, as operator at Las
Cruces, and two weeks later he took a similar
position with the joint lines of the Santa Fe and
Southern Pacific, at Deming, N. M. November
i, 1892, he was appointed ticket agent with the
last-named company, and in the spring of 1895
accepted the position of traveling freight and
passenger agent with the same corporation, be-
ing sent to different parts of Arizona, Texas and
old and New Mexico. Since January, 1898, he
has been occupying his present position, having
his headquarters in Phoenix.

In Vincennes, Ind., October i, 1894, Mr.
Bicknell married Agnes, daughter of W. F.
Huddleson, and a native of Patqka, Ind. Her
father, who served in an Indiana regiment dur-
ing the Civil war, was the postmaster and a jus-
tice of the peace at Patoka for many years. Two
winning little daughters bless the union of our
subject and wife, Vera, aged five, and Helen,
aged three years. Mrs. Bicknell is a member of
the Presbyterian Church. Fraternally Mr. Bick-
nell is a member of the Order of Elks and the
Knights of Pythias and a director in the Mari-
copa Club. In politics is a stanch Republican.

HIRAM C. MANN.

The life of Mr. Mann has been an eventful
and interesting one, and for the greater part has
been spent in out-of-the-way places. For nearly
thirty years he has experienced the vicissitudes
and privations incident to the outposts of civili-
zation, and is well-informed on the conditions
existing in frontier life. The Mann family set-
tled in Massachusetts upon tnigrating to
America, and many of their descendants have
lived in that state. Hiram C. Mann was born
in Richland county, Ohio, September 14, 1848,
and is a son of Dr. Albert and Mary (Harvey)
Mann, natives of Massachusetts, and now
deceased. The great-grandfather of Hiram C.,
Capt. Joseph Parker, was captain of the com-
pany that received the first fire from the British
at the battle of Lexington during the Revolu-
tionary war.

When ten years of age Mr. Mann was taken
by his parents to Knox county, 111., where he
lived until attaining his maturity. At the public

schools he diligently acquired the education
there obtainable, and was well prepared for the
future responsibilities of life. In the spring of
1870 he went to Wichita, Kans., and for several
years engaged in the hardware business. At that
time the country thereabouts was in process of
settlement, and he was among the pioneers of
the locality. Subsequently, for four years, he
served as head clerk in the Indian department
at the Cheyenne agency, Indian Territory, and
afterwards came to Arizona, which has since
been his home. His farm is located three miles
northwest of Glendale, and is under a high state
of cultivation.

Upon first coming to Arizona in 1889, Mr.
Mann entered the employ of J. B. Greenhut, as
manager of his extensive ranch of six hundred
and forty acres, at Peoria, Ariz. This responsi-
bility was successfully discharged for eight
years, at which time Mr. Greenhut traded his
ranch to C. D. Clark, the present owner of the
large enterprise. Mr. Mann was united in mar-
riage in 1872 with Jennie E. Hunter, a native
of Knox county, 111., and daughter of the late
Judge J. M. Hunter, of Knox county. Of this
union there is one daughter, Mary Alice, who is
the wife of Rev. H. A. Thompson, a minister
of the Presbyterian Church, now having a
charge at Cincinnati, Ohio, where they reside.

In national politics Mr. Mann is a Republican,
and, while not an office seeker, is greatly inter-
ested in all of the undertakings of his party. For
eight years he has served as a trustee of the
Peoria school district, and was mainly instru-
mental in securing the organization of the dis-
trict. He is interested in the waterways, and in
general enterprises for developing the locality in
which he lives, and is accounted one of the most
substantial and enterprising citizens of his dis-
trict.

E. A. TOVREA.

As mayor of the city of Jerome Mr. Tovrea
has met the expectations of the people who have
elected him to this responsible and important
office. Gifted with the true western spirit of
enterprise and determination, he is admirably
qualified to cope with the various problems that
come to him for consideration and adjustment.

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In these he has shown a wisdom and level-head-
edness entirely in keeping with the demands of
the occasion. Under his rule the prosperous
little town has in no way departed from its pre-
vious uniform and steady growth.

At his home near Sparta, 111., where he was
born in 1861, Mr. Tovrea was reared to the occu-
pation of a farmer. His work and education
were continued in the vicinity of Wichita, Kans.,
whither his parents removed in 1874. Early in
life he displayed habits of thrift and industry,
and his expanding ambition resulted in his leav-
ing home in 1880 and migrating west to Colo-
rado. For a time he made his headquarters in
Pueblo, but later he visited other parts of the
state, and engaged in such work as presented a
means of livelihood, devoting considerable time
to teaming and kindred pursuits. In 1883 he
traveled to the south and after a short sojourn
in Gallup, N. M., he arrived in Arizona in the
fall of 1883. Here he engaged in stock-raising
in the Salt River valley, and while his cattle
roamed the range he conducted a well-managed
and remunerative farming business. In the
mean time he also conducted a meat market, in
Phoenix, the supplies for which were secured
from his own ranch.

Still continuing to raise cattle, Mr. Tovrea
came to Jerome in 1898 and purchased a meat
market, which he has since conducted. The
business is a large one, meat being sold through-
out the country for miles around. All of the
camps receive the benefit of his fine meats. To
supply the demand each month he is obliged to
use at least one hundred and fifty head of cattle
and a proportionate number of sheep and hogs.
The market is carried on under the firm name of
Tovrea & Clay.

As an indication of Mr. Tovrea's financial suc-
cess, it may be stated that he has accumulated
real estate in Jerome. As an indication of his
high standing, it may be mentioned that he has
won the confidence of all who know him. In
many ways he has been prominent in local mat-
ters and has assisted in forward movements for
the improvement of the town. A stanch Demo-
crat, he has been a conspicuous figure in the
undertakings of his party, and in turn was elect-
ed on this ticket as mayor of Jerome in April,
1900. Under appointment from Governor

Franklin, he served as a member of the sanitary
commission. Fraternally he is associated with
the Ancient Order of United Workmen and with
the Elks at Prescott.

CHARLES PETERSON.

A prominent and influential legislator of the
territory, and an agriculturist and stock-raiser
on broad and advanced lines, Mr. Peterson has
been a resident of the vicinity of Mesa since
1879. At the time, a few tents in the desert were
the sole indications of anything approaching a
future state of prosperity, and the dormant, ster-
ile soil seemed scarcely to justify the enormous
expenditure of time and energy necessary for
the awakening to the demands of a latter day
civilization. The three hundred and eighty acres
of land (all but one hundred of which
are located on the Arlington canal) to the de-
velopment of which Mr. Peterson has diligently
applied himself, have proved a profitable and
remunerative venture, and comprise one of the
best farms in the county of Maricopa. Of this
land, one hundred acres of the original one hun-
dred and sixty homesteaded are still a part of his
possessions, and to this have been added pur-
chases of more recent date. For years large
general farming and stock-raising interests have
been conducted, and in 1899 a creamery busi-
ness was added, which has proved a most suc-
cessful departure. The creamery is carried on
under the firm name of Charles Peterson &
Sons, and butter is manufactured in large and
paying quantities. The Bermuda Creamery,
which is the recognized name of the concern, is
widely known for the excellence of the material
turned out, and for the reliability of the business
methods of the manager and proprietor.

The early life of Mr. Peterson was on the un-
eventful order, and was spent on his father's
farm in Utah, where he was born January 28,
1854. His parents, Charles S. and Ann (Patton)
Peterson, were natives respectively of New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania. Charles S. Peterson died
in Maricopa county, Ariz., in 1886, and his wife
is still living in the town of Mesa, at the ad-
vanced age of more than three score and ten
years. When but a child, the youthful Charles
removed with his parents from Utah county to

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Weber county, Utah, where he was reared until
his eighteenth year, and educated in the public
schools. Upon starting out in the world for
himself he located in Summit county, Utah, and
for a number of years was engaged in the service
of the Union Pacific Railroad in various capac-
ities. In 1879 he came to Maricopa county, and
has since lived in the vicinity of the promising
town of Mesa.

As a member of the Democratic party Mr.
Peterson has rendered signal service to the com-
munity in which he lives. He was elected to
the territorial legislature in 1898, and at the
time was the only member of his party elected to
the house. His re-election followed in Novem-
ber of 1900, and was but one of the many evi-
dences of appreciation which have been forth-
coming from the surrounding residents. In the
perfection of the artificial water supply he has
shown great interest, and has served as a direc-
tor in the Mesa Canal Company, having previ-
ously assisted in the erection of the canal. He
is also in favor of obtaining for the county the
best possible educational facilities, and has put
forth his best efforts towards that end. At the
present time he is serving as a trustee of school
district No. 4, Maricopa county, in Mesa City.

Mrs. Peterson was formerly Clara J. Lewis,
of Summit county, Utah, and is the mother of
nine children, eight of whom are living, viz.:
Charles W., who is living at Arlington, Mari-
copa county; Henry L., who resides near Mesa;
George W., who is a student at Brigham Young
Academy, Provo, Utah; Howard C., who is at
home; Erin H., also at home; Clara E., who is
the wife of Heber J. Stallings, of Salt Lake City,
Utah; Leola J., who is married to Thomas E.
Harris, of Pima county, Ariz.; and Eva M., who
is living at home. Joseph W. is deceased. Mr.
Peterson is a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is now serving
as a member of the High Council of Maricopa
Stake.

WALLACE A. MACDONALD.
As a member of the high council of Maricopa
Stake of Zion, of Mesa, and at present the
assistant state superintendent of Sunday-schools
at this point, Mr. Macdonald is a man of much
influence in his community and in the local

branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of the
Latter-day Saints. A review of his life will
possess interest to his friends and associates,
here and elsewhere, for he is widely known. His
father, Alexander F. Macdonald, was born in
the highlands of Scotland, and came to America
with his parents in 1856, settling in Utah county,
Utah. There he made his home until Decem-
ber, 1879, when he started for Arizona, having
been called to this territory to become president
of Maricopa Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ
of the Latter-day Saints. For some years he
resided at Mesa. In 1888 he was called to
Mexico to make locations for missionary work,
and finally settled in Chihuahua. For many
years he was in charge of the entire Mexican
mission. He is now president of the high
priests' quorum of the Juarez Stake and a
Patriarch. Mr. Macdonald is a practical sur-
veyor and has given his services to his church
for many years. His wife, whose maiden name
was Agnes Aird, was a native of Edinburgh,
Scotland, and now is deceased. When young
she was a successful teacher and for several
years was assistant superintendent of the Ladies'
Co-operative store at St. George, Utah.

Born in Provo City, Utah, September 4, 1865,
Wallace A. Macdonald spent fifteen years in that
state, living in St. George, Washington county,
from 1872 to December 15, 1879, when he
accompanied his parents to Mesa, Ariz. His
common-school education was supplemented by
a course of six months in Brigham Young's
Academy at Provo, where he pursued special
studies along the lines of Sunday-school work,
in which he has since taken great interest. In
1880 he turned his attention to the improvement
of Arizona, and his ranch, one hundred and
sixty acres in extent, ie situated near Mesa, and
now is in a high state of cultivation. Among the
many enterprises in which he is taking an impor-
tant part a few may be mentioned. For several
years he has served on the board of directors
of the Mesa Canal Company, and he is also a
director in the Mesa Co-operative Milling Com-
pany. At one time he was president of the
Zenos Co-operative Mercantile & Manufactur-
ing Institution and at the present time is among
its directors. In political affiliations he is a
Democrat.

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For a wife Mr. Macdonald chose Miss Sarah
Brundage, who was born in the southern part
of Utah. They have seven living children,
namely : Wallace A., Jr., George F., Blanche,
Edwin L., Karl G., Agnes A. and Ralph A. All
are receiving good educational advantages and
are being fitted in practical things for the serious
duties of life.

HON. JAMES P. IVY.

For several years Mr. Ivy has conducted large
general farming and apiary interests near Phoe-
nix, in the Salt River valley. A native of La-
fayette county, Miss., he was born May 17, 1864,
and is a son of Silas M. and Sarah J. (Clark)
Ivy, who are now residents of Maricopa county,
and are living on the south side of the river.
Silas Ivy is prominently associated with the pio-
neer days of this locality, and has helped to de-
velop the stored fertility of the soil, latent for so
many centuries. After coming here in 1880 his
energies were devoted to farming for several
years in the Mesquite region, and in 1897 he
engaged in the merchandise business as a trader
with the Indians.

The boyhood days of James P. Ivy were spent
in Mississippi, and in 1872 he went to California,
and lived in the vicinity of the site of Pasadena,
in Los Angeles county, for about four years.
The family then removed to Fulton Wells, Cal.,
where they lived until they came to Arizona in
1880. James P. received his education in the
public schools, and subsequently attended the
Arizona Territorial Normal school at Tempe,
Ariz., for two, years. His first independent ven-
ture was conducted upon the farm which has
since been the object of his care and improve-
ment.

Much of the effort of Mr. Ivy has been
prompted by his interest in politics. He has
served as a trustee of the school district, and on
November 6, 1900, was elected one of four rep-
resentatives from Maricopa county to the terri-
torial legislature. The estimation in which Mr.
Ivy is held by the community at large is best
indicated by the results of this election. He was
nominated for the office by the straight Demo-
cratic party, and was indorsed by both the Pro-
hibitionists and Populists, and received every

one of the twenty-nine votes cast in the district
of Orme, where he formerly resided. No bet-
ter proof could be had of the confidence which
his residence has inspired, as to trustworthiness
and ability to manage public affairs, and look
out for the public welfare.

August 4, 1897, Mr. Ivy was united in mar-
riage with Vernette Oscar Greene, a daughter
of R. O. Greene, of the Salt River valley and a
former prominent citizen of Missouri. Frater-
nally he is associated with the Woodmen of the
World, and the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, at Phoenix.

HARRY W. ELLIOTT.

To Mr. Elliott belongs the distinction of be-
ing the oldest locomotive engineer in Prescott.
He is also one of the most successful, and is
prominent and popular among the courageous
men who assume the responsibility of carrying
thousands of lives over the country every year.
The family of which he is a member came origi-
nally from Wales, and is first represented in
America by the paternal grandfather, Joseph,
who was born in Wales, and came to America
with his parents when a boy. The family settled
in Lancaster, Pa., and the grandfather during his
years of activity devoted his energies to con-
tracting and railroad bridge building. His son,
W. B., the father of Harry W., was born in Lan-
caster, and when a young man. removed to Pay-
son, Adams county, 111., where he purchased and
improved a farm, and lived for many years. He
is now a resident of Hannibal, Mo., and owns
large farms in Illinois and Missouri. His
wife, Mary E. (Crocker) Elliott, is a daughter
of Thomas Crocker, a native of Connecticut and
an early settler in Illinois. There were four
children in the family, of whom Harry W., who
was born in Payson, Adams county, 111., April
ii, 1861, is the youngest.

Mr. Elliott received his education in Illinois,
and in 1878 began the life and occupations of a
railroad man, at Hannibal, Mo., as a brakeman
on the St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad, of which
railroad his father was a director and one of the
builders. At the end of a year he was promoted
to be a fireman, and in 1881 became an engineer
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between St. Louis and Hannibal, and resigned
in May to come to Arizona, as an engineer on
the Prescott & Arizona Central Railroad, then
just completed. In January of 1893 he resigned
this position to accept a similar one with the
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad, and he
ran the first engine started out by this company.
Since then he has experienced uninterrupted
success in connection with this road, and is re-
garded by the company as one of their most
efficient and reliable engineers.

In Bowling Green, Mo., Mr. Elliott married
Anna James, a native of Dubuque, Iowa. To
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott has been born one daugh-
ter, Fannie, who is attending the high school at
Hannibal, Mo., and will graduate with the class
of 1901. Mrs. Elliott is a member of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church. Mr. Elliott affiliates
with the Republican party, but has liberal ideas
as to the politics of holders of office.

HENRY DIAL.

Among the thousands of valiant soldiers who
defended their country's honor during the Civil
war none fought more courageously or with
greater singleness of purpose than did the regi-
ment of which Mr. Dial was an honored mem-
ber. Nor did he escape the severe vicissitudes
of war, for he was wounded in the hip by a shell,
and in consequence was laid up in the hospital
at Little Rock. For one and a half years he
served under Sterling Price in the southern
army, but for the last two years was in the
Union army.

Born in Franklin county, Mo., in 1845, Mr.
Dial was reared to the occupation of farming.
His parents, John and Margaret (Richardson)
Dial, were early settlers in Missouri, and the
former was born in Tennessee. At the age of
ten years Henry Dial accompanied his parents
to what is now Oklahoma, and here, in the midst
of the crude and even dangerous surroundings,
these courageous pioneers assisted in the devel-
opment of the land, and also for a time farmed in
the Indian Territory. In 1875 the son removed
to Texas, and lived in different parts of the state
until 1877. Upon arriving in the Gila valley in
the latter year Mr. Dial rented a farm for a year,
and in 1880 purchased his present place of resi-

dence. Up to eight years ago his land was de-
voted entirely to stock-raising, but is now given
over to general farming as well. The farm com-
prises five hundred acres of land, three hundred
and forty of which are under irrigation, and the
location is conveniently near to the town. The
house is comfortable and the orchard fruit-pro-
ducing and remunerative, its products including
apples, pears, peaches, plums, apricots, figs and
prunes, besides citrons.

In 1873 Mr. Dial was united in marriage with
Mary O'Neil, of the Indian Territory. Six chil-
dren have been born to this couple: Eunice, Mrs.
J. C. Pursley, of Safford; Lois, now Mrs. W. J.
Parks, of Solomonville; Alice, the wife of Wil-
liam Richards, of Bisbee; Joe, living on one of
the ranches ; Henry, on the home farm ; and Wil-
lie, at home. In politics Mr. Dial is a Repub-
lican, but has no time for the holding of office.
He is a member of the Good Templars. The
most industrious and successful farmers of the
valley have an able representative in Mr. Dial,
and none is more interested than he in the all-
around improvement of his locality, or more
willing to aid in every way in his power in the
general upbuilding.

CAPT. I. M. CHRISTY.

The successful manager of the Phoenix Hay
& Grain Company, located on First and Jeffer-
son streets, Phoenix, and by far the largest con-
cern of the kind in the city, as well as one of
the largest in the territory, was born in Trum-
bull county, Ohio, April 18, 1844. The ancestry
of the family is an interesting one, their home
across the seas having been the north of Ireland,
from whence came the paternal grandfather. An
extended mention of the ancestors and their un-
dertakings may be found in the sketch of Col.
William Christy, in another part of this work.

Captain Christy, who was one in a large fam-
ily of children, lived in Ohio until his tenth year.
In 1854 he accompanied his parents to Iowa, and
here, amid the wildest and most unimproved
conditions, the father, George L., who was born
in New Jersey, reared his family, with all the
disadvantages to which pioneer life is heir. In
1861 his son, I. M., became a member of the
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Joe, Mo., returning in the fall of the same year.
He then enlisted as a private in Company I, Fif-
teenth Iowa Infantry, at Keokuk, and was a
splendid soldier, for he stood six feet three and
three-eighths inches high. During the progress
of the Civil war he participated in the battles of
Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, luka, the campaign
at Vicksburg, the Atlanta campaign, from Big
Shanty, and through to the sea. At the second
battle of Corinth he was slightly wounded, and
again on July 20, 1864, he was wounded in the
head bjj a passing ball. This wound was, how-
ever, dressed, and was of such a slight nature
that he remained and took an active part in the
severe engagements before Atlanta on the 2ist
and 22d of the same month. After the grand
review at Washington the remaining soldiers
were sent to Louisville, Ky., and were mus-
tered out of the service August 5, 1865, Mr.
Christy having in the mean time been commis-
sioned sergeant. Sad to relate, the Fifteenth
Iowa lost more men during the service than any
other company in the state.

With the restoration of peace Mr. Christy re-
turned to his former home in Iowa, where he
farmed for a time, and continued the education
interrupted by the war. For six months he at-
tended the Wesleyan University at Indianola,
Iowa, and eventually was graduated from the
Bryant & Stratton's Business College at Bur-
lington, Iowa. He then went to Afton, Iowa,
and was interested in the commission business,
and eventually became cashier of the A. C. Seig-
ler Bank, at Osceola, Iowa. In Burlington,
Iowa, Mr. Christy was for twenty years asso-
ciated with a hardware concern, which was at
first under the management of Nelson & Com-
pany, which firm was succeeded by Drake &
Dayton. With this house he was bookkeeper
and cashier from January of 1871 until January
of 1891, at which time he resigned to locate in
Phoenix, as secretary of the different canals on
the north side of the Salt river. In 1899 he be-
came manager of the Phoenix Hay & Grain
Company, in which capacity he has been pro-
nouncedly successful.

In Oswego, 111., Mr. Christy married Louise
A. Bennett, who was born in Chemung county,
N. Y., and died July n, 1900. Mrs. Christy was
the mother of three children, of whom Charles

B. is bookkeeper in the Valley Bank at Phoenix,
and served during the Spanish-American war as
corporal in the Seventh California Infantry;
Catherine M. is engaged in educational work in
Phoenix; and Fred C., a graduate of high
school, fought for his country in the Spanish-
American war from July, 1898, until February
15, 1900, in Company A, First Territorial Regi-
ment, with the rank of corporal. In national
politics Mr. Christy is affiliated with the Repub-
lican party, and has held various offices within
the gift of the people. For four different terms
he has been elected city treasurer, and at the
expiration of his service in 1899 had filled that
position longer than any other man in Phoenix.
He is fraternally associated with the Masons,
having joined that organization in Iowa. He is
now a member of the lodge at Burlington, Iowa.
Mr. Christy is actively interested in the work of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and was a
member of the post at Burlington. He is now
a member and past commander of the post at
Phoenix, and has served as assistant adjutant-
general with the rank of colonel. In the re-
ligious world Mr. Christy is widely and promi-
nently known, and is here, as in Burlington, a
member of and a generous contributor to the
Methodist Episcopal Church.

S. E. BRIGHT.

As the youngest in a family of eight children,
Mr. Bright was reared and educated at Green-
ville, Mercer county, Pa., where he was born
March 8, 1839. Of German descent, his people
have for many years lived in Pennsylvania, the
paternal grandfather having been born in the
eastern part of the state, subsequently settling
in Northampton county, where his death oc-
curred. The parents of Mr. Bright, Samuel and
Louisa (Becker) Bright, were born in Pennsyl-
vania, the former in Berks and the latter in Le-
high county. Samuel Bright was a cabinet-
maker by trade, and was engaged in this occu-
pation up to the time of his death. Mrs. Bright
died in Tennessee when eighty-four years of
age. Of the children born to this couple three
daughters and two sons are now living.

At the early age of sixteen S. E. Bright began
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continued the same until 1860, after he had cast
his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln.
He then stated for the west by way of the
steamer "Northern Light" from New York to
Aspinwall, and by rail to Panama, thence taking
the steamer "Moses Taylor" to San Francisco.
As a preliminary undertaking in California he
went to the Red Dog mines in Nevada county,
and engaged in placer mining and the general
mercantile business until 1862. For the follow-
ing five years he was interested in mining and
merchandising in Sin Aloa, Old Mexico, and at
the outbreak of the Maximilian war returned to
the Red Dog mines in California, and also vis-
ited many other mines along the coast. In 1876
he tried his fortune at mining in Salt Lake val-
ley, Utah, having at each stopping place added
a little to his worldly stores, and experienced
considerable success as a miner. In 1879 ne
started on a prospecting tour from Utah through
the San Juan country, and in 1880 came to Ya-
vapai county, Ariz., where he mined for a time
and during the latter part of the year located
in Prescott. Here he became interested in lum-
ber, although his time was mostly occupied with
mining matters. Although he has met with
some reverses during the past two years, Mr.
Bright has great faith in the mining prospects
of the county and in the future of the city of
his adoption. As proof of this he has invested
heavily in business and residence property, and
entered heartily into all of the reliable schemes
for advancement. The territory has no wiser or
more enthusiastic advocate of its resources and
possibilities.

In national politics Mr. Bright is an uncom-
promising Republican. He is widely and favor-
ably known in fraternal circles, and as a Mason
is a member of Aztlan Lodge No. i, F. & A.
M., of which he has twice been master; the
Royal Arch Masons, Chapter No. 2, of which he
is past high priest; the Ivanhoe Commandery
No. 2, past eminent commander; Olive Council
No. 2, and an enthusiastic member of Golden
Rule Chapter No. i, O. E. S., of which order he
was worthy patron for five terms; besides which
he is connected with Al Malaikah Temple, N.
M. S., of Los Angeles, Cal.; and the Veteran
Association of the Pacific Coast Masons, of San
Francisco. In 1895 he attended the twenty-

sixth conclave of the Knights Templar, in Bos-
ton.

JOSIAH HARBERT.

The life of Mr. Harbert has been largely as-
sociated with the west, which has benefited, as
have the other localities in which he has resided,
by contact with his broad and progressive ideas
and unfailing devotion to the best good of the
community. Like many of the pioneers whose
faith and works have developed the latent re-
sources of the Salt River valley, he journeyed
hence from California, whither he had removed
in 1876. In the vicinity of Los Angeles he had
utilized the fertile soil for the raising of oranges
and other fruit for over ten years, and though
successful, had decided to permanently cast his
lot with the early settlers of Arizona. At one
time he owned at least four thousand acres of
land in the valley, and at the present time is the
possessor of about one thousand and four hun-
dred acres. Though residing in the city of
Phoenix, his time is devoted to caring for his
land, which includes, besides the farm property,
considerable city real estate.

A native of Champaign county, Ohio, Mr.
Harbert was born six miles from Urbana, April
7, 1828. His father, Thomas, was born in Vir-
ginia, and settled in Ohio, where he conducted
general farming and stock-raising enterprises.
After removing to Missouri he retired from
active life, and subsequently died in that state.
He served with courage and distinction in the
war of 1812. His wife, formerly Martha Hous-
ton, was born in Ohio and died in Missouri. She
was the mother of ten children, two of whom are
living. Two of the sons served in the Civil war.

On his father's farm in Ohio Josiah Harbert
was reared to a knowledge of farming, and was
educated at the early subscription schools. In
1851 he removed to Putnam county, Mo., and
engaged in farming until 1859. He had long
cherished an impression that the west held great-
er inducements for the farmer than the east, and
in 1859 he started for Colorado, crossing the
plains with ox-teams and wagons, going by way
of Nebraska City and the Platte river to Denver.
In the vicinity of Denver he bought and im-
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continued to farm his land. In 1863 he went
still further west, crossing the plains as before,
with ox-teams and wagons, and eventually arriv-
ing at Virginia City, Mont. In this wild and
crude city among the mountains he engaged in
mining and in building residence and business
houses. At intervals also, during a laxity in the
other occupations, he undertook freighting with
some measure of success, and remained in Mon-
tana until his departure for Los Angeles, Cal.,
in 1876.

In Ohio Mr. Harbert married Martha J.
Gowel, who was born in Ohio and died in Ari-
zona. Of this union there were four children
who lived to maturity, three of whom are still
living: John Thomas, who is living on a ranch
in Arizona; Emma C., who is now Mrs. Hinton,
of Phoenix; and Mrs. Carrie L. Kaufman.
Martha E. died in San Diego, Gal. Mr. Har-
bert's second marriage occurred in Phoenix, and
was with Gertrude A. (Lancaster) Webster, a
native of Ohio.

Mr. Harbert is entitled to the distinction of
having set out the first orange trees in Ari-
zona, while serving as a director of the Arizona
Improvement Company in 1888. These trees
were planted near the falls of the canal, and
proved to be a successful venture. He planted
sixteen acres in oranges the first year, buying
young trees in California, and now has probably
one thousand acres in the valley. Another enter-
prise which has assumed fairly large proportions
in the territory is due to his foresight, and was
first started when he introduced ostriches into
the valley, and had a farm for their raising and
accommodation. In 1900 he erected, at No. 455
North Second avenue, the El Dorado, a hand-
some and commodious hotel. In national poli-
tics he is a Democrat, but entertains liberal views
regarding the politics of the administration. He
was formerly a Knight of Pythias, and is a mem-
ber and -trustee of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and also one of the building committee.

B. L. WORTHEN.

Numbered among the representative business
men of Tucson for the past fifteen years, B. L.
Worthen is entitled to a place of honor in local
history. Of English descent, he is one of the

native sons of California and has passed his
entire life amidst western environments. His
birth occurred July 2, 1863, in the town of Red
Bluff, but the major portion of his youth was
spent in Woodland, Cal., where he was gradu-
ated in the high school. His father, B. L. Wor-
then, Sr., was born in Ontario, Canada, and
throughout his mature life was an engineer and
millwright. In 1851 he went to California,
• where he constructed some of the first flour-
mills in the state, and later was superintendent
of stamp mills in northern California. At the
time of his death, in 1868, he was acting as
superintendent of stamp mills at Grass Valley,
Cal. The wife and mother, Mrs. Mary J. (Stod-
dard) Worthen, was born in Illinois and now
resides in Berkeley, Cal., and of their three chil-
dren, B. L. is the eldest and the only son. Mrs.
Worthen's father, John Stoddard, crossed the
plains to the Pacific slope with his family in
1849, and with good judgment entered land at
the forks of the Feather and Sacramento rivers
— the garden-spot of California. Later he mined
in the Shasta county region for a period, and
died in Woodland, Cal., when in his seventy-
seventh year. Two of his sons served in the
Federal army during the Civil war.

When nineteen years of age B. L. Worthen
commenced an apprenticeship to the machinist's
calling in San Francisco, and for three years was
employed at the Dow Pump Works. Then go-
ing to Sacramento he entered the service of the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and at the
end of two weeks was transferred to the Tucson
shops. After working here for three years he
was promoted to the post of foreman of the ma-
chine shop, and retained that position until 1892,
when he resigned. Buying an interest in the
business which since has been known under the
firm name of Gardner, Worthen & Goss Co., he
has met with gratifying success. The machine
shop and foundry is one of the largest and best
equipped in the territory, and is run by steam
power. The firm deals in engines and heavy
machinery and carries a full line of mine sup-
plies. Many of the leading mines of southern
Arizona have been equipped with machinery by
this establishment, and each year its business is
increasing. The first bicycles introduced into
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of repair work in this line has been made ever
since. In 1899 the company was incorporated,
with James Gardner as president, Mr. Goss sec-
retary and treasurer and Mr. Worthen as man-
ager. The works now occupy over half a block,
and are situated on Toole avenue, between
Fourth and Fifth.

In this city the marriage of Mr. Worthen and
Miss Kittie Fitzgerald, a lady of pleasing social
attainments, was solemnized June 5, 1889, and
they have a little son, Gerald B. Mrs. Worthen
was born in Idaho and received her education in
the schools of Los Angeles, Cal.

In the fraternities Mr. Worthen is identified
with the Ancient Order of United Workmen,
belonging to the lodge and to the Hall Associa-
tion, in which he is a director, and also is con-
nected with the Knights of Pythias. In the Tuc-
son Board of Trade he is a prominent member
and in the councils of the Republican party is an
influential factor.

DAVID WILMOT WICKERSHAM.

The cause of education has few stancher
friends in Arizona than is found in Mr. Wicker-
sham. Perhaps the more because he is himself
a self-made man, he appreciates the value of
thorough and systematic training in the prac-
tical branches of knowledge, and his influence
has ever been used for the elevation of the stand-
ard of our public schools and educational institu-
tions. He taught in the first public school
opened in Safford, of which place he is now a
leading merchant and citizen. During the early
years of his work as a teacher he attended nor-
mals during the summer months, thus keeping
in touch with every phase of educational work.

In Chester county, Pa., D. W. Wickersham
was born July 10, 1850. When a mere lad his
diligence as a student was noticeable, and at an
early age he began to teach school, following
the occupation for five years in Pennsylvania.
From there he went to Missouri, where he
taught for a year. In August, 1875, he came to
Arizona. After spending one winter in Tucson
he taught in Safford for two winters, after which
he clerked for I. E. Solomon, in Solomonville,
for three years. Next, going to Bowie Station,
he was associated with I. E. and Adolph Solo-

mon in a mercantile and freighting business un-
til 1894, when the railroad was built from Bowie
to Globe. From 1894 to 1900 the concern was
devoted to wholesale and retail trade at Bowie.
In the former year I. E. Solomon withdrew from
the firm. Since April, 1900, the wholesale de-
partment has been located in Safford, the firm
transacting business under the title of Solomon
& Wickersham. Its trade extends from Globe
on the north to points along the Southern Pa-
cific Railroad in southern Arizona.

In 1884 Mr. Wickersham married Miss M. M.
Maringer, a native of Ohio, and whose father,
a pioneer of Fort Bowie, Ariz., was killed there
by lightning. Six children were born of this
union. The five who are of school age are being
educated in the schools of Los Angeles, it being
the desire of the parents that they may be given
every opportunity for acquiring thorough edu-
cations. The children are named as follows:
Florence V., Ernest S., Mabel P., Newton W.,
Maud A., and Harry P., the eldest of whom is
fifteen and the youngest three years of age.

In politics Mr. Wickersham is a Republican,
but occupies no public office except that of
school trustee. After having been a member of
the Masonic Lodge at Willcox five years, he
assisted in the organization of the Safford Lodge
and is one of its charter members. Tucson
Chapter No. 3, R. A. M., numbers him among
its members. He is also a charter member of
Montezuma Lodge of Knights of Pythias, at
Solomonville.

HYRUM WEECH.

Pima, in the midst of a flourishing wheat sec-
tion of the Gila valley, with its law-abiding citi-
zens and general air of prosperity, owes much of
its reclaiming from the sterility of the desert to
the sturdy and indefatigable energy of the well-
known pioneer, Hyrum Weech. With a far-
sighted and wise belief in the abundance of pro-
duction from even the most barren spots of the
earth, he has given his support to progressive
enterprises, including the building of canals and
the starting of plans for the general benefit of
the community. With the first exploring party
to this region, Mr. Weech came here in 1879,
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the Gila valley, and with his companions he
made seventeen locations on the present site of
Pima. Here he found no suggestion of the pres-
ent prevailing conditions, but rather a primitive
gathering of a few hopeful pioneers who were
ready to face any danger pnd endure any depri-
vation for the sake of a home and a future com-
petence. Few white settlers had arrived and
agricultural developments had scarcely been
commenced. He began to farm and was moder-
ately successful. In 1882 he enlarged his inter-
ests by embarking in the general mercantile
business, which was the pioneer of its kind in
Pima. To accommodate the increasing trade, in
1900 he erected the largest brick store in the
valley, which is 50x100 feet in dimensions, and
two stories high. The first floor is used for the
business, while the second story is utilized as an
opera house and hall. In the store are all kinds
of merchandise which the local needs demand,
including hardware, farm implements and gen-
eral necessities.

The youth of Mr. Weech was spent in Her-
fordshire, England, where he was born in 1845.
In 1847 his parents, Samuel and Elizabeth
(Gould) Weech, came to America, and settled
in Alton, 111., where the father died in 1850.
After his death the mother and six children (the
eldest son remaining in Nebraska) crossed the
plains with wagons and ox-teams to Utah, set-
tling on Mill creek, in the Salt Lake valley.
A year later they removed to Utah county,
where Hyrum Weech was for twenty years an
industrious farmer and respected citizen. While
living there, in 1866, he married Sarah Dall, a
daughter of Henry D. and Rebecca Dall, of
England. Of this union fifteen children were
born, of whom the following survive: Mrs.
Sarah Guff ; Elizabeth, wife of Charles Birdno,
of Thatcher; Rebecca F.,who is married to Jacob
A. Burns, of Pima; Emma, wife of Charles
Walsh, of Pima; David H., who is in business
with his father; Eliza Jane, now the wife of Dr.
L. E. Wightman, of Pima; Pearl G., Mrs. P.
C. Merrill, of this place; Joseph H., William,
John, Robert W., and Clara, all at home. One
daughter, Amanda, died December 19, 1899,
when eleven years of age.

The faith which Mr. Weech feels in the per-
manent prosperity of his adopted town is ap-

parent in many ways, not the least of which
is his numerous investments in town and other
properties. In addition to his store building,
he has built a substantial brick residence adjoin-
ing, and owns another brick house which he
rents. He is the possessor of three hundred and
forty acres of fine farm land, the cultivation of
which he personally superintends. One of his
sons is in partnership with him and the others
will be taken into the business as soon as they
become of age. Though not by nature or in-
clination a politician, Mr. Weech is a strong
Republican. For four years he served as super-
visor, and for the same length of time he was
a justice of the peace in Graham county, also
was notary public for eight years. In the first
year of President Harrison's administration he
was appointed postmaster and served as such
under his administration and is postmaster now,
having held the office under two administrations.
With his family he is a member of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with which he
has been identified since eight years of age and
to which his parents belonged in England. He
is a member of the high council of St. Joseph
stake and the Church Board of Education, and
his oldest son is superintendent of the Sunday-
school.

HON. JOHN Y. T. SMITH.

With the history of Arizona for the past thirty-
five years Mr. Smith has been intimately identi-
fied. He is a member of an old family of New
York state and was born near Buffalo Septem-
ber 1 6, 1831. When ten years of age his life of
adventure commenced with his employment as
a cabin boy on a river steamboat, and during the
next three years he traveled up and down the
Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers. In 1845
he secured work on a farm near Carlinville,
Macoupin county, 111., and for the next eight
years he remained in Illinois; however, with the
restless spirit of youth, he longed for wider
fields of action. In the spring of 1853 he started
for California with a company of young men,
who drove a herd of five hundred head of cattle
across the plains, journeying from St. Joseph,
Mo., up the Platte river and via Shasta, reach-
ing their destination after a trip of six months.

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Going direct to a mine, Mr. Smith tried his luck
in prospecting for gold and mining. During
1858 he went to British Columbia at the time of
the discovery of gold in the Fraser river locality,
but the next year went back to California and
resumed mining.

At the opening of the Civil war Mr. Smith
enlisted in Company H, Fourth California In-
fantry, and with his regiment proceeded to
Yuma, Ariz., where he was stationed for a year,
going from there to the barracks at Camp
Latham, near Los Angeles. In 1864 he was
stationed at San Luis Obispo, but late in the
autumn went back to Dunn Barracks, near San
Pedro. During his service he was promoted to
second and later to first lieutenant of his com-
pany. In the fall of 1865 he started for Arizona
with the Fourteenth United States Regiment as
master of transportation, and continued for two
years at Fort McDowell, after which he took
charge of the government farm. Two years
later he was made post trader, under appoint-
ment from the secretary of war, and continued
as such for five years. Meantime, about 1872,
he started a mercantile store in Phoenix, having
his stock of goods shipped from California via
the Pacific ocean to the Gulf of California, thence
via the Colorado river to Yuma, and from there
by wagon to Phoenix.

Besides merchandising, Mr. Smith had min-
ing and other interests. In 1876 he built the
second flour mill in the valley, and this he oper-
ated until 1887, when he built a substantial mill,
roller process, capacity one hundred barrels, con-
ducting the same until 1899, when he sold the
plant. The need of a good system of irrigation
early impressed itself upon his mind, and he
favored the digging of canals and ditches. At
the time the first ditch was started in 1866, not
a house stood on the present site of Phoenix,
and it was two years later before the town came
into existence. With its subsequent growth and
progress, he has been closely associated. His
brick residence, built in 1892, is one of the larg-
est in the city. He was married in Prescott to
Miss Ellen E. Shaver, who was born in Ontario,
Canada, and in 1873 taught the first school in
Phoenix. She is a daughter of W. H. Shaver.
The children of their union are as follows: Wini-
fred, who was educated in Pomona College in

California; Bertram, now a student in the Uni-
versity of Arizona; and Mary E., a member of
the Phoenix high school class of 1901.

The Republican party has a stanch friend in
Mr. Smith. For years he has been chairman of
the county central committee. He was elected to
the Phoenix council from the first ward, served
as chairman of the board of school trustees for
two years; in 1868 was elected to the territorial
legislature, serving in the session of 1869; again
in 1886 was elected to the territorial legislature
(this time from Maricopa county), and in 1888
was re-elected, serving in the fourteenth and
fifteenth general assemblies, and during the lat-
ter he was, with others, successful in securing
the removal of the capitol from Prescott to
Phoenix. He was elected speaker of the fif-
teenth assembly, in which responsible position
he served with credit and distinction. In 1889
he was appointed territorial treasurer, which of-
fice he filled for two years. During the two
following years he was a member of the terri-
torial board of equalization.

Prominent in Masonry, Mr. Smith is past
deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge of
Arizona. He is past commander of J. W. Owens
Post No. 5, G. A. R., and connected with the
California Commandery of the Loyal Legion,
also a member of the Society of California Vol-
unteers.

GEORGE MARTIN.

Of all the early settlers whose ability and en-
thusiasm have helped to bring about the resur-
rected fertility of Arizona, Mr. Martin is prob-
ably the first in whose mind there existed a hope
for the apparently worthless and desert vastness.
Long before the necessity for the Civil war arose
like a specter on the horizon of the country, and
when the territory was deemed inaccessible on
account of the reign of the treacherous and
bloodthirsty Apaches, his association with the
Second United States Infantry resulted in his
service in 1852 at Fort Yuma, on the Colorado
river. During the service, which extended to
1856, his intimate knowledge of drugs gained
him the position of hospital steward, which he
faithfully conducted until his honorable dis-
charge.

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Upon locating at Yuma, after his discharge
from the army, in 1856, Mr. Martin assumed
control of the sutler's store at that place, and
catered to their limited necessities until 1859.
When the placer mines were opened up at Gila
City he wisely anticipated the needs of the cour-
ageous gold seekers, and started a general mer-
chandise store in the midst of probably the
crudest conditions in the west. After the war
broke out he went into partnership with King
S. Woolsey on the Agua Caliente ranch, on the
Gila river, eighty miles west of Yuma. At the
end of three years he disposed of his interests
to King Woolsey, and was then employed
by Hooper & Co. of Yuma, having charge of
their store. In 1872 he started a drug business
in Yuma, and transferred the store to Tucson
in January, 1884, where he has since been suc-
cessful as a purveyor of drugs and general re-
quirements in the line. As the pioneer drug man
of the place, he has witnessed the many changes
which have invaded this old-time settlement, and
has been identified in a substantial way with the
various means of growth.

Of interest always are the early environments
of the men who have braved the vicissitudes of
extreme western development. Of Irish birth
and extraction, Mr. Martin was born in County
Galway, Ireland, July 4, 1832. The influences
which molded his character were on a higher
plane than those within the reach of the average
Irish-born youth, for his father, Andrew Pierce
Martin, was a large land owner, and the scion
of an old and distinguished west of Ireland fam-
ily. His mother, Mary (McDonough) Martin,
had six children, two of whom in time came to
America, George and Louis. George Martin re-
ceived his education in his native land at the
Jesuit schools and through private tuition. He
was ambitious for larger opportunities than were
afforded by remaining within the borders of Ire-
land, and crossed the seas to America in 1851.
In New York he enlisted in the Second United
States Infantry, and came to California the fol-
lowing year. Then followed his location at Fort
Yuma, and his subsequent successful life in dif-
ferent parts of Arizona.

In Yuma, Ariz., Mr. Martin married Delfina
Rodondo, a daughter of Stefan Rodondo, one
of the leading men of Sonora, Mexico, and a

member of an old Mexican family. To Mr. and
Mrs. Martin have been born eight children, viz.:
Mary; Matilda, who is now Mrs. Ronstadt of
Gila Bend; Agnes, Delfina, Stefan, George, An-
drew and Lewis. Although independent in poli-
tics, Mr. Martin has been prominent in local
affairs, and has served as county supervisor and
county treasurer in Yuma county, also as city
treasurer and member of the city council of
Yuma.

W. S. OWEN.

Over the hills from Jerome, in the world-
famed Verde district, are located the eight
claims of the Decatur Copper Mining Company,
four of which were formerly the Miller and Hoi-
bead claims. The company at present develop-
ing this valuable property was formed in 1897
by the present secretary, George R. Bacon, the
president being W. J. Wayne. The development
of the mines has been such as to warrant large
expectations o'n the part of all concerned. Of
the ores found, copper predominates, with some
silver and gold. No expense has been spared in
testing to the fullest extent the quartz veins
traversing the claims. The company owns its
own hoisting plant and employs a practical engi-
neer to superintend the same. In addition to
these claims, the company has three very prom-
ising gold claims in the Mineral Point district,
assaying as high as $154.95 gold, which gives the
members a double assurance of success. The
future holds as bright an outlook for this aggre-
gation of developers and stockholders as it does
for many companies of older years and greater
pretensions.

Born in Indiana, Mr. Owen was reared and
educated at Decatur, 111., and early in life gained
a fair amount of business experience. In 1897,
with ready adaptability, he entered into the min-
ing life of the Verde district, and has since been
a moving spirit in his surroundings. In general
matters as well as mining he maintains a deep
interest, and his confidence in his adopted
county knows no bounds, which fact is undoubt-
edly accountable for much of his success. Fra-
ternally he is connected with Jerome Lodge No.
18, K. of P. His marriage was solemnized in
Danville, 111., and united him with Miss M. B.
Neal.

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EDWARD IRVINE.

The ancestral home of the Irvine family is
Scotland, and there the paternal grandfather,
Edward, was born in the vicinity of Glasgow. In
later years he removed with his family to county
Tyrone, Ireland, and there his son, Alexander,
was born. The elder Edward was a member of
the Presbyterian Church, and upon immigrating
to America settled in New Brunswick, where
he eventually died. Alexander Irvine went to
New Brunswick with his family in 1840, and
conducted farming interests; also worked at his
trade of weaver. His useful and enterprising
life terminated in New Brunswick, as did that
of his wife, Jane (Johnstone) Irvine, who was
born in Tyrone, Ireland, and was a daughter of
Samuel Johnstone.

Edward Irvine was born in county Tyrone,
Ireland, November 29, 1838. Of the three
daughters and one son who attained maturity,
he was the youngest, and was reared and edu-
cated in New Brunswick, and attended the pub-
lic schools, and St. John's private school. His
early aspirations were along the line of educa-
tional work, and when eighteen years of age
he began to teach school, an occupation which
engaged his attention on and off during the rest
of his residence in the province. He also be-
came interested in farming, and was for a time
engaged as a bookkeeper in Holton, Me., and
upon returning to New Brunswick became in-
terested in the mercantile business. In 1868 he
crossed the isthmus to California, and taught
school in Monterey and San Diego counties, and
also engaged in the cattle and merchandise busi-
ness in San Diego county.

Before leaving New Brunswick and during
his residence in California, Mr. Irvine had de-
voted his leisure moments to the study of law,
and was admitted to practice at San Diego, Cal.
After taking up his dwelling in Phoenix, he
practiced his profession for a time, and served
for several terms as justice of the peace. He
subsequently became interested in the general
merchandise business, and continued the same
until about 1883. Since then he has been en-
gaged in loaning money, and in the real-estate
business, in addition to all of his other interests.

In New Brunswick, in 1859, Mr. Irvine mar-

ried Deborah Rideout, a native of New Bruns-
wick, and a daughter of Joseph Rideout, a judge
and attorney of New Brunswick. Mrs. Irvine
died in her native land in 1863; of her three
children two are deceased. Mr. Irvine con-
tracted a second marriage in New Brunswick in
1867, with Mary A. Chute. Of this union there
were two children, Thomas E., of Phoenix, and
Lilla C., who is now Mrs. Sharp, of Phoenix.
The present Mrs. Irvine was formerly Izora E.
Jackson, who was born in Ohio, and of this
union there are eight children, viz.: Izora J.,
Edward, James M. B., Angelina V., Roy O. J.,
Evangeline, Sylvan, and Sarah. The children are
all at home. Mr. Irvine was made a Mason in
Arizona, and is connected with the Royal Arch
.Chapter and Commandery No. 3, K. T., at Phoe-
nix. He is also associated with El Zaribah
Temple, N. M. Sv and the Eastern Star. In
national politics he is independent, and aside
from serving for three terms as justice of the
peace, has been a member of the board of com-
missioners of the insane asylum. He is promi-
nent in religious circles, and as a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, has served
for many years as trustee and superintendent of
the Sunday-school. He is regarded as one of
the most substantial of the ea/ly pioneers who
have brought about the present prosperity, and
is esteemed for his many admirable traits of
mind, character and attainment.

WILLIAM VALENTINE ELLIOT.

Were one to search throughout the length
and breadth of Arizona, he could not find a
more typical reminder of the early days of the
territory than is embodied in the undertakings
and adventures of William Valentine Elliot. Ar-
riving here at practically the end of the Civil
war, when the possibilities of the long-neglected
land were but faintly outlined in the minds of the
daring venturers into the Indian infested regions,
he has been identified with almost every innova-
tion that has followed the first attempt to re-
habilitate, and his memory is stored with a vast
amount of interesting early information. Never-
theless, Arizona has furnished but a portion of
the adventure which has visited the career of
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upon a varied and many sided existence upon
land and sea, interspersed with active participa-
tion in the most severe and history-making wars
of his time.

A native of New York City, Mr. Elliot was
born in 1833, of parents who were also natives
of New York. His education was derived at the
ninth ward public school, and was cut short by
his decision to put out to sea, which happened
when he was fifteen years of age. At first ship-
ping to English ports, he spent about eight
years on the deep, latterly on the trading ships
through the Philippine islands and Guatemala.
In 1854 he left an American vessel at Hull, Eng-
land, and joined the supply fleet going to Rus-
sia, subsequently serving as a soldier in the
Franco-English and Russian wars. While a sol-,
dier in the English army against the Russians
he spent eleven months in the country of the
Czar. In 1855 he returned to his native city
and took up the iron moulder's trade, and later
followed the same in New York, New Orleans,
and other southern cities, returning eventually
to New York. Inured to an active and roam-
ing life, the peaceful occupation of the iron
moulder was discarded for the more exciting
events progressing on the other side of the
water, and he boarded a merchant vessel that
turned its prow towards the north of England.
Arriving in Glasgow at a later period, he joined
the East Indian service and for eight months
fought in the Indian army, taking part in the
terrible Sepoy war. At Jamestown, on the Isle
of St. Helena, he quit the service, and shipped
to Boston, Mass., proceeding thence to New
York City. He here became interested in real
estate, and bought and sold property success-
fully until the breaking out of the Civil war.

In March of 1861 Mr. Elliot enlisted in Com-
pany G, Eighth United States Infantry, under
Capt. Richard I. Dodge, and served with the
regular army for five years. In Virginia with
the army of the Potomac he served under all of
the commanders of that vast army, and was
particularly active at Fort Sumter, whither he
went from Governor's Island with two com-
panies as reinforcement after the fort had been
fired upon. Mr. Elliot's record was remarkable
from the number of battles in which he fought,
as well as for the fact that although wounded at

the second battle of Manassas, at Malvern Hill
and at Cold Harbor, he lost not a day from the
service. He was promoted to the position of
first duty sergeant of Company G, and dis-
charged from service in the city of Baltimore, at
Camp Hancock, in August of 1865. Not yet
weary of war, he then joined the Maximilian
expedition into Mexico under Col. H. F. Baker,
and went through Durango and Chihuahua. As
there was a division in the command he started
out independently with eighty-four men and
came into New Mexico at El Paso, where he
separated from the party and came to Arizona.
With two companies of cavalry he traveled from
Fort Wingate to Fort Whipple, and engaged
in mining, and also acted as government scout
for the United States troops. For six years also
he was one of the guards on the Cook & Shaw's
overland stage which ran between New Mexico
and Tucson, and for some time he was employed
in the quartermaster's department at Tucson
under Capt. Gilbert Smith.

Upon locating in Prescott in 1868, Mr. Elliot
opened an hotel there known as the Montezuma
House, which flourished under his management
for a year. He was also interested in mining,
an occupation in which he is still engaged, and,
during the changing course of events some very
valuable properties have come into his posses-
sion, which have been disposed of with gratify-
ing returns. In this way Mr. Elliot has fa-
miliarized himself with the different mining dis-
tricts of the territory, and is probably as well
informed concerning mining matters as any one
in this part of the country.

As proprietor of the Elliot House at Florence,
Mr. Elliot was for a time associated with that
flourishing little town, and he was once the
moving spirit in the building of that notoriously
rough camp of Adamsville, where he ran a res-
taurant in the days of its greatest prosperity,
when it was called the "toughest town in the
territory." For a year he was one of the guards
at the territorial penitentiary at Yuma, and he
was interested in the hardware business at No-
gales, Santa Cruz county, for the same length
of time. In 1895 his wandering through differ-
ent parts of the territory terminated in his per-
manent residence in Casa Grande, where he has
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population by conducting an excellent general
merchandise store and managing a hotel. To
no one is the town more indebted for helping to
place it on a solid and substantial basis, nor for
unwearying interest in all that pertains to its
re-establishment among the flourishing towns of
Arizona.

An active and unswerving Republican, Mr.
Elliot has been promiftent in local political af-
fairs, and under Peter Brady, sheriff of Final
county, he served as public administrator, ex-
officio coroner, and deputy sheriff. Fraternally
he is associated with the Gila Valley Lodge No.
9, F. & A. M., and with the Royal Arch Chapter
at Phoenix. He is also a member of the No-
gales Lodge No. 13, Knights of Pythias. He
owns large properties in different parts of the
territory, especially at Casa Grande and at Flor-
ence.

HON. ANDREW J. DORAN.

For more than a quarter of the century re-
cently closed has Mr. Doran borne an important
part in the upbuilding of Arizona, and whether
in the general assembly of statesmen or in bus-
iness circles, the welfare of his chosen place of
abode has been the dominating element in his
life. Recognizing his stanch patriotism in the
early part of his residence here, his fellow-cit-
izens called him to positions of trust, and in
every such capacity he justified their judgment.
When living at Florence, in 1882, he was elected
sheriff of Final county, and for two terms he was
supervisor of the same county. During four
sessions of the territorial legislature he repre-
sented his district, spending two years in the
house and two in the council, the first election
being in 1880. In 1894 he was further honored
by being elected councilman-at-large, and thus
represented the entire territory, also being
chosen president of the council, and in that re-
sponsible office he for two years presided with
conspicuous ability. In 1896 he was a candidate,
on the Republican ticket, for delegate to con-
gress, being one of three candidates for the office.
However, he was defeated, owing to his sound-
money principles and his endorsement of the St.
Louis platform of 1896. Again, in 1900, he was
a candidate for the council of Arizona, but, with

all the Republican candidates of that year, he
suffered defeat.

In New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county,
Ohio, Andrew J. Doran was born July n, 1840.
His parents, George and Jane (Cribbs) Doran,
were natives of Pennsylvania. The mother died
in 1844, but the father lived to be seventy-eight,
and frequently occupied public offices both in
Ohio and in Iowa, where he settled in 1855. For
years he owned and operated saw-mills and dealt
in lumber. Andrew J. Doran was reared in
Iowa and Missouri, living with his grandparents
until about sixteen years of age. His public-
school education was supplemented by a course
in the Wesleyan University of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa. Having become a practical millwright
and bridge-builder, he followed these occupa-
tions. In June, 1860, he went to Central City,
Colo. A year later he established himself at
Marysville, Cal. When the Civil war began, he
enlisted in Company E, Fifth California Infantry,
and served three years and two months, chiefly
in Arizona and Texas, where the Indians were
causing considerable trouble. When he had
been honorably discharged from the army, he
went to Canyon City, Ore., where he was super-
intendent of the Humboldt Mill and Ditch Com-
pany for two years.

Returning to California in 1867, Mr. Doran
embarked in the mercantile business at Peta-
luma, thence going to Chico, where he engaged
with Messrs. Allen Taylor & Co., and owned
and operated a saw-mill and dealt in lumber. In
1868 he commenced building bridges and snow-
sheds in the Sierra Nevada mountains, along the
Central Pacific Railroad, between Humboldt and
Promontory. The following year, after an ex-
tended trip in the east, he settled in Inyo county,
Cal., where he engaged in the construction of a
mill. In 1876 he came to Arizona and settled
in Final county, where he superintended the
building of the mill and works of the Silver King
mine, and later was superintendent of the mine
for one term. For some time he dealt in mining
property and still retains some landed posses-
sions in the Gila valley.

In 1895 'Mr. Doran came to Prescott and en-
tered into the real-estate business with ex-Gover-
nor Powers, under the firm name of Powers &
Doran. The next year he took a bond and lease

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on the Accidental mine in Accidental Gulch,
being associated with Clement A. Griscom, Jr.,
F. W. Morris, Jr., and Lloyd Griscom, of Phila-
delphia. They organized the Montgomery Gold
Mining Company, with C. A. Griscom, Jr., as
president, F. W. Morris, Jr., as secretary and
treasurer, and A. J. Doran as manager. Erecting
a five-stamp mill, they had everything in a thriv-
ing condition, when the plant was destroyed by
fire in September, 1900. The ore, which is of a
free-milling nature, contains gold and a little
silver, averaging about $16 to the ton. The vein
containing the precious minerals is eight feet in
thickness and the work is now being carried on
at a depth of two hundred and fifty feet. Under
the able management of Mr. Doran all depart-
ments of the enterprise are flourishing.

Under the administrations of Governors Wolf-
ley and Irwin, Mr. Doran served two terms on
the territorial board of equalization. While a
member of the Arizona council he drew up the
military code, providing for the organization of
the national guard in this territory, and subse-
quently was appointed by Governor Irwin as
lieutenant-colonel of the guard. He was the
author of the present board of control law, which
governs public institutions of the territory, in-
cluding prisons, asylums, etc., and drew up a
bill which became the arbor day law, requiring
the annual planting of trees on the day specified.
In the Masonic order he ranks high, having at-
tained the thirty-second degree. His member-
ship is retained ;n Gila Valley Lodge No. 9, F.
& A. M., of Florence ; Phoenix Chapter, R. A.
M., of Phoenix; Salt River Commandery, K. T.,
of Phoenix; and Al Malakiah Temple, N. M.
S., of Los Angeles, Cal. In Prescott he is a
member of the order of Elks. He maintains an
interest in Grand Army matters and is identified
with Negley Post in Tucson.

ANDREW DENIER.

The thrifty and enterprising little town of
Florence numbers among its citizens that genial
member of the community, Mr. Denier. A
blacksmith and wagon-maker by occupation, his
social talents are none the less worthy of men-
tion, and as a musician, who skillfully manipu-
lates the alto horn, he is a member of the espe-

cial pride of his adopted town, the Florence
Brass Band. Any one familiar with the limited
means of amusement furnished in an out-of-the-
way Arizona settlement which is guiltless of as-
sociation with railroad facilities, and dependent
upon the excitement incident to the arrival of
the daily stage, knows in what exalted esteem
the brass band is held, and what a source of
joy are its lively and inspiring strains.

The youth of Mr. Denier was spent in his
native city of Cincinnati, where he was born in
1861. As a means of future livelihood he learned
the blacksmith and wagon-maker's trade at Cin-
cinnati and in St. Louis, in which latter place
he worked at his trade from 1883 until 1885.
Upon removing to Florence during the latter
part of 1885, he established the blacksmith shop
which has since been uninterruptedly successful,
and which is the oldest of its kind in the city.
Mr. Denier is also variously interested in the
occupations which are permitted by the peculiar
climatic and water conditions of the locality, and
in this connection owns and operates a farm on
the Gila river. As a miner he has unusually
bright prospects, and owns several properties in
Final county, from which he is hopeful of good
results.

Mr. Denier is a member of the local militia
which was established in 1894, and he is also
associated with the Commercial Club. In all
the efforts for improvement and advancement he
is liberal with purse and personal attendance,
and has been one of the upbuilding influences in
the all-around bettering of Florence.

WILLIAM BELL.

As an Indian trader at Pima agency Mr. Bell
has risen from a comparatively small beginning
to the ownership of a paying and continually in-
creasing business. Of Scotch-Irish extraction,
he was born at Belfast, in the north of Ireland,
and came to the United States in 1876. In the
interesting and picturesque little city of Glou-
cester on the Massachusetts coast he lived for
four years, following the hazardous occupation
of fisherman, to which the majority in the town
are devoted. In 1880 he became even more
closely associated with the sea, when he sailed
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and for the following three years made in all
sixteen trips across the ocean, taking in Liver-
pool, London, Belfast, and Antwerp.

Upon returning to the life of a stable citizen
of the United States Mr. Bell gradually made
his way west, and upon arriving at Los Angeles,
Cal., was ill for quite a time with fever. In
1884 he came to Casa Grande and entered the
employ of Isaac Williams, an old-time Indian
trader, and also served as clerk for other trad-
ers.. For eight years he was clerk for Isaac
Williams, and in this position became throughly
familiar with the Indians, and with the work of
the traders. So confident was he in his ability
to succeed along these lines, that in 1894 he
started an independent store, which has proved
a wise departure, and a decided success, doing
the largest business on the reservation.

In 1898 Mr. Bell was united in marriage with
Seiiorita Concepcion Contraras, and of this
union there is one son, John Wyckliffe Bell.
Mr. Bell is a man of Republican tendencies, but
entertains liberal ideas regarding the politics of
the administration. He is one of his county's
stanch supporters, and has contributed his share
towards its prosperity and well being.

JOSEPH B. TOMLINSON.

Among the mining engineers of Arizona Mr.
Tomlinson occupies an enviable standing. From
his youth he has been associated with mine de-
velopment in various parts of the country, and
has occupied many positions of trust and promi-
nence by reason of his skill and extensive
knowledge of mining affairs. The circumstance
of his birth would seem to indicate the career
so ably adopted, for he was born in Nevada,
March 13, 1858, on the overland trail to Cali-
fornia.

The first authentic record of the Tomlinson
family dates to the time of that ill-fated monarch.
Charles I., and the first to wander to other
shores was James B. Tomlinson, the father of
J. B. He settled first in New Orleans and later
in St. Louis, and in 1858 crossed the plains to
California, where he prospected and mined.
Subsequently he went to Colorado in June, 1860,
and discovered the celebrated Freeland mine, in
Clear Creek county, in 1861. Eventually he

lived in Kent and Gilpin counties, Colo., and at
times mined and prospected in Central Amer-
ica, Nova Scotia, North Carolina, West Virginia,
and again in Colorado, where he died in Den-
ver. His wife, Elizabeth (Pitts) Tomlinson, who
is now living in Denver, is the mother of four
children, J. B. being the only son.

The education and early training of Mr. Tom-
linson was received in Gilpin county, Colo., and
when a mere boy he began to work in a forty-
stamp mill at Black Hawk. In 1882 he went to
Utah, where he was for a time interested in the
brokerage business, and during the Coeur
d'Alene excitement in Idaho was there engaged
in the forwarding commission, and had an assay
office in Eagle City, Idaho. He also spent four
months at Helena, Mont., and then went to
Boulder county, Colo., and moved a ten-stamp
mill from Left Hand to Gold Lake, below Ward.
He then operated the J. L. Sanderson mine at
Gold Hill, until the mill was shut down at the
end of three months, when he went to Denver,
and January 28, 1892 located in Cripple Creek,
where he erected the first stamp-mill in Beaver
Park. It was a twenty-stamp mill, which was
started June 23, 1892, and successfully conduct-
ed for two years and four months. This mill
was sold out on account of the strike, and in
July of 1894 Mr. Tomlinson came to Prescott
and organized the Mescal Milling Company,
which has a twenty-stamp mill on the Hassay-
ampa, of which he is still the possessor. He
then developed the Venezia property, in Crook
canon, twenty miles south of Prescott, and still
later the old property on the Hassayampa. He
is at present the superintendent of the Yaeger
Canon Copper mines, which are located twenty-
one miles east of Prescott, in the Black Hills
range.

In Denver, Colo., Mr. Tomlinson married
America R. Turner, who was born in Missouri
and educated in Denver. Of this union there
are three children, Edward L., Don J., and Har-
old. Mr. Tomlinson was made a Mason at Crip-
ple Creek. In politics he is a Republican.

H. P. WIGHTMAN.

Among the young business men of promise
who are helping to build up a permanent pros-

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perity for Pima, none is held in higher esteem,
nor have any brighter prospects than Mr.
Wightman. Engaged in an occupation for which
there is invariably a demand, he is conducting
the largest and the pioneer drug industry in the
town, and has won a large and ever-increasing
patronage from all those who appreciate correct
business methods and a sincere desire to please.

The early associations of Mr. Wightman are
centered around Payson, Utah, where he was
born in 1871, a son of W. C. and Lucretia J.
(Pepper) Wightman, natives respectively of New
York and Quincy, 111. In the pursuit of an
education he attended the public schools and
what is now the University of Utah, later grad-
uating from the department of pharmacy, North-
western University, of Chicago. As a field for
future effort he wisely selected Pima, locating
here immediately after his graduation. Armed
with his pharmacy certificate and a knowledge of
the jewelry business which he had learned in
Salt Lake City, he had at his command occu-
pations readily combined and of a substantial
nature. His drug interests were carried on in
connection with his brother, Dr. L. E. Wight-
man, and in the jewelry business he carried a
complete line of things in connection there-
with, and ran a general repair shop. In 1898
he bought out his brother's share in the busi-
ness and at the time they were occupying the
store originally owned by the doctor. In 1898
H. P. Wightman erected the fine brick store,
necessitated by the increase of trade, and it is
stocked with the largest and most complete drug
supply in the Gila valley.

September 18, 1899, Mr. Wightman married
Maud Sims, a daughter of S. J. and Susan Sims,
the former of whom is a prominent merchant
and contractor, and one of the very early set-
tlers of Pima. He is prominent in the church,
and is stake superintendent of the Sunday-
school. Mrs. Wightman is the fifth daughter of
the family. Though not active in local politics
Mr. Wightman believes in the government of
the Republican party. However, he would in-
variably vote for the man best qualified to fill
the position. With his brother, Dr. Wightman,
he is interested in mining in the San Carlos
strip, and in this connection has been fairly suc-
cessful. He is a member of the Church of

Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is assist-
ant stake secretary of the Sunday-school.

GEORGE W. WELLS.

Since 1882 Mr. Wells has dwelt in the vicinity
of Clifton and has been actively associated with
the development of this locality. While a man
of public spirit and faithful in the performance
of his duties of citizenship, he is in no wise an
office-seeker, and though it certainly was a
mark of esteem when, in the fall of 1900, he
was nominated for the county assessorship of
Graham county, it was done without his knowl-
edge or consent, and he felt perfectly justified
in withdrawing his name. In 1890 he had been
elected and served as one of the supervisors of
this county, being chairman of the board part
of the time, making a most creditable record
during his four years' term. His ballot is in-
variably given to the support of the Republican
party.

Of sterling New England ancestry, George
W. Wells himself was born in New Hampshire,
the event occurring in 1838. His parents, Moses
and Cyrene Wells, likewise were natives of the
state mentioned. When he was about sixteen
years of age G. W. Wells went to Chicago, 111.,
where he was employed at different pursuits for
three years. The "western fever" then took
possession of him and, making his way to Pike's
Peak, Colo., he spent eight years in mining and
milling enterprises in that region. Then, go-
ing to the Black Hills, in South Dakota, he was
similarly occupied in mining operations until
January, 1880, when he came to the southwest.
For about a year he was engaged in milling in
New Mexico, and in 1882 came to Arizona.
Settling at Oro, three miles from Clifton, on
the San Francisco river, he was employed by the
Clifton Hydraulic Company for some time.
Since 1884 he has been in the live stock busi-
ness on his own account and has made a suc-
cess of the undertaking. His home property
here is highly improved and beautiful, twenty
acres being under cultivation. A thrifty or-
chard supplies him with an abundance of fruit,
and his garden land he rents to Chinese garden-
ers.

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enjoyed the companionship and wifely assistance
in all his hardships and vicissitudes of the lady
whose name prior to their marriage, in 1869,
was Miss Sarah C. Fisher. She is a daughter
of William Fisher, and was born in England,
but came to the United States when a child. In
the year which witnessed the close of the Civil
war in this country, Mr. Wells was initiated into
the Masonic order, at Black Hawk, Colo., and
ever since has been a faithful exponent of the
noble principles of the fraternity. Now he en-
joys the honor of being one of the charter mem-
bers of the blue lodge at Clifton.

HON. HENRY W. ETZ.

Hon. Henry W. Etz, who is engaged in con-
ducting a meat market at Benson, and also has
large stock-raising interests, was born at Leaven-'
worth, Kans., September i, 1859, a°d is a son of
William and Helena (Waldman) Etz. His youth
was practically uneventful and was passed in the
town of his birth, in the pursuit of those avoca-
tions which prepared a sound foundation for the
future, his education being obtained in the public
schools. While still a boy he gained considerable
business experience. At the age of twenty-one
he left Kansas and after a short sojourn in New
Mexico he went to Tombstone, Ariz., where for
one year he was employed in a meat market.
Next, going to Bisbee, he was engaged in the
meat business for two years, mean time meeting
with sufficient success to encourage him to con-
tinue in the same occupation permanently. In
the fall of 1885 he opened a meat market in Ben-
son, in which town he still makes his home.

In 1883 Mr. Etz became interested in the cattle
business down the San Pedro river and during
the years that have since intervened he has been
remarkably successful in this industry. Fre-"
quently he had on the range between fifteen
hundred and two thousand head of cattle. His
interests were large and important and he was
recognized as one of the most extensive cattle-
men in the territory. However, in December,
1900, he sold out his cattle interests, although he
still retains the ranches. In 1886 he purchased
a building in Benson and fitted up the same as
a meat market, which he has since conducted in
an energetic and profitable manner, having as

partners in the business his brother George, and
two half-brothers, Max and Fred Treu, and the
four men form what is known throughout the
west as the Three Bark Cattle Company. As
business men, they have a reputation for strict
integrity, a high sense of commercial honor, the
energy which almost invariably characterizes the
people of Arizona, and sound judgment in in-
vestments.

The marriage of Mr. Etz took place at Tucson,
Ariz., in 1889, and united him with Ada May
Nye. Of this union there are five children, Helen
S., George, Agnes M., Henry W., Jr., and Alva
Nye.

In the political affairs of Benson Mr. Etz has
been active, as indeed he has been in every com-
munity where he has resided. The Democratic
party receives his stanch support. On the party
ticket, he was elected to the twentieth general
assembly of Arizona, in which he served
as chairman of the enrolling and engrossing
committee, and member of the committee on
education and the committee on live stock. He
is deeply interested in the cause of education,
and has served on the school board of Benson
for several years. Fraternally he is associated
with the Knights of Pythias at Benson, of which
lodge he is past chancellor. While not connected
with any denomination, he contributes to the
Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife is
a member. He is one of the most prominent
business men in this part of the territory and a
substantial citizen of Benson.

D. J. BRANNEN, M. D.

In the early part of the '8os the little settle-
ment of Flagstaff began the work of opening up
the largest pine forest in the world, and by 1882
about two hundred courageous settlers had pene-
trated the almost primeval paths, and erected
their little places of abode under the swaying
branches of the trees. Various crafts were rep-
resented among these pioneers, and the medical
profession had at least one worthy exponent in
Dr. Brannen, who came in April of 1882. The
same year witnessed the inauguration of the
operations of the Ayer Lumber Company, which
speedily made inroads into the timber, in their
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Railroad. A natural impetus for general ex-
pansion was created, supply following quickly in
the wake of demand, and hopes ran high before
the practically inexhaustible surrounding re-
sources.

Into this crude settlement Dr. Brannen
brought his skill as a practitioner, himself a
stranger, and with little more substantial back-
ing than a dauntless determination to obtain the
best possible results out of the situation. Nu-
merous were the demands made upon his diag-
nosis and medicine chest, the calls frequently
coming from remote localities, so that he was
often compelled to ride a hundred miles or more
in the earlier days. In connection with his prac-
tice he started a drug store, but, with the open-
ing up of the railroad and the consequent in-
crease in population, he abandoned the active
management of the store and devoted all of his
time to his professional labors, though still re-
taining the ownership of the business. In time
•his duties were greatly increased by his selection
as surgeon for the Arizona Lumber and Timber
Company, originally the Ayer Lumber Com-
pany, and for the Santa Fe Railroad Company,
which positions he still fills, and he also served
for some time as city and county physician.

Dr. Brannen is widely known for his pro-
found and practical interest in the affairs of
Flagstaff and vicinity, and his broad minded and
substantial business co-operation with other in-
fluential men toward the better development of
the community interests has brought him into
prominence. In 1883, as the candidate of the
Democratic party, he was elected to the thir-
teenth territorial legislature from the county of
Yavapai, receiving the largest vote accorded any
candidate for office during that election. His su-
perior attainments and his skill in debate caused
him to take place at once as the leader of the
Yavapai county delegation, and the record he
made in that body was one in which any man
might justifiably take pride. Upon his first en-
trance into politics he established his right to
be regarded as one of the bulwarks of the Demo-
cratic party in the territory, and that reputa-
tion has been enhanced with succeeding years.
His services have been recognized by various
important appointments. In 1893 Governor
Hughes, while on his way from Washington to

assume his executive duties, named him as su-
perintendent of the insane asylum at Phoenix,
the first official act of his administration. This
honor was declined by Dr. Brannen, although
the appointment was endorsed by the legislature,
and every pressure was brought to bear by in-
fluential men in the territory to induce him to
reconsider his determination. Subsequently,
however, he consented to act as territorial health
officer for northern Arizona, and to him belongs
the credit for stamping out contagious diseases
throughout the section under his control, the
measures adopted by him being of the most
stringent character, and along the lines em-
ployed by the most expert medical authorities in
the country. During the second administra-
tion of President Cleveland he served as post-
master of Flagstaff; and whenever he has found
it in his power to do so, he has performed valiant
service for his party and for the general public.
In 1893 he exhibited a deep interest in Arizona's
participation in the Columbian Exposition at
Chicago, and served as president of the terri-
torial board of exposition managers.

In the cause of education Dr. Brannen has
also shown a strong and intelligent interest. He
has served as a member of the visiting board of
the normal school located at Flagstaff, and in
various ways has accomplished much toward
securing superior educational facilities for the
town of his adoption. In 1887 he became one of
the organizers of the Flagstaff Board of Trade,
and, as continuous president of this body, has
been the means of placing the town on a solid
commercial basis. The stage coach, an import-
ant factor in the territory, has received his sup-
port, and he was president of the company which
operated the first stage line to the Grand canon.
For a period of about ten years he was also
interested in the cattle business, as. a member
of the firm of Brannen, Finnic & Brannen, which
had large herds on the open ranges. He also
owns a ranch in the country, and real estate in
the residence and business districts of the town,
besides which he has property interests in
Champaign, 111.; Los Angeles, Cal., and Po-
mona, Cal.

Dr. Brannen has identified himself with sev-
eral fraternal organizations, in which he has
taken prominent positions. He was one of the

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chief organizers of Flagstaff Lodge No. 13, A.
O. U. W., in which he is past master workman,
and since its organization has been medical ex-
aminer, and he has represented this lodge in
the grand lodge of Arizona, Colorado and New
Mexico. In the local court of the Independent
Order of Foresters he is past chief ranger and
medical examiner, while in Flagstaff Lodge No.
499, B. P. O. E., he is a leading officer. Deeply
interested in military affairs, he now acts as
assistant surgeon, with the rank of captain, in
the First Regiment, Arizona National Guard.

With all of his diverse interests, it is, never-
theless, in his professional work that Dr Bran-
nen is most deeply interested, and to the ex-
clusion of all other lines of work when it has
appeared to him to be necessary. By constant
research and contact with the most advanced
thought among the exponents of his science, he
has maintained an enviable place in the forefront
of his profession. He is president of the Santa
Fe Pacific Association of Railway Surgeons, a
member of the Association of Military Surgeons
of the United States, and examiner for the
Equitable Life Insurance Society, the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, the Manhattan Life
Insurance Company, and other leading insur-
ance corporations, and served as president of
the United States board of pension examiners
under Presidents Cleveland, Harrison and Mc-
Kinley.

Much of the success that has accompanied
Dr. Brannen in his career is undoubtedly attrib-
utable to his sturdy northern ancestry and to his
early training among a people whose watchword
is perseverance. He was born in Ontario, Can-
ada, in 1857, ar)d removed with his parents to
central Illinois in 1870. He was fortunate in
securing excellent educational advantages, his
graduation from the University of Illinois being
followed by his graduation in medicine in Cin-
cinnati in 1881. After a year of practice in
Cincinnati, he came to Flagstaff in 1882. In
April, 1889, he married Miss Kathleen O'Don-
nell, of Ottawa, Canada. She died in 1891,
leaving a daughter, who survived but a few
months. In December, 1896, he married Miss
Felicia Marley. There are no children of this
union.

In conclusion, it may be recorded that Dr.

Brannen has always borne an unimpeachable
reputation for integrity of character; and wher-
ever he is known, he is regarded as a liberal,
high-minded, useful citizen and man of affairs,
whose simple word bears as much weight among
his associates as the bond of the average indi-
vidual, and no higher compliment than this can
be paid to the character of any man in these
days when sordid, selfish motives are so apt to
predominate among those who are ranked as
successes in the business and professional world.

FRANK J. WATTRON.

More than a score of years ago Mr. Wattron
came to the southwest, and has been an inter-
ested witness of its progress. One of the early
settlers of Holbrook, he has been identified with
its affairs for the past seventeen years, being
classed among its representative business men.
Long ago he came to occupy an honored place
in the regard of the people of Navajo county,
and in 1896 was elected on the Republican ticket
to the. office of sheriff. At the expiration of his
term, in 1898, he was re-elected, and served to
the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He was
the first sheriff who was elected in the county.
In addition to this, he has held several county
offices, being a United States commissioner, a
notary public and justice of the peace, and in
each case discharged his duties with determined
fidelity.

Mr. Wattron was born in Gasconade county,
Mo., Feb. 5, 1861, and at the age of seven, years
went to Kansas, remaining in that state until
1877. F°r s'x years he traveled in Colorado,
New Mexico, and Mexico, residing in each
of those sections for some time. In 1884 he
came to Holbrook and entered into partner-
ship with Dr. T. P. Robinson, conducting a drug
store for six years, at the end of which time
Mr. Wattron purchased the doctor's interest, and
since has been alone in the business. For a
number of years he was financially interested in
the raising of sheep, and at the present time
has an investment in the Winslow opera house,
being a part owner of that paying enterprise.

One of the pastimes of Mr. Wattron has been
the gathering together of a collection of Indian
and prehistoric relics, and beyond doubt he col-

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lected the finest cabinet of specimens in this
region, and, perhaps, in the territory. Many of
the pieces of pottery and other interesting ar-
ticles speaking of races long passed away, were
dug from the graves and sites of deserted habi-
tations of the red race, many indications lead-
ing expert archaeologists to believe that they
date back to 1540, or thereabout. The 2,981
pieces comprising this collection are systematic-
ally numbered and catalogued, and recently the
owner was induced to dispose of it to the Field
Columbian Museum, of Chicago, in the belief
that the general public should have the benefit
and instruction which can be gained from a
study of these curious relics of a primitive peo-
pie.

It is needless to say that Mr. Wattron is an
earnest supporter of the Republican party, for
the local public is well aware of the fact, as he
possesses the courage of his convictions and
loses no opportunity of promoting the policy of
the administration. Fraternally he is a member
of the Winslow Lodge of the order of Elks.
In 1886 he was united in marriage with Miss
E. M. Herstein, a native of Nashville, Tenn.
They are the parents of four children, namely:
Frank J., Jr., Robin, Enid, and Marie.

CHARLES D. WILLARD.

In pursuing his successful career Mr. Willard
has not departed from any of the ways or tra-
ditions of the typical western man, in whose en-
vironment he was born, reared, educated, and
has since lived. A native of Lake county, Cal., he
was born in 1858, his parents being Joel and
Mary Grace (Vineyard) Willard. Much of the
inspiration to activity and enterprise was trans-
mitted from father to sons, for Joel Willard was
one of the interesting, honorable, and capable
old-timers of the coast. He was born in Mis-
souri, and from the peaceful occupation of farm-
ing ventured across the plains and came to Cali-
fornia in '49. He engaged in placer mining
and farming with some success until 1870, when
he removed to Nevada, and ten years later set-
tled in Arizona. With him he brought five hun-
dred head of cattle, which formed the nucleus
of large stock-raising enterprises. By trade a
civil engineer, he applied himself to this calling

during his younger years, and was then, and
until the time of his death in 1880, a successful
man in the most of his undertakings. He was
a stanch Republican, and a hard worker for his
party. In the midst of his sojourns and experi-
ences he raised a large family, and to his twelve
children gave all the advantages in his power,
instilling into their expanding minds ideas of
frugality, order, and industry. His wife still
lives in Arizona, and makes her home at Cotton-
wood.

The education of Charles D. Willard was ac-
quired in California and Nevada, and he was
subsequently associated with his father until
his death. In the latter part of 1880 he settled
in Verde on the old Indian reserve, and began
dealing in stock on the open range. Three of
the brothers Willard were connected in busi-
ness under the firm name of Willard Brothers,
and for several years raised, bought and sold
large numbers of cattle, having at times as many
as one thousand head. The brothers Willard
dissolved partnership in 1888 or 1889, Charles
D. and G. M. being for a time together, but
later went their separate ways.

Independent of the other brothers Charles D.
began a dairy business in a small way, and as
he prospered, and things came his way, the
business was necessarily broadened, and he now
owns two hundred acres of land near Cotton-
wood Station, a few miles from Jerome. An
ideal dairy farm is the result of the arduous
labors of Mr. Willard, and his land is well
adapted for the purpose intended, being well
watered and prolific of vegetation. About sixty-
five head of cattle are the average fed, and these
supply a large portion of Jerome with rich milk.
A specialty is made of bottled milk and cream,
and the excellence of the materials furnished
ensures a large patronage. On his farm Mr.
Willard has made many improvements, and is
continually striving after better results. To this
end he studies the habits of his cattle and the
wishes of his patrons, and has arrived at a satis-
factory understanding of both. Nor has he
had entirely smooth sailing, for setbacks have
appeared from time to time, but have not im-
paired the perseverance of this industrious dairy-
man.

In 1890 Mr. Willard married Ettie Scott, a

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daughter of David Scott, of Verde. Four chil-
dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Willard,
two of whom are living, Alice and Emma. As
a Republican Mr. Willard has taken an active
part in the affairs of his locality, and in 1888
was appointed notary public by Governor Zu-
lick, since which he has been reappointed by
each succeeding governor, and has held the
position in all for twelve years. In 1898 he was
elected justice of the peace, and re-elected in
1900. For several years he has been connected
with the government as a correspondent and
statistical reporter for the department of agri-
culture.

DAVID L. MURRAY.

A frontiersman who has experienced the hard-
ships of the "wild west" in all its forms, and has
conquered almost insurmountable obstacles,
meeting every reverse with true courage and
pluck, David L. Murray, an honored citizen of
Phoenix and ex-sheriff of Maricopa county, has
well been deemed just the one for the important
public offices to which he has been called. After
he had thoroughly identified himself with the
prosperity of this county he was elected as its
treasurer on the Democratic ticket, and assumed
his new duties in January, 1895. Then re-
elected by a much larger majority than he
received the first time, he continued to occupy
his position until the expiration of his term.
Altogether he officiated as treasurer for four
years, and, having been nominated for sheriff
of the county in the fall of 1898, he turned over
the affairs of his late office to his successor, was
released from his bond, and immediately took
the oath of his new position. During his long
term as treasurer he never was absent from his
post of duty for one day, and his fidelity and fine
executive ability are beyond question.

He comes of an old southern family. His
father, John Murray, a native of North Caro-
lina, in early manhood went to Tennessee,
where he married Annis Sullins, one of the
native daughters of that state, whose father was
of an old Virginia family, and settled upon a
plantation in eastern Tennessee. Moving to
Missouri in the '405, John Murray engaged in
agricultural pursuits near Springfield, and be-

came influential in that locality. Honored by
being elected to the judgeship of the county
courts, he served on the bench for several terms.
He also held the office of assessor of his county,
and was a valued member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South. He died at his Missouri
home, and the wife and mother passed away
while in Colorado.

The only child of that sterling couple is David
L. Murray, who was born near Springfield, Mo.,
in January, 1847, ar>d was reared upon the old
home place until he was sixteen years of age.
Then, going to the neighboring city, he obtained
a position as a clerk, but soon left the store to
complete his education in the University of Mis-
souri, where he remained for two years. Sub-
sequently he resumed his work as a clerk, and
for a period conducted a general store in Law-
rence county, Mo. In 1873 he went to Huerfano
county, Colo., and there embarked in the cattle
business. In 1875 he took his herd to San Juan
county and located about ten miles south of the
present town of Durango. The country there-
abouts was very wild and in an unsettled con-
dition, and the Indians were a constant menace
to the few hardy white men in their midst.

After the first survey, which established the
line of the Indian reservation, Mr. Murray
located a ranch on Florida creek, a branch of
the Los Animas river, and herded the first cat-
tle that ever grazed in that vicinity. With a few
other pioneers he built a fort of logs, to which
they often were obliged to resort when the red-
skins were on the warpath. In their early labors
of building cabins and cultivating the soil the
red men opposed them, but by feeding them
bountifully and doing other favors Mr. Murray
succeeded in gaining the good will of the major-
ity, and one family in particular gave him
friendly warning whenever there was an upris-
ing against the white men. He knew well the
great chiefs, Ignatio and Ouray, and when the
South Ute agency was founded assisted in dis-
tributing the first stock of goods sent to the
Indians. At length La Platte county was or-
ganized and Durango laid out, after which efforts
in the line of civilization the settlers for the first
time felt more secure in their lonely cabins, as
colonies began to flock in. After having im-
proved a quarter section of land and introduced

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the irrigating ditches and system into that local-
ity he sold his place in 1883 and came to Arizona.

In the following year Mr. Murray located in
Phoenix, and built the first cold storage plant
in the territory. It is situated on Washington
street, opposite the city hall, and is still being
operated. He also built a slaughter house,
where beef of his own raising was killed and
then sent to his markets in Phoenix, for he was
the proprietor of two for some time, and it was
not until 1894 that he sold his meat and cold
storage business. In the mean time, soon after
his arrival in the territory, he had engaged in
the cattle business and had a ranch on the Yava-
pai, in what was known as the Bloody Basin
in Yavapai county. Having imported to these
wilds a fine lot of thoroughbred shorthorn,
Hereford and black Angus cattle he was a
pioneer in that enterprise, and his herds have
been noted for superiority in every particular.
For seven winters he fed cattle for the market,
as he owned a fine eighty-acre tract of pasture
near Phoenix, and dealt in live stock, both
wholesale and retail.

In all local enterprises Mr. Murray was a lead-
ing spirit from the time that he cast in his lot
with the people of this section, and to this day
he retains his deep interest in our progress. He
helped to organize the Cattlemen's Association
of Maricopa county, and was its first president.
At its organization and during its existence he
was identified with the old Chamber of Com-
merce as a director, and now holds membership
in the Board of Trade. When the Phoenix
National Bank was founded he was influential
in its establishment, and for a year was one of
the board of directors of the same. Since at-
taining mature years he has been active in the
Democratic party. In the fraternities he stands
high, being a past official of the Phoenix lodges
of the Odd Fellows, the Encampment, and the
Canton, and belonging to the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the
World and the Society of Moderns. His gen-
eral popularity with all classes is marked, for
though he is essentially a westerner and has
experienced every vicissitude of fortune on the
frontier, he is broad-minded and public-spirited.
His genial disposition and good fellowship with
one and all have been factors in his rise to an

honored place in the hearts of the people, and
crowning his successful career is the record
which he has made as a public official. As sheriff
he fully met the confident expectations of his
fellow-citizens, and as county treasurer his
scrupulous attention to every detail of public ex-
penditures and the wisdom displayed in every-
thing relating to his work is a lasting com-
mentary to his genius.

In Lawrence county, Mo., the marriage of Mr.
Murray and Miss Sarah F. Guthrie occurred.
She was born in Mt. Vernon, Mo., and comes of
an old southern family, formerly of Tennessee
and prior to that, of Virginia. W. ]., the eldest
child of our subject and wife, is a graduate of the
Phoenix Commercial College, was deputy treas-
urer for four years while his father was treas-
urer, and later became his deputy sheriff. Lil-
lian, a graduate of the Phoenix high school and
the Arizona Normal, is the wife of Irvin An-
drews, of this city, and Fayetta, the younger
daughter, is a student in the high school. The
attractive home of the Murray family was built
by our subject, and is pleasantly situated at the
corner of Van Buren and Fifth streets.

HON. J. A. VAIL.

The town of Flagstaff is the center of some
of the most interesting features of Arizona, and
is remarkable alike for the practically exhaust-
less resources which surround it, for its splendid
climate, the beauty of its scenery, and the many
admirable men who have gathered within its
borders in response to the great and unde-
veloped opportunities awaiting them. Among
the citizens who have been longest associated
with its growth and prosperity mention belongs
to Mr. Vail.

Although a native of the vicinity of Shelby-
ville, Shelby county, Ohio, where he was born
January 27, 1861, Mr. Vail received the greater
part of his early training and education in In-
diana, his parents having removed there in 1864.
He attended the public schools at Goshen, and
remained on his father's farm until 1882, in the
mean time having learned to be a model farmer.
After leaving the home surroundings he spent
six months in New Mexico, and arrived in Flag-
staff June 8, 1882, before the railroad opened up

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the possibilities of the place. He came here
from Winslow with ox-teams and a saw-mill
outfit, which was put in place and ready for oper-
ation at the little station of Riordan, on the
main line of the railroad. For a few years this
proved a profitable and congenial undertaking,
and the lumber interests were later disposed of
in favor of a liquor business, in which Mr. Vail
has since been engaged. He has been over-
come by tribulations in the shape of fires in
1886 and 1888, his place of business rising Phoe-
nix-like after each conflagration. After the sec-
ond blaze he wisely put up a brick structure on
the corner of San Francisco and Railroad ave-
nues, which is 120x25 in ground dimensions,
with a basement. His fire woes extended
further than the down-town district, for, Febru-
ary 19, 1894, the handsome residence which had
been erected in 1892 was wiped out by flames.
The following year he rebuilt on the same lot,
and is at present the owner of a fine and com-
modious home, which is fitted with every pos-
sible convenience, and was ready for occupancy
in April, 1896. Mr. Vail is the owner of other
real estate in the town. He is interested in the
cattle business with a brother-in-law, G. W.
Black, and has several ranches southwest of the
city, on which graze from one thousand to one
thousand and two hundred head of cattle. In
addition he has many paying and promising
mining claims in the Grand Canon district, and
is a stockholder and director in the Flagstaff
Drainage & Improvement Company.

In 1887 Mr. Vail married Mary E. Black, of
Morris county, Kans., and of this union there are
five children, viz.: Edna B., Grace E., Ella M.,
James A., Jr., and William Theodore. The lat-
ter, who was born December 29, 1900, was named
in honor of William McKinley and Theodore
Roosevelt. As a member of the Republican
party, Mr. Vail has been prominent in local and
territorial matters, and in 1890 was elected to
the territorial assembly for two years. During
the session he took an active part in the sepa-
ration of Coconino from Yavapai county, and
was one of the members who held the pen dur-
ing the signing of the bill. He has served for
two years as a member of the board of super-
visors of Coconino county, and was a member
of the city council for four years. In June of

1900 he was a delegate to the Republican Na-
tional convention at Philadelphia and was ac-
companied on the journey to the Quaker city
by Mrs. Vail.

It is a surprising fact that in the face of the
sure defeat which is supposed to accompany all
political careers Mr. Vail has never been de-
feated. Fraternally he is associated with the
Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancel-
lor; Flagstaff Lodge, I. O. O. F., of which he is
past noble grand ; and is also connected with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is
one of the successful men of the place, and his
enthusiasm and faith in the possibilities of his
adopted town and county have inspired many to
locate there.

RUDOLPH BAEHR.

As his surname indicates, the subject of this
sketch is of German descent, and doubtless in-
herited many of his most sterling qualities from
his Teutonic ancestors. This enterprising young
business man, who stands at the head of his
craft in Prescott, is one of the native sons of
Illinois, his birth having occurred in Mascoutah,
St. Clair county, September 10, 1871, and thus
he is in the prime of early manhood.

Fred Baehr, paternal grandfather of Rudolph
Baehr, was born in Germany, whence he im-
migrated to the United States several decades
ago, and became a farmer of Clinton county,
111., his home being near New Memphis. His
son and namesake, Fred Baehr, Jr., father of
our subject, was born on the old farm in Clin-
ton county in 1844, and departed this life in St.
Clair county, 111., in 1881. He, too, had fol-
lowed agriculture as a means of making his liv-
ing, and his widow is still making her home in
the vicinity of her former residence, in Mas-
coutah. She bore the maiden name of Cath-
erine Molter, and Alsace, France, was her
birthplace. With her father she came to this
country when a child, and until her marriage
resided upon his farm in Illinois. Of the six
children born to Fred and Catherine Baehr one
is deceased, and the only one of the family in
Arizona is he of whom this sketch is penned.

Rudolph Baehr was reared in Mascoutah and
locality, attending the public and high schools
of that town. He was only ten years old, how-

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ever, when he commenced working at the trade
to which he has devoted his mature years, and
at intervals he earned considerable money, even
while attending school. In his junior year in
the high school he abandoned his books and
ever since has given his entire attention to busi-
ness. Under the supervision of a man who was
a genuine artist in his line, Mr. Baehr learned
all kinds of painting, including sign-lettering
and work of a decorative character.

Coming to the west in 1887, Mr. Baehr located
in Albuquerque, N. M., and for nearly seven
years was successfully engaged in business, tak-
ing contracts for painting. June 16, 1894, he
located in Prescott, where he was in the employ
of others for about a year, or .until he had be-
come somewhat acquainted and ready to embark
in business on his own account. He then com-
menced taking and executing contracts, and soon
built up a large and remunerative trade. Much of
the finest class of work in his line conies to him,
and without exception he has given complete
satisfaction. Among the handsome residences
which he has painted and decorated, under con-
tract, may be mentioned those belonging to
Frank M. Murphy, E. B. Gage, Ed Block, C.
A. Peters, P. A. Johns, Judge Sloan, Harry Bris-
ley, Mrs. D. Levy, Dr. J. B. McNally, A. W.
Edwards and Dr. J. R. Walls. Of the public
structures on which his skill has been exercised
the postoffke building, St. Joseph's school and
the Sisters of Mercy Hospital may be enumer-
ated. He also has been employed on many busi-
ness buildings, including the G. H. Cook, the
Sam Hill, the Wilson, the Bashford-Burmister
and the Fred Brecht blocks.

The pleasant modern residence of Mr. Baehr
is situated at No. 107 Grove avenue, and it was
built under his supervision. The lady who
charmingly presides over its hospitalities was
formerly Miss J. Edith Weaver. She is a daugh-
ter of B. H. Weaver, one of the representative
citizens of Prescott, and is a native of this place.
One child, Vivian, blesses the hearts of our sub-
ject and wife. Fraternally Mr. Baehr is con-
nected with the Woodmen of the World, the
United Moderns, Odd Fellows and Knights of
Pythias. In political affairs he is a loyal Repub-
lican. His wife is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

ERNEST H. SIMPSON.

The lives and deeds of the Simpson family are
interestingly interwoven with the history of
Scotland, for, on the maternal side, the grand-
mother of Mr. Simpson, whose family name was
Kneeland, was descended from Robert Bruce,
King of Scotland. Some of the family partici-
pated in the war between England and Scot-
land, and one of them commanded a division of
the Scottish army at the battle of Bannockburn.
The first of the name to settle in America was
Captain Kneeland, who crossed the seas with
his family in 1634 and settled at Dedham, Mass.,
of which they were among the very first set-
tlers. Afterward the captain, with "his ship, was
lost at sea. The Kneeland family was repre-
sented in the Revolutionary war, one of the
members having taken part in the battle of
Bunker Hill and serving throughout the entire
war, also several members fought in the war of
1812.

Born in Watopa, Minn., June 29, 1859, Mr.
Simpson was educated in the schools of New
Hampshire, his parents having returned to the
east in 1861. His father, Henry C. Simpson,
was born in Londonderry, N. H., and was a
prominent man among newspaper circles of
Minnesota, where he made his home from 1857
until the opening of the Civil war. He then
enlisted as lieutenant in the Second Minnesota
Infantry and suffered a hero's death in 1861, as
the result of wounds received at Mill Springs,
Ky. In his young manhood he had married
Martha Carson, a descendant of a prominent
Massachusetts family.

For two years E. H. Simpson was engaged in
learning the printer's trade in the press room of
the "Daily Mirror" at Manchester, N. H. Later
he was connected with the Forbes Lithograph-
ing Company and E. C. Allen's publishing house
in Augusta, Me. In 1882 he came to Williams,
Ariz., as a railroad employee. In the spring of
1883 he went on the range with C. T. Rogers in
the cattle business and until 1888 endured the
hardships, adventures and experiences of the
western cowboy. Later he clerked for C. E.
Boyce, during which time he learned much con-
cerning commercial life. In 1894 he became
manager and, in 1899, proprietor of the Grand

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Canon hotel, which position he relinquished
in 1899, because of his appointment by Presi-
dent McKinley as postmaster of Williams, for a
term of four years.

April 15, 1889, Mr. Simpson married Eva
K. Joyce, of San Diego, Cal., and they have one
daughter, Helen M. Mr. Simpson is perma-
nently located in Williams and none of its resi-
dents entertains a more certain hope of the
town's continued prosperity than does he. Dur-
ing his residence here he has been identified with
all of the important movements for local im-
provements, and has lent a ready hand and
practical aid in the furthering of wise plans.
As a politician he has shown judgment and enter-
prise. The various positions he has held furnish
evidence of his capability. For one year he
served as justice of the peace. During the
campaign of 1900 he was a member of the ter-
ritorial central committee. Besides this, he has
acted on the various county central committees
and has been a delegate to both county and
territorial conventions of his party since the
county was created, in 1891. Fraternally he is
a member of the Colorado Commandery of the
Loyal Legion, the Knights of Pythias, Sons of
Veterans, U. S. A., and is connected with the
Pilgrim Fathers of Salem, N. H.

PRESIDENT ANDREW KIMBALL.

Among people of every creed the great work
accomplished by the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints arouses wonder. They have
been among the first to make the desert "bloom
and blossom as the rose," and with wonderful
fortitude and heroism they have borne hard-
ships such as rarely have been surmounted by
any people. Not satisfied with the conquering
of the great Utah deserts, they have made many
settlements in other arid regions and have
abundantly demonstrated that the genius of man
can largely control and subdue Nature, in her
harsher manifestations.

Though the history of President Andrew
Kimball, of the St. Joseph Stake at Thatcher,
is well known to those of his own religion,
and throughout the inter-mountain west, and
though his father's life is also familiar to them,
to the general public they are not so well known.

His father, Heber C. Kimball, who was second
only to Brigham Young in Utah, one of the
First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, who was born June 14,
1801, in the town of Sheldon, Franklin county,
State of Vermont, and who died in Salt Lake
City, Utah Territory, June 22, 1868. He was
reared in the faith of the Baptist church and
was a great student of theology, and, being dis-
satisfied with the systems then prevailing,
sought for further enlightenment, for this was
some time after the Prophet Joseph Smith re-
ceived his great message and commission. Early
in 1832 the Gospel was embraced by him as a
message of glad tidings, and he became its life-
long defender and advocate. Chosen by the
Lord, to bear His Holy Priesthood, he was or-
dained an elder in 1832, and one of the Twelve
Apostles in 1835, and after the death of the
Prophet Joseph Smith he was called to be the
first councilor to President Brigham Young,
which position he held when he departed this
life. He filled many missions honorably and
faithfully in his own and foreign lands. He was
one of the Camp which, in 1834, went up to
redeem Zion in Jackson county, Mo. In 1837
he carried the Gospel to England, serving as
the first president of the European mission, that
being the first mission of an Apostle in this
dispensation across the ocean to foreign lands.
Again called with his brethren, the Apostles,
he filled another mission to England in 1839.
He was also one of the pioneers who entered
the valley of the Great Salt Lake on July 24,
1847. President Kimball was an effective mis-
sionary, a wise counselor, an undaunted leader,
a steadfast friend, a loving husband and a ten-
der father. In times of trial, of difficulty and
danger, his knees never trembled, his hand
never shook. — Engraved on the marble shaft
above his grave.

"He was a man of as much integrity, I pre-
sume as any man who ever lived upon this
earth. I have been personally acquainted with
him for forty-three years and I can testify that
he has been a man of truth, a man of benevo-
lence, a man that was to be trusted." — President
Brigham Young.

"President Heber C. Kimball was a striking
character among the Latter-day Saints. Tall,

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erect, with piercing eyes and commanding man-
ner he made an impression wherever he went.
His quaint humor and forceful illustrations
made his public utterances always entertaining,
and everybody liked to hear him speak, except
the transgressor and the hypocrite, who some-
times writhed under his unsparing and pointed
castigations." — Editorial taken from the Deseret
News, June 15, 1901.

At Mendon, 111., the life-long friendship be-
tween him and Brigham Young was begun. He
was instructed in the faith by Joseph Smith
himself, becoming second to Brigham Young
in power. With the "Mormon" converts he
lived in the Ohio Colony, thence went to Mis-
souri, from there to Illinois, later to Nebraska
and finally to Utah. For a time he was also asso-
ciated with the Latter-day Saints in Pennsyl-
vania and New York. On arriving in Utah he
was chosen to fill the official church position
of first councilor to Brigham Young in the
presidency of the church, and he aided not only
in founding Salt Lake City, but also in laying
out all of the principal towns and cities in Utah,
devoting his entire life to the church, without
material compensation, was a judge, a legis-
lator and filled many public positions of trust.
He reared many children, and today twenty-five
sons and nine daughters, many of whom are
ardent workers in the Mormon church. They
are widely scattered, living in numerous colonies
throughout the west, from Canada to Old
Mexico.

Andrew Kimball, son of H. C. and Ann A.
(Gheen) Kimball, was born in Salt Lake City,
September 6, 1858, and was bereft of his father
when but ten years of age. His mother sur-
vived until he was in his twentieth year. Febru-
ary 2, 1882, he married Olive Woolley, daugh-
ter of Bishop Edwin D. and Mary Ann (Allpin)
Woolley, natives respectively of Pennsylvania
and England. Seven children comprise the fam-
ily of President Kimball and wife, namely:
Olive Qare, who is a student in Thatcher Acad-
emy, and who was journal clerk in the house
during the twenty-first Arizona legislature; An-
drew Gordon, Delbert Gheen, Ruth Woolley,
Spencer Woolley, Alice Ann and Fannie Wool-
ley. A daughter, Maud Woolley, is deceased.
As a boy Mr. Kimball supported his widowed

mother by working in railroad construction, at
ranching and fanning. Later he learned the
tanners' trade. After his mother's death he
served his time as machinist and engineer on
the Utah division of what is now the Oregon
Short Line. After returning from Indian Ter-
ritory, where he devoted over two years' time to
preaching to the Indians and inhabitants of that
country, he was employed in wholesale and re-
tail mercantile establishments', developing into
a traveling salesman and was representing sev-
eral of Utah's home industries when called by
the church authorities to go to Arizona. In
this last occupation, which afforded him time
for other duties, he looked after the Indian Ter-
ritory mission and made frequent visits to the
various conferences, giving this time to the
church without compensation.

Aside from missionary work abroad, and mak-
ing a living, Mr. Kimball was active when at
home in prominent political positions and pre-
siding duties in the church. At one time, while
serving as school trustee, he established a night
school for working people, he becoming a stu-
dent, enjoying some of the best scholastic oppor-
tunities of his life.

For twelve years or more President Kimball
served as a missionary of his church in Indian
Territory and that section of country. There
he presided over sixty-one elders and carried on
a thriving work, much to the satisfaction of the
authorities by whom he had been sent into what
has since developed into the Southwestern
States mission. When released from his duties
there, he was made a member of the Sunday-
school .Union board of the church, which posi-
tion he still occupies, comprising not less than
one hundred and twenty-four thousand mem-
bers, and of which President George Q. Can-
non was superintendent. He took an influential
part in state politics, was a member of the city
council of Brigham City, and a member of the
constitutional convention.

As successor to President Layton, who died
in 1898, President Kimball was sent by the
church to Arizona. Sacrificing his own inclina-
tions and financial interests, he came to his new
and responsible post, where he has endeared
himself to his people. He owns a small farm
and comfortable home, and is engaged in

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Thatcher in the farm implement and general
merchandise business, with several others, oper-
ating as secretary and in charge of the business.
The characteristic energy of Mr. Kimball has
been displayed in many directions since his
arrival in this valley, in whose future he is a
firm believer. As a contractor, he assisted in the
construction of the Morenci South Railroad,
completing three miles of extremely difficult
grading, where every foot of the distance had
to be made by blasting the solid rock formation.
He is president of three canal companies, all
of which are of incalculable benefit to Gila
valley. Indeed, the limits of this article will not
permit a mention of the many industries in
which he is interested more or less directly;
suffice it to say that he seeks to promote all
worthy enterprises.

The St. Joseph Stake, over which Elder Kim-
ball presides, is divided into ten wards and
three branches, over thirty-four hundred
members being included in this territory. He
is at the head of the Latter-day Saints' Acad-
emy at Thatcher, a flourishing institution on a
liberal basis, which does not preclude the ad-
mission of children of other religious beliefs.
Every branch of the work of the church is pro-
gressing, under the able jurisdiction of the presi-
dent, whose people look up to him in matters
spiritual and material.

In November, 1900, he was elected to the
assembly of the twenty-first session of the Ari-
zona legislature. In this body he was honored
by appointment to the chairmanship of the ju-
diciary committee, and was also a member of
the committees on live stock, education, and
rules. All the matter pertaining to the revision
of the code passed through the hands of the
judiciary committee, a portion going to other
committees. The arduous duties of this com-
mittee naturally forced President Kimball to the
front, and made him practically a leader in the
house. The last and not the least important
of the measures introduced by him was the local
option bill, which to the surprise of all passed
and became a law. In 1900 Mr. Kimball re-
ceived an appointment from Governor N. O.
Murphy to represent Arizona at the National
Irrigation Congress, which met in Montana,
and 1901 was appointed a delegate to the Trans-

Mississippi Congress held in Cripple Creek,
Colo.

Possessing talent as a writer, President Kim-
ball has prepared articles that have been pub-
lished in many of the journals of the west.

The following article concerning the Gila val-
ley and its prospects was written by Mr. Kim-
ball and appeared in the Arizona Bulletin, New
Year's edition of 1899: "Like an oasis in the
desert discovered by the weary caravan ; like the
rich bed of mineral digged to and uncovered by
the eager miner, the weary homeseeker dropped
in on the Gila and commenced the task of mak-
ing the desert blossom as the rose.

To fully appreciate one's advantages it is
necessary to learn by contrast. We sometimes
run in a narrow groove, imagine we are poor,
our country not the best, until we are awak-
ened by the busy hum of the traveler, and be-
fore we are aware our country is invaded by
those fleeing from more unfavorable conditions,
who have looked in and discovered the prize,
which to the old settler has become common-
place because of its sameness.

However much this valley has been appre-
ciated by its former settlers, we do not ques-
tion, but this fact is becoming self-evident, that
as new comers arrive and express their surprise
and appreciation of such a valley within the
confines of civilization, and in fact right in the
heart of this great American country, vast in
its dimensions, remarkable in its beauty and
unexcelled in its fertility, the old settler com-
mences to look about himself, and concludes
he is one of the favored few, one possessing an
inheritance in God's country — a fortune which
he did not realize. To own land in such a coun-
try; to have an unquestioned right to a portion
of the water flowing down the Gila river, to
breathe the pure atmosphere that fills this moun-
tain vale, is in itself a fortune.

The writer may not live to see it, but our
young people will not have to live to be very
old before they see great changes in the Gila
valley. Surplus water will not only fill the reser-
voir now under construction near Pima, but a
series of them all along the line of the Enter-
prise canal. The fall of the spillway near the
headgate will turn a wheel with lightning rapid-
ity, generating electricity which will no doubt

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some day furnish power for grist mills; milling
will then be done on a cheaper and more scien-
tific plan. The writer looks forward to see
woolen and cotton mills in operation by this
power. Our farmers will then be able to have a
'little bunch of sheep or goats and we can pre-
pare the filling while we raise the cotton warp
on our farms. Our boys and girls can then be
employed, not only in these mills, but in caring
for the silkworm and spinning the silk, while
older hands will operate the silk loom. A tan-
nery will then tan the many hides and pelts pro-
duced by a practical and well operated slaugh-
tering and packing house, tanned with the use of
canaigre root, raised on the seemingly useless
deserts. The same electric power will then
keep humming the many wheels of improved
machinery, operated by skilled hands in the
manufacture of the best shoes. The Oose or
soap plant cactus can be used in the manufac-
ture of soap, and the various other products of
the soil now unnoticed become of vast use and
value. Up and down our well graded streets
in our many incorporated cities and villages
the electric lights will shine forth. Our county
roads will necessarily be graded, while leading
out from the many cities will be pretty well-
shaded drives. We may see in the larger thor-
oughfares street cars which will supplant the
wagon and carriage. The writer looks to see
the day when a boat will run up and down the
Enterprise canal for excursion parties, while
parks and pleasure gardens will be established
here and there for the social enjoyment of our
people. On the mesa land now unoccupied,
beautiful vineyards will produce the luscious
grapes and the many kinds of fruit trees will
be laden with choice fruits.

A banking house and other metropolitan con-
veniences will be established in the center of
population, and the county will enjoy the use
of magnificent public buildings. Taxes will be
materially lessened by a judicious and economi-
cal administration; our judges will be elected
then by the people and our representatives to
the legislature will have something to say about
senators in Congress, for we will enjoy the lib-
erty of statehood. Judges will not be imposed
upon us but we will choose the best man of our
own county to sit on the bench. Justice will be

meted out. Saloons and bad houses will be kept
under proper restraint. Moral and true relig-
ious influence will bear sway, and with the flood
of light and intelligence will come the better-
ment of the people. With the busy farmer, the
active stock raiser, the successful mining man,
the steady manufacturer, the thriving merchant,
the rich banker, the happy lawyer, the busy
mechanic, the constant buzz of machinery, the
sound of music, the steady and progressive
growth of a commonwealth, causes the happi-
ness of a good people.

If the reverie of the writer can but be half
realized, he will be satisfied. But laying aside
all guess work and prophecy, the writer, calcu-
lating from the magnificent outlay before us,
the foundation being laid, the well designed
plans of the superstructure, the class of people,
the unity of purpose, the faith in a Supreme ruler
who is so greatly blessing us, and who will aid
a faithful people; there is no reason why future
generations may not enjoy all that is predicted
for the "Future of the Gila Valley."

JUDGE ANTHONY WRIGHT.

As justice of the peace and coroner at Clifton,
Judge Wright has been initiated into all phases
of life as here represented, and it is needless to
say that in a mountainous region, inhabited
largely by a reckless wealth-seeking element,
antagonisms are of frequent occurrence, and of
a nature which lead to extremes in the dealing
out of vengeance. Judge Wright was elected
to the office of justice in 1894, and re-elected in
1898 and 1900. As is well known, the office in
Arizona carries with it the duties of coroner,
and it is principally in this capacity that the
present incumbent has distinguished himself by
the possession of shrewd common-sense, un-
faltering allegiance to the laws pf justice and
humanity, and a ready tact in adjustment and
reconciliation. The past has presented almost
insurmountable obstacles in ascertaining the
facts surrounding murders in the mountains,
and even at the present time an inquest is one
of the most stubborn t-sks among the judge's
duties. It is extremely difficult to get either
juries or evidence when bodies are found in
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seventeen murders within an equal number of
days, and during this same year there were more
than fifty-five lives ruthlessly taken. This grew-
some work is hardly representative of the judge's
inclination or ability, for he is one of the most
genial and friendly of men, and one of the town's
substantial and helpful citizens.

The Wright family numbers among its mem-
bers many who helped to lay .the foundation of
American independence. Of fine old Puritan
stock, he is descended from the very early col-
onists who first settled in Massachusetts. He
was born in Concord, Mass., in 1836, his parents
being Anthony and Mary (Smith) Wright. An-
thony Wright was a veteran of the war of 1812,
and was also with Bolivar in South America.
He suffered many of the indignities of war, and
even after the close of hostilities was detained
as a British prisoner at Halifax. His son spent
the early part of his youth in his native state,
and there attended the public schools. He early
developed an ambition for the sea, and in 1850
sailed away from the New England coast as a
sailor lad in the clipper ship "George L. Samp-
son." In 1854, after a long and stormy voyage
around the horn in the "Sea Serpent," he landed
in San Francisco. His experience on the deep
at an end, he engaged in placer mining in Cali-
fornia, living at different parts of the state until
1861.

With the breaking out of the Civil war Mr.
Wright enlisted in Company C, First Volunteer
Infantry of California, and marched across the
mountains and plains. On account of lack of
water the regiment was forced to divide in small
numbers, and was again concentrated on the
banks of the Rio Grande, September 2, 1862.
Thenceforward they were in the mountains fight-
ing Indians. Judge Wright's discharge took
place at Los Pinos, on the Rio Grande, in Sep-
tember of 1864. Following his war experience,
he was for a time a teamster, and was then at-
tracted to the oil fields of Pennsylvania, where
he remained for six years. Upon removing to
Missouri he successfully experimented with
farming, and then prospected in the Black Hills
and in Colorado until 1881. He came to Clif-
ton, Ariz., in January, 1882, and was for ten
years a transfer agent. While holding that
position he filled the office of justice of the peace,

and was regularly elected justice in 1884. He
was one of the expedition that surveyed the
town of Prescott in April, 1864, Mr. McCor-
mick, secretary of the territory under Governor
Goodwin, having laid out the town site.

In 1868 occurred the marriage of Judge
Wright and Mary Cornell, of Hornellsville, N.
Y., and of this union there have been born three
children: Neta, who is deceased; May P., who is
now Mrs. T. Simpson, of Clifton, and Harry,
who is in business at Clifton. Judge Wright has
one of the finest collections of ore specimens
in Arizona. The specimens have been gather-
ing for about fifteen years, and include every
kind of copper, in all the various forms in which
it is found. Many were gathered by himself,
some were presented to the collector, and others
were purchased outright. The specimens fill
four large, cases, and constitute a most beautiful
and interesting array.

PROF. EMIL MAESER.

As his surname indicates, the subject of this
article is of German descent, and, in fact, his
parents were natives of Saxony. They were the
first converts in that province, if not, indeed, in
Germany, to the faith of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, as they became
identified with it as early as 1854. Dr. Karl G.
Maeser, for such is the father's name, was a
great and valued worker in the church for five
and a half decades and for twenty years officiated
as a high priest in Salt Lake City, long his
home. He was the founder of the celebrated
Brigham Young Academy, at Provo, Utah — by
far the largest institution of learning in that
state. He died in Salt Lake City February 15,
1901. His wife, Anna T., mother of our subject,
died April 4, 1897. They crossed the Atlantic
and cast in their fortunes with the Utah colony
in 1857, and suffered many privations, the com-
mon lot of all during the early years of their
tabernacling in the wilderness.

The birth of Prof. Emil Maeser occurred in
Salt Lake City March 29, 1866, and in his boy-
hood the family removed to Provo. In Brig-
ham Young's Academy he obtained his
education largely, though subsequently it was
his great privilege to pursue his researches in

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the higher branches of knowledge in the noted
colleges of Germany, where he remained five
years. Returning to Utah, he accepted a posi-
tion in Brigham Young's Academy, and for
eight years was connected with its faculty. In
August, 1898, he came to Thatcher to fill the
position which he has since occupied — that of
president of the Latter-day Saints' Academy.
Under his able management it has assumed
marked importance among the educational insti-
tutions of this territory, and his ambitious plans,
when carried out, will place it in the forefront
of western colleges. Ten acres of land adjoin-
ing Thatcher have been set apart as a site for
the new buildings, which it is estimated will cost
upwards of $25,000. At present the faculty
includes Prof. John F. Nash, Prof. A. T. Dalley,
Prof. John Burnham, Prof. A. B. Cosby, Mrs.
Maeser, Prof. William Moore Claydon, Prof.
Frank Wightman and Miss May Curtis. The
capacity of the school building now in use is two
hundred and fifty, and ere long this will be
entirely inadequate. The normal and commer-
cial departments are of great practical value, as
is obvious, and it is a dear plan of the president
to have an industrial department as well. He is
intensely practical, and each year makes a trip to
the east for the express purpose of posting him-
self on approved modern methods of educating
the young.

In 1894 Prof. Maeser married Lillian, daugh-
ter of C. C. and Mary Loveland. Two promis-
ing little sons, Paul, born April 12, 1897, and
Earl, born October 14, 1899, brighten the pleas-
ant home of this worthy young couple. Re-
cently the professor built a handsome brick-
residence for his family, and everything in its
appointments bespeaks the culture and good
taste of the inmates.

In national affairs Prof. Maeser supports the
platform and nominees of the Democratic party,
while in local elections he is independent, using
his ballot for the man or measure best calculated
to advance the interests of the people in his
opinion.

J. C. PHELAN.

From his earliest recollections Mr. Phelan has
been accustomed to the surroundings of min-
ing camps, having followed the fortunes of his

parents, who visited different places in search
of the hidden treasures of the mines. He was
born at Ward, near Boulder, Colo., in 1866, and
when a small child was taken to New Mexico,
where for several years he lived at different
mining camps in the vicinity of Albuquerque.
Afterward he became interested in railroading
and also learned the butcher's trade in Albu-
querque, where for several years he was pro-
prietor of the Railroad Avenue meat market.

When Mr. Phelan came to Williams, in 1889,
there were barely two hundred people in the
town. He anticipated the needs of the future
residents in his special line and started a meat
market which has increased in proportions until
it is now the largest of its kind between Albu-
querque and San Bernardino. During the course
of a month he handles about seventy head of
cattle, one hundred sheep, and ninety hogs, and
besides his local and territorial trade makes
occasional shipments to California and Mexico.
In 1896 he bought one hundred and twenty acres
of land near Williams, upon which he has per-
fected an excellent system of water supply. A
dam built to catch surface water supplies a pond
holding six million gallons, out of which he
supplies water for the town of Williams. This
furnishes the largest water supply in the lo-
cality, as the S. & M. Lumber Company uses
about twenty thousand gallons a day from this
dam.

While the irrigating and stock interests com-
prise the chief utilities of Mr. Phelan's ranch,
general farming is engaged in to a limited ex-
tent. He is also the owner of a fruit orchard
in Fresno county, Cal., where he raises a fine
quality of peaches for shipment. His mining
interests are located in the Grand canon, Verde
and Equator regions. At times he has engaged
in successful prospecting. From time to time
several lots and buildings in Williams have come
into his possession, besides the meat market
block and his home residence.

As one of the most prominent and popular
men in his adopted town, Mr. Phelan has nat-
urally devoted considerable attention to politics,
and no one has labored more faithfully than he
to secure the incorporation of the town. His
sympathies are strongly on the side of the Dem-
ocratic party. In 1898 he was elected for a

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term of four years a member of the board of
supervisors of Coconico county, and is the pres-
ent chairman thereof. During its administra-
tion of the affairs of the county, the board has
accomplished most gratifying results and has
raised its financial standing from forty cents on
the dollar to par value. This is but one of the
many excellent results that have materialized
under the able leadership of Mr. Phelan. Any
movement which has tended to improve the
general conditions meets his approval and re-
ceives his support. No one in the town has a
more secure foothold than he upon the esteem
of his fellow-townsmen. Fraternally he is asso-
ciated with the Knights of Pythias and the
Woodmen of the World at Williams. By his
marriage to Myrtle Dickinson he has two chil-
dren, Maude and Criss.

THOMAS MORROW.

This representative pioneer of the Salt River
valley came to Arizona in 1871. Two years later
he homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres
of land near Tempe, which he still owns, and
which he has increased by subsequent purchase
to one hundred and seventy acres. In the rais-
ing of cattle, to which he devoted the greater
portion of his land and time, he has met with
great success, and has reason to rejoice at the
happy suggestion which resulted in his removal
to this promising and resourceful valley. In the
institutions which are the result of the peculiar
climatic and other conditions of Arizona, he has
shown great interest, especially in the develop-
ment of the water supply, always a preplexing
problem where artificial irrigation is necessary.
He has served as a director in the Tempe Irri-
gating Canal Company, and assisted in widen-
ing the canal. He also helped to dig the lateral
ditches, and for a short time served as zanjero
of the Tempe canal.

A native of Webster county, Ky., Mr. Morrow
was born January 6, 1840. When a small boy he
removed with his parents to Missouri, where
they settled on a farm in Livingston county, and
were among the pioneers of their locality. As
may be imagined, the educational facilities of the
time and place were indeed limited, and confined
to a few months during the winter season. The

research of later years has, however, added much
to the information on all' general subjects pos-
sessed by Mr. Morrow.

In 1864 Mr. Morrow removed to Fort Union,
N. M., and for a number of years he resided
there and at other places in the territory but sub-
sequently spent a short time in Texas. Neither
of these places appealed to him as desirable
permanent locations, and in 1871 he removed
to Arizona, and has since lived in the territory.
The union of Mr. Morrow and Mary E. Gregg,
a daughter of Dr. J. L. and Mary P. (Shaffer)
Gregg, deceased, occurred near Tempe, Ariz.,
December 25, 1878. Of this union there have
been ten children, all but one of whom are liv-
ing, namely: Laura, who is the wife of Henry
G. Shorey, of Los Angeles county, Cal.; Charles
H.; Walter; John M. (deceased); James L.;
Viola; Bessie M.; Mary E.; Rebecca Thomasine;
and Nancy Josephine. Mrs. Morrow's father,
Dr. J. L. Gregg, was a native of Jackson county,
Mo., while his wife was reared in Johnson
county, that state. In 1876 he moved with his
family to New Mexico, settling at Fort Union,
then going to the town of La Junta, but in 1877
he moved to his ranch near Tempe, Ariz.

In national politics Mr. Morrow is a Demo-
crat, and has served several terms as a trustee
of school district No. 13, Maricopa county.
Fraternally he is associated with the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows at Tempe. During
the Civil war he served for three years in the
Confederate army, and participated in the bat-
tles of Wilson Creek, Prairie Grove, and many
minor skirmishes. He was twice captured dur-
ing the war, at Gallatin, Mo., and in Platte
county, of the same state, and was a prisoner of
war both times. Since coming to Arizona he
has greatly aided in the development of the
valley, and is regarded as one of the reliable and
substantial citizens of his community.

ELWOOD HADLEY.

The administration of Mr. Hadley as United
States Indian agent of the Pima Agency, at
Sacaton, to which he was appointed by Presi-
dent McKinley in 1898, has been well received
by all who are in touch with the great work be-
ing accomplished in behalf of the best develop-

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ment of the red men. In the carrying out of his
large responsibility Mr. Hadley is aided by an
unlimited faith in the future of the erstwhile pos-
sessors of the continent, and by a genuine lik-
ing for the many excellent traits of character
which follow in the wake of a redeeming civiliza-
tion.

The Pima agency includes four different res-
ervations called the San Xavier, Salt River, Gila
Bend, and the Gila River, on the latter of which
the agency buildings are located. There is an
aggregate population of from eight to nine
thousand Indians, who are cared for according
to the best thought-out plans of observers of
Indian requirements. Mr. Hadley has intro-
duced some really wonderful improvements dur-
ing his regime, and has expended about $40,000
in bettering the condition of the agency dwell-
ers. An exceedingly prosperous, cleanly, and
orderly state of affairs prevails, quite in keeping
with the enterprise, humanity, and business
ideas of the presiding agent. One of the most
praiseworthy schemes connected with Mr. Had-
ley's management is his splendid water system,
than which there is no more complete anywhere,
and his constant striving for the securing of a
national system of irrigation for the Indian,
which shall render him self-sustaining.

The youth of Mr. Hadley was spent in Clinton
county, Ohio, where he was educated in the
public schools and at Earlham College. When
twenty-two years of age he engaged in a mer-
cantile venture in Richmond, Ind., and for thirty
years was prominently connected with the af-
fairs of that place. His association with the
west began in 1890, at which time he located at
Florence and conducted a general merchandise
store there for two years. In 1892 he took up
government land in the Casa Grande valley and
made fine improvements upon his farm of three
hundred and twenty acres. An unexpected pos-
session came his way in the shape of the town
site of Arizola, which he was obliged to acce'pt
in payment of money loaned to the Town Site
Company when the settlement was laid out. He
accordingly removed there and kept a store and
postoffice for two years, and still owns the town
site of the little town a few miles from Casa
Grande. In addition, Mr. Hadley owns property

in Phoenix, Florence, and in the vicinity of Casa
Grande.

In national politics Mr. Hadley supports the
principles and issues of the Republican party,
and is actively interested in all of the under-
takings of the same. He has exerted a wide in-
fluence in various directions of improvement in
general in his locality, and been foremost in
securing a government reservoir for the valley.
He was in this connection a member of the
National Irrigation Congress, which met in
Chicago in November of 1900. For many
years Mr. Hadley was fraternally associated
with the Odd Fellows. Possessing a birthright
membership in the Friends' Church, he became
a member of the Presbyterian Church some
twenty years ago and retains the same at the
present.

PETER J. C. JACOBSON.

The promise and fertility of the Gila valley
have attracted hither men from countries vari-
ously scattered over the world, and Denmark
has contributed its quota of the enterprise that
here has found a footing and received a just
reward. The distant kingdom has an able rep-
resentative in Mr. Jacobson, who has succeeded
in Safford in not only one, but many lines of
industry and has established a reputation for
thoroughness, business integrity and devotion to
the community's prosperity.

Peter Jorgen Christian Jacobson was born
near Frederickshaven, Denmark, April 26, 1846,
being the oldest son of Frederick and Elizabeth
(Peterson) Jacobson. His father was born May
30, 1820, and died in Redmond, Sevier county,
Utah, June 23, 1895. The mother was born in
Denmark December 3, 1825, and died in Bloom-
ington, Bear Lake county, Idaho, January 12,
1899. When sixteen years of age our subject
came to the United States with his parents and
settled in Brigham City, Utah. After a few
years in Utah he removed to Bear Lake county,
Idaho, and carried on general farming and mill-
ing, in which latter occupation he had perfected
himself by learning the trade. In Idaho he
zealously labored in the interests of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. With a
colony of settlers he started for the Gila valley.
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M., where he remained for a time, and built a
mill which had a brief and unsuccessful history.
Further misfortune also befell him in that coun-
ty, for his wife died there, leaving eight small
children.

In 1886 Mr. Jacobson came to Arizona and
purchased the farm adjoining Safford, where he
now lives. Two years later he opened a small
general merchandise store, which in 1895 had
outgrown all expectations and necessitated the
erection of a larger building. A general line of
necessities is kept on hand, including a full line
of hardware. In 1895 Mr. Jacobson built a
steam saw-mill on top of the Graham mountains,
which is now owned by his son, George P. This
mill was an undertaking of some magnitude, as
the road had to be built through the mountain
rock, and the parts of the building hauled at
great expense. In building properties he owns
several lots and dwellings, and has recently
deeded eighty acres to his two youngest sons.
It is doubtful if any man in the vicinity has
builded more extensively or has more materially
aided in the development of the city. His farm
land extends all along the valley and during the
summer of 1899 he bought a fine piece of land
on the outskirts of the town and erected thereon
a brick kiln, which is now doing a large business
in the manufacture of brick.

In Brigham City, in 1867, Mr. Jacobson mar-
ried Nicolena Thomson, who was born in Den-
mark April 21, 1846, and died in Socorro coun-
ty, N. M., September 17, 1885. His second mar-
riage took place in 1886 and united him with
Abigail Fowler, who was born in Utah June 22,
1864. His children are as follows: George
Peter, who was born in Bear Lake county,
Idaho, August 13, 1868; Eliza Christiana, April
22, 1870; Sara A., May 20, 1872; Anton E., April
12, 1874; Ira Thomas, February 12, 1877; Mar-
tin M., June 12, 1879; Lena Lovina, August 19,
1 88 1 (all of the above born in Bear Lake county,
Idaho) ; Frederick Bailey, born in Socorro coun-
ty, N. M., February 7, 1884; Emma Elizabeth,
born in Safford, Ariz., February 2, 1893; Abigail
Lorie, born in Safford, June 4, 1896; and Peter
William, whose birth occurred in this town Oc-
tober 30, 1899. The oldest of the family, George
Peter, is now engaged in the lumber and general
mercantile business at Safford. The oldest

daughter, Eliza, is the wife of J. L. Dunford, of
Bloomington, Idaho; Mrs. Sara A. Chugg lives
in Nounan, Idaho. Anton E. is a partner in the
Great Western Milling Company of J. T. Owens.
Ira Thomas died December 31, 1886, after the
arrival of the family in the Gila valley. Martin
M. is conducting a hotel in Safford. Lena Lo-
vina is the wife of C. Kruger, of Safford. The
other children are at home.

Though formerly a Democrat, Mr. Jacobson
is now allied with the Republican party. He
entertains very liberal ideas regarding office-
holders and invariably votes for the one he con-
siders the best man. Himself and family are
working members of the Mormon Church.

. EDWARD N. FISH.

There is much of inspiration to the general
public in the life of a man like E. N. Fish, a
genuine "Forty-niner," for to genius and sterl-
ing qualities such as are found in him is due the
wonderful civilization of the great west. It now
is an old story but ever new, how these brave
men of comfortable homes and surroundings en-
countered and overcame the almost insuperable
obstacles in their pathway, and brought prog-
ress and prosperity into the western wilds,
hitherto supporting but a scanty population.

This honored pioneer of Tucson, and one of
its oldest American citizens in years of continu-
ous residence here, is not ashamed that he is a
"Yankee," for, as everyone now knows, the en-
terprise of the "Yankee" has been the main-
spring of a large proportion of western under-
takings which have been crowned with success.
He was born in Barnstable, Mass., August 12,
1827, and was reared in that place. His father,
Franklin Fish, a native of the same state, was
a merchant, and his grandfather, Heman Fish,
was an agriculturist. They were of Scotch an-
cestry. The mother of our subject, Bathsheba,
was a daughter of Prince Crocker, a farmer, and
both died in Massachusetts, their native state.
Of the four children born to Franklin and Bath-
sheba Fish, two of the daughters went to Cali-
fornia, and one, Mrs. Emma Allen, now resides
in Tucson.

The only son and the eldest-born of the
family, E. N. Fish, was deprived of his mother

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when he was ten years old. His higher educa-
tion was pursued in Barnstable Academy, and
while he was yet a mere lad he commenced
learning the trade of a wheelwright and later of
a tinsmith. Thus employed at Fair Haven when
the news of the wonderful discovery of gold on
the Pacific coast came to him, he determined to
set out for that El Dorado, and here it may be
said that his father joined him in the far west
during the '505 and died in San Francisco. With
forty Massachusetts men, E. N. Fish sailed from
New Bedford, on the "Florida," and rounded
Cape Horn, finally arriving in San Francisco.
On the way they had encountered a furious gale
which raged for twenty-six days, and thus it was
that they did not reach port until January 2,
1850. The chief cargo which the ship carried
comprised frame houses, all ready to be put to-
gether. A row of houses, called the "Bay State
Row," was immediately erected on the sand-
bank where the old "Occidental" has since stood
so long. Mr. Fish soon went to Sacramento,
where he conducted a tinshop and hardware
store for about a year, and then went to the
north fork of the American River, where he en-
gaged in general merchandising, also buying
gold-dust for Wells-Fargo. At the end of three
years he returned to Sacramento, where he em-
barked in the sale of all kinds of "supplies, in
wholesale lots, later established a branch house
in San Francisco, and for several years was
greatly prospered.

The year 1865 witnessed Mr. Fish's arrival in
Arizona, his future home, and for a twelfth
month 'he was a member of the firm of Garri-
son & Fish, post traders at Calabasas. Then
locating in Tucson, he managed a general mer-
chandising store for five or six years at the cor-
ner of Main and Congress, finally bought that
property, and had his business divided into regu-
lar departments, as it had grown to such large
proportions. Then he gave the major share of
his attention to the cattle business and to mill-
ing. The old Eagle Mills, which he operated
until 1888, transacted a large business, and sup-
plies of grain and flour were furnished to the
government on contract. In order to meet the
need of a reliable freighting system, Mr. Fish
employed four twelve-mule teams and one six-
teen-mule team, the finest animals to be found

in the territory. The teams were regularly en-
gaged in transporting goods from Yuma to Tuc-
son, and to different parts of Arizona, and fre-
quently other teams were pressed into the ser-
vice. One year over $300,000 worth of goods
was handled, and thus it was by far the largest
concern in this whole region. Mr. Fish bought
out the firm of Hughes & Stevens, and as a
member of the firm of Fish & Collingwood,
maintained a branch store at Florence, where a
very large business was transacted. That firm
advanced $30,000 to the development of the
Silver King mine before it realized a dollar, but,
of course, the amount was returned eventually.

For eight years, Mr. Fish was one of the su-
pervisors of Pima county, most of the time being
chairman of the board. In the early days of
California he was a member of the vigilance
committee. Of the Arizona Pioneer and His-
torical Society he is an honored member. In
political creed he is loyal to the Republican
party, as he has been since its organization. In
San Francisco he was initiated into Masonry,
becoming connected with California Lodge No.
1 1, F. & A. M., of which he is a life member; and
then being raised to the Royal Arch degree.

The first marriage of E. N. Fish occurred in
San Francisco, of which city his bride, Miss Bar-
bara Jameson, was a native. She departed this
life there and left two children, Edward, who
was accidentally killed in a raikoad wreck near
that city, on the Southern Pacific; and Jennie,
wife of Henry F. Bennett, now of Seattle. In
Tucson Mr. Fish and Miss Maria Wakefield, a
native of New York state, were united in mar-
riage, March 12, 1874. She being the first white
woman married in Tucson. Their son Frank, is
attending the University of Arizona, as also is
their daughter, Florence, and the eldest
daughter, Clara C., was graduated in that insti-
tution in class of 1897.

Neither Mr. Fish nor the future city of Tuc-
son realized the importance of an event which
occurred in November, 1873, the arrival of Miss
Wakefield here. A lady of excellent education,
she had been a successful teacher in New York
and in Minnesota, whence she went to Stockton,
Cal., in 1871, and there was similarly occupied.
After a visit at her old home, she was again
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met General Wasson, and made arrange-
ments to become a teacher in Tucson, agree-
ing also to find a lady who would take
charge of the girls' department of schools here.
Miss Harriet Bolton (who subsequently became
the wife of Surveyor-General Wasson) was in-
duced to come, and the ladies made the long
overland journey from San Diego to Yuma and
to Tucson by stage-coach. The trip was not un-
attended by more than ordinary danger, for the
Indians were hostile at that time, and at many
a point along the route it was learned that dep-
redations had been committed here and there
by the redskins. These brave ladies therefore
were among the pioneer educators of Arizona,
and Mrs. Fish and the wife of Dr. Lord, now
of North Carolina, really were the founders of
the Tucson school, for two rooms only had been
at the disposal of the children. Having become
much concerned over the lack of proper educa-
tional facilities here the two ladies personally
raised $3,500 among the business men of the
place, and Esteban Ochoa having kindly donated
a lot, the first public school was built thereon.
With her husband, Mrs. Fish experienced many
pleasures in those early days and now thor-
oughly enjoys the rapidly advancing civilization
she beholds here.

ARTHUR J. EDWARDS, LL. B.

Mr. Edwards, attorney-at-law, of Phoenix,
and prosecuting attorney of Maricopa county,
was born in Tarboro, N. C., in 1870. His father,
John H. Edwards, was a native of the same town,
and for years was actively engaged in mercantile
pursuits, but now gives his attention principally
to the oversight of his cotton plantation in the
vicinity of Tarboro. Reared under Whig in-
fluences and a member of a family stanchly
Union, he became "a Republican on the organi-
zation of the party and has since voted for its
principles.

The ancestral home of the Edwards family is
Wales. From that country came John Jacob
Edwards to America and settled in New York,
but later established his home in Virginia. Dur-
ing the Revolutionary war he served in the
American army. The next in succession was
John B. Edwards, our subject's grandfather, who
was born in Virginia and during the years of his

activity was a planter and merchant at Tarboro,
N. C. The wife of John H. Edwards was Acena
Parker, a native of Tarboro, and a daughter of
Rev. Arthur Parker, a planter and a clergyman
of the Baptist Church in his native state of
North Carolina. Great-grandfather Parker was
born in England and upon immigrating to the
United States took up his residence in Virginia,
from which state he enlisted in the Revolution-
ary war. Mrs. Acena Edwards makes her home
on the North Carolina homestead. Of her three
children, Persis, at home, and Arthur J., are
the survivors.

Reared on his father's plantation, A. J. Ed-
wards was educated in Tarboro Male Academy,
Davis Military College, and Wake Forest Col-
lege. -In 1890 he went to Indianapolis, Ind., and
in the fall of the same year located in Lexington,
Ky., where he remained for a year. During
1891-92 he engaged in educational work at the
Scotland Neck Military Institute, and in June,
1892, returned to Indiana, settling in Valparaiso.
From his nineteenth year he had studied law.
In 1893 he was admitted to the bar of Indiana,
and began the practice of his profession in Val-
paraiso. At the same time he studied in the law
department of the Northern Indiana Normal
School, from which he was graduated in 1894.
For one year he practiced law in partnership
with Agnew & Kelly, of Valparaiso.

The year 1895 found Mr. Edwards in Phoenix,
where three years later he formed a partnership
with ex-Judge Joseph H. Kibbey, since which
time the firm of Kibbey & Edwards has become
one of the most prominent at the Phoenix bar.
They act as attorneys for the Tempe Canal Com-
pany, the Southern Extension Tempe Canal
Company, and the Arlington Canal Company,
and several other corporations. Mr. Edwards is
a director of and attorney for the Arizona Mu-
tual Savings and Loan Association, and the
Lime Creek Copper Company. Politically he is
devoted to the principles and issues of the Re-
. publican party. He was one of the organizers
and at one time was president of the Young
Men's Republican Club of Phoenix, and a mem-
ber of the county Republican committee. In
1900 he was elected district attorney, leading
the Republican ticket in a Democratic county.
He is a member of the Territorial Bar Associa-

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tion. Among the members of the bar he ranks
high, and is known to be thoroughly grounded
in the principles of the law, and a careful, pains-
taking and able attorney. It may be said that
he is representative of the highest ideals of his
profession, and well qualified to successfully fol-
low the same. While living in Valparaiso, Ind.,
he was made a Mason, and is now connected
with Arizona Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M., Arizona
Chapter No. i, R. A. M., and Phoenix Com-
mandery No. 3, K. T. He is also a member of
the Independent Order of Foresters, the Wood-
men of the World, the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, the Knights of the Maccabees and
the Independent Order of Good Templars. In
religion he is connected with the Baptist Church.
At Okolona, Miss., in 1891, occurred the mar-
riage of Mr. Edwards to Miss Julia Owen,
daughter of Dr. D. F. Owen, and Isabelle
(Owens) Owen. She was born in Mississippi
and received her education in Okolona College.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards are both active members
of the Order of the Eastern Star. They have two
children, May Owen and Persis.

O. D. M. GADDIS.

The subject of this sketch was born in Lump-
kin county, Ga., April 28, 1859. He was edu-
cated at the N. G. A. College, in the state of
Georgia, and after finishing his education taught
in the public schools of his native %state for a
while. In 1880 he was appointed to a position
as storekeeper and gauger in the United States
internal revenue service northern district of
Georgia and filled the same until 1882, when he
was appointed United States traveling gauger
for thirteen counties in north Georgia. From
this position in 1883, W. H. Johnson, collector
of internal revenue, Georgia, appointed him
deputy collector, and assigned him to the deputy
collection division composing the counties of
Fannin, Towns and Rabun. These counties bor-
der on the line of North Carolina and Tennes-
see, and being far secluded from railroads and
very mountainous, were the natural homes of
the moonshiners (illicit distillers), and it was the
duty of Mr. Gaddis as deputy collector to chase
the moonshiners, cut up their stills and enforce

the revenue law, so he experienced many close
calls in armed skirmishes with them and has
more than one dead to his credit while acting in
this capacity.

In 1884 Mr. Gaddis desired a change of work,
and was appointed deputy United States marshal
by Gen. James Longstreet, the noted Con-
federate general, now a good live Republican.
In 1885, when President Cleveland came into
office, Mr. Gaddis, being a Republican, resigned
from the revenue service. Thence he went to
Lexington, Kyv and took a full business course
in the Commercial College of Kentucky Univer-
sity. Next he proceeded to Orange Home, Fla.,
and taught a commercial class for six months.
In April, 1886, he took the California fever, and
located in Fresno county, Cal., where he was
bookkeeper for the firm of Webber & Grayson
for over two years. He then went to New Mex-
ico and was bookkeeper on the Los Animas
ranch over a year, after which he was employed
in the chief clerk's office, Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company, at Sacramento. He left the rail-
road employ to accept a position as bookkeeper
for Beecher & Co., at Kingman, Ariz., in 1891.
After residing in Kingman three months, Judge
E. W. Wells, of the district court, appointed him
clerk of said court, which position he filled, but
still held his position as bookkeeper for Beecher
& Co. In the spring of 1893 he formed the cor-
poration of Gaddis & Co., who superseded
Beecher & Co. Mr. Gaddis became the man-
ager of this concern, and conducted a thriving
general merchandise business until 1894, when
he sold out to other stockholders and two
months afterward went into business alone. In
November, 1894, he took J. E. Perry in business
with him and the firm of Gaddis & Perry was
formed and this firm has been the leading gen-
eral mercantile establishment -ia Kingman ever
since, doing a majority of business at -this point
without question.

At the November election in 1894 the Re-
publicans of Mohave county nominated and
elected Mr. Gaddis to the territorial assembly,
and he served in that body with distinction. In
1897 he was appointed postmaster at Kingman,
the office then being a fourth-class one. Febru-
ary 14, 1899, the office was advanced to the third
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postmaster for a term of four years. Mr. Gaddis
is interested in some of the best mines in this
section and his business as merchant is thriving.
He is known by everybody in the county and
very popular among the masses.

GEORGE H. N. LUHRS.

In every part of the United States the Ger-
man-American has borne much of the burden
of enterprises, both public and commercial,
which have been leading factors in the civiliza-
tion and prosperity of this great and growing
republic. For nearly three and a half decades
the subject of this review has been actively con-
nected with the west, and has witnessed most
of its marvelous progress, at the same time
loyally upholding the institutions which are the
foundations of the great western common-
wealths.

George H. N. Luhrs, the proprietor of the
popular Commercial hotel of Phoenix, was born
at Neuhaus-6n-the-Oste, Hanover, Germany,
March 31, 1847. His father, John C., and grand-
father, John Nicholas Luhrs, also were natives
of that city, and both were successful wagon
manufacturers there, owning large shops. Both
were Lutherans in religious faith, and most of
their descendants, including our subject, are
faithful adherents to that church. The last years
of John C. Luhrs were passed in the home of
his son George, who made him a visit in 1884,
and on his return from Germany was accom-
panied by his elder, who was called to his reward
in his seventy-fifth year. His wife, whose
maiden name was Sophia Margarete Henriette
Wilhelmine Dieckmann, was born in Bremer-
forde, Hanover, and died in 1855. Of their five
children two died when young, and Mrs. Jane
Kahrs and John C. H. reside in Phoenix.

George H. N. Luhrs received a common
school education in his native land and was
apprenticed to the wagonmaker's trade with his
father when he was fourteen, continuing in his
employ for six years. In 1867 he secured a pass-
port, and May 15 sailed from Hamburg. Arriv-
ing in New York city after a sixteen-days'
voyage he soon proceeded to Aspinwall and
crossed the Isthmus of Panama, thence going to
San Francisco. Reaching his destination June

25, 1867, he went to Camptonville, Cal., where
he worked at his trade for eighteen months.
Then going to the White Pine district in Nevada,
in January, 1869, he prospected and mined for a
few months near Hamilton and Treasure Hill,
leaving there August 14, same year.

September 29, 1869, Mr. Luhrs reached Wick-
enburg, Ariz., having made the long trip on
horseback with a party of nine persons. At the
town mentioned, then the liveliest mining camp
in this territory, he found ample scope for his
business, and for nine years he labored and pros-
pered. In the Centennial year he went to the
great Exposition -at Philadelphia and thence to
Germany, where he spent six weeks or more,
visiting the old scenes and friends of his youth.
In 1878 he took up his abode in Phoenix,
where he bought two lots on Jefferson, near
Central. In partnership with Newell Herrick
he ran a carriage and wagon factory here, soon
enlarging the shop, and in 1880 bought the
adjoining property, to the corner. The major
portion of the city trade fell to the firm, and
the business relations of the partners were not
separated until October 27, 1890, when Mr.
Luhrs bought Mr. Herrick's interest.

In 1887-8 the fine Commercial hotel, a sub-
stantial brick structure, was built by the part-
ners. Situated centrally, and three stories and
basement in height, it extends one hundred and
thirty-seven and a half feet on Center street and
one hundred and one and a half feet on Jefferson
street. It is conducted on the European plan,
strictly, one dollar a day and upwards, according
to accommodations, and special care is exercised
in catering to the wishes of commercial travelers.
In 1883 Mr. Luhrs embarked in the livery busi-
ness on the corner opposite to his present hotel,
and has managed that enterprise ever since, in
connection with it making a special feature of
boarding and dealing in horses. To-day he owns
the entire block bounded by Center and First,
Jefferson and Madison streets, having purchased
the remainder of this property in 1882. His
business success has been wonderful, indeed, and
in all of his transactions he has adhered rigor-
ously to just and honorable methods. The
Arizona Mutual Savings & Loan association,
founded largely through his efforts, has flour-
ished from its incipiency, and doubtless this may

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be attributed to the fact that he is the treasurer
of the company. He is very active as a Repub-
lican, and for one term was a member of the city
council. That his financial ability is appreciated
is shown by his being made treasurer of Arizona
Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M., of the Phoenix Chap-
ter and commandery, and of El Zaribah Temple,
N. M. S. Of the lodge he is past master, of the
chapter past high priest and besides, is the grand
treasurer of the grand commandery of Arizona.
In his native city in Germany, February 10,
1884, Mr. Luhrs married Miss Catharine Mar-
garete Dodenhof, who was born there also. The
eldest child of this worthy couple, Arthur
Cleveland, born December 14, 1884, is a student
of the city high school. Ella Louise Henriette
was born, August n, 1886; Emma Sophia Jo-
hanne, December 13, 1888; and George Henry
Nicholas, Jr., June 28, 1895.

W. C. DAWES.

This gentleman is entitled to distinction as
one of the honored pioneers of Arizona, as well
as one of the most progressive and enterprising
business men of Phoenix. He came to the terri-
tory in 1875, and has since been prominently
identified with its agricultural and industrial in-
terests. He is now proprietor of the Valley
Pride Creamery, and is also engaged in the cat-
tle business, having a fine and well-improved
ranch of three hundred and twenty acres on the
Gila river and Buckeye canal, forty miles south-
west of Phoenix.

Mr. Dawes was born August 20, 1846, in
Washington, D. C., a son of J. C. and Margaret
(Moore) Dawes. The latter was also a native
of that city and of Scotch descent. On the
paternal side our subject is of English extrac-
tion. His grandfather, Joseph Dawes, owned
and operated a large tannery near Washington.
He fought for the liberty of the colonies in the
Revolutionary war, and he had one son who
was a soldier of the war of 1812. The father
was born in Washington and in later life en-
gaged in merchandising in that city. In 1848
he removed to Macoupin county, 111., and from
a tract of wild land developed a farm near Car-
linville, to the further improvement and culti-
vation of which he devoted his energies until

called to his final rest at the age of fifty-six years.
His wife died in Springfield, 111., in 1899, at the
age of eighty-six. They were the parents of ten
children, seven of whom reached manhood and
womanhood, and two sons and two daughters
are still living. Our subject's brother, T. I.
Dawes, is also a resident of Arizona.

W. C. Dawes, who is next to the youngest of
this family, was reared on his father's farm in
Illinois, and after attending the public schools
for some years completed his education at Black-
burn Theological College in Carlinville, that
state. In 1865 he started for Montana, going
up the Missouri river by boat to Fort Benton,
which trip consumed three months. He was en-
gaged in merchandising at Helena until 1869,
and later followed the same business at Basin.
He next conducted an Indian trading post at
Judas Basin, seventy miles from Carroll, on the
Missouri river, carrying on business with the
Crow and other Indians for two years. In 1875
he came to Prescott, Ariz., and while engaged
in merchandising at that place also conducted
branch stores at Tip Top, Williamson Valley
and Peck Mine. He also engaged in mining to
some extent, and has been interested in the cat-
tle business since 1878. In 1891 he removed to
Phoenix, where he has since made his home.
In August, 1899, he built the Valley Pride
Creamery, which is thoroughly modern in all
its appointments, being operated by steam, and
supplied with pot churns, separators and the
latest improved machinery. The capacity of the
plant is twenty-five hundred pounds of butter
and cheese per day, and the product is all sold in
Arizona, where it finds a ready market. The
creamery is located on Third street between
Washington and Adams. Mr. Dawes is sole
proprietor and manager of the same, and in its
operation has met with marked success.

In Prescott Mr. Dawes married Miss Gallic
M. Rice, a native of Alabama, and to them have
been born two children, Mattie Belle and Le-
land Ruggles. The wife and mother is a consis-
tent member of the Presbyterian Church, and a
most estimable lady. Mr. Dawes belongs to
the Knights of Pythias and the Maricopa Club,
and is identified with the Democratic party, be-
ing an active member of the county central com-
mittee for many years. He is president of the

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Salt River Valley Dairyman's Association, and
takes a very active and prominent part in its
work. As a business man he is upright and
thoroughly reliable, and as a citizen is public-
spirited and progressive, giving his support to
all enterprises calculated to promote the general
welfare.

FREDERICK C. DEMAREST.

Known to his hosts of friends as "Doc"
Demarest, the popular and successful proprietor
of the Arizona Central Hotel at Winslow, came
here in 1880, and has since been one of the
stanch supporters and most reliable citizens of
the town. At the time that he gradually worked
his way up from New Mexico, in search of a
desirable permanent location, a town site and
a few tents were all that suggested a future set-
tlement. For four years he shared the fluctuat-
ing fortunes of the other courageous antici-
pators of better times, and in 1884 built the
first hotel in the place, known as the Arizona
Central, which was also the first hotel built in
northern Arizona. For several years a restaur-
ant was run in connection with the hotel, but
did not prove a paying proposition, and was
accordingly discontinued. In the meantime this
oldest settler within the city limits has put forth
his best efforts for the improvement of his town,
has erected several houses, and furthered every
desirable enterprise. That the place has now a'
a population of one thousand and five hundred
people, and is a peaceful, law-abiding and ener-
getic center of activity, is largely owing to the
perseverance of Mr. Demarest, who has sparfed no
pains in booming its possibilities, and elaborat-
ing its inducements as a place of residence.

When a boy Mr. Demarest lived on his
father's farm in New Jersey, where he was born
in 1840. He was educated in New Jersey and at
sixteen years of age went to New York City,
where he began to earn his own living. For
three years he was a conductor on the street
cars, and for twelve years engaged in the
express and draying business. Inspired by the
tales of hidden wealth in the Black Hills,
Dakota, he spent two years in search of a for-
tune, visiting during that time besides Dakota,
Montana, Colorado and several northwestern
territories, locating in the winter of 1877 at Las

Vegas, N. M. While there he became prom-
inent in the affairs of the town, and for a time
served as town marshal. From Las Vegas he
came to Arizona, finally settling in Winslow.

The Arizona Central hotel, of which Mr.
Demarest is the proprietor, is a well-conducted
establishment, with clean pleasant rooms, and
many of the conveniences found only in larger
towns. "Mine host" looks well after the com-
fort of his guests, and those who tarry beneath
his hospitable shelter are sure to return, should
business or pleasure, or both, necessitate a
resumption of their relations with the town of
Winslow. Step by step this oldest business man
in the town has made his way in the world, and
his success is generously attributed to the able
assistance and encouragement of his devoted
wife and children. There are two sons in the
Demarest family, one of them, Albert C., being
a member of the city council.

CHARLES A. DAKE.

For more than a score of years Charles A.
Dake has made his home in Prescott, and thus
since he arrived at the threshold of manhood
has been associated with the upbuilding and
prosperity of this place. He is the proprietor
of the Dake Opera House, one of the prettiest
and most complete little theaters to be found in
the country. The seating capacity of the audi-
torium is seven hundred, and the stage is large
and well equipped, its dimensions being 25x52
feet, and all of the partitions and scenery being
hoisted by fine mechanism from above.

Major Crawley P. Dake, who was a highly
esteemed citizen of Prescott for twelve years,
won his title by meritorious service in the Civil
war. He belonged to the famous regiment com-
manded by Alger of Michigan, and with them
took part in some of the most important cam-
paigns of the war. He was actively engaged in
multitudes of battles and serious skirmishes and
for more than a quarter of a century suffered
from the effects of a wound received in one con-
flict with the foe. Indeed, his death was directly
traceable to that cause. His father was an early
pioneer of Michigan, going there from New
York state, and there spending his last years.
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1862 he was mustered into the Federal service,
becoming a member of Company E, Fifth Mich-
igan Cavalry. He was commissioned as a cap-
tain and was promoted to the rank of major
December 31, 1862. Among the many battles
in which he was engaged the following may be
named: Hunterstown and Gettysburg (Pa.),
Cavetown, Smithtown, Williamsport, Kelly's
Ford, Culpeper, Raccoon Ford, Jones City,
Grundy Station, Bucklands Mountain, Stevens-
burg, Va., Morton's Ford, .Wilderness, Beaver
Dam Station, Yellow Tavern, Meadow Bridge,
Mulford, Howes' Shop, Baltimore Road and
Cold Harbor. August 19, 1864, owing to his
disability, Major Dake tendered his resignation
at Harper's Ferry, and it was duly accepted and
approved by Major-General Sheridan.

Several years afterwards Major Dake was
made internal revenue collector in Michigan,
and in 1878 came to Arizona, having been ap-
pointed United States marshal by President
Hayes, his headquarters being in Prescott. Sub-
sequently he gave his attention to mining. He
departed this life at his home in this city, April
9, 1890, loved and honored by all. He was a
Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic. His widqw, Mrs. Catherine E. Dake,
resides with their son, the subject of this sketch.
She is a native of Romeo, Mich., of which lo-
cality her father, Reuben R. Smith, was a pros-
perous farmer.

Charles A. Dake, the only child of his parents,
was born July 21, 1860, in Romeo, Mich., and
was reared in that place. His public school
education was supplemented by a course in the
Detroit Business College, and when twenty
years of age he came to Prescott. Here he
served as deputy United States marshal in his
father's office for about eighteen months. Then,
becoming interested in mining operations, he
gave some time to that pursuit. Later he be-
came a clerk in the general merchandising busi-
ness of J. G. Campbell, of this city, and remained
with him until 1895, when he purchased the bus-
iness. During the next five years, or until the
fire of July 14, 1900, he successfully conducted
his store on Montezuma street. Though his
possessions were destroyed by the fire, he un-
dauntedly determined to retrieve his fortunes,
and soon erected the substantial Dake building.

29x135 feet in dimensions, and now rents the
space contained.

With characteristic energy, Mr. Dake is car-
rying on his several enterprises and enjoys a
well-earned success. He was married in Los
Angeles, Cal., to Miss Lulu M. Kendell, who
was born in Ophir, Nev., and whose father was
one of the "forty-niners" and pioneers of the
Pacific coast. Mr. Dake belongs to the Wood-
men of the World and is a Republican.

• HUGO J. DONAU.

One of the active organizers of the Tucson
Board of ' Trade was Hugo J. Donau, who,
though young in years and comparatively young
in commercial experience, was honored by his
co-workers in being elected as the first president
of the body, in which office he served satisfac-
torily for his term of two years. He still is
identified with its board of directors, and is as-
sociated with numerous local enterprises cal-
culated to upbuild this community.

Hugo J. Donau, the well-known assistant
manager of the house of L. Zeckendorf & Co.,
was born in Kaiserslautern, June 18, 1870, and
passed a portion of his childhood in Germany,
his father's native land. The latter, Simon
Donau, now a retired citizen of San Francisco,
Cal., was born in Bavaria, and the mother, whose
maiden name was Amelia Sanger, also is of Ger-
man birth and is living in the city of the Golden
Gate. For many years the father was extensive-
ly engaged in merchandising, first in New York
City and later in San Francisco. Of their six
children, four were daughters, and the two sons,
Hugo J. and Alfred S. are business men of Tuc-
son.

In his youth Hugo J. Donau received an ex-
cellent German education in the Kaiserslautern,
Bavaria; and in the schools of New York City,
which he attended for some time, and in the
Denver (Colo.) high school, where he studied in
1885, he acquired a practical English training. In
1887 he took his initial step in the world of
business by becoming a clerk in the dry goods
house of Ballin & Ransohoff, of Denver, and
in the following year went to San Francisco,
where he was employed by the wholesale
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& Co. Within a few months he was made
foreman of the factory, and continued there
until 1890, when he went to Tacoma, Wash.
There he was bookkeeper for the Donau
Brewing Company during the next three
years, after which he was made secretary of the
Harris Brothers Company, a Tacoma commis-
sion firm.

At the beginning of the year of 1895 Mr.
Donau came to Tucson, and since that time has
been connected with his present house. In
the June after his arrival here he was made as-
sistant manager of the great establishment,
which, as every one in the southwest knows, is
one of the pioneer firms of this section of the
Union. Hardware, dry goods, groceries, boots
and shoes, house furnishings, and almost every-
thing which the farmer, merchant and business
man requires, may be purchased direct from this
enterprisiiTg house. Suffice it here to say that
under the able and progressive management and
system of Mr. Donau and Mr. Steinfeld (the
resident partner) the business has assumed enor-
mous proportions within the past few^ears, and
today a large trade is carried on with Sonora,
Mexico, and adjacent territories and states.

Individually Mr. Donau has made some in-
vestments in different lines of activity, and main-
tains great interest in all local enterprises. With
his brother he has become connected with the
Arizona Land & Cattle Company, the former
being manager, while he is secretary and treas-
urer of the same. Their ranch is situated about
thirty-five miles south of Tucson. In politics
our subject is a Democrat. Fraternally he is
associated with the lodge and club of the Benev-
olent Protective Order of Elks, and at the pres-
ent time is officiating as vice-president of the
club. In business and social circles he is highly
popular, for, he is a valued type of the wide-
awake, active and public-spirited citizen of the
period.

REV. JOHN G. PRITCHARD.

Unfettered by narrow creed, and guided by
naught save a broad and illuminating spirit of
humanitarianism, the association of Mr.
Pritchard with Arizona is inseparably inter-
woven with the best moral, intellectual and so-
cial development of this great mining center of

the west. Coming to Bisbee in 1887 as chaplain
and librarian for the Copper Queen Consoli-
dated Mining Company, he has since identified
himself with worthy enterprises in the locality,
and has brought to bear a kindliness and wis-
dom of judgment compatible with the best inter-
ests of all concerned.

When a young man of twenty years, Mr.
Pritchard left his rugged little country of Wales,
where he was born January 28, 1848, and immi-
grated to the United States, settling in Granville,
N. Y. He was no pampered child of fortune,
and the liberal education which came his way
was the result of hard work which supplied the
funds for tuition. In 1873 he attended St.
Francis College at Richmond, Quebec, later en-
tering Morin College, Quebec, which was affili-
ated with McGill University in Montreal. From
this institution he was graduated in 1881,
with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1882
he was graduated from the theological depart-
ment of Morin College. His first pastoral
charge was in connection with the church of St.
Sylvester and Leeds, in the Province of Quebec,
which followed his ordination by the presbytery
of Quebec in 1882, and from which he removed
to Danville, Quebec Province, remaining there
until coming to Bisbee in 1887. While living in
Seneca county, N. Y., and at Utica, Mr.
Pritchard was united in marriage in 1873 with
Jennie Evans, also a native of Wales, and who
was reared and educated in New York. Mr. and
Mrs. Pritchard have two children, Ella M. and
Arthur S., both of whom have been carefully
educated.

Soon after his arrival in Bisbee the library,
which has since been under the care and man-
agement of Mr. Pritchard, was completed by the
Copper Queen Mining Company, and is a
creditable structure two stories in height and in
dimensions 30x75 feet, the upper floor being de-
voted to lodge purposes, and on Sunday relig-
ious services'are held there, also a flourishing
Sabbath school. Under the liberal and well-di-
rected efforts of- the librarian the reading facili-
ties have been enlarged until it is now one of
the best public libraries in the territory. At the
end of two years Mr. Pritchard was appointed
postmaster of Bisbee, and assumed charge of
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warranted a separation of the library and postal
interests, which transpired in 1898. Under
President Harrison Mr. Pritchard was again ap-
pointed postmaster, and again under President
McKinley, also serving during both of Cleve-
land's administrations, having in all held that
position under four different administrations,
and for a period covering over twelve years.
The postoffice at Bisbee is an international
money order department of the second class, and
from eight to nine hundred pounds of matter are
handled daily.

In March of 1888 Mr. Pritchard organized the
Bisbee Union church, which included among its
members representatives from all denomina-
tions, and which was conducted by him for
twelve years. At the expiration of that time the
accumulated and ever-increasing duties inci-
dent to the conduct of the library and postoffice
necessitated the withdrawal of Mr. Pritchard
from the pastorship of Union church, and he has
since devoted himself almost entirely to the
postoffice and library. As the only Protestant
pastor in the city during ten years, he has been
an indefatigable worker among all classes and
sects, and has built upon an enduring basis.

In addition to his other responsibilities Mr.
Pritchard has for several years represented the
Liverpool, London & Globe and the Niagara
fire insurance companies, and has placed many
policies in his adopted town. He is also inter-
ested in prospecting and mining, and is presi-
dent of the Solomon Spring Consolidated Min-
ing Company and the California and Arizona
Copper Mining Company. In fraternal circles he
has exerted a wide influence, and has assisted in
the organization of all of the principal lodges in
the vicinity. He is a member of Perfect Ashlar
Lodge, F. & A. M. ; of Landmark Chapter, R.
A. M., of which he is past high priest; Tucson
Commandry No. 3, K. T., and El Zaribah Tem-
ple, N. M. S., of Phoenix. In Bisbee Lodge
No. 10, I.O.O.F.,he is past noble grand, and was
at one time member of the Territorial Grancl
Lodge, also Golden Rule Encampment No. 5,
of Bisbee, of which he is past patriarch. He is
a member of Rathbone Lodge No. 10, K. P.,
and past chancellor and past grand chancellor
of the Territorial Grand Lodge. Politically he
has always been a staunch Republican.

FRED E. BILES.

The general manager of the Dividend Gold
Mining Company, of Chaparal, Yavapai county,
is a man of practical business experience and
executive ability. As an assayer and geologist
he has an enviable reputation, and during the
comparatively brief period of his residence in
this section he has made a number of discoveries
of valuable mineral deposits.

The birthplace of Mr. Biles is in Bradford
county, Pa., and his early years were spent in
that locality. Arriving at man's estate, he em-
barked in the mercantile business, and followed
that calling upwards of fifteen years in Pennsyl-
vania and Nebraska. In 1887 he went to Los
Angeles, Cal., where he was numbered among its
merchants for spme time, and also was deputy-
chief of police of the city. For several years he
made his place of abode in Pasadena, only a
few miles from the metropolis of southern Cali-
fornia, and indeed, his memories of the place are
so dear that he still regards it as his home.

In 1897 Mr. Biles came to Arizona and, locat-
ing in Pifial county, became superintendent of
the Vekal mine, which is situated about forty
miles to the southward of Casa Grande. In
January, 1900, he took charge of the Dividend
mine in the Chaparal district, in which property
he owns an interest. A ten-stamp mill, with a
capacity of twenty tons a day is operated in
connection with the mine, which produces a
free-milling ore, averaging from $20 to $25 of
gold and silver to the ton. Besides attending to
this plant, Mr. Biles is interested in the Galena
and the Independence mines of this section,
which he believes are valuable.

A thoroughly patriotic citizen, our subject
uses his ballot and influence for men and meas-
ures of worth, in his estimation, his allegiance
being given to the Republican party. He stands
high in the Masonic fraternity, belonging to
the lodge, chapter and commandery of Pasadena
and to Al Malaikah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.,
of Los Angeles. .

WILLIAM M. ZEEK.

No citizen of the town of Benson is deserving
of greater credit for the success which has
crowned his efforts than is Mr. Zeek. A skilled
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business, he has experienced drawbacks which
would have entirely discouraged one less stout
of heart or less courageous. The village of
Greentown, Howard county, Ind., was the scene
of the birth of Mr. Zeek August 18, 1856, and
it was here that his youth and early manhood
were passed. His parents, Andrew J. and Sarah
(Hall) Zeek, were natives respectively of Ohio
and Indiana, and afforded their son every ad-
vantage in their power. He was educated in
the public schools and graduated at the high
school of Kokomo, Ind., and as a means to a
future livelihood learned the trade of barber,
later opening a shop in Kokomo, which was a
success during the three years of its operation.

In 1883 Mr. Zeek changed his location to the
west, and after a short sojourn in New Mexico
located in Benson, where he started the only
American barber shop in the place. The shop
was constructed by himself, and he also owns a
residence, and has been in many ways benefited
as far as business prospects are concerned. It
is in his home connections that the black shadow
of tragic disaster has fallen, so grim and dark
that its memory is haunting in its intensity. Mr.
Zeek married, January 15, 1885, Nellie Breen,
a daughter of Thomas and Mary Breen, of Troy,
X. Y. Into this family came five children, who
are not now living. Elbert died of diphtheria
at the age of five, and Harry and Cora died
later. The other two children, Edgar and Clyde,
and their mother, were drowned October i,
1896, when a cloud burst over the- town, washed
away their house, destroying all who were in it.
This disaster was accompanied by a terrific
downpour of hail, and the water rushing through
the streets was several feet in depth. In the
Zeek home also were Mrs. O. F. Ashburn and
two children, the mother having been ill, Mrs.
Zeek had taken her children to her home to care
for them, and when the storm approached Mrs.
Ashburn ran over to look for her children, and
was lost with them in the swirling waters. The
bodies of the two mothers were found three
hours later a quarter of a mile below the town,
Mrs. Zeek being covered with a thick coating of
hail with the exception of one foot. Two of the
children were found three days later under six
feet of hail, their little bodies frozen stiff and
hard, although the intervening weather had been

warm. The other two children were found five
clays from the day of the storm under two feet
of hail. The storm broke at noon, and Mr. Zeek
had just returned to his shop from his home.
In his heart there remains an undying gratitude
to the citizens, and especially the brave cow-
boys who courageously came to the rescue, wad-
ing neck deep in the water and slush in their en-
deavor to rescue the drowned. No such demon-
iacal storm has before or since devastated the
region. In its ferocious and maddening power
it tore away the most solid foundations, and a
warehouse, containing tons of hay, was swept
away in the path of destruction.

Mr. Zeek bravely took up his burden of liv-
ing alone, and has, as it is intended, found the
healer, Time, a gracious and beneficent friend.
He has been successful in business, and has won
the esteem of all who know him and appreciate
sterling worth. In politics a Republican, his first
presidential vote was cast for James Garfield.
He was appointed by President Harrison post-
master of Benson and served four years. Fra-
ternally he is past chancellor of the Benson
Lodge of Knights of Pythias.

CHARLES T. WISE.

For the past decade Mr. Wise has been an im-
portant factor in the development of Arizona's
resources. Born August 25, 1862, in Greene
county, Pa., he is a son of Solomon B. and Han-
nah Wise, both of whom are natives of the Key-
stone state, and now make their home in Brown
county, Kans. The early years of Charles T.
Wise were passed at his birthplace, where he
mastered farming in all its details. Being an
apt student and an ambitious young man, he did
not rest content with a common-school educa-
tion, but further fitted himself for his career by
attending Monongahela College at Jefferson,
Pa., where he pursued a scientific and literary
course. February 12, 1880, Mr. Wise married
Miss Sidney D. Spragg, likewise a native of
Pennsylvania, and one son, Frank S., blesses
their union. The young couple commenced their
wedded life at Spragg's Postoffice, Pa., Mr.
Wise being engaged in mercantile business
there for some time. Subsequently he was num-
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county for several years, and met with a fair
measure of success in his undertakings.

Ten years ago our subject came to Arizona,
where, notwithstanding the widely different
problems of climrte and soil, ne soon mastered
the difficulties and commenced to lay the foun-
dation of his future financial success. From the
time of his arrival in this section of the great
southwest he has dwelt in the beautiful Salt
River valley, his ranch being located near Mesa
City. About three-fourths of the sixty acres
which he owns here is devoted to fruit, the re-
mainder being given up to alfalfa. Twenty acres
of fine peach trees, five acres of almond trees,
ten acres of apricots and five acres of plums,
with several acres of blackberries and small
fruits, comprise his splendid fruit farm, and be-
speak his enterprise. He has made a special
study of fruit-culture and is meeting with well-
deserved success. Upright and thoroughly re-
liable in all of his dealings with his fellow men,
he commands the respect and genuine regard of
the entire community. In his political affilia-
tions he is a Democrat. In his religious belief
he is a Baptist; he belongs to the church of that
denomination at Mesa, and liberally upholds its
good work in the vicinity.

ALFRED B. WILLIAMS.

To Mr. Williams belongs the distinction of
conducting the largest catering establishment in
the territory. In eastern cities it would be dif-
ficult to find a better equipped hostelry wherein
people may satisfy the cravings of the inner man,
for every device for the comfort and convenience
of guests lias been carefully thought out, and
tactfully applied for their disposal. From the
comparatively small beginning as a waiter, Mr.
Williams has risen since first coming to Phoenix
to a partnership with Mr. Haffner, and to the
management of the restaurant at Nos. 9 and n
West Washington street. The first floor of the
establishment is 20x138 feet in dimensions, and
has an accommodating lunch counter and public
dining room. The second floor is typical of the
best eating houses in the east, and is fitted up
with private dining rooms and boxes. To facili-
tate the supplying of the best materials procur-
able, and the preservation of the same, there is

a cold storage plant, wherein is manufactured
the ice necessary for the carrying on of the busi-
ness. Through the whole management of the
concern is evident the superior tact and knowl-
edge of human nature possessed by the genial
host, and his oft manifest desire to please.

Mr. Williams was born in Ipswich, Suffolk,
England, August 21, 1862. Of an interesting
ancestry, the original paternal side of the Wil-
liams family came from Wales. Upon emigrat-
ing to England his grandfather settled in Wor-
cestershire, and was there educated as a clergy-
man in the Church of England, and graduated in
belles lettres. His erudition received substan-
tial recognition, for he was elected to the chair
of classics at Cambridge University, and became
one of the distinguished educators of that his-
torical institution. The father of Mr. Williams,
Thomas by name, was born in Worcestershire,
and died when a young man. He was secretary
to Mr. Ransom, the head of a large agricultural
implement manufactory in Ipswich. His wife,
formerly Rachel Brinsmead, was born in Devon-
shire, at St. Giles in the Wood, and was a
daughter of Thomas Brinsmead. The paternal
great-grandfather, Brinsmead, was also a native
of Devonshire, and was the owner of a large
estate handed down through many generations.
The paternal grandfather was a farmer and a
manufacturer of agricultural implements. He
died at the age of eighty years. Mrs. Williams
is now living in London, Ontario.

Mr. Williams spent his early boyhood at St.
Giles in the Wood and at Exeter, and received
his education in the public schools. As early as
fourteen years of age he began to earn his own
living, and worked in an office as errand boy.
In 1880 he came to the United States, and after
a short sojourn in Boston, Mass., went to Lon-
don, Canada, and clerked in a shoe store until
1883. He then started a shoe store of his own,
and was fairly successful until 1887, when he
went west, and in Santa Monica, Cal., engaged
in the wholesale and retail fish business. In
1891 he located in Phoenix, and was for a time
employed as a waiter in a restaurant, and was
also interested in a candy kitchen, as a partner
in the business. Upon selling his interest in
the candy kitchen, he started a small restaurant,
and was so successful that he branched out and

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eventually opened the large concern which is
such a credit to the city and manager. Mr. Wil-
liams has numerous interests aside from that
which engages the most of his time. .He is in-
terested in mining and oils, and the various en-
terprises which tend to the development of his
adopted town. Fraternally he is associated with
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the
Royal Arch and Knights Templar Masons. He
is a member of the Board of Trade, and an ex-
director of the same. In national politics he is
a Republican, and in religion is a member of the
Episcopal Church.

JUDGE STARR K. WILLIAMS.

Well known as justice of the peace at Bisbee
and a successful manipulator of mining proper-
ties, Judge Williams was born in Antioch, Con-
tra Costa county, Cal., October 31, 1871. His
father, Charles Williams, has been foreman of
mines in California for half a century, and is at
present superintendent of the Corral Hollow
coal mine at Mount Diable. He was born in
Norway, of Swedish parentage, and immigrated
to San Francisco in the early '405. A prominent
man in his locality and a stanch Republican, he
served as a member of the county central com-
mittee in 1884 and has been intimately identified
with local affairs.

Judge S. K. Williams received his early train-
ing and education in and around San Francisco,
and in addition to attending the public schools,
was graduated in 1889 from the Heald's Busi-
ness College, at No. 24 Post street, San Fran-
cisco. The following spring he went to Bisbee
and engaged with the Copper Queen Mining
Company as miner and timberman, until he was
obliged to discontinue his work on account of
a broken ankle in 1895. In 1896 he was elected
justice of the peace on the Repubican ticket,
serving for two years, and re-elected by a ma-
jority of several hundred in a Democratic com-
munity in 1898. At the present time he is also
a police judge and magistrate, a notary public
and coroner. As a United States court commis-
sioner he is endowed with the same jurisdiction
as a district judge.

Mr. Williams' large mining interests include
his position as secretary of the Cochise Copper

Mining Company, of which he drew the articles
of incorporation in 1898, the concern having a
capital stock of $5,000,000. He is a stockholder
in the South Bisbee Mining Company, and has
an interest in an estate at San Bernardino, Cal.
Another interest has been the organization of
the Cochise Review, at Bisbee, of which he is
one of the stockholders and assistant manager.
He was one of the original locators of the town-
site of Douglas, Ariz., a border town lying about
seventeen miles east of Bisbee, on the Interna-
tional Line between the United States and Mex-
ico; and is a large stockholder in the Interna-
tional Land and Townsite Improvement Com-
pany.

At Benson, Ariz., Mr. Williams married Mrs.
Mate Dobbins, May 28, 1892. Fraternally
Judge Williams is a member of the Elks; United
Workmen, Native Sons of the Golden West,
Improved Order of Red Men, the Odd Fellows
and the Knights of Pythias. He is one of the
enterprising and popular young business men of
the town, destined to win distinction in what-
ever line he chooses to direct his efforts, and is
recognized as one of the leading Republicans
of Bisbee and southern Arizona.

WILLIAM P. WOODS.

For a quarter of a century this well-known
citizen of Tucson has been connected with the
mining interests of Arizona, and for more than
two decades has looked upon this city as his
home. He is a native of Howard county, Mo.,
born April 16, 1833, and is the eldest living
child of Larkin Kavanaugh and Mary (Hocker)
Woods. There were three sisters and six broth-
ers, but three of the brothers are deceased. His
grandfather, Patrick Woods, was born in Ken-
tucky and was one of the early settlers of How-
ard county, Mo., where he owned extensive
tracts of land and a large distillery. The ma-
ternal grandfather, William Hocker, was born
in Virginia and at an early period removed to
Missouri, where he was numbered among the
successful agriculturists. Larkin K. Woods was
a native of Madison county, Ky., and for many
years carried on a farm in Missouri, both him-
self and wife dying at their old homestead in
that state. He was an extensive slaveholder.

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William P. Woods was reared on the old
Howard county homestead and in his boyhood
attended the primitive log schoolhouse of the
period. In March, 1853, he started on the long
journey across the plains, accompanied by six-
teen men, having a large cattle train. Going by
way of the North Platte, crossing the Sweet-
water and following the Humboldt they reached
their destination at the end of six months and
engaged in mining in El Dorado county. Mr.
Woods then prospected and mined in Nevada
and Montana until 1866, when he returned to
Missouri, going down the Missouri river from
Fort Benton to Omaha and St. Joseph, Mo.
Then he turned his attention to the cattle busi-
ness and in the spring of 1875 again went to the
west, ta.king the stage from Pueblo to Silver
City, N. M.

In December, 1875, Mr. Woods came to Pima
county, and in January went to Globe, where he
was one of the first prospectors and miners on
the field. In the spring of 1879 he took up his
abode in Tucson, and has built a number of
residences in the city. He owns several at pres-
ent, and also possesses some paying business
property. Of the Citizens' Building & Loan As-
sociation he is a director. For twenty years and
more he has been engaged in mining enterprises
in different parts of the territory, and has met
with success in many instances.

Mr. Woods built and owns his residence at the
corner of South Fourth avenue and Thirteenth
street. His marriage to Mrs. Lizzie (Johnson)
Bullard, a native of Missouri, took place in Tuc-
son, and they have one daughter, Mary Etta.
By her former marriage to John W. Bullard,
Mrs. Woods has one daughter, Gertrude R. Bul-
lard. In his political faith, Mr. Woods is a Dem-
ocrat, and for two terms he served in the city
council. Initiated into Masonry in Livingston
Lodge No. 51, F. & A. M., in Glasgow, Mo.,
he now belongs to Tucson Lodge No. 4.

ASA C. WALKER.

The Dragoon mountains, with their vast sup-
ply of valuable ore, the extent of which is only
now being fully realized, have drawn hither men
f om all parts of the country, who are glad to
avail themselves of the undeveloped resources,

and to become a part of the unquestioned prom-
ise of the future. Among the energetic miners
and stock-raisers (for the locality abounds in
good pasture land, and the finest stock in the
territory are here successfully raised), is Asa C.
Walker, a pioneer of 1869 in Arizona, and who,
during the greater part of his life has been asso-
ciated with the conditions as found in the south
and west.

The boyhood of Mr. Walker was spent in
Colorado, although he was born in Des Moines
county, Iowa, near the city of Burlington, June
19, 1846. His parents, Eber and Susanna (Nel-
son) Walker, were natives of Virginia, and were
farmers by occupation. They moved to Iowa
several years before the birth of their son, Asa.
When very young, Asa went away from home,
and lived in the cattle and mining districts of
Colorado until 1869, when he came direct to
Arizona, and settled in Prescott. After mining
for some time he went to the Merino mines
on the Maxwell land grant, New Mexico, and
later to Silver City. While residing in the
latter place, and carrying on mining, he par-
ticipated in the Indian war in which the
Apaches took such a bloody and important
part. He was by the side of Capt. John
Buller, captain of the Home Guard, when he
was killed by the Indians. This gallant and cour-
ageous fighter, though not a member of the reg-
ulars, was buried by the soldiers with military
honors at Silver City, and is remembered for his
manly and strong traits of character.

Upon returning to Arizona Mr. Walker trav-
eled extensively through the territory, and famil-
iarized himself with its various phases and
opportunities. An unlooked-for misfortune
overtook him in the fall and continued through
the winter, for he lay sick and helpless at Mil-
ler's ranch, a little west of Prescott. After con-
valescing he again visited New Mexico, and for
some time was interested in the cattle business,
which took him to Louisiana, Texas, and several
points in the south, then back to New Mexico.
He finally sold out his cattle and spent a winter
in New Mexico on the Rio Grande, and then lo-
cated at the head of the Little Colorado and be-
gan to ranch. While here he was married, June
22, 1876, to Sarah Humphrey, a native of Cali-
fornia (but reared in Texas after her twelfth

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year), a daughter of William and Nancy Humph-
rey. To Mr. and Mrs. Walker have been born
eleven children, named as follows: John H.;
George A.; Sarah J. ; Elizabeth, who is de-
ceased; Asa E., Albert, Almond, Dudley, Mar-
tin, James and Stella.

After leaving his ranch on the Little Colorado
Mr. Walker came to the Gila river and again en-
gaged in farming until 1891, when he settled in
Russellville, in which neighborhood he has since
continued to reside. He lives two miles south-
west of Dragoon Summit, a station on the
Southern Pacific Railroad, and owns a large
ranch and is a very extensive stock-raiser. Al-
though many interests claim his attention, the
subject of mining is unquestionably the most en-
grossing, and the most remunerative. He has
the prospects of some fine gold, silver, and wol-
framite mines, from which he expects good re-,
turns. In fact he was one of the first to become
interested in wolframite, and had some assayed
nineteen years ago, but there was no one who
knew anything about it. It is now known to be
a valuable ore, and is found in many of the
mines. With his son, John H., and P. L. Smith,
and Mr. Merrick, Mr. Walker owns a mine
which is rich in gold and silver, some of the
quartz veins assaying ninety-eight ounces of sil-
ver, and $35 in gold to the ton. These, how-
ever, do not represent the extent of Mr. Walk-
er's properties, for they are scattered through-
out the county, and are numerous in numbers.
A stanch Republican in politics, he has held a
number of local offices, and was deputy sheriff
in Yavapai county.

H. P. NEWTON.

One of the most interesting as well as success-
ful of the settlers of Cochise, which, though of
comparatively recent growth, has had its chosen
few promoters and most interested spectators, is
H. P. Newton, who is variously identified with
the affairs of the town, and one of its stanch
supporters and wisest prophets.

The early remembrances of Mr. Newton are
centered in Genesee county, N. Y., where he
was born January 25, 1836, a son of A. S. and
Eunice (Cobb) Newton, natives respectively of
Connecticut and Vermont. In order to better

their prospects the family removed to the middle
west in 1845, ar>d passed through Chicago when
it was but a small village, locating in Beloit,
Wis., where they lived for two years. The elder
Newton attained to considerable success in the
new location, and among the real-estate hold-
ings that came into his possession was the
ground upon which Beloit College now stands.
His son subsequently lived for some time in the
adjacent county of Winnebago, 111., twelve mites
north of Rockford on Rock river. In 1857
he crossed the plains to California, where he re-
mained until 1880. During this time he was in-
terested in several different occupations, which
ranged from teaming to the hotel business, min-
ing, stock-raising, general farming and mercan-
tile business, but which left him in the end a
comparatively poor man. In 1880 he went to
Grandronde valley, Union county, Ore., which
had as yet no railroad facilities, then proceeded
to Idaho and the Wood river country, where he
contracted and mined for three years.

In 1884 Mr. Newton came to Arizona from
Idaho, the journey consuming seventy-six days,
and being accomplished with a wagon and three
teams of horses. Since then, with the excep-
tion of a year spent in Texas, and six months in
California, he has made this his home and the
scene of his success. He at first settled in Bon-
netia canon, in the Cherry Cow mountains, where
he engaged in teaming and freighting, and had
considerable trouble with the Indians, who were
then on an animated warpath. For a year and
a half the settlers in the locality knew no peace
by night or day, and were in constant fear of
death at the hands of the murderous Apaches.
After a campaign covering seven or eight months
General Miles, with headquarters at Bowie,
succeeded in quelling the disturbance and in in-
spiring the Indians with a proper respect for
the rights of their pale-faced brothers. For the
four succeeding years Mr. Newton drove a
stage between Dos Cabazes and Willcox, and
then turned his attention to mining. He was
one of the first to locate a claim in the Pierce
camp, and with Harper Williams, at Pierce, mined
and sunk a well two hundred and eighty-seven
feet deep, which produced an abundance of water
and was used for some time by the mine owners.
This Pierce mine is seventeen miles south of

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Cochise and was discovered in 1895 by a cow-
boy.

From Pierce Mr. Newton came to Cochise
and built a dugout, and the railroad people had
an abandoned car which was used as a postoffice.
He at once began to carry the mail between
here and Pierce, an occupation in which he is
still engaged. In addition Mr. Newton con-
ducts a livery stable, supplying prospectors and
others with rigs with which to go into the
country, and he also has on hand freighting
teams. He has been intimately associated with
the growth of the town, and as a contractor and
builder has put up a number of the buildings in
the place. Although born under strong Demo-
cratic influences, he has been a Republican ever
since he was old enough to distinguish between
the two parties, and that was sixty years ago.
He is a typical representative of enterprising Ari-
zona life, and is esteemed and liked by all who
know him, and who appreciate his many ster-
ling qualities of mind and heart.

In 1859 he married Emma Dawes of Minne-
sota, by whom he had three children: Otis, who
lives in San Jose, Cal.; Alexander, whose home
is in Sierra county, Cal., and Hattie, who makes
her home with her brother, Otis. Mrs. Newton
died in 1868. In 1880 Mr. Newton married
Belle Jones of Illinois, who died in 1891.

HON. J. ELLIOTT WALKER.

There are in every community men of force of
character and ability, who by reason of their
capacity for leadership become recognized as
foremost citizens and take a prominent part in
public affairs. Such a man is Mr. Walker, who
has been a resident of Arizona since January,
1881, and is now a citizen of Phoenix and treas-
urer of Maricopa county.

He was born on the 24th of September, 1847,
near Orange Court House, Va., a son of James
W. and Louisa (Elliott) Walker, also natives of
that state, and of English descent. His paternal
great-grandfather, Jack Walker, was an officer
in the Revolutionary war, and a planter of the
Old Dominion, where the grandfather, James
W. Walker, Sr., spent his entire life as a farmer.
In early manhood the father also engaged in
agricultural pursuits. During the Civil war he

served as adjutant-general on General Mahone's
staff of Virginia troops, and later engaged in the
practice of law first in Virginia and afterward
in Washington, D. C. He served one term as
United States district attorney of Montana. He
was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was
a man highly respected by all who knew him.
His death occurred in Washington, D. C., in
1899, when he was seventy-four years of age.
His wife had died in Virginia. She was a daugh-
ter of Jack Elliott, a native of that state. The
progenitor of the Elliott family in this country
came over with Lord Fairfax and Governor
Spotsford.

Our subject is the oldest of a family of three
children, one son and two daughters," and was
reared on the home farm, his education being
acquired in private schools. In 1863 he entered
the Confederate army as a member of the engi-
neering corps, and after serving one year be-
came a student at the Virginia Military Institute
at Lexington, which in the Confederacy corre-
sponded to West Point. In 1864 the whole
school enlisted in the Confederate army and was
sent to Newmarket. Mr. Walker joined General
Mosby's Cavalry and was on duty in Fairfax
and Loudoun counties, Va., until the close of the
war. He then followed farming in his native
state until 1872, when he went to California and
was engaged in farming and contracting in El
Dorado and Sonoma counties with headquarters
at San Francisco.

In January, 1881, Mr. Walker came to Tuc-
son, Ariz., where he was engaged in mining un-
til January, 1886, when appointed clerk of the
United States district court at Phoenix, and re-
moved to that place to assume the duties of the
office. At the same time he also served as clerk
of the supreme court of Arizona. He retired
from the former position in April, 1890, but re-
tained the latter until 1891, when he was made
clerk and acting cashier of the Hartford Bank.
In 1893 he was appointed deputy county sheriff
under Mr. Murphy, and the following year was
appointed clerk of the district court under Judge
Raker, holding the latter office until August I,
1897. The following year he opened the Model
Grocery, of which he was secretary, treasurer
and manager until February I, 1901, when he
sold his interest.

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In Tucson occurred the marriage of Mr. Wal-
ker and Miss Matilda Thayer, a native of Ohio.
He is an honored member of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen and the Masonic fraternity,
being connected with Arizona Lodge No. 2, F.
& A. M.; Phoenix Chapter No. 2, R. A. M.;
Arizona Commandery No. 3, K. T., of which he
is at this writing commander; and El Zaribah
Temple, N. M. S. He is also a member of the
Maricopa Club, and is senior warden of the Epis-
copal Church. A prominent representative of
the Democracy, he has served as secretary of
the territorial central committee, and a member
of the county committee. In 1900 he was the
Democratic nominee for county treasurer and
was elected. His life has been an upright and
honorable one, and he stands deservedly high
in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

FRANK E. ANDREWS.

The Andrews family include among their an-
cestors some of the voyageurs of the Mayflower,
and the descendants of these courageous emi-
grants helped to lay the foundation of the Ameri-
can Republic, and were soldiers in the wars of
the Revolution and 1812. For many years they
were identified with Massachusetts, where they
were Indian traders, and were otherwise inter-
ested in the occupations afforded the colonists.
At an early date the paternal grandfather moved
from Massachusetts to what is now Maine,
where he raised his family, and became one of
the prominent agriculturists of his community.

Frank E. Andrews was born in Freeport,
Cumberland county, Me., July 21, 1858. His
father, Samuel Andrews, was a blacksmith by-
trade, and followed the same calling in his native
state until his death. The mother, Lovina (Hus-.
kins) Andrews, was born and died in Maine, and
came from an old and prominent family. She
was the mother of ten children, seven of whom
are living, Frank E. being the youngest. Three
of the sons took part in the Civil war; Tristum
served all through the war under Kilpatrick,
and now lives at Granite Falls; John, who en-
listed in a Maine regiment, and was raised to the
rank of lieutenant, lost his life during the war,
and is buried on Warsaw Island; Edward was
also in a Maine regiment, and now lives at Ta-

coma. From 1878 until 1898 he lived in Ari-
zona, and during that time was in the cattle
business, and also in the government employ
as engineer at Fort McDowell, but was later in
charge of the Phoenix water works. Another
brother, Charles, is living at Marysville, Wash.,
and Stephen resides at Phoenix, Ariz.

After finishing his education in the public
schools at Freeport. Me., F. E. Andrews learned
the blacksmith's trade of his father, and in 1878
went to Boston, where he finished the trade of
horseshoer. In 1879 ne removed to the west,
and at Live Oaks, Cal., worked at his trade from
March until the fall of the same year. A later
field was at Lowell, Wash., where he lived until
the spring of 1880. An excellent opportunity
then presented itself in the shape of a govern-
ment position at Camp Verde, Ariz., where he
had charge of the camp blacksmith department,
his brother being at the time chief engineer of
the same camp. In 1884 he resigned this posi-
tion to come to Prescott, where for a time he
was in the horse-shoeing business, and later be-
came interested in the cattle business. In this
latter enterprise he was associated with the Marr
Brothers and their ranch was located in the
Mogollon Mountains, about seventy miles from
Prescott. After a year the management of the
ranch was turned over to the partners, and Mr.
Andrews returned to his former position as
foreman at Camp McDowell. Later he was at
Fort Huachuca, and in 1888 resigned and spent
two years on the ranch.

In 1890 Mr. Andrews returned to Prescott
and worked at his trade, and the. same year was
elected chief of police, from which position he
resigned at the end of a year, to start in business
for himself. His shop was at first located on
Gurley, and then on Cortez street, and in 1900
he removed to Granite street. Although con-
ducting a general blacksmith shop, he makes
a specialty of horse-shoeing, and caters to a
large and continually increasing trade. Inci-
dentally he is interested in mining, and owns
several paying properties throughout the terri-
tory. He has been prominent in many ways in
the affairs of his adopted town, was chief of the
fire department for several years, and for five
years served in the city council. Fraternally
he is associated with the Knights of Pythias, in

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the Uniform Rank, the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks, and the Woodmen of the World
He is a Republican in politics, but believes in
voting for the best man. While at Camp Verde
he participated in several Indian skirmishes, and
was in three different campaigns, the first one
being under General Chaffee.

Mr. Andrews was married June 15, 1892, to
Madeline Archibald, a native of Pennsylvania,
and a daughter of Daniel and S. E. Archibald,
who came to this country from Nova Scotia.
They are the parents of a daughter, Grace
Evelyn.

WILLIAM R. WADDILL.

Though at present a resident of Safford,
whither he removed that his children might have
better educational advantages, Mr. Waddill is
best known as a successful and enterprising agri-
culturist of the Gila valley. His farm near
Thatcher, on section 6, township 6, is one of the
finest improved properties for miles around, and
is an evidence of the untiring perseverance and
ability of the owner. The house is of brick con-
struction, the granary is well built, the land
neatly fenced, and the developments have been
carried on according to the most approved and
modern methods. On the banks of the river a
large and prolific orchard casts a cooling shade,
and bears the distinction of being the oldest
orchard along the stream. Of more recent
purchase is the five-acre tract, adjoining the
town, and improved with a large brick house,
in which the family now reside. Mr. Waddill
is interested in the upbuilding of his locality, and
every project for the well-being of the commu-
nity meets with his hearty endorsement and co-
operation. He is also interested in mining in the
Yukon region and hopes for large returns from
his investments.

Born in Alabama, near Grundersville,
Marshall county, December 25, 1854, Mr. Wad-
dill received his education and early training in
Arkansas. His parents, W. C. and Martha (Si-
bert) Waddill, were natives respectively of South
Carolina and Alabama, and were early settlers
upon a farm in Marshall county, Ala. When
William R. was six years of age the family re-
moved to Arkansas, and settled on the White
river, near the desert in White county. Here

he assisted his father in performing the vari-
ous duties incident to farm life and grew to be
a model farmer. At the age of twenty-one he
began to farm on his own responsibility and con-
tinued the same until 1877. He then came to
Arizona and settled in what is now Apache
county, but after two years removed to Tomb-
stone, where he was engaged in freighting for
two years. After settling in Russellville, he
purchased the farm near Thatcher which is still
in his possession, and which has since been
brought under cultivation through his painstak-
ing efforts.

In 1886 Mr. Waddill married Martha J. West,
a native of Clay county, N. C. To their union
have been born seven children, namely: Laura
F., Mary Laveda, Beulah D., William T., David
D., Velma V. and Sarah J. In politics Mr.
Waddill is a Democrat, and on that ticket in
1898 was elected supervisor of Graham county
for a term of four years. Though by no means
a seeker after office, he has always been active
in local affairs and keeps posted concerning
movements for the benefit of the people. He
was reared in the Methodist faith and favors the
doctrines of that church.

J. R. WELKER.

The bishop of Layton ward is one of the most
enterprising young men of Safford, Graham
county. He is a son of Adam and Agnes Wel-
ker, and was born at Bear Lake, Idaho, January
25, 1866. Until he was seventeen years of age
he dwelt at his birthplace, in the mean time ob-
taining a good education in the public schools.
In the fall of 1882 he accompanied his parents
to Graham county, and in partnership with his
father bought a quarter section of land, situated
not far from the now thriving town of Safford.
For seven years he industriously labored in the
improvement and cultivation of the homestead,
which since then has been sold at a good price.
The young man then invested a portion of his
share of the proceeds in his present business,
which is at Layton, a settlement located about a
mile south of Safford. Financially, he has pros-
pered, and today owns his store and the two and
a half acres on which it stands, with a comfortable
residence, and another tract of fifty-five acres

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of valuable farm land, well irrigated and under
a high state of cultivation, also being stocked
with standard-bred horses and cattle.

Bishop Welker was reared in the faith of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and
has been a great worker in its interests since he
arrived at maturity. He was sent to the Samoan
Islands in company with Judge Moody and sev-
eral others and spent three years there and in
the Friendly Islands, engaged in missionary la-
bors. In 1897, after his return home, he was
made bishop of Layton ward and as such is still
serving his church. He is very popular with his
brethren and possesses many of the qualities
which fit him for leadership. His example as a
business man and public-spirited citizen may
well serve as a model for his neighbors and the
younger generation, and even those who are not
adherents of his denomination are forced to ad-
mit that in everything, save in matters of a re-
ligious faith which they reject, his life is exem-
plary and worthy of respect. He gives his polit-
ical support to the Republican party and is one
of its most influential workers in this locality.

In 1886 Mr. Welker married Miss Louise
Peel, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Peel, of
Safford. Their eldest child, Chloe, aged thir-
teen, is a student in the academy at Thatcher,
and the two little boys, Willard J. and Law-
rence, are at home with their parents.

CASWELL DRAKE DORRIS.

Probably there is not a more complete estab-
lishment of the kind in Arizona, and few in the
southwest than that in Phoenix, of which C. D.
Dorris is the proprietor. During his residence
here of some fourteen years he has witnessed
most of the development of this modern city,
and has been an important factor in its progress.
The strangers from the east or from old and
strictly up-to-date cities are amazed and dis-
possessed .of their preconceived ideas as to
Arizona, by a mere stroll through the beautiful
storerooms of Mr. Dorris, in which are displayed
a splendid line of modern furniture, carpets and
general house-furnishings, all of which are find-
ing a ready sale in this locality, as our citizens
have a high standard and excellent taste in the
decoration of their homes.

Of an old and respected southern family, C.

D. Dorris was born near Winona, Miss., Janu-
ary 3, 1859, his parents, J. Mitchell and Nancy
J. (Powell) Dorris, being natives of Alabama and
Mississippi, respectively. The grandfather,
James Dorris, of English descent, his ancestors
having settled at an early day in Virginia or
North Carolina, was a planter in Alabama, and
later in Mississippi. Thence removing to Grape-
vine, Tex., he died twelve days after his arrival
there, at the age of seventy-two years. His
father was a hero of the Revolution. J. Mitchell
Dorris served for two years in a Mississippi
regiment during the Civil war. Fraternally he
is a Mason, and in religious creed, a Baptist.
He was a wealthy planter, owning about seven
hundred acres in the state mentioned, and this
property he continued to manage until of late
years, when he retired to make his home with
his children, as his wife had passed to the better
land. Her father, Daniel Powell, a veteran of
the Mexican war, and the owner of extensive
plantations in Mississippi, attained the extreme
age of ninety-six years.

The brothers and sisters of C. D. Dorris are
named as follows: J. E., a planter near Hunts-
ville, Miss.; Mrs. Sarah F. Stovall, of Phoenix;

E. M., proprietor of the opera house of this
city; H. E., a Mississippi farmer; H. Dv a
business man of Belton, Tex.; L. G., a farmer
of Mississippi; R. B., a retired business man of
Phoenix: J. W., a prosperous grocer of this
city; Mrs. Luella B. Boatman, of Kilmichael,
Miss.; Mrs. Martha L. Stovall, of Arkansas;
and Mrs. Veronica Feekings, of this place.

Until he reached his majority C. D. Dorris
remained on the old plantation in Montgomery
county, Miss., where he was born. Having ob-
tained a liberal education, upon leaving Chilton
(Miss.) Academy, he engaged in teaching and
farming until 1884, when he went to Colton,
Cal., and in company with his brother, E. M.,
operated a stage-line between that point and
San Bernardino, meeting certain trains each
day. This successful enterprise they disposed of
in 1885, E. M. Dorris coming to Phoenix, while
our subject went to San Luis Obispo, Cal., and
held a clerkship there for about a year. Then
he, too, located in this city, and for several
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1887 the firm of Dorris Brothers was formed,
and it was not until February, 1899, that C. D.
became the sole owner of the business by pur-
chasing the interest of E. M. Dorris. At first
they had been small dealers, but gradually built
up a fine trade, and were obliged to enlarge
their stock and storerooms. In 1900 our sub-
ject removed to the Lewis block, and in Oc-
tober, 1900, to his present central quarters in
the fine Sherman block, Nos. 22-28, inclusive.
West Washington street. With the exception
of one room, 20x138 feet, his establishment oc-
cupies all of this four-story building — a floor
space of about 38,000 square feet. In addition
to the well selected line of furniture which is
carried, departments devoted to carpets and
draperies, stoves and general house-furnishing
goods, queensware, wall paper, etc., a specialty
is made of tents, wagon-covers and awnings, of
which Mr. Dorris is a manufacturer. For some
time he was financially interested in the National
Bank of Arizona, but finally disposed of his
stock in that institution. He belongs to the
Board of Trade and to the local lodge of the
Order of Foresters, while in political matters he
is a Democrat. In the Baptist Church of this
city he is a member of the board of trustees.

In Henrietta, Tex., October 22, 1890, Mr.
Dorris married Miss Hattie G. Weldon, a native
of Kentucky. Four children bless their union,
namely: Marion, Stay ton, Edwin and Burtis.

REV. FRANK W. DOWNS. -

During the years intervening since 1885, Mr.
Downs has represented the best moral and in-
tellectual advancement of Arizona. As an elo-
quent and convincing disciple of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, his voice has for years been
heard in innumerable mining camps, towns, and
settlements, in earnest advocacy of the principles
of justice, truth, and humanity, and it is to his
untiring efforts that much of the prevailing order
is due.

Although born in Zanesfield, Logan county,
Ohio, February 9, 1853, Mr. Downs was reared
in southern Illinois, and in 1871 entered Mc-
Kendree College, from which he was graduated
in the classical course in 1878, which institu-
tion conferred upon him in 1883 the degree of

A. M. His course at the college was distin-
guished by brilliant scholarship, and in 1875 he
carried off the Citizen's prize for oratory, hav-
ing been marked one hundred above eight com-
petitors. In 1878 he was elected to represent
the college in the state oratorical contest at
Monmouth, 111., there being present one speaker
from each of the nine colleges in the state repre-
sented. In 1882 he entered Drew Theological
Seminary, and while there filled a pulpit twelve
miles from New York City. Subsequently for
several years he filled some of the leading pul-
pits in Illinois, his last charge in the middle west
being St. John's Church, at East St. Louis.

From there he came to Arizona as a mission-
ary in 1885, and has since labored among the
glowing possibilities of this promising territory.
For two years he lived at Tucson, and for the
same length of time at Globe, where, on account
of the arduous responsibilities involved in build-
ing up the church he received a proportionately
large salary, and was thus well equipped for
further work. A later station was at Tempe,
from which town he went to Tombstone, where,
for five years, he was supported by the mis-
sionary society. The church being very poor,
and many of the members unsuccessful in their
occupations, Mr. Downs was often obliged to
assist them from his own pocket. Nevertheless
the work at this mission was attended by satis-
factory results, and is remembered by him as
one of his most interesting fields of effort. From
Tombstone he came to Safford, which, in all
probability, will be his residence for some time to
come. He has purchased a comfortable brick
house, and is thoroughly identified with the in-
terests of the town. His genial and large-hearted
personality have won for him a host of friends,
which are by no means confined to church cir-
cles, or to any special strata of life. He is one of
the people, and represents their aims, aspirations,
and undertakings in life. Mr. Downs is an act-
ive Republican in politics, being president of
the Lincoln Republican club of Safford, and is
fraternally associated with the Good Templars,
the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and
the Woodmen.

September 17, 1885, Mr. Downs married
Olivia E. Lemen, who was born January 6, 1856,
at Collinsville, 111., a daughter of Robert C. and

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Eliza (Johnson) Lemen. To Mr. and Mrs.
Downs has been born one son, Robert Francis,
who was born at Safford November i, 1896.

HON. HENRY D. UNDERWOOD.

The commercial, legislative and social influ-
ence exerted by Mr. Underwood during his
residence in the territory has been such as to
bring about the best possible results in the
struggle for growth and ascendency. As a citi-
zen of the oldest historical landmark between
the two oceans, he has been identified with the
fluctuating fortunes of Tucson since 1881, and
no one entertains a more profound certainty of
her continued and permanent prosperity.

A native of St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Mr.
Underwood was born October i, 1846, and
comes of a family who distinguished themselves
in the early wars of their adopted country. The
paternal grandfather, William, who was of Eng-
lish descent, served with courage and fidelity in
the Revolutionary war, and one of his sons,
Amos, was a colonel in the waf of 1812. H. P.
Underwood, the father of the Hon. Henry D.,
was born in the town of Louisville, St. Lawrence
county, N. Y., and was an industrious tiller of
the soil in that section of the state. He is now
eighty-five years of age. His wife, who was
formerly Mary Ransom, comes of an old east-
ern family; she was born in St. Lawrence
county and died in 1854. Of her four children
two only are living. The oldest son, Ira A.,
now living at Oakland, Cal., was a soldier in
the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment, known as the
"Eagle Eighth" during the Civil war.

The education of H. D. Underwood was ac-
quired in the public schools while living on his
father's farm, and later he attended St. Law-
rence university. With the breaking out of the
Civil war he enlisted in Company F, Ninety-
first New York Infantry, and with the army of
the Potomac he participated in the campaign
and siege of Richmond, the battle of Petersburg,
and other important battles of the war, and was
mustered out of service June 21, 1865, after hav-
ing taken part in the grand review at Washing-
ton. Returning to St. Lawrence county, N. Y.,
he was employed as a bookkeeper until 1867, at
which time he removed to San Francisco, Cal.,

and for five years was bookkeeper in the con-
struction department of the Central Pacific Rail-
road. He was later variously employed by dif-
ferent firms in San Francisco, and in January of
1881, came to Tucson, and was in the employ of
L. Zeckendorf & Co., for two years. In 1883
he engaged in the real estate business, and con-
tinued with unabated success until 1898, when
he established the firm of Underwood & Frank-
lin, who have up to the present time been inter-
ested in insurance and real estate. They repre-
sent the best companies in the world, and in
addition do a considerable business in buying,
selling and developing mining claims.

In San Francisco, Cal., Mr. Underwood mar-
ried Annie Hutchinson, who was born in Lynn,
Mass. Of this union there are three children :
Harriet L., who is now the wife of L. L. Den-
nison, of Los Angeles ; Harry Putnam, who is
with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company ;
and Susie, who is at home. As a staunch Demo-
crat Mr. Underwood has taken an active part in
territorial political matters, and from 1885 until
1889 was chief deputy United States marshal of
Arizona, under W. K. Meade, and had charge
of the office. In 1888 he was elected to the
fifteenth general assembly, and was prominently
associated with the appropriation, finance, edu-
cational and other committees. In Potsdam, St.
Lawrence county, N. Y., he was made a member
of the Masonic order, and is now connected
with the Tucson Lodge No. 4, and with the
Royal Arch Masons, being past high priest of
Tucson Chapter No. 3. He is also past eminent
commander of Arizona Commandery No. i, K.
T., and a member of the Grand Consistory of
the thirty-second degree. He is a member of
the El Zaribah Temple, N. M. S. of Phoenix,
and is an officer of the Grand Chapter and of the
Grand Commandery of Arizona. He is also a
member of the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks, and Negley Post No. i, G. A. R.

J. A. R. IRVINE.

The Irvine family is of Scotch descent, and the
paternal grandfather, like so many of his coun-
trymen during the unhappy years of religious
intolerance in their native land, removed to Ire-
land, and eventually to America, where he set-

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tied in New Brunswick. There his grandson,
J. A. R., was born, in the vicinity of Woodstock,
as were his parents, Edward and Deborah (Ride-
out) Irvine. When not yet three years of age
J. A. R. Irvine was deprived of the love and
care of his mother, who died in New Brunswick.
He attended public schools of Woodstock until
his father went to California, in 1868, where he
accompanied him. and spent several years in
different parts of the far western state. In 1872
he settled in Arizona, where he assisted his
father in the various duties of his large mercan-
tile business. In this connection he was asso-
ciated with his father in the construction of the
first brick store building in the city of Phoenix,
at the corner of First and Washington streets.
In 1883 he sold out his general merchandise in-
terests. He still owns the brick building at the
corner of First and Washington streets and in
1897 he erected an adjoining brick building, the
whole now constituting the Irvine block, which
is in dimensions 130x200 feet.

In the town of Tempe Mr. Irvine married
Nancy J. Gregg, who was born in Missouri,
and came in 1877 with her parents to Arizona.
Of this union there have been eleven children,
viz.: Mary D., Nancy J., John, Leah, Palmer,
Alice, Gregg, Marvin, Lucile and Thelma; and
Lilly May (dead). In national politics Mr.
Irvine is a Democrat, but has never entertained
political aspirations. He is one of the success-
ful business men of the town, and has the es-
teem of all his friends and relations, and per-
haps most of his acquaintances. He is a mem-
ber of the Board cf Trade, and interested in the
various enterprises for the upbuilding of the
community in which he makes his home. Mr.
Irvine is connected with the Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, is a trustee and worker in
the same, and a liberal contributor towards its
work and charities.

LIEUT. T. H. RYNNING.

A record of the life of Thomas H. Rynning
shows incidents ts interesting and at times as
thrilling as those which are frequently intro-
duced by writers of fiction, who have taken as
their themes the various military exploits of the
far west during the days when the red men

still continued to contend with the whites for
the supremacy of the plains. Born in Chris-
tiana, Norway, February 17, 1866, a son of
Halvor and Indiana Rynning, he was brought
to America at the age of two years by his par-
ents, and for ten years, or until the death of
both parents, he made his home in Beloit, Wis.
During the succeeding three years he served
an apprenticeship to a stair-builder in Chicago.
At the age of fifteen he went to Texas and for
four years was employed as a cow-puncher.

February 18, 1885, he enlisted as a private in
Troop D, Eighth United States Cavalry, and
July 12 following was ordered with his com-
mand to the Indian Territory, where he served
through the Cheyenne outbreak. Returning to
Texas, he was detailed as packer with Troop
C, and served two years and three months in
Arizona under Generals Miles and Crook, at
various times during the period acting as dis-
patch carrier and mail rider. Upon his return
to Texas he rejoined Troop D and two days
later was made corporal. For some time he
performed duty as a line rider along the Mex-
ican frontier. In 1888 his regiment made its
famous ride to Fort Meade in the Black Hills of
Dakota, the longest cavalry march on record.
During this trip, on the 3d of July, he was pro-
moted to the rank of sergeant; and a few days
later was made assistant regimental quartermas-
ter sergeant, acting in this capacity about a year.
While on this expedition he made a ride from
Fort Meade to Camp Crook, one hundred and
nineteen miles, in one night, which is prob-
ably the longest single ride within the same
time ever made by a United States soldier.

Lieutenant Rynning was honorably dis-
charged from the service February 19, 1890.
Until the spring of 1892 he remained in Beloit.
Going to Chicago, upon the opening of the Co-
lumbian Exposition he was appointed a guard,
then was made gate-keeper, and finally was pro-
moted to the post of installation officer in the
agricultural building. In November, 1893, he
removed to California, and a year later set-
tled in Tucson, Ariz., where for eighteen months
he was employed by the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company. From that time until the spring
of 1898 he engaged in contracting, in which he
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the Spanish-American war he went to Prescott,
and April 29, 1898, enlisted as a private in Troop
B of the Rough Riders, under Captain McClin-
tock. The day following he was promoted to
be first sergeant and acted as adjutant. May
20, while the regiment was at San Antonio,
Tex., he was made second lieutenant, and that
office he held until the end of th; war, command-
ing the troop when it was mustered out. While
in active service in Cuba he contracted the yel-
low fever, but his rugged constitution pulled
him through the attack in excellent form. At
the close of the war he remained a month in
a hospital in Brooklyn, and finally arrived in
/ rizona en Thanksgiving day. Since that time
he has been engaged in contracting at Tucson
and Safford, in which he has met with success.
Fraternally he is connected with the Knights
of Pythias. He has never married.

THOMAS SMITH.

The present popular recorder of Graham
county, Thomas Smith, entered upon his new
duties on the first day of the twentieth century,
and is giving entire satisfaction to all concerned.
Possessing exceptional business ability and good
judgment, he was deemed to be just the man for
this important office and already has proved the
wisdom of his friends' choice. In the prime of
manhood, he was born in Scotland in 1858, and
received a high school education in the country
of the thistle and heather.

When twenty years of age, in 1878, Mr. Smith
crossed the Atlantic, believing that the new
world affords better opportunities for advance-
ment to young men of industry and upright hab-
its. Proceeding to Canada, he entered the em-
ploy of a large iron company and remained with
the firm for eight years, his duties being chiefly
of a clerical character. Then he returned to
Scotland, visiting the home and friends of his
youth, and in March, 1887, came to the United
States, this time coming direct to Arizona, and
at once becoming an employee of the Arizona
Copper Company. This wonderfully far-sighted
i ml prosperous company, upon assuming posses-
sion of the mining property which has been
controlled by it for nearly a score of years, built
a narrow-gauge railway seventy-one miles long,

connecting with the Southern Pacific at Lords-
burg. For more than thirteen years our sub-
ject held the office of railway agent at Clifton
for this railroad, which is owned and managed
by the company which originally constructed it.
His fidelity and promptness in the discharge of
all of his duties led to his becoming a candi-
date for a public office, and in November, 1900,
he was elected county recorder on the Repub-
lican ticket. Since becoming a voter in this
republic he has given his loyalty to the party
mentioned and keeps thoroughly posted on all
of the important issues of the day. He is identi-
fied with the Masonic order, being a past master
of Coronado Lodge No. 8, F. & A. M., of Clifton.
Besides he is a charter member of that lodge
and the same is true of Clifton Lodge No. 12,
A. O. U. W.

Until his official duties called him to the
county seat, Mr. Smith had his residence in
Clifton. His marriage took place in that town
in September, 1893, and his promising son, Sid-
ney is now in his seventh year. The family
have a multitude of friends and acquaintances in
Clifton and Solomonville, as well as in places
where they dwelt prior to their removal to Ari-
zona.

JOHN W. BOGAN.

The county assessor of Pima county was
elected on the Republican ticket to this impor-
tant position in 1898, and at the expiration of
his term was re-elected by a good majority.
Thus, from the beginning of 1899 to tne com-
mencement of the year 1903, he is to be in
charge of the affairs of this office, and thus far
has made an excellent record. He is an enthus-
iastic Republican, and keeps thoroughly posted
upon the great issues of the day. Formerly he
served on the county and on the territorial cen-
tral Republican committees, and his interest in
the success of his party is unabated.

Both of the parents of John W. Bogan were
born in Ireland. The father's birthplace was in
the city of Belfast, and in his boyhood he formed
the desire to follow the high seas. Shipping on
a vessel engaged in merchant marine service,
he spent several years in sailing from one port
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nearly every part of the inhabited globe. When
only twenty-one years of age he had arrived at
the distinction of being captain of a ship, and in
1849, when the gold fever prevailed, he em-
barked on a vessel bound from Liverpool to
San Francisco, acting as a mate in order to make
the trip. The ship made the long journey
around South America, and arrived at its des-
tination at the end of several months. Capt.
John Bogan, for that was his name, proceeded
to the gold fields on the Yuba, in Nevada
county, Cal., and continued there, actively en-
gaged in mining until 1872. He then went to
San Diego, Cal., and in 1877 came into Arizona,
where he had invested in some mines, but after-
wards returned to San Diego, where he is yet
making his home. His wife, Mrs. Agnes
(Byrnes) Bogan, departed this life in that city
several years ago, and two of their six children
are deceased.

John W. Bogan was born in Grass Valley,
Nevada county, Cal., forty-six years ago, and
his youth was passed chiefly in Sierra county,
Cal., where he attended the public schools. In
1872 he went to San Diego and for three years
worked at the blacksmith's trade. Then, join-
ing the engineering corps of the Southern Pa-
cific Railroad, he spent about two years with
them, and by May, 1877, the road had been
laid out as far as Yuma. Since that time he has
been interested in mining in the Arivaca dis-
trict, as also is his brother, A. E. Bogan. For
the past fifteen years the cattle business has oc-
cupied a large share of his attention, and in
partnership with N. W. Bernard he owns a
valuable ranch and large herds of cattle near
Arivaca, about sixty miles south of Tucson. He
has investments in gold mining property, and
for some time was manager of the Yellow Jacket
Mining Company, and of the Boston Plomosa
Mining Company, of Sonora, Mexico. He has
made his home in Tucson only since 1898.

In this city Mr. Bogan married Catherine,
daughter of John Steuart, a California pioneer
miner, and subsequently of Arizona, in which
territory his death occurred. She was a native
of Sacramento, Cal. The two children of Mr.
and Mrs. Bogan are named respectively Ivo and
Steuart. In his social relations Mr. Bogan is
a popular member of the lodge and Hall Asso-

ciation of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men and of the lodge and club of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks, of Tucson.

WILLIS M. WARD.

To Mr. Ward belongs the distinction of being
the best authority on the cultivation of citrus
fruits in the Salt River valley. His association
with this promising locality began in 1889, and
he located on the ranch which has since been
the object of his care in 1890. The ranch con-
sists of thirty acres, twenty-six of which are
under citrus fruits, mostly oranges. For many
years Mr. Ward has devoted the greater portion
of his time to the study of horticulture, and to
a certain extent inherits his special aptitude for
this interesting branch of industry, his father
having applied himself in this direction during
the course of his long and active life.

In Geneva, N. Y., Mr. Ward was born No-
vember 8, 1849, and is a son of Myron and
Serena (Youmans) Ward, natives of New York.
When about three years of age he was taken by
his parents to Owego, N. Y., where he lived un-
til his thirteenth year. There the father engaged
in a fruit and nursery business, in which he at-
tained great success. The youth early devel-
oped habits of industry and thrift, and from his
father learned much of the important part of the
nursery business. The desire for independence
was paramount in his nature, and when sixteen
years old he went to Shelby county, 111., and en-
gaged as a traveling salesman for a nursery firm
of Bloomington. From Illinois he removed to
Mississippi and engaged in the fruit-growing
and nursery business, and subsequently con-
tinued in the same line of occupation in central
Texas. In Fort Worth and Palestine he was
successful for nearly thirteen years and later
went to Lake county, Fla. In 1889 he sought
the larger possibilities of the far west and settled
in Arizona.

To the study of horticulture Mr. Ward brings
a large fund of general information, obtained
through the avenues of an excellent education
which was obtained at the Owego public schools,
and at the Hudson River Institute at Claverack,
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lines, and learned much from keen observation
of men and events.

A Democrat in politics, Mr. Ward is yet not
an office-seeker, preferring to devote all of his
time to investigation along the lines of his favor-
ite occupation. He is public spirited and enter-
prising, and generously interested in all that
pertains to the upbuilding of the locality in
which he lives. .

DANIEL C. STEVENS.

Daniel C. Stevens, clerk of the United States
district court of the second judicial district of
Arizona, and secretary of the Arizona Consoli-
dated Stage & Livery Company, came to the
territory in 1878, and has resided in Florence
since '1882. A native of Milan, Erie county,
Ohio, he was born in 1846, and at the age of
four years was taken by his parents to Sterling,
111., where, in 1857, his mother died and his
father then returned to Ohio. He himself was
taken to Wisconsin, and lived at Black River
Falls, Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. In 1862
he enlisted in Company G, Sixteenth Wisconsin
Infantry, and as a soldier served his country
fifteen months, being under Grant at the battle
of Shiloh, and receiving an honorable discharge
soon after the evacuation of Corinth. His en-
listment took place in the town of Eau Claire,
from which the famous war eagle, "Old Abe,"
came.

In 1863 Mr. Stevens began the occupation
which has engaged the greater part of his at-
tention up to the present time. During that
year he began to run a stage between Sparta
and Hudson, Wis. After a few years he re-
moved to Iowa and for several years was em-
ployed on various stage lines in that state.
Later he worked in Nebraska, Missouri, Kan-
sas, Indian Territory, and Texas, for the El
Paso mail line of stages. Altogether, he spent
about seven and one-half years staging through
that section. While in Missouri he ran the stage
between Sedalia and Springfield. March 7, 1870,
he became associated as manager with the Texas
& California Stage Company, with headquar-
ters at Fort Smith, gradually working westward
through Sherman, Dallas, Richardson and El
Paso. In 1878 he came to Arizona to assume
charge of the company's line between Tucson
20

and Yuma, and has since been identified with
the same interests. At that time the expense
of chartering the stage from Texas to Cali-
fornia was $1,000. The year before the com-
pletion of the Southern Pacific Railroad, in 1880,
he started the Black Canon line of stages be-
tween Phoenix and Prcscott, first running a
buckboard and later a stage, which always car-
ried a heavy load of passengers.

During the years that have passed since Mr.
Stevens came to Arizona, many changes have
taken place in the internal management of the
stage line running between Casa Grande and
Florence, and many have gone, after for a time
filling one or more of the various positions which
the company offers to deserving and industrious
people, but through all these changes Mr. Stev-
ens has retained the confidence of the company,
and has risen to his present responsible position
as secretary. The line is now conducted as the
Arizona Consolidated Stage & Livery Company,
with Mr. Stevens as resident manager at Flor-
ence, and Mr. Bollen manager at the Casa
Grande terminus. The stage makes a daily trip
between the two points, a distance of twenty-
eight miles. The route is interesting and pic-
turesque. The ruin of Casa Grande, which is
the objective point of many who take the trip,
is one of the oldest ruins in existence, and is
the supposed remains of the handiwork of the
most ancient civilization known to man.

In addition to his other interests, Mr. Stevens
owns one of the most extensive almond orchards
in the territory. The trees for this remunerative
venture were planted in 1894 and fcre now a
source of pride and profit to the owner. He
is also interested in general farming and stock-
raising, and owns considerable valuable prop-
erty in the county and town. As a stanch Re-
publican, he has been prominently identified with
the various local offices in the locality, and has
been supervisor four terms and county treas-
urer two terms. For one term he served as pro-
bate judge. In 1896 he was appointed clerk of
the United States district court. Fraternally,
he is associated with Gila Valley Lodge No. 9,
F. & A. M., and the Ancient Order of United
Workmen. He has been twice married, his
first wife having been Nora Coleman, while his
present wife was formerly Miss Ellen Bamrick.

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Mr. Stevens has been one of the greatest pro-
moters of progress in the town of Florence, and
is regarded as one of its most reliable and enter-
prising citizens.

W. W. WILLIAMS.

A sterling pioneer of Arizona, dating his resi-
dence here from 1864, and since 1866 a citizen
of Tucson, Mr. Williams is known far and near,
especially on account of his extensive busi-
ness operations and public positions. He is a
direct descendant of a brother of Roger Wil-
liams of colonial New England fame, his an-
cestors living in Rhode Island and later in Con-
necticut and New York state. His grandfather,
Charles G. Williams, was the inventor of what
is well known as the Hoe printing press, and
possessed exceptional inventive genius. He had
taken out patents on the wonderful press and
had set up one in the Methodist Book Concern,
but as it proved too large for their business at
that time its merits had become little known.
Mr. Hoe, who had enough genius to know a
good thing when he saw it, stole the patent and
unrighteously reaped the fortune which should
have gone to the inventor. In fact, he became
a millionaire and today these presses are used
in the great publishing and printing houses of
this country. Charles T. Williams, father of
our subject, was in business in New York City
for a number of years and departed this life
in the metropolis. His wife, Eliza Wheeler, born
in Dutchess county, N. Y., was a daughter of
Col. David and Abigail (Conklin) Wheeler, and
granddaughter of Colonel Wheeler, of Revolu-
tionary fame. The Wheelers originated in Eng-
land and settled near what is now Jamaica, L. I.,
when they arrived in this country, but the perse-
cutions of the Tories forced them to change
their place of abode, and accordingly, they went
to Dutchess county, N. Y., where they were ex-
tensively engaged in farming.

W. W. Williams was born at Green River,
Columbia county, N. Y., in January, 1840, and
was deprived of his mother by death when he
was four years of age, and only two of her chil-
dren lived to maturity. His early days were
spent in Berkshire county, Mass., in the home
of his grandmother Wheeler, and he completed
his education in Amenia (N. Y.) Seminary.

Then going to New York City he clerked in
a wholesale house from the time Tie was seven-
teen until he was twenty-four years of age.

In 1864 Mr. Williams came to the west, go-
ing to the Isthmus of Panama and thence to
San Francisco. From that city he then went
by steamer to Guaymas, Mexico, where fdr over
a year he was storekeeper for a mining com-
pany in the Sierra Colorado mountains. In
1866 he came to Tucson and in the following
year the partnership of Lord & Williams was
formed. For fifteen years the firm transacted a
a very extensive business, its volume at last
amounting to half a million dollars annually.
In 1881 the business was discontinued, and Mr.
Williams has since devoted his attention to
other enterprises. For three years he was the
manager of the Santa Rita Land & Mining Com-
pany and was an Indian trader at Montezuma.
Later he was actively engaged in the real-estate
and insurance business, but is now engaged in
the promotion of other interests intended to
further the material welfare of Pima county.

Before leaving New York City the young man
joined the volunteer militia, and patriotically did
his duty in helping to quell the great riots there,
taking part in several engagements. Soon after
his permanent settlement in Tucson, and just
after the close of the Civil war, he was appointed
and served as postmaster here under President
Johnson. During Grant's first administration
he also acted as United States depositor. For
a short time he also acted in the capacity of
county treasurer, at another time was city treas-
urer of Tucson, and held other county offices.
Under President Harrison's administration he
was deputy collector of customs at Buenos
Ayres, Ariz. Initiated into Masonry in New
York City in 1878, he now belongs to Tucson
Lodge No. 4, F. & A. M., and in addition to
this is connected with the lodge and club of
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. From
the time when he cast his first ballot he has been
a stalwart supporter of the Republican party.
In the Arizona Pioneer Society he is an hon-
ored member and in the Episcopal Church of
this city holds the office of warden.

The marriage of Mr. Williams and Miss Eliza-
beth Mulford, of the old and prominent family
of Mulford, N. J., was solemnized in Tucson in

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1875. Her paternal grandfather, Major Mul-
ford, was a soldier of the American war for in-
dependence, and was promoted from captain
to major for distinguished bravery at the battle
of Springfield. Mrs. Williams thus is a Daugh-
ter of the Revolution, and has been appointed
regent of that organization in Arizona. Having
been gifted with rare musical ability, she affords
her friends many an hour of pleasure by her
performances en the piano and Italian harp.

WILLIAM G. DAVIS.

In the death of William G. Davis the people
of Lehi ward, Maricopa Stake, sustained a se-
vere loss, though the memory of his good works
in this locality will not soon pass away. His
energy and thrift in business, his kindness and
goodness to his family and neighbors were
among his sterling traits of character, and thus
he endeared himself to all of his associates. The
unembellished history of his life, to those who
knew him well, is sufficient, for between the lines
can be read much that redounds to his praise.

Born in Wales, November 24, 1841, William
G. Davis had not yet reached the fifty-ninth
milestone in his life journey when, October 28,
1900, he was summoned to his reward. With
some relatives he immigrated to this country
when he was thirteen years old, and from that
time was dependent upon his own resources.
For some time he lived in Iowa, subsequently
going to Utah, where he dwelt chiefly in Salt
Lake county. As soon as he had accumulated
sufficient money to provide for his parents, John
and Elizabeth (Cadwallader) Davis, he sent for
them, and continued to minister to their needs
until they were called to the silent land. In
the mean time he pursued various business en-
terprises with energy and increasing success,
and in 1892 came to Lehi, where, as formerly, he
prospered. The homestead in this precinct,
which he had greatly improved prior to his
death, is one of the valuable farms of this val-
ley, and the commodious and attractive resi-
dence thereon stands pre-eminent in this imme-
diate section.

Actively connected with many public enter-
prises, Mr. Davis served as a director of the
Utah Irrigating Canal while living in that part

of the west, and also acted in the capacity of
justice of the peace and constable in Salt Lake
county, Utah. In political matters he was a
Democrat. The Church of Jesus Christ of the
Latter-day Saints had few more devoted ad-
herents than he, and besides serving as a super-
intendent of the Sunday-school and in other of-
ficial positions, he went to England on an
ecclesiastical mission in 1880 and was gone from
home for about two years.

The first marriage of Mr. Davis occurred in
Utah, his wife being Esther Harrison, a native
of England. Four of the children born to them
survive, namely: Frank J., Alma M., Joseph W.
and Esther E., wife of Ray Huffaker. For a
second wife Mr. Davis chose Miss Emily Nix,
likewise of England, and she is yet living upon
the homestead near Lehi. Ten children blessed
the union of this estimable couple, namely:
Emma F., wife of Charles Rowlins; Hiram G.,
May E., wife of Arthur Gibson; Charles T. ;
Henry W.; Louie, wife of James Daley; Alice
A., Wilbur L., Hazel and Ethel.

CAPT. GEORGE D. CHRISTY.

Now one of the promising and ambitious
members of the bar in Phoenix, Captain Christy
was born in Osceola, Iowa, September 24, 1869,
and is a son of Col. William Christy. He was
educated in the public schools of Des Moines,
Iowa, and was a member of the class of 1883 in
the high school, but came to Phoenix before the
graduation in June. Arriving in the far west
he entered the University of Southern Cali-
fornia, and was graduated in 1890 with the de-
gree of Bachelor of Science.

As a business venture Mr. Christy engaged in
the cattle business while superintending his
father's farm, and met with a gratifying degree
of success. Following a long-thought-out de-
termination as to his future life work he entered
the law department of Harvard College in 1896,
temporarily discontinuing his studies in 1898.
Upon returning to Arizona he volunteered in the
Spanish-American war, and during the service
was raised from the rank of adjutant to that of
captain of Company A. After being mustered
out in February of 1899, he returned to Harvard
College in the fall of the same year, but on this

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occasion, as before, was obliged to relinquish
the ambition to graduate owing to the illness
of his fathe*. In 1900 he was admitted to the
bar of Arizona, and is now conducting his legal
affairs under the firm name of Millay & Christy.
Mr. Christy is variously interested in the po-
litical, social, and other enterprises which help
to enliven his progressive town. As a firm be-
liever in the principles and undertakings of the
Republican party he is destined, in the estima-
tion of his fellow-townsmen, by virtue of ability
and general equipment, for a brilliant future.
He is an ex-member and secretary of the county
committee, and was an alternate to both the
St. Louis and Philadelphia conventions. He is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Socially he is esteemed for his many admirable
and substantial traits of character, and is pop-
ular with all who come within the radius of
his optimistic and tactful personality.

JEROME DAIRY.

One of the finest and most prominent stock
and dairy farms in Yavapai county is being de-
veloped six miles below Jerome, by John F.
Dwyer. Although practically a new-comer to
this splendid grazing district, having arrived in
1898, he has started sn enterprise which bids
fair to have few equals in this region. His orig-
inal purchase comprised the W. W. Nichols
dairy, with stock and general equipments. The
outlook for business was so promising and his
impression of the locality so favorable that the
following year he added to his possessions the
J. H. Strahan ranch of one hundred and twenty
acres. His herd is composed of the well-known
dairy strains, Holstcins, Durhams and Jerseys.
The grazing being excellent, the cattle are in
fine condition, and produce abundantly a rich
quality of milk which meets with a ready sale
in Jerome and vicinity. In fact, from one hun-
dred to one hundred and twenty gallons a day
are sold in Jerome alone. Like a progressive
dairyman, Mr. Dwyer is continually looking for
the most practical ways of managing his busi-
ness, as may be seen fiom his method of deliver-
ing milk and cream in sealed glass jars, a method
universally recognized as the most approved and

wholesome way of delivering and preserving
milk.

Mr. Dwyer inherits an aptitude for farming
and stock-raising, his father having been a
farmer and he himself was reared to that occu-
pation on a Kansas farm. He was born in John-
son county, Kansv in 1871, and received his
education in the home county. In 1892 work
on the homestead was exchanged for a position
on the Jersey Mead dairy farm near Los Ange-
les, Cal., where he remained for nearly six years,
and during the latter part of that time acted as
manager of the dairy. The experience thus
gained was of incalculable benefit to him, en-
abling him to gain a thorough knowledge of the
stock business as conducted in the west, and
also of the dairy business when made a specialty.
This knowledge he is applying to his enterprises
in Yavapai county, with the most gratifying
results. Although his land is a dairy farm ex-
clusively, he is interested in beautifying the
property and has begun to make improvements
that will eventually add greatly to its value. In
fact, the greater portion of the hay consumed on
the dairy is raised on his own place, but no crops
for the general market. A man of enterprise
and definite purpose, he is devoting his atten-
tion to the successful management of his busi-
ness, and is entitled to credit for having accom-
plished so much in a comparatively brief period.

F. N. WOLCOTT.

Arriving in Tombstone in 1881, Mr. Wolcott
in time anticipated an additional demand in the
line of general merchandise, and laid in a com-
plete stock, the sale of which has more than
justified him in selecting this location as a field
for his future efforts. And it may be said that
the town has no more enthusiastic advocate of
its many excellencies, and he has practically
demonstrated his faith in the ultimate substan-
tial interests which are bound to come this way,
in the wake of the present and past depression.
In accordance with this faith he has invested in
real estate, and located in the midst of the great-
est gold and silver properties in the world with
the intention of awaiting the fulfillment of his
expectations.

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reared in Batavia, 111., where he received a lib-
eral education in the public schools. He early
developed an ambition that reached beyond his
present surroundings, and in 1877 crossed the
continent to Los Angeles, Cal., where for four
years he was engaged in the wood, coal and
feed business. In 1881 he removed to Tucson,
and after a few months settled, in the same year,
in Tombstone, and August 25 became a partner
with Woodhead & Gay in the produce busi-
ness. In 1884 he became a partner of Mr.
Messick in the general merchandise business,
and in 1886 bought out his partner and added
a larger stock of general merchandise. From
a comparatively small beginning the business
has grown in proportion to the size of the town,
and Mr. Wolcott has met with the success which
his honest business methods ought to elicit.

As do most who live in Cochise county, Mr.
Wolcott is interested in mining in the Dragoon
mountains, being a stockholder in the Copper
Crown, and holding interests in several other
mining properties. The Copper Crown group
of mines is in the midst of the Dragoon moun-
tains, which have more than a local renown,
as the wonderful developments at present in
progress have brought to it the attention of the
whole mining world. The fact that the sur-
rounding mines have yielded beyond the fond-
est expectations of their stockholders, justifies
the owners of the Copper Crown in drawing at-
tention to the opportunities for investment,
which are destined to reap a reasonable inter-
est. The mines are located twenty miles from
Cochise station on the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, and although the road does not extend to
the mines, a road may be constructed at a prac-
tically small cost.

In the fall of 1890 Mr. Wolcott was elected
on the Republican ticket to the office of probate
judge, and served in that capacity for one term.
He has taken an active part in local matters,
and is a bright example of a man who has over-
come many obstacles, working his way up in
this country of great and practically exhaust-
less possibility. To such are the great mining
towns of the west indebted for their subsequent
solidarity.

In 1884 Mr. Wolcott was married to Emma
Kringle, of California. Born of this union are

three children, viz.: Eva, Lucie, and Henry New-
ton. The eldest daughter is a student at Knox
College, Galesburg, 111. Mr. Wolcott is a mem-
ber of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Politically he has for years been recognized as
one of the influential Republicans of Cochise
county and this part of Arizona.

WILLIAM HENRY WILKY.

The well-managed ranch of Mr. Wilky is lo-
cated nine miles northwest of Phoenix, and is a
credit to its owner and to the surroundings of
which it is a part. Upon coming to the territory
in 1883, Mr. Wilky took up one hundred and
sixty acres under the homestead act, upon
which he settled, and which he at once began to
improve. The farm has many advantages natu-
rally, and cultivation and the untiring efforts of
its owner have added doubly to its original
value. The land is devoted to the raising of
stock, alfalfa and grain, and to general farm-
ing.

Of German descent, Mr. Wilky was born in
Adams county, 111., June 19, 1865, and is a son
of Henry H. and Sophia (Lutgerding) Wilky.
His parents were born in Germany, and upon
coming to America settled among the early pio-
neers of Illinois, and grew to hold a prominent
place among the agriculturists of their locality.
They eventually migrated from Missouri to Ari-
zona in 1884, and afterward enjoyed the advan-
tages and promise of the Salt River valley.

When but a few months old William Henry
Wilky was taken by his parents to Marion coun-
ty, Mo., where they carried on large farming
interests for several years. A later location was
in Shelby county, Mo., where they lived until
removing to Arizona. In 1887 he located on his
present ranch. Mrs. Wilky was formerly Emma
A. Mosier, a native of Hickory county, Mo., and
a daughter of Benedict and Mary A. (List) Mo-
sier, now of Calpela, Cal. Of this union there
are five children, viz.: Leslie G., Vera M., Henry
F., Clara A., and Homer B. Always interested in
educational advancement, Mr. Wilky served for
one term of three years on the board of trustees
of the Alhambra school district. During his
residence in this district he had charge of the
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Canal Companies, in the western division of the
canals. In politics he is a Democrat. During
his residence in the valley he has witnessed
many changes, and has himself contributed not
a little towards the general advancement. He is
broad-minded and enterprising and highly es-
teemed by all who are privileged to know him.

CHARLES M. LAYTON.

Too much credit cannot be given to the Lay-
ton family for the part they have played in the
upbuilding and development of the Gila valley
and particularly Thatcher and vicinity. It is
a fact, known to all, that personal considera-
tions have weighed little with the representa-
tive members of the family, when the interests
of the public have been in jeopardy, for, in such
emergencies they have sacrificed their own
hard-earned means, and have spared no effort
in the noble endeavor to aid their fellow-men.
The history of Arizona and Graham county
would be sadly lacking if for any reason the
names of the subject of this memoir, and that of
his honored father, recently passed to his reward,
were omitted.

The latter, President Christopher Layton, was
a native of England, whence he sailed to the
United States in 1842, then becoming an inti-
mate friend of Prophet Joseph Smith. Return-
ing to his native land, he spent some time there,
and on November 22, 1850, embarked on the
good ship "James Pennell," with two hundred
and fifty-four converts to the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (called "Mormon"
faith), bound for these shores. President Lay-
ton was in charge of this little party and per-
sonally paid the passage money for sixteen of
the poorer pilgrims to their land of promise.
When the war between the United States and
Mexico came on he enlisted in the "Mormon"
Battalion which marched across Arizona and the
southwestern territory to Los Angeles in 1847.
After reaching Los Angeles he served there un-
til he was granted an honorable discharge from
the army, and thence proceeded to the northern
part of California, where he aided in the build-
ing of the Sutor mill-race, at the point where
the first great historic find of the gold nugget
was made.

Settling in Utah later on, President Layton
resided in Kaysville, Davis county, for a long
period, being bishop of that ward twenty-two
years, and June 17, 1877, was made councilor
of Davis Stake. Active in all great enterprises,
he became one of five directors of the Utah
Central Railroad, now a portion of the Oregon
Short Line, and aided in the construction of
that important road, the capital stock of which
then amounted to a million and a half dollars.
After acting in the capacity of councilor to the
president of the Davis Stake for four years, he
was called to the presidency of the St. Joseph
Stake, in the Gila valley. From that time, Feb-
ruary 25, 1883, until a short period before his
death, or, to be exact, until January 29, 1898, he
officiated as president here, great responsibilities
resting upon his shoulders. Then, released
from his arduous duties, he returned to his loved
old home in Kaysville, Utah, where, at the age
of seventy-seven, he passed away August 7,
1898, revered and honored by every one. Prior
to that event he had been ordained to the office
of patriarch.

As one on a committee of investigation Presi-
dent Layton had bought the site and laid out
the town of Thatcher, building the first house
erected here, and altogether devoted about
$21,000 of his own to improvements. He also
was the prime mover in the work and chief
owner of the Union canal, and one season, when
the little colony here was poor and struggling,
a great flood destroyed a portion of the canal,
and President Layton promptly expended
$1,700 of his own funds in order to save the
crops of his people. By the hardest toil he had
learned the value of money, for at a very early
age he had been forced to enter the strife for a
livelihood, and by his own energy and labor
had amassed his little fortune. At one time he
and his sons owned upwards of two thousand
acres in Davis county, Utah, and fully three
hundred acres of finely improved land there is
still in the possession of his heirs. His ideas in
regard to the reclaiming of arid lands were quite
original and thoroughly practical and he it was
who first sowed alfalfa in Davis county. For
the seed he paid at the rate of a dollar per
pound, buying one hundred pounds, and the
enterprise was so successful that soon a large

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part of the agricultural lands of the county were
planted with alfalfa. The town of Layton, near
Safford, Ariz., was named in his honor, March
2, 1884, by Bishop J. R. Welker, now president
of that ward. The wife of his youth had died
prior to his second sailing from England, and
subsequently he married Sarah Martin, the
mother of the subject of this sketch.

Charles M. Layton was born in Kaysville,
Utah, July 3, 1862, and was reared to manhood
in that place. His experience in the business
world commenced early, as he was only twelve
years old when he first worked as a clerk in a
local store. He supplemented his common-
school education by a six months' course in the
Utah University, of Salt Lake City. For six
years he was employed in his father's store and
then was taken into partnership. This busi-
ness, located at Layton, a town near Kaysville,
and named for the senior Layton, was known as
the Farmers' Union, and for eight years our
subject was associated with the same. He then
opened a meat market, and for a- number of years
also had agricultural investments. Elected as
one of the commissioners of Davis county, he
served in that office until he had completed his
plans for removal to Thatcher, when he re-
signed.

Reaching this thriving place March 17, 1897,
C. M. Layton at once associated with the firm
of C. Layton & Co., and started in business as
a general merchant. Rapidly the firm built up
a fine trade, and today undoubtedly receives a
large share of the local patronage. The name
as it now stands is Layton, Allred & Co., known
far and wide, and highly respected. They own
the new and large North Star Roller Flour Mill,
and between four and five hundred acres of
well cultivated and irrigated land near Thatcher
and in addition to these investments a well-
managed creamery and ice factory, owned by
the firm, supplies the people of this region with
two of the great staples of modern life.

The high esteem in which Mr. Layton is held
has been manifested by his fellow-citizens in
numerous ways. Politically he is a Democrat,
but not an aspirant to public positions. For
two years he was a director and for one year
was president of the board of the Union canal,
and yet is next to the largest holder of stock in

the company. At the same time that President
Kimball was elevated to his high office, Mr.
Layton was appointed as his second councilor,
and is yet serving in that relation, the mantle
of his revered father, in a spiritual sense, hav-
ing descended upon him, at least in a measure,
as the faithful believe.

In 1883 Mr. Layton married Miss Mary Ann
McMastcr, daughter of W. A. and Margaret
(Ferguson) McMaster, the former one of the
first settlers in Salt Lake City, Utah. Six chil-
dren constitute the family of our subject and
wife, namely: Sarah V., Alexander, Charles
M., Jr., Grace, Dora I. and Lucile.

HENRY H. WILKY.

In the estimation of the many friends and as-
sociates who passed his way during his long
and useful life, Henry H. Wilky was regarded as
a man possessing singularly fine and noble traits
of character. By his own unaided efforts he
arose to an enviable position in the communi-
ties in which he resided, and after coming to
Maricopa county became one of the most suc-
cessful tillers of the soil in the Salt River valley.
In time he came to have a profound faith in the
future of this garden spot of the territory, and
his ranch, located nine miles northwest of Phoe-
nix, where his death occurred December 21.
1900, displays many evidences of his unceasing
toil and expectations.

Inheriting the strong and reliable character-
istics of the sons of Germany, augmented by a
substantial home training and common school
education, Mr. Wilky was born in Brunswick,
Germany, January 8, 1838. His parents were
farmers and natives of the same province, and
lived and died on the old family homestead.
Their son Henry developed an early ambition
for new fields in which to carry on his life work,
and when seventeen years of age, in 1855, ne
boarded a sailing vessel bound for America, and
landed, after a long and dangerous voyage, in
New Orleans. Gradually he made his way up
the Mississippi river to Quincy, 111., and went
nine miles out of the city to the farm of Peter
Rump, in whose employ he remained for several
years. On the 2d of April, 1861, he married
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daughter of George and Elizabeth (Rump) Lut-
gerding, residents of Adams county, 111.

Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Wilky
departed from the familiar surroundings of
Quincy, and removed to Marion county, Mo.,
where they lived on a farm for a few years go-
ing later to Shelby county, Mo., where they con-
tinued to farm. Not satisfied with Missouri as
a permanent place of residence, he eventually
sold his property there, and in November of
1884 moved to Arizona. The same year they
located on a farm fourteen miles northwest of
Phoenix, and by industry and application, suc-
ceeded in accumulating a neat little sum in
farming and stock-raising. In 1894 the family
removed to the homestead where now live Mrs.
Wilky and the daughter of the house, Lena
Madelia.

Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Wilky, viz.: George L., who is conducting a
farm about a mile from the homestead; William
H., who is also a farmer and lives a mile and
a half west of the home; Frederick Daniel, who
married Miss Forrest, a daughter of R. O.
Green, and who died January 24, 1900; John
Aclolph, who died July 12, 1886, when in his
seventeenth year; Clara Ellen, who is the wife
of John J. Meyer, and lives a mile west of her
mother; and Lena Madelia, who is at home with
her mother. While living in Adams county, 111.,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilky became members of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church. In politics Mr.
Wilky was a stanch Democrat, and though not
a seeker after official recognition, was yet inter-
ested in local and national affairs. In his death
the community lost a valued and honored citi-
zen, and his family a loving father, husband and
friend. ,

J. W. DORRIS.

It is a conviction with shrewd, well-informed
business men that not more than one in a hun-
dred can become rich and prosperous in the
grocery trade, and that not more than one in
ten can more than gain a precarious existence in
this calling, owing to the fact, doubtless, that
so much credit is almost an inevitable feature,
the dealer thus becoming the prey of the desti-
tute and the unprincipled. In Phoenix, how-
ever, these conditions do not prevail to any ex-

tent, and the success which J. W. Dorris has
attained within the past few years is almost
phenomenal. Several of his brothers have be-
come rich and influential in commercial lines,
and beyond question they possess special abil-
ity and the genius which cannot fail of reaching
its desired goal.

The youngest of the eight sons of J. M. and
Nancy J. (Powell) Dorris, the subject of this
article was born near Winona, Miss., September
8, 1862. His birthplace was a fine old planta-
tion, and there he spent the happy years of
his youth. His grandfathers, James Dorris and
Daniel Powell, were well-to-do planters of the
state mentioned, and J. M. Dorris managed
over seven hundred acres. The father of James
Dorris was a participant in the war of the Revo-
lution, and J. M. served for two years in a Mis-
sissippi regiment during the Civil war, while
a brother of his wife was a veteran of the Mex-
ican war. (For further family history, the reader
is referred to the sketch of C. D. Dorris.)

Having completed his education in Clinton
College, J. W. Dorris engaged in teaching in
Mississippi. In 1883 ne went to California,
where he traveled over almost the entire state,
and became quite familiar with its characteristics.
In 1886 he went to school and the two follow-
ing years taught at Woodland, Cal. In May,
1888, he came to Phoenix, and bought a half
interest in a very small confectionery business
with his brother, R. B. Dorris. In August of
the same year he returned to his old home,
where he married one of the native-born daugh-
ters of Mississippi, Miss Sallie Gelena Wil-
son. She is a lady of education and culture,
and prior to her marriage taught school for a
short time. Two children, Ruth Temple and
Rema Mae, aged ten and eight, respectively, are
the chief treasures of their parents.

J. W. Dorris continued in the confectionery
business with his brother until 1891, when they
sold out, and the next day he purchased a half
interest in the business of R. W. Draper & Co.,
six months afterward purchasing his partner's
share, and since that time he has conducted the
enterprise alone. In 1892 he removed his stock
of goods to his present central location, though
at first his store was only a quarter of its pres-
ent dimensions. As the years passed his busi-

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ness increased so rapidly that he kept adding to
his accommodations until today the space oc-
cupied here comprises two floors, each 56x100
feet, with storage rooms 36x77 feet in dimen-
sions. The location is Nos. 41-47 East Wash-
ington street and No. 15 South First street.
Since 1898 he has been carrying on a wholesale
as well as retail trade, and has warehouses on
Jefferson street. In order to meet the demands
of his extensive trade he is obliged to keep
seven wagons going, and employs twenty-five
clerks in the various departments of the busi-
ness. According to the verdict of those in a
position to know whereof they speak, this is by
far the largest exclusive grocery establishment
in Arizona, and thus, within a decade, the pro-
prietor has achieved a remarkable measure of
success.

Politically Mr. Dorris supports the Demo-
cratic platform. He is a member of the Phoe-
nix Board of Trade, is one of its directors and
in 1899 was treasurer of the same. In religious
faith a Presbyterian, he is president of the board
of trustees and contributes liberally to the work
of the church.

SAMUEL S. STOUT.

The wonderful development of Maricopa
county owes much to the untiring efforts of
Mr. Stout, the county sheriff, who has lived
within the boundaries of Arizona since 1883,
and associated his ability and large business
ideas with the practically exhaustless fertility,
stored during unknown centuries. Upon his
well managed ranch about eight miles north-
west of Phoenix he conducts large cattle and
alfalfa raising interests, and has in all three
hundred and twenty acres. Redeemed from the
sterility of the desert, and its crude and unprom-
ising aspect, it has more than repaid the un-
ceasing toil of its owner, and is now one of the
finest ranches for miles around.

For a time after coming to the territory Mr.
Stout was interested in mining, and also en-
gaged in railroad construction. It was not un-
til 1887 that he decided to turn his attention ex-
clusively to general farming and cattle raising.
He was one of the first settlers in the locality,
and one of the most earnest and enthusiastic of
the pioneers. He had the advantage also of a

wide knowledge of the world, and the benefit of
an extended business experience.

A native of Nashville, Tenn., Mr. Stout was
born March 21, 1856, and is a son of Ira A. and
Sarah A. (Graham) Stout, both natives of Ten-
nessee. When a lad of only six years he was
deprived of the affectionate care and oversight
of his mother, and when eight years of age was
taken by his father to Dover, Tenn., where he
lived until he was sixteen years ot age. At this
time he sought the larger possibilities of the
far west, and spent a number of years in differ-
ent states, finally going to Mexico and Texas,
where for some time he was engaged in rail-
roading. In 1883 he took up his permanent resi-
dence in Arizona, and has since been associated
with its most substantial growth.

In November of 1900 Mr. Stout was elected
sheriff of Maricopa county, by one of the larg-
est majorities ever given a sheriff in the county.
While discharging the arduous duties of this
responsible position, he has managed to recon-
cile the dissenting elements, and to adjust mat-
ters to the satisfaction of all concerned. For one
term he has served as trustee of school district
No. 6. He has always been a stanch Demo-
crat and a strong and influential leader of his
party in the county. Fraternally he is associ-
ated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows at Phoenix, and with the Sons of the
American Revolution, belonging to the Arizona
chapter. This latter distinction belongs to him
by virtue of the services rendered during the
Revolutionary war, by his great-grandfather,
Abraham Stout, who served with courage and
distinction as an officer in the army. He was a
native of New Jersey, and one of the original
members of the Society of the Cincinnati.

WILSON W. DOBSON.

This highly respected agriculturist of the Salt
River valley owns a valuable ranch four and a
half miles southwest of Mesa. He is a native of
Perth Ontario, Canada, his birth having oc-
curred December 24, 1862. His parents, George
and Eliza (Johnston) Dobson, also were born
and reared in Ontario, and his ancestors are of
English and Irish descent. When he was six-
teen years of age Wilson W. Dobson removed

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from his birthplace to Carleton, Ontario, and
continued to live at home until he reached his
majority. In the mean while he received a lib-
eral education and a good grounding in the
principles which lead to honorable success.

In 1884 our subject started for the far west,
and, arriving in California, found employment
in the fruit-raising district near San Jose. In
the winter of 1887 he came to Arizona and
homesteaded a quarter section of land — a part
of his present possessions here. Having ex-
pended much time, energy and means in render-
ing it a model farm, he now may look with pride
upon what he has accomplished in so short a
period. By subsequent purchase he has in-
creased the boundaries of his homestead, and
now owns three hundred and twenty-eight acres.
His success in all of his business undertakings,
and they have not been a few, is the direct re-
sult of well applied principles of industry and
perseverance united with a sterling integrity
and fairness which have won him the confidence
and genuine esteem of the people of this com-
munity. His word alone carries with it the
weight of a legally-drawn document, and the
great interest which he displays in all public
improvements and affairs of general moment to
the territory and Union arouses the respect of
his acquaintances. For two terms he has been
a director of the Utah ditch of Lehi. Now a
naturalized citizen of this republic, he uses his
right of franchise in support of the Republican
party. In religious affairs he takes a special in-
terest and is an active member and worker in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, of Mesa. His wife,
formerly Miss Emma Argue, is a native of Carle-
ton, Ontario. She is the daughter of George
and Sarah Jane Argue, natives of Ontario, and of
Irish descent. The father is deceased and the
mother, at an advanced age, is living in the town
of Wellington, Ontario. A son, Harold A.,
blesses the union of Mr. and Mrs. Dobson.

WILLIAM A. WILSON.

The Wilson family is of Scotch-Irish extrac-
tion, and the first members to immigrate to
America settled in Virginia, and became identi-
fied with the agricultural interests of that state.
The paternal grandfather, Robinson Wilson,

was a soldier in the war of 1812, and served
his country with courage and distinction. Will-
iam A. Wilson was born in the historic Shenan-
doah valley, in Virginia, October 13, 1852, and
is a son of James M. and Ann E. (Robinson)
Wilson, who were both born in Virginia.

In his native Berkeley county, Va., Mr. Wil-
son passed an early existence not unlike that
experienced by the average farmer's son. He
was educated at Berkeley Academy in Virginia,
and early evinced studious and methodical hab-
its. As an independent venture, he engaged as
a clerk in a mercantile establishment in Charles-
town for several years. Subsequently moving
west, he went into business for himself in Fort
Scott, Kans. In 1887, in search of a desirable
permanent location, he spent some time in Col-
orado and New Mexico, terminating his travels
in Kansas City, Mo. There he entered the em-
ploy of the Armour Packing Company, and for
thirteen years represented this house on the
road.

In 1887 Mr. Wilson came to Arizona, and has
since been a resident of this promising terri-
tory. In 1892 he purchased eighty acres of
practically desert land, which, under his able
and conscientious management, bears at the
present time but a faint resemblance to its
former condition of sterility and apparent use-
lessness. In 1893 he started the almond and
orange orchard which is now one of the best in
Salt River valley, and comprises twenty-five
acres of land. Of this, ten acres are under
oranges and fifteen under almonds. In addi-
tion he has fifteen acres under apricots, and
the remainder of the land is as yet undeveloped.
Aside from his horticultural interests he is at
present engaged in the brokerage business at
Phoenix, and has an office in the Fleming block.
He was united in marriage with Cleo Camp,
who was born in Georgia. Of this union there
is one daughter, Mary E.

In national politics Mr. Wilson is associated
with the Democratic party, but entertains very
liberal ideas regarding the politics of the ad-
ministration. Fraternally he is a member of
the Masonic order. He is among the best and
most favorably known of the residents of Salt
River valley, and is esteemed for his many ad-
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character, and for the generosity which impels
an active interest in all that pertains to the gen-
eral well-being of the community.

HON. HENRY C. ROGERS.

Possessing the pluck and spirit of the true
frontiersman, Henry C. Rogers has experienced
and conquered most of the obstacles which
came into his pioneer life, and is entitled to a
prominent place in the annals of Arizona. Near-
ly half a century ago he identified himself with
the upbuilding of Utah and for almost a quarter
of a century has been a resident of Arizona.

The birth of H. C. Rogers occurred October
19, 1833, in New York City. He is a descend-
ant of that John Rogers, of England, who was
burned at the stake on account of his religious
convictions. On the maternal side he is the
grandson of Ebenezer Collins, who served with
the colonial patriots of New England in the war
of the Revolution, being in the ranks for seven
long years. The parents of our subject, David W.
and Martha (Collins) Rogers, were natives of
Vermont and New Hampshire, respectively. In
1838 the family started towards the west, cross-
ing the country in a wagon drawn by horses.
They settled in Lee county, Iowa, where they
remained until 1846, when they removed to Ma-
haska county, same state, and dwelt near Oska-
loosa until 1850. Then for two years they lived
in Polk county, Iowa, thence going across the
plains to Provo, Utah county, Utah, where the
parents both died.

The boyhood of our subject was chiefly spent
in Iowa, where he attended a subscription school
held in a log cabin. From his father he learned
the trade of cabinet-making, and also became
a practical wagon-maker, at both of which call-
ings he was more or less engaged until a few
years ago, though at the same time he owned
and operated a farm.

For a wife Mr. Rogers chose Miss Emma
Higbee, a native of Caldwell county, Mo., and
of the eleven children born to them nine are
yet living. In November, 1876, the family
started from their former home towards the
south, making the long journey to this locality
with wagons, and being part of a little colony
which arrived in Lehi March 6, 1877. Here he

took up a quarter section of government land,
and by well applied energy and labor made a
valuable homestead, reclaiming a portion of the
desert. Of his original property he now re-
tains only sixty acres, which, however, amply
provides for his needs.

In November, 1893, Mr. Rogers was elected
on the Democratic ticket to the Arizona legis-
lature, where he served for one term, or two
years. While a resident of Utah he served for
seven years as sheriff of Utah county, and for a
similar number of years acted in the capacity of
city marshal of Provo, Utah. At the present
time he is the first councilor to the president
of the Maricopa Stake of the Church of Jesus
Christ of the Latter-day Saints, and thus is a
powerful factor in his community, being looked
up to and consulted in everything pertaining to
their interests.

HON. ADAMSON CORNWALL.

Since 1880 the subject of this article has been
prominent in the affairs of Mohave county, and
for a quarter of a century has been closely identi-
fied with its development and progress. Time
and again he has been called to positions of
responsibility and trust, and always has abun-
dantly justified the confidence which the public
reposed in him. In the autumn of 1880 he was
elected to represent this district in the terri-
torial legislature of Arizona, and during his two
years of service in that capacity was chairman
of the committee on education and was a mem-
ber of several other committees. In 1884 he
was a candidate for the position of joint coun-
cilman of the northern district of Arizona and
was defeated by Dr. Ainsworth, his political
opponent, who received a small majority, carry-
ing two of the five counties interested. In 1886
Mr. Cornwall was honored by nomination to
the same office, and was triumphantly elected
by a plurality vote of 982. He served his full
term as president of the territorial council, and
won the high regard and lasting esteem of the
general public by his wise and manly course.
Again, in 1898, they manifested their great re-
liance upon him by electing him as treasurer
of Mohave county, and as such he served for
two years. From his early manhood he has
been devoted to the policy of the Democratic

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party, and has been an influential factor in its
councils, frequently being selected as a dele-
gate to local and territorial conventions.

A westerner by birth and every association
and sentiment, Hon. Adamson Cornwall cer-
tainly is true to the vital interests of the Pacific
slope, and especially of this, his chosen com-
munity. His father, Rev. Josephus A. Cornwall,
was a pioneer minister in Oregon, and for about
a score of years labored earnestly in the cause
of Christianity in that state, being a leading
light in the Presbyterian denomination there.
He was a native of Georgia, whence he came
to the west in 1846, thus being among the her-
alds of on-coming civilization, and one of the
first settlers of Oregon. His death occurred
when he had arrived at the advanced age of
eighty-two years, at. which time he was a resi-
dent of Ventura county, Gal. His wife, the
mother of our subject, bore the maiden name
of Nancy Hardin. Of their twelve children nine
are yet living and two, Adamson and William
Cornwall, are residents of Mohave county.

The date of our subject's nativity is June 10,
1850, his birthplace being near Salem, Ore.
His youth was chiefly spent in California, and
his literary education was obtained in Sonoma
College, after which he engaged in teaching
in the public schools of that state for two years.
In December, 1875, he came to Arizona from
Ventura county, Cal., and located upon a ranch
situated in the southern part of Mohave county.
From that time until the present he has been
more or less extensively interested in the cattle
business and in farming, and in order to ren-
der his property more valuable he had ditches
made from the Sandy river, thus affording irri-
gation privileges when necessary. By industry
and perseverance he has won a well deserved
prosperity, for he came here without capital or
resources, but with a firm resolve to make his
own way. That his sterling integrity is relied
upon might be proved in many ways, and that
his financial ability is believed in has been fre-
quently shown, as, for instance, when he has
been appointed as administrator of mining prop-
erty, as he has been several times. In the
local lodge of Odd Fellows he is holding the
office of treasurer at this writing.

In 1886 Mr. Cornwall married Miss Jennie L.

Hunt, of Monterey county, Cal. Faithfully she
shared his joys and sorrows, and in 1898 was
called to her reward in the better land. Five
children are left to mourn the loss of a loving
mother, namely: Amy L., Thomas Lane, Clay
A., Irene, and Clarence.

J. X. WOODS.

The splendid opportunities for sheep raising
afforded by the soil, climate, and general fitness'
of Navajo county, have attracted the practical
attention of many who desired to engage in
this occupation, and without exception all have
succeeded who brought to bear the necessary
application and persistency of effort. Though
by early training a railroad man, which occupa-
tion he followed for years, Mr. Woods is now de-
voted entirely to his sheep, and is one of the
largest and most successful breeders in the
county. Nor are his claims for consideration
confined to this branch of worR, for he is one
of the prominent men of the locality, and has
numerous interests which fill a busy life.

Though born in Ottawa City, Canada, in 1844,
Mr. Woods was reared in Cleveland, Ohio,
where he was educated and learned the trade
of engineer. He was subsequently connected
with the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Rail-
road for several years, and in 1869 came to
Missouri as an engineer on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad, his run being between Chamois and
Kansas City. During this time he lived in
Sedalia, and his engine drew a passenger train.
In 1874 he accepted a position as engineer on
the Vandalia road between Terre Haute and
St. Louis, and remained with this company until
1880, residing the while at Effingham, 111. He
was later connected with the Atlantic & Pacific
road until it was incorporated with the Santa
Fe. During 1881 he had the run between Albu-
querque, N. M., and Enid, and then had charge
of the head engine in laying the track between
Fort Wingate and Canon Diablo. In 1882 he
entered upon five years of service as master
mechanic in the shops of the Atlantic & Pacific
at Winslow, and then took a run out of Winslow
on the passenger going west to Peach Springs,
which he continued until 1898.

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Woods became interested in the sheep industry
in 1884, on a ranch five miles south of Williams.
He branched out so extensively that in 1898
he found that he could no longer attend to his
duty in both directions, so relinquished the rail-
road for the sheep business. One of the larg-
est raisers in the county, he has on hand all
the time between six and ten thousand animals,
and his brand is a fine kind of Merinos. Unless
unforeseen circumstances arise, the annual crop
of wool averages between sixty and ninety
thousand pornds. He was seriously affected by
the wool p-nic of 1893 and 1896, but although
suffering a loss of about $20,000, has since re-
trieved his reverses and enjoys every prospect
of increased success in the future.

Considerable real-estate has come into Mr.
Wood's possession. He erected the first two-
story building in Winslow and has built several
residences which are rented out to other parties.
In politics a Republican, he has taken an active
part in local and territorial affairs, and served
on the first elected board of supervisors of
Navajo county. In 1898 he was again elected,
and received the highest vote, which consti-
tutes a hold over, and is now entering upon his
fifth year. During his first term he was a mem-
ber of the building committee which constructed
the brick court house and jail at the county
seat. In 1900 Mr. Woods was tendered the
nomination to the legislative council. In fra-
ternal circles he is associated with the local lodge
of Elks, and is a member of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers. In connection with
the latter organization he was a delegate from
the Winslow Division No. 134, to the national
convention at New York City in 1887. He has
filled all of the chairs of the local division.

EDWIN L. DAVIS.

From his young manhood, Mr. Davis, of Clif-
ton, has been connected with mining operations,
in one capacity or another, and has had a long
practical acquaintance with the treatment of
ores. He was born in England in 1852 and
attended the common schools of his neighbor-
hood until he had mastered the elementary
branches of knowledge. When fifteen years
old, he determined to seek his fortune in Amer-

ica, and immediately after reaching these shores
proceeded to Utah. There he worked in a num-
ber of mining camps and met with fair success
in his efforts. In 1881 he went to Colorado,
where he remained until the autumn of the fol-
lowing year.

During the past nineteen years Mr. Davis has
been a resident of Arizona and for a short time
\\vis in the employ of the Sonora Railroad. He
lived in Tucson for about a year and a half.
There he was in the employ of the Columbia
Copper Company and for the first time was asso-
ciated with the smelting of ores. At the end
of eighteen months with that concern, he went
to Johnsonville, where he worked for the Co-
chise Copper Company about one year. Since
1884 he has dwelt in Clifton and for fifteen years
of this period was foreman of the great smelting
plant of the Arizona Copper Company. Large
responsibilities have thus rested upon his shoul-
ders, but he has been equal to every duty and
emergency and year by year has added to his
reputation as a mining man.

One of the charter members of the Clifton
Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, Mr. Davis also belongs to the Masonic fra-
ternity, having joined the Clifton Lodge. His
franchise is used in behalf of the platform and
nominees of the Republican party. About ten
years ago, in October, 1891, Mr. Davis married
Mrs. Ella Richardson, and their pleasant home
in this town indicates their good taste and love of
the beautiful.

ADOLPH TYROLER, M. D.

The physical woes of the residents of Williams
are ably ministered to by Dr. Tyroler, the popu-
lar and successful physician, surgeon and drug
merchant. In the midst of this thriving little
town he has built up a large and lucrative prac-
tice, which not only includes the dwellers within
the city limits, but in both directions along the
line of the Santa Fe Ra-lroad. His skill in diag-
nosis and treatment has struck a grateful and
responsive chord in the hearts of all who have
benefited by his erudition, and he has gained
friends as well as patronage.

In Grand Rapids, Mich., Dr. Tyroler was
born, educated and grew to manhood. He early
showed an inclination for professional life, and

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decided to devote his future to a mastery, as
far as possible, of medical and surgical science.
The opportunity for study along these lines was
found at Ann Arbor, Mich., from which institu-
tion he was graduated in the class of 1894. As
a preliminary practice he located in Ithaca,
Mich., and two years later, in 1896, returned to
his native city of Grand Rapids, and remained
for two years.

In January of 1898 Dr. Tyroler located in Wil-
liams, and started a general practice. He be-
came the manager of the Williams Drug Com-
pany, in January of 1900. The drug store is a
neat and well-stocked enterprise, and carries,
besides drugs, a general line of sundries. The
responsibilities of the Doctor are augmented by
his positions as surgeon for the Santa Fe Rail-
road Company, between Williams and Seligman,
and for the Santa Fe, Phoenix & Prescott Rail-
road, at Ash Fork, Ariz. The general upbuild-
ing of the town has ever been paramount in
his mind and efforts, and any worthy enterprise
towards progress meets with his substantial co-
operation. Fraternally he is associated with the
Masons, Elks, Foresters, Knights of Pythias,
and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, for
which latter organization he is medical exam-
iner. Much of the Doctor's success is due to his
liking for the country in which he lives, for the
town has no more enthusiastic advocate of its
resources and geneial advantages. An ardent
Republican, he is now serving as a member of
the executive committee of the Coconino Coun-
ty Republican Central Committee.

GEORGE ROBERT WILLISCROFT.

The Williscroft family is of English descent,
and the paternal grandfather was born in Eng-
land. He subsequently removed to' the north
of Ireland, and successfully carried on a large
linen industry. His son, William, the father of
George, was born in the north of Ireland, and
upon emigrating to Canada was in the employ
of the government, and was one of the con-
structors of the Ridau canal. At the expira-
tion of his contract he turned his attention to
farming in the vicinity of Ottawa, where he died
at the age of fifty-two years. His wife, Sarah
(Becket) Williscroft, was born in the north of

Ireland, whither her ancestors had removed in
the thirteenth century. She was of distin-
guished family, claiming kinship with Thomas
a Becket. Mrs. Williscroft, who died in Can-
ada, was the mother of ten children, all of whom
are living, George being sixth. One son, Will-
iam, is a cattleman in northern Arizona, and
John is a merchant in the Indian Territory.

George Robert Willifcroft was born near
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 4, 1852. His
early life was uneventful, and not unlike that
experienced by the average farm-reared boy.
He studied diligently at the public schools, and
in 1869 was apprenticed out as a carriage maker
in Kempville. After three years of patient appli-
cation to his trade, he started a business in
Oxford, and in 1878 began to work as a mill-
wright, and in time became a practical mechanic
and moulder. In Toronto, Canada, he engaged
for about ten years in the manufacture of mill
machinery, and in 1888 came west and located in
Phoenix. One of his first undertakings in the
far western city was the adjusting and placing
of the machinery in the Smith mill, and a year
later he built the foundry and machine shop in
which his work has since been carried on. He
manufactures all kinds of castings and machin-
ery, and handles new and second-hand machin-
ery, and also does a great deal of repairing. In
addition, he represents, as agent, the J. I. Case
Company, selling their engines and threshers.

The foundry built by Mr. Williscroft is ad-
mirably adapted by construction and equipment
for the purpose to which it is devoted, and no
expense has been spared in making it a model of
its kind. It covers a whole block, and contains
an engine of ten-horse power, and has a smelt-
ing capacity of five tons. Mr. Williscroft is a
natural mechanic, and has bent his ingenuity to-
wards several improvements along the lines of
his chosen work. He has unfortunately not bene-
fited by his inventions, which have proved of
such an excellent and useful nature that they
are extensively used over the whole country.
Among his contrivances is a dust collector
which has no equal, and is used, not only in
America, but has found its way to numerous
countries across the sea. Another invention
which remains unpatented because of lack of
capital behind it, is a drop box to be used in

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elevating any dry substance pneumatically.
Mr. Williscroft was married in Canada to
Martha Stewart, a native of Canada. Of this
union there are four children, viz.: Margaret
Adelaide, who is now Mrs. Carpenter, and re-
sides in Arizona; Florence Esther, who was the
wife of J. Ernest Walker, and died in Phoenix;
Gertrude Louise, and Annie Beatrice. The last
two are living at home.. In national politics Mr.
Williscroft is a Republican, but lias no inclina-
tion for public office. With his family he is a
member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

ERNEST FREDERICK KELLNER.

The mercantile establishment founded as far
back as 1878 by E. F. Kellner, Sr., and now con-
ducted under the firm title of E. F. Kellner &
Co., is one of the substantial landmarks of the
town of Globe. The founder of this business
was born in New Braunfels, Tex., in 1849, an<^
became a pioneer of Globe in 1878, during the
rugged days of early pioneer life. At once he
embarked in the mercantile business as a part-
ner of J. B. Morrill, the two carrying on a whole-
sale and retail trade. Soon, however, Mr. Mor-
rill disposed of his interest to his partner, who
conducted the enterprise alone. Afterward he
opened a similar establishment at McMillen, in
partnership with J. W. Ransom; the venture
proved profitable, but was soon abandoned.
With these two as partners, the business at
Globe was conducted until 1900, when Mr. Ran-
som's share of the stock came into the posses-
sion of E. F. Kellner, Jr., as a gift from his
father to commemorate the twenty-first anni-
versary of his birth.

About 1884 Mr. Kellner, Sr., opened a mer-
cantile store in Phoenix, which he now owns
with his youngest daughter, Frank R. Kellner,
the two conducting a wholesale and retail busi-
ness. Since then he has spent the greater part
of his time in Phoenix, with the exception of
infrequent trips to Globe to look over his inter-
ests here, which are many and varied. His home
is one of the most attractive in Phoenix, and
he has long been regarded as one of the most
capable and resourceful business men of the
territory. Besides his real-estate holdings in
Phoenix, he owns three fine ranches in the Salt

River valley and one at Florence. Extensively
interested in mining, he owns copper and gold
mines in the vicinity of Globe, also mills, a
lumber yard, and an agricultural implement busi-
ness. While in New Mexico he was made a
Mason and later became a charter member of
the blue lodge at Globe, Ariz. In politics he is
.a stanch Democrat, but his many interests and
busy commercial life have never permitted of
time for political office. His marriage took place
in New Mexico and united him with Mamie,
daughter of M. V. Bennett. Of this union there
are four children, viz.: Willie, wife of Dr. S.
B. Claypool, of Globe; E. F., Jr., Frank and
Ben J., who are with their parents in Phoenix.
Unlike the majority who are promoting the
commercial interests of Globe, E. F. Kellner,
Jr., who is managing the Globe store and has
one-fourth interest in the concern, was born
within the borders of the town. Although still
a young man (having been born in 1880) he has
remarkable business ability, which is partly an
inheritance, but mainly the result of unwearied
application to his father's interests. He was
educated at St. Mathew's College in San Mateo,
Cal., and is well equipped for whatever responsi-
bility life may bring him. He has entire charge
of the affairs in Globe, which, in addition to a
general mercantile business, includes a general
banking business of large proportions. With
the example of his father before him and with
the aid of his own natural ability, he will with-
out doubt become an influence in local and ter-
ritorial affairs. __

H. L. GEORGE.

The well-known proprietor of the Club Stables
of Phoenix, which are among the finest and
largest liveries in Arizona, was born in Seguine,
Tex., September 17, 1862, and belongs to a
family that has been especially prominent in
military affairs. His paternal ancestors were of
English origin and were among the first set-
tlers on the James river in Virginia. His great-
giandf.ather, Colonel George, was a native of
that state, and was one of the first settlers of
that part of the Old Dominion which is now
Kentucky. He lived the life of a planter and
served with distinction as a colonel in the Rev-
olutionary war. The grandfather, Major J. W.

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George, was an officer in the war of 1812, and
was an extensive planter of Kentucky. He was
born in Henry county, that state, and continued
his residence there throughout life.

Capt. W. L. George, our subject's father, was
also a native of Henry county, Ky., and was a
graduate of the military academy at Drennan
Springs, that state. When a young man he
went to Seguine, Tex., and during the Civil war
raised two companies with Governor Ireland
of that state, being commissioned captain of
one of these. He served all through the war
with Generals Longstreet and Hood, and was
once wounded. His brother, Major M. B.
George, was a member of General Hood's staff.
After the war Captain George became a gov-
ernment contractor and removed to Kansas
City, from which place he supplied the western
forts and Indians with government beef, doing
a very successful business. He and Major J.
W. L. Slavin built the first packing house in
Kansas City and ran it for several years, but
the firm failed during the panic of 1873. Cap-
tain George was also president of the First
National Bank of Kansas City.

Nothing daunted, he commenced farming on
an extensive scale and made another fortune,
but lost this in 1882. Four years later he came
to Phoenix, Ariz., and engaged in railroad con-
tracting and canal building. He died here in
August, 1897, honored and respected by all who
knew him. His widow, who bore the maiden
name of Eliza Le Gette, is still a resident of
Phoenix. She was born on Cape Fear river in
South Carolina, and is descended from the
French nobility, her great-great-uncle being
Marquis de Resette. Her ancestors were
among the Huguenots who were driven from
France on account of the revocation of the edict
of Nantes. Our subject is the oldest in a family
of three children, the others being W. L. and
R. B., both residents of Phoenix.

During his boyhood and youth H. L. George
attended the military academy at Frankfort, Ky.,
and then entered the University of Kentucky,
where he pursued his studies until the senior
year. He began his business career as his
father's assistant, and in February, 1887, came
to Arizona, and engaged with his father in canal
construction, building the Peoria, East River-

side, Agua Fria and other canals. They were
also contractors on both the Southern Pacific
and United Verde Railroads. Our subject served
as deputy sheriff under Linn Orme four years,
and in 1897 embarked in the livery business,
building the Club Stables on North Center street,
which he has since so successfully conducted.
He was also one of the organizers of the Al-
hambra Brick Company, which has built a mod-
ern plant and is now engaged in the manufacture
of all kinds of brick. Mr. George is secretary
of the company, and is justly regarded as one of
the most energetic, progressive and capable
business men of the city.

At Woodford, Ky., he married Miss Minnie
Brookie, a native of that place and a daughter
of James W. Brookie, a planter. She died in
1888, leaving one daughter, Brookie. The
Democratic party has always found in Mr.
George a stanch supporter of its principles. He
is a charter member of the Maric'opa Club, and
is quite popular both in business and social cir-
cles.

J. E. HASKELL.

The general manager of the Penn Gold Min-
ing Company, whose claims are situated in the
Walker district on Lynx creek, within a score of
miles of Prescott, is a business man of recog-
nized ability and is eminently fitted for the re-
sponsible position he now holds. Though a
native of New York state, he went to Pennsyl-
vania when in his ninth year, and much of his
subsequent life has been passed in Bradford.
For upwards of thirty-six years he has been ac-
tively associated with the coal-oil industry, and
during that period has been interested in not
less than three hundred producing wells, these
being located chiefly in the vicinity of Bradford,
Pa., and in West Virginia. In 1892 he became
interested in the oil fields of Indiana, and to-
day owns about twenty wells in the northeastern
part of that state. Exclusive of the royalty ex-
acted, the output of these wells is not less than
seven hundred barrels per month.

Though he has devoted the main share of his
time to the development of oil fields, and has
met with remarkable success in his undertak-
ings, J. E. Haskell also has made investments in
. other directions. He is a member of the firm

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and a director of the Erie Chemical Works of
Erie, Pa., which plant now turns out twenty
tons of alum cake daily. His finely-kept vine-
yard at Mooreheadville, Pa., covers about one
hundred acres, and in 1900 a crop was gathered
amounting to three hundred and forty tons.

The Penn Gold Mining Company was organ-
ized about one year ago, when the following
officers were chosen by the board of directors:
C. P. Collins, of Bradford, Pa., president; J. R.
Leonard, of Beaver, Pa., vice-president; Harry
Heasley, of Pittsburg, Pa., treasurer; and J. E.
Haskell, of Bradford, Pa., general manager.
The mill was started in operation April 18, 1900.
It has a capacity of forty tons daily, about four
and one-half tons of concentrates resulting,
averaging about $70 per ton. The ore is a heavy
sulphide, averaging about $7 to the ton. About
twenty-five men are employed in the mines, and
four are engaged in running the mill. During
1901 a second Huntington mill was added, and
the two now crush eighty tons of ore daily, mak-
ing about eight and one-half to nine tons of con-
centrates, employing forty-five men at the mine
and mill.

Every detail of the business is under the per-
sonal and direct supervision of Mr. Haskell, to
whom is due the credit for the success attend-
ing the enterprise. Having given his attention
closely to business matters, he has not had
leisure to participate actively in politics, but he
maintains an interest in all matters bearing upon
the welfare of the nation, and in his political
views is a Republican.

ABRAHAM DIAZ.

The birth of the subject of this article oc-
curred in Ures, Mexico, January 8, 1850. There
he continued to live until he was eighteen years
of age, and by that time had obtained a liberal
education in the public schools and local col-
lege. Then he went to San Diego, Cal., where
he remained for a period, after which he became
a resident of Los Angles, same state.

In 1874 Mr. Diaz came to Arizona and was
in the employ of a government contractor for
some time, his home being in Tucson. Having
learned the principles of business pretty thor-
oughly, the young man then commenced taking
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contracts on his own account, supplying Fort
Apache. In 1876 he came to Solomonville and
for three years engaged in farming in this neigh-
borhood. Thus he is one of the first settlers
of the place, and only three small dwellings
stood on the site of the future county-seat when
he took up his abode here. During the next
twenty years he devoted his attention largely to
the cattle business, and it was not until January,
1900, that he disposed of the last of his live
stock. In the meantime he had also been en-
gaged in the liquor business for thirteen years,
and in March, 1900, opened a store in which
general merchandise is carried in stock. In
addition to this he is interested in mines near
Clifton and in the Lone Star district.

Mr. Diaz began the New Year of 1885 by
marrying Miss Gerarda Johnson, of Clifton.
They have two promising children, John, now
twelve years old, and Antonia, in his ninth year.
Both are at home and are apt students in the
local school. The family is Catholic in religious
faith and contributes generously to the work of
the church. In politics Mr. Diaz is a Democrat
and at present is serving as a member of the
city council. From 1888 to 1891 he held the
responsible office of jailor in the county, and
faithfully discharged every duty devolving upon
him.

CHARLES E. NATHHORST.

As a chemist and assayer Mr. Nathhorst has
few equals in Arizona and, indeed, in the United
States. He received his preliminary training in
this direction in Sweden, where he was born in
Falun, October 2, 1866. After graduating from
the public schools he entered the Falun School
of Alines, and was graduated as a chemist and
mining engineer. As is well known, the trades
and professions in Sweden are taught in no lax
and uncertain way, and he who would win dis-
tinction or even graduate must apply himself
unceasingly for months and years, and then pass
an examination which for rigor and exactness
has no parallel in America.

Naturally, Mr. Nathhorst came to the greatest
mining country in the world as a desirable field
in which to apply his knowledge, and in 1888
located at San Pedro, N. M., as assayer for Sen-
ator Clark, at the San Pedro mines, now the

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Santa Fe Copper Company. Here he remained
for two years, when he accepted a position of
greater responsibility as chemist and assayer for
the United Verde Copper Company, with whom
he remained for six years. Since then he has
been engaged in general assay work, and is an
expert mine examiner and reporter. He is also
the owner of some valuable properties, and de-
votes considerable time to prospecting. In
1899 Mr. Nathhorst erected a large stone build-
ing, which, since completion and furnishing, is
the finest laboratory in the territory of Arizona
and one of the finest in the country.

In 1896 the union of Mr. Nathhorst and
Annie Kuchler occurred, Mrs. Nathhorst being
a daughter of Frank Kuchler of San Francisco,
formerly proprietor of the Jerome hotel at
Jerome, Ariz. She is the mother of one daugh-
ter, Anita. Mr. Nathhorst is entirely devoted
to the work which nature and education have so
ably fitted him to perform, but he is nevertheless
a broad-minded and progressive citizen, and full
of enthusiasm for the locality in which his lot
has been cast. Fraternally he is a member of the
Jerome Lodge No. 18, K. of P. A believer in
Republican principles, he has, however, never
found time to maintain more than a passing
interest in politics.

HON. JOHN S. JONES.

Hon. John S. Jones, the well-known mining
operator of Yavapai county, and owner of the
Little Jessie group of mines, as well as of others
in that district, possesses about a quarter of a
century's experience in mining matters, and is
acknowledged to be a reliable judge of ores and
values. He is popular in mining circles of this
county, and, though it is strongly Democratic,
his personal ability and merits received the
stamp of the public's approval when it elected
him to the territorial legislature. As a represen-
tative of this district in the eighteenth general
assembly he used his influence in behalf of the
mining community and strongly advocated the
bill providing for the establishment of the ter-
ritorial prison at Prescott, which bill passed the
upper house, only to be defeated in the lower as-
semblage.

Mr. Jones was born in Wa'es ,: nd came to the
United States with his parents in 1861. He was

reared in Columbus, Ohio, and after leaving
school was apprenticed as a machinist, serving
four years as such. During the next four years
he was employed as assistant engineer at the
Deaf and Dumb Institute, of Columbus, and in
1870 he became a resident of St. Louis, Mo.
There he engaged in the manufacturing of min-
ing machinery, under the firm name of Ferguson
& Jones, for fully nine years, meeting with suc-
cess in the enterprise.

Since 1879 Mr. Jones has been more or less di-
rectly occupied in mining operations. His first
experience in this line was in the Black Hills of
Dakota. Erecting a mill near the Homestake
mine, he contracted for ores about one year.
Then he went to Central America in the interests
of the St. Louis Syndicate and spent fourteen
months there, in the meantime obtaining a con-
cession to seventy-seven thousand acres of land,
but owing to the troubles between President
Soto and the President of Guatemala and their
respective factions it was found advisable to
abandon the contract. Returning to St. Louis,
he went thence to San Juan county, Colo., on
behalf of a syndicate, closing out property owned
there, and for several years gave his attention to
the sale of mines. Among others of note which
might be mentioned, except for the limits of this
article, it may be said that he it was who nego-
tiated the sale of a famous mine in the Ophir
district, the consideration of the same being $75,-
ooo. In 1886 he went to New York city, where
he was associated in heavy financial operations
with Prof. James Whitehead, of Chicago, until
the autumn of that year.

Then coming to Arizona as the representative
of a New York syndicate which had mines in
the Groom Creek district of Yavapai county, Mr.
Jones supervised the construction of a ten-stamp
mill on its property, but the necessary capital to
carry on the work was not forthcoming, so he re-
signed. Devoting his time to prospecting for
himself in various districts, he located the Little
Jessie mine in 1889, and still continued to make
claims at points which he deemed worthy of
being developed. In 1890 he put up a five-stamp
mill and proceeded to operate the Little Jessie
mine. Later he increased the capacity of his
mill, which is now classed with the twenty-stamp
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this mine is of an exceptionally fine quality, aver-
aging about $90 to the ton, gold being the chief
precious mineral, and a little silver, though no
copper, being found. The average value of the
shipping ore ranges between $350 and $400 a
ton, with shipments as high as $1,000 per ton, and
has produced upwards of $750,0:0. The Little
Jessie group of mines comprise eighteen claims,
situated in the Big Bug or Chaparal district. The
owner has displayed great good judgment in his
management of this valuable property and is
rapidly amassing a fortune.

A company is now formed on the Little Jessie
mines, over two miles of mineral bearing on two
mother lodes or veins, and known as the Trede-
gar Mining Precious Metals & Reduction Com-
pany. A 2co-ton daily capacity mill is to
be erected, and guarantees to pay 2 per cent
monthly dividend after this mill is in operation.
Hon. John S. Jones is president and managing
director of the company, which has a capital
stock of $2,500,000.

From the time that he became a voter until
the present, Mr. Jones has been a stalwart Re-
publican. Fraternally he is identified with the
Masonic order, his membership being in the
Prescott lodge. His wife (now deceased) was
Mrs. Ella G. De Long, her former husband hav-
ing been a cousin to the famous De Long of
Arctic fame. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had three
children, Jessie S. (for whom the mines were
named), Grace and William.

REV. CHARLES H. COOK.

The Pima Indians at Sacaton, Final county,
have no truer friend and adviser than is to
be found in Rev. Charles H. Cook, who
has worked in their midst since 1870 with
a singleness of purpose and large-hearted
humanitarianism to be found only in those
gifted with "the nameless touch of nature
that makes the whole world kin." Per-
haps few, if any, of our Indian tribes of late
years have made more progress in the arts of
civilization than the Pimas. There is, however,
one great drawback at present. The many white
settlements sbove Sacaton take from the In-
dians the water needed for irrigation. It is Mr.
Cook's hope that the government will provide

them with a large reservoir, in which case he
feels assured that, as heretofore, the Pimas will
remain a contented and prosperous people.

Of German birth and training, Mr. Cook claims
the principality of Waldeck as his native place,
and he was born in 1838. The family of which
he is a member has for many years been iden-
tified with the intellectual life of their place of
residence, his parents, grandparents and great-
grandparents having devoted their lives to edu-
cational work and to successful literary careers.
He himself was preparing for a teacher's life
at Nieder Wildungen, but just before graduat-
ing came to the United States, reaching New
Orleans about November 16, 1855. For a time
he was employed in a printing office and book-
store there. At the outbreak of the Civil war
he entered the Union army, and as a gunner in
Battery L, First New York Light Artillery, took
part in the battles of the army of the Potomac,
serving his adopted country with courage and
fidelity. In 1865 he was mustered out at Elmira,
N. Y.

With the restoration of peace Mr. Cook went
to Chicago, 111., and for a time was associated
with the banking house of Lunt, Preston &
Kean. Afterward he became a member of the
Rock River conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, and was placed in charge of the
Halsted street mission in Chicago, in which he
was interested until 1870. Following a long-
cherished plan, he came to Sacaton, Ariz., at his
own expense, to teach the Gospel to the Pima
and Maricopa Indians, supporting himself the
while by teaching in the government Indian
school. This independent missionary undertak-
ing was conducted until 1881, when he became
a member of the Presbyterian Church and was
placed in charge of the work here under the
Home Missionary Board of that denomination.
One may arrive at an idea of the great work
being accomplished by him when it is known
that since 1881 he has built four churches on
the reservation, and two more have been added
by his two assistants. He is now in charge of
four churches, with an aggregate membership
of eight hundred Indian members. To the
various duties connected with this responsible
undertaking he devotes his unwearying efforts,
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only by the intellectual and moral aspects of the
case, but also by the affectionate regard in which
he is held by the Indians. He is connected with
the Arizona presbytery and also belongs to the
synod of New Mexico. In addition to the work
under his charge, the Roman Catholics also
have four churches on this reservation.

In 1872 Mr. Cook married Anna Bath, an
educated lady of Berlin, Germany, who for
seventeen and one-half years was of great help
to him. She became the mother of seven chil-
dren and died at Sacaton in December, 1889.
His second marriage took place in August, 1895,
and united him with Miss Catherine Barley,
whose death occurred April 21, 1901.

JOHN DENNETT, JR., M. D.

A busy, capable and energetic man is Dr.
Dennett, general practitioner at Congress and
special physician for the Congress Gold Com-
pany, the largest gold mining property in the
southwest. While the fifteen hundred people
at Congress require most of the Doctor's time,
the camps of the surrounding companies come
in for a share of his attention, and all are unani-
mous in according high praise for the skill in
treatment and diagnosis, and the innumerable
kindy attentions which are brought into their
work-worn lives by their physician and friend.

In the main Dr. Dennett has found all that
he sought in coming to this wonderful territory.
In his estimation the climate has no superior in
the land for pulmonary difficulties, and it has
served him a good turn by building up a some-
what shattered constitution. He was born in
Yoik, Me., of colonial New England ancestry,
and is the only son of Capt. John Dennett of
the United States navy. Captain Dennett served
as an officer under Farragut in the Civil war,
and participated in the battle of Mobile Bay,
later being stationed on the blockade off Pensa-
cola. He married Miss Annie Fernald Thomp-
son, the daughter of a distinguished family in
maritime New England. When fourteen years of
age Dr. Dennett was sent to Boston to be edu-
cated, and was graduated from the English high-
school in 1887. He subsequently entered Har-
vard College for a special course of three years
leading to medicine, and was graduated from the

Harvard Medical College in the class of 1894. He
proved a brilliant scholar, and an ambitious one,
and followed his graduation by taking a course
in hospital practice in Boston, and was later
admitting physician at the Boston City Hos-
pital. He here contracted a severe lung dis-
order, and in the hope of recuperating, came
west to Arizona in October of 1895, and settled
in Congress in August of 1896. From the first
he became associated with the Congress Gold
Company. He is the present vice-president of
the Arizona Medical Association, and is a mem-
ber of many eastern medical and scientific socie-
ties.

The extended practice of the Doctor has
brought him in good financial returns. He
takes an active interest in all of the enterprises
of the town, and is a forceful medium of prog-
ress in his adopted county. Although affiliated
with the Republican party, he is not an office
seeker, preferring to devote all of his time to
his practice, and to additional research along
the lines of his great profession.

HENRY M. WELBORN.

This rancher of Maricopa county was born in
Lafayette county, Mo., April 26, 1853. His par-
ents, James H. and Eliza (Gamble) Welborn,
were natives respectively of North Carolina and
Indiana. James H. Welborn was a prominent
farmer of Lafayette county, and for years served
as a justice of the peace. His son, H. M., led a
practically uneventful life in youth, and received
his education in the district schools of his native
county.

With the exception of two years spent in Gib-
son county, Ind., Mr. Welborn lived in Missouri
until he took up his permanent residence in
Arizona in 1895. While living in Missouri he
was united in marriage with Laura Avitt, who
was a daughter of John R. and Fannie (Van
Meter) Avitt, residents of Lafayette county, Mo.,
but natives of Kentucky, and of this union
there were two children, one of whom is
living, Rena B. A second alliance was con-
tracted with Miriam R. Green, daughter of
R. O. and Susan (Gwinn) Green, who were
formerly of Kentucky, though at the time of
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Lafayette county, Mo. To this second union were
born four children, three of whom are living, viz.:
Lelah M., Mary and Henry M. Jr.

Since coming to the territory Mr. Welborn
has been able to realize many of his expectations,
for his efforts in the way of improvement have
met with satisfactory results, and he is to-day
one of the successful cattle raisers in the valley.
The ranch which has been the scene of his untir-
ing efforts is one hundred and fifty acres in ex-
tent, and is located twelve miles northwest of
Phoenix. It is devoted exclusively to the rais-
ing of cattle, and has proved an unusually suc-
cessful venture.

A Democrat in politics, Mr. Welborn is yet
not an office seeker, preferring to leave to others
the manipulation of the political machinery. He
is liberal minded and enterprising, and is willing
and anxious to assist in all movements for the
upbuilding and improvement of the locality in
which he lives. He is prominent in the Christian
church, and contributes generously towards its
support.

JAMES T. PRIEST.

To such men as Mr. Priest is invariably due
a large share of the prosperity of the localities
in which they reside. Of progressive thought,
keen business sagacity and large-hearted devo-
tion to the public good, he has made his impress
upon the latter-day civilization of the Salt River
valley, and entered heartily into all of the best
schemes for improvement. Coming to the ter-
ritory at a time when there was practically little
of the promise which has so surprised the sur-
rounding states, he took up a farm of one hun-
dred acres, which is now one of the best in the
locality. From crude and sterile acres it has
been made to produce abundantly, thereby re-
flecting credit upon the owner and upon the ad-
jacent well improved farms.

While the interests of Mr. Priest extend in
various directions, his greatest thought and
study have been in regard to the development of
water, and it is perhaps in this connection that
he will be most gratefully remembered in the
future. Like all large land owners, the subject
of artificial irrigation has been with him a ques-
tion of large moment, and its solution an imper-
ative necessity. With the construction of the

Tempe irrigating canal and its tributaries he has
had much to do, and was for a number of years
president of the Tempe Irrigating Company. At
the present time he is president of the Kirk-
land & McKinney Canal Company. In political
circles also he has taken an important part, and
is a stanch member of the Republican party. In
this connection he has served as a member of
the school board, and has in many ways evinced
his firm belief in the benefits of the best possible
education. No one in the locality has more
earnestly desired excellent educational advan-
tages than has Mr. Priest, or more readily con-
tributed time and money to the improvement of
the system of education. For ten years he has
served as a supervisor of Maricopa county, and
during all of that time has been president of
the board of supervisors. For several years he
lias held office as a justice of the peace. At this
writing he is president of the board of water
storage commissioners, by an act of the legis-
lature. Fraternally he is associated with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

The early members of the Priest family were
loyal subjects of the English crown, and George
and Elizabeth (Templeman) Priest, the parents
of James T., were born in Nottinghamshire,
England. Early in the '305 they immigrated to
America, settling in Canada, and subsequently
removing to the United States when their son.
James, was about four years of age. They set-
tled in Bond county, 111., and devoted them-
selves to tilling the soil, and years later returned
to Canadian soil, where they eventually died.
James T. Priest was born in Ontario, Canada,
September 19, 1835. He received the greater
part of his education in Bond county, 111., and
availed himself of such instruction as was pro-
curable in the early subscription schools. When
arrived at years of discretion he left the home-
stead in Bond county, 111., and spent some time
in Indiana and New Orleans, finally determin-
ing to make his future home in the far west.
In 1859 he made the memorable trip across the
plains with ox teams and wagons, and accom-
panied by a herd of cattle, the journey from
Vandalia, 111., to the Indian valley, Cal., extend-
ing from May 18 to the following October.
After a short sojourn in California Mr. Priest
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was more or less successfully engaged in the
lumber business, continuing the same after his
removal to Santa Cruz county, Cal., in 1863.

In 1871 Mr. Priest came to the territory of
Arizona, and lias since lived in the midst of the
peace and prosperity of the Salt River valley.
In 1875 he was united in marriage with Mariana
Gonzales, a daughter of Mariano Gonzales, a
native of Sonora, Mexico, who came to the vi-
cinity of Tempe in 1874. To Mr. and Mrs.
Priest have been born eight children, five of
whom are living: Clara, who has been educated
in music and is a fine vocalist; John G., Marina,
Ann, and Lourdes. The children are all living at
home.

HON. HENRY M. WOODS.

The latter part of the active life of Mr. Woods
has been associated with the mining interests of
one of the largest copper mining centers in the
world, and since 1896 he has been pattern maker
for the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining
Company, to which Bisbee and the whole ter-
ritory owe much of the prosperity which has
visited them.

A native of Southboro, Mass., Mr. Woods was
born May 12, 1855, and is a son of Morgan and
Elizabeth Woods, the former of whom was, dur-
ing the years of his activity, a carpenter and con-
tractor. When only four years of age the boy
lost his mother by death, and was subsequently
raised to years of maturity in his native locality,
and received his education in the public schools.
Following an inclination to travel and become
financially independent, he started west in April
of 1877, stopping for two years at Forth Worth,
Texas, which was then the end of the Texas
Pacific Railroad. In 1879 he continued his
journey westward, going in a train composed of
thirteen men and thirteen mules, and finally
landed at a little mining town in Cochise county,
Ariz., called Dos Cabezos. Here he encoun-
tered his first experience in mining, and after
trying for a time to extract gold from the earth
moved into the Cherry Cow mountains, where
for one year he was interested in lumbering and
prospecting.

In March of 1880 Mr. Woods removed to
Tombstone, Cochise county, and became the
foreman for the Contention silver mine, remain-

ing with the company until 1892. In the mean
time, during the strike of 1884, he availed him-
self of the lull in mining affairs to travel through
the northwest, visiting California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and into the Coeur de Leon
mining country. On the return trip he pros-
pected through the Red mountains of Colorado,
and worked in the Carlysle mine in Grant
county, N. M., returning to his former position
with the Contention mine in 1886. When this
once famous mine practically closed down Mr.
Woods came to Bisbee and engaged in carpen-
tering for the Copper Queen Consolidated Min-
ing Company. He is one of the best-known
men in his line in the territory, and is not only
a pattern maker, but a practical miner and also
an expert carpenter.

In the various enterprises which have been
the means of developing the county and terri-
tory Mr. Woods has been foremost as an in-
fluence for progress, and has exerted a wide
influence over mining affairs as a member of the
legislature, to which he was elected in 1898. At
this election he was one of four Republicans
elected in a Democratic county, and in 1900, at
which time he was one of three elected in the
same county, he received the highest vote of
any assemblyman in the county. As an assem-
blyman in 1898 he served on some of the impor-
tant committees, among them being mines and
mining, corporations, and the position of chair-
man of the federal relations. In the session of
1901 he was a member of the committee on
appropriations, education, mines and mining,
and chairman of the committee on enrolled and
engrossed bills. He has also served on the
school committee of Bisbee.

In 1886 Mr. Woods married Letta May
Steele, who was born in Missouri, and when ten
years old she went to Charlotte, Mich., where
she was reared and educated. Of this union
there were born the following children: Curtis;
Adelaide, who died at the age of seven years;
Steele and Gladys. Mr. Woods is variously in-
terested in the fraternal associations in which
the town abounds, and is a member of Perfect
Ashlar Lodge No. 12, F. & A. M., and Land-
mark Chapter No. 6, Royal Arch Masons, of
which he is the present scribe. He is also a
member of the Ancient Order of United Work-

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men, and past master of the same. For many
years he has been recognized as among the
prominent Republicans of Cochise county.

ROBERT BLAIR.

Although a resident of Prescott, Mr. Blair
is one of the largest cattle raisers and farmers
of Yavapai county, and as one of the very early
settlers of this part of the territory has an inti-
mate acquaintance with its resources and growth.
As early as 1869 he came to Prescott and located
a cattle ranch four miles north of the town on
Willow creek. This property has since been
known as Burnt Ranch, and is three hundred
and twenty acres in extent. The land is
deeded, and a portion of it is devoted to general
farming. Connected with the estate is an ex-
tensive range for cattle and horses. Here have
been carried on large interests, and the genial
owner of the fine property is one of the best
authorities on cattle in the county. Of Scotch
descent and parentage, Mr. Blair was born in
Mercer county, Pa., November 20, 1832, and is
a son of James Blair, a native of Scotland and
an early settler in Pennsylvania. By the mar-
riage of James and Mary Blair (the latter a
native of Ireland), there were born three sons
and one daughter, of whom Robert is the sec-
ond. The youngest son, William, was a soldier
in the Civil war, and was killed while defending
the honor of his country.

Until twenty-one years of age Robert Blair
remained at home on his father's farm, and as
opportunity offered attended the public schools.
With a company of emigrants who hoped much
from the practically undeveloped west he
crossed the plains in 1853, and upon arriving
in California engaged in mining and prospecting
in Sierra county. In 1863 he enlisted in Com-
pany G, First California Volunteer Cavalry, and
served from May i, 1863, to May 21, 1866. In
company with his regiment he traveled through
Arizona and New Mexico on an Indian cam-
paign, and was mustered out at Santa Fe, N. M.,
after which he returned to Los Angeles. From
there in 1869 he came to Prescott, and has since
been devoted to the best interests of the town
and surrounding county. He is the owner of
two valuable gold mining claims in Crook

canon district, Yavapai county, east of the
Hassayampa range.

In August, 1872, Mr. Blair married Rosario
Rubia, who was born in Tucson, Ariz., in 1834,
and is a daughter of Xavier and Alvina (Mar-
tinez) Rubia, both deceased. Her father and
grandfather were Indian fighters, and the former
was killed in the war with the Apaches. Mrs.
Blair has a brother and sister in Sonora. She
is a most estimable woman, and has many
friends in Prescott, and many interests which
fill her industrious life. A singular large-heart-
edness characterizes her dealings with others,
which is not confined to human beings, however,
but extends to the cattle on her husband's ranch,
to the horses, dogs, cats and other household
pets, of which she is very fond. She is an ardent
Catholic, and a member of the Sacred Heart
church. In politics Mr. Blair is a Democrat,
and he is a member of the Yavapai County Stock-
Growers' Association.

JAMES DALTON.

This successful farmer and stock-raiser of the
Salt River valley came to Arizona in 1890, and
located upon his present ranch in 1896. His
farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres
under a high state of cultivation, and is well
equipped as to buildings and implements.

A native of St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Mr.
Dalton was born December 31, 1866, and is a
son of John and Margaret (Monihan) Dalton,
early settlers in St. Lawrence county. They
were born in Ireland, and were industrious and
enterprising farmers. Their son, James, re-
ceived the early training of the average farmer's
son, and was initiated into every department of
farm work. He studied diligently at the district
schools, and laid the foundation for much later
study and application. In the spring of 1890
he decided to start out in the world for himself,
and as a preliminary tarried in Boston, Mass.,
for a short time, and came to Arizona in De-
cember of 1890. For a time his lines lay in
pleasant places, and he was employed by a vine-
yardist in the Salt River valley. Subsequently
he engaged in the milk business, and had a large
milk route in the city of Phoenix. In 1896 he
settled on his present ranch.

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April 26, 1898, Mr. Dalton was united in mar-
riage with Cora E. Moffett, a native of Cali-
fornia, and a daughter of J. P. and Czarina (Mc-
Morris) Moffett. Of this union there have been
born a daughter and son, Frances M. and John
James. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Dalton is
interested in all of the undertakings of his party,
but has never been an office seeker. He prefers
to devote his entire time to the care and man-
agement of his farm, and to this close applica-
tion to the business at hand attributes much of
the success that has attended his efforts. He
keeps on the place about a hundred head of cat-
tle. In his religious belief he is associated with
the Roman Catholic Church, and contributes
generously towards .its support. He is public
spirited and enterprising and enjoys the confi-
dence and esteem of all who are privileged to
know him. .

JOE W. WILSON.

There is probably no man in the territory of
Arizona who possesses a more thorough and
extended knowledge of the clothing business
than does Mr. Wilson, one of the largest cloth-
iers of Prescott. From practically his thirteenth
year he has been grappling with the perplexing
problem of properly clothing the male portion
of the race who have happened his way in dif-
ferent parts of the country, and his success in
life is proof of a correct understanding of the
various individual requirements of his patrons.
That Mr. Wilson is an eastern man no one
would for a moment doubt, and that he comes
from Boston is also a foregone conclusion. He
is possessed of the tact, courtesy, finish and
good taste that one associates with the men who
come from the Atlantic coast and make a suc-
cess of their life work in the west.

A native of Boston, Mass., he was born No-
vember u, 1848, and studied at the public
schools of the Hub city. At the age of thirteen
he entered the employ of a wholesale clothing
house in Boston, and in 1872 filled a like posi-
tion in Louisville, Ky., in both of which places
he was a traveling salesman. In 1876 he became
identified with a wholesale concern in New York
City, and three years later represented a New
York house in Albuquerque, N. M. In the
meantime he had worked up a good deal of

enthusiasm over the possibilities of the business
in the west, and in 1882 located in Prescott, and
started the clothing business of J. W. Wilson &
Co. At first the enterprise was located on
Goodwin street, then on Montezuma, and later
on the corner of Montezuma and Gurley. In
July of 1900 a devastating fire destroyed the
stock, but not the hope of the head of the firm.
On the northwest corner of the same streets he
has erected a new building of fine appearance,
which anticipates no formidable rivals for some
time to come. The dimensions are 50x100 feet,
and the handsome circular plate glass windows
and general furnishings of the interior are ele-
gant and costly in the extreme. The business
is now conducted by Mr. Wilson alone.

The success of Mr. Wilson has been of a gen-
eral kind, for he has availed himself of many
chances here represented. A ranch in Skull
valley, which has been devoted to the cattle
business, is plentifully supplied with water from
springs and wells, and considerable alfalfa is
grown on a portion of the land. He is also the
owner of some paying mining claims, and has
spent a great deal of money in developing, from
which he expects large future returns. In this
connection he was associated as president for
one term with the fitful but now terminated
career of the Mining Exchange. In the city of
his adoption he has erected a pleasant home on
the corner of Grove and Gurley streets.

Since living in Prescott Mr. Wilson has mar-
ried Margaret Archer, who was born in Ohio.
They have a daughter, Margie Edna. Frater-
nally he is connected with the Masons, the
Knights of Pythias, and the United Moderns.
In politics he is independent.

J. W. WEATHERFORD.

The beautiful Hotel Weatherford, of Flag-
staff, certainly not only is a great credit to the
"Skylight city," but would be such to any
metropolis, east or west. Built in the season of
1898-9, along thoroughly modern plans, this
handsome red-sand stone building, constructed
of material quarried in the vicinity of the town,
is four stories in height and 50x100 feet in
dimensions. It was opened for the patronage
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meeting the approbation of the most critical
tourists, as well as that of local patrons of wealth
and cultured tastes. The ground floor of the
building is a light, commodious store, occupied
by our enterprising merchant, P. R. Weather-
ford, brother of the proprietor of the hotel. The
forty-two large and pleasant guest rooms of the
hotel are furnished excellently, are kept clean
and in good order and each room is provided
with hot and cold water, marble washstands
being a special feature of this modern house. A
fine system of heating and lighting the estab-
lishment commends it to every one, electricity
being used for the latter purpose. A good
sample-room and bar is kept in connection with
the hotel, and everything within the bounds of
reason is furnished to patrons. The personal
supervision of the proprietor and his efficient
wife is given to the details of the business, and
this constant watchfulness insures comfort to
guests. The cuisine of the house is particularly
fine and varied ; the rates are $2.50 per day, and
special terms are made to parties desiring to
pass several weeks or more under this hospit-
able roof.

J. W. Weatherford is a native of Fort Worth,
Tex., his birth having occurred in 1859. His
parents removed to the western part of the Lone
Star state at an early day and the town of
Weatherford was named in honor of our sub-
ject's father. In 1879 the young man left his
native state and spent about a year in New
Mexico. In the spring of 1880 he came to
Arizona and for a year or more dwelt in the
town of Globe, then returning to New Mexico.
Thence he went into old Mexico, where he en-
gaged in mining and prospecting until 1885,
when he located in Phoenix, Ariz. In the
autumn of the next year Mr. Weatherford came
to Flagstaff, then a small town, and though then
on his way to Butte City, Mont., he was
impressed with the possibilities of this well-
situated railroad point and wonderful surround-
ing country — -termed the "most available gate-
way to the Grand Canon of the Colorado."
This county was then included within that of
Yavapai county, both very large portions of the
middle-northern part of the territory.

In 1887 Mr. Weatherford won the race for the
office of justice of the peace, a very busy posi-

tion in those days, and for two years he served
in that capacity. In 1889 he commenced his
mercantile career here, and for ten years gave
his entire attention to that pursuit, meeting with
success. He has been a loyal adherent to the
Democratic party, but is in no wise a politician,
in the usual sense. When the nomination for
the position of representative to the territorial
legislature was tendered him in 1898 he declined
the honor, preferring to keep to the quiet path-
ways of private life. He is a member of the
local lodge of the Odd Fellows order, being
past Noble Grand of the same, and his member-
ship also is held in Flagstaff Lodge No. 499, B.
P. O. E. His marriage to Miss Margaret J.
McGratten took place in 1893, and they have
one son, Hugh M. by name.

JOHN N. BROWN.

The large cattle industry of Final county has
a valued promoter in Mr. Brown, who is one of
the best authorities on the subject for miles
around. Since 1873 he has been variously iden-
tified with the growth of the hitherto appar-
ently worthless section of the country, and has
helped to establish a reputation for its cattle
raising as well as mining properties. A native
of Deer Creek, Pickaway county, Ohio, he was
born March 9, 1844, his birthplace being ten
miles from Circleville. His father, John V.
Brown, was born in Delaware, and removed to
Pickaway county, Ohio, when twenty-one years
of age. In 1858 he moved to Piatt county, 111.,
six miles west of Monticello,and died at Bement,
in the same county. His wife, Annie (Cochrane)
Brown, was born in Ireland and died in Illinois.
She was the mother of four sons and one daugh-
ter, of whom two of the sons are deceased. Dur-
ing the Civil war Marion and Charles enlisted in
the One Hundred and Seventh Illinois Infantry
and died in the service of their country. James
R. Brown lives at Bement, 111. The daughter,
Mrs. Catherine Baker, also lives in Bement.

John N. Brown had an interesting youth and
early manhood, replete with changeful adven-
tures and glimpses of different parts of the
country. He was educated in the public schools
and in 1858, when fourteen years of age, accom-
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Piatt county, 111., going thence by way of teams
through Ohio and Indiana. Until 1865 he as-
sisted his father in the management of the farm
upon which they settled, and returned to Circle-
ville, from which point himself and a friend came
by team and wagon to Nebraska City, where
they joined a mule train which was headed for
Denver. A further sojourn into the unsettled
regions was a trip to St. Joe, Mo., from which
they returned to Denver in the spring of 1866.
While here he became interested in one of the
early and hazardous institutions of that time, and
drove the stage between Denver and Pueblo.
He later achieved considerable success as the
owner and manager of a grocery enterprise in
Pueblo, which terminated in 1873, when he un-
dertook the journey to Prescott, Ariz., by way
of wagon and team.

Mr. Brown's association with Tucson began
in 1874, at which time the sleepy old town which
had its origin in 1555 or 1560 was beginning
to realize its possibilities and its duties in the
march of American development. As yet known
only to outsiders as the center of a great mining
district, the cattle raising industry was but then
in its infancy, and Mr. Brown was one of the
first to establish the real excellence of the local-
ity for grazing purposes. He purchased a ranch
on the lower San Pedro river, and a later ac-
quisition was the ground upon which Mam-
mouth was later built, and for which he laid
out the site, and of which he was one of the
chief instigators of growth. Mr. Brown still
owns interests and land in the town of Mam-
mouth, and his splendidly situated and cultivated
land of two thousand two hundred acres, which
stretched for six miles along the San Pedro
river, is a source of pride, remuneration and sat-
isfaction to its successful owner. About one
hundred and sixty acres of the land are devoted
to the raising of alfalfa, grain and vegetables,
and the irrigation is derived from ditches from
the San Pedro river. The brand which distin-
guishes the cattle raised on this model range
from their neighbors is "76."

The union of Mr. Brown and Dolores Mera,
of Sonora, Mexico, occurred in Florence, Pinal
county, and of this marriage there is one child,
Amelia, who was educated at the academy at
Waukesha, Wis., and is now the wife of Fred

Steward, of Tucson. Their residence adjoins
the homestead of her father. Mr. Brown is a
Democrat in politics, and served as councilman
for one term. He was made a Mason in Pueblo,
and is now associated with the Tucson Lodge
No. 4.

P. B. WARNEKROS.

No one now living within the limits of the
town of Tombstone contributed in a greater de-
gree than Mr. Warnekros to the vigorous pros-
perity that once visited this settlement which
sprang into being on the mesa sloping from the
foothills of the Mule mountains. Nor is any one
more familiar with the ups and downs which pre-
ceded the present tranquillity, the coming and
going of the expectant throngs who saw great
opportunities for the acquisition of wealth, and
the passing away of these same throngs to their
farms, and surer, but less exciting means of live-
lihood. In the more staid and dignified city
of the present Mr. Warnekros is now conduct-
ing the largest general merchandise business in
the town, an enterprise which is in every way
worthy the ambitious public spirit of the owner,
and the demands of the citizens whose wants he
is able to supply.

A native of Germany, Mr. Warnekros came
to the United States in 1864, and upon settling
in San Francisco lived there for ten years. He
then came to Arizona and became immediately
interested in the Silver King mine in Pinal
county, and located in Tombstone in 1878. Af-
ter the starting of the industries of the town, he
acted as manager for the P. W. Smith general
store until 1884, and in 1887 went into business
for himself. From a comparatively small begin-
ning and in somewhat circumscribed quarters
he laid in his little stock of necessities for the
dwellers of the town, amounting in all to about
ten thousand dollars' worth, and with the in-
crease of population and consequent demand
was enabled at the end of a year to move into a
larger store. He carries a stock worth about
thirty-five thousand dollars, and includes dry-
goods, groceries, hardware, agricultural imple-
ments, mining supplies, hay and grain, and lum-
ber for mining purposes. In this connection he
enjoys the patronage which is due his honest
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desire to please in the matter of selection and
quality of goods.

The general merchandise business is but one
of the many interests to which Mr. Warnekros
turns his attention. He is by far the largest
land owner in the town of Tombstone, and has
built, besides numerous houses, the Arlington
Hotel, a well-conducted hostelry, with forty
rooms and comfortable furnishings. This hotel
is under the management of Mrs. Warnekros,
who has proved her ability to render comfort-
able the guests who chance to come her way.
Mr. Warnekros is perhaps the largest mine
owner in the city, and is intersted as a stock-
holder in several of the largest mines in the
surrounding country. He is one of the partners
of the Great Western Copper Mining Company
in the Dragoon mountains, eighteen miles from
Tombstone, which has unusually bright pros-
pects. He also owns one-half interest in the Six-
Mile Hill property in Pearce City, and is a large
stockholder in the Turquoise mining district. In
all he may be said to be substantially interested
in thirty different mines.

Of interest is the fact that Mr. Warnekros
has come into all of his possessions in the min-
ing districts and in the town by reason of the
successful manipulation of his affairs since 1887,
at which time he started business in this part of
the country. He owns a large part of Schiefflin
Hall, the largest building in Tombstone, and
considerable valuable property in Pearce. It is
to men of like enterprise and sound business
principles that a large portion of the success of
the rapidly-growing mining towns in the west
is due. Many come and go, and some take away
with them all that they sought in coming, but
it remains for the men with financial ability to
get down to bed rock, and build thereon a per-
manent and lasting interest. Politically he is a
Democrat. He was married in Tombstone to
Mrs. N. E. Hunt.

ALFRED PERRY WALBRIDGE.
In the rush and hurry of commercial life men
often neglect the holier duties that devolve upon
each individual, their duties to their fellow-men.
Humanity has a claim upon each one; there is
something we owe to those around us and in
accordance with the law of compensation which

prevailed the universe over this debt must be
discharged or we reap the result that must
follow a failure to fill our obligations. With
such an omission Mr. Walbridge can never
be charged. While attending to his business af-
fairs he has always taken an active and promi-
nent part in church and temperance work.

He was born in Fannin county, Tex., Decem-
ber 27, 1857, a son of Solomon and Amy (Crock-
er) Walbridge, natives of New York and Indiana
respectively. He traces his ancestry back to
Henry Walbridge, who came to this country
from England in 1640, and settled in Massachu-
setts. His great-grandfather, Solomon Wal-
bridge, was born in Vermont, and was one of
the Green Mountain boys of Revolutionary
fame, taking part in the battle of Bennington.
The grandfather, William Walbridge, was a sol-
dier of the war of 1812. He was also a native
of Vermont, from which state he removed to
Chautauqua county, N. Y., and later became a
resident of Wisconsin, where his death occurred.
He married Zilpha Perry, a native of New Eng-
land and a niece of Commodore Oliver Perry,
the hero of Lake Erie. Our subject's maternal
grandfather, Orion Crocker, was also a soldier
in the war of 1812 and was wounded in the ser-
vice. He was a native of the Empire state and
a farmer by occupation. He was a first cousin
of Charles Crocker, who built the Central &
Southern Pacific Railroad. His wife was Olive
Berry, of Kentucky, and two of their sons were
members of an Indiana regiment in the Mexican
war. This family finally removed to Texas.
Theophilas Crocker, the father of Orion, was
born in England, and on his immigration to
America settled in New York. He^married a
sister of Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga.

Solomon Walbridge, father of our subject,
was reared in Chautauqua county, N. Y. In
1849 ne went to California by way of the Pana-
ma route, and on his return located in Texas,
where he owned a large amount of land and
engaged in stock raising. He went to California
again in 1859, this time crossing the plains with
ox teams, by the Pecos route through Arizona.-
He was first engaged in mining in the Silver
mountain of Nevada county, and later followed
farming in Napa county. In 1869 he removed
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in agricultural pursuits for some time, and later
became a pioneer apiarist of Ventura county,
Cal., doing a large business there until October,
1880, when he sold out and came to Pinal coun-
ty, Ariz. During his residence in this territory
he engaged in freighting. In 1887 he removed
to Phoenix, where he died in 1891, at the age of
seventy years. The mother passed away at this
place in 1893, at the age of sixty-seven years,
being buried on the anniversary of her birth.
This worthy couple had only two children, of
whom our subject is the older. His sister, Olive
B., resides with him.

The early life of A. P. Walbridge was passed '
in California, and he was educated in its public
schools and the Southern Pacific College at
Downey. For two years he engaged in teaching
in Los Angeles county, Cal., and in 1880 came
to Pinal county, Ariz., being employed in the
Silver King mill for eighteen months. He was
next manager of the lumber yards of J. Cham-
pion of Casa Grande for five years. On resign-
ing that position in 1887, he came to Phoenix
as local agent for the L. W. Blinn Lumber Com-
pany, and started their yard at this place. On
the 1st of December, 1890, he resigned to ac-
cept the position of bookkeeper of the Arizona
Improvement and Arizona Canal Companies,
occupying the same position with the Arizona
Water Company, which is the successor of the
old companies. He also has charge of the pur-
chasing of supplies for the different canals. He
is interested in gold mining in the Humbug min-
ing district of the Bradshaw mountains, and is
secretary of the Mountain Chief Mining Com-
pany and the Little Joe Mining Company.

In 1886 Mr. Walbridge was married in Phoe-
nix to Miss Narcissa Wright, of California, and
a daughter of Joseph Wright, who is a veteran
of the Mexican war, ex-justice of the peace, and
a prominent citizen of Pomona, Cal. By this
union were born four children, namely: Amy,
who was born in 1887 and died in 1893; Charles,
aged ten years; Zilpha Perry, aged four years;
and Zella, aged eighteen months. The family
residence is* in the University addition of Phoe-
nix.

In politics Mr. Walbridge is a Republican,
and while a resident of Pinal county was a candi-
date for the territorial legislature, but his party

being in the minority he was defeated. He is
a member of the Independent Order of Foresters
and the Woodmen of the World, and was one of
the organizers of the Arizona Society of Sons
of the American Revolution. He is a very prom-
inent and enthusiastic Good Templar, holding
membership in Garden Valley Lodge No. i, of
which he is past chief templar. In 1892 he as-
sisted in organizing the grand lodge of Arizona,
and was elected first grand secretary, which of-
fice he has now filled five terms. He also served
as grand chief templar of Arizona two years,
and was editor of the official organ of the grand
lodge from 1892 until 1900, but was compelled
to resign in the latter year for lack of sufficient
time to attend to the work. He has traveled all
over the territory organizing lodges and in-
structing them in the work of the order. Among
its members he raised the money to purchase a
flag for the First Arizona Regiment and made
the presentation speech. The regiment was dis-
banded at the close of the Spanish-American
war, and Colonel McCord sent the flag to our
subject by the color sergeant. It now adorns
the hall of the Good Templars in Phoenix, and
will in time be placed in the historical rooms
of the territorial capitol. At Prescott Mr. Wal-
bridge organized a Military Lodge, No. i, I. O.
G. T., in the First Regiment, which was kept
up until the regiment disbanded. He is one of
the most prominent and influential members of
the Christian Church of Phoenix, in which he
has served as trustee and deacon for the past
ten years, and also as clerk of the board. He
drew up the plans for the erection of a new
house of worship, and was secretary of the build-
ing committee. He has also been treasurer of
the Territorial Sunday-school Association, since
its organization, and a member of its executive
committee.

HENRY KATZ.

Success comes only to the industrious and
persevering, in the majority of instances, and
Henry Katz, of Clifton, is thoroughly deserv-
ing of the prosperity which he now is enjoying.
In his experience in the world of business he has
met many reverses, yet has bravely stood the
test, and with undaunted energy has adhered to
the course which he marked out originally.

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As his surname indicates, Henry Katz is of
German extraction, and his birth took place in
the province of Alsace, twenty-eight years ago.
In his native land he received an excellent aca-
demic education, and, having learned much of
the possibilities of the New World to a young
man of energy, he decided to try his fortune
here. Arriving in the United States in 1891, he
went to El Paso, Tex., where he was connected
with a dry-goods business for two years. Thence
he proceeded to old Mexico, and for a year
clerked in a dry-goods store in the city of
Mexico.

Having mastered the details of the business,
Mr. Katz formed the resolution that he would
have an establishment of his own, and as vari-
ous things pointed out that the town of Mor-
enci would be a favorable location, he opened
a store there and conducted it successfully
until 1896, when it was destroyed by fire, his
loss being almost total. He then engaged in
business at Nogales, Ariz., and within a short
time came to Graham county. Here he first
carried on a small store on Chase creek, but
later moved his stock of goods into the sub-
stantial new brick building in Clifton, opposite
the smelting plant. Today he has the reputa-
tion of having the largest and finest line of dry
goods to be found in the town, and much of
the local trade is supplied by him.

Courteous and ever desirous to meet the
wishes of the public, Mr. Katz is deservedly-
popular with all who know him. In 1898 he
was married to Miss Bertha Weiller, likewise a
native of Germany, and in the near future in-
tends to build a comfortable home in Clifton.
While a resident of Nogales, he joined the
Knights of Pythias.

HON. M. G. SAMANIEGO.

This pioneer of Tucson was born in the state
of Sonora, Mexico, July 26, 1844, a son of Bar-
tolo and Ysabel (Luna) Samaniego, natives re-
spectively of Babispe and Fronteras, Sonora.
His grandfather, Tiburcio Samaniego, who was
born in Babispe, engaged in raising stock and
selling merchandise in that place, where he
owned large tracts of land and served as magis-
trate. As counselor for the Yaqui and Opata

Indians, he was their trusted friend and helpful
adviser. The family to which he belonged was
one of the oldest in Sonora. In the management
of his large business interests, the active life of
Bartolo Samaniego was busily passed, and he
remained in Mexico until his death, in 1850.
Afterward his widow continued the mercantile
business which he had established at Corralitos,
Chihuahua, but later moved the enterprise to
what is Missilla, N. M., a part of the Gadsden
purchase, and it Avas there that our subject was
naturalized by the Gadsden treaty. After some
years in that place she removed to Albuquerque,
N. M., where she owned large property interests.
At this writing she makes her home with her
only surviving son in Tucson. In spite of her
eighty-six years, she is hale and hearty. The
family of which she is a member is among the
oldest in Sonora. Her father, Pedro Luna, was
a soldier in the Spanish army; he was born in
Sonora and died in New Mexico. Of her chil-
dren, Frances is the wife of James A. Lucas, in
Silver City, N. M.; Mrs. Arnijo died in Albu-
querque in 1893, and Bartolo was killed by the
Apache Indians at Cedar Springs, Ariz., Oc-
tober 2, 1881, while in charge of a train belong-
ing to our subject.

The best education which the schools of
America afforded were given to M. G. Sama-
niego when he was a boy. It was the desire of
his parents that he might be fitted to fill any
position of responsibility ably and well. In
1862 he graduated from the St. Louis Univer-
sity. When the war broke out he was employed
as interpreter for the Confederates of the Texas
Rangers. After several months he joined his
mother in Missilla, N. M., and clerked in her
store. In 1864 he began freighting between
different posts and to- points as far east as the
Missouri river.

As early as 1869 Mr. Samaniego came to
Tucson, Ariz., making the trip by wagon. Here
he has since made his home. While a resident
of New Mexico, the year before coming to Ari-
zona, he lost a fine train of five wagons and
forty-eight mules, all of which were taken by
the Indians. For two days he and his men
fought the Indians, but finally their ammunition
was exhausted and they were forced to give up.
By night they made their way to the nearest

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town, thirty miles distant, and thus escaped
their enemies. During the same year Mr. Sa-
maniego lost another train and stock near Las
Cruces, N. M., all of which were stolen by the
Indians, this proving a severe financial blow to
him. However, in spite of these and other dis-
couragements, he continued freighting, and at
the same time conducted a store in Chihuahua.
During the year 1881 he lost over one hundred
mules and about twelve wagons, which were
stolen by Indians. The train was in charge of
his brother, Bartolo, who, with all his men ex-
cept one was killed at Cedar Springs, Ariz.

After a freighting trip to La Junta, Colo., in
1876, Mr. Samaniego went east to visit the
Centennial Exposition and other points of inter-
est. Returning, he brought with him a freight-
ing outfit from La Junta. This outfit was a
very complete one, the schooners having a ca-
pacity each of eight thousand pounds, and re-
quiring sixteen mules to a team. In 1881
he sold his contract to carry supplies to forts,
after which he turned his attention to cattle-
raising, and has since successfully followed the
occupation. His property interests are large.
Among his ranches is the Canada Ora ranch,
thirty miles north of Tucson, near Oracle, Final
county. He also owns Rillito ranch, six miles
northeast of Tucson, at the foot of the Santa
Catalina mountains. In addition, he owns fifty
acres in and adjoining Tucson, which forms a
very valuable tract, and he has other property
in this city. Among his cattle are high grade
Herefords and Shorthorns, also a good grade
of horses and mules. For years he ran the
stage line from Tucson to Oro Blanco, with a
connection to Nogales, and he also had the
mail contract to Oro Blanco and Monmouth,
and from Arivaca to Laosa.

Every enterprise for the advancement of Tuc-
son has received the co-operation and support
of Mr. Samaniego, and certainly it is true that
no native-born citizen of the United States is
more loyal to the government than is he. Es-
pecially is he interested in the development of
Arizona. Realizing the great value of securing
an adequate water supply for Tucson, he was
foremost in the plans for supplying the city with
water, and owns the land that first furnished
the supply to the town. On the whole, his life

has been a successful one; for, although his
losses were heavy from Indian depredations, yet
he succeeded in securing $11,000 damages from
the United States government, so was at least
partially reimbursed financially.

While the business interests of Mr. Samaniego
have required almost constant attention, he has
neglected no duty as a citizen. Politically he
is one of the most prominent Democrats in
Arizona. He was the first assessor elected in
the county and for ten years has been a member
of the board of supervisors, of which he is now
chairman. As a representative of Pima county
in the eleventh, thirteenth, sixteenth and eight-
eenth assemblies, he took an active part in leg-
islation for territorial interests. He was one of
the first members of the board of regents of the
University of Arizona and was treasurer of the
same for a time, subsequently serving another
term as regent. For two terms he officiated as
president of the Arizona Pioneers' Society. In
the organization of the Spanish-American alli-
ance, he was warmly interested and at this writ-
ing he is its supreme president. In the Benevo-
lent Protective Order of Elks he holds member-
ship. For several terms he has served in the
city council.

At Las Cruces, N. M., Mr. Samaniego mar-
ried Miss Dolores Aguirre, who was born in
Chihuahua, Mexico, and whose brother, E.
Aguirre, was at one time the largest freighter
between Colorado and the Missouri river, but
he finally fell at the hands of Indians.

During the early days of his residence in
Arizona Mr. Samaniego was in constant peril
of his life, the Indians being particularly hostile.
In 1885 they made a raid within fifteen miles of
Tucson and captured a boy from a ranch. As
soon as the news of this attack was received he
gathered together thirteen men (all Mexicans
but one) and started in pursuit. After a ride
of four and one-half hours, with a running fight,
they recovered the boy. Proceeding to the
Martiez ranch they reorganized and with a force
of nineteen men again started in pursuit of the
red men, whom they overtook just as they were
making a raid on an Italian's ranch. Fortu-
nately, they were in time to save the family, and
they also captured twenty head of stock from
the Indians. This was the last raid the Indians

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579

made. Twice he was wounded by Indians,
but always had the satisfaction of feeling that
the shots were returned "with interest." He is
a man of great courage, perfectly fearless, and
therefore admirably adapted to life on the west-
ern plains and among frontier surroundings.

GEORGE P. SCHOLEFIELD.

Now extensively engaged in the cattle in-
dustry in the vicinity of Tucson, Mr. Schole-
field was bom in Utica, N. Y., May 23, 1860.
Of interesting ancestry, the best remembered
of the family is the paternal great-grandfather,
Sir William Scholefield, who was born in Eng-
Lnd, as was his son Arnold, the paternal grand-
father. Arnold Scholefield was a dissenter from
the Church of England, and in consequence was
disinherited by his father, who cherished the old-
time intolerance of all save his own method of
worship. In search of broader and more liberal
fields in which to preach the gospel as pro-
pounded by the Methodist Church, Rev. Arnold
Scholefield came to America, and ministered to
the spiritual necessities of his locality in New
York state until his death.

The father- of George P. Scholefield, Charles
M., was born in Cooperstown, N. Y., gradu-
ated from Union College, and in after years be-
came one of the prominent attorneys of the state.
He spent the greater part of his active life in
Utica, N. Y., and was a law partner of Roscoe
Conkling. During the Civil war he enlisted as
second lieutenant of a company of New York
regulars, and was finally raised to the rank of
major. He was affiliated with the Republican
party, and served for three terms as assembly-
man, and for one term as state senator. He
arose to a high place in his profession, and was,
with Chauncey M. Depew, attorney for the
Vanderbilt railroads. He was also a prominent
Mason, and identified with the most advanced
undertakings of the city in which he lived. Mr.
Scholefield lived to be fifty-two years of age.
His wife was, before her marriage, Helen M. De
Graff, who was born in Amsterdam, N. Y., and
a daughter of Emanuel De Graff, a native of
Holland, and a farmer in the Mohawk valley.
Mrs. Scholefield, who now lives in New York,

is the mother of four children, of which George
P. is the oldest and the only son.

In Utica, N. Y., George P. Scholefield re-
ceived his early home training, and when eleven
years of age became a page in the New York
state senate, and after a service of two years,
became a messenger in the New York assembly.
He was later a clerk in the assembly for three
years, and in the meantime had been diligently
attending the public schools and later was grad-
uated from high-school at Utica. In 1879 he
became associated with the territory of Arizona,
as auditor for the Centennial Mining Company,
end after the expiration of a year was connected
with the Old Dominion Copper Mining Com-
pany for a period covering four years. Inci-
dentally he had become interested in the cat-
tle business, first on the Coon creek, until the
Tonto basin feud, and in 1885 he established
a ranch in Pima county where, until the pres-
ent time he has engaged in raising cattle and
horses. The ranch is forty miles southeast
from Tucson, in the Santa Rita mountains, and
is one of the most successfully conducted af-
fairs of the kind in the county.

It is doubtful if any in the territory are bet-
ter informed on all phases of the cattle business
than is Mr. Scholefield. In this connection he
had received extended appreciation from his fel-
low cattlemen even before locating in Tucson.
From the passing of the law requiring an in-
spector, he filled this important position from
1894 until 1898, at which time he located in
Tucson. He was then reappointed inspector
of district No. 3, and in 1899 started a live-stock
commission business, real estate, mines, etc. He
has built a residence in the city. At different
times he has been associated with various or-
ganizations in the city and county, and was
deputy collector of customs for two years. He
was also secretary of the South Arizona Stock-
men's Association, which is now discontinued.
Fraternally he is associated with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. In politics a Re-
publican, he is an ex-member of the county and
territorial central committees, and has held
several local offices within the gift of the people.

In Globe, Ariz., Mr. Scholefield married Clara
A. Moore, a native of San Berflardino, Cal., and
a daughter of Capt. James Moore. Captain

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Moore was born in England, where he became
in time a sea captain. Upon immigrating to
America he still followed the fortunes of the
deep until 1849, when he left behind him the
roving life upon the main, and settled down to
the mining of gold in California. When the
fever had worn away he became interested in
the stage business and ran a daily overland stage
coach with six horses, between Yuma and Tuc-
son. When the advent of the railroad dimin-
ished the receipts of the time-honored and now
almost obsolete stage coach, he turned his at-
tention to mining in the Globe district, where he
eventually died. His wife is still living at Globe.
To Mr. and Mrs. Scholefield have been born
three children : Armour, who is superintendent
of the home ranch ; Helen, and Carl.

JOSEPH R. WATTS.

With the concentrated effort of recent years
to infuse a degree of modernity into the oldest
city of European settlement in the western hem-
isphere, Mr. Watts has been the moving spirit
in the perfecting of one of the necessary and
admirable institutions without which no city can
hope to rank as the abode of truly enterprising
sons of the nation. The Tucson water works,
than which there is no more complete system in
the territory, and as manager of which Mr.
Watts came here in 1884, were erected by the
Tucson Water Company in 1882. With the
gradual increase in population and the conse-
quent demand along all lines of progress, the
water company's affairs under the new manage-
ment were not allowed to fall in arrears of the
improvements as developed in the east, and in
1889 there were added to the gravity plant the
pumping plant, stand pipe, and tank, at an ex-
penditure of $50,000. At the time the concern
was operated under the firm name of Watts &
Lawson, and supplied water to all parts of the
city, becoming not only a convenience and lux-
ury to the citizens in general, but, when operated
in connection with the hitherto inadequate fire
department, supplied a source of long-needed
security. Having brought the water works on a
level with institutions of the kind in other and
larger cities, the plant was disposed of to the
city in 1900, and will from now on be under

municipal control. Since then Mr. Watts has
been enjoying a well earned rest from active
participation in business affairs.

The Watts family is of English descent, and
has been represented in America for a great
many years. Grandfather Watts was born in
Massachusetts, and here also his son John, the
father of J. R., was born. John Watts was an
unusually well-informed and interesting man,
and led a life somewhat remote from stereo-
typed lines. In 1818 he took up his residence in
St. Louis, and for many years was a pioneer
pilot on the Missouri river. He was also an
Indian trader, and was employed by the Ames
Fur Company, up above Fort Benton. As may
well be imagined he suffered many of the vicis-
situdes from association with the Indians, and
was in many bitter fights with the intrepid red
men. His wife, Ulalie Dufrane, was born in St.
Louis, and was a daughter of Roman Dufrane,
a native of Quebec, Canada, and a builder and
contractor during the years of' his usefulness.
He was of French descent and spent his most
active years in St. Louis, where he eventually-
died. Mrs. Watts, who died in 1888, was the
mother of six children, four of whom attained
maturity. John, who was a tack manufacturer,
died in St. Louis in 1900 at the age of seventy-
four; Joseph R. is living in Tucson; Julia is now
Mrs. Nicholas Brazeau, of St. Louis; Sylvester,
who is a contractor for water and gas plants,
and who in 1882 built the water works of Tuc-
son, and later those at El Paso, Tex., Atchison,
Kans., and the gas works at Austin and San
Antonio, Tex., now owns the water works at El
Paso, and the gas works at Columbia, Mo.

Joseph R. Watts was born in St. Louis, Mo.,
August 29, 1830. During his younger years he
availed himself of the opportunities for educa-
tion at the public schools, and eventually fitted
himself for future independence by learning the
trade of ship carpenter, and during the Civil war
was engaged in building boats in the navy yard.
He also assisted his brother Sylvester with his
contracting work, and in 1884 located in Tucson
as manager of the water works.

In St. Louis, Mo., Mr. Watts married Julia
Barber, of St. Louis, and of this union there-
are four children, viz.: William H., who has
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and who is now the manager of the El Paso
water works; Edward, who is the chief engineer
of the El Paso water works; James, who is a
collector of the same works; and Mamie, who is
now the wife of A. E. Crepin, of Patagonia,
Ariz. Mr. Watts and family are members of the
Catholic Church of Tucson. He was appointed
by Archbishop Bouregard president of the build-
ing committee of the fine new brick cathedral
of Tucson. In national politics he is associated
with the Democratic party, but entertains liberal
views regarding the politics of the administra-
tion.

CHARLES PENDERGAST.

This representative live-stock raiser and
grain-grower of the Salt River valley was born
in Saratoga county, N. Y., March 22, 1854. His
parents, John and Mary (Barry) Pendergast,
were prominent farmers of Saratoga county,
where they lived for many years. The early-
years of their son were not unlike those of many
farm-reared boys, and his training, education
and general influences were calculated to foster
a natural aptitude for developing the soil, and
for engaging in peaceful country occupations.

When about nineteen years of age Charles
Pendergast started out to face the world, and to
depend upon his own independent exertions. In
New York City he was for a time employed in
a Turkish bath house, and while here qualified
as an expert Turkish bath and general scien-
tific manipulator. In this capacity he built up
a large private practice, and successfully treated
many prominent people, his electrical treatments
being especially efficacious. He thus built up
an enviable reputation, which was not by any
means local. In the hope of still greater suc-
cess, Mr. Pendergast changed his location to the
far west, and in San Francisco, Cal., was super-
intendent and part owner in a large Turkish bath
establishment, being the first to introduce that
kind of_bath in San Francisco. In 1878 he re-
moved to Tombstone, Ariz., and for a time en-
gaged in mining, and in 1879 settled in the Salt
River valley, Maricopa county, which has since
been his home.

In Arizona Mr. Pendergast took up three-
quarter sections of land twelve miles from Phoe-
nix, under the homestead, timber-culture and

pre-emption acts, each of which has been re-
deemed from its sterility and inactivity and made
to produce abundantly. Here are raised in great
quantities grain, alfalfa and such other general
crops as are the necessary accompaniments of
farming on a large scale. Cattle and hogs are
also raised in large numbers. Mr. Pendergast
is greatly interested in the matter of artificial
irrigation, a question which must of necessity
engage the attention of all large land owners
in Arizona. He was one of the constructors of
what is known as the Grand canal in the Salt
River valley.

Since coming to Arizona Mr. Pendergast has
married Isabella Ivy, daughter of Silas Ivy, a
well-known resident of the valley. Of this union
there were born eight children, namely : Charles
H., Sarah J., John, James, Lulu, Ralph, Grover
C. (deceased) and an infant son unnamed.

In national politics Mr. Pendergast is a
Democrat. At present he is road overseer of
District No. 2, and is also serving as a member of
the school board of his district, a position which
he has filled for many years. He commands the
confidence and esteem of all who are privileged
to know him, and is considered one of the re-
liable and substantial dwellers of the valley.

MERRITT L. DUFFEY.

This successful agriculturist of the Salt River
valley was born in De Kalb county, 111., June
13, 1858. From his earliest youth he was reared
to the pursuit of farming and stock-raising, for
his parents, James and Martha (Walling) Duf-
fev, were successful and industrious tillers of
the soil. James Duffey was a native of Penn-
sylvania, and the mother was born in New Eng-
land. The family on the paternal side are Irish,
and the first members to come to America set-
tled in Pennsylvania.

On his father's farm in De Kalb county Mer-
ritt Duffey developed habits of industry and
thrift, and acquired a fair education in the public
schools. At odd times he acquired considerable
business experience and was thus well fitted to
battle with the trials of life. While living in
Nemaha county, Kans., he was united in mar-
riage with Minnie E. Campbell, a daughter of
James Campbell, of Maricopa county, Ariz. Of

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this union there have been three children, Elzie
II., Roy M., and Naomi M.

In time Mr. Duffey drifted to the far west,
end in 1891 located in Arizona upon a claim five
miles south of Tempe. His land consists of forty
acres, and under his able management has been
made to produce in a satisfactory manner, there-
by proving a remunerative and successful invest-
ment. Mr. Duffey has great faith in the possi-
bilities of Arizona, and is interested in all that
pertains to its improvement and upbuilding. He
has never entertained political aspirations, but
is nevertheless interested in the undertakings
of the Republican party. In national politics he
entertains liberal views, and believes in voting
for the man best qualified to fill the position.
For a time he served as road commissioner of
his district, which is No. 3. He is a member of
the Modern Woodmen of the World. Mrs. Duf-
fey is identified with the Congregational Church.

JAMES H. KNOWLES.

Pluck and persistence in a course of action
once decided upon ultimately bring success, and
this is but the barest justice, in the order of
things. How many men have stopped, disheart-
ened, just short of the goal towards which they
have been pressing eagerly for years, and if they
but knew it, then almost within their grasp. This
point was strikingly illustrated a few years ago
by a clever model of a now famous producing
mine. For years and years a party had been
working it and over $100,000 had been invested
in it, but at last it was abandoned. Others took
up the work and after tunneling a few feet or
yards the precious metal was disclosed in great
quantities. By many this would be termed
"luck," when it really merits the title of pluck
and perseverance. The subject of this article
possesses the spirit which cannot be daunted;
he has not dissipated his forces, but from early
manhood has steadily pursued one line of occu-
pation, mining, which he thoroughly and prac-
tically understands.

James H. Knowles was born in the upper pen-
insula of Michigan and during the first twenty-
five years of his life lived in the mining district
adjacent to Lake Superior. Quite naturally, he
became thoroughly interested in mir.es and min-

ing, and since boyhood has devoted his time
and attention to the work. Leaving his native
locality, he went to Colorado, where he pros-
pected and mined for several years, with fair
success, and still retains a share in mines in Gil-
pin county, that state.

Two years ago Mr. Knowles, in company with
a friend, — a capitalist, — came to Arizona, with
a view to investing in copper mining property.
The friend, whose interests financially are ex-
tensive elsewhere, finally concluded to return to
the north, and endeavored to persuade his com-
rade to accompany him. However, he had al-
ready formed a high opinion of Arizona's min-
eral wealth, and loath as he was to part with his
old friend, he cast in his lot with our citizens
permanently, then and there. After visiting
nearly all of the mining districts of this territory,
he invested some means in Dragoon Mountain
mine property, and for a few months was en-
gaged in the task of developing it, with flatter-
ing results. Unfortunately, however, he was
unable to secure a proper title to his claims, and
therefore found it advisable to change the base
of his operations.

The Maraville Copper Company, recently or-
ganized through the efforts of S. S. Campbell,
of Boston, how employs Mr. Knowles in the
capacity of superintendent, and under his wise
and far-sighted management its affairs are rapid-
ly progressing. The property controlled by the
company consists of ten hundred and twenty
acres, or fifty-one claims, in the Lone Star dis-
trict of the Gila mountains, seven miles north of
Solomonville and about the same distance north-
east of Safford. Several shafts, varying from
one hundred to two hundred and fiftv feet, have
been sunk; engine-rooms, well equipped with
engines and machinery; a number of cottages,
tents, necessary horses, mules and burros, and,
in short, everything which goes to make up the
essential features of a completely-fitted mining
camp, have been in use for some time, and be-
speak the enterprise and determination of the
proprietors and superintendent. The body of
ore is believed by able authorities to be practi-
cally inexhaustible, and the company expects
to reap splendid rewards for the faith, labor and
capital invested.

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the credit of the success of this enterprise, for
he is a man of practical experience and judg-
ment in matters of this kind, and spares no effort
in making a success of this, as of whatever he
undertakes. An ardent -Republican, lie loyally
unholds the policy of the present administration.
In Hurley, Wis., he was initiated into Masonry,
and still retains his membership in the lodge
there.

JOSEPH DOUGHERTY.

This successful merchant of Prescott, whose
only brother, J. W. Dougherty, is the present
popular mayor of this city, has been established
in business here for the past twenty-three years.
He has been closely connected with the upbuild-
ing of this place and always has been an earnest
advocate of public improvements and of every-
thing making for progress.

Joseph Dougherty was born in Bellevue,
Jackson county, Iowa, April 23, 1854. His fath-
er, Edward Dougherty, was one of the early set-
tlers of that place and was interested in agricul-
ture in that vicinity for many years. In 1849 he
made the overland trip to California, remaining
there until 1851, returning by the water route
via Panama, New Orleans and the Mississippi
river to Bellevue. In 1859 he went to Pike's
Peak, Colo., and afterwards to Clear Creek, in
Gilpin county, and in that locality lived until
his death in 1882. His widow, Mrs. Mary
(Crosby) Dougherty, now making her home in
Prescott, is a native of Massachusetts. Or-
phaned at the early age of five years, she was
taken then to Bellevue, Iowa, where she grew
to maidenhood. Of the six children born to her-
self and husband two sons and three daughters
lived to maturity.

The boyhood and youth of Joseph Dougherty
were passed in his native town, and when seven-
teen years of age he became an employe on the
Diamond Joe steamship line, running between
Fulton, 111., and St. Paul until 1874. Then go-
ing to Central City, Colo., he spent some time,
there and later carried on a thriving barber's
shop in Nevadaville, same state. In 1878 he be-
came financially interested in a mercantile busi-
ness in Prescott, as his brother, the present
mayor, had that year established a store here
and the firm was known as the Dougherty

Brothers. Coming to this city in 1879, Joseph
Dougherty remained in the partnership until
1881, then selling out to his brother. From 1881
to 1884 he dwelt again in Bellevue, his birth-
place, but returned to Prescott in the last-men-
tioned year. Buying out J. W. Dougherty's in-
terest in the O. K. store, he lias conducted it
ever since, meeting with marked success. In
1900 he built a substantial brick block, three
stories in height, having a street frontage of 75
feet, and a depth of 50 feet, divided into three
large storerooms, all of which he occupies. His
business departments occupy the first floor and
basement, and a fine hall, next to the largest one
in the city, is above. He owns and has built sev-
eral residences in Prescott and has made some
investments in mining property. In addition to
his other enterprises, he conducts a livery, popu-
larly known as the "O. K. Barn," and is the
proprietor of the "Cross S" ranch, situated about
forty miles west of this city, on the upper Santa
Maria river, and there he has a large herd of cat-
tle.

As may be seen from his numerous undertak-
ings and varied investments, Mr. Dougherty is
a typical energetic Arizonian. In his political
faith he is a Republican, and at one time was
an active member of the county central commit-
tee. Throughout the city he is popular with the
best and representative classes, and for one term
served their interests as an alderman. His mar-
riage to Mrs. Laura (Johnson) Ritter, whose
birthplace is in Oregon, took place in this city
in 1897.

F. T. LAPRADE.

The most prominent enterprises of Winslow
have received the hearty support and coopera-
tion of Mr. LaPrade, who has been a resident of
the town since January 9, 1886. He was born in
Clarksville, Ga., December 30, 1852, and re-
ceived his home training, and such limited edu-
cation as was afforded by the public schools in
Habersham county. His father was a successful
farmer and closely identified with the affairs of
his ceunty, and served with courage and dis-
tinction all through the Civil war. His son early
displayed habits of thrift and industry, and in
1877 undertook to earn his own livelihood in
Weatherford, Tex., where he farmed for two

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years. In 1879 he began the wild and adventur-
ous life of a western cowboy, roaming on the
trails of New Mexico and Texas, and laying up
a little money with which he later purchased
cattle of his own. In 1886 he made his entry
into Winslow, astride a horse which had been
ridden from Fort Worth, Tex., the journey con-
suming thirty days. On the intervening prairies
there were no settlements, and the lonely jaunt
was undertaken for the greater distance alone.
As a means of livelihood he took to blacksmith-
ing, having had some early training in that line
in Georgia. He subsequently built the first
blacksmith's shop in Winslow, which is still the
only one there, and carries on general black-
smithing and repairing.

Soon after his arrival in Winslow Mr. La-
Prade purchased the first team of horses in the
town, and for many years did a general dray and
delivery business in connection with his black-
smithing. In the latter '8os he invested $8,000
in cattle, which were kept on the open range,
and has since dealt heavily in cattle. His brand
is 41 on the right side and a slanting bar on the
left shank, and there is usually a herd of from
four to five hundred. In 1890 Mr. LaPrade
bought a ranch one mile from Winslow, of which
eighty acres are planted with alfalfa, and the
remaining four hundred and eighty acres are
devoted to the raising of the cattle. He also
owns three hundred and twenty acres three
miles from town and north of the river, and a
cattle ranch on the Little Colorado open range.
In 1891 he established a dairy on the old Brig-
ham City ranch, where are raised milch cows, of
the Durham and Holstein breeds, which bear
the brand A. T. L. on the right side. These
cows furnish milk for the town of Winslow.

In all Mr. LaPrade is one of the largest land
owners in this part of Arizona. Aside from his
ranches he is the possessor of a great deal of
city property, owning forty-nine town lots, and
many houses, also the LaPrade blacksmith shop,
which he built and still owns. For a number of
years he carried on a livery business in the town,
and dealt in wood, coal, hay and grain. In
politics he is affiliated with the Democratic
party, and was chairman of the board of super-
visors of Apache county, for four years, before
the formation of Navajo county. He has been

largely instrumental in securing the incorpora-
tion of the town of Winslow, and was elected to
the city council in 1900.

Mr. LaPrade is a splendid example of what a
man may accomplish without assistance or in-
fluence, solely by the exercise of shrewd com-
mon sense and patient application to the work
at hand. He came here in January of 1886 with
practically nothing for a starter, and has grasped
the opportunities by which he was surrounded,
and in many directions turned them to good ac-
count. He is a typical successful western man,
with the courage and breezy good-fellowship
which inspires confidence, and a large-hearted-
ness which generously takes an interest in every-
thing which tends to the public good.

DAVID GRUBB.

David Grubb, one of the pioneers of Arizona,
and one of the miners and prospectors of the vi-
cinity of Prescott for the past thirty-four years,
having come to the territory in 1867, first lo-
cating at the Vulture mines, is a native of Ross
county, Ohio, his birth haVing occurred on a
farm eight miles from Chillicothe, November 14,
1842. He is the son of Jacob and Susan (Went-
worth) Grubb. Jacob was a native of Ross
county, Ohio, and lived there until his death.
The wife was born in the state of Maine, and
with her parents came to Ohio when she was
three or four years of age. They raised a family
of ten children, of whom seven are still living,
our subject being the sixth child. His early
years were passed in the quiet pursuits of the
country and his education was such as the com-
mon schools of the neighborhood afforded, and
for a short time he attended E. K. Bryan's com-
mercial school at Chillicothe.

When in his twenty-fourth year David Grubb
located in Macon City, Mo., and eighteen
months later came to Arizona, making the trip
overland from Salina, Kans., with mule teams.
At that time Indians, buffalo and game were
plentiful on the plains. He first preceded to
Tucson. Then going to Wickenburg and in
1868 coming to Prescott he commenced to pros-
pect and sought for good mining property at in-
tervals for several years, in the meantime work-
ing in the mines of this district. In April,

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1875, he located the Cash mine, which is now
being developed, Mr. Grubb having bonded it
to George Sturdevant, Jr., and he also discov-
ered the Glenn mine, adjoining the Cash mine.
Having secured patents to both of these mines
and being fully satisfied as to their worth, he
refused hundreds of propositions in regard to
their sale or management, and it was not until
1899 that he bonded the two claims. In addi-
tion to this, he still owns three claims known
as the Snow Clad mine, a valuable property from
every indication. The ore is suitable for pyrites
smelter, and gold, silver and lead in paying
quantities are yielded. The vein containing
these desired minerals runs to the southeast, and
in places gold and copper are found.

Ever since 1882 Mr. Grubb has made his
home and headquarters in Maple Gulch, mail
reaching him here regularly from Prescott. He
is persevering and industrious in all of his un-
dertakings, and is thoroughly deserving of suc-
cess. Among the miners and mine-owners of
this district he is well liked, and every one has
a good word for him. He is a typical westerner,
well used to the multitudinous privations and
hardships which fall to their lot. Politically he
is a Democrat.

SIMON NOVINGER.

An honored pioneer and highly esteemed citi-
zen of Phoenix, the useful and well-spent life of
Mr. Novinger has not only gained the confi-
dence of his fellow-men, but has also secured
for him a comfortable competence which
enables him to lay aside all business cares and
spend his declining days in ease and retirement.

Mr. Novinger was born' in Halifax, Dauphin
county, Pa., January 14, 1832, a son of Isaac
and. Hannah (Hawk) Novinger, both natives of
Lykens Valley, that county. His paternal
grandfather, De Walter Novinger, was born in
France and became one of the first settlers of
Dauphin county, Pa. Being a large land owner
and very wealthy he led a life of leisure. He
aided the colonies in their struggle for indepen-
dence during the Revolutionary war, and the
father of our subject was a soldier of the war
of 1812. The latter was a wheelwright by
trade, and was also a mill and railroad bridge
contractor. In religious belief he was a mem-

ber of the German Reformed Church. He
died upon his farm in Halifax township,
Dauphin county, at the age of sixty-four
years, and his wife passed away in 1874. She
was a daughter of Matthias Hawk, who was
born in Pennsylvania of German and English
ancestry, and became an extensive farmer. Our
subject is one of a family of eight children, six
of whom are still living. His two sisters are
still residents of Pennsylvania. His brothers
were Hiram, who was a lieutenant in Cameron
Guards during the Mexican war and died in
Mexico ; Charles, a farmer of Coffey county,
Kans. ; Thomas, who was captain of Company
D, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infan-
try during the Civil war, and is now a machinist
and foundryman at Lillyville, Pa.; James, who
was also a member of a Pennsylvania regiment
in that war, and is now train dispatcher for the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Harrisburg; and Isaac,
who served in a Pennsylvania regiment and died
at Leechburg, Pa.

Simon Novinger was reared in much the usual
manner of farmer boys of his day, attending
school about four months and devoting the re-
mainder of the year to the labors of the field.
After attaining his majority he worked two years
at the stone mason trade, and then again en-
gaged in farming. He spent considerable time
in traveling over the cast, and in 1863 started
for Nevada. From St. Joseph, Mo., he started
across the plains with ox teams, but learning
of the gold excitement at Virginia City, Mont.,
he decided to go to that place. He went up
the North Platte to Red Butte, and then took
the trail north, afterward known as the Bozeman
route. There were 417 men in the company
with which he traveled, and they had with them
127 wagons. They were twice attacked by In-
dians, but finally reached their destination in
safety. On his arrival in Virginia City, Mr.
Novinger engaged in building for a time, and
then turned his attention to placer mining, in
which he was quite successful. He spent five
years in Montana, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and
British Columbia, and in 1868 went to Stockton,
Cal., where he engaged in farming for a time,
later following the same pursuit at Vizalia, that
state.

In 1871 Mr. Novinger came to the Salt River

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valley, at which time Phoenix contained but two
buildings. He engaged in prospecting at Four
Peaks. On one of his expeditions he was ac-
companied by two other men. Leaving him at
camp the two others started out to look for
water, and while they were gone he was attacked
by six Indians, whom he put to flight, although
they succeeded in wounding him in the right
leg. He was taken to Fort McDowell, where
on account of his injuries he remained for one
hundred and forty days. He then returned to
Phoenix, and in 1873 bought a claim and filed
it, consisting of the southeast quarter of section
12, township 2, Maricopa county, a mile and a
half from the city. As the years have passed
Phoenix has steadily grown until now her im-
provements touch the boundaries of Mr. Nov-
inger's ranch. In 1877 he bought another tract
of one hundred and sixty acres adjoining it on
the north, and has since laid out what is known
as the capitol addition to Phoenix, which has
been built up rapidly with lovely residences. Mr.
Novinger has operated his ranch, raising grain
and hay. In politics he is a stanch Democrat,
and has served as a member of the county com-
mittee. During his residence in Arizona he has
frequently visited the east, and has traveled ex-
tensively over both the north and the west. He
can relate many interesting incidents of his life
on the plains, and is a most entertaining con-
versationalist.

The portrait of Mr. Novinger, which appears
in connection with his biographical sketch, is
accompanied by that of his grandniece, Mabel
Clara Novinger, daughter of Mason D. and Eva
(Hampton) Novinger. The latter is of the same
family which numbered Gen. Wade Hampton
of South Carolina among its members.

JACK GIBSON.

A well-known pioneer of Phoenix is Jack Gib-
son, who has been engaged in numerous busi-
ness enterprises in this immediate locality for
more than a score of years. He was born near
Fredericksburg, Tex., September 18, 1861, his
parents being Joseph and Margaret (Powers)
Gibson, natives of Missouri. The father, whose
birthplace was in the vicinity of St. Joseph, was
a son of James Gibson, a farmer, and an early

settler of Missouri and later of western Texas.
During the Civil war he served in a Texas regi-
ment. For many years he was extensively en-
gaged in the cattle business, and it was not until
1880 that he departed this life. Joseph Gibson
also was a private in a Texas regiment while
the Civil war was in progress, and in the year
1869 he determined to try his fortunes in Cali-
fornia. With his family and some neighbors he
started across the plains, the caravan compris-
ing, all told, about twenty-five men, besides
women and children, and with their thirteen
hundred head of cattle, ox-teams and equip-
ments, proved a great temptation to the red-
skins.

At a point near the Pecos river about seventy-
five Apaches attacked the travelers, and a hot
fight ensued. The Indians were well mounted
and it was not until three hours or more of pur-
suit and skirmishing that they were routed. In
the meantime, Silas, brother of Joseph Gibson,
was killed, and at least one Indian is known to
have been instantly sent to "the happy hunting-
ground." For ten years Joseph Gibson and
family lived in Anaheim, Cal., engaged in fann-
ing and dairying, and also conducting a livery
and sale stable for some time. In 1881, after the
death of the mother (who was a daughter of
John Powers, a lifelong resident of Missouri),
the father came to Phoenix, and, starting a liv-
ery, continued to manage it until his death, in
1890, in his fifty-seventh year. In addition to
the enterprise mentioned, he dealt extensively
in cattle here for some time. Fraternally he was
identified with the Masonic order, and was justly
popular with all classes.

Jack Gibson and his two brothers, James T.
and John P. Gibson, have been citizens of Phoe-
nix or this locality during the greater share of
its existence. Their only sister, Mrs. Lizzie
Beauchamp, resides in Santa Ana, Cal. Our
subject obtained a liberal education in the public
schools of Anaheim, Cal., and in 1880 came to
Phoenix with his father, with whom he was in
partnership in the livery business for ten years,
also being associated with him in the cattle busi-
ness from 1886 to 1890. Subsequently, with his
brother, James T. Gibson, he continued in the
same enterprises until 1894, when their partner-
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sole owner of the livery by buying his brother's
interest in the same, and, as always, keeps a fine
line of vehicles and reliable roadsters. The
barns are located on Third street, between
Washington and Jefferson, and are thoroughly
equipped, in every respect. The proprietor is
a member of the Phoenix Driving Association,
and among the fine thoroughbred horses now in
his possession three may be mentioned: Frank
F., whose record is 2:19^; Princie G., a pacer,
with a record of 2:i2|, and Windy Jim, a sorrel,
with a half-mile record of 148%.

Though he is interested in several good
ranches, Mr. Gibson's best one, perhaps, is the
old Alkire ranch, forty miles north of Phoenix,
on the Black Canon road. His partner in this
enterprise is L. K. Smith, and their brands,
are to be found on hundreds of excellent
cattle. They also feed extensively, often having
fully seven hundred head of cattle fattening for
the market.

In appearance Mr. Gibson is a striking figure,
six feet three and a half inches in height, weigh-
ing about two hundred pounds; he is well pro-
portioned, and straight as an arrow. In the
councils of the Board of Trade, in the Demo-
cratic party of this locality, and in the Phoenix
lodge of the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks, he is a man of no slight importance and
influence. He has one son, Floyd Monroe, a
bright and promising youth.

M. F. SWANGER.

One of the prosperous farmers on the main
road between Solomonville and Safford is Mr.
Swanger, who was born in Dodge City, Steele
county, Minn., in 1856. His parents, J. Q. and
Elsie Swanger, were natives respectively of Ohio
and Michigan, and were farmers during the
greater part of their lives. In the very early
days of the settlement of Minnesota they lo-
cated in the northern state and materially as-
sisted in the all-around development of their
locality. When their son, M. F., was but a
youth, they changed their home to the south-
western part of Michigan, where they lived for
about nine years. A later location was Macon
county, Mo., and here M. F. Swanger lived on a

farm for three years, going then to South Bend,
St. Joseph county, Ind., where he remained for
five years.

The farming pursuits of Mr. Swanger were
temporarily interrupted in 1878, when he en-
listed in the regular army, in -Chicago, 111., and
for five years served in New Mexico and Ari-
zona, as a member of Troop A, Sixth Cavalry.
During this time he saw a great deal of wild
frontier life, and became familiar with the treach-
erous and strange ways of the Indians, whoiji
he was constantly employed to subdue. Upon
being discharged at Fort Apache in 1883, he
took up his location at Fort Grant, and for two
years was engaged in the cattle business. He
later came to the Gila valley and bought a ranch
near Safford, which was later traded for the
farm of one hundred and twenty acres, which is
now in his possession, and which is just a mile
from Safford. Later purchases in land have
been forty acres nearer town, and another forty
acres directly across the road from the original
purchase, also one hundred and twenty acres
near Solomonville, on the upper road. Of all
the land which Mr. Swanger has owned at differ-
ent times during his farming life he claims that
his present property has been the most satis-
factory, and has yielded the best results for the
time and labor employed. He is enthusiastic
and hopeful for the future of the valley, and his
home is proof of the wisdom of his belief. The
improvements on his land are the best possible
obtainable in this part of the country, the house
and outbuildings are comfortable and con-
venient, and a splendid orchard is the reward of
unceasing toil and successful propagation. The
fruit crop is one of the best raised, the alfalfa
averages five tons to the acre, and last year the
hay crop was abundant, and sold for $12 a ton.
Wheat and barley are staple crops, and the com-
bined output has brought a competence to the
faithful sower of seed and tiller of the soil.

In 1883 Mr. Swanger married Clara R. Har-
ris, a daughter of Oliver and Lodema Harris,
of Thatcher, Ariz. Of this union there have
been four children born: Elsie, who is eleven
years of age and attending the Safford school;
Lodema, nine years of age, and Knoland, who
are also acquiring an education; and Flora, two
years old. Though a stanch Republican, Mr.

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Swanger holds liberal views as to office-holders,
but he has never entertained aspirations for
office himself.

COL. GILBERT D. GRAY.

The United States, steadily rising in import-
ance among the great nations of the world, and
the citizens of this republic who are enjoying
rights and privileges purchased at an appalling
price — the lives and untold sufferings of an in-
numerable host of patriots — are deeply indebted
to the gallant Tenth Missouri regiment of in-
fantry, among others, of which heroic band Col-
onel Gray was an officer until its ranks were ter-
ribly depleted. Ex-quartermaster-general of the
Grand Army of the Republic, in Arizona, his
worth has been fittingly recognized here.

His great-grandfather Gray was born in Ire-
land, and settled in Philadelphia prior to the war
of the Revolution, in which he was a soldier in
the colonial army. His Last years were passed
upon his plantation in Fauquier county, Va.
His son Henry, grandfather of the Colonel, was
born there and as early as 1813 he became a set-
tler of Perry county, Ohio. Following in the
footsteps of his patriotic father, he defended the
United States in the second war with the mother
country, enlisting at the second call for men.
His brother, Malachi, was the first lieutenant of
his company, and subsequent to the conflict he
located in Muskingum county, Ohio. Together
the brothers went to Drakesville, Iowa, where
they engaged in farming, and passed their de-
clining years. Lieut. Malachi Gray, when sev-
enty-two years of age, was a private in the
Thirty-seventh Iowa Infantry, known as the
"Graybeard Regiment."

Jonas H., father of Col. G. D. Gray, was born
near Somerset, Ohio, and followed the business
of a merchant tailor. He departed this life in
1850, leaving a widow and three children. The
mother was Achsah Priscilla, daughter of Ros-
well Mills, a member of the Ohio senate at the
time of his demise. He was a pioneer of that
state and was a member of the bar of Somerset,
Perry county, for many years. His birthplace
was in Maine, and his father was a hero of the
Revolution. Mrs. Achsah Gray, who was born
in Connecticut, is still living, her home being in
Glenwood, Mo.

On October 13, 1840, occurred, the birth of
Col. Gilbert D. Gray, at Somerset, Ohio, in
which town he continued to dwell until he was
seventeen years of age. Then, going to Iowa,
he obtained employment as a clerk at Bloom-
field, and was there when Fort Sumter was fired
upon. At the first call for defenders of the
Union he volunteered, but was rejected. In
July, 1861, he went to St. Louis with forty-nine
companions and was enlisted in Company D,
Tenth Missouri Infantry, as second lieutenant.
Then followed a campaign against the bush-
whackers in Missouri, and here it may be said
that during his army life he and many of his
comrades had narrow escapes from being mur-
dered in cold blood or, more exactly, assassi-
nated. After participating in the two engage-
ments at Corinth and Farmington, he was pro-
moted to the post of first lieutenant, December
31, 1861. He participated in the battle of Farm-
ington, Miss., the siege and capture of Corinth,
on account of disability was sent north, stationed
at Lancaster, Mo., where he took part in the
battle of Lancaster September 7, 1862, and the
battle of Pell's Farm, October 3, 1862. The fol-
lowing April he took part in the siege of Cape
Girardeau; in May with a detachment of nineteen
men he crossed the Mississippi and reached his
regiment May 9, 1863; May 12, was in the fight
at Raymond; May 14, captured Jackson, Miss.;
May 1 6, fought the battle of Champion Hill;
1 9th, crossed Black river; and 2Oth, participated
in the siege of Vicksburg, and was at the sur-
render and with his command marched into the
city July 4, 1863. In November, same year, he
participated in the battles of Chattanooga and
Missionary Ridge. While making a gallant as-
sault upon Vicksburg, May 22, 1863, Colonel Gray
was shot in the left thigh, and August 22 follow-
ing was commissioned captain of his company,
B. Though he had made a truly heroic effort
to remain with his regiment, Captain Gray was
forced to resign, February 24, 1864, owing to
the painful and weakening abscesses which had
formed near his wound received at Vicksburg.
Only a little more than two hundred of his orig-
inal regiment were left in the ranks, as its losses
had been terribly heavy, and when mustered out
at the close of the war, there were only one
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As soon as able to do something more for his
country, Captain Gray set about the task of
raising a company, at first called the "Davis
County Militia," and later Company A (First
Border Iowa Regiment). On August 10, 1864,
our subject was commissioned captain of the
company and later was promoted to the lieu-
tenant-colonelcy, ranking as such from Novem-
ber 10, 1864. His service during the last months
of the war was on the borders of Iowa and Mis-
souri, for Dunn's Battalion and Shacklet's Bat-
talion, Confederate troops, were raiding Davis
and Van Buren counties, Iowa, and were mak-
ing great trouble in the locality. With his regi-
ment, 1,250 strong, Colonel Gray was mustered
out of the army in November, 1865.

Establishing himself in business ,at Bloom-
field, Iowa, Colonel Gray dealt in stoves, hard-
ware and agricultural implements and in June,
1867, returned to Schuyler county, Mo., the
scene of many of his fights and victories in the
war. For something over a year he carried on
a drug business at Lancaster, after which he was
occupied in the same line at Glenwood, Mo., for
about twenty-two years, and still owns the drug
store there. In the meantime, he was honored
by election to the office of justice of the peace,
in which capacity he served for sixteen years,
and as judge of the county court he officiated
one term. Sfnce 1892 he has been a resident of
Arizona, and after living near Payson for a short
time came to Phoenix. Here he has transacted
a large real-estate and loan business and has de-
voted much attention to his fine peach and
apple orchard. He is a member of the board of
trade, and in Missouri was active in the Masonic
lodge, the Odd Fellows and Encampment, and
the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is
past representative to the grand lodge of the
Odd Fellows of Missouri, and is past grand
patriarch of the grand encampment of that state.
Recently the quartermaster-general of the Grand
Army of the Republic of Arizona, and past com-
mander of D. A. Roberts Post No. 25, of Glen-
wood, Mo., the Colonel occupies an honored
place in the hearts of his army comrades, it is
nlainlv seen. In the Renublicpn nartv h* rn.s
been an acknowledged leader. November. i8q8.
elected justice of the peace; re-elected Novem-
ber, 1900.

The marriage of Colonel Gray and Miss
Theresa E. Spencer took place in Bloomfiekl.
Iowa, January 19, 1863. She is a native of
Brown county, 111., and was educated in the pub-
lic schools of Illinois and Iowa. The only son
of this estimable couple is James M., who is a
real-estate and loan agent of Glenwood, Mo.
Their elder daughter, Emma, is the wife of L. F.
Leyhe,of Marshall, Mo., and the younger daugh-
ter, Maude, wife of Sylvanus Palmer, resides in
Phoenix. Colonel Gray and wife are members
of the Christian Church of this city, and are lib-
eral towards numerous religious and benevolent
enterprises calculated to uplift and benefit hu-
manity.

HOSEA G. GREENHAW.

There is no memory in Maricopa county
that travels as far back through the history of
Arizona as does that of Mr. Greenhaw. Long
before the possibilities of the seemingly desert
waste were even dimly outlined in the minds of
men, and when the red men still held undisputed
possession of the latent greatness of the soil, and
wandered with unfettered freedom through the
valleys and plains, this far-sighted prophet of
good settled in Salt River valley in 1868, and for
a number of years lived near the present site of
Phoenix. One can scarcely imagine the changes
which his industry has assisted in developing,
nor the satisfaction experienced while watching
the awakening of the soil, after centuries of dor-
mant rest.

In the early days Mr. Greenhaw took up one
hundred and sixty acres of land under the home-
stead act, and the three hundred and twenty ad-
ditional acres are the result of more recent pur-
chase. At the present time he is engaged in the
raising of sheep, cattle and mules, on his land
twelve miles west of Phoenix. He is the'oldest
settler in this part of the territory, from the
standpoint of residence and age, and no one has
shown greater interest in the enterprises which
have contributed towards the general upbuilding.

Of English ancestry, Mr. Greenhaw was born
in Union county, Ark., July 10, 1848, and is a
son of Joseph D. and Mary A. (Doty) Green-
haw, born in Alabama. On his father's planta-
tion in Arkansas the son was trained to habits
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subscription schools. The educational advan-
tages were necessarily limited, and were con-
fined to a few winter months each year. He
assisted his father in the duties around the cot-
ton plantation, and lived amid the surroundings
of his youth until 1868. After settling in
Arizona he married, in 1877, in California,
Elizabeth A. Barton, daughter of John Barton,
and a native of Texas, but reared near Fresno,
Cal. Of this union there have since been born
five children, viz. : Hosea, Jr., Miriam, Paul,
Mary and Leslie, all single and at home with
their parents.

Aside from the responsibilities connected with
his cattle raising, and the management of four
hundred and eighty acres of land, Mr. Grecnhaw
has devoted much thought and money to the
question of water development, and has served
as a director in the Maricopa Canal Company,
and has also been a director in the Salt River
Valley Canal Company. He is a member of
the Democratic party and has great faith in the
principles and issues of that organization. With
the educational work of his locality he has kept
in touch, and is interested in all schemes for
progress along that line. At the present time
he is a member of the board of trustees of the
west end school district. He is endowed with
the excellent traits of mind and character so
necessary in the maintaining of order in the
affairs of all new and promising localities, and
is recognized as a helpful and reliable pioneer,
to whom the present residents of the valley are
indebted for much of the prosperity which they
now enjoy.

O. F. KUENCER.

For thirty years deputy United States mineral
surveyor, and since boyhood associated with
mining in all its varied details, O. F. Kuencer
has literally grown up in the business, as he was
but twelve years of age when he accompanied
an uncle to the Pacific coast and became con-
nected with the mining interests of the west.
He was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1848, and in
1857 accompanied his uncle to California, via
Cape Horn. In 1860 he again made the long
and eventful journey via the Horn to San Fran-
cisco, this time for the purpose of locating in
the west. During the next eight years he at-

tended school in Stockton and San Jose. Being
an ambitious youth, he decided to thoroughly
prepare himself as a mining and civil engineer,
and went to Germany, where there was at that
time the only mining school on the European
continent. Having been graduated from the
School of Mines, at Freiberg, Germany, in
1868, with the degrees for which he has Labored,
he returned, crossing the ocean and continent
For a few months after his arrival in the city
of the Golden Gate he was employed by the
Comstock Mining Company, and then embarked
in independent business. Opening an office at
White Pine, Nev., he transacted a large amount
of laboratory work, anfl having purchased the
Dell silver mine, operated the same until the
summer of 1869. Then, for a couple of years,
he was occupied in mining and civil engineer-
ing at Pioche, Nev.

Three decades ago Mr. Kuencer came to Ari-
zona, becoming a resident of Mineral Park,
where he conducted a general assaying office and
at the same time had charge of quartz mills in
that place. and vicinity. In connection with his
office as deputy United States mineral surveyor
he visited all parts of the mining localities of
Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Idaho, Montana and
New Mexico, inspecting and making reports on
the same, in accordance with his instructions.
Thus it may be seen that he has long been
looked upon as an authority upon the subject,
his opinion carrying great weight. At times he
superintended mines, and since 1886 he has
lived in Kingman and has made his headquar-
ters at his mining engineer's office, surveying
and examining mines throughout this county, in
particular. In company with some St. Louis
capitalists he is financially interested in the de-
velopment of the Ark, San Antonio and Es-
meralda mines, located near Mineral Park,
where they have a concentrating plant, of which
he is now serving as superintendent. He has
a finely equipped laboratory at the Ark mine,
and makes all needful tests of ores and minerals
submitted to his attention.

The growth and progress of Mohave county
is of vital interest to Mr. Kuencer, and he
neglects no opportunity of promoting its wel-
fare. In this community, and wherever he has
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of sincere friends. In the fraternities of King-
man he belongs to several of the leading lodges,
being a member of the Odd Fellows, the order
of Elks and other organizations. He was mar-
ried in 1885 to Sarah J. Gross, a native of
Yuma, Ariz. They have been the parents of
five children, of whom three survive, namely:
Walter E., C. W., and Kenneth C.

NOAH GREEN.

At this stage of a career which has wellnigh
spanned four score years, and into which has
been crowded a world of usefulness and contin-
ued advancement towards better and more pro-
gressive things, Noah Green represents that
fine type of pioneership whom all delight to
know and honor. When he first came to Ari-
zona in 1886 he possessed the inspiring sum
of $7 upon which to found his prosperity, and
the present is a just reward for untiring atten-
tion to all the tasks set before him, and the com-
mercial integrity and high moral courage which
characterized his every action. As a miner,
farmer, stock-raiser, stage-line manager, mill
owner, and all around promoter of the best inter-
ests of the community he is one of the prized
and appreciated citizens of Solomonville.

As long ago as 1823 Mr. Green was born in
Licking county, Ohio, and is a son of Hazel and
Susanna M. Green, who were born respectively
in Virginia and Pennsylvania. His youth was
passed amid the familiar surroundings to which
he was accustomed, and his education was de-
rived at the public schools. When nineteen
years old he sought an independent existence
upon a farm, upon which he lived until 1850. In
the meantime he married, at Columbus, Ohio,
November 9, 1846, Evelyn Coulter, a daughter
of John Coulter, of Marion county, Ohio, and
four years later, on May 19, 1850, they left his
native state, and after a short sojourn in Indi-
ana settled in Carroll county, 111. Here Mr.
Green engaged in farming for thirty years, with
the exception of twelve years spent in buying
and shipping stock and grain and lumber. He
purchased lumber in the upper lake regions by
the boatload and shipped to Thompson, where
he lived, and in this town the greatest grief in
his whole life visited him in the loss of his wife,

who was also his comrade and helpmate, and an
unceasing joy and consolation during all the
years of their union. She is buried in the York
cemetery at Thompson, as is also her mother.
So dear is the memory of this cherished wife
that her husband has never thought of sup-
planting her in his heart or home.

In 1880 Mr. Green came to Colorado, and for
six years mined and prospected, and in 1886
removed to Arizona, which has since been his
home. For a time he here mined and pros-
pected, and later bought out the stage line be-
tween Carlisle and Duncan, operating the same
in partnership with two other men. For three
and a half years they carried the mails and pas-
sengers between the two places, and during all
that time Mr. Green drove the stage himself.
He then came to Solomonville and ran the stage
line between here and Sheldon, then to Duncan,
and finally to Sheldon again, carrying the mail
to those two places about six and a half years,
and though still owning this line, his occupation,
as far as the mails were concerned, terminated
with the advent of the railroad through this sec-
tion. Since June i, 1899, he has been running
the stage from Coronado to Solomonville. At
present one of his principal interests is what is
known as Green's Corral, which is owned in part
by a son, Luther, in partnership with whom the
most of Mr. Green's undertakings are carried on.
Jointly they also own one hundred acres adjoin-
ing the town, ninety-seven of which are in the
town. About ninety acres of this land is irri-
gated, and is sufficient to raise feed for the stock
owned by them.

An enterprise of recent date is a mill in which
father and son are greatly interested, and which
is proving a great industry for the community.
It represents a total investment of over $30,000.
Mr. Green had charge of a company of men
who constructed a ditch seven miles long for
operations, and it is believed that so complete
are the details of construction and working ca-
pacity that it will draw a large amount of trade
to Solomonville, and materially aid in the com-
mercial advancement of the city. Equipped
with the finest machinery, three or four grades of
flour, it has no superior in the territory; grinds
corn .and rolls barley and employs three men in
the mill. In many other ways also Mr. Green

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and his capable son have aided in the general
development of the city, and their amicable and
harmonious business association is a matter of
comment among all who appreciate harmony in
whatever light it is viewed.

In national politics Mr. Green is a Democrat,
and cast his first presidential vote for James K.
Polk. He has been a Mason since 1855, hav-
ing joined Lodge No. 355 at Mount Carroll,
111., and became a member of the Royal Arch
Chapter also. The four children born to Mr.
and Mrs. Green are: Susan, who is now Mrs.
Charles Cochran, of Carroll county, 111.; Moses,
who is a master painter by trade, and located at
Safford, Ariz.; Margaret, who is the wife of
George N. Melendy, of Carroll county, 111.; and
Luther, who is his father's partner in business,
and has a family of six sons.

SAMUEL J. GEDDES.

The flourishing town of Willcox numbers
among its citizens many who have an abiding
faith in its uninterrupted prosperity, and of these
one of the most enthusiastic is Mr. Geddes, the
popular and successful general merchant, and
member of the firm of McCourt & Geddes.
Possessed of a sound commercial integrity and
a perseverance which knows no obstacles, he has
fallen into fortunate lines, and is one of the re-
spected and capable citizens of the place.

Of Irish parentage, he was born in Montreal,
Canada, and is a son of Samuel and Jane Geddes,
natives of county Tyrone, Ireland, and who
emigrated to Canada in 1859. They are farmers
by occupation, and are still residents of this
northern clime under the jurisdiction of the Eng-
lish. Their son received a good common-school
education, and an excellent home training, and
•was well qualified to buffet with the various,
winds of fortune when he started away from
home in 1882, at the age of eighteen. For three
years he settled in the Red River valley in north-
ern Minnesota and then accepted a position as
clerk with the firm of Pratt & Elliott, of Gran-
din, N. D. After four years he occupied a simi-
lar position with John A. Getty & Co. at White
Bear Lake, Minn., with whom he stayed until
1891.

After a year's sojourn at his home in Canada,

Mr. Geddes came to Arizona in June, 1892, and
was with the Arizona Copper Company as sales-
man at Clifton for two years. In the spring of
1894 he came to Willcox as salesman for Nor-
ton & Co., wholesale and retail purveyors of
general merchandise, remaining with this con-
cern for three years. He then started in busi-
ness for himself in partnership with L. V. Mc-
Court, and for the carrying on of the general
merchandise business there was erected a fine
large building, 30x100 feet in ground dimen-
sions, and which is stocked with one of the larg-
est and most complete assortments of general
merchandise in the town. A wholesale as well
as retail business is. successfully conducted, and
the firm have met with a deserved patronage and
appreciation. In addition to the two partners
the services are required of two clerks and a
bookkeeper.

To add to his responsibilities, Mr. Geddes was
appointed postmaster of Willcox by President
McKinley in February of 1899, his assistant in
the discharge of the duties of the position being
J. M. Pickarts, formerly of Leavenworth, Kans.
During the year ending with June, 1900, a busi-
ness amounting to $2,228 was carried on, and
in the short time of a year and a half the office
was raised from fourth to third-class. To aid
him in postoffice and store, Mr. Geddes pos-
sesses a thorough knowledge of the Spanish lan-
guage. He is a believer in the principles and
issues of the Republican party, and is a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church. Fraternally he
is a chapter Mason and a member of the Knights
of Pythias.

COL. JOHN GRAY.

The thoroughly efficient and popular clerk of
the board of commissioners of Maricopa county,
Col. John Gray, of Phoenix, served as quarter-
master-general of the department of Arizona,
G. A. R., for two terms, with the rank of col-
onel, and was assistant inspector-general of the
national encampment of Arizona in 1899-1900.
His popularity in Grand Army circles is thus
indubitably shown, and his executive talents as
an officer are highly praised by all concerned.
Moreover, he is past commander of J. W.
Owens Post No. 5, G. A. R., of this city.

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Susan (Sutton) Gray, the Colonel was born
February 25, 1846, in Philadelphia, Pa. He had
three sisters, one of whom is deceased. Their
father was born in New Jersey, in 1812, and
lived to a good age, his death taking place in
1890. For several decades he was a business
m~n of the "Quaker" city, engaged in the manu-
facture of combs. During the Civil war he
served under McClcllan in the Peninsular cam-
paign, in the quartermaster's department. He
was identified with the Odd Fellows and with
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of German
descent, his father, John Gray, also was born
in New Jersey, and passed his entire life in
that state. In the Revolution he served in the
colonial army as a commissioned officer. The
Sutton family originated in England, and Mrs.
Gray's parents were from Maine. Her father
was one of the pioneer merchants of Cincinnati,
in which city her birth took place.

Col. John Gray was reared in Philadelphia,
where he attended the grammar and high
schools. At the age of seventeen he commenced
learning the trade of a stove-molder, but the
great war then being waged between the North
and South so aroused his patriotism that, as
roon as possible, he enlisted in the defense of
the Stars and Stripes. In the spring of 1864
the youth of eighteen years volunteered in Com-
pany M, One Hundred and Ninety-second Penn-
sylvania Infantry. After serving for four months
in Ohio and West Virginia, he, with the regi-
ment, was honorably discharged, and then
joined the Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry,
then campaigning in Virginia. From that time
until the close of the war he was a private in
Company I of the regiment named, being mus-
tered out at Philadelphia, in July, 1865, with
the rank of corporal.

His life in the south awakened in our subject
the desire to see something of his country, and
for some time he traveled, going to Louisiana,
Texas, Missouri and other sections. For a
period he then was employed as a clerk in De-
troit, Mich., and while there met the lady who
became his wife. In 1879 he volunteered as a
regular in the Sixth United States Cavalry, and
was assigned to Company I. Proceeding to
Fort McDowell, Ariz., he was detailed and em-
ployed as a clerk in the quartermaster's depart-

ment. At the end of five years of service he
was honorably discharged and came to Phoenix.
Obtaining a position with the firm of J. Y. T.
Smith, proprietor of a flouring mill, he contin-
ued as clerk and bookkeeper there for seven
years, Mr. Smith then selling his business. Dur-
ing the next year Mr. Gray was in the employ
of T. J. Trask, after which he was bookkeeper
for McNulty & Chapman Bros, for seven years.
In January, 1899, he became clerk of the county
board of supervisors of Maricopa county, and
held that office until January 31, 1901. In the
world of politics he is recognized as a repre-
sentative Republican, and frequently has acted
on county committees and local organizations.
In the Odd Fellows' lodge and in the Encamp-
ment and Canton he is a past officer and is a
member of the grand lodge. In 1891 he at-
tended the Grand Army's convention at Detroit,
as a delegate from Arizona. He also belongs to
the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

In Detroit, Mich., Colonel Gray married Mar-
garet Maxwell, one of the native daughters of
the city. Their sons, George and Frank, are in
the employ of the Wells-Fargo Express Com-
pany, the former as a messenger, and the latter
is in Phoenix. David, the other son, is in Kan-
sas, and Mary and Alice, the daughters, are
at home. The attractive residence of the fam-
ily, on North Seventh street, was built by the
Colonel. Mrs. Gray is a member of the Epis-
copal Church.

WILLIAM H. BROWN.

Of the many successful cattle-raisers of the
Salt River valley none is entitled to more credit
than Mr. Brown, who, when he first came here
in 1893, had seventy-five cents with which to
face the conditions existing in a strange part of
the country. From this small beginning he has
now to his credit two hundred and twenty acres
of land under a high state of cultivation, and is
extensively engaged in the raising of cattle and
hogs. His cattle enterprises are conducted in
connection with the interests of J. J. Meyer,
under the firm name of Meyer & Brown.

The life of Mr. Brown previous to coming to
Arizona was of an interesting and eventful
order, and had largely to do with the condi-
tions existing in frontier states and territories.

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A native of San Antonio, Tex., he was born
September 20, 1863, and is a son of William H.
and Lucy (Humphrey) Brown, natives respec-
tively of Virginia and Mississippi. William
Brown removed to San Antonio in the early
'405, and became identified with the pioneer days
of that locality. His son, William, was here
reared to manhood, and educated in the public
schools. He retains vivid remembrances of his
historic native town, and of his visits to the
celebrated Alamo, the scene of the heroic re-
sistance of a handful of men and women during
the war in Texas, who eventually left their re-
treat rather than starve to death, and as a con-
sequence were mowed down by the Mexicans.
In his nineteenth year Mr. Brown left Texas
and went to the far west, and for seven years
worked in the copper mines at Butte, Mont.
Upon removing to Deadwood, S. D., he was
still interested in mining, but in gold mines,
and continued the occupation until his removal
to Arizona in 1893. Though practically speak-
ing a new comer, Mr. Brown is regarded as a
substantial acquisition to the community in
which he lives. He is public-spirited and keenly
alive to the interest of his fellow townsmen. A
Republican in national politics, he is not an
office seeker, preferring to devote all of his time
to the management of his many interests.
Fraternally he is associated with the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows.

JOHN LA TOURRETTE.

More than a half century has passed since
this gentleman arrived on the Pacific slope, and
as he has been a resident of Arizona since 1876
he is justly numbered among her honored pio-
neers and leading citizens. He has been promi-
nently indentified with her mining and cattle
interests, and now has cattle scattered all over
the territory.

Mr. La Tourrette was born on the banks of
Lake Cayuga in Cayuga county, N. Y., Decem-
ber 7, 1822, a son. of Peter and Ann (Quigley)
La Tourrette, both natives of New Jersey, where
our subject's paternal grandfather settled on
coming to this country from France. The
father, who was a weaver and reed-maker, died
in Vestal, Broome county, N. Y., and the moth-

er's death occurred in Cayuga county, that state.
Of their seven children only two are now liv-
ing. Their son Henry was drowned while serv-
ing as a ship carpenter on the Mississippi squad-
ron during the Civil war. Aaron came west
with our subject and is still engaged in mining
at Diamond Spring, Cal.

During his boyhood John La Tourrette pur-
sued his studies in the pioneer district schools
then so common, with its puncheon floor, slab
benches, and desks ranged around the wall.
Here he studied Daboll's arithmetic and wrote
with a quill pen. At the age of eighteen he
commenced clerking in the store of George S.
Murphy at Auburn, N. Y., where he remained
three years. In 1844 he went to St. Louis,
Mo., where he bought goods, and then started
for La Harpe, Hancock county, 111., with the
intention of locating there, but six months later
sold out and returned to New York. In 1845
he went to Jackson, Wis., and for a time en-
gaged in clerking in a hotel at WatertOwn, that
state, but in 1846 we again find him in New
York.

By way of the Panama route Mr. La Tour-
rette went to San Francisco, Cal., in 1850, and
engaged in placer mining on a branch of the
American river, but not meeting with success
he later went to Nevada. He was not success-
ful at that place, and returned to Weavertown,
Cal. Later he struck a rich claim near Mary-
ville, which he had to abandon on account of
high water three months later. He then went
with his brother to Diamond Spring, where he
was engaged in mining eighteen months, and
later spent a short time at. Downieville, on the
North Yuba, after which he returned to Dia-
mond Spring. Subsequently he devoted two
years to mining on the McAusby river, but not
meeting with success he returned to Diamond
Spring. There he purchased two yoke of oxen
and a fifty dollar wagon, which he filled with
provisions, and in company with his wife and
two children started for Oregon. There he
bought a farm in Rogue River valley, which he
operated for fourteen years, and later was en-
gaged in the cattle business at Klamath, Ore.,
until coining to Arizona in 1876. He brought
with him a herd of 175 head of cattle a distance
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liamson's valley. He then went to Cave creek
and later to Camp creek, but the supply of wa-
ter being short in that locality he located a
ranch on the Verde in 1877, thirty-five miles
above Fort McDowell. Since then he has de-
voted his time almost exclusively to the cattle
business, and is today one of the most success-
ful and largest cattle-owners in the territory.
He brought twenty-one head of full-blooded
Durhams with him from Oregon. After living
on his ranch for seven years he removed to
Phoenix in 1884, and there owns a nice home.
At Diamond Spring, Cal., Mr. La Tourrette
married Rosanna Mathers, a native of Quincy,
III., and a daughter of William Mathers, who
crossed the plains in 1853 and settled at Dia-
mond Spring. Five children bless this union:
Peter, who lives on his father's ranch; James,
who makes his home in the suburbs of Phoenix;
Mrs. Cornelia Munds, a resident of Jerome,
Ariz.; Mrs. Rose Sheridan of Phoenix; and
Mrs. Viola Wells, at home. Fraternally Mr.
La Tourrette is a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and politically is identi-
fied with the Democratic party. A man of keen
perception, of unbounded enterprise, his suc-
cess in life is due entirely to his own efforts,
and he deserves prominent mention among the
leading and representative business men of
Phoenix. He is also a public-spirited, enterpris-
ing man, who is recognized as a valued citizen
of the community.

HOMER GOSS.

The secretary and treasurer of the Gardner,
Worthen & Goss Company, of Tucson, is a
practical and experienced machinist and is the
present superintendent of the machine shops.
His father before him was in this line of occu-
pation and the genius for handling machinery
seems to have been inherited by the son. His
general financial and executive ability are among
his more marked characteristics, and he is mak-
ing a gratifying success out of everything which
he undertakes.

Leonard and Anna A. (Lane) Goss, parents
of the above-named gentleman, were natives of
Maine, the former's birthplace being in Au-
gusta and the latter's birthplace being at Dan-
ville Junction. Prior to the Civil war Leonard

Goss removed with his family to California and
for years was connected with the Sacramento
Iron Works and with the Dow Steam Pump
Works at San Francisco. His death occurred
at his residence in Berkeley and his widow is
still living at that place.

The only one of the seven children of this
worthy couple now surviving is Homer Goss,
who was born August 2, 1862. His youth was
spent in Sacramento, Sonoma and Berkeley,
Cal., and in the common and high schools he
received a liberal education. At an early age
it became apparent that machinery possessed
great attractiveness to him, and ar seventeen he
commenced serving an apprenticeship in the
Dow Steam Pump Works. Thus he continued
for four years, and then continued in the em-
ploy of the concern three years longer. In
1889 he came to Arizona and for four and a
half years was a machinist in the shops of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, at Tucson. Subse-
quently he was in the employ of the government
£t Mare Island, but in 1894 came to Tucson
and bought an interest in the firm now known
as Gardner, Worthen & Goss Company. His
practical knowledge of the business was called
into requisition during the erection of the ma-
chine shop and the placing of the machinery
therein, for he was constituted superintendent
of the work and carried it forward successfully.
The majority of the leading mines of southern
Arizona have been equipped with mining ma-
chinery by this establishment during the past
few years, and it has the reputation of being
the largest foundry and shop in the territory.
Certainly, the volume of business transacted here
annually is enormous and contracts are taken
for the manufacture of about everything in the
line of machinery. In 1899 the company was
incorporated under its present style, with Mr.
Gardner as president, our subject as treasurer
and secretary and Mr. Worthen as manager.

In Berkeley, Cal., a marriage ceremony united
the destinies of Mr. Goss and Miss Ella T.
Worthen, sister of B. L. Worthen, a member of
the firm. (See sketch of B. L. Worthen, printed
elsewhere in this volume.) Four children bless
the hearts and home of our subject and wife,
namely: Howard Lane, Eleanor C., Douglas
W., and Donald H.

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A member of the Knights of Pythias and of
the lodge and Hall Association of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, Mr. Goss is a di-
rector of the last-named society. His right of
franchise is exercised in behalf of the platform
and nominees of the Republican party and all
worthy public enterprises receive his influence
and support.

FRANK GRIEBEL.

An old and distinguished Rhenish family has
a genial and successful representative in Mr.
Griebel, who was bom near historic Bingen, on
the Rhine, June 11, 1845. The maternal grand-
father, Franz Fuelber, conducted a farm in trie
Rhine country, and from the grapes in his vine-
yard produced large quantities of wine. Hein-
rich Louis Griebel, the father of Frank, fol-
lowed the occupation of a vineyardist during
his long and industrious life. He conducted a
bakery and had large vineyards and died amid
his vineyards on the banks of the great river.
The mother, Rosina (Fuelber) Griebel, was born
in the same locality, and was a daughter of
Henry Fuelber, also an old family name, and
by occupation a miller. He belonged to the
strict old-fashioned Lutheran Church. Of the
three daughters and three sons composing this
family, two daughters and one son are now liv-
ing. One daughter emigrated to America, and
is living in Wisconsin.

The youth of Mr. Griebel was uneventful, and
surrounded by the wholesome influences of the
average German home. At the public schools
of his native land he received a good education,
and was well equipped for the future responsi-
bilities of life. With high hopes for the future
in a new country, yet with sincere regret for
the vineclad Rhenish hills, and the home circles
from which he departed, Mr. Griebel sailed from
Bremen on the steamer America, in 1865, and
located at Beaver Dam, Wis. Here for two
years he was employed as a clerk in a general
merchandise store, and continued the same oc-
cupation after removing to Milwaukee in 1867,
where he also pursued a course in the Spen-
ccrian Business College. In 1883 he sought
the larger possibilities of the far western coun-
try, and upon locating in Los Angeles, Cal.,

was again engaged in clerking, for a large con-
cern.

In 1885 Mr. Griebel became associated with
the prosperity and promise of Arizona, and in
Phoenix, engaged in clerking for Dillon &
Kanealy, on Washington street. When this
firm sold out to the Alkire Company, he still re-
tained his position, and in 1897 started in busi-
ness for himself. He carries a stock of general
merchandise, and caters to a continually in-
creasing trade, the result no doubt of his con-
scientious and upright business methods, and of
his sincere desire to please. The store is lo-
cated at 218 and 220 West Washington street,
and is 30x80 feet in dimensions. As proof of
his prosperous condition, Mr. Griebel has ac-
cumulated a fair property in the city of his
adoption. He is a member of the Board of
Trade. In national politics he is a believer in
the principles and issues of the Democratic
party. He is a member of, and generous con-
tributor to, the Lutheran Church.

CHARLES GOLDMAN.

Within the period of Charles Goldman's resi-
dence in Phoenix nearly its entire development
has occurred, for at the time of his arrival here
not a frame or brick store had been erected, and
only men of exceptional sagacity predicted for
the place a tithe of its present prosperity. As
is generally known, he has been an influential
factor in its upbuilding, and possesses the es-
teem of the whole community in a marked de-
gree.

Born October 17, 1845, in Bavaria, Germany,
Charles Goldman is a son of Solomon and Re-
becca (Kauffmann) Goldman, who were identi-
fied with the agricultural class of that province.
In his youth our subject received a practical
industrial education in the school of his native
land, afterwards serving a three years' appren-
ticeship to a dry-goods merchant. In the spring
of 1866 he came to the United States, whither
his brother, A. Goldman, had preceded him,
and for about a year was^cmployed as a clerk in
Philadelphia. Then going to Woodland, Cal.,
by way of the Isthmus of Panama and San Fran-
cisco, he continued as a clerk and also was thus

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employed later at San Luis Obispo, Cal., and
Prescott, Ariz.

Since March, 1871, Mr. Goldman has been a
resident of Arizona, and thus is a pioneer of long
standing. For five years or more he made his
home in Prescott, and then embarked in gen-
eral merchandising upon his own account in
Williamson Valley. The brother above men-
tioned had located in Phoenix in 1874, and in
1878, just before he returned to his old Ba-
varian home, he sold his business to our sub-
ject, who carried on the enterprise at the same
loc.i'tion (across the street from his present
store) for several years. In 1879 the firm of
Goldman Brothers was formed, Leo Goldman
being admitted as a partner of our subject.
Buying the lot at the northwest corner of Wash-
ington and Center, they retained it for about
twenty years, selling it in 1900, and receiving
therefor the highest price ever paid for a lot
in this city. For a number of years the broth-
ers were engaged in general merchandising,
later adding a large stock of hardware, agricul-
tural implements and carriages and wagons. In
1900 the establishment was removed to Center,
between Washington and Jefferson streets,
where two floors, 45x150 feet in dimensions, are
occupied by the different departments of the
business. The Canton clipper, Buckeye mow-
ers and reapers, the Studebaker wagons and
carriages and Owendorf's agricultural imple-
ments are carried in stock.

Owning a granary situated near the railroad
station, Mr. Goldman also deals in grain and
hay, in wholesale and retail quantities, and fur-
nishes these staples, as well as flour, to several
forts, under contracts with the government. In-
dividually, he has extensive investments in
ranches and cattle, owning forty acres at a
point about a mile and a half from Phoenix,
one of eighty acres three miles from the city,
and one of a hundred acres in Yavapai county,
Ariz. Altogether, he has about three thousand
cattle at the present time, and continues to deal
in live stock with marked financial success. For
many years he has been a director in the Na-
tional Bank of Arizona, and now is the admin-
istrator of the Wormser estate, which com-
prises seven thousand acres of fine land, with
a canal for irrigating purposes. The import-

ance of this great trust may be gathered from
the fact that Mr. Goldman gave a bond of $400,-
ooo, the largest bond ever given in this terri-
tory, in a like case. He is a member of the
Board of Trade, and in political affairs is affili-
ated with the Democratic party.

In San Francisco the marriage of Mr. Gold-
man and Miss Sarah, daughter of Benjamin
Fleischman, was solemnized in 1881. She was
born in Diamond Springs, Cal., and her father
was one of the pioneers of that state, his resi-
dence there dating from 1850. Three children
bless the union of our subject and wife, namely:
Rose Belle, a graduate of the San Francisco
Female College; Sidney, who is attending the
Belmont (Cal.) Military College; and Eugene,
who is a student in the Phoenix high school.

VALENTINE GANT.

One of the large land owners and successful
cattle raisers of the Salt River valley, is Mr.
Gant, who upon coming to the territory in 1890
sojourned for a time on the Gila river. However,
the prospects there were not sufficiently alluring,
and in 1892 he purchased the farm upon which
he has since lived. He is the possessor of nine
hundred and sixty acres of land, which is devoted
in the main to the raising of cattle.

Until his twentieth year Mr. Gant lived in
Randolph county, 111., where he was born June
7, 1834. His parents, Robert and Maria (Shafer)
Gant, were natives of Kentucky, the former of
English, and the latter of Swiss descent. Robert
Gant was an agriculturist during the years of his
activity, and was a courageous soldier in the
Black Hawk war. His son, Valentine, had the
benefit of his father's thorough knowledge of
farming, and received a fair education in the
district schools. Possessing an ambitious tem-
perament, when twenty years old he started out
in search of a desirable permanent location. He
drifted to the west, making the journey in 1854
with mule teams in a company of emigrants. For
a time he lived in Oregon and was engaged in
mining in that state, California and Idaho for
about ten years. A later venture was the cattle
business which he followed in Oregon for several
years, and at the same time successfully raised
sheep. Subsequently, for a number of years,

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he engaged in agriculture in what is now Kings
county, Cal., and from there in 1890, perma-
nently removed to Arizona.

Mr. Gant is a self-made man in the highest
sense of the word, and during his life on the
frontiers of the west has accumulated a large
fund of general information, and a practical
knowledge of the affairs of the world. He is a
typical frontiersman, and one of the best judges
of cattle in the Salt River valley. In national
politics he is a Republican, and is a warm ad-
mirer of McKinley and his policy of administra-
tion. In the development of the various enter-
prises of his locality, he is interested and was at
one time a director in the southern extension
of the Tempe canal. He enjoys the good will
and confidence of all who know him, and is ac-
counted one of the enterprising residents of the
valley.

WILLIAM FOURR.

During the years which Mr. Fourr has spent
in the west he has experienced many of the
vicissitudes which befell the determined and
courageous early settlers, and has had to cope
with many hair-breadth and dangerous situ-
ations. His experiences have, however, brought
about the prosperous and happy ending that
would be expected of so enthusiastic and en-
terprising a man, and he is today one of the
successful farmers and miners of Cochise
county. A native of St. Louis, Mo., he was
born July n, 1854, and is a son of William
Fourr, of whom he has not the slightest re-
membrance, as he was deprived in early life of
the care and affectionate solicitude of both par-
ents. Left thus alone in the world he was taken
to Kansas City, Mo., when a small child, and
there, and at St. Joe, Mo., was reared to man-
hood and educated in the public schools.

The opportunity for independence came when
most desired in the friendly interest of Mr. Iliff,
the great cattle king of Colorado, whom Will-
iam Fourr accompanied to New Mexico, and for
whom he herded cattle for a year and a half.
He then had a government position as foreman
of the corrals at Fort Gregg, after which, in
company with George Cooley, he started for
the mines at Prescott, and engaged in placer
mining for several years. During this time

there was difficulty with the Apaches, and on
several occasions they were drawn into close
combat with these treacherous and murderous
red men. For one year Mr. Fourr again held a
government position as mail carrier and express
man, and then began keeping a station or store
on the road between Yuma and Tucson. He
was also interested in the cattle business, and
at times suffered great loss from the depreda-
tions of the Indians. At one time himself and
Col. K. S. Woolsey, with thirty-five soldiers,
followed the Indians under command of Col-
onel McClave, into the Hockahale mountains,
but failed to recover the two hundred head of
cattle that had been stolen, as they had al-
ready been killed by the red men. They suc-
ceeded, however, with the loss of but one sol-
dier from their ranks, in converting, with the
aid of reliable shot, twenty-seven bad Indians
into an equal number of good Indians. This
was but one of the putrages that happened in
the neighborhood. While still living at Burk
station, an Italian lost one hundred mules to
the Indians, and George Frame, of Gila Bend,
had a herder killed while endeavoring to save
his flock.

After several years adventurous residence at
Burk station Mr. Fourr came to Cochise county
and located on the Fourr ranch, five miles south
of Dragoon station. This is one of the finest
ranches in the county, and the soil is adapted
to the raising of almost everything in the way
of general farm produce, and all manner of
fruits, and is abundantly supplied with water.
Nor are Mr. Fourr's interests confined to farm-
ing, for he has a mine in the Dragoon moun-
tains which is turning out large quantities of
copper, silver and lead. In fact, he has unlim-
ited faith in the future of these mountains as
wealth producers, and believes that the next
five years will bring to the surface much that
has never been supposed to exist.

At Gila Bend Mr. Fourr married L. Nunn,
and of this union there are eight children liv-
ing: James, Robert, Mary, Clara, Zona, Daisy,
Roy and Ida. The children have had the bene-
fit of good educations, and have studied at the
Tombstone public schools. Mrs. Fourr is a
member of the Presbyterian Church. Although
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Democratic party, Mr. Fourr is not an office
seeker, but is interested in all local affairs, as-
sisting to the best of his ability in all of the
enterprises which have to do with the upbuild-
ing of the locality, and in the maintaining of
order and prosperity in the midst of the great
possibilities. _ .

M. J. GALPIN.

The junior member of the firm of Goff &
Galpin, builders and contractors, was born in
Auburn, N. Y., April 23, 1843. The ancestry
of the family is English on the paternal, and
Scotch on the maternal side. The paternal
grandfather, Asa, was born in New York state
during the latter part of the eighteenth century,
and served with distinction in the war of 1812.
During the course of his long and useful life
he devoted his energies to farming, and subse-
quently died in his native state. The maternal
grandfather, Joseph, came from an old New
England family, and was also a farmer. The
father of M. J. Galpin, William Galpin, was
born in Auburn, N. Y., and in 1846 removed
to Battle Creek, Mich., where he engaged as
a contractor and builder. In 1861 he removed
to Rochester, Minn., and located on new land
which he improved and developed into a paying
farm, and there he died at an advanced age.
His wife, formerly Louise Hakes, was born in
the state of New York, and was a daughter
of Giles Hakes, also born in New York. Giles
Hakes was of English descent, and was by occu-
pation a shoemaker. Mrs. Galpin died in Minne-
sota. She was the mother of five children, four
of whom are living, M. J. being the second
youngest. One of the sons, Charles R., served
during the Civil war in the Second Michigan
Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Knox-
ville; Herbert is a builder and contractor in
Winnebago, Minn.

When three years of age M. J. Galpin was
taken by his parents to Battle Creek, Mich.,
where he was educated in the public schools,
and where he also learned much from his father
of building and contracting. His early life was
uneventful, and not unlike that spent by other
boys in like' circumstances. The first impor-
tant event that interrupted a tranquil existence
was the breaking out of the war, at which time

he enlisted, in August of 1861, in Company I,
Merrill's Horse, Second Missouri Cavalry, at
Detroit, intended for General Tremont's body
guard. As a private he served with his com-
pany in Missouri and Arkansas, and for the
greater part of the time was after General Price.
They then went into Tennessee, and partici-
pated in the battles of Nashville, Chattanooga,
Missionary Ridge, Georgia Camp, and several
unimportant skirmishes. At Alpine, Ga., he
was wounded and laid up in the hospital for
some time, and was subsequently mustered out
of the service in August of 1865. He veteran-
ized at Little Rock, Ark., and when mustered
out had the rank of sergeant.

After the cessation of hostilities, Mr. Galpin
returned to Battle Creek, Mich., and worked
at the carpenter's trade for about a year. In
1866 he removed to Rochester, Minn., and in
1870 to Minneapolis, where he became one of
the foremost contractors and builders in the
city. The demand for his services was so great
that at times he was obliged to employ as high
as two hundred and fifty assistants, and the busi-
ness amounted to nearly $350,000 a year. For
twenty-one years he received the patronage of
a large part of the city, and constructed many
of the public buildings and large business blocks.
In addition he also improved and built up con-
siderable residence property and business prop-
erty of which he later disposed. In 1891 he
sought the larger possibilities of the far west,
and located in Phoenix in the same year. His
first undertaking was the starting of a cannery
business, which was the first of its kind in the
city. From a comparatively small beginning the
enterprise grew apace, and had a capacity of
six thousand cans a day. The occupation,
though successful, resulted in the undermining
of the health of Mr. Galpin, owing to the ex-
cessive heat and the arduous work. For nearly
five years he was partially incapacitated for any
hard work, but at the end of that time again
entered upon his old occupation of contracting
and building. In 1897 the affairs were con-
ducted under the firm name of Goff & Galpin,
and this firm is responsible for many of the
most substantial public buildings and fine resi-
dences in the city, including most of the resi-
dences in Capitol addition.

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In Winnebago, Minn., in 1870, Mr. Galpin
married Sarah A. Whitney, who was born in
Manchester, N. H. Her father, Alpheus Whit-
ney, was a farmer during the years of his ac-
tivity, and in early manhood settled in Wells,
Minn., where he had a large farm. He died in
Minneapolis. The ancestry of the family is
Welsh, and the paternal grandfather, Henry, was
born in Boston. He later lived in New Hamp-
shire, and served his country in the war of 1812.
The mother of Mrs. Galpin was formerly Sarah
C. Fletcher, born in Prospect, Me., and a daugh-
ter of John Fletcher, a farmer. Mrs. Whitney
died in Minneapolis. To Mr. and Mrs. Galpin
have been born three children: Alpheus W.,
who is living in Yuma, is in government em-
ploy; Clara L., who is now Mrs. Max Viault,
is a graduate of the Sacred Heart Convent, and
is living in Phoenix; William A. is studying at
the high school. Mr. Galpin is a firm believer
in the principles of the Republican party, and
has been .actively interested in its undertak-
ings. Fraternally he is associated with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and with
the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He
is a member of the Chase Post, G. A. R., in
Minneapolis, and of the Veteran's Association
of Merrill's Horse.

WILLIAM KIRTLAND.

This practical blacksmith and manufacturer
of carriages and wagons, is one of the substan-
tial business men of Safford. He is a native
of Logansport, Ind., his birth having taken
place thirty-eight years ago. His father, Will-
iam Kirtland, was born in England and his
mother, Fannie (Jennings) Kirtland, was a Vir-
ginian. They settled in the Hoosier state in
1853 and reared three daughters and a son.

William Kirtland of this sketch grew to man-
hood in his native city and received a liberal
public school education. Having decided to
become a blacksmith he devoted six years to
learning every detail of the business, and thus
was thoroughly fitted for his life work. When
he embarked in business on his own account
he went to Lucerne, Ind., and later he conducted
a shop in Lucerne for a short time. During
the latter part of the period of his apprenticeship

to the trade he owned an interest in the busi-
ness, and from an early age he has been a prop-
erty holder.

In 1888 Mr. Kirtland came to the west and
for three years was post blacksmith in the em-
ploy of the government at Fort Apache and
Fort Thomas, being at the last-named place
only from November, 1890, to March, 1891.
Then, in company with C. K. Jennings, he
bought a general merchandise store at Safford,
and carried on the business, until 1895, when he
sold out to his partner. He then opened a black-
smith shop and in January, 1897, again became
connected with his former mercantile establish-
ment, by buying out Mr. Jennings. To these
two enterprises he devoted his attention with
success attending his efforts. In February,
1898, he disposed of the general store and went
to the Klondike, where he remained for a year
and eight months. His experiences were ex-
tremely interesting, and though he prospected
and mined industriously he did not make a suc-
cess of the expedition, on the whole. Return-
ing to Safford in August, 1899; he resumed his
former occupation as a blacksmith, and just a
year later built a substantial brick shop, with a
department used in the manufacture of wagons
and buggies. The location is central and he
owns one-fourth of the block on which the
shop stands. In addition to this, he owns two
and a half acres of property in the residence
portion of the town, and has built two good five-
room frame dwellings. In the artesian-well dis-
trict he owns a quarter section of farm land
and water is furnished to his place by two wells
which he has had sunk. He has an interest in
an artesian-well boring machine — a profitable
and highly useful thing in this locality. From
time to time he has invested money in mining
property and within the past few years has ex-
pended about a thousand dollars in developing
some mines in the Lone Star district.

Ten years ago Mr. Kirtland married Miss
Emma Talley, daughter of Thomas Talley, and
their four children, Harry, Agnes, Charles, and
Frank, are aged respectively, eight, six, four and
three years. In fraternal circles Mr. Kirtland
is identified with the Woodmen oT the World,
being a charter member of the Safford lodge.
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cess in business is due to his thorough knowl-
edge of his trade and the genuine desire to
please his customers, added to financial talent
and absolute integrity.

JAMES L. GANT.

While "the race is not always to the swift nor
the battle to the strong," the invariable law of
destiny accords to tireless energy, industry and
ability a successful career. The truth of this
assertion is abundantly verified in the life of Mr.
Gant, who since 1883 has been identified with
the business interests of Phoenix, and the Salt
River valley and is today one of its most pros-
perous citizens.

He was born in Sterling, Jackson county,
Iowa, November iq, 1854, a son of John and
Elizabeth (Grant) Gant, natives of Lincolnshire,
England. His maternal grandfather, Jonathan
Grant, died in that country, as did also the pa-
ternal grandfather, William Gant. On crossing
the Atlantic the father located at Dundas, On-
tario, Canada, where he cleared and improved
one hundred acres of heavily timbered land.
Subsequently he became one of the early settlers
of Sterling, Iowa, locating there in March,
1854. He bought a farm at that place, and
speculated in lands in central, northern and
western Iowa and southern Minnesota. In
1866 he removed to Fort Scott, Kans., where
he engaged in farming until 1874, when he
crossed the plains to Pueblo, Colo., and was
engaged in the stock and cattle business at
that place for a time. He now makes his home
near Belvidere, Kiowa county, Kans., where he
served as first deputy sheriff for a time and also
carried on the stock business. His wife is still
living. They are the parents of eight children,
six of whom are living.

Of this family, James L. Gant is the sixth in
order of birth. He accompanied his parents on
their removal to Fort Sx:ott, Kans., where he at-
tended the public schools and also engaged in
herding cattle. In 1874 when the family went to
Colorado he crossed the plains with a drove of
cattle, going up the Arkansas river to within
eight miles of Pueblo. The following year was
spent on the cattle trail in Wyoming. Going

to Omaha he took the train for San Francisco,
and from there went to Portland, Ore., but not
being pleased with that locality he proceeded to
Boise City, Idaho, where he was engaged in the
wood business one winter. In 1876 he went to
Kiowa county, Kans., and during the following
three years was engaged in trailing cattle from
Texas and Indian Territory to Kansas. In 1879
he embarked in the cattle business on his own
account, and conducted a ranch on Medicine
river until 1883, when he sold out and came to
Phoenix, Ariz.

The first ranch Mr. Gant bought near this
place he sold a year later, and on the loth of
April, 1884, opened the Golden Eagle livery
stable adjoining his present meat market, in
Phoenix and conducted the same until 1892,
when he sold out and embarked in the harness
business, but soon traded that for a herd of cattle
and a ranch at Seven Springs, which is one of
the finest and best watered ranches in Maricopa
county. He has corrals at two or three different
places, feeding about six hundred head of high
grade cattle in the Salt River valley, mostly on
the Buckeye. He has two hundred and forty
acres of land on St. John ditch, fifteen miles from
Phoenix, and his slaughter house is located one
mile south of Phoenix. In February, 1899, he
opened a meat market at No. 234 East Washing-
ton street as a member of the firm of Gant &
Balsz, who also conducted the Denver market
at No. 219 West Washington street. They carried
on both a wholesale and retail business; manu-
factured sausage and lard by steam power; and
had a fine large refrigerator. In November,
1900, he sold his interest in the meat market. Be-
sides the property already mentioned Mr. Gant
owns an improved place of eighty acres north-
west of the city ; and several pieces of residence
and business property in Phoenix, including his
pleasant home at No. 120 East Adams street. In
1892 he started a lemon grove at Point Loma,
San Diego, Cal., which site Charles Dudley War-
ner describes as one of the three best points of
observation in the world. He has since disposed
of that property.

In Pratt county, Kans., Mr. Gant married Miss
Hattie Hulett, a native of Massachusetts, who
died in Phoenix, leaving one child, William, who
is now engaged in the stock business with his

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father. Mr. Gant was again married at Gypsum,
Colo., his second union being with Miss Mertie
Hockett, daughter of Barclay Hockett. She was
born in Kansas, and removed with her family to
Colorado at an early day, where she resided for
two years before she saw another white woman.
For seven years she successfully engaged in
teaching school in that state.

Mr. Gant has seen almost the entire develop-
ment of Phoenix, for when he located here the
place contained but four brick buildings, and he
shipped the first train load of cattle from the
city. About twelve years ago, in connection
with D. R. Smith, he conducted the city meat
market, which they sold to D. L. Murray.
Throughout his entire residence here Mr. Gant
has been prominently identified with the business
and political affairs of the city, and is a stalwart
supporter of the Republican party. When he
first located in Arizona there were only forty Re-
publicans in Maricopa county. He has been an
influential member of both the county and terri-
torial committees. Mr. Gant is one of the most
prominent stock men in this section, and has
served as general manager of the Territorial
Live Stock Association, which he assisted in or-
ganizing, and of which he is still an active mem-
ber. He is now secretary of the Butchers' Live
Stock Association of Arizona, and is a member
of the Board of Trade. He was a charter mem-
ber of the hook and Ladder company and served
as second chief of the fire department of Phoe-
nix. He is connected with the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks and the Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows. His wife holds membership
with the Society of Friends.

Throughout his career Mr. Gant has had many
exciting experiences. In 1881 his horse fell with
him and broke and badly splintered his left
arm. Afterward, for three years, he was a pa-
tient in a hospital in Kansas City, but saved his
arm. He met with several other accidents, his
horse falling with him and fracturing his leg and
hip. In the summer of 1900 he had a narrow
escape from death by a similar accident. This
time he was injured in the head and lay uncon-
scious for twenty-nine days, but his strong con-
stitution and the good care he received saved
his life. He is one of the most popular and
honored citizens of Phoenix, his pleasant manner

winning him hosts of friends, while his strict in-
tegrity and honorable dealing in business com-
mend him to the confidence of all.

JOSIAH H. GRAY.

Among the many pioneers who came from
the east, and lent their abilities and large-
hearted efforts towards the upbuilding of Ari-
zona, none is remembered with greater regard
than Mr. Gray. In all of the places in which he
elected to reside he was a factor for progress
and strict integrity, and unselfishly made his
own interests subordinate to those in whom he
was most interested.

Mr. Gray was born in Burke county, Ga., in
which state his father, Thomas, was also born.
He was of English descent, and was for many
years a farmer and merchant in Georgia, and
was later similarly employed in Alabama and
Arkansas. In his early manhood he was united
in marriage with Temperance Kersy. Josiah H.
Gray was reared in Georgia and Alabama, and
when about twenty-one years of age removed
to Arkansas, and engaged in farming in Union
county. In 1850, in company with his brother,
Columbus, he went to California, via the Isth-
mus of Panama, and became interested in min-
ing in different places along the Pacific coast.
In 1854 he returned to Arkansas, his brother
following him in 1859. In June of 1865 Mr.
Gray was married in Eldorado, Union county,
Ark., to Annie Cartledge, a native of Decatur,
Ga., and a daughter of Thomas Eason Cart-
ledge, a farmer, who was born in Georgia. The
family is of English descent, and the grand-
father, James, was born in Alabama, and during
the years of his activity engaged in farming in
Georgia. The mother of Mrs. Gray was for-
merly Sarah Kersy, a native of Burke county,
Ga., and a daughter of Bud Kersy, of Georgia.
Mrs. Gray died in California. She was the
mother of seven children, of whom five are liv-
ing. Thomas is a farmer at Tempe; Lynn is
in Morgan, Ga. ; Gilford is in Jackson, Fla. ; and
Mrs. Fryer lives in California, near Pomona.

In 1868 Mr. Gray again started for California,
accompanied, as before, by his brother, Colum-
bus. They had a long and perilous journey, and
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and mule teams. They came through Texas
and the Salt River valley. Mr. Gray located
twelve miles east of Los Angeles, and purchased
a farm whereon was conducted a large stock
business, and where an orange grove was also
planted. In time, all manner of fruit rewarded
the industrious application of Mr. Gray, and the
farm proved a successful and remunerative ven-
ture. Nevertheless, in the fall of 1888, Mr.
Gray abandoned the sunny skies and balmy air
of California, and located on government land
twelve miles southwest of Phoenix, on the grand
canal. Here the sterility of the desert was re-
deemed by the unfailing patience of this tiller
of the soil, and made to produce the abundant
harvests which are known only in this garden
spot of the territory. The declining years of
Mr. Gray were spent in improving his land to
the utmost, and here, surrounded by the many
evidences of his handiwork, he died in 1892, at
the age of sixty-eight years.

With the idea of lessening the responsbility
inseparable from the management of a farm,
Mrs. Gray disposed of the property in the Salt
River valley, and purchased the home in Phoe-
nix, on South Seventh street. It is a comfort-
able and homelike place, and many improve-
ments have been made by the present occupants.
There are two children in the family. Lee, who
resides with his mother, is a graduate of the
Normal school at Tempe, and also a graduate
of Yale College, class of 1893, having been
honored with the degree of LL. B. Allie is
also a graduate of the territorial normal school
at Tempe, and is now engaged in educational
work. Mrs. Gray is a member of the Baptist
Church. Mr. Gray was a Democrat in national
politics, but never an office seeker. He also
belonged to the Baptist Church, and was fra-
ternally associated with the Masons.

HON. NIELS PETERSEN.

Mr. Petersen, sailor, farmer, stock-raiser, ex-
president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank
at Tempe, ex-treasurer of the Tempe Irrigating
Canal Company, and ex-member of the legisla-
ture, is one of the largest land owners, and most
successful and enterprising citizens of the Salt
River valley. He is endowed with the reliabjp

and substantial traits of character which are the
rightful heritage of his fellow countrymen in
Denmark. He was born in the Danish country
October 21, 1845, °f parents who were natives
of Denmark, and who were farmers during the
greater part of their lives. They appreciated
the benefits of a liberal education, and the youth
Niels reaped the benefit of their broad-minded
views, and was well fitted for the future by the
best educational training in the locality. At the
early age of sixteen he determined to make his
own way in the world, and entered the German
merchant-marine, sailing from Hamburg for
China, the Philippines and the East Indies. Sub-
sequently he entered the English merchant-
marine, and for three years sailed the high seas,
visiting the East and West Indies, and familiar-
izing himself with the conditions as they exist
in remote and different countries. In 1865 he
decided to try his fortunes in the new world, and
after landing in New York made that his head-
quarters for future journeys upon the deep, until
1869. He then made a visit to the land of his
birth, remaining there until the summer of 1870,
when he returned and remained in California for
a year. There he led a seafaring life and was
also interested in mining, and was fairly success-
ful in the land of flowers and sunshine.

In the summer of 1871 Mr. Petersen associat-
ed himself with Arizona, and the following year
settled on the ranch upon which, during all the
years up to the present time, he has expended
the best efforts of his life. To the one hundred
and sixty acres which have been developed from
their former crude and unprofitable condition,
other land has been added by more recent pur-
chase, until at the present time Mr. Petersen is
the possessor of a farm of twelve hundred and
fifty acres of land, and one of the finest and
largest brick residences and rural homes in the
whole Salt River valley. Pleasant to contem-
plate are the changes which have come over this
famously fertile valley since he first took up his
abode in the midst of its desert-like waste, and
to no one of the many successful agricuturists is
the present prosperity more directly due than to
this enterprising citizen who has so courageously
overcome the obstacles in his way, and forged a
path to the prominent position which he now oc-
cupies.

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There are few public enterprises in the valley
which have not received the support and back-
ing of Mr. Petersen, and his interest is as wide
as are the demands for the exercise of his public-
spiritedness. As a stanch Democrat, he has held
many local and other offices to the credit of
himself and the community in whose interests
he has served. During the '8os he was a mem-
ber of the Maricopa county board of super-
visors, and he has served as a member of the
board of trustees of the school district of his
neighborhood. For a number of years he served
as treasurer of the Tempe Irrigating Canal Com-
pany, and no one in the locality worked more
earnestly in the early days to solve successfully
the problem of artificial irrigation. For a time
also he served as a director and president of the
Farmers & Merchants Bank at Tempe. He is
a member and trustee of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, to the support of which he is a lib-
eral contributor. Fraternally he is associated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
Tempe.

Mr. Petersen has been twice married. His
first wife was formerly Isabel Dumphy, who was
born in Duluth, Minn., and who became the
mother of one son, John N., now deceased.
Mr. Petersen irr.rried for his second wife Sus-
anna Decker, of South Montrose, Pa. With all
of the other responsibilities which- have fallen
to the lot of Mr. Petersen in his adopted terri-
tory, he served one term in the territorial as-
sembly, as a member of the eighteenth legisla-
ture. He is esteemed by all who know him in
the valley and elsewhere, and his life is a suc-
cessful one from the various standpoints from
which men of public trust are viewed.

J. I. GARDNER.

As he has dwelt in Prescott for twenty-two
years, this sterling citizen is a veritable pioneer
of the place, and within his recollection about all
of the undertakings worthy of being called pub-
lic improvements have been instituted here. His
own influence, which is not slight, has always
been exercised in behalf of progress, and for two
terms he was numbered among the "city fath-
ers," advocating measures which he deemed

would prove of permanent benefit to this, the
city of his choice.

The ancestors of J. I. Gardner were south-
ern people, and his grandfather, Nelson Gard-
ner, who was of remote Scotch extraction, lived
and died upon his plantation in Virginia. James
A., father of J. I. Gardner, was born in the
Old Dominion, and in early manhood settled in
Cooper county, Mo., where he improved and
cultivated a farm. His career well rounded, he
was summoned to his eternal reward, dying at
his old homestead in 1870. His wife, Martha,
a daughter of William Smith, was born in Ken-
tucky, and accompanied the family in its early
immigration to Cooper county, Mo. Thence-
forth she dwelt in that state, and of her three
sons and two daughters only a son and a
daughter survive.

The birth of J. I. Gardner occurred in 1857,
near Boonville, Mo., upon the parental home-
stead, and there fourteen years of his life passed.
Then he went to Saline county and made his
home with a brother-in-law upon a farm until
1873, when he started forth to make his own
way in the world, independently. For some
time he was employed on a farm in Cass county,
Mo., and in the Centennial year went to Wichita,
Kans., where he attended the public school, as
he felt the need of further education, and had
the good sense not only to improve his oppor-
tunities, but to make opportunity.

In the autumn of 1878 Mr. Gardner went to
Trinidad, Colo., then the terminus of the Santa
Fe Railroad, and in the following spring started
for Silver City, N. M., with a mule train. At
Santa Fe, however, he learned enough about
Arizona to alter his decision, and proceeding on
burros, he came to Prescott, reaching here only
after a journey of twenty-three days, in April.
During the next three years he was occupied in
running a saw-mill, mining and freighting.
Then, after clerking a short time, he embarked
in business for himself in a small way, renting
a store and laying in a limited stock of general
merchandise. Little by little his trade increased
and his enterprise and courteous treatment of
the public led to his ultimate success. Continu-
ing in business until 1891, he then found it
necessary to build larger quarters, and since
that time has occupied the substantial store,

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50x150 feet in dimensions, which he erected that
year. He carries a large stock of dry goods
and general supplies, including hardware and
queensware. For three years he also was the
proprietor of a general merchandise store at
Jerome, having first built the room occupied,
but at length he sold out to Miller & Co. Own-
ing some valuable land in Skull valley, not far
from this city, he planted an orchard there and
is deriving a good income from that source.
Besides, lie has invested capital in mines and in
other enterprises. He is a member of the Wood-
men of the World and in politics is a Democrat.
The marriage of Mr. Gardner and Miss Re-
becca Bell, a native of Clay county, Mo., was
solemnized in Warrensburg, Mo., in 1890. They
have two children, named respectively, Mary
and Gail. Mrs. Gardner is identified with the
Christian Church.

JAMES E. STURGEON.

The successful manager and proprietor of the
pioneer meat market of Tempe is well posted
regarding the early conditions of the territory,
having arrived here in 1879. Like so many who
have been attracted to the far west by the glow-
ing tales concerning the resources of the mines,
he engaged in prospecting and mining, many
yer,rs of his life being devoted to developing the
ore in the great Silver King mine. Subsequent-
ly he became interested in the cattle industry
in Gila and the surrounding counties, breeding
and shipping cattle in large quantities. In 1894
he located in the Salt River valley near Tempe,
and has since been engaged in general farming
and stock-raising. Although raising several
kinds of cattle, he is particularly interested in
the breeding of Durham and Hereford stock.

The early life of Mr. Sturgeon was filled with
many obstacles, for the overcoming of which
he is indebted for his present success. It may
truthfully be said that he has had no assistance
aside from his own determination to succeed,
and the ability to grasp present opportunities.
A native of Vermont, he was born in the vi-
cinity of St. Johnsburg, Caledonia county, Au-
gust 18, 1861, and is a son of James and Nancy
(Patterson) Sturgeon, born respectively in the
north of Ireland and in Glasgow, Scotland. The

serious and responsible side of life was pre-
sented to the boy when only thirteen years of
age, at which time he was forced to face the
problem of self-support, owing to the death of
his parents. In the pursuit of a more congenial
and remunerative occupation than was afforded
from a residence among the somewhat sterile
hills of his native state, he departed for the west,
and in the vicinity of San Francisco, Cal., and
other parts of the state engaged with fair suc-
cess in agriculture and the dairy business. For
a time also he was collector for Walter Blair,
who, in his day, was one of the most noted dairy-
men and street railroad men of Oakland, Cal.

Subsequently, as heretofore stated, Mr. Stur-
geon located in the Salt River valley, and, in
connection with his stock-raising business,
opened and successfully managed a meat mar-
ket in Tempe. He is a firm believer in the ad-
vantages to be derived from association with
the recent development of Arizona, and is one
of the most enterprising and public-spirited of
the farmer citizens. In national politics a Re-
publican, he is liberal-minded regarding the poli-
tics of office-holders, and believes that principle
rather than politics should prevail. Fraternall}'
he is associated with the Woodmen of the
World. He is well and favorably known through
the entire valley, and is considered an authority
on all matters pertaining to the cattle industry.

Mr. Sturgeon was married June 10, 1891, to
Belle Elgie, a native of Springfield, 111., and a
daughter of William Elgie. They are the par-
ents of two children, Charles E. and Beulah.

ANDREW J. KNOBLOCK.

The junior member of the firm of Lyons &
Knoblock, purveyors of general merchandise at
Jerome, came to Arizona in 1881, from South
Bend, Ind., where he was born in 1863. In the
Hoosier state he received an excellent home
training, and the substantial education to be
found in the public schools. When compara-
tively young he faced the problem of self-sup-
port. He readily grasped an opportunity when
the Santa Fe road was built west of Albu-
querque, and kept a restaurant at Williams,
and when the road reached The Needles he
shifted his location to California, and was for

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five years employed by the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company.

With a lingering faith in the future of Ari-
zona he again settled within her borders in 1886,
locating in Pinal county, where he engaged in
the hotel business about three years. In 1890
he located in Prescott, where he conducted both
the P.elleview and Williams hotels until 1897.
In 1897 he transferred his hotel interests to
Jerome, and successfully conducted the Grand
View House until a disastrous fire destroyed the
structure in 1898. After this a business for
which there was an unceasing demand appealed
to Mr. Knoblock, and he formed a partnership
with A. H. Lyons, and established a general
merchandise concern under the firm name of
Lyons & Knoblock. The store is well stocked
with the articles in general demand in towns of
this kind, and the patronage extends to the sur-
rounding towns and camps. The firm make
every effort to meet the demands of the citizens,
and keep in touch with their requirements and
different tastes.

Mr. Knoblock is reliable and broad-minded,
and invariably works for the best interests of
his friends and fellow-townsmen. He is asso-
ciated with the Knights of Pythias, and is past
grand chancellor of the Territorial Grand Lodge
and also a member of the Prescott division No.
4, U. R. K. P. In politics he is a stanch Re-
publican, and in the fall of 1900 was the candi-
date of that party for supervisor, but suffered
defeat at the polls with the balance of the ticket.

HARRY GRAY.

One of the finest stock breeders in the Salt
'River valley is Harry Gray, who is conducting
a finely managed farm of forty acres in the vi-
cinity of Tempe. His first experience in the
territory was in 1888, when he located in Phoe-
nix, and for several years was engaged in vari-
ous enterprises. In 1895 he purchased the
claim upon which he now lives, and where he
is raising a high grade of short horns. So ex-
tensive are his dealings in the cattle line that
it has become necessary to rent considerable ad-
joining land.

Mr. Gray is a native of Campbell county, Ky.,
and was born May u, 1855. His parents, James

J. and Margaret (Finn) Gray, were respectively
of English-Welsh and Scotch extraction, and
the former was born in Michigan. Until his
seventeenth year their son Harry was reared
in Kentucky, and received a fair education in
the public schools. He then started out in the
world for himself, and worked at the trade of
carpenter in Texas, which occupation he had
perfected himself in through the able instruc-
tion of his father. While living in Texas he
married a Mrs. Mattie L. Speer, who at the
time was the mother of three children, Whit
C., who is now living in San Antonio, Texas;
Mrs. D. W. Steele, of Idaho Falls, Idaho; and
Mrs. F. W. Warnke, of Flagstaff, Ariz. To
Mr. and Mrs. Gray has been born one son,
Frank, who is living at home

Mr. Gray has witnessed many changes since
coming to Arizona, and has himself contributed
not a little towards the general improvement.
In national politics he is a Democrat, but has
never desired or worked for public office. He
has made his own way in the world regardless of
many obstacles, and is accounted one of the
successful and substantial dwellers of the Salt
River valley.

FRANK M. KING.

Self-made in a business sense and self-edu-
cated, as his school advantages were decidedly
limited, Frank M. King, of Tucson, is quite a
remarkable man, in many respects, and his
achievements, particularly as a journalist, are
worthy of notice. He may be called a typical
westerner of this period, for he has experienced
the vicissitudes of frontier life in nearly every
phase, and has been resourceful, fearless and
resolute in every emergency. As a public of-
ficial, and he has served in several different
capacities as such, he has been found reliable,
prompt and upright, and in private life he mani-
fests commendable qualities.

The King family contributed soldiers to the
colonial war for independence, and at an early
period was established in Virginia. Samuel
King, grandfather of our subject, was born in
eastern Tennessee, thence went to Georgia, and
for twelve years served as sheriff of his county,
also was interested in mining affairs in that
state. In 1849 he crossed the plains to Santa

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Fe, where he engaged in contracting for the
government until 1852, and then went to Los
Angeles, where he gave his attention to his
ranch and cattle, as long as he lived.

Samuel H., father of Frank M. King, was
born in Georgia and became a resident of the
west when young. In Los Angeles county,
Cal., he owned a large ranch and dealt extensive-
ly in cattle prior to 1872, when he went to the
vicinity of Henrietta, Tex., and for seven years
was numbered among the cattle men of that
section. Next, he proceeded to San Pedro,
N. M., where he spent several years, in the
meantime owning herds of cattle, and in com-
pany with his sons discovering the Lincoln
Lucky mine, which became famous. He now
lives upon a fine ranch in Yuma county, Ariz.
Many years ago it was believed that he had been
fatally wounded. His brother, Judge A. J.
King, then serving on the Los Angeles (Cal.)
bench, had been appointed receiver of some
property owned by the Carlisles, several of his
predecessors, receivers, having been driven from
the field by one "Bob" Carlisle, a man who had
the reputation of having killed several men in
Missouri and New Mexico. One evening he
stabbed Judge King in a ball-room in Los
Angeles and threatened to kill all of the King
family. The next day he met S. H. King and
his brother, Frank King, on Spring street, Los
Angeles, and shot the former through the lungs
and killed Frank King. S. H. King, almost
mortally wounded, steadied himself against a
door and shot his assailant, who fell dead at his
feet, and thus was ended the unreasonable feud.

For a wife S. H. King chose Jaquilina Biggs,
a native of Ellis county, Tex., and daughter of
David Biggs, whose birthplace was in Tennes-
see. In 1849 David Biggs drove a large herd
of cattle to Los Angeles county, Cal., and for
years owned the Santa Anita ranch, now belong-
ing to "Lucky" Baldwin. He died in Nevada
and his daughter, Mrs. King, passed away in
Phoenix, Ariz., in 1886. She was the mother
of two sons and three daughters. The other
son, Samuel King, is engaged in mining near
Tombstone, Ariz.

The eldest of the family, Frank M. King, was
born at El Monte, Cal., February 26, 1863, and
when nine years of age went to Texas, where

he had no opportunity to attend school. How-
ever, at the age of nineteen he returned to his
birthplace and for eighteen months pursued his
studies in the town school. Then on horse-
back, with his books attached to his saddle, he
made the long journey back to New Mexico,
where his father was in the cattle business and
with him was associated until 1886. One day,
while hunting for his saddle-horse, he discov-
ered the Lincoln Lucky mine, which was de-
veloped to some extent by himself, his father
and brother, and which has become celebrated.
In 1886 the young man went to Yuma, Ariz.,
where he assisted in the building of the Ante-
lope canal, from the Gila river, but a flood un-
fortunately destroyed the work ere it had been
completed. The following year he conducted
a livery on Jefferson street, Phoenix, and then
for about six months was employed as a guard
at the territorial penitentiary at Yuma.

In the fall of 1888 Mr. King became city edi-
tor of the Phoenix "Gazette," and for five years
was actively associated with that enterprise. In
the meantime he won a name as an ardent
worker in the interests of the Democratic party
and was made secretary of the city central com-
mittee and a member of the territorial central
committee. In 1893 he was appointed under-
sheriff of Maricopa county under J. K. Murphy,
but soon resigned in order to accept the post of
special deputy collector of customs at Nogales,
Ariz. At the end of two years and ten months
he resigned that position and returned to Phoe-
nix, where he was clerk for United States At-
torney E. E. Ellinwood, until the spring of 1897.
That place he resigned then, as he desired to
return to Nogales, and, having bought the "Bor-
der Vidette," he continued to publish the paper,
also conducting a job printing office and keep-
ing a book, stationery and musical merchandise
store. A favorable opportunity presenting it-
self, he sold out, and on December 4, 1898, took
up his abode in Tucson. Here he is engaged in
a commission business, handling cattle and min-
ing property, dealing in real estate and making
loans, and in addition to this, represents the
New York Life Insurance and several old-line
fire insurance companies. Besides, he is the
agent here of the State Mutual Building and
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agent and treasurer of the Columbia Building
and Loan Association, of Denver, Colo. For-
merly he was active in the Ancient Order of
United Workmen and the Knights of Pythias.
He is a member of the Tucson Board of Trade
and is one of the city Democratic central com-
mittee.

In Fresno, Cal., Mr. King married Miss Ha
Hayes, daughter of J. C. Hayes, a former pio-
neer of Arizona, now a resident of Portersville,
Cal. Mrs. King was born in Oakland, Cal., re-
ceived a liberal education and is a member of
the Christian Church.

CHARLES N. TAYLOR.

To enumerate the various responsibilities in
the town of Tempe which the unusual ability of
Mr. Taylor has enabled him to assume, is to
trace the career of a man who still belongs to
the younger business men of the community,
and who in a few short years has attained to a
position in the popular esteem and appreciation,
usually considered the rightful heritage of ma-
ture years and extended services.

Much is invariably ascribed to early training
and to the influences surrounding youth. In
this respect Mr. Taylor was singularly fortunate,
for he had before him the example of a noble
and unselfish life. A native of Columbus, Neb.,
Mr. Taylor was born July 11, 1869, and is a son
of Isaac and Sarah E. (Lawton) Taylor, born re-
spectively in Ohio and Indiana. Isaac Taylor
was a clergyman in the Congregational Church,
and for nearly thirty years taught the gospel of
humanity and kindliness to thousands of willing
listeners. He was a scholar and practical phil-
anthropist, and out of his own purse built sev-
eral churches and seminaries in Indiana and Ne-
braska. He was one of the earliest settlers in
Columbus, Neb., having settled there in the be-
ginning of the '6os. While his early ministra-
tions were conducted in Ohio, the great work
of his life was carried on in Nebraska, where he
was called upon to fill many positions of trust.
In the early days he had charge of the lands of
the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad, at
the time the road was in process of construction,
and with headquarters at Omaha. He was for
a time regent of the University of Nebraska,

and served as a district and probate judge in
Platte county, Neb. For several years he served
as secretary of the Nebraska state board of emi-
gration. A man of splendid and inspiring char-
acter, there followed in the wake of his unselfish
ministrations and loyalty to public trust a pro-
found gratitude on the part of all who were ever
associated with him, and his death, which oc-
curred June 3, 1898, was widely regretted. His
demise terminated a life covering eighty-three
years. The wife of Isaac Taylor was a first
cousin of General Lawton, whose patriotic ser-
vices and untimely death in the Philippines
caused widespread sorrow among all classes of
American citizens.

The education of Charles N. Taylor was ac-
quired for the greater part in Antelope county,
Neb., and, after graduating from the high school
at Oakdale, he completed the course at the
Presbyterian Seminary, and subsequently grad-
uated from the normal Campbell University at
Holton, Kans. While at the latter institution he
varied his study with the duties incident to his
position as instructor in penmanship and book-
keeping. In 1887 Mr. Taylor sought the larger
possibilities of the far west, and, upon locating
in Phoenix, studied law with Gen. C. F. Ains-
worth, and was later employed in the Valley
abstract office at Phoenix. In 1889 he removed
to Tempe, where his grasp of public affairs, and
continual rise in the public esteem has been truly
gratifying. For some three years he was man-
ager for the L. W. Blinn Lumber Company, and
for five years was secretary of the Tempe Irri-
gating Canal Company. As local agent for vari-
ous insurance companies he handles both fire
and life insurance, and in this, as in other enter-
prises, has been very successful. As a stanch
Republican, Mr. Taylor is interested in all of the
undertakings of his party, and for two years was
a member of the city council. Fraternally he is
associated with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, the United Moderns, and the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, at Tempe, and
was one of the chief promoters in the construc-
tion of the Odd Fellows building in the town.
He is a member of the board of directors of the
Tempe Hotel Company, proprietors of the fine
and commodious Hotel Atwood at Tempe.

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Farmers and Mechanics Bank, at Tempe, which
position he is filling at the present time. He
married Daisy M. Lewis, a daughter of Boon
Lewis, of Tempe, Ariz. Of this union there are
two children, Helen and Charles L. Mr. Taylor
is a member of the Phoenix Presbyterian
Church, and contributes generously towards
the maintenance of the same. One of the dis-
tinguished connections of Mr. Taylor is a half
brother, Robert S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
who is not only one of the leading lawyers and
politicians of Indiana, but has practically a na-
tional reputation.

MICHAEL E. CURRY.

Few of the residents of Tempe have a longer
standing familiarity with the early days of the
west than has Mr. Curry. A native of New
Brunswick, he was born in Gloucester county
March 25, 1854. The ancestry of the family is
Irish, and the parents, Daniel and Mary
(Moloughney) Curry, were both born in Ireland.
The father settled in New Brunswick when
fourteen years of age, and became in time a
successful farmer and prominent citizen.

Michael Curry was reared in his native coun-
try, and early developed a spirit which rebelled
at dependence. When but seventeen years of
age he started out in the world to carve his own
fortune, and in pursuit of a suitable field of ac-
tivity went to the northern peninsula of Mich-
igan. Following a later inclination, he traveled
farther west, and eventually found himself in
Sonoma county, Cal., where an annoying ac-
cident befell him, serious indeed to one in search
of a living, and among strangers in a strange
part of the country. He broke his leg at the
ankle, and was of necessity laid up for about
a year, remaining four months of that time in
St. Mary's Hospital, in San Francisco. After
leaving the hospital, and during the convales-
cence, he improved the remaining eight months
of his stay in the city by attending night school,
and continuing the study begun in the public
schools of New Brunswick.

To satisfy an ambition to be a miner, Mr.
Curry for a time remained at Sutler Creek.
Amador county, Cal., and led the life experi-
enced by the miners of those early days. He
came to Arizona in 1878, and found the pros-

pects so very promising, that he decided to
avail himself of the fertility of the soil which de-
veloped under his care and patience. Like so
many of the pioneers, he has seen important
changes, and met with the success due his earn-
est efforts for improvement. Upon first coming
to the territory he located in Pinal county, and
engaged in mining with the Silver King Mining
Company until 1884, and then went to the Tonto
llasin and interested himself in cattle raising
until 1898. In Tempe, of the same state, he
also for a time speculated in cattle, and in that
and in other lines of enterprise, has been unus-
ually successful. In January, 1901, he became
one of the organizers of the Tempe National
Bank, and in March, 1901, helped to organize
the Tempe Hardware & Supply Company, in
both of which concerns he is a director.

May 5, 1900, Mr. Curry was united in marriage
with Mrs. Mary Tracy, widow of John Tracy, of
Blackstone, Mass. By her marriage with Mr.
Tracy she became the mother of one child, Susie
M. Mr. Curry is a member of the Democratic
party, but has decided independent inclinations.
Fraternally he is a member of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, at Tempe. A self-made
man in the best sense of the word, he has won
the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
He is a devoted member of the Catholic Church,
as is also Mrs. Curry.

C. B. TARBELL.

With the exception of four years spent in the
near-by town of Charleston, Mr. Tarbell has
for twenty-one years shared the fluctuating for-
tunes of Tombstone, and that the city is now
on the way to a semblance of its former prestige
among the ideal mining centers of the west is
due to the untiring faith and perseverance of
men of like sterling characteristics, who have
builded upon a supposed hopeless commercial
foundation.

In Jefferson county, N. Y., Mr. Tarbell was
born June 15, 1851, a son of Thomas and Har-
riet (Bunce) Tarbell, pioneers and farmers of
Jefferson county, and natives of Windsor county,
Vt. Both were descended from old families of
New England. The ancestors of Mr. Tarbell
came from England to the colony of Massa-

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chusetts about 1630, while the Bunce family
crossed the ocean about the same time. Isaac,
father of Thomas Tarbell served as a soldier
in the Revolutionary war, enlisting when sev-
enteen years of age, and participating with his
Massachusetts regiment in several of the impor-
tant engagements of that historic struggle.

Ths first aspirations of C. B. Tarbell toward
an independent livelihood were in the line of
educational work. At the age of sixteen he be-
gan to teach school, and for twelve years he was
so employed in his home district. In search of
a desirable permanent location, he visited the
west in 1878, and for a year was foreman of a
ranch at Santa Clara county, Cal. His associa-
tion with Tombstone began January 5, 1879,
but almost immediately afterward he departed
for Charleston, a mining camp twelve miles dis-
tant on the San Pedro river. For two years
he studied the milling of silver ore, and in 1881
built the Eagle hotel, which enjoyed a brief
season of prosperity, but subsequently relapsed
into the lonely inactivity which followed in the
wake of the departing miners. With the going
down of Charleston he returned to Tombstone,
and for a time was interested in mining. In
1885 he established a general mercantile busi-
ness which he continued for two years, and in
1887 he formed a partnership with George R.
Watt in the undertaking business. After a time
he bought out his partner's interest, and became
the sole manager and proprietor of the business.

In 1890 Mr. Tarbell became a stockholder in
the Southwestern Ice Company, which, through
its well-managed manufactory, was enabled to
supply ice to many of the towns of Arizona and
northern Mexico. In 1897 he became a stock-
holder in the Arizona Mail and Stage Coach
Company, which carries the United States mails
between Fairbank and Tombstone, since which
time lie has devoted his energies almost entirely
to the company's interests, and to his position
with the Wells-Fargo Express Company. Mr.
Tarbell is the owner of considerable real estate
in Tombstone, including residence and business
property, and he also owns mining properties
in the Tombstone mountains, and is one of the
stockholders in the Telephone Mining Company.

Politically a Republican, Mr. Tarbell has
served for one term in the city council, for the

same length of time was city clerk, and for three
years held office as a member of the school
board. Fraternally he is associated with King
Solomon Lodge No. 5, F. & A. M., and is an
officer in Cochise Chapter No. 4, R. A. M. His
marriage took place in Jefferson county, N. Y.,
in 1873, and united him with Miss Florence
Waffle, daughter of Charles and Mary (Osborne)
Waffle, old residents of that county. Mr. and
Mrs. Tarbell have four children, namely:
Thomas Edson, who is married and lives in
Tombstone; Charles Brent, a practicing physi-
cian at Naco, Ariz.; Ola, who died in infancy;
and Grace, who is a student in the Tombstone
public school.

HINSON THOMAS.

A typical westerner, a man of varied intellec-
tual and commercial attainments, and one of the
prized and progressive citizens of Globe, Mr.
Thomas was born in Mobile, Ala., January 8,
1854. Until after the Civil war his lot was cast
amid the home surroundings, where he received
the training and education requisite for the
workng out of a successful career. After a nine
years' residence in New York City he went to
Los Angeles in 1874, and in less than a year lo-
cated in Prescott, Ariz. Here he was chief clerk
in the territorial council, and engaged in jour-
nalistic work as local editor of the "Prescott
Courier." In February of 1879 he obtained in
Tucson the position of chief clerk under S. W.
Carpenter, county recorder of Pima county,
which county at that time embraced Tombstone.
The large area furnished a great volume of work
for the recorder's office, and necessitated the
employment of six assistants.

Mr. Thomas became associated with Globe in
1880, and for a few months acted as editor of the
"Globe Chronicle," which was founded by him
in July of that year. The following year he went
to Final county and for two years was under-
sheriff for J. P. Gabriel, this position being fol-
lowed by his election as county recorder of Final
county, the term of service extending over two
terms, or four years. During the administra-
tion of Sheriff Jerry Fryer he served for four
years as under-sheriff of Final county, and con-
tinued in the same capacity under Mr. Drais for
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for two or three years he again located in Globe,
and for a year was bookkeeper for the United
Globe Mines, since which time, with the excep-
tion of a period of less than a year as bookkeeper
for the Old Dominion Commercial Company,
he has devoted his time to mining and prospect-
ing. In the Pinto region Mr. Thomas has an
interest in the Republic group, which contains
seven well developed claims, his partners being
John Clark, Herman Sidovv and George Bbwen.
Though remaikably successful, these claims are
now for sale, and negotiations are pending to-
wards their disposition. As evidence of pros-
perity, Mr. Thomas is the owner of considerable
property, and has two lots and a good dwelling
.in Globe, as well as a residence in Florence.

In 1886 Mr. Thomas was united in marriage
with Ynaz Sanchez, of Florence. Of this union
there are six children: Frank E., Marguerite,
Ida, Charles L., Emeline and Hinson. The
children are all at home and three are attending
school. In politics Mr. Thomas is a stanch Dem-
ocrat. Fraternally he is associated with the An-
cient Order of United Workmen at Florence, of
which he is a charter member and past master.
He is also connected with Globe Lodge No.
152, United Moderns, and the Alianza Hispano-
Amcricana.

JUDGE JOHN BLAKE.

The typical western business man, with his
worldly possessions extending to mines, farms,
stock and general merchandise, and endowed
with an honesty of purpose and large-hearted,
whole-souled interest in all who struggle in the
busy marts of this territory of practically
exhaustless resources, has an ideal representa-
tive in Judge John Blake, one of the leading
men of the town of Safford.

Many of the firm and substantial traits of
character so noticeable in Judge Blake's deal-
ings with his fellow men are directly traceable to
his Scotch ancestry. He was born in 1848 in
that country of bluff and hardy men, and re-
ceived the training and education of the Scotch
schools. Following an early acquired ambition
l.e came to the United States in 1869, and for
several years was interested in farming in north-
western Missouri. In 1874 he progressed far-
ther west, and in California engaged in the

raising of sheep with fair success, after which
he drove his flock to Arizona, and continued in
the same business until 1881. From raising
sheep to the cattle business in the Sulphur
Spring valley was a change which took place in
1882, and in the latter Judge ISlake still retains
an interest. At Willcox he became a member
of the Chiricahua Cattle Company, which is gen-
erally conceded to be one of the largest in the
territory, and at the present time he is secretary
of the organization. On account of scarcity of
feed in 1887 the company moved a portion of
their stock to Graham county, and the judge
then took up his residence in Safford, where he
has since lived. The stock company has a ranch
in Graham county in extent thirty-five by
seventy-five miles, and they also have large farm
lands upon which is raised alfalfa.

In 1891 Judge Blake purchased an interest in
a flour mill which he operated until 1900, and in
1895 he opened a general merchandise store,
which carried a full line of general necessities, as
well as an assortment of hardware, mining and
stock requirements. His interests extend to
many of the industries here represented. He
owns large tracts of land in the artesian well dis-
trict; and has several wells under construction.
His mining properties are extensive, and include
valuable and paying finds in the Lone Star dis-
trict and in the Stanley Butte district. With
all of these responsibilities he still finds time to
promote whatever of good and utility is ad-
vanced for the general welfare and improvement,
and is known as the friend of the poor and de-
serving, and to whoever shows an inclination
to help themselves. As a stanch Republican,
Judge Blake has been active in local and ter-
ritorial political matters, and in 1890 was elected
to the office of probate judge, which position he
creditably filled for four years.

WILLIAM E. THOMAS.

At this time prominently identified with the
pioneer industries of Arizona, and prosecuting
large agricultural interests in the vicinity of
Phoenix, Mr. Thomas is a native of Lynchburg,
Va., and was bo:n November 8, 1852. His par-
ents, John M. and Sarah A. (Jones) Thomas,
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architect and builder, who for many years car-
ried on his occupation in the town of Salem,
Roanoke county, Va.

When but a child, William E. Thomas re-
moved with his parents to Salem, Va., where he
grew to man's estate, and received excellent
educational advantages. After attending the
public schools he entered Roanoke College, at
Salem, and subsequently was graduated from
Bryant & Stratton's Business College, at Balti-
more. As a means of livelihood, he was en-
gaged for a number of years as a bookkeeper at
Baltimore, but in the spring of 1880 sought the
larger possibilities of the west, and located at
Leadville, Colo. His ability received almost
instant recognition, for he was appointed deputy
county recorder of Lake county, Colo., and later
became identified with the postoffice department
at Leadville. Owing to the failing health of his
wife he was forced to relinquish association with
Leadville, and to seek a change of climate and
surroundings. With abundant faith in the cura-
tive elements of the California climate, he lived
for a short time in Los Angeles county, and in
October of 1,883 removed to Phoenix, Ariz.

As in Leadville, Mr. Thomas became asso-
ciated with town affairs in Phoenix, and for a
time served as a deputy sheriff, and subsequent-
ly became identified with the assessor's office
of Maricopa county. For three years he was
deputy county recorder of Maricopa county, and
was appointed postmaster of Phoenix, under
Cleveland's administration, February 14, 1894.
After taking the oath of office on April i, he
served four years, to the satisfaction of the com-
munity in which he lived. As a loyal member
of the Democratic party, he has been promi-
nently connected with the undertakings of that
organization, and has as well shown great inter-
est in the development of the various enterprises
which have been instrumental in securing for
Phoenix and vicinity a place among the promis-
ing centers of the country.

The ranch which has developed under the un-
tiring efforts of Mr. Thomas is eighty-five acres
in extent, and is devoted to general farming
and stock-raising. The improvements are of the
best, and the most advanced and modern meth-
ods of farming are here carried on. It is need-
less to say that the genial owner has won the

confidence and esteem of all who come within
the radius of his good-will and devotion to the
general well-being, and that while he has wit-
nessed many changes in the general aspect of an
originally wild and uncultivated region, the pub-
lic estimation of his honesty of purpose and char-
acter has never undergone a change. He is con-
nected with the Mutual Protective League, and
is a member and worker in the Presbyterian
Church. Mr. Thomas was united in marriage
with Hallie P. Orme, a native of Maryland and
a daughter of Charles H. C. and Deborah Brook
(Pleasants) Orme (a full sketch of whom appears
elsewhere in this work). Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
have one living son, Ralph O.

JOHN VAN TUYL.

Today many citizens of states where the cli-
matic conditions are not salubrious for a large
portion of the year are seeking homes in the far-
famed Salt River valley. Of the number the
subject of this article was some ten years ago,
but for that period has been quietly and happily
passing the evening-time of his life here, since
1895 making his home in the town of Tempe.
Honored and held in high esteem, he maintains
his deep interest in the affairs of the world in
general and in his own community, for he has
always been patriotic and public-spirited.

Nearly seventy-three years ago, July 13, 1829,
the birth of John Van Tuyl occurred in Scho-
harie county, N. Y. His parents, Isaac and
Polly (Livingston) Van Tuyl, natives of the
same state, were of Holland-Dutch extraction.
When the son was three years old he was taken
to Tioga county, N. Y., and was there reared
to maturity. At the age of twenty-one he went
to Steuben county, N. Y., where he followed the
trade of wagon-making until 1858.

That year witnessed his removal to the west,
and, having homesteaded a quarter-section of
land in Nemaha county, Kans., near the Ne-
braska state line, proceeded to improve the prop-
erty. For twenty-eight years he continued to
live on that farm, and finally, in 1886, he re-
moved to Sabetha, Kans., where he was retired
from active toil for some five years. His health
had become impaired by his long struggle with
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ing his farm, and in 1891 he wisely decided to
locate in the Salt River valley. Coming here in
the fall he resided upon a ranch near Tempe for
nearly four years, and in 1895 became a citizen
of Tempe. Here he and his wife are valued
members of the Congregational Church, the of-
fice of deacon having been delegated to him. In
his political principles he is a Republican of no
uncertain stripe.

Fifty-one years ago, in Steuben county, N.
Y., Mr. Van Tuyl married Miss Mary J. Law-
rence, one of the native daughters of that county.
Of the three daughters born to them Dora is
deceased; Anna is the wife of Noel Phelps, of
Broome county, N. Y.; and Maud is the wife of
Merritt McNary, of Sabetha, Kans. In 1886
Mr. Van Tuyl married Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor,
widow of J. M. Taylor, of Henry county, 111.
Her daughter by her first marriage, Ella F., is
the wife of J. H. Root, of Tempe.

JAMES C. PURSLEY.

Both in his present office of vice-president of
the Bank of Safford and his former employ-
ment as extensive cattleman and miller, Mr.
Pursley has formed a wide acquaintance
throughout his part of Arizona. Born in Ten-
nessee in 1852, he is a son of William and Mary
Pursley, early settlers of Tennessee. Until his
twenty-first year he lived in the same house
which witnessed his birth, in the mean time at-
tending the public schools, and receiving the
business and other advantages which placed
him in a position to help himself. When of age
he left the home surroundings, and in Colfax
county, N. M., farmed for about a year, and then
went into the cattle business, in which he was
engaged until 1891.

In 1880 Mr. Pursley drove a herd of cattle
across the plains and settled near Willcox in the
Sulphur Spring valley, and during his residence
here was a member of the Chiricahua Cattle
Company for six years. This cattle company is
one of the largest in the territory, and owns large
ranches and alfalfa farms. In 1891 Mr. Pursley
disposed of his cattle and came to Safford, where
he purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty
acres in the vicinity of the town, upon which
he made extensive improvements and raised

large crops. Mean time he also became inter-
ested in a mill in the locality. He disposed of
his farm in June of 1898, and of the mill in 1900.
At the present time Mr. Pursley owns a half
interest in the Safford Bank, which has a cap-
ital stock of $10,000, and of which he is vice-
president, J. N. Porter, of Globe, president, and
P. P. Greer, cashier. His prosperity in general
business is attested by numerous possessions,
among these being a comfortable and fine ap-
pearing brick residence, which is the scene of
kindly hospitality, and is graciously presided
over by Mrs. Pursley, formerly Eunice Dial, of
Safford, whose marriage to Mr. Pursley oc-
curred in 1889. Mr. Pursley is actively inter-
ested in the best material and intellectual de-
velopment of Safford, and is one of the sound
and reliable citizens of the place. Of Demo-
cratic inclinations, he is a strict party man, but
believes, nevertheless, in voting for the best
man. __

RAMON VASQUEZ.

The proprietor of a general merchandise es-
tablishment in the interesting city of Nogales,
Mr. Vasquez was born while his parents were
journeying in Mexico in 1858. The father, Juan
Vasquez, was born in that oldest of cities of
European settlement on the western hemisphere,
Tucson, and here spent the greater part of his
life as an integral part of its latter-day rise and
prosperity. He was a man prominent in all
matters pertaining to the welfare of his town,
and from a commercial standpoint, was counted
among those who achieved success.

In Tucson, Ramon Vasquez passed his boy-
hood and early manhood days, and attended the
first public school started in the city, in 1871.
His first business life was associated with this
unique town, and was conducted between 1882
and 1887. He then shifted the field of future
effort to Nogales, of which he has since become
a substantial and reliable citizen. For two years
he conducted his affairs in partnership with F.
G. Hermosillo, and has since been alone in the
management of the general merchandise busi-
ness. His business house is a two-story brick
business block, which affords ample accommo-
dation as a store, and also as storage room, and
is fitted with an increased stock of general mer-

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chandise, of about $25,000. This enlargement
has been brought about through the increase of
population and consequent demand, and the ap-
preciation which the city is willing to express by
a large patronage, of the excellent, up-to-date
and honest business methods which are known
to prevail in the establishment conducted by
this popular merchant.

Mrs. Vasquez, formerly Carmen Soto, was
born and reared to womanhood in Tucson. She
was a daughter of J. M. Soto, an old and well-
known citizen of Tucson. In the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Vasquez is an adopted son, Juan Ro-
mero, who is now attending school in Los An-
geles, Cal. A Republican in national politics,
Mr. Vasquez is interested in all of the under-
takings and issues of his party, and is now serv-
ing his second term as councilman, having been
elected by a large majority on the Tax Payers
ticket. He is fraternally associated with the
Masons at Sonora, and in Nogales is past chan-
cellor of the Knights of Pythias, and past master
of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, at
Nogales. Mr. Vasquez is a successful financier,
and one of the town's most enterprising citizens.
He is the possessor of property both in Nogales
and in Tucson.

HARRY S. VAN GORDER.

To the indefatigable energy of Mr. Van Gor-
cler is due the erection and management of a de-
partment store in Morenci, which, comparatively
speaking, has few equals, and no superiors in the
west. As the whole-souled manager of the store
department of the De'.roit Copper Company, this
genial promoter of his firm and town visited the
large commercial centers of the country, observ-
ing every detail of successfully conducted de-
partment stores, and omitting nothing from his
intended designs which should detract from the
completeness of a model store. The result of
these applied suggestions has more than satis-
fied the most fastidious critics of the enterprise,
and the satisfaction and pride of the citizens is
equaled only by the added status of the town,
as the home of a truly modern and commercially
strong mercantile establishment.

The store of the Detroit Copper Company
was erected in lyco, and is 75x150 feet in
ground dimensions. There are four stories, the

skeleton is of steel, and the stone used is a cop-
per-colored or brown material quarried in the
neighborhood of Morenci. The interior finish-
ings are of birch; large plate glass windows fur-
nish light, and mirrors reflect the artistically ar-
ranged stock. As in like stores in New York,
Chicago and San Francisco, the counters have
glass fronts; the Lamson electric endless cable
system of cash carriers has been adopted
throughout, and the offices are beautifully fur-
nished and fitted with burglar-proof vault ac-
commodations. An attractive reception room
invitingly awaits the tired shopper, who here
finds the latest periodicals of the day, and is fur-
nished with materials for correspondence. The
heating apparatus is steam, and the artificial light
is gained from three hundred incandescent lamps.
The large house-furnishing department covers
the entire third floor, and the fourth floor is used
for reserve stock, each line of goods having a
separate stall, where the goods are sorted and
marked. The basement is the receiving room
and delivery room, and the railroad tracks run
to the door, from which goods are received and
shipped. In the rear of the store is an ice plant,
which opens into the basement, and a glass re-
frigerator 7x14 feet, and five feet high, preserves
in good order the perishable goods. Great at-
tention has been paid to ventilation, and the
most approved sanitary arrangements have been
perfected, the water and sewerage systems being
beyond criticism. Every detail of this store was
planned by Mr. Van Gorder, who was assisted
by P. W. Delancey, of Minneapolis, architect and
builder, and it is a monument to his skill, in-
genuity, common sense, and shrewd business
'tact. Previous to moving into the new structure
the carrying on of the store required the assist-
ance of thirty-five men, and at the present time
the services of thirty-seven men are required.

This enterprising representative of one of the
largest mining companies in Arizona was born
in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1858. When a mere
child he was brought to Warren, Trumbull coun-
ty, Ohio, where he outlived his boyhood, and
entered upon the responsibilities of life. His
educational advantages were the Allegheny Col-
lege, at Meadville, Pa., and the Pennsylvania
Military College, at Chester, Pa., from both of
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Subsequently for four years he was with the
Bell-Miller Company, of Cincinnati, and then
traveled in Colorado as supervisor of the Tuttle
Hardware Company, who had six stores in the
latter state. In 1886 Mr. Van Gorder purchased
one of the stores of the company at Golden,
Colo., which he successfully operated for three
years, and advantageously disposed of at that
time. He then opened a store at Orient, Colo.,
for the Colorado Coal & Iron (now the Colo-
rado Coal & Fuel) Company, and remained there
until 1891, when he came to Morenci, as general
manager of the Detroit Copper Company's store.
Mr. Van Gorder has materially aided in the
progress of the town, and he is regarded by all
who know him as a man of sound and unim-
peachable commercial integrity, and commend-
able devotion to the general good of Morenci.

MRS. LOUISE G. TUTTLE.

The Gilbert family to which Mrs. Tuttle be-
longs is of English descent, and its members
have at different times distinguished themselves
in their respective walks of life, and two at least
have faithfully followed their best inspirations
as soldier and educator. Her paternal grand-
father, James Gilbert, was born in Connecticut,
and during the years of his activity conducted a
mercantile establishment in Schenectady, N. Y.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and lived to
be ninety-one years of age. His son, George
Gilbert, the father of Mrs. Tuttle, was born in
Schenectady, N. Y., and devoted the greater part
of his life to educational work. A graduate of
Union College, soon after his graduation he be-
came registrar of that institution. His general
knowledge was broadened by qualifying as a
lawyer, and his subsequent admission to practice
at the New York bar. At the time of his death
he had passed fifty-seven years. The mother of
Mrs. Tuttle was formerly Emeline R. Rickard,
daughter of Frederick Rickard, both natives of
Montgomery county, N. Y. The latter, a farmer,
and of German descent, served our country dur-
ing the war of 1812. Mrs. Gilbert died in Chi-
cago, July 23, 1898. Of her five children, two
attained mature years, Mrs. Tuttle being the
eldest, while the other survivor is Mrs. Elizabeth
G. Kendall, of Phoenix.

Mrs. Tuttle was educated in Schenectady and
graduated from the Union School. In 1883 she
accompanied her mother to Aurora, 111., and in
1887 came with her to Phoenix. In the mean-
time, however, she had become the wife of
Judge Henry Budd Lighthizer, who was born in
Oregon, 111., in 1839. This eminent and erudite
jurist received his early educational training in
Illinois public schools, and in the University of
Wisconsin, at Madison. At the age of twenty
he was admitted to the bar, and at twenty-one
was admitted to practice before the supreme
court of Wisconsin. During the Civil war he
helped to organize and was commissioned sec-
ond lieutenant of the Jefferson county guard,
Company E, Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry, and
later was raised to the rank of captain. The
company saw service in Virginia, Maryland, and
the department of the Gulf, and was present at
the occupation of New Orleans, May I, 1862,
afterward was on board the Arkansas at Vicks-
burg, and served at Baton Rouge, Camp Bis-
land and the siege of Port Hudson.

Forced to resign from the service on account
of disability in 1863, Captain Lighthizer re-
turned to his old home, but in 1866 settled in
Cape Girardeau, Mo., and in the fall of the same
year removed to St. Louis. There he met with
deserved recognition. Aside from gaining a
large legal practice, he became prominent in Ma-
sonic circles, was at the head of the blue lodge,
and assisted in organizing two commanderies in
St. Louis, of both of which he was chosen emi-
nent commander. In 1879 he located in
Tucson, Ariz., and in 1885 came to Phoenix.
Here he was one of the organizers of Arizona
Commandery No. 3, K. T. Among the Masonic
offices he filled were those of senior warden of
Arizona Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M., high priest
of Arizona Chapter No. i, R. A. M., eminent
commander of Phoenix Commandery No. 3, K.
T., also eminent commander of Ivanhoe Com-
mandery No. 8 and St. Aldemar Commandery
No. 18, K. T., of St. Louis. At the time of his
death he was grand royal arch-captain of the
Grand Chapter of Arizona, vice-president of the
Order of High Priesthood of Arizona, and grand
generalissimo of the Grand Commandery of Ari-
zona.

Judge Lighthizer is remembered as a strong

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and vigorous personality, tempered with kind-
ness and good-will. He had the tact and discre-
tion which makes friends, and the steadfastness
which retains them. A truly upright judge, his
integrity was never questioned, nor was his
honor ever assailed. His decisions were founded
on the best principles of humanity, and his in-
nate goodness tempered much of the severity
of the law. A member of the Grand Army, at
one time he served on the council of administra-
tion of the National Grand Army of the Repub-
lic. He died of pneumonia January 2, 1894.

October 19, 1897, Mrs. Lighthizer became the
wife of Adelmar Marcius Tuttle, M. D., who
was born in Homer, N. Y. When twelve years
of age he accompanied his parents, E. A. and
Orissa C. Tuttle, to Clear Lake, Iowa, where he
received the greater part of his education. At
an early age he decided to devote his life to the
science of mclicine. After graduating from the
Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago, he
practiced successively in Texas, Warren county,
111., Chamberlain, S. D., and lastly in Phoenix,
Ariz., where he died April 20, 1899. Dr. Tuttle
was a successful physician and received a large
patronage in Phoenix, his patients appreciating
his skill and broad professional knowledge. He
was a prominent member of the Baptist Church,
and contributed generously toward its charities
and support. Fraternally he was associated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the
World.

Mrs. Tuttle continues to reside in her com-
fortable and commodious residence on North
Fourth avenue. At one time she was a member
of the Eastern Star in Schenectady, N. Y., and
is connected with the Woman's Relief Corps of
Phoenix, of which she formerly served as presi-
dent; also a member of the W. C. T. U. and a
stanch believer in the White Ribbon principles,
and is a helping hand in the Florence Crittenden
Home Circle. In religious circles she is promi-
nent, as a member of and active worker in the
Baptist Church.

HARVEY HUBBS.

Almost continuously for the past twelve years
Harvey Hubbs, a well-known citizen of King-
man, has occupied public positions of honor and

responsibility, and never has been found remiss
in meeting his obligations as an official. His
financial and executive ability have been thor-
oughly tested and his fidelity to duty is beyond
question.

Born in California forty-sjx years ago, Harvey
Hubbs spent his boyhood and youth in that
state, but since 1878 has dwelt within the bor-
ders of Mohave county. For about six years
subsequent to his arrival here he was exclusive-
ly devoted to mining and prospecting, and to
this day retains a strong interest in that line of
business. He is the owner of a valuable group
of gold and silver mines in the Hualapai district
at the present time and at intervals continues to
make investments in mining property.

About seventeen years ago the well-known
Hubbs House, of Kingman, was built by the
subject of this sketch, and after being success-
fully managed for a decade and a half it was de-
stroyed in the great fire of 1898, in which the
entire block fell a prey to the flames. In addi-
tion to his other losses, Mr. Hubbs suffered one
which he feels deeply. His cabinet of fine speci-
mens of ores and minerals, valued at $6,000, at
the lowest estimate, and to him almost beyond
price, was burned. Experts often had pro-
nounced the collection as wonderful, with few, if
any, equals in the territory.

With characteristic energy and undaunted
purpose Mr. Hubbs, associated with Samuel
Crozier, set about the erection of a substantial
brick hotel in 1899, and in the due course of
time it was completed and ready for business.
The two-story building, 75x100 feet in dimen-
sions, is utilized as storerooms on the ground
floor. Above is the Hotel Beale, as it is called,
comprising forty rooms, and now a thriving and
popular hostelry. Besides this, Mr. Hubbs is
interested in other real estate and property in
Kingman, and also owns a fine herd of cattle,
upwards of two hundred .head of stock.

Throughout his mature life, Mr. Hubbs has
been active as a Democrat. He was elected for
a two years' term as one of the supervisors of
this county in 1888, and at the close of his ser-
vice in that capacity was further honored, being
elected county treasurer. Again, in 1894, and
a third time, in 1896, he was elected to the same
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seem to have specially fitted him. At the expira-
tion of his last term as such, his name was once
more brought forward to public notice, and in
the fall of 1898 he was elected as sheriff of Mo-
have county. In this important position, as in
each of the others which he has occupied, he
fulfilled every requirement and earned fresh
commendations from the public. The only fra-
ternal organization with which he is now identi-
fied is that of the Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks, as he is a charter member of the Kingman
Lodge of the same.

In 1887 the marriage of Mr. Hubbs and Miss
Johanna Wilkinson, of Iowa, took place in this
city. They have a pleasant home and are the
parents of two sons and two daughters, namely:
Alta, Wayne, Vernon and Nadine.

Z. C. PRINA.

From out a gloomy and cheerless childhood,
and early and discouraging circumstances, Mr.
Prina has emerged to a prominent position
among the citizens of Safford, and is a promoter
of some of the town's most commendable enter-
prises. A son of sunny Italy, where he was
born in 1862, his remembrances of his southern
land are extremely vague, for, when but nine
years of age, he was brought to America by his
father, and landed in Galveston. There he was
immediately placed up against the unhappy side
of life by being bound out to an Italian, with
whom he lived nine months, which seemed, how-
ever, like nine years. His best intentions in
this household were misconstrued and treated
with incredible severity, the lady of the mansion
especially taking particular delight in the exer-
cise of whipping him long and hard. Needless
to say he availed himself of the first opportunity
to escape and rejoin his father, with whom he
traveled to Houston and Austin, Tex., in which
latter place he remained until 1876.

A position on a cattle ranch near Austin was
hailed with delight, and here the younger Prina
faithfully attended to the duties assigned him,
and was interested in the raising and selling of
stock until 1897. In the mean time the father
had vanished into the uncertainties of the Texas
frontier, and the son subsequently indirectly
heard of his death. In 1884 he came to Ari-

zona, and lived in Tombstone and Cochise
county until 1888. At this time he was sent by
the Chiricahua Cattle Company to take charge
of their ranch at Safford, which position he held
for two years, when he purchased an interest in
the ranch of W. T. Hughes, selling the same in
1897.

Upon coming to Safford in 1897 Mr. Prina
bought a third interest in the flour mill of J. T.
Owens, and also a third interest in John Blake's
business, but in June of 1900 sold his interests to
J. T. Owens. Since then he has branched out
independently and in partnership with George
A. Olney has established an ice plant,
which manufactures a sufficient quantity to
supply the entire Gila valley. The firm have re-
cently moved into a new brick plant, with a ca-
pacity of ten tons daily. Ice is a commodity
which is vastly appreciated during the summer
by the inhabitants of the valley, and the large
undertaking of Mr. Prina displays a thoughtful-
ness as well as business shrewdness entirely com-
mendable. The firm are contemplating doing
still more toward the improvement of their
adopted city, and will at an early date put in an
electric plant of sufficient power to light the en-
tire city.

November 16, 1897, Mr. Prina married Martha
Wanslee, a daughter of Nathan and Ruth Wans-
lee, of Safford. Of this union there are two
children, Eva, who is now (May, 1901) twenty-
six months old, and Ruth, who is ten months of
age. Mr. Prina has erected a commodious and
comfortable home in Safford, built of brick,
which is the scene of much hospitality and good
fellowship. At Globe he was made a Mason,
and is a charter member of the blue lodge at
Safford. He was also a member of the Knights
of Pythias at Benson, and was then transferred
to the lodge at Solomonville.

JOHN MONTGOMERY.

As one of the capable and enterprising citizens
of Tombstone, Mr. Montgomery has won the
confidence of all who have been associated with
him in a business or social way. In the manage-
ment of the livery business in which he has for
some time been engaged, he has so conducted
his affairs as to inspire a large patronage, and

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bring a ready means of livelihood. It is doubt-
ful if any now living in the town have more
readily shown their unbounded faith in the ulti-
mate sound and substantial basis of Tombstone,
and its sure awakening from the comparative in-
activity which followed in the wake of one of the
greatest mining booms of the great west.

The youth and early manhood of Mr. Mont-
gomery were spent in Ohio, where he was born
in Seneca county, in 1831. In the public schools
of his county he received a liberal education, and
was well prepared to face the world when he left
his home in 1852. Like so many of the eastern
youth, he was impressed with the ready possibil-
ity of making a fortune in the far west, and in
quest of the same started for California via the
Isthmus of Panama. In search for the hidden
treasure of the earth he spent the years between
1852 and 1874 in California, British Columbia,
Washington and Montana, subsequently settling
in New Mexico, where he engaged in prospect-
ing and stock-raising.

Upon arriving in Tombstone in 1879, the town
was extremely small, and barely suggested the
liveliness and mining activity which soon visited
it. After a short time Mr. Montgomery went
into the livery and sale business in partnership
with Edward Benson, and after four years
bought him out, and has since conducted his af-
fairs independently. In the mean time he has
been continuously interested in mining projects,
having prospected and invested in mining prop-
erty.

As a stanch member of the Republican party
Mr. Montgomery has faithfully adhered to its
best principles, and has filled the official posi-
tions entrusted him by his fellow townsmen with
credit to himself and to the city whose interests
he represents. In 1882 he was elected super-
visor of the county and served for four years,
and has since then served for four terms.

LINDLEY H. ORME.

Of the many who have come out of the east
and associated their enthusiasm, ability and
large-heartedness with the promising history of
the Salt River valley, none is remembered more
gratefully than Lindley H. Orme. Arriving
here in practically the dawn of its recognized

possibilities, when a desert waste stretched a dis-
couraging length before the hopes of those in
search of more promising conditions, he antici-
pated the hidden resources and practically aided
in their development. And when the peaceful
agriculturist supplanted the roving red man as
superior possessor of the soil, and the hum of
industry was heard through the valley, Mr.
Orme was the first to introduce in their midst
the threshing machine, which was indicative of
his unceasing efforts for advancement.

Upon arriving in the vicinity of Phoenix in
1870, that city was then but dimly outlined in
the minds of a few, and its present state of in-
fluence and growth a matter only of vague con-
jecture. Mr. Orme at once settled on what is
known as the Hurley ranch, and later removed
to the ranch now occupied by his widow. Here
his days were spent in well directed activity until
his death, September 24, 1900. For many years
he was a successful raiser of fine stock, and
through the excellent management of the vari-
ous lines of activity which engaged his attention,
accumulated considerable of this world's goods,
and was accounted a successful man from many
standpoints. His strong and influential person-
ality dominated the political and other affairs
of his locality, and he was a forceful impetus to-
wards well-doing. As a stanch member of. the
Democratic party he served his party faithfully
and well, and for eight years was sheriff of Mari-
copa county. This difficult and responsible posi-
tion was invested with a rare display of tact and
discretion, and wise avoidance of the friction and
animosity often accompanying the best efforts
of men in like positions. As a member of the
territorial council which secured the removal of
the territorial capital from Prescott to Phoenix,
he rendered substantial assistance, and he also
served for four years on the territorial board of
equalization.

Many of the strong and reliable traits of char-
acter which so materially aided Mr. Orme in
the accomplishment of his purposes were de-
rived from his Puritan maternal ancestry. A na-
tive of Montgomery county, Md., he was born
December 19, 1848, and was a son of Charles
H. and Deborah (Pleasants) Orme. On his
father's plantation in Maryland he received the
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Puritan mother, and in time became a capable
and appreciative tiller of the soil. The educa-
tion derived in the private schools of the day,
though somewhat crude, was thoughtfully and
conscientiously entered into, and supplemented
by the erudition and research of later years.
During the last two years of the Civil war he'
fought for the lost cause of the Confederacy,
and upon returning to his home in Maryland,
worked on the home farm for two years. To
gratify an ambition extending beyond the bor-
ders of Maryland, he sojourned to the far west,
crossing the plains in a caravan of emigrants.
The long journey terminated at Sacramento,
Cal., and in this state of infinite possibility he
engaged for a time in sheep raising. Later he
became interested in freighting from San Ber-
nardino and Yuma to Tucson, Ariz.

The permanent residence of Mr. Orme in Ari-
zona began in 1870, when he settled in Mari-
copa county, near the site of Phoenix. He was
twice married, the present Mrs. Orme having
formerly been Mary J. Jeffries, daughter of J.
W. and Louisa H. (Wall) Jeffries, and her mar-
riage with Mr. Orme occurred November n,
1884. A most interesting woman, Mrs. Orme is
a native of Cynthiana, Ky., and is widely known
for her many fine and social attributes. She is
the mother of one son, Alfred H. Her father
was a Virginian and her mother a Kentuckian.
They settled in Phoenix in 1886, and are both
now deceased. The first Mrs. Orme was Flor-
ence Greenhaw, of Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs.
Orme were devoted members of the Episcopal-
ian Church. Fraternally he was associated with
the Elks, and with the Odd Fellows of Phoenix.

BEN R. CLARK.

It is the prevailing opinion among all who are
familiar with the work accomplished by Ben R.
Clark in Graham county, that no incumbent of
the sheriff's office in Arizona possesses in a
greater degree than he the qualities of mind and
character best calculated to insure success in
preserving the peace in a locality containing a
heterogeneous gathering of humanity. So
thoroughly did he understand his business, that
it was a foregone conclusion when he started out
for an evil-doer, the destroyer of the peace was

already in the clutches of the law, and face to
face with his just deserts. And it was certainly
due to the unwearying vigilance of the man at
the helm that the rough and desperate, and more
refined and educated classes pursued in compar-
ative harmony their various occupations of min-
ing, agriculture, and commerce, in a compara-
tively isolated and remotely situated locality, and
where the animating motive is the resolve to
wrest a fortune from the undeveloped resources.
A native of North Carolina, Mr. Clark was
born in 1862, and is a son of E. G. and Mary E.
(Hinson) Clark, who were born in the same
state. Besides himself there were five children
in the family, of whom W. F. served as deputy
sheriff under his brother ; Lizzie Laman is living
in Sidon, Leflore county, Miss.; and Joseph
died in October of 1896. The family removed
from North Carolina to Mississippi in 1870, and
there Ben R. received a substantial home train-
ing, and the education obtainable at the district
schools. He early developed habits of thrift and
industry, and an independence which sent him
out into the world at a comparatively early age.
His first venture was in western Texas, where he
engaged in the cattle business for about a year,
and then settled on the San Carlos Indian Reser-
vation, where he bought and sold cattle, and had
a government contract to furnish beef to the
Indians. After the expiration of five years he
began to serve as deputy sheriff under J. H.
Slaughter, in Cochise county, and after three
years was deputy sheriff in Graham county un-
der Olney Wight and Birchfield for a period
covering six years. In 1898 he was regularly
elected sheriff of Graham county, and served one
term of two years. He was ably assisted in pre-
serving order by James R. Nicks, T. G. Bell,
Ben W. Olney, George M. Nicks, W. A. Hart,
S. J. McClinick, H. D. Keppler, A. A. McKin-
ney, and his brother, W. F. Clark. During his
years of experience with the various conflicting
elements that have gathered in the mining re-
gions of the territory, Mr. Clark has had many
exciting adventures with the Indians, which,
when recounted in his picturesque manner, are
of a highly diverting nature. He was present in
the camp of the San Simon Cattle Company in
1886, when the old Apache chief, Geronimo,
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and captured, and their lives of crime and depre-
dation turned into more harmless channels.

In 1898 Mr. Clark married Mrs. Ellen K.
Shivers, a daughter of Dr. B. F. Kittrell, of
Blackhawk, Miss. This union has been blessed
with one child, Caroline Elizabeth. Mr. Clark
took his residence in Solomonville in January
of 1899, and at the time purchased two hundred
acres of land a mile above town, which is all irri-
gated and improved, and among the best tracts
in the locality. A strict party man and a Dem-
ocrat, he has been active in local and territorial
politics. Fraternally he is associated with the
Solomonville Lodge No. 16, K. P. Mr. Clark
is respected and esteemed by those who know
him. All acknowledge the excellence of his
service to the county, his dauntless courage, and
relentless pursuit of all that tended to undermine
the stability and safety of the community.

W. J. DAVIS, M. D.

W. J. Davis, M. D., physician and surgeon
for the Detroit Copper Company, the Arizona
Copper Company, the hospital connected there-
with, and the families of the many miners, was
born in Ontario, Canada, in 1861. He received
his education and training in the northern coun-
try that was his home, and came to the states
when nineteen years of age, settling in Chicago,
where he made his home for several years. Next
he went to Denver, where he began the practice
of medicine, and in the various duties of profes-
sional work he continued in that city for three
years. While living in Denver he made arrange-
ments with Mr. Church, who is now the presi-
dent of the Detroit Copper Company, to assume
charge of the company's medical and surgical
work at Morenci, Ariz., which has since been
the field of his activity.

For eleven years Dr. Davis has made his
headquarters at Morenci. During that time he
has steadily advanced in the good-will and ap-
preciation of the five thousand or more patients
whom he is called upon to treat during the
course of a year. The Arizona Copper Com-
pany's hospital, of which he has the charge, is a
creditable and well-managed institution, and
compares favorably with hospitals in larger and

older settlements. Patients here receive the best
care known to science.

In 1887 Dr. Davis was united in marriage with
Miss Jennie M. Lesuer, of Chicago. To their
marriage were born three children, namely: Al-
len, who is a student in the Los Angeles Mili-
tary Academy; Harold and Ruth. Fraternally
Dr. Davis is connected with the Masons, and
with the Knights of Pythias at Clifton, in both
of which organizations he maintains an interest.

H. H. SCORSE.

Mr. Scorse, who is engaged in general mer-
chandising at Holbrook and is numbered among
its influential citizens, came to Arizona twenty-
three years ago. Practically, he was the first
resident of this place, known as Horsehead
Crossing in 1878, when he located here. With
a comrade he had started from Montana to the
mining district of Tombstone, Ariz., and had
walked from Utah, but, owing to the hostility of
the Indians in that region at the time, they de-
cided to camp here for the winter, and were de-
pendent upon their hunting skill for game, other
supplies being scarce.

In the following year Mr. Scorse was em-
ployed for six months on the Star mail line, ply-
ing between Brigham City and this point. Then,
opening the first store in existence here he con-
tinued to trade with the Indians and old-timers
of this district until the fall of 1882. Then he
went to the neighborhood of the present town
of Williams, and was the manager of a store at
Rogers' ranch about a twelvemonth. Returning
to Horsehead Crossing, he again engaged in the
management of a general store, and thus, with
the exception of the year mentioned, has been
in business here since 1879. Indeed, he is the
pioneer merchant of the railroad line, from Al-
buquerque to Needles, Cal., and always has done
more or less freighting across the country. In
1883, during the Apache outbreak, and at other
times, he experienced much anxiety and discom-
fort, and while outlaws were so plentiful on this
frontier had about as much trouble with them,
as within eighteen years they stole nearly eight
hundred head of horses from his ranch. He
now owns a valuable ranch situated some twen-
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herds of cattle, horses and sheep, at the present
time owning upwards of ten thousand head. One
of the oldest and most widely known horse-
dealers of the southwest, he now has about five
hundred, and always commands the best market
price.

Great credit is due Mr. Scorse for the leading
part which he has ever taken in the upbuilding
of Holbrook. At the time when the place was
laid out, he became the owner of a large amount
of town property, for he always has had great
faith in its future, and probably has constructed
more buildings and accomplished more in its
advancement than any other citizen. In 1888 he
built a dam across the Little Colorado river,
with a view to utilizing the extra water for irri-
gating purposes, but unfortunately a great flood
swept it away. In most of his many and varied
enterprises he has met with gratifying success,
and though certain reverses have come to him,
as to all, his business career has been decidedly
prosperous, on the whole.

Turning backward a few pages in the history
of Mr. Scorse, we find that he is a native of
Somersetshire, England, and came to the United
States in 1869. Immediately beginning his ca-
reer in the west, he went to Montana in the fol-
lowing year and for three decades has shared the
fortunes of the frontiersmen of the state men-
tioned, of Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Ari-
zona. He has prospected, mined and hunted in
all of these localities, and has numerous inter-
esting reminiscences of those years.

July 29, 1891, the marriage of Mr. Scorse and
Miss Julia Garcia was solemnized in Holbrook.
They have a pleasant home and are the parents
of six promising children, named respectively, in
order of birth: Ellen, Julia, Henry H., Jr., Rose,
James and Lizzie.

THEODORE GEBLER.

Like so many of the early settlers of Nogales,
Mr. Gebler was first attracted to the territory by
the widely reported mining possibilities. That
he still has faith in the country argues well for
the other prospects, for in the matter of mining
his experience has been dearly bought and disil-
lusionizing. In the White mountains of Califor-

nia where his enterprises were carried on, he
came to own several supposedly good proper-
ties which afterwards played out, and he lost the
savings of years. After four years of futile effort
in this direction he located in Nogales in 1885,
at which time the settlement consisted of about
a dozen shanties, inhabited by stout-hearted and
enterprising pioneers. He built the first residence
and store west of the railroad, and started a tin-
ware and hardware business which was the first
of its kind in the locality. With the gradual in-
crease of population and demand his stock was
increased accordingly, and he has since the be-
ginning reaped satisfactory results from the ex-
penditure. In addition to all kinds of hardware
he carries a full line of miner's supplies, and so
successful has he been that he is the owner of
considerable real estate in and out of the city.
He has also built a number of houses, and in all
ways has been instrumental in securing the best
development of the town.

The youth of Mr. Gebler was spent in his na-
tive land of Germany, where he was born in
Berlin, July i, 1831. He received an excellent
education in the public schools. In 1851 he
immigrated to America, and in 1855 located in
San Francisco, where he followed the trade of
tinsmith for twelve years. After removing to
San Jose, Cal., he continued the same occupation
for nineteen years, and while living in this de-
lightful California town was for some time a
member of the city council. In 1881 he came
into Arizona, locating at Tucson, near which
were conducted his mining enterprises.

Since coming to Nogales, Mr. Gebler has wit-
nessed many changes and has himself contrib-
uted largely to the prevailing prosperity. He
was a member of the town council for five years,
and took an active part in securing the creation
of Santa Cruz county. He believes in good roads
in the country as a sure means of assistance to
the farmers, and aided in the construction of the
road from Nogales to Oro Blanco, and to the
Washington camp. He is one of the oldest and
most respected of the early pioneers, and one of
the best citizens of this or any of the cities in the
country.

In 1852 Mr. Gebler was united in marriage
with Louisa Waldman, daughter of Christopher
Waldman. To them has been born one son,

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Oscar. Fraternally Mr. Gebler is a member of
the Masonic order and the Odd Fellows. Polit-
ically he is a Democrat.

COL. J. A. ZABRISKIE.

To all who have read that wonderfully inter-
esting narrative of Thaddeus of Warsaw, the
name of Zabriskie stands forth in the memory
in unfading colors of adventurous light. The
family whose glories and woes have brought
emotion into thousands of hearts, and who were
among the bravest of the adherents of a des-
perately contested crown, are principally cited
in history during the reign of King John Sobie-
ski, who lived from 1625 until 1696. The reign
of this courageous king of Poland was anything
but peaceful, for his country was torn by internal
dissension and external strife. The ultimate
and tragic fate of Poland seemed to hang over
his head, and he was powerless to stem the
stranding of a people, destined to a homeless
future. The branch of the family to which Col-
onel Zabriskie belongs is descended from one of
two brothers of King John, who, after the king's
downfall in the middle of the seventeenth cen-
tury, turned their faces in the direction of free-
dom and equal brotherhood, and immigrated to
America, settling respectively in New York and
New Jersey. The evolution of the name through
the different members of the family has brought
it from Sobieski, Sobriskie and Zabrowski to
Zabriskie.

A native of New Jersey, Colonel Zabriskie
was born May 29, 1844, and is a son of James
C., who was born at Hackensack, N. J. The
paternal grandfather, J. C. J. Zabriskie, also a
native of Hackensack, there owned and man-
aged a large farm. During the Revolutionary
war he served his country with courage and
fidelity, and for meritorious services was ad-
vanced to the rank of major. James C. Zabris-
kie became a prominent lawyer in New Bruns-
wick, N. J., but in 1849 migrated to California
via the Isthmus of Panama. Arriving at Pana-
ma, he was one of a company of fifty (and served
as their captain) who purchased a vessel to con-
vey them to the end of their journey. Starting
from Panama in their own ship, they stopped at
Realejo, on the coast of Costa Rico, then pro-

ceeded to California. At Sacramento, Cal., Mr.
Zabriskie engaged in the practice of law, be-
came the first city attorney, and wrote the first
city charter. In 1861 he went to San Francisco
as agent for pre-emption and state lands, and
while holding that position wrote his last work
on the land laws of the United States, the
same being now recognized as a standard au-
thority on the subject. He was one of the best-
known men of California and was gifted with
an eloquence that was convincingly applied when
he stumped the state. His wisely-directed life
terminated in San Francisco in 1881.

The mother of Colonel Zabriskie was formerly
Elizabeth Mann and was born in Camden, N. J.
Her father, William Mann, a native of Philadel-
phia, Pa., and of English descent, descended
from ancestors who distinguished themselves in
various lines of occupation. His father served
America during the Revolutionary struggle and
he himself was a soldier in the war of 1812, after
which he settled upon a farm near New Bruns-
wick, N. J. Mrs. Zabriskie died at New Bruns-
wick, N. J., while still in middle life. Of her
two daughters and four sons, Colonel Zabriskie
is the sole survivor. The oldest son, William
M., was one of the most prominent attorneys in
California, and for twenty years was recognized
as the leading criminal lawyer of the state. An-
other brother, Alexander, also an attorney, died
in Honolulu in 1858.

Although the family removed to California
in 1850, J. A. Zabriskie continued at school in
Erasmus Hall Academy, Flatbush, L. I., and in
1854 was appointed a cadet at West Point, from
California. However, before the completion of
his term at the academy he resigned from the
army on account of ill health, and entered Col-
umbia College, from which he was graduated in
1860. In 1857 he had made a flying trip to Cali-
fornia. After his graduation he returned to the
far west and studied law with his father and
Judge Stephen J. Field, late United States Su-
preme Court justice. In 1861 he was admitted
to the bar of California. Upon the breaking out
of the Civil war he organized and was chosen
captain of Company D, Fifth California Infantry,
which he fitted out at a personal expense of
$3,000, at Camp Union in Sacramento. Next
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in Los Angeles, but later went to Yuma, where
he acted as adjutant-general of southern Cali-
fornia. In 1863 he started for Texas, and was
there made adjutant-general of western Texas,
filling the position until General Sheridan took
command of all the west, and afterward he
served on that general's staff until the close of
the war. As lieutenant-colonel, he was mus-
tered out in 1865.

Locating in El Paso, Tex., Colonel Zabriskie
engaged in the practice of law, together with
farming and conducting a grain business. He
served as assistant United States attorney for
the western district of Texas, and took an active
part in the constitutional convention which
drafted the first constitution for Texas. During
the first administration of General Grant, he
was secretary of a delegation that went to Wash-
ing to consult with the president in regard to
the division of the Republican pany of Texas.
The head of this delegation was Governor A. J.
Hamilton, who had been appointed provisional
governor by Mr. Lincoln at the close of the re-
bellion. For three successive terms he was
elected state's attorney for the twelfth judicial
district of Texas, having his headquarters at El
Paso.

As an officer of the treasury department, Col-
onel Zabriskie came to Tucson in 1878. Soon
afterward he resigned his position and began
the practice of law. In 1881 President Arthur
appointed him United States attorney for Ari-
zona, and this position he held for four years.
During the latter part of 1881 and in 1882 he
was ordered to Washington to assist in the pro-
secution of the star routers, and worked in con-
junction with Attorney-General Brewster. In
1885 he resumed a general law practice in Tuc-
son, and at the same time gave some attention
to mining interests.

The many and arduous duties which con-
sumed the time of Colonel Zabriskie for many
consecutive years were eventually made ap-
parent upon a system strained to the utmost
tension. For almost ten years he was obliged,
because of extreme nervous exhaustion, to re-
frain from active participation in business or
professional affairs, and is only now attaining to
the renewed health which will permit of a con-
tinuance of his labors. Since again taking up

the work of the law, he has also again become
interested in mining, and in addition is connect-
ed with a large land deal in Southern California,
besides which he is engaged in the cattle busi-
ness and is the organizer of the San Raphael
Cattle Company.

In the affairs of the locality in which he lives,
Colonel Zabriskie has ever shown a vital and
substantial interest, and in the undertakings of
the Republican party has figured most promi-
nently. Under the auspices of the national
committee, in 1868, he stumped the states of
New York, Indiana and Illinois for General
Grant. In 1896 he was a delegate to the con-
vention at St. Louis which nominated William
McKinley as president. In that body he served
on the platform committee and took an active
part in the discussion of the silver question,
which was the dominant problem before the con-
vention and before the country. Although his
sympathies were with the silver issue, he and the
balance of the Arizona delegation stood firmly
by their party and refused to leave the conven-
tion, although pressed to do so by the friends of
silver. After the adjournment of the conven-
tion he stumped Texas, California and Arizona
for McKinley. He has served continuously on
the territorial and county committees of his party
and has stumped the territory whenever occasion
demanded.

While living in El Paso, Tex., Colonel Zabris-
kie married Adelaide Stephenson, a native of
Texas, and whose father, Hugh Stephenson, was
an own cousin of Governor Jonathan Stephen-
son, of Kentucky. Of this union there are five
children, namely: William Alexander, now in
Honolulu; Walter Scott, who is with the Cobre
Grande Mining Company at LaCananea; Bre-
vort, who is a contractor in the Sandwich
Islands; Mary Adelaide, who is living at home;
and Victor Hugo, who is connected with the
mining company of which his brother, Walter
S., is also a member. Walter S. was one of the
first to volunteer in the Spanish-American war;
he enlisted in the First Territorial Regiment
and was mustered out in February of 1899.

At the request of his partner, Hon. C. C. Ste-
phens, who was then a member of the territorial
council, Colonel Zabriskie drew the bill which
passed the legislature authorizing the establish-

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nient of the University of Arizona at Tucson,
and of this institution he was appointed a regent
in March, 1901. Fraternally he is associated
with Tucson Lodge No. 4, F. & A. M., Chapter
No. 3, R. A. M., the Consistory, and has taken
the thirty-second degree. For seven years he
was First Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of
Arizona. With the Knights of Pythias he was
the first chancellor commander of the lodge and
also officiated as deputy grand chancellor of Ari-
zona. He is also identified with the California
Consistory of the Loyal Legion. In the organi-
zation of Negley Post, G. A. R., he took an act-
ive part, and he was chosen the second com-
mander of the same, and he is now assistant in-
spector-general of the Grand Army of the Re-
public.

HARRY FULTON.

The splendid possibilities for sheep-growing
in Coconino county have paved the way to a
competence for many of the dwellers of this
fertile part of the territory. Mr. Fulton has
availed himself to the full of the opportunity
presented here, and is known as one of the most
successful wool-growers in the San Francisco
mountains near Flagstaff. A resident for many
years of this town of bustling activity, he has
identified himself with the enterprises which
have tended to her upbuilding, and has aided
with his influence and money in every good and
worthy cause of advancement.

Of southern ancestry, he was born in Balti-
more, Md., in 1855, his parents removing during
the Civil war to Ohio. The greater part of his
education was acquired in Zanesville, and he
subsequently spent three years in Columbus,
Ohio, where he gained considerable mercantile
experience as a collector for the Armstrong
Company. Having worked up commendable
enthusiasm for the west he departed for Cali-
fornia in 1875, an<3 remained for a year at Santa
Barbara. In the fall of 1875 he started for Ari-
zona with a sheep herd numbering thirteen thou-
sand head, but only succeeded in reaching the
middle of the desert when he retraced his steps
to San Bernardino. In January of 1876 he re-
turned alone across the desert with a pack horse,
and for two years made his headquarters in
Prescott, and handled sheep on shares. In 1881

he invested in a large number of sheep and made
his headquarters at Flagstaff, herding between
two and nine thousand head on the Colorado
plateau and in the San Francisco mountains.
The ranch was located in the Fulton cafion,
named after this enterprising early settler and
large wool-grower, whose sheep were of a su-
perior quality, and who imported his sires from
Wisconsin and Michigan.

In 1892 Mr. Fulton sold out his interests in
sheep and returned to his native place in Mary-
land, where he remained for two and a half
years, handling sheep near Oakland, Md. In
1895, however, he returned to the greater free-
dom and opportunity of Arizona, and, taking up
his headquarters at Flagstaff, again engaged in
sheep raising near Bellemont. He is extensive-
ly involved, invariably having on hand between
three and five thousand sheep, which he ships to
eastern and western markets. It is readily under-
stood that he is one of the most practical sheep
men in the county, having had an experience in
the line which covers twenty or more years. He
is an authority on all kinds of sheep and wool,
and has made a study of the respective good
qualities of each known breed. During the
sheep panic between 1893 and 1896 he suffered
severe losses, which have been more than made
up during the ensuing years.

In 1888 Mr. Fulton married Julia G. Kurtz,
a daughter of T. Newton Kurtz, the noted pub-
lisher of Baltimore. A brother of Mrs. Fulton,
Albert Kurtz, was assistant postmaster of Bal-
timore under Postmaster Johnson, and insur-
ance commissioner under Governor Lowndes.
The paternal grandfather, Rev. Benjamin Kurtz,
D. D. LL. D., was born in Gettysburg, and was
the editor and publisher of the Lutheran Ob-
server. He was widely known in the church,
and was the founder of the Lutheran Female
Seminary and the author of the book "Why Are
You a Lutheran?" To Mr. and Mrs. Fulton
has been born one daughter, Marguerite H. Mr.
Fulton is a stanch upholder of the principles and
issues of the Republican party, and in 1892 was
a candidate for the legislature. After returning
to Coconino county he has been twice a candi-
date for county treasurer, and has always re-
ceived a good substantial vote from the business
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separated from Yavapai county, he was a mem-
ber of the committee from Flagstaff to draw
lines and make arrangements for the division.
Since then he has been interested in all local
and territorial political matters, as well as in all
else that promotes the general good. He is the
owner of real estate in Flagstaff, and has ac-
complished considerable in the building line.

WILLIAM SCHUCKMANN.

For fully eleven years William Schuckmann,
the president and treasurer of Las Dos Na£i-
ones Cigar Company, of Nogales, Ariz., has been
interested in various enterprises in this terri-
tory end Sonora, Mexico, and it would be hard
to find any one having a greater faith in the
natural wealth and promising future of this
region. Moreover, he is giving abundant proof
of "the faith that is in him," and is winning an
honored place in the hearts of the people of
this borderland. It must be acknowledged that
to Germany we owe this sterling business man
rnd now stanch 'American citizen, for he was
born, educated and reared to manhood in the
Fatherland, and, indeed, it was as recent as
1887 that he cast in his destiny with that of the
United States. He still owns valuable property
in Bechtolsheim, Rhine-Hessen, Germany, and
has hosts of sincere friends at his old and be-
loved home.

For a year or two after arriving in this coun-
try, Mr. Schuckmann made his home in Milwau-
kee, and then went to Sonora, Mexico, where he
was proffered a position as first assayer of the
San Pedro Mining & Milling Company. Later
he became the cashier of the Imuris Mines,
Limited, Company, and after a period accepted
the position of manager of the Grand Central
Mining & Milling Company, of Prietas, Sonora.
In 1894 he returned to Milwaukee and until
October, 1897, was connected with the A. Get-
telman Brewing Company, of that city, serv-
ing in the capacity of auditor and traveling sales-
man. Old Mexico again became the field of his
business operations, as in the fall of 1897 he
went to Sonora and that winter was the super-
intendent for the Yaqui River Mining Com-
pany, to prospect for gold in the Yaqui river.
In March, 1898, he came to Nogales and became

interested in his present enterprise, succeed-
ing in organizing the Las Dos Naciones Cigar
Company, which began business August i, 1898,
with himself as president and treasurer, L. B.
Fleischer, secretary, and A. Varona, manager.
Re-elected to the same offices, in 1899, 1900
and 1901, Mr. Schuckniann is meeting with
marked success in this undertaking, and the
industry is proving valuable to this little bor-
der town. Upwards of sixty persons are em-
ploved in the business, and thus from $600 to
$750 in gold is distributed here every week. The
firm owns a good building, situated on Morley
avenue, Nogales, while their warehouses are
on the Mexican side. About seven thousand
cigars are manufactured daily, only the finest
quality of Mexican tobacco being used, and a
good demand for these products exists in the
m?.rket. No brands are so well known in Ari-
zona as the products of this warehouse.

The vast mineral wealth of Sonora and south-
ern Arizona is appealing to the far-sighted cap-
italist, and Mr. Schuckmann is no exception.
At present he owns a quarter interest in the
Eureka mine, which claim is situated next to
the Grand Central, in Sonora, Mexico. Though
he was offered $50,000 for his share in this
favorably-located mine, he refused it, and firmly
believes that a much greater fortune will be
developed there in the near future.

While devoting the major part of his time and
attention to commercial affairs, Mr. Schuck-
mann has other interests, as well. In the ranks
of the Knights of Pythias of Arizona he stands
high, as is shown by the fact that he was elected
as chancellor commander of the Nogales Lodge,
and entered upon his new duties in that capacity,
in January, 1901. July 20, 1898, he married
Miss Lena Gettelman, of Milwaukee, daughter
of Peter Gettelman. Born of their union is a
daughter, Elsa.

R. W. KERSEY.

No more public-spirited man lives in Pinal
county than Mr. Kersey, and all that has to do
with its improvement meets with his hearty
sanction. At present accessible only by means
of the stage coach, a concerted movement is
now on foot to bring the railroad to Florence,
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larger and more enterprising city. In politics
also Mr. Kersey is an influential factor in his
neighborhood, and leads in Democratic ranks.
Elected a member of the board of supervisors
of Final county, he was in 1898 chosen as chair-
man of the same.

Born in Grant county, Ind., in 1842, Mr. Ker-
sey spent his early years in Wayne county, that
state. His father. Dr. Vierling Kersey, who
died in 1875, was for many years a prominent
physician in Wayne county and stood at the
head of his profession in the state. By his mar-
riage to Emily B. Butler, nine children were
born, four of whom are now living, namely: R.
W., the eldest; Dr. Charles Kersey, of Chicago,
111.; Virginia, of Washington, D. C., and Robert
B., now a manufacturer of school and church
furniture, but formerly for some years an engi-
neer on the railroad, for a time running out of
Tucson on the Southern Pacific road.

In 1866 R. W. Kersey became an engineer on
the Panhandle Railroad, and in 1868 entered
the employ of the Central Pacific road in Cali-
fornia, returning finally to Indiana. For fifteen
years he was an engineer in that state and Ohio,
and during his trips touched at Cincinnati, Ham-
ilton and Dayton. In 1887 he removed to Los
Angeles, Cal., and remained there about five
years, during which period he served for a short
time in the fire department. In 1892 he came
to Florence, Ariz., and settled on his farm near
this town, which has since been the object of his
care.

In 1884 Mr. Kersey married Miss Abbie
Brewer, and of this union there are two sons,
Vierling and Marius. Mrs. Kersey, who is a
graduate of Earlham College at Richmond, Ind.,
an institution under the auspices of the Society
of Friends, is a daughter of W. S. Brewer, now
living in Cincinnati, Ohio, of which state he is a
native. During his years of special activity Mr.
Brewer was a locomotive engineer and for twen-
ty years ran out of Cincinnati, but he is now sta-
tionary engineer for the "Big Four"' elevator.
He is a member of the Brotherhood of Loco-
motive Engineers. By his marriage to Emma
Staley he had five children, of whom Mrs. Ker-
sey is the eldest. The others are: Mrs. Stewart;
William, who is living in New York City; Harry,
who is an engineer on the Cincinnati, Hamilton

& Dayton Railroad; and Dr. Clara Schleef, who
is the wife of Dr. O. F. Schleef, of St. Louis, Mo.
For a number of years Mr. Kersey has been
associated with the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. Fraternally he is connected with
the Masons in Indiana.

ANTHONY VINCENT GROSSETTA.

Tucson can boast of no more public-spirited
citizen than Anthony Vincent Grossetta, who
has dwelt here since 1880, and has been fore-
most in many undertakings which have mate-
rially contributed to its growth and desirability
to tourists and as a place of residence. He is no
less popular in political and social circles than
in the world of commerce, and it is safe to say
that his friends are legion.

The Grossetta family originated in Austria,
whence some of the name crossed the Adriatic.
Matthew, grandfather of A. V. Grossetta, was
a farmer and stock-raiser of Dalmatia, Austria,
and Vincent, father of our subject, was born
near the town of Ragusa, where he subsequently
was a shoe merchant. The wife and mother,
whose maiden name was Annie Bardach, was
born, lived and died in that same locality. Of
her six children only two survive.

The only member of his family who came to
America was he of whom this sketch is penned.
He is a native of Ragusa, Austria, born April
27, 1856, and in the public schools he obtained
a fair knowledge of the German, Slavonian and
Italian languages. When only twelve years old
he shipped aboard a sailing vessel, and for six
years cruised on the high seas. During that
time he crossed the Atlantic, and was employed
on both English and United States ships.

In 1874 A. V. Grossetta came to this country,
and for about a year was employed on the New-
York Central Railroad. Then, going to Mon-
treal, Canada, he was connected with the Italian
consulate for nearly two years. Toward the close
of 1877 he went to San Francisco, and thence
went to Los Angeles, drifting to Tucson in
January, 1880. Here he was employed by a
grocer, and in 1882 embarked in the same line
of business on his own account. His small store,
situated near the railroad station, was carried
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to its present quarters. The Tucson Grocery
Company, as it is known, is one of the largest
wholesale and retail grocery firms in this terri-
tory, and Gustav Hoff, ex-mayor of the city, is a
partner in the company. They also are inter-
ested in the Tucson Hardware Company, an in-
corporated concern, of which Mr. Grossetta is
the secretary. It is located in the Grossetta
l!lock, where a space 50x100 feet is set apart for
this large wholesale and retail business. The
handsome and substantial building in question
is two stories r.nd basement in height, and is
112x100 feet in dimensions. Resides having
built this fine structure, Mr. Grossetta is identi-
fied with the Tucson Building & Loan Associa-
tion, has built several residences here and owns
considerable local property, including a well-
irrigated ranch of one hundred and twenty acres,
three miles north of the city, and provided with
a thriving orchard. One of his best achieve-
ments, in the opinion of many of our citizens, is
the Tucson Opera House, which he built in
1897, and of which he is the proprietor and man-
ager. The audience hall has a seating capacity
of one thousand, the stage is commodious and
fitted with approved modern equipments, and
electric lights and every convenience contribute
to the comfort of actors and audience.

The first president of the Tucson Electric
Light & Power Company was Mr. Grossetta,
who served in that office until it was in fine run-
ning order, when he resigned, though he yet re-
tains an interest in the business. He also was
influential in the organization of the Hall Asso-
ciation of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, and still is a director of the same. Of the
fraternity mentioned he is a past officer, and in
the Masonic order is identified with Tucson
Lodge No. 4, F. & A. M.; Tucson Chapter No.
,}. K. A. M., and Arizona Commandery No. i,
K. T., also belonging to El Zaribah Temple, N.
M. S., at Phoenix. Both he and his wife are
members of the Eastern Star, she being secre-
tary of the lodge. In the Republican party he is
a leader, having been a member of the county
central committee and a delegate to the terri-
torial party convention. In 1900 he was his
party's nominee for the legislature, but was de-
feated. In the city council he represented the
first ward, and at that time the old graveyard in

the heart of Tucson was condemned, and the
property is now built up. He is an influential
member of the board of trade, and is chairman
of the committee appointed to confer with the
trustees in regard to the sale of the old adobe
school property. In March, 1901, he was ap-
pointed by Governor Murphy a member of the
board of regents of the University of Arizona.
In 1884 the marriage of Mr. Grossetta and
Miss Bessie II. Warren took place in this city.
She is a direct descendant of General Warren,
of Revolutionary fame, and her father, Dr. Jo-
seph Warren, was a prominent dentist of Terre
Haute, Ind., and later, of Darlington, Wis. The
mother, Mrs. Frances (Pilling) Warren, now liv-
ing with Mrs. Grossetta, was born in Darling-
ton, where her father, Elias Pilling, was a pio-
neer, while England was his birthplace. Mrs.
Grossetta is a native of Darlington, and was
graduated in its high school. After her father's
death in that city, she came to Tucson with her
mother. The only child of our subject and wife
is named Warren Arthur. Mrs. Grossetta is a
member of the Congregational Church. •

JOEL R. SLACK.

The superintendent and discoverer of the
mines now owned and controlled by the Britton
Gold Mining Company has had a very interest-
ing and eventful life. Though he has experi-
enced the vicissitudes common to the lot of the
pioneer and miner, he has been very success-
ful, on the whole, and is widely regarded as an
unusually fine judge of the merits of ores and
mines in general.

Born in Calais, Me., May 4, 1831, Mr. Slack
was reared in his native state and in Cambridge.
Mass., his education being completed in the
place last named. When eighteen years of age
he started upon his merchant-marine career,
which extended over seven years. As part owner
and master of the "John Ross," employed in
the coasting trade, he sailed from Boston har-
bor, and was chiefly engaged in conveying car-
goes from and to Cuba and other islands of the
West Indies. Several times he crossed the At-
lantic, going to Liverpool and London, and
even made trips to the other side of the world,

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stopping at Calcutta, Bombay and many other
foreign ports.

Leaving the high seas in 1857, Mr. Slack set-
tled in Colchester county, Nova Scotia, where
he managed a farm, and subsequently traveled
through New Brunswick, Prince Edward Isl-
and, and Canada, with a view to making a per-
manent location. However, in 1858, he decided
to go to the Pacific coast, and went to San
Francisco by way of the Isthmus of Panama.
For about three years he was superintendent
of lime works at Santa Cruz, Cal., and in 1862,
when the mining excitement in the Caribou dis-
trict of British Columbia was at its height, he
went to that locality, and after spending two
years or more in placer mining returned to the
States with several thousand dollars. In 1865
he built a ten-stamp quartz mill at a point forty
miles from Uniontown, in eastern Oregon, and
remained there until 1868. Next we find him in
Silver City, Idaho, where he prospected and
mined, also serving as foreman in mines. In
1874 he accepted the position of foreman of
Albion mine, near Eureka, Nevv and retained
that post four years. He also devoted some time
to locating mines of his own and met with suc-
cess in developing them.

In 1 88 1 Mr. Slack arrived in Prescott, Ariz.,
then a small town. For some time he freighted
supplies, including wood and fuel, to Fort Whip-
pie, under contract with the government. Then
he transported supplies from Phoenix through
the Black Canon to the Big Bug mining camps.
In company with his son James he located the
Henrietta mine, which was discovered by the
son in May, 1892. The mine was subsequently
sold for $50,000, that amount being portioned
out to the three persons owning the property,
being the father and son and Joseph Hears.
Ever since that time he has been actively occu-
pied in locating claims, and four years ago came
to the Groom Creek district, where he has a
number of valuable mines. The Britton Gold
Mining Company, in which he is financially
interested, and of which he is superintendent,
owns thirteen claims, all connecting, and pro-
ducing a free-milling gold-bearing ore, averag-
ing an ounce of the precious mineral to the
ton. In May, 1901, they sold the Britton mine
for $20,000 cash. The chief vein is two

and a half feet in thickness and runs from
north to south. Four shafts have been ex-
cavated to an average distance of one hun-
dred and seven feet, and everything connected
with the work is in a thriving condition, thanks
to the efficient and watchful care of the manager.
He owns, among others, some silver mines in
this district, known as Old Benjamin claims,
which have recently been bonded for $20,000.
Mr. Slack's wife and family are with him at the
scene of his labors, and his son James, a partner
in the Britton company, is a practical mining
man. As long ago as 1865 our subject joined
the Masonic order, and now is identified with
Prescott Lodge and Chapter. In national poli-
tics he casts his influence on the side of the
Democratic party, reserving his ballot for the
man whom he deems best fitted to carry out the
wishes of the people, in local elections.

E. S. GOSNEY.

Of the widely known and deservedly popular
men who have brought the force of their
convictions, character, and striking ability to
bear upon the rapidly awakening civilization of
Arizona, none is recognized as more deserving
of a high place in the annals of achievement of
their specially selected field — Coconino county
— than is that able lawyer, banker, merchant,
organizer, rancher, miner and public-spirited cit-
izen, E. S. Gosney.

Nor is his success in life the fulfilled dream of
a pampered child of fortune, treading a royal
road beset with ready-made and unavoidable op-
portunities; rather it may be said that the farm
in Kenton county, Ky., where he was born in
1855, offered, with its kindly associations, but
meager returns for an ambition which would
rest only after much had been accomplished.
When thirteen years of age, after his father's
death, he shouldered a gripsack containing be-
longings, and, in company with the family, start-
ed for Fort Worth, Tex., where for three years
he worked at such odd jobs as came his way.
Subsequent wanderings from Texas brought him
to Richmond, Mo., with $11.20 in his pocket,
and a determination to acquire an education at
any cost. Through working for his board he
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mond College in 1874, and so diligently did he
apply himself that the four years' course was
completed at the end of three years. He then
taught school for eighteen months, and at the
same time employed his leisure in reading law
with C. J. Hughes, Jr., after which he success-
fully passed the entrance examination for the
senior year at the St. Louis Law School. After
graduating in 1880 with the degree of LL. B.,
he entered upon a general practice of law at St.
Joseph, Mo., remaining there for six and a half
years. For six years he was attorney for the
Kansas, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad
Company, but resigned his position owing to
impaired health. For the following two years
he sought in a change of surroundings and cli-
mate in Colorado a restoration of his former
health, and in June of 1888 took up his perma-
nent residence in Flagstaff.

In September of 1888 Mr. Gosney organized
the Citizens' Bank of Flagstaff, with a capital of
$50,000, and after serving as president of" the
institution for eight months, sold out to the Ari-
zona Central Bank. Since the sale of the bank
this enterprising settler has experienced con-
tinued successes, and has ventured into almost
every field of effort afforded by the peculiar
climatic and other conditions of the country.
While formerly engaged in a general law prac-
tice, he now devotes considerable attention to
private loans, and his money has backed up some
of the most ambitious schemes for advancement
in the locality, his law practice now being con-
fined to consultation, he not having the time
to engage in court work. As a resident of one
of the greatest sheep districts in the country,
he has naturally devoted much time and atten-
tion to sheep and wool growing, and in this
connection is responsible for many of the ad-
vances in the line which have won for him the
gratitude and appreciation of the sheep-growers
of the territory. In 1898 he effected the organi-
zation of the Arizona Wool Growers' Associa-
tion, and drew up the articles of incorporation
and the by-laws. This departure has been of
great protection to the sheep industry of the ter-
ritory, and Mr. Gosney has proved an admirable
president of the association. He also secured
the forest reserve grazing ground. Personally
he is the owner of three ranches, one of which

is located at Marshall Lake, and the annual
number of sheep raised is between six and
twelve thousand head. Between and including
1892 and 1896 he was interested in cattle, and
had a large herd on the open range.

The mercantile business has received the co-
operation of Mr. Gosney, and, in partnership
with T. A. Brown, he is conducting a large gen-
eral merchandise store in Manvel, Cal., under
the name of the Brown & Gosney Company. A
branch of this store is conducted at Search-
light, Nev., and a telephone line connecting the
two stores has been constructed. From his
mines' in the White Mesa district some excellent
returns have been shown, and continuous devel-
opment is being carried on. In Nevada his ex-
pectations are sufficiently bright to warrant him
in keeping prospectors at work a greater portion
of the time.

From time to time Mr. Gosney has come into
the possession of real estate in Flagstaff and
elsewhere in the territory, and has come to be
known as a large property owner. He is a mem-
ber of the city council of Flagstaff, and is frater-
nally associated with the Woodmen of the*
World and the Ancient Order of United Work-
men. During his long and active life in this
county of wonderful resources he has builded
an enviable credit among the sound business
men of the community, and his success is based
upon an unflinching integrity, an innate far-
sightedness, and an adherence to the soundest
principles of finance. He himself attributes
much to a principle conscientiously maintained
by the boy with the gripsack and the man of ma-
ture development, whereby all that is worth do-
ing is worth doing well.

HON. FRANCIS M. ZUCK.

The present treasurer of Navajo county, F.
M. Zuck, came into Arizona on the first sched-
uled passenger train westward from Albuquer-
que, off the Santa Fe, going at that time to Wins-
low, near the western limits of the county of
Navajo. He is a native of Greensburg, Pa., born
July 21, 1838, and in 1850 accompanied his par-
ents to Iowa, where he was reared in Marion
county. When twenty years of age he went to
Wayne county, Ind., where he was occupied in

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merchandising for several years. At the begin-
ning of the Civil war he responded to his coun-
try's call for patriots, enlisting in the Third Iowa
Volunteer Infantry. With the army of the Ten-
nessee he served under the leadership of Gen-
eral Grant, participating in the battles of Donel-
son and Shiloh, as well as many other engage-
ments of that campaign. Previous to this, dur-
ing the first nine months of his enlistment, he
had served with his regiment in battling with
the bushwhackers in northern Missouri. After
experiencing many hardships and privations
which greatly affected his health, he received an
honorable discharge November 20, 1863, and re-
turned to Iowa.

For nineteen years Mr. Zuck was employed
as a traveling salesman. On coming to Arizona,
he and his family made their home at Carrizo
for five months, and in the fall of 1882 came to
Holbrook, where, in March, 1884, he and his
son purchased the interest of the party who laid
out the town. Owning the site, he is often al-
luded to as the "father" of Holbrook, and he
still owns a large amount of real estate here, in
'addition to which he possesses ranches, cattle
and horses in great numbers. The mere laying
out of Holbrook is one of his least claims to be
called its founder, for no one has more earnestly
labored, in every possible manner, for its ad-
vancement. Certainly it was a terrible blow to
him when the whole town was destroyed by fire
in 1888, but with his accustomed energy he at
once began the work of restoration, and has
since contributed to its progress. For years he
was the proprietor of the Holbrook House, and
after it had succumbed to the universal fiery ele-
ment, he built another hotel of stone and man-
aged it for ten years.

Knowing the absolute necessity of judicious
irrigation of the so-called desert lands, Mr. Zuck
has advocated the system in this locality and
frequently has attended conventions of parties
assembling for the purpose of disseminating
knowledge and practical views on the question.
For six years he labored earnestly for the divi-
sion of Navajo and Apache counties, and at last
succeeded in getting the bill passed by the legis-
lature in 1895. Soon afterward he was appoint-
ed probate judge, being the first to occupy the
office in the newly-organized county, and, in-

deed, he took an influential part in that very
organizing. In 1900 he was elected county
treasurer on the Republican ticket, for his al-
legiance always has been given to that party.
For many years prior to his acceptance of the
offices last-named he was a justice of the peace,
and won an enviable reputation for integrity and
impartiality. In the Masonic order he ranks
high, being a charter member of Holbrook
Lodge and one of its past masters, and having
represented it in the grand lodge of Arizona, of
which he is senior grand warden. He belongs
to the chapter and the Prescott Commandery,
besides being illustrious noble of El Zaribah
Temple, N. M. S.

January 21, 1864, he married Miss Jennie
Brobst, of Knoxville, Iowa, a daughter of Josiah
and granddaughter of Judge Joseph Brobst. Her
family were pioneers of Iowa and her grand-
father was the first county and probate judge
of Marion county. Mr. and Mrs. Zuck have
four children, namely: Frank A., who is en-
gaged in the cattle and horse business as a
rancher, also runs a meat market at Holbrook ;
Harry Z., who is an attorney at Tempe, Ariz.;
Myrtle J., wife of Dr. Walter Hough, who is
curator of the National Museum, in Washing-
ton, D. C; and Grace May, wife of S. H. Fine,
now residing at Gallup, N. M.

For many years Mr. Zuck has been one of the
leaders of the Republican party of Navajo coun-
ty and he is well known among the prominent
members of that party throughout the territory.

NORRIS GOFF.

Many of the important buildings in Phoenix
are due to the skill of Mr. Goff, who is one of
the representative architects and builders of this
progressive city. A native of La Porte, Ind., he
was born March 5, 1849, an^ is a son of Manor-
ris and Lucy (Welch) Goff. The father was
born in New York state, and when a young man
removed to Indiana, where he became a success-
ful school teacher. Later, in Macomb, Mich.,
he continued to teach, and was also interested
in general farming and stock-raising. He died
at Macomb, Mich., after a life industriously de-
voted to the enterprises to which he was best
rd.apted. His wife is residing at the present

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time in Pueblo, Colo. The paternal grandfather,
Roswell Goff, was born in New York, and was
a representative of an old family of that state.

Norris Goff is the second oldest in a family
of one daughter and three sons. His early days
were surrounded by the influences that are usu-
ally brought to bear upon the lives of the sons
of farmers, and he had the advantage of his
father's superior education and teaching ability.
As a means of livelihood he qualified for the
trade of carpenter and builder, in southern Mich-
igan, and in 1880 removed to Minneapolis,
Minn., where he contracted until 1892. At this
time he settled in Phoenix, and was at first en-
gaged in building up and selling residence prop-
erty. He has since done a great deal of outside
contracting, and among his most satisfactory
efforts may be mentioned the construction of
the wood-work in the Fleming, Stroud and Red-
well blocks. He built the high school building
at Mesa, and his own comfortable and commo-
dious residence, at No. 542 North First avenue.

At Owatonna, Minn., October 8, 1889, Mr.
Goff married Vesta Hanks, who was born in
Massachusetts. 'Mr. Goff is affiliated with the
Republican party, but has no desire for public
official recognition. He is one of the substantial
residents of the city, and an authority along lines
pertaining to architecture and building. Mrs.
Goff is an earnest member of the Con-
gregational Church.

PETER NELSSEN.

Few of the residents of Salt River valley are
entitled to the credit which is due Mr. Nelssen,
both for his general success and for his share
in the development of the territory of his adop-
tion. His life is a record of obstacles overcome
and opportunities grasped, with more than aver-
age courage and persistency. He was born in
Sweden, September 18, 1842, and is a son of
Nels and Marna (Pierson), Nelssen, natives of
Sweden. When but fourteen years of age he
was deprived by death of the care and guidance
of his -father, and at that time became practically
dependent upon his own resources. His mother
survived the trip to America, and died at her
son's home in Arizona at the age of eighty-five
years. She is buried in Phoenix.

Tn his native country, Peter Nelssen received a
fair education in the district schools, and at an
early age evinced traits of industry and thrift,
so characteristic of the sons of Sweden. When
twenty-one years of age he came to America,
sailing from Liverpool to New York, the jour-
ney taking sixteen days. For a time he was
employed at Farmington, Conn., as a farm hand,
but finally drifted to the west, and in Missouri
worked for several months on the Hannibal &
St. Joe Railroad. He later went to Utah, and
entered the employ of Wells-Fargo Company
on their stage lines, and was with them in Utah
for eighteen months. Still in pursuit of a de-
sirable permanent location, he went to Wyo-
ming, and at Sweetwater worked in the gold
mines for a few months. Subsequently, for sev-
eral months, he worked for the Union Pacific
Railroad Company in the construction depart-
ment in Wyoming and Utah, and in the fall of
1868 came to Arizona, where he has since re-
sided.

To have redeemed one small claim from the
arid desert is a consummation that would appeal
to the self-complacency of almost any one of
average enterprise, but to have been a land mis-
sionary to several apparently hopeless farms, and
to cause them to yield their hidden riches for
the use of man, is a task not sought after by
the person of average enthusiasm. Yet that is
what has been accomplished through the per-
severance and untiring energy of Mr. Nelssen.
When he first came to the territory there was not
a house in Phoenix, nor was its existence
dreamed of. For a time he engaged in prospect-
ing for gold in the Black canon, near where
Prescott is now located, and in 1869 he came
to the Salt River valley. He lived on several
different farms in the valley, and rescued them
from their dormant inactivity. In 1888 he re-
moved to the ranch five miles west of Phoenix,
which is still in his possession, and where he is
successfully conducting general farming and
stock-raising enterprises.

The marriage of Mr. Nelssen and Emma Mor-
ten, a daughter of Niels Morten, of the Salt
River valley, occurred in 1876. Of this union
there are eight children: Anna, Ada B., John
M., William N., Frederick, Benjamin F., Fannie
L., and Fletcher. Mr. Nelssen is a Republican

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in politics, and has served as a trustee of his
school district. Fraternally he is associated with
the Ancient Order of United Workmen at Phoe-

nix.

VICTOR E. MESSINGER.

The most reliable and substantial business en-
terprise of Glendale is ably represented by Vic-
tor E. Messinger, who, as postmaster of the
town, and manager of the H. W. Ryder lumber
yards, has won the confidence and esteem of the
community, who appreciate his conscientious
and painstaking methods of conducting busi-
ness.

Mr. Messinger was born in Tazewell county,
111., January 19, 1873, and is a son of Marcus
W. and Mary (Roberts) Messinger, who were
natives of Illinois. Marcus W. Messinger was
a well-known farmer in Tazewell county, and
was prominently identified with the affairs of
his locality. Previous to engaging in agricul-
ture, he had been a banker in. Clarke county,
Iowa. With his wife he is now living in Phoe-
nix, where he has repeated his former successes,
and has been identified with the prosperity and
growth of this promising land of plenty. For
a number of years he served as cashier of
the Valley Bank of Phoenix. He is ex-county
treasurer of Maricopa county.

To a large degree V. E. Messinger inherits
his father's ability, and has profited by the exam-
ple of his industrious and capable life. His
early education was derived in the public schools
of Tazewell county, supplemented by a year's
study at Knox College, Galesburg, 111. After
removing with his parents to Phoenix, Ariz.,
in 1887, he attended the Leland Stanford Uni-
versity for, one year (1891). When old enough
to assume responsibility, he entered the employ
of H. W. Ryder, the well-known lumber mer-
chant at Phoenix, and remained in that town for
a short time. In 1895 he assumed control of
the branch of the business located at Glendale,
and has since satisfactorily discharged the re-
sponsibilities of his position. In 1900 he pur-
chased a quarter section of land at Buckeye,
which he has converted into an alfalfa and stock
ranch. He is variously interested in several

ventures, and is agent for the Fireman's Fund
and Hartford Insurance Companies.

In July of 1899 Mr. Messinger was appointed
postmaster of Glendale by President McKinley,
and took possession of the office during the fol-
lowing October. Serving with Mr. Messinger
is the deputy postmaster, E. T. Hawkins. In
national politics Mr. Messinger is devoted to the
principles and issues of the Republican party,
but entertains exceedingly liberal ideas regard-
ing the politics of the administration. Frater-
nally he is associated with the Masons at
Phoenix, and with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and the United Moderns at Glen-
dale. In conjunction with H. W. Adams and
others, in 1897, Mr. Messinger founded the
Glendale Public Library, which now comprises
about nine hundred volumes of the choicest his-
torical and scientific works and fiction. The
library occupies a building furnished free of
expense by Mr. Messinger, and is greatly ap-
preciated by the inhabitants of Glendale and
vicinity. It is the only library of the kind in
any small town in Arizona. He is enthusiastic-
ally interested in the development of this par-
ticular part of Arizona, and is possessed of the
traits of mind and character which, in all pioneer
localities, have contributed towards a solid fun-
damental growth.

WILLIAM O. KELLNER.

During his administration as postmaster at
Globe, Mr. Kellner has given the most complete
satisfaction, and in the time intervening between
his appointment, November i, 1897, and the
present, the department has increased in the
volume of the matter distributed, and improved
in the methods employed. To this work the
popular postmaster has brought a keen attention
to the minutest details, a ready consideration
for all, and an unfailing desire to please. As
a third-class office, the salary in 1897 was but
$1,100, but has since that time been increased
to $1,700.

In other ways also Mr. Kellner has been inter-
ested in local political affairs, although he has
never gone out of his way to gain preferment.
As a stanch Republican, his first presidential
vote was cast for Grant. In Globe he served

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for two terms as school trustee, and during that
time was actively engaged in furthering the
cause of education, and it was during his time of
service that the new school building was erected.
Mr. Kellner has otherwise aided by counsel,
money and labor in the best and most substan-
tial development of his town, and is regarded as
one of the most enthusiastic advocates of its
progress and well being.

A native of Texas, Mr. Kellner was born in
1847, and acquired his education in the academy
at New Braunfels, Tex. His first independent
venture was in old Mexico, whither he went in
1863, and where he assumed a position as clerk,
continuing a similar position upon his return to
Texas in 1866. In 1880 he became identified
with the lively mining settlement of Globe, where
he conducted a sawmill business for his brother,
E. F. Kellner & Co., until 1893, when he became
bookkeeper for the concern until his appoint-
ment as postmaster in 1897.

In 1896 Mr. Kellner married Maria Gonzales,
of Phoenix, and of this union there are four
children: Tulita, William, Earnest and Alma.
As an evidence of his success in life Mr. Kellner
owns considerable real estate in Globe, and has,
besides a good residence; two hundred and
thirty-three feet of real estate on Broad street,
which runs back to Hill street. He is a Wood-
man of the World, and a charter member and
one of the organizers of the lodge at Globe.

JUDGE W. F. NICHOLS.

Inseparably associated with the all-around
development of Cochise county since 1880, and
a representative of the soundest commercial
interests of Willcox since 1881, Judge W. F.
Nichols has proved himself one of the stanch
and never failing advocates of this great min-
ing settlement in the west. After all these years
of varied experiences and subsequent success
he is today the oldest resident in Willcox, and
the best informed as to the details of the town's
rise from comparative obscurity. At first a resi-
dent of Tombstone and Charlestown for about
a year, he came to Willcox the year that the
invasion of the Southern Pacific Railroad in-
creased the possibilities of the hitherto inert
locality, and became interested, as agent, in the

L. W. Blinn Lumber Company. In 1888 he had
mastered every detail of the business and bought
out the company, and is still interested in this
paying and well-conducted enterprise. Nor are
Judge Nichols's abilities confined solely to this
line of occupation, for he is largely interested in
mines, and is an extensive raiser of cattle. Hav-
ing an abiding faith in the uninterrupted pros-
perity of Willcox and its environment, he has
invested heavily in real estate and buildings in
the town, and is in many ways an integral part
of her past, present and future expansion.

Coming from that state which has been the
playground of so many youth of sterling charac-
teristics and ultimate success in different lines
and localities all over the country, Judge Nichols
was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1852. His
parents, W. N. and Emily Nichols, who were
natives respectively of Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, removed from their home in
Massachusetts about 1855, making their way to
the Pacific coast by way of the Isthmus of
Panama, and settling at Michigan Bar, Sacra-
mento county, Cal. After a year they removed
to Sacramento, where the Judge received the
greater part of his education, graduating, at the
high school, and subsequently finishing the
course at Oakland (Cal.) College, in 1868. His
first commercial experience was gained by asso-
ciating in business for two years with his father
and brother, who composed the firm of Nichols
& Co., purveyors of woodenware. As an inde-
pendent venture he came to Arizona; and has
since been one of the reliable and highly es-
teemed citizens of the territory.

In 1898 Judge Nichols married Mrs. Norah S.
Butterfield, daughter of Dr. Secley, of Kenosha,
Wis. In the world of politics Judge Nichols is
widely and favorably known, and is one of the
stanch upholders of the principles of the Re-
publican party. He has held various offices
within the gift of the people, and has been a
justice of the peace for over sixteen years. In
1885 he was a member of the legislature, and
has been a member of the county committee
since 1880. At the present time he is a member
of the Live Stock Sanitary Board. In the
Masonic order he is one of the most prominent
representatives in the territory, a remarkable
showing, since he has been a member for only

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nine years, having joined at Willcox. On two
different occasions he has served as Grand
Master of Arizona, and served in this connection
when the Grand Lodge met at Phoenix in 1900.
He has taken all the degrees in Masonry up to
and including the thirty-second. He was Grand
Master when the Grand Lodge of Arizona met
at Bisbee in 180.7, and when a session, which in-
cluded representatives from all over the United
States and Mexico, convened in a cave several
•hundred feet under the ground. Judge Nichols
is also a member of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and a charter member of the lodge
at Willcox. For several years he has served as
United States court commissioner. He has
taken part in many of the events of importance
throughout the territory, and among the most
interesting may be mentioned his laying of the
corner-stone of the Carnegie free library at
Tucson, November n, 1900, and having served
in a like capacity at the laying of the corner-
stone of the Masonic Temple at Nogales, in

1897-

FRED FLEISHMAN.

The .largest, finest and most complete drug
business in the city of Tucson is conducted by
Mr. Fleishman. It is doubtful if enterprises of
the kind in the east are better fitted to meet the
demands of retail and wholesale trade, or are
managed with a more comprehensive regard for
the best interests of all concerned. Ably quali-
fied by an already extended experience, Mr.
Fleishman came to the territory in 1881, and in
Tucson started a drug business from a com-
paratively small beginning. With the gradual
awakening of the sleepy old town to a realiza-
tion of its responsibilities as the dwelling place
of nineteenth century energy and progress, the
drug business was necessarily enlarged, and in
time assumed gratifyingly large proportions. At
first located on the corner of Congress and
Court, it was later removed to Congress and
Meyer, where for fifteen years the obliging and
tactful proprietor catered to a continually in-
creasing trade. In 1900 was erected the present
commodious and convenient structure, the
Fleishman Building, at Nos. 19-21 East Con-
gress street, which has two floors, and is 28x115
feet in dimensions. The drug business as here

conducted is regarded as one of the most reli-
able and substantial houses in the city, and the
business methods are above reproach.

From earliest youth Mr. Fleishman has been
. familiar with the conditions in the far west. A
native of Arcata, Humboldt county, Cal., he was
born December 27, 1857, and is of German an-
cestry and parentage. His father, Herman
Fleishman, was born in Bavaria, as was his
mother, Hannah (Goldsmith) Fleishman. The
paternal grandfather, Henry, was born, and
spent the greater part of his life in Bavaria, and
was a merchant during the years of his activity.
Herman Fleishman came to Mobile, Ala., from
Bavaria, and in 1850 braved the dangers of an
overland journey to California, where he en-
gaged in the general merchandise business at
Arcata, Humboldt county. In 1869 he returned
to the east, and continued his merchandise busi-
ness in New York City. In 1872 he went to
Los Angeles, Cal., where he carried on a mer-
cantile business until his death. He was a pub-
lic-spirited and enterprising man, and a member
of the Masonic fraternity.

In a family of seven children, all living, Fred
Fleishman is the second. His education was ac-
quired in the public schools of California and
New York, and he was graduated from the high
school at Los Angeles in 1873. As a means of
future livelihood he began the study of phar-
macy, and after serving an apprenticeship of
three years, continued in the pharmacy business
in Los Angeles until his removal to Tucson in
1881.

In addition to the responsibility incident to
the management of the drug enterprise, Mr.
Fleishman is variously interested in the affairs
of the city, and is vice-president and a director
of the' Arizona National Bank, and chairman of
the loan committee of the Citizens Building As-
sociation. He has also been greatly interested
in the matter of lighting the city, and was one
of the organizers and builders of the electric
light plant, and a member of the Electric Light
& Power Company. In national politics he is
a Republican, and is a member of the board of
trade. Fraternally he is associated in the Ma-
sonic order with Arizona Lodge No. 4, F. & A.
M., Chapter No. 3, R. A. M., and Commandery
No. i, K. T. He is also a member of the El

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Zaribah Temple, past grand chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias, and identified with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, of which
he is a stockholder in the Hall Association. He
is also a stockholder in the Masonic Hall Asso-
ciation.

Mr. Fleishman married, since coming to Tuc-
son, Charlotta Meyer, a native of Tucson, and
of this union there is one child, Herman, who
is in business with his father, and was educated
at St. Vincent College, Los Angeles, Cal. Mr.
Fleishman is one of the most substantial of the
many reliable citizens who have brought about
the later prosperity of the oldest city in the west-
ern hemisphere, and his many admirable traits
of mind, character and attainment have won for
him an extended popularity and a host of
friends.

HON. E. MILTON WILLIAMS.

When this highly-respected citizen of Clifton
was honored by election to the twentieth gen-
eral assembly of the territorial legislature of Ari-
zona it was a surprise to him, owing to the fact
that his residence in Graham county had been
of brief duration and he was comparatively little
known. Nevertheless, he did not disappoint his
adherents, and the good record which he made
in that session undoubtedly led to his recent ap-
pointment in August, 1900, as postmaster of
Clifton, aided, however, by some Republican
friends, Governor Murphy and others.

E. M. Williams was born in Rockford, Coosa
county, Ala., October 26, 1862, and was reared
to maturity in that state. Supplementing his
high school education by a course in the Agri-
cultural & Mechanical College at Auburn, Ala.,
he embarked in commercial activities after being
graduated in the last-named institution, in 1883.
At the expiration of a decade he decided to try
his fortunes in the far west, and for about a year
he resided in the state of Washington and in
Denver, Colo., there being connected with a
commission business. In the World's Fair year
he went to Chicago, and for three months was
employed in a shoe store.

In September, 1893, Mr. Williams made ar-
rangements with the Arizona Copper Company
to hold a position as a salesman in the dry-goods

department of its Clifton store. His fidelity to
the interests of his employers was duly rewarded
in 1897, when he was made manager of the Mo-
renci branch of the company's store, and later
was also constituted general manager of the
department stores of the company, being placed
in charge of all three of the company stores.
One store now requires ten men to supply cus-
tomers with merchandise needed, while another
has a force of five employes. Under the able
jurisdiction of our subject the business is flour-
ishing in every department. Personally he is a
stockholder in the Arizona Copper Company,
and owns considerable real estate, while his resi-
dence is furnished by the company.

November 14, 1900, Mr. Williams married
Miss Maggie Lee Harris, daughter of Judge
George Harris, of San Saba, Tex. Both himself
and wife are members of the Baptist Church of
Clifton. Since 1892 he has been connected with
the Masonic order, and is one^ of the charter
members of Wetumpka Lodge No. 9, F. & A.
M., of Wetumpka, Ala., where he took three
degrees. In addition to this, he is affiliated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Politically his strong preference is for the plat-
form of the Democratic party. His manifold
duties have caused his refusal to public offices
on more than one occasion, as when he refused
to run for a place in the territorial council, in
the fall of 1900, and at present his assistant, Mr.
Hudson, is attending to the postoffice almost
exclusively. Upon the organization of the First
National Bank of Clifton, May 14, 1901, Mr.
Williams became one of the founders and a char-
ter director..

JOSEPH H. LINES.

At the age of ten years Mr. Lines came to
Pima with his parents, Henry and Emily
(Weech) Lines, and has since been a resident
of this flourishing little town in the Gila valley.
He was born in Utah county, Utah, in 1870,
his father having been born in England. Since
coming to Arizona he has been variously inter-
ested in the different occupations here repre-
sented, but is chiefly known for his ability as
an educator, and for his satisfactory filling of the
position of justice of the peace.

In the early days of his residence in Arizona

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Mr. Lines was associated with some of the dis-
agreeable features which confronted the pio-
neers of the district, and suffered on several
occasions from close proximity to the Apaches
and their cruel and relentless warfare. In July,
1882, while Mr. Lines and his father were camp-
ing near Fort Thomas, in endeavoring to regain
possession of some horses which the Apaches
had ridden away, Jacob S. Ferrin, father of
Mrs. Lines, while on his way from Globe, was
shot and killed by the robber redskins. In the
changing course of events Mr. Lines has pros-
pered amid the promising surroundings of his
adoption, and has to show for his pains a com-
fortable and homelike little house, with a fine
garden and adjacent orchard. For the past two
years he has been one of the valued instructors
of one of the district schools of Pima, and has
been identified with the intellectual and moral
development of the city.

October 6, 1891, Mr. Lines married Sarah
Elizabeth Ferrin, a daughter of Jacob and Jean-
nette (McBride) Ferrin, of Pima. To Mr. and
Mrs. Lines have been born four children: Freda
E., Cora, Charles H. and Rowena. A Democrat
in politics, Mr. Lines has been prominent in
local politics, and was elected justice of the
peace November 6, 1900, having served in the
same capacity for two terms prior to that time.
He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ
of the Latter-day Saints, and is active in the
affairs of the church. He is stake superinten-
dent of religious classes, and a teacher in the
Pima Ward Sunday-school.

GEORGE N. GAGE.

As much to his earnest efforts as to those of
any other one man Tempe is indebted for a
large share of its prosperity to George N. Gage,
who has been a citizen of this place for the past
twelve years. He has an abiding faith in the
future greatness of Arizona, the country likened
to Persia by the talented author, Charles Dud-
ley Warner, the land noted for "dry air, even
temperature and marvelous productiveness."
The Salt River valley, undoubtedly, today is the
most highly esteemed of the inhabited portions
of the territory, and wise, indeed, were the multi-

tudes who sought renewed health and wealth in
this delightful climate.

George N. Gage, the manager of the Tempe
branch of the L. W. Blinn Lumber Company, of
Los Angeles, Cal., and secretary of the Tempe
Land and Improvement Company, possesses the
ability of the New Englander, and the zeal and
enterprise justly attributed to them. He was
born at Pelham, N. H., March 16, 1842, and is
a son of John and Rebecca (Greeley) Gage.
Both were natives of New Hampshire, also, and
the Gage family is an old one in that state, orig-
inally coming from England. The education of
our subject was acquired in the public schools
of his native town, where he continued to reside
until he was about eighteen years of age.

In 1860 Mr. Gage went to Coles county, 111.,
and became station agent for the railroad now
known as the Big Four, remaining at Charleston
in that capacity for nearly ten years. Subse-
quently he was engaged in the lumber business
in the same town for a number of years, and
finally formed the resolution to become a citizen
of the great southwest. In 1886 he arrived in
Tombstone, Ariz., where he made his home for
about two years, then removing to Tempe.
From 1886 to 1890 he was a member of the
board of railroad commissioners of Arizona, and
for two years held the responsible office of
chairman of that body. The board, which played
a useful part in the early period of our railroad-
ing enterprises, was later abolished by law.
After locating permanently in Tempe twelve
years ago, Mr. Gage became secretary of the
Tempe Land and Improvement Company, which
has been a very important factor in the develop-
ment of the place. For eight or nine years he
also has held his present position as manager
of the L. W. Blinn Lumber Company, and has
built up a fine local business for the firm. Po-
litically he is a stanch Republican and in the
fraternities is connected with the Odd Fellows
and the Masonic order, being a Knight Templar
and member of the Mystic Shrine.

For a companion and helpmate in the battles
and joys of life, Mr. Gage chose Miss Nannie
Nesbit, a native of Charleston, 111., their mar-
riage taking place in 1874. Their daughter,
Martha N., is the wife of R. H. Burmister, now
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Prescott. Miss Louie V. Gage, the younger
daughter, is a teacher in the public schools of
Prescott.

Mrs. Gage is a member of the Christian
Church. She is the daughter of Simeon H.
Nesbit, a native of Cynthiana, Ky., and who
subsequently moved to Charleston, 111. His
death occurred in December, 1900.

ESTEBAN OCHOA.

The history of Arizona would be sadly incom-
plete should the name which the subject of this
article bears be omitted. One of the sterling
and well-liked pioneers of this rapidly develop-
ing future state was the father of the young
man who is his only child and namesake, and
the importance of his great enterprises in the
early days of Tucson cannot be overestimated.
He was a typical frontiersman, bold, aggressive
and fertile in resource, laughing danger to
scorn, rarely daunted by any obstacle, and, in
brief, possessing just those qualities which are
essential in the founding of a new state. Force
of character was his, undoubtedly, yet, withal,
his was a kindly and sympathetic heart, and
many a time has he shared his scanty meal on
the desert or in the mountain with some poor
traveler or Indian. While he was held in some
awe and thorough respect, his innate goodness
of heart was well known far and wide, and, in-
deed, few pioneers of this great southwest were
more widely known from Kansas City to the
boundaries of old Mexico.

The parents of the immediate subject of this
sketch were Esteban and Altagracia (Salazar)
Ochoa, and his paternal grandfather bore the
name of Jesus Ochoa. The families whence
they sprang were among the old and influential
ones in the republic of Mexico. Standing fore-
most in his line, from a business point of view,
was Esteban Ochoa, Sr., who, even in boyhood,
left home and birthplace in New Mexico and
went to Kansas City, where he soon obtained
employment and acquired a fair knowledge of
English. His brothers were much indebted to
him subsequently, for he assisted to educate
them. Starting in business at Mesilla, N. M.,
near Las Cruces, same county, he made a suc-
cess of the enterprise, and in the course of time

established a number of branch stores in both
of these territories. As a member of the firm
of Tully & Ochoa he also operated a stage line
from Tucson and Yuma to Santa Fe, executed
government contracts, and for several decades
was the most extensive freighter of Arizona and
New Mexico. Most of the merchandise which
he handled for himself was brought from dis-
tant Kansas City, and his teaming outfit, when
he was at the height of his prosperity, repre-
sented a cool $100,000 — for that was what it
cost him. Necessarily he was obliged to main-
tain relay stations along his long route, and his
fine system and sagacity won the admiration of
every one. Like the majority of the typical fron-
tiersmen, now fast passing away, he was liberal
and open-handed, spending his means freely,
though he amassed quite a fortune. When the
great agent of civilization and progress — the
railroad — came, it was a personal loss to him,
for it deprived him of a large share of his busi-
ness, and left him with a $100,000 outfit prac-
tically unmarketable. The city of Tucson was
his headquarters and home for many years, and
he was really one of its chief founders. Ochoa
street was named in his honor, and the first pub-
lic school erected here stands on grounds which
he gave to the city. For one term he was the
mayor of Tucson, and in the legislature of
Arizona he represented this district during one
session. His busy and useful career came to
an end October 27, 1888, when he died at his
home in Las Cruces, N. M. His widow, who
was born in the state of Sonora, Mexico, now<
lives with her son.

Esteban Ochoa, Jr., who has inherited much
of his father's executive ability, was born at San
Ignatio, Sonora, Mexico, in 1870. His boyhood
was spent chiefly in Tucson, where he laid the
foundations of knowledge in the public schools.
Later he attended St. Michael's College at Santa
Fe, and completed his studies in Phillips'
Academy, Exeter, N. H., where he remained
two years. Then, returning home, he took
charge of his mother's large landed estates and
cattle business, for she is the owner of a fine
and extensive cattle ranch in Sonora, Mexico.
Since 1898 the young man has conducted a mer-
cantile business of his own at No. 329 South
Meyer street, Tucson. Many other enterprises

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also engage his attention, for he has a cattle
ranch near Arivaca, Pima county, owns the old
Mission farm, which is situated about half a
mile from Tucson, and has numerous mining
interests in this county, having opened a large
and paying copper mine here. He is a member
of the mining firm of Manzo & Ochoa. In the
multiplicity of his duties he finds little time for
politics, but, nevertheless, is a loyal Republican
and patriotic citizen. Fraternally he is identified
with the Order of Red Men.

The marriage of two of the children of ster-
ling pioneer Arizona families was witnessed
April 20, 1899, when Mr. Ochoa and Miss Ger-
trude McCleary joined their destinies. She is
a native daughter of Tucson, and her father,
Troy McCleary, now retired, was an early set-
tler here, coming from Missouri. The young
couple have a little son, Esteban by name, and
their home is the abode of hospitality. -

PETER GOULD.

This successful farmer of the San Pedro val-
ley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, October
13, 1852. His father, C. Christenson, was a
Scandinavian by birth, and died when his son
was a comparatively young boy. The mother
married in time a Mr. Gould, and as a matter of.
convenience Peter has since taken the name
of Gould. In 1873 he started out to indepen-
dently face the trials and responsibilities of life,
and became interested in teaming in Nevada.
This occupation was carried on until 1882, when
he returned to Utah, and in 1884 came to Ari-
zona, settling in Graham county, in the Gila
River valley. Here he carried on extensive
farming and ranching enterprises until 1892,
when he settled at St. David, on the San Pedro
river, and homesteaded one hundred and sixty
acres of land. At once he began the work of
developing, and in May of 1897 sunk his first
artesian well. He now has several artesian
wells with an average flow of forty gallons, and
four reservoirs. The wells were all sunk by the
owner, who has devoted much study to the sub-
ject of water development, and is now building
a machine that will dig one thousand feet, four
hundred and twenty feet being the average
depth.

Aside from the wells on his own property, Mr.
Gould has bored wells for some of the surround-
ing ranchmen, and at Benson he succeeded in
finding water at a depth of eight hundred feet.
He is one of the most expert in the business
in the county, and much of the present fertility
is due to his efforts at water production. Upon
his own farm is grown alfalfa and barley, a
variety of fruits, vegetables, also roses and other
flowers. Alfalfa averages about one and one-
half tons to the acre at each cutting, four crops
being cut each year. General crops are also
raised with good results.

July 4, 1882, Mr. Gould married Emily,
daughter of James and Sarah (Carroll) Adams,
all natives of New Brunswick, Me. Mrs. Adams
and her children moved to Lincoln county, Nev.,
and it was there that Mr. and Mrs. Gould were
married. To their union have been born four
children: Vane, Burwell, Milton, and Emily,
all living at home. Mrs. Gould was previously
married to George Smith, and by that union had
seven children, four of whom are married. Mr.
Gould is a member of the Republican party, but
entertains very liberal views regarding the poli-
tics of the administration. He believes in voting
for the man best qualified to fill the position.

LEO GOLDSCHMIDT.

The president of the Eagle Milling Company,
one of the largest business concerns of Tucson,
is Leo Goldschmidt, who has been one of the
foremost citizens of this place since 1878, when
it was a small hamlet. His success has been
won by strict regard to the first principles of
business, and every one with whom he has had
dealings speaks of him in terms of admiration
and praise. With two of his brothers he became
interested in Tucson and Arizona almost a quar-
ter of a century ago, and their names are closely
associated with the development of this city.

The Goldschmidts are an old and highly re-
spected family in Hamburg, Germany. Our
subject's paternal grandfather, who was a mer-
chant, attained the age of eighty-five, and his
grandfather Lichtenheim, a native of Dantzic,
Prussia, died in Hamburg in his sixty-fifth year.
S. H. Goldschmidt, father of our subject, was
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perous merchant and banker. To himself and
wife, Fredericka, four sons and four daughters
were born and lived to maturity. The mother
was born in Dantzic, Prussia, and was reared in
Hamburg. Henry S., the oldest son, is an at-
torney-at-law in Chicago. Adolph, who came
to Tucson in 1878 and was secretary of the
Eagle Milling Company, died in San Francisco
in 1899. Alfred J. is mentioned at the close of
this sketch. Mrs. Florsheim and Mrs. A. Zeck-
endorf reside in Hamburg, Germany, and Mrs.
Mansfeld and Mrs. Leventhal are citizens, re-
spectively, of Tucson and Los Angeles.

The birth of Leo Goldschmidt took place in
Hamburg, Germany, September 15, 1852. At
the age of sixteen, when he had completed his
common school education, he became an office
boy in a mercantile exporting establishment; at
the end of eighteen months joined his brother
Henry, then in Leavenworth, Kans. Later, he
proceeded westward to Kit Carson, and then
went overland to Las Vegas, N. M., where he
was employed by his sister's husband, Mr.
Florsheim. Both removed to Santa Fe in the
following year, and when Mr. Florsheim re-
turned to New York City, our subject remained
at Santa Fe until 1878, when he came to Tucson.

With the small capital which he had acquired
by economy and good management, Leo Gold-
schmidt embarked in the furniture business on
Main street, opposite Mr. Zeckendorfs, and con-
ducted that store for ten years. Selling out, in
1888, he purchased an interest in the Eagle
Milling Company, which had been recently or-
ganized, and was chosen as its president and
manager. The mills on South Main street were
of forty-barrel a day capacity, but soon the roller
process supplanted the old burr mill-stones, and
eighty barrels a day were manufactured. In
1899 the fine new five-story high milling plant
was built between the railroad and Toole ave-
nue, a space 90x142 being used as a grain room,
and another, 35x65 feet, being used for the stor-
age of flour. A full roller system, engines of
one hundred and twenty-five horse power and
modern machinery has been supplied, and the
capacity of the plant is two hundred barrels of
flour per day, or two car-loads of rolled barley.
The high patent flour Peerless and the Gold-
dust, Extra Family and Straight are popular

brands of the flour here manufactured. A. J.
Goldschmidt is vice-president and S. G. Rowe
secretary of this company.

In addition to his mills, Leo Goldschmidt has
other financial interests in this territory, having
investments in mining property and local real
estate. A Mason of the thirty-second degree, he
was initiated into the order in Tucson Lodge
No. 4, F. & A. M. He also belongs to the
Lodge and Club of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks, andflto the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, as well as to the Tucson
Board of Trade. In his political faith he is
loyal to the Republican party, and all worthy
charities and local public enterprises are liber-
ally assisted by him. Mr. Goldschmidt resides
at the Owls.

Albert J. Goldschmidt also is a native of
Hamburg, Germany, and for five years served
an apprenticeship as a clerk in a wholesale fur-
nishing house. In 1879 he came to Tucson and
clerked for his brother-in-law, J. H. Mansfeld,
until 1884, when he went to Quijatoa and en-
gaged in general merchandising for two years.
The camp was then broken up, and in 1887 he
went to Los Angeles, where he was employed
for a year as a traveling salesman for a whole-
sale grocery house. Then he followed the same
line of business at San Bernardino until 1890,
when he became associated with his brother,
Adolph, in the wholesale grocery trade at Tuc-
son. This was closed in 1892, and in the ensu-
ing year A. J. Goldschmidt took charge of the
business of his brother-in-law, Mr. Florsheim,
and after his death, in 1896, settled his affairs.
Then, once more he returned to Los Angeles,
where he was in business until 1899, and since
that year has been connected with the Eagle
Milling Company as secretary. His straight-
forward and energetic business methods have
won him the good opinion of all. Fraternally
he is connected with the Order of Elks and
politically is a Republican.

FREDERICK G. FISHER.

In the town of Meisen, Kingdom of Saxony,
Germany, Mr. Fisher was born January 15, 1831.
His parents, Frederick G. and Hannah E.
Fisher, were natives of Saxony, and reared their

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son to an appreciation of the dignity of labor,
and the value of an honest and conscientious
life. Like the average German youth, he was
trained in the homely and industrious habits
which insure good citizenship, and at the same
time received an excellent education in the
schools of his native land. When fourteen years
of age he was apprenticed to the machinist's
trade, and after four years of faithful service to
his employer, started out as a journeyman ma-
chinist. For a time, also, fce worked in Saxony
as a coppersmith, and in his travels picked up a
great deal of useful and interesting knowledge
of the world.

The prospects for a continued residence in
Saxony were not sufficiently alluring to this
ambitious young man, and he resolved to try
his fortune in the United States. In 1853 he
made arrangements whereby he could come to
America on the "Washington," paying his fare
with his services as a mechanic. The journey
drearily stretched over twenty-one days from
Bremen to New York City, and upon arriving
in the United States he lived for a short time
in Brooklyn. Subsequently he found employ-
ment in various carriage shops in New York
City, and after going to New Jersey worked as
a' machinist for some time. A later venture was
in Peoria, 111., where he continued his former
occupation with considerable success. In
Griggsville, Pike county, 111., he went into busi-
ness on a large scale, and manufactured bug-
gies, carriages, wagons and plows, and was
agent for several lines of mowers, reapers, and
other agricultural implements. He here met
with a gratifying degree of success, but in 1867
decided to change his location to Junction City,
Kans., where he lived until 1875. This same
year saw the beginning of Mr. Fisher's resi-
dence in Arizona, where he has since continued
to reside. It is needless to say that since 1875
he has witnessed many startling changes in the
order of things. The buried fertility of the soil
has developed under the untiring efforts of the
agriculturists, and with many plans for im-
provement he has been identified. As a cattle
raiser he has attained great success, and was
the first to introduce Hereford cattle into Salt
River valley.

Upon first reaching Arizona Mr. Fisher lo-

cated at Prescott, and for a time engaged in the
blacksmithing and wheelwright business. In
1885 he located upon the ranch where he at
present lives. He is the possessor of one hun-
dred and sixty acres of land, and is engaged
exclusively in the breeding of fine grade cattle,
and makes a specialty of Hereford cattle. He
is progressive and enterprising and one of the
best authorities on cattle breeding in the valley.
Fraternally he is associated with the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows.

JOSEPH L. GIROUX.

During a mining experience of twenty-six
years Mr. Giroux has worked his way up from
the bottom round of the ladder, mastering the
intervening stages between a placer miner and
the enormous responsibility attached to the
position of superintendent of the United Verde
Copper Company, at Jerome, one of the largest
mining properties in the world.

When practically a boy, in 1874, Mr. Giroux
left his home in Illinois, and went to Utah,
where he became connected with the Jordan
Mining Company, remaining with them for
two years. After a year spent in the silver mines
at White Pine, Nev., in 1871, he went to the
Black Hills, S. D., and there began the great
good fortune of this persevering prospector. In
the course of his continued investigations he lo-
cated the Poor Man's mine, which later proved
to be rich in gold, and furnished fortunes to the
developers. He also located the Aurora, after-
wards called the Golden Curry, which, like the
other, realized the expectations of investors, and
proved a valuable find. In 1878 he became su-
perintendent of Senator Clark's copper mines
at Butte, Mont., and acceptably filled the posi-
tion until 1888, when he came to Jerome to
serve in a like capacity with the senator's prop-
erty here, known as the United Verde Copper
Company's claims.

During the thirteen years of his residence here
Mr. Giroux has witnessed many changes, not
the least of which is to be found in Jerome itself.
The bustling little town has fulfilled the pre-
dictions of those who realized the enormous pos-
sibilities by which it is surrounded, and who
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tinned prosperity by investing in real estate and
otherwise aiding in its upbuilding and growth.
Aside from his position as superintendent of
the mines Mr. Giroux is privately interested in
several mines, carrying stock in the Equator
Mining Company, and is interested, with Sena-
tor Clark, in the developing of the copper mines
in Sonora, Mexico, known as the Sultana mines.
During his experiences he has prospected and
mined in silver, lead, copper, and gold, and is an
authority on each of these metals and on the
methods of producing them from the earth. He
is one of the ablest men in his line in the coun-
try, and commands the respect and esteem of
all who know him.

WILLIAM THOMAS.

In the estimation of those who are familiar
with the conditions which have surrounded his
rise in life Mr. Thomas, the superintendent of
the Yavapai County Hospital, is entitled to great
credit, and richly deserves the high esteem in
which he is held by his fellow-townsmen of
Prescott. As a young man he came here in
1889, and was for a time engaged in mining and
various occupations afforded in the locality, not
the least of which was conducting an eating
house at the Henrietta mine. His ability as a
manager and financier was recognized in 1894,
when he was appointed superintendent of the
hospital by the board of supervisors, his re-
appointment following in 1895-6-7-8 and 1900
and 1901, making in all six years of faithful
service to the county. It is noticeable that he
is the only mm who has ever held the position
longer than one or two years, which argues well
for his general fitness and conscientious applica-
tion to duty.

Incidentally Mr. Thomas deals in cattle and
hogs, in which he has been very successful, and
during the years of his residence here he has
accumulated a large amount of property in the
city, and has built a fine residence in West
Prescott. A large share of his success is gen-
erously and fairly attributed to the earnest ef-
forts of his wife, whom he married in July, 1885,
and who was formerly Anna Brown, of North
Lawrence, Ohio, daughter of James and Anna
(Norman) Brown. Four children have been

born to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, only one now
living — Howard.

When a babe in arms Mr. Thomas was
brought by his parents from the little country
of Wales, and was reared and educated near
Canton, Ohio. Into an otherwise uneventful
youth came the opportunity to visit the west in
1889, which he availed himself of with the re-
sult that he is now one of the most earnest
and enthusiastic advocates of this part of the
territory to be found anywhere. He contem-
plates making Prescott his permanent home,
and his many substantial and pleasing traits of
mind and character are sure to win continued
success. His initiation into the territory was
accompanied by ill health and comparatively lit-
tle of this world's goods, and it is not surpris-
ing that he entertains a kindly regard for the
people and influences among which his lot is
now cast. In politics Mr. Thomas is a Repub-
lican, and he is a great admirer of President
McKinley, whom he has the honor to personally
know. He is fraternally associated with the Odd
Fellows and with the Elks, at Prescott.

GEORGE H. KELLY.

The marked enterprise of the editor of the
Arizona Bulletin, published at Solomonville,
was specially manifested in January, 1900, when,
at vast expenditure of time, capital and brains
he issued a fine pamphlet setting forth the al-
most innumerable undertakings of the inhabi-
tants of Graham county, and the great wealth
and natural resources of this section of the
territory. Five thousand copies of this splen-
did prospectus and resume, of Graham county
were put into circulation, and conveyed much
needed and desired information to all parts of
the United States and to widely scattered por-
tions of the world. Over one hundred excel-
lent half-tone cuts embellished the work, and
no pains or expense were spared in making this
a souvenir worthy of preservation as a work of
reference.

George H. Kelly, who possesses so thorough-
ly the modern spirit of journalism, is a native of
Poplar Bluff, Mo., his birth having occurred
February 5, 1854. He is a son of John G. and
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Missouri. Living in a locality where the public
schools were poor, our subject has been mainly
dependent upon his own efforts in the acquisi-
tion of learning and, indeed, the printing office
may be said to have been his best teacher.

When sixteen years of age George H. Kelly
entered the office of the Black River News,
and there mastered every detail of the business.
At length he rose to the distinction of being
the proprietor of the paper, as he had accumu-
lated sufficient capital to purchase the plant.
He then changed the name of the journal to
that of the Poplar Bluff Citizen, and success-
fully conducted the business until 1887, when, a
favorable opportunity presenting itself, he sold
out and came to Arizona. For two years he
was employed by Tucson newspapers and then,
having bought a controlling interest in the Ari-
zona Bulletin, removed to this, the county-seat
of Graham county. With enthusiastic inter-
est in this wonderful county he makes a special
point of advertising its resources and attrac-
tions and thus is proving its genuine benefactor.
No exaggeration can be charged to him, how-
ever, as he aims to state the plain facts in the
case, and, as we all know, this is all that is
necessary, for the facts are wonderful in them-
selves. The Bulletin is printed in one of the
best equipped modern newspaper establishments
in the west. A Babcock cylinder power press,
two first-class Gordon job presses, paper-cut-
ter, stapler, automatic numbering machine, per-
forator and many other modern improvements
and labor-saving machines are to be found here.
The circulation of the paper long ago passed
the thousand mark, and is steadily growing in
importance and usefulness. As its patrons are
scattered throughout the territory, its value as
an advertising medium is universally under-
stood, and business men of Tucson, El Paso, and
the leading towns of this county, as well as else-
where, use these columns in publishing the merits
of mining property, agricultural lands, and mer-
cantile ventures.

In 1875 Mr. Kelly married Miss Alice V.
Beatty, of Carroll county, Miss. Her parents,
James and Virginia F. Beatty, still reside in
Mississippi. W. B. Kelly, the elder child of our
subject and wife, has been associated with his
father in the office of the Bulletin until recently,

and now is editor and proprietor of the Cochise
Review, of Bisbee, Ariz. He is an able young
man, and has been an important factor in the
upbuilding of our local paper. Jennie V'., the
only daughter, is the wife of C. L. Rawlins, an
attorney-at-law of this place.

In his political affiliations, Mr. Kelly is an
unswerving Democrat, but not an office-seeker.
Of Solomonville Lodge No. 16, K. of P., he
is a charter member. In 1895 he was appointed
emigration agent, and occupied that position for
three years to the satisfaction of his superior
officers. By strict attention to his business and
to the needs of the public he has forged right
ahead in his profession, and today is well-to-do
and highly respected by every one.

A. J. GOSART.

The proprietor of the plumbing establish-
ment at No. 28 North Second avenue, Phoenix,
was born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 5, 1861.
His father, Jacob, led an interesting life, and
when a young man came to America from his
native land of Germany. He was a gold-beater
by occupation, and in Philadelphia earned a
fair competence by the exercise of his trade.
The severe strain of constant confinement told
on his none too robust organization, and he died
in Wilkesbarre, Pa., when a comparatively
young man. His wife, Louise (Saar) Gosart,
was born in Bergefeldt, Germany, and died in
Wilkesbarre. She was the mother of six sons
and two daughters, of whom five sons and two
daughters are living. The children are all in
Pennsylvania, with the exception of A. J., who
is the second youngest in the family.

When only eight years of age Mr. Gosart
was taken by his parents to Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
and here he received the greater part of his
education. At the age of eighteen he began
to prepare for future independence, and was
employed in the Lehigh Valley shops to learn
the trade of coppersmith and plumber, the con-
tract calling for four years of service. In 1883
he migrated to the west, and in Ohio engaged
in the occupation of tin and cornice manufac-
ture for two years, and continued the same
after removing to Omaha, Neb., where he re-
mained for four months. He then returned to

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Lincoln, and did a fairly good business, and in
1886 took up his residence in Humboldt, Neb.
A later scene of occupation was at Culbertson,
Neb., where he worked at the trade for eigh-
teen months,- and in 1889 located in Denver,
Colo., and assume.d charge of the heating and
ventilating department of the Denver Hardware
Company. In 1891 he went to Silverton, Colo.,
and the following year to Evanston, Wyo., where
he successfully manipulated his trade until 1894.

Upon coming to Phoenix from Wyoming, Mr.
Gosart was the agent for the Chicago Fire Ex-
tinguishing Company, and in the fall of 1895 he
went to Nogales, Ariz., and after a sojourn of
two years removed to Guaymas, Mexico. At the
expiration of eighteen months he settled in El
Paso, Tex., and from there went to Silver City,
N. M., and in 1899 returned to Phoenix, which
has since been his place of abode. After four
months' time Mr. Gosart bought out C. O. F.
Youngstrom, and has since conducted the busi-
ness alone. In Phoenix he has met with gratify-
ing success, and is considered an expert and au-
thority in his line. He manufactures tin and
sheet iron work, and carries on plumbing, and
has secured some of the most important con-
tract work in the city. In the manufacture of
sheet iron tanks he is especially successful, and
is given most of this kind of work in the county.

In Culbertson, Neb., Mr. Gosart married
Sarah Legg, who was born in Illinois. Mr.
Gosart is interested in the improvement and
growth of his town, and has built a handsome
residence on East Adams street. He was made
a Mason while residing in Nebraska, and now
belongs to the Arizona Lodge No. 2. In na-
tional politics he is a Republican. His wife is a
member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Gosart is
regarded as one of the enterprising and substan-
tial men of the town, and is one of the best at
his trade in the territory.

ALEXANDER M. TUTHILL, M. D.

Were one to search through many states and
territories it would be difficult to find a better
field for the practice of the medical profession
than is afforded Dr. Tuthill as physician and sur-
geon for the Arizona Copper Company. Nor
are his efforts confined to the needs of this par-

ticular mining company, for he has charge of the
surgical and medical affairs of the Arizona Cop-
per Company, at Morenci, and of the Longfel-
low Hospital at that place. Not only are his
patients among the employes of the mines, but
the families of the same come in for a share of
treatment, and swell the responsibility of the
physician to about five thousand persons. Each
day brings its quota of afflicted humanity, and
opportunities for skill in diagnosis and treat-
ment are practically limitless. Dr. Tuthill has
gained to a gratifying degree the confidence and
appreciation of his patients, who not only have
faith in his understanding of themselves, but
also in his largeness of heart, and unswerving
devotion to a noble calling. To his work he
brings a wide knowledge of the best tenets of
medical science, and keeps in touch with its
progress as developed in the large world cen-
ters.

Although born in the east, at South Lebanon,
Sullivan county, N. Y., September 22, 1871, Dr.
Tuthill was reared and educated in California,
whither his parents removed when he was six
years old. The father, W. H. Tuthill, was a na-
tive of New York state, and died in 1900. The
mother, Christina Mackenzie, was born in Scot-
land, and is still living in Los Angeles, Cal. The
Doctor received a high-school education, and
early determined to devote his life to the medi-
cal profession. By way of preparation he en-
tered the medical department of the University
of Southern California at Los Angeles, from
r which he was graduated in 1895. For the fol-
lowing three years he engaged in practice in his
home city of Los' Angeles, where he met with
encouraging success, and relinquished only
when offered the position of physician for the
Detroit Copper Company at Morenci, where he
has since resided. Since January i, 1901, he has
been identified with the Arizona Copper Com-
pany as its surgeon at Morenci.

In 1896 Dr. Tuthill was united in marriage
with May E. Heimann, of Los Angeles, a daugh-
ter of Richard and Pauline Heimann, the for-
mer manager for the wholesale hardware con-
cern of James W. Hellman. To Dr. and Mrs.
Tuthill has been born one daughter, Dorothy,
who is three years of age.

Dr. Tuthill is enthusiastic of life in Arizona,

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as well he might be, for one whose future holds
such bright prospects must needs feel kindly to-
ward a people and condition which has pro-
duced the greatest possible mutual satisfaction.
He has made many friends in this far western
mining settlement, which goes far toward being
compensation for the larger advantages of more
settled localities. In national politics he is a
Democrat. With his wife, he is a member of
the Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. He is
identified with the Masons, and professionally
is a member of the Arizona Territorial Medical
Association. He is also a non-commissioned
officer in Troop D, First Brigade, California Na-
tional Guard. He is interested in mining, hav-
ing valuable claims in the Copper Mountain dis-
trict and in New Mexico.

REUBEN W. FULLER.

Among the first settlers of Thatcher Mr.
Fuller was numbered, and after being identified
with its agricultural interests for several years
embarked in business at Thatcher, of which
place he is considered one of the most enterpris-
ing citizens. He is in the prime of manhood,
as his birth occurred July 17, 1865. His par-
ents, F. W. and Elizabeth (Miller) Fuller, were
natives respectively of Missouri and Pennsyl-
vania. They accompanied their respective fam-
ilies on the long journey across the almost in-
terminable western plains to Utah, and though
at that time they were boy and girl, the memo-
ries of that trip are fresh in their minds. The.
father, now an elder in the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, resides in Millard
county, Utah, and his wife also is yet living.

The birthplace of Reuben W. Fuller was in
Salt Lake City, and it was not until he was in
his fifteenth year that he left Utah, where he
obtained a fair education. Settling with his
parents at Sunset, on the Little Colorado river,
he spent two years there and in the spring of
1881 came to the valley of the Gila. During
the next few years he was actively engaged in
farming in different parts of this valley and in
1886 located in Thatcher, which fact makes him
a pioneer of the place. In 1895 ne became asso-
ciated in partnership with I. E. D. Zundel and
Joseph Fish, and about eighteen months later

bought out the others and conducted the busi-
ness alone until August, 1898. Then, finding
it advisable to consolidate his interests with
those of the old firm of Layton & Co., he be-
came a member of the present thriving estab-
lishment of Layton, Allred & Co. The brick
store building in itself shows the enterprise of
the firm and every department is well stocked
with reasonable and seasonable goods. A large
share of the trade of this locality is given to this
old and reliable house, and no dissatisfaction
with goods purchased here is ever felt by the
public.

Mr. Fuller resides in a pretty brick house ad-
jacent to the store. His marriage to Miss Amy
C. Layton took place on New Year's day, 1886.
She is a daughter of President Christopher Lay-
ton, and her mother bore the maiden name
Septemma Sims. Four children bless the union
of Mr. and Mrs. Fuller, namely: Maggie D.,
Reuben W., Lawrence and Archie J.

Politics have little attraction for Mr. Fuller,
though he keeps well posted on the great issues
of the day and uses his ballot in favor of Demo-
cratic nominees. During the years of 1898 and
1899 he traveled in the interests of his church
through the southwestern states, including Kan-
sas and Indian Territory, and also devoted a
part of 1900 to the work, returning home in
September. At present he is one of the mem-
bers of the high council of St. Joseph stake,
and is a teacher in the Sunday-school of
Thatcher ward. He enjoys the genuine esteem
of all who know him, and has built up a fine
reputation for business ability and uprightness.

C. M. FUNSTON.

The editor of the Coconino Sun and clerk of
the fourth judicial district court was born in
Washington county, N. Y., and received his
early training and education in Michigan. In
anticipation of future independence he learned
the printer's trade in Detroit, and subsequently
followed the same in Chicago, St. Louis, and
in many of the cities throughout the south and
west. He became associated with Arizona in
1885, locating at Clifton, where he managed the
weekly periodical called the Clarion. A change
of location was effected in 1887, when he re-

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moved to Kingman, and bought The Miner,
also a weekly publication, which h?.cl an era
of uninterrupted success until it passed into
other hands in 1891.

During the year last named Mr. Funston
came to Flagstaff and purchased the Cham-
pion, which was later printed as the Coconino
Sun, and which is at the present time exerting
an extended influence in the county. In connec-
tion with this paper is carried on a general job
office, which is largely patronized by the busi-
ness men of the city. Though widely known as
an editor, Mr. Funston is no less prominent as
a politician, his allegiance to the Republican
party having met with appropriate recognition.
While living at Kingman he was appointed clerk
of the fourth judicial district, and held the posi-
tion for two years, when he resigned to come to
Flagstaff. In 1897 he was appointed clerk of
the same district in Coconino county, and has
since creditably fulfilled the duties of the office.
Since coming to the territory he has been suc-
cessful and is appreciated and liked by all who
have the good fortune to know him.

BENJAMIN H. WEAVER.

To those acquainted with the history oi this
worthy pioneer of the west it truly seems that
he has led a charmed life, for he passed through
some very exciting and dangerous periods on
the frontier and hundreds of times was saved
from impending death, when his partners and
comrades fell by the hand of the Indians and
outlaws. Could, his story be given in full, or in
his own words, it would not fail of deeply inter-
esting the general public and especially those
of the rising generation, who can hardly form an
idea of the trials and hardships which those
hardy, brave spirits passed through in the '505
and '6os.

B. H. Weaver, an honored citizen of Prescott,
first came to Arizona in 1861, when in the ser-
vice of the government, connected with the
army. He is a native of Palmyra, Mich., born
March 17, 1837, and was the only child of How-
ard and Phoebe (Crandall) Weaver, of New
York state. His father was an early settler and
successful builder and contractor of Palmyra
and Hillsdale, Mich., his death occurring at the

last-named place. The maternal grandfather,
John Crandall, was a Michigan farmer and a
hero of the war of 1812, in which he served with
the rank of captain.

Our subject's birth occurred sixty-four years
ago, and when he was in his fourteenth year he
was apprenticed to the printer's trade, being
connected with the Hillsdale "Standard" for
three yearg, and then, for a twelvemonth, was
associated with the Adrian (Mich.) "Watch-
tower." During the following three years he
was engaged in farming, going to DeKalb coun-
ty, Illv in 1857 and spending two years there.
Returning to Michigan in 1859, ne made prep-
arations to make the long journey across the
plains to Pike's Peak. In March of that year
he started with horse-teams, crossed the Mis-
sissippi, proceeded through Iowa and from
Council Bluffs went by way of the Platte and
•South Platte westward. It was a period of great
excitement, and at certain favorite camping
grounds he saw no less than ten thousand teams,
some on the way to the gold fields and others
returning to the east. His own party broke up
at Elm Creek, many returning home, discour-
aged by the tales of woe which they had heard.
Mr. Weaver, however, possessed too much
pluck to go back and continued his journey,
though changing his plans, he proceeded to Cali-
fornia, where he arrived in August. For a few
months he conducted a livery business in Or-
leans Flat, Cal., and in 1860 went to Virginia
City, Nev., where the great boom was in prog-
ress. On account of the mountain fever with
which he was afflicted he left that place and
spent the winter at Bear River, Cal.

At the beginning of the Civil war Mr. Weaver
presented himself at the Benecia Barracks, and,
joining the California volunteers, in January,
1 86 1, was assigned to the quartermaster's de-
partment. They were sent to the southwest via
Yuma, through Arizona and New Mexico to El
Paso on the Rio Grande. They participated in
several fights, more or less serious, with the In-
dians and outlaws, and did much to preserve
peace and order. In the fall of 1862 Mr. Weaver
returned to California and took the contract for
carrying the government and military mail
across the desert for one hundred miles, to and
from Yuma. His two predecessors in office had

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been killed, but for a whole year he plodded on
his lonely way unharmed, riding one mule and
having another to bear the mail-bags. He thus
traveled two hundred miles every thirty-six
hours, taking little time for rest. At the end of
a year he resigned, and became an employe of
the Wilmington (Cal.) "Journal," with which
paper he continued about a year.

In the fall of 1865 Mr. Weaver came to Pres-
cott with ex-Governor McCormick, and took a
position on the "Arizona Miner," a journal that
had been established here the previous year, and
was employed on the same for ten or twelve
months. Towards the close of 1866 .he com-
menced farming in the Chino valley. In com-
pany with John H. Marion he purchased the
"Arizona Miner," and it was not until 1874 that
he disposed of his interest in the paper. His
next venture was entirely different, for he em-
barked in general merchandising on Montezuma
street and for fourteen years met with success in
that enterprise. Selling out in 1888 he became
connected with the transfer and freighting busi-
ness. He had erected a substantial store build-
ing, but it was destroyed by fire in 1892. His
handsome residence on Marino street was built
under his direction.

Thus can be outlined the career of Mr. Wea-
ver, but the above is only an outline, and be-
tween the lines could be written many a hair-
breadth escape and many a thrilling adventure.
In his experience as a farmer in the Chino val-
ley, for instance, his ranch was attacked by In-
dians one day at noon. They had started away
with his cattle, and he, with five neighboring
ranchers, pursued the thirty-five or more red
men. With characteristic energy and prowess,
he waited not to saddle a horse, but headed the
party and by the well-aimed bullets from his
six-shooter put the foe to flight. But more
trouble awaited him, for at about that time the
ranks of the Indians were doubled, another
party joining them, and the attack was renewed.
Sending a man back for more rifles and ammuni-
tion, Mr. Weaver and party bravely held their
own, firing volley after volley and putting the
enemy to rout ere the man had returned with
reinforcements. In 1867 he was engaged in
freighting between Prescott, Mojave and Ehren-
berg, and on one trip, when near Union Pass,

a wagon broke down, and the load was placed
in a wagon drawn by oxen, while the driver, John
Killian, was despatched in a wagon to Mojave,
their recent starting point. That unfortunate
man was overtaken by Indians near Hardy's
Store and was massacred, the red men also kill-
ing four of his six mules. At another time, when
proceeding along the Ehrenberg road, accom-
panied only by his partner, Mr. Adair, each driv-
ing a wagon, one of the vehicles broke down in
Bell's Canon. Mr. Adair left him in charge of
their property and went ahead, hoping to over-
take a government train and obtain assistance.
The pioneer freighter, Freeman, happened to
pass through the canon about that time, and
lectured Mr. Weaver soundly for his indiscretion
in staying alone, telling him of his own recent
narrow escape, for in a fight with Indians in
Skull valley, over sixty Indians had been killed.
His hearer was fortunate, as he usually was, and
was not even molested. Again, in 1870, the
Apache Indians were making raids and carrying
terror and death through the Salt River valley
and through Yavapai county. With his wife's
father, Varney A. Stephens, Mr. Weaver was on
his way to the Salt river, and without other re-
inforcement, they were proceeding southward
from the Tiger mines. They camped on the
Agua Fria, twenty miles north of the present
site of Phoenix, where they camped with a Mr.
Hanna, who was on his way north, with his
train loaded with grain for Prescott. They had
not gone more than five miles on their way when
the Indians killed their late host and destroyed
his train. The same band of redskins no doubt
massacred Major Snively and his party, and also
captured a wagon and team out of Bryan's train,
besides making numerous other depredations.

The incidents related are culled from a thou-
sand of the experiences and recollections of Mr.
Weaver, and serve but to indicate the thrilling
period through which he passed unharmed.
Elected as county coroner of this county in 1870,
he had five cases, all murdered men, the first
morning after he qualified. For one term he
held the position of county supervisor, and for
some time was a school trustee and president of
the board. He is a true-blue Republican and is
very popular with the people, of whatever party.
Fraternally he is an Odd Fellow.

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In his domestic relations Mr. Weaver has
been blessed. He was married, July 8, 1868, to
Caroline, daughter of Varney A. Stephens,
whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume.
She was born near Athens, Mo., and came to
Arizona with her parents in 1864. The only son
of Mr. and Mrs. Weaver, Benjamin V., is asso-
ciated in business with him. The four daughters
are: Cora E., wife of A. A. Johns, of Prescott;
Georgie M., wife of J. M. Aitken, of Phoenix;
Josephine Edith, wife of Rudolph Baker, of
Prescott; and Peral I., at home.

JESSE T. EGGER.

Mr. Egger is numbered among the progres-
sive citizens and representative business men of
Holbrook, where he has dwelt for the past
five years. He is a true westerner, his birth
having taken place in Washington county, Tex.,
and his boyhood having been passed on the
plains. From his earliest recollections he has
been associated with the raising and herding of
live stock, and few ere better judges of animals
than he.

The then small, unpromising village of Hoi-
brook, as it was November 27, 1887, when Mr.
Egger first beheld it, had no attraction for any-
one. For several years thereafter he was em-
ployed on cattle ranches in this county, and
also owned herds independently, keeping them
on the open range. Gradually he became quite
an extensive dealer in cattle and horses, and has
been well known throughout this section for a
long period.

In 1896 Mr. Egger purchased the livery and
transfer business of E. M. Dineen, of Holbrook,
and from that time to the present has conducted
a first-class establishment. With characteristic
enterprise he conceived the idea of catering to
the wishes of the large class of tourists who
stop at this town in order to visit some of the
numerous natural wonders of the vicinity. Fa-
miliarizing himself thoroughly with the sur-
rounding country within a radius of from sixty
to a hundred miles, the celebrated petrified for-
est, the Giant's Chair, the many buttes and lofty
mountain ranges, the Indian reservations, etc.,
he is an excellent guide and in great demand
by the sight-seeing public. The comment ex-

cited by the celebrated Moqui Indian Snake
dance also brought multitudes to this town, and
with courtesy which has been duly appreciated
he has made arrangements for their admission
to the circle of beholders of the weird incanta-
tions and ceremonies of this peculiar tribe. He
keeps a good line of light road-carts and bug-
gies, suitable for this district, and always has a
number of reliable and rapid roadsters and sad-
dle-horses. In connection with his livery- and '
transfer business he deals in hay, grain, coal
and wood, and enjoys a good trade in these
necessities.

Though reared in the south, where the ma-
jority of the voting inhabitants are Democrats,
Mr. Egger made a personal study of the prin-
ciples governing the two great parties, and in
consequence became an enthusiastic Republican.
Since he has resided in Navajo county he was
uncler-sheriff for two years, during the term of
Sheriff O. B. Little. He is public-spirited and
liberal in the support of schools and worthy insti-
tutions.

Mr. Egger was married February 14, 1895, to
Miss Flora L. Anderson, of San Saba county,
Tex., daughter of George L. Anderson. Mr.
and Mrs. Egger have two daughters living,
Jessie Lee, and Duett; their only son, Barney,
died January 17, 1901.

W. N. KELLY.

Among the mercantile establishments of
Prescott, prominent mention belongs to the firm
of Kelly & Stephens, who embarked in business
in 1872 on Montezuma street, and later removed
to the corner of Montezuma and Gurley streets,
where they occupied a building, 30x100, and
carried on a large retail and wholesale trade in
furniture, boots and shoes, ammunition, miners'
supplies, etc. During the fire, in July, 1900,
they were burned out, entailing a heavy loss.
However, undaunted by this discouragement,
they started again, this time having a building
that almost covered their lot, 150x150 feet, but
again they were burned out, losing all they had.
A third time they started in the same line of
business, and now have a central location, on
Montezuma street, opposite the court house.

In addition to his connection with this busi-

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ness, Mr. Kelly has other interests. He is con-
nected with mining prospects in different dis-
tricts in Yavapai county. Politically he is
active in the Republican party in Prescott. Un-
der President Grant he was appointed register
of the United States land office at Prescott, and,
by reappointment under Presidents Hayes and
Garfield, filled the office for nine years, resign-
ing when a change of politics was made in the
administration. Under Treasurer Alsop he
served as deputy territorial treasurer. For four
successive years he served as mayor of Prescott,
and later he was again elected to the office,
which he filled with characteristic energy and
efficiency.

In Beverly, Mass., Mr. Kelly was born Octo-
ber 18, 1835. His father, Moses, was a son of
John William Kelly, a native of New Hampshire
and a soldier in the war of 1812. From New
Hampshire Moses Kelly moved to Beverly,
Mass., where he engaged in brick manufacturing
and contracting. Later he carried on a similar
business in Lynn, Mass., where his death oc-
curred. He married Hannah, daughter of Ed-
mond Needham, and a member of an old
Quaker family of Massachusetts. In the paren-
tal family there were eleven children, all but
two of whom attained majority, W. N. being
third in order of birth. Two of his brothers,
Gerald S. and Moses, served in Massachusetts
regiments during the Civil war. When a mere
boy he began to learn the dry-goods business,
clerking with the firm of George Middleton &
Co., of Boston.

In 1858 Mr. Kelly came via Panama to San
Francisco, where he remained a short time,
thence going to Nevada county and acting as
agent for a sawmill. In 1865 he came to Pres-
cott, where he started a meat business. Re-
turning to California in December, 1867, he re-
mained but a short time, and in March, 1868,
came back to Prescott, making the trip from
San Pedro oveiland, through a country filled
with hostile Indians. During 1868 he started a
mercantile business in Prescott, under the firm
name of D. Henderson & Co., the stock of goods
having been brought here with freight teams.
After two years he sold his interest in the busi-
ness, and began mining and prospecting, but
in 1871 resumed his connection with the mer-

cantile business, and a year later formed the
partnership which continues to this day.

Since coming to Prescott Mr. Kelly has im-
proved an attractive homestead, the beauty of
which is enhanced by a terraced lawn. In this
city he married Miss Martina Stephens, who
was born in Missouri, a daughter of Varney A.
and Nancy A. Stephens. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
have a daughter, Edith. He was made a Mason
in Atzlan Lodge No. i, F. & A. M., and is
also connected with the chapter and command-
ery in Prescott.

WILLIAM R. LEWIS.

One of the best known and most prosperous
agriculturists of the Salt River valley, Mr. Lewis
was born in Northampton county, Pav April 2,
1844. His parents, Newman E. and Elizabeth
Lewis were natives, respectively, of England
and Pennsylvania. During his years of activity
the father followed farm pursuits. When but
two years of age William was taken into the
home of an aunt, Mrs. John Fisher, of Bradford
county, Pa. He was fortunate in securing an
excellent education, his study in the public
schools being supplemented by attendance at
the Wyalusing Academy, in Bradford county,
Pa. Thus prepared for whatever emergency
might arise, for a time he taught school in Wyo-
ming county, Pa., and later turned his attention
to farming.

In an otherwise uneventful youth, the Civil
war came as a dearly bought experience. When
seventeen years of age Mr. Lewis enlisted in
Company C, One Hundred and Twelfth Penn-
sylvania Volunteer Infantry, and during the two
and a half years of service was attached to the
army of the Potomac. He participated in the
battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court
House, Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg,
and many minor engagements. For three
months he was a prisoner of war at Belle Isle
and Libby prison, having been captured at the
battle of Weldon Railroad, August 19, 1864.

With the restoration of peace Mr. Lewis lived
for three years in Wyoming county, where he
engaged in educational work, and between the
years 1868 and 1876 sojourned in the far west,
visiting Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and
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zona in 1876. The marriage of Mr. Lewis and
Jennie M. Harmon, a native of West Virginia,
and the daughter of Thomas and Fannie Har-
mon, has resulted in three children, Sarah V.,
Amy and William.

The farm, to the care of which Mr. Lewis has
devoted himself since coming to the territory, is
in the vicinity of Tempe, and is one hundred
and sixty acres in extent. The land was orig-
inally homesteaded from the government, and
developed from a crude and unprofitable con-
dition to its present position among the best
improved farms in the valley. In addition to
the responsibilities incident to the management
of his farm, Mr. Lewis takes an active part in
the affairs of the locality, and is a believer in
progress and the best possible education. In
politics a Republican, he has yet had no polit-
ical aspirations, preferring to devote his entire
time to the care of his farm. Fraternally he is
associated with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Mrs. Lewis is a member of the Baptist
Church.

EDWARD F. THOMPSON.

This pioneer of Mohave county enjoys the
honor of having been one of the founders of the
now thriving little place of Kingman. In com-
pany with Conrad Shenfield he settled upon the
site of the future prosperous railroad town and
then proceeded to lay out the place and erect
the first buildings here. He then was made
postmaster of Kingman, the first to occupy that
position, and from its inception has retained a
lively interest in the town so near to valuable
mining properties.

The birth of Mr. Thompson occurred in So-
lano county, Cal., December 12, 1852, and when
he was in his seventh year he accompanied his
parents to Carson City, Nev., where he lived
until 1871. Desiring to become acquainted with
the resources and advantages afforded by the
various sections of the great west, he then made
an extended trip through several of the leading
states and territories. In March, 1877, he came
to Arizona, to which his allegiance has since
been unwavering, and for a number of years
gave his entire attention to mining and pros-
pecting, chiefly in the vicinity of the Silver King
mine and on Mineral creek.

Then going to Coconino county, nearly at the
center of the territory from east to west, Mr.
Thompson entered the employ of Mr. Shen-
field, the contractor, and assisted in the construc-
tion of the present Santa Fe Railroad system,
then known as the Atlantic & Pacific. Subse-
quently, in 1883, he assisted in laying out King-
man, which was named in honor of the popular
chief engineer of the road. About 1885 Mr.
Thompson went to Mineral Park and during
the following five years was in the employ of
Beecher & Co., general merchants of that place.
The superintendency of the Empire mine at
Chloride, owned by him, then devolved upon
him, and for two years he held that position.
Since 1892 he has been engaged in business in
Kingman. Here he has owned considerable real
estate since the time the town was laid out and
his own residence is one of the most convenient
and pretty homes hereabouts. His interest in
mining has not flagged in the least and at the
present time he has large investments in claims
located in the Hualapai district.

In 1890 Mr. Thompson married Mrs. Joseph-
ine Christie, a resident of Mineral Park.
They have three promising sons and a little
daughter, the sunshine of their home. In order
of birth they are named, respectively, Claude,
Stewart, Arthur and Bessie.

From the time that he reached his majority
Mr. Thompson has been active in the counsels
of the Democratic party. His influence, which
is not slight, is always used for his political
friends, and he rarely is absent from the local
conventions of his party. Fraternally he is a
charter member of the Kingman lodge of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, of which
he is now exalted ruler.

PETER GORDON.

The largest brick industry in the city of Phoe-
nix has its origin in the enterprise and business
ability of Mr. Gordon, who has been a resident
of this wonderful city since 1893. From a com-
paratively small beginning on South Seventh
street, the manufactory was started in 1895, and
with the increase of population and the conse-
quent demand for building materials, has de-
veloped into a capacity of thirty thousand brick

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per day, and a kiln capacity of two million brick.
The plant is now being conducted on South
Third street, and covers an area of nine acres.
For the first few years in Phoenix, Mr. Gordon
was also engaged in brick contracting, but at
the present time is obliged to devote all of his
time to its manufacture. Touching the subject
of brick-making, it is doubtful if any one in the
territory is better informed or to a greater de-
gree an authority.

The city of New York was the scene of the
birth and early life of Mr. Gordon. His boy-
hood days were uneventful, and not unlike that
experienced by the average youth of industrious
and well-to-do parents. As a means of future
independence he learned the brick-makers'
trade, and was thus prepared for whatever
emergency might arise. The impulse of those
who produce the wherewithal for the erection
of buildings, and the paving of streets, is nat-
urally westward, where are being brought into
being every day the foundation of some plot
for the carrying on of new industries, where
people may live, work, and rear their families.
Mr. Gordon wisely saw an excellent and unde-
veloped field of endeavor in Arizona, and, fol-
lowing his inclination, settled in Phoenix in
1893.

The marriage of Mr. Gordon and Alice Moore
occurred September 12, 1893. Of this union
there are three children, Earna, Robert and
Sarah. Mr. Gordon is a member of the Board
of Trade. In national politics he is affiliated
with the Republican party, but has independent
proclivities. Fraternally he is associated with
the Encampment and Canton Independent Or-
der of Odd Fellows, and the Woodmen of the
World.

Associated in business with Mr. Gordon is
Mr. Smithline, a native of the Hawkeye state.
He came to Arizona in 1881, impelled hither by
the brilliant mining prospects of the Tip Top
district. In company with his brother, J. A.
Smithline, he prospected and mined, and in the
course of time discovered and opened the Silver
Museum mine, and successfully worked it until
1893. At this time the depreciation of silver
placed a bar upon their operations, and they
soon after sold out. In the palmy days the ore
from their mine was assayed and found to be

the richest in the territory. At the present
time Mr. Smithline owns a two-thirds interest
in the Good As Any mine, an extension of the
Silver Museum. In 1894 Mr. Smithline came
to Phoenix, and engaged in farming until 1898,
when he purchased an interest from Mr. Gordon
in the brick works, and has since taken an
active interest in the affairs of the plant. In
1884 he was the commissioner from Yavapai
county to the World's Exposition at New Or-
leans, and was prominent in arranging the min-
ing exhibit. Fraternally he is associated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
with the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

ARTURO M. ELIAS.

Among the wide-awake business men of Sol-
omonville Mr. Elias has been numbered for the
past eight or nine years. In his substantial
store building, which was erected by him on
one of the best corners of the leading business
part of the place, a large and excellent stock of
goods is always kept on hand. The chief de-
partments are those devoted to groceries, dry-
goods, boots and shoes, but in addition to these
a full line of drugs, hardware and general house-
hold supplies is carried, and the proprietor also
deals in hay and grain.

Old Mexico is following in the footsteps of
this, her sister republic, and her young men are,
more and more, becoming prominent in the
world of commerce. Arturo M. Elias claims
Guaymas, Mexico, as his birthplace, and his
parents,' Plutarco and Jennie Elias, came of
highly respected families of that locality. He
passed his boyhood mainly in Tucson, and there
received a liberal education in the public schools.
Upon completing his studies, he obtained a posi-
tion in a mercantile establishment as a clerk,
and for the following seven years served in that
capacity in a number of city stores, including
the New York store, in which he spent four
years. Thus thoroughly equipped, by long and
practical experience, and having amassed some
capital by economy and strict attention to busi-
ness, he decided to enter the business world, on
his own account, as soon as a favorable oppor-
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clerked for I. E. Solomon for a year, and then
set about the construction of a store building.
When it was finished he put in a stock of goods,
and by degrees added to his supplies. Within
a comparatively short time he had built up a
large and remunerative trade, and today he af-
fords employment to three clerks, in especially
busy seasons of the year— a fact which plainly
indicates the volume of trade handled. By a
wise regard for the needs and wishes of the pub-
lic and by uniform courtesy and sterling integ-
rity he has won the confidence and respect of
his fellow-citizens and their liberal patronage as
well.

In 1895 Mr. Elias took an especially import-
ant step in life, as in that year he was united
in marriage with Miss Guadalupe Gallego. The
young couple have a daughter, Lydia. They
occupy a pleasant home and extend its hos-
pitality to their many friends.

In his political creed, Mr. Elias is a Demo-
crat of strong convictions. He is vice-presi-
dent of the Hearst Democratic Club of Graham
county and is secretary of the county central
committee. One of those having the perma-
nent welfare of Mexico and the United States
deeply at heart, knowing that their interests
are naturally interwoven, he joined the Allianza
Hispano-Americano, and seeks to promote the
friendly feeling between the two great republics
of the western continent.

EUGENE MIDDLETON.

Though comparatively speaking a young man,
having been born in California in 1861, Mr. Mid-
dleton was associated with the trying early days
of Arizona, and were his experiences all told
they would read like a tale from Cooper. His
parents, William and Miriam Middleton, re-
moved from Ventura county, Cal., in 1873, a"d
settled at Tempe, Ariz., where the father was
employed by Charles T. Hayden, who ran a
blacksmith establishment in the town. In time
father and son became interested in a stage line
which was operated between Globe and Flor-
ence, and which was continued over a period of
six years, beginning with 1887.

While driving passengers and carrying the
mails over this once well-used route, Mr. Mid-

dleton encountered some of the lively and not
always appreciated experiences which invariably
embellished the careers of the promoters of this
somewhat primitive method of locomotion. In
1889 he was conveying nine prisoners by stage,
among them being the notorious Apache Kid,
and, through the carelessness of the officers in
charge, Sheriff Reynolds and Deputy Sheriff
Holmes were overpowered and killed, and Mr.
Middleton was shot in the head and left for dead.
The prisoners, who made their escape, were
afterwards recaptured or killed, the exception
being the Apache Kid, who, it is supposed, got
far enough away to pursue his previous method
of lawlessness.

Previous to undertaking the stage line busi-
ness Mr. Middleton and his father became in-
terested in the cattle business, and had a ranch
in the northern part of Gila county. This was
a difficult undertaking at the best, for the Indians
were still hostile towards the intruding pale
faces, and were likely at any time to start on a
protracted tour of devastation. In 1881 the
ferocious Apaches gave an exhibition of their
prowess, and made a raid on the horses and cat-
tle, and carried away the former to the number
of fifty head. In the encounter two young men,
who had come to warn Mr. Middleton of the
outbreak, were killed by the red-skins, a brother
of the owner was wounded, and the father was
shot at but managed to escape.

At the time of starting the stage line the town
of Globe was but a meager collection of houses,
and in no way suggested the great boom which
has made it one of the great mining towns of
the west. After going out of the stage business
Mr. Middleton opened a station between Globe
and Florence, which was successfully conducted
for some time. In 1896 he located permanently
in the town, which was then at the height of
its mining prosperity, and started the store
which has since been the object of his care, and
where the enterprising residents may purchase
all kinds of stationery, besides books, notions,
wall paper, cigars, tobacco and sporting goods.
That Mr. Middleton has prospered and realized
many of his expectations is evinced by the prop-
erty of which he is the possessor, and the gen-
eral air of success which surrounds his business
establishment and his home. His domestic in-

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terests are centered in a well and comfortably
constructed home, of which he is the builder
and owner, and he also owns an adjoining house,
which is rented to tenants. The home residence
is presided over by Mrs. Middleton, whom Mr.
Middleton married December 20, 1894, and who
was formerly Elvira Borquez, of Globe. Mr.
Middleton is a Democrat in politics, and is at
present a member of the city council. Frater-
nally he is associated with the Odd Fellows at
Globe, and is a charter member of the home
lodge. In 1899 the Odd Fellows built a com-
modious and prepossessing opera house and
hall, and of this he is manager. He is also a
member of the Ancient Order of United Work-
men. He is one of the wide-awake citizens of
the place, and has a record for integrity of which
any man might be proud.

LINZY C. AUSTIN.

One of the successful apiarists of southern
Arizona is Linzy C. Austin, who has been in-
terested in this particular industry for the last
five years, and is meeting with marked success.
As a general agriculturist, also, he has thorough-
ly demonstrated his ability, and is highly es-
teemed in his community.

He is native of northern Texas, and was born
November 13, 1868. His father, Albert W.
Austin, who was born in Virginia, married a
Missouri lady, Miss Martha Wilson. He was
called to the better land in 1895 and is survived
by his widow, who now makes her home in
Tempe.

The first twenty years in the life of Linzy C.
Austin were spent in his native state, and his
education was such as the public schools of the
period afforded. After his arrival in Arizona he
attended the territorial normal school for one
year and by private reading and study has stead-
ily pressed forward in the pursuit of knowledge.
On the subject of bees and bee-culture he is
thoroughly posted, and is regarded as an author-
ity. Thirteen years ago he accompanied his par-
ents to the Salt River valley, and has made his
home here ever since. Finding that the district
is specially adapted for apiaries, he started in
the business on a small scale, and year by year
has extended his operations along this line until

at the present time he owns one hundred and
seventy-five colonies, or hives of bees. The
quality of honey produced in this region, where
the fragrant mesquite and alfalfa blooms furnish
delicately flavored material to the industrious
bees, is exceptionally fine, and the product al-
ways is in great demand in the market, where
it commands a good price at all times. Having
taken up a homestead of one hundred and sixty
acres from the government, at a point about nine
miles south of Tempe, Mr. Austin has developed
a good farm here, and from a wild condition
lias reduced at least eighty acres to a high state
of cultivation.

On the loth of September, 1899, Mr. Austin
married Miss Georgie Hendrix, daughter of J.
Frank Hendrix, of Tempe. They are members
of the Christian Church of Tempe, he being a
member of the official board, and at present
holding the office of deacon. They have One
son, Harold, born February 23, 1901. A firm
believer in temperance, he has identified him-
self with the Prohibition party. In everything
which tends to uplift and permanently benefit
the community he is actively interested, con-
tributing to many local enterprises of the kind.

WILLIAM S. AUSTIN.

Having learned much of the wonderful Salt
River valley, Mr. Austin determined to try his
fortune here, and is meeting with deserved suc-
cess in his modest undertakings. His residence
here dates from the summer of 1888 and even
within this comparatively short period he has
witnessed truly marvelous changes for the better
in almost every field of human activity.

A son of Albert W. and Martha (Wilson)
Austin, who were natives respectively of Vir-
ginia and Missouri, William S. Austin was born
in the northern part of Texas. He accompanied
the family to Arizona upon their removal here
thirteen years ago, and in the mean time has
lived in this valley, where his father died in 1895.
In 1899 he settled upon his present place, ten
miles south and east of Tempe, where he owns
twenty acres of land well adapted for the rais-
ing of alfalfa or other products. He makes a
specialty of keeping bees, and has met with
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hives. The sweet mesquite and alfalfa blossoms,
so abundant hereabouts, provide excellent food
for the bees, and an exceptionally pleasant flav-
ored honey is made by the industrious little con-
tributors to the world's lovers of sweet delica-
cies. A good price is always obtained in the
markets for this product, and more and more
are people becoming interested in the industry.
December 27, 1893, Mr. Austin and Miss
Lorena Cosner were united in marriage in this
locality, and they have two sons: Anthony W.,
born October 7, 1898, and Wilford G., born
January 13, 1901. Mrs. Austin was born in
Missouri, and at the age of two years was taken
to Texas by her parents. There she lived until
about thirteen years old, when she and her
mother came to Arizona, her father having died
in Texas. Our subject and wife are members
of the Christian Church at Tempe, where for
several years he has been the superintendent
of the Sunday-school. In his political views he
is a Democrat in national affairs, while in local
elections he is independent, voting as appears
to him expedient, and for the real interests of
the community.

HENRY HILL.

Henry Hill, who was born in Ireland in Octo-
ber, 1849, passed sixteen years of his life in that
beautiful isle, and, having learned the hatter's
trade, came to the United States at the close
of the Civil war. Taking up his residence in
Bridgeport, Conn., he dwelt there for the ensu-
ing four years, in the meantime giving his atten-
tion to his trade, and meeting with success, as
lie deserved, for he is a conscientious and prac-
tical workman.

In 1869 Mr. Hill went to San Francisco, Cal.,
where he spent two and a half years, then enlist-
ing in Company D, Sixth Regiment of United
States Cavalry, for the regulation term of five
years. During the greater part of this period
he was stationed at Fort Apache, Ariz., and there
received his honorable discharge in 1878. He
had taken part in numerous skirmishes, more
or less serious, with the Indians, who were ex-
tremely hostile to the few and scattered white
settlers and travelers of this territory. Having
become thoroughly well posted in the topog-
raphy of Graham county and southeastern

Arizona, especially, the young man then was
offered employment as a guide to the govern-
ment troops and later was retained in the United
States service in different capacities. Thus, alto-
gether, he was on the pay-roll of his adopted
country for about nine years, a fact which, in
itself, speaks highly in his favor and attests to
his fidelity and value.

Since 1881 Mr. Hill has given his entire
energy to his own business affairs, having kept
a hotel and restaurant for a period, and for seven
years having been occupied in freighting sup-
plies. Steadily he accumulated capital, and from
time to time invested in real estate. Today he
owns a beautiful, well-irrigated tract of land in
southern Clifton, and is laying off a large portion
of it in lots, this to be called Hill's Addition
to Clifton. Beyond a doubt this is the most de-
sirable location for residences in the neighbor-
hood of Clifton, and that the soil is very rich
and productive is shown by the adjoining gar-
dens, which are worked by Chinamen. Another
feature of interest upon the property owned by
Mr. Hill is some rather cleverly done carvings,
cut on the surface of the solid rock or face of
a mountain. The characters, which comprise
some figures of animals, chains, stars, etc., ap-
pear fully fifty feet from the ground, and though
it is commonly believed to be a record of his-
toric facts, and undoubtedly is the work of In-
dians, no translation of the same has been made
as yet. Another enterprise in which Mr. Hill
is occupied is the transformation of the old rail-
road bridge into a wagon bridge, for which pur-
pose he purchased it from the railroad.

In 1880 the marriage of our subject and Miss
Rosie Trumble, a native of Illinois, was solem-
nized. They have just reason to be proud of
their two daughters, Maggie and Rosie, who are
highly educated and accomplished. They have
pursued their studies in Notre Dame College, of
San Jose, Cal., the former being a member of
the class of 1901, and the latter of 1902.

From the time when he became a voter until
the present Mr. Hill has loyally supported the
Republican party. Though in no wise an office-
seeker, he was nominated and elected as one
of the supervisors of Graham county in 1894,
and in the fall of 1900 was again elected to that
office — a thing without precedent in this county.

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Needless to say he fully met the requirements
of that responsible position, winning the genuine
respect of even his political opponents.

BEN T. GILLETT.

The merchant tailoring business in Arizona
has no more successful or popular addition to
its ranks than is found in Mr. Gillett, now of
Bisbee, who thoroughly understands his busi-
ness, and is possessed, in addition, of great
tact and a sincere desire to please.

The Gillett family is English, and Ben T.
was born in Bridgewater, Somersetshire, July
19, 1841. The family is a very old one, and
the deeds and traditions of those who have borne
the name are treasured by the latter-day de-
scendants. The paternal grandfather, John, was
an architect and builder in Somersetshire, and
died in England. The father, Alfred John, was
born in 1819, in Langport, and during the years
of his activity was a harness-maker in Bridge-
water. He eventually retired from business life,
and died in 1895. The mother, formerly Sarah
Tazewell, was born in Bridgewater, and was a
daughter of Benjamin Tazewell, a government
employe. Mrs. Gillett died in England. She
was the mother of five children, four of whom
are living: William Henry, who is a dentist in
Kentucky; Frederick James, who lives in Los
Angeles; Ben T.; and Mrs. Brown, of Des
Moines, Iowa.

Ben T. Gillett received his early training in
Bridgewater, and his opportunities for acquir-
ing an education were Somewhat handicapped
by the necessity for self-maintenance. At twelve
years of age he was apprenticed out to a tailor
in Langport, and served at his trade for seven
years. He afterwards became foreman of an
establishment in London, and was sent to the
proprietor's house in Toronto, Canada, in 1866.
The following year he came to the states, and
as a foreman tailor, led an interesting life for
several years. During this time he visited every
state and territory in the north and southwest
except Dakota, Montana and Minnesota, and in
this way saw a great deal of the world, and ac-
cumulated considerable interesting and valuable
information. For seventeen years Mr. Gillett
conducted a merchant tailoring establishment in

Des Moines, Iowa, and though very successful,
decided in favor of a permanent residence in
the far west. In 1892 he located in Phoenix,
intending to take land under Rio Verde, but
when the canal was not built he turned his at-
tention to his former occupation, and conducted
his enterprise at the corner of Washington and
Second avenue.

In Toronto, Canada, Mr. Gillett married Efne
McAlpine, born in Eldon, Victoria county, On-
tario. Of this union there have been two chil-
dren, Granville Malcolm, a graduate of the Uni-
versity of Arizona, and at present a draughts-
man of the surveyor general's offices at Tucson;
and Leslie Alexander, now attending the Uni-
versity of Arizona. Mr. Gillett is a Republican
in national politics, and is a member of the
county Republican central committee. For four
years he has been a member of the board of
education, and is also connected with the Board
of Trade. At Burlington, Vt., he was made a
Mason of the first degree, and took the third
degree at Macon, Ga., and became a Royal Arch
Mason at Des Moines, Iowa. He was also a
prelate of the Temple Commandery No. 4, of
Des Moines. In Phoenix he is a member of the
Commandery No. 3, of which he is past com-
mander and is also a member of the Mystic
Shrine. The Ancient Order of United Work-
men numbers him among its members. In re-
ligious circles he is prominent, and as member
of the Baptist Church has served as deacon, and
is an ex-Sunday-school superintendent.

At present he is residing at Bisbee as fore-
man of the merchant tailoring department of the
Copper Queen Mining Company.

CHARLES A. CORBELL.

One of the most commodious and comfort-
able ranch residences adjoining Tempe on the
east is that occupied by a pioneer who has ac-
complished much during his long residence in
the territory. Charles A. Corbell came to Ari-
zona in 1882 from his former home in Texas,
and brought with him a fund of hard-earned ex-
perience, a stout heart and willing hands. For
a time he made his home in Ternpe, and then
removed to Final county, where he success-
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for several years. In about 1889 he returned
to Maricopa county, and located on a ranch
seven miles southeast of Tempe, where he lived
until 1898. In that year he took up his resi-
dence adjoining Tempe, where he is one of the
most substantial citizens. In addition to his
town property, he is the possessor of two
ranches, comprising in all two hundred and
eighty-five acres. His land is under a high
state of cultivation, and is devoted to general
farming and stock-raising.

In his native Kerr county, Tex., where he
was born March i, 1858, Mr. Corbell spent his
early years under the watchful care and affec-
tionate solicitude of his parents, who surrounded
him with good influences, and taught him hab-
its of industry and economy. A son of Tilman
A. and Mary (Nolan) Corbell, natives respec-
tively of Mississippi and Arkansas, his parents
were among the early and courageous pioneers
of Kerr county, Tex., and willingly shared the
vicissitudes incident to life in those early days.

Charles A. Corbell was reared to a knowledge
of farming and stock-raising. He married, in
Texas, in September, 1882, Ellen North, who
was born in that state, and who is a daughter
of T. C. North, now residing in Sonora, Tex.
To Mr. and Mrs. Corbell have been born seven
children: Ernest C., Edith V., Pearl, Mary,
Victor, Ethel and an infant. Almost immedi-
ately after his marriage Mr. Corbell sought the
larger possibilities of Arizona and has since re-
sided within its borders. He is an unusually
interesting and enterprising man, and ever will-
ing to lend a hand towards the improvement of
his locality. Fraternally he is associated with
the Woodmen of the World, and is a Democrat
in national politics. He is prominent in the
religious world, and is affiliated with the Church
of God.

GEORGE CHRIST, JR.
The earliest remembrances of Mr. Christ are
centered in Des Moines, Iowa, where he was
born in 1870, and in which city his father, Gen.
George Christ, was engaged in the general
merchandise business. He received his educa-
tion from the public schools, and was graduated
from the high school in 1887. An otherwise
uneventful youth was interrupted when he went

to Washington as special officer under Colonel
Canady, sergeant-at-arms of the United States
senate, from which position he resigned in 1890
in order to come to Nogales, Ariz.

In Nogales Mr. Christ became identified with
his father's affairs, the latter having removed to
the territory in 1882. Covering a period of
seven years he assumed the management of his
father's hotel, the Montezuma, and after the
sale of the hostelry in 1897 went to Sonora.
Mexico, and was secretary and bookkeeper for
the Le Andreana Mining Company organized
by his father, and of which he was president.
In the fall of 1897 he came to Tucson and has
since been a clerk in the office of the surveyor-
general of Arizona, to which position his father
was appointed in 1897 by President McKinley.

A Republican in national politics, Mr. Christ
has been prominently identified with the politics
of his locality, and has been chairman of the
Pima county central committee and a member
of the territorial committee for the past eight
years. In 1896 he was elected an alternate dele-
gate to the St. Louis convention, which nomi-
nated William McKinley. Mr. Christ is one of
the most promising of the young politicians of
the county, and enjoys the confidence and es-
teem of all who are privileged to know him.
Fraternally he is a member of the Elks, in Tuc-
son.

JUDSON A. HARMON.

The well-improved farm and busy blacksmith-
ing establishment of Mr. Harmon is located
about nine miles south of Tempe. The farm
is one hundred and sixty acres in extent, and
was homesteaded by the prosperous owner, who
has transformed its barrenness into a condition
of utility. Abundant harvests have repaid the
untiring efforts of Mr. Harmon, who has cause
to congratulate himself upon the happy chance
which led him to the Salt River valley. He came
to the territory in 1886, and in 1889 moved to
the land which has since yielded such satis-
factory results.

A native of Cabell county, W. Va., Mr. Har-
mon was born January 8, 1855, and is a son of
Thomas A. and Amy F. (Newman) Harmon,
natives respectively of West Virginia, and of
Kentucky. Great-grandfather Harmon is

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thought to have been a soldier in the Revo-
lutionary war. Judson Harmon spent his youth
on his father's farm, and was initiated into all
the duties incident to the management of a large
and successful farm. At the public schools he
diligently studied as opportunity offered, and
in later life learned much from observation, and
from the perusal of books.

In West Virginia, Mr. Harmon was united in
marriage with Eliza J. McAllister, a native of
Putnam county, that state. Of this union there
are four children, May, Benjamin F., Pansy and
Thomas J. The excellent workmanship of Mr.
Harmon has brought him large patronage as
a blacksmith, and he is also esteemed for his
honest methods of conducting business. Mr.
Harmon is a Democrat in national politics, but
entertains liberal ideas on the subject. He has
no political aspirations, preferring to devote all
of his time to farming and blacksmithing. As
a director in the southern branch of the Tempe
canal, he has rendered valuable service, and
evinced great interest in the matter of water-
ways and artificial irrigation. With his family,
he is a member and ardent worker in the First
Baptist Church of Tempe, and has served as a
deacon and clerk in the church. He is one
of the enterprising citizens of the valley, and is
laboring faithfully for its development and well
being.

L. J. OVERLOCK.

The enterprising and successful manager and
proprietor of the establishment known as the
Union market and bakery, at Bisbee, came to
Arizona from Massachusetts in 1883. A native
of Bangor, Me., he was born May 23, 1862, and
is a son of Jacob and Elmira Overlock. He
was educated and grew to manhood in his na-
tive state, and his childhood days were unevent-
fully passed amid the duties and occupations of
the average youth. In 1883 he sought the ap-
parent advantages of the west, and after remain-
ing for a time in Tombstone, Ariz., engaged in
the cattle business in the Sulphur Spring valley.
His enterprise was conducted on ambitious lines,
his herd of cattle comprising from two to three
thousand head. The cattle business was dis-
posed of in 1887, at which time the previous
owner became interested in the butchering busi-

ness with his brother, W. H. Overlock. In
1897 he formed a partnership with his brother,
Charles A. In 1900 L. J. bought out his broth-
er's interest and April I, 1901, sold out the
business.

A new departure was entered into by Mr.
Overlock in 1896, at which time he purchased
the Union market from Robert Tublett, and
after razing to the ground the old structure,
erected in its place the commodious and well-
planned building in which he conducted the
affairs of the market and bakery, in connection
with his brother, Charles R. In connection with
this business is maintained a cold storage plant,
which enjoys the distinction of being the only
one in the city. In order to understand the
extent of the business he carried on in the mar-
ket, it is only necessary to state that he utilized
from one hundred and twenty-five to one hun-
dred and fifty head of cattle a month, as well as
a large number of sheep and hogs. In justice
to Mr. Overlock's honest and conscientious busi-
ness methods, he met with a large patronage
from his fellow-townsmen.

As do most who live in the greatest copper
district in the territory and perhaps in the coun-
try, Mr. Overlock is interested to some extent in
mining, and has reaped some fairly good results
from this enterprise. Fraternally he is a mem-
ber of the order of Elks. In politics a Repub-
lican, he is .interested in local matters, but has
never found time or inclination for political
office. Since coming to Cochise county in 1883
he has been identified with the progressive
movements of the locality, and is accounted one
of the reliable and broad-minded citizens of the
place. ,

PIERRE CHAROULEAU.

A citizen from other shores who has become
identified with the best material and intellectual
interests of Arizona, Mr. Charouleau was born
in Toulouse, capital of the department of Haute
Garonne, France, which city was also the birth-
place of his parents, Sebastian and Jeane (St.
Germaine) Charouleau. Sebastian Charouleau
was a prosperous farmer in his native land, and
subsequently died within the borders of France.
The six children comprising the family were
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Jean, arriving in America in 1875, and locating
in Arizona, where he accumulated a consider-
able amount of land, and where he died.

In Toulouse Pierre Charouleau received his
early training and derived his education from
the public schools. Into a previously unevent-
ful life came the necessity in 1869 of a journey
to Peru, South America, where he was called
to settle the estate of a brother who had lo-
cated in that remote land. Five years later, in
1874, he came to Tucson, and availed himself of
the impending resurrected prosperity of the old-
est town on the continent, of European settle-
ment. In addition to the lands and real estate
purchased in -the early days he became the pos-
sessor of the property of his aunt, Mrs. Anna
Artigue, a successful business woman who had
preceded him to the territory by several years.

As time wore on Mr. Charouleau started the
ranch of which he is at present the proud pos-
sessor, and which is by far one of the finest in
the territory. Of eight hundred acres in extent,
it is located about four miles from Florence, and
within its well-fenced borders are all manner
of modern improvements known to scientific
farming, and every convenience suggested
by the tactful and enterprising resource of the
owner. Upon the fine soil redeemed from the
aridity of the desert is grown alfalfa and all
kinds of fruit, made possible by a plentiful sup-
ply of water, Mr. Charouleau having the first
deed of right to the water of the Gila river.
This splendid piece of property evolved from
the ingenuity of an enthusiast is called White
Ranch, and is rented out to tenants. In con-
nection with general farming a large cattle en-
terprise has here been conducted since 1880,
and thus is utilized the whole of the land to the
best possible advantage for man and beast. In
connection with the ranch Mr. Charouleau has
built several residences at Adamsville, which are
in a fine state of repair and comfortable to live
in.

In Sonora, Mexico, Mr. Charouleau married
Angeline Pierson, also a native of France, and
born at St. Denis, in the vicinity of Paris. Her
father, Joseph Pierson, was a capitalist, and upon
coming to America bought a large tract of land
in Dane county, Wis., but after a sojourn here
of eighteen months returned to France. Six

months later he was rejoined by his family who
remained with him until his death, his widow
subsequently removing to Sonora, Mexico,
where she later died. One of her sons, Edward,
was a graduate physician of France, and was
a surgeon in the army under Maximillian of
Mexico. He eventually died in the army. An-
other brother, Joseph, came at an early day to
Sonora, Mexico, where he became a large land
owner, and where he died. Mrs. Charouleau
came to Mexico in 1871 to join her brother
Joseph. The Pierson family is of English de-
scent. To Mr. and Mrs. Charouleau have been
born two daughters, Louisa and Anna, who are
attending school at Pasadena, Cal. Mr. Cha-
rouleau is identified with the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows. He and his family are mem-
bers of the Catholic Church.

Aside from the ranch which claims the greater
part of his attention, Mr. Charouleau has nu-
merous real estate interests in the city of Tuc-
son, where he has accumulated a large amount
of valuable business and residence property, and
where he has built numerous residences. He is
one of the most enterprising and public-spirited
of the pioneers of this locality, and is esteemed
for his many excellent and substantial traits of
mind, character and attainment. As a financier
he has no superior in the city, nor is any one
more popular or better liked.

S. J. FORBES.

The enterprise of this young man has excited
favorable comment throughout Clifton and
vicinity, and today he stands as proprietor of
one of the largest and best-equipped stores in
Graham county. Although comparatively a
new-comer in this place, he is well known, and
wherever known, is respected. Great interest in
all of the local enterprises and industries is main-
tained by him, and, like a patriotic citizen, he
does all within his power to promote the general
prosperity.

The birth of S. J. Forbes occurred in Char-
lottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, in
1866, and when eight years of age he accom-
panied his parents to the United States. Settling
in Omaha, Neb., he pursued his studies in the
public schools of that city. Having been gradu-

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ated in the high school in 1883, the youth soon
obtained a position in a wholesale grocery house
of Omaha, and during the three years of his
service there, thoroughly mastered the business.
In 1889 Mr. Forbes went to San Francisco,
where he was associated with wholesale estab-
lishments, special attention being given to im-
ports and exports with foreign countries. In
1895 he came to Arizona and in Phoenix was in
the employ of E. F. Kellner, the wholesale
grocer, for two years. Coming to Clifton in
1897 he was in the Arizona Copper Company's
service for a few months, after which he entered
into a partnership and engaged in business. The
entire charge of the store gradually developed
upon Mr. Forbes. In 1900 the latter purchased
his partner's interest in the business and now
has everything in a flourishing condition. The
store building is 28x100 feet in dimensions, in
addition to which the proprietor has ware-
rooms. He carries a very large and well se-
lected stock of general merchandise, making a
specialty of miner's and cattlemen's supplies. His
trade has assumed great proportions and his
customers come from quite distant points along
the Blue river and from all directions. That he is
prospering may be inferred from the fact that
he employs seven salesmen to attend to the
needs of his patrons and personally superintends
every detail of the business. Though thoroughly
recognizing the fact that one's forces must not
be divided, in order to obtain success, and
though first and last a thorough business man,
Mr. Forbes maintains a high standard of the
duties of a citizen and endeavors to perform his
full share in the support of good local govern-
ment. In national affairs, he favors the Demo-
cratic policy, and makes a point of attending all
of the primaries and conventions of the district
and county.

JUDGE WILLIAM H. CULVER.

The Culver family claim an ancient and dis-
tinguished lineage, and are associated with the
remote and dimly remembered history of Eng-
land. Some of their numbers accompanied Wil-
liam the Conqueror from Normandy to England,
and subsequently held positions of trust in the
localities in which they resided. Upon immi-
grating to the Uriited States they became iden-

tified with the early days of Connecticut, and in
addition to tilling the soil, and perfecting them-
selves in various crafts, they fought bravely for
their country when prompted by duty or inclina-
tion. The paternal grandfather, James, was in
the Revolutionary war, and upon being taken
prisoner by the English, made his escape, and
after a long journey barefooted, settled in Sara-
toga county, N. Y.

Judge Culver was born in Saratoga county,
N. Y., and is a son of William Culver, who was
born in Wallingford, Conn., and subsequently
settled in Saratoga county, N. Y. He was a
farmer and contractor during the years of his
activity, and served with distinction in the war
of 1812. The mother of Judge Culver was for-
merly Mary Weeks, who was born, of Welsh
descent, in Saratoga county, N. Y., and was a
daughter of Daniel Weeks, a native of West-
chester county, N. Y. Mrs. Culver died in Jer-
sey City. She was the mother of nine children,
seven sons and two daughters, of whom four
sons and one daughter are living, Judge Culver
being the oldest child.

A graduate of Okley Lyceum, in Saratoga
county, N. Y., connected with Union College in
Schenectady, Judge Culver later studied law
with his brother and was admitted to the bar
in 1849. On Christmas day of 1850 he started
for California via the Panama route, and after
a short sojourn in Cuba, continued his journey
and arrived in the far western clime in the days
of gold. In Tuolumne county he engaged in
mining and in the practice of his profession, and
was for a time recorder of the city of Sonora.
In 1853 he located in San Francisco, and until
1864 was a judge in the different courts of that
city. After a visit of eighteen months to the
east, he returned to San Francisco and remained
until 1879, and from that year until 1881 was in
New York. In the fall of 1882 he took up his
residence in Tucson, and engaged in the general
practice of law. In addition to his other respon-
sibilities Judge Culver has been a United States
commissioner for four years, a justice of the
peace for seven yer.rs, is also a notary public,
and formerly served as county coroner.

In Sonora, Cal., Judge Culver married Kate
B. Towle, who was born in Columbia, Cal. Of
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is in the lumber business in Tucson, and Emma
Louisa, who is attending the University of Ari-
zona. In politics Judge Culver is a strong Re-
publican, and in 1864 was a delegate to the na-
tional Republican convention at Baltimore,
which brought about the second nomination of
Lincoln. He is a past master of the Masonic
Lodge at San Francisco.

IRA HARPER.

Ira Harper, of the firm of Harper & Depee,
dealers in lumber and general merchandise, is
a prominent business man of Clifton and has
been identified with the development of these
southwestern territories for a score of years. A
native of Guthrie county, Iowa, he is a son of
J. M. and Lydia Harper, who are still living,
their present home being on a fine ranch and
fruit farm on the Middle Gila in New Mexico.

Reared in his native place and in Dallas
county, Iowa, until his thirteenth year, Mr.
Harper moved with his family to Van Buren
county, remaining there until March, 1870, then
went to Texas, where for four years he assisted
his father in the operation of a flour mill and
cotton-gin. Later he was employed by other
parties in the same line of occupation some seven
years. In 1881 he located in the Burro moun-
tains, near Silver City, N. M., and during the
next three years devoted his energy to the man-
agement of a saw-mill. For a like period he
then was near Carlisle, N. M., in the same kind
of business, and for the five years which fol-
lowed resided in the vicinity of Pinos Altos,
N. M.

Turning his attention to other channels of
activity, Mr. Harper settled in the upper Gila
valley, and though he continued to operate saw-
mills, gave his chief efforts to the development
of his farm for a period of seven years. In 1895
he came to Arizona and resided at Cold creek
for a couple of years, carrying on a lumber trade
and being busied in the construction of a wagon
road (costing about $1,500) from that point to
Clifton. Of late years he has dwelt in Clifton,
where he has built up an extensive business in
general merchandise. At a cost of over $3,000
he built a wagon road twenty-five miles long
between this place and the H. L. Canon, he

having one mill at the head of that canon, while
another is situated on Squaw creek. One of
these mills he sold in January, 1901. One of
his present enterprises is the building of a forty-
mile road from Morenci to Pine Flat, this work
requiring about $2,000. Personally he owns
considerable valuable property, including a
farm of one hundred and eighty-four acres in
the splendid agricultural region of Erath county,
Tex. On his small ranch near Clifton he is
preparing to plant an orchard of ten acres. He
owns a flock of the valuable Angora goats now
grazing in the H. L. Canon, and doubtless will
make a snug little fortune from this venture.

In 1877 Mn Harper married Miss Clementine
Head, of Erath county, Tex., and December 15,
1896, she passed to the silent land. Their eldest
son, J. M., is engaged in the cattle business in
New Mexico. Frank, the second son, is living
at home, and Perry, five years old, is residing
with his grandparents. Mrs. Nettie Batendolf,
the eldest daughter, lives in Clifton, where her
husband formerly conducted a meat market, and
in addition to this has engaged in the cattle
business. Dora is a student in the Agricultural
College at Mesilla Park, N. M., and Docia, the
youngest daughter, is at home. January 2, 1898,
Mr. Harper married Mrs. Anna Hartwell, of
Clifton. By her first marriage she has one child,
Grace, now in her tenth year, and under the in-
struction of a private tutor.

From his early manhood Mr. Harper has
given his allegiance to the Democratic party.
November 6, 1900, he was honored by being
elected a supervisor of Graham county. In all
of his business, social and domestic relations he
bears a record of which he may justly be proud.
With his accustomed consideration for the pos-
sible needs of the dear ones dependent upon
him he carries a life insurance of some six thou-
sand dollars, five thousand of this being in the
Union Mutual of Maine, and the remainder with
the New York Mutual.

JAMES T. OWENS.

That much-abused term, self-made, applies
with all the force of conviction to J. T. Owens,
one of the most prosperous business men and
large property owners in Safford. On his fa-

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ther's farm in Alabama, where he was born Au-
gust 2, 1854, he was reared to agriculture, and
diligently studied in the public schools. His
parents, David and Jemima (Smith) Owens,
were among the early settlers in Alabama, hav-
ing gone there in 1834. They were born in
North Carolina, and though industrious and
frugal were not in a position to aid their son
when he started out in life for himself. When
twenty-four years of age he left the home sur-
roundings and went to Emporia, Kans., where
he worked by the day at whatever presented it-
self. After a year he went to Mississippi, but
did not there find his anticipated good luck, and
so returned to where his home had formerly
been in Alabama, remaining there until 1886.

Mr. Owens' entry into Arizona was not prolific
of any visible signs of future fortune or success,
for when he alighted from the train at Bowie
he had in his possession the magnificent sum of
one dollar. He soon came overland to Thatcher,
where he worked by the day, and then borrowed
a team of horses, with the aid of which he en-
gaged in peddling farm produce. Here he en-
countered the first streak of good luck, and
found a friend indeed in a Mr. Campbell, of Saf-
ford, who was at the time engaged in a mercan-
tile business. He was impressed with the hon-
esty and ability of his new-found acquaintance,
and, wishing to dispose of his mercantile busi-
ness, sold it to Mr. Owens, taking his personal
word as a guarantee of payment. His faith in
the purchaser of the business never had occasion
to waver, for Mr. Owens became a successful
manager, having charge of the store until within
the last year. By that time he had paid in full
for the business, and was so far ahead that he
purchased in 1892 the only mill in Safford, of
which he still retains a three-fourths interest.
The capacity of the mill is one hundred barrels
a day, and the business conducted there is very
extensive. For years this was the only mill in
the valley, and it ground all of the grain from
Duncan to San Carlos. April i, 1901, Union
Milling Trading Company was incorporated,
with J. T. Owens as general manager. They
conduct a general mercantile business, including
implements of all descriptions, and have taken
Evans, Ellsworth & Co. into the company, rep-
resenting $40,000 capital invested.

For years Mr. Owens has dealt in farm lands,
and now owns one hundred and four acres be-
tween Safford and Thatcher, about a mile and
a half from town. This property is well im-
proved and fenced, and is irrigated throughout.
The farm is divided and rented to two tenants,
and fitted with two brick residences, and all
modern conveniences. The mill company also
own about twenty acres of land on which the
mill is erected, and Mr. Owens is also the owner
of several lots besides that on which his home
is located, eight of which are near the depot.
His home is one of the finest and most modern
and convenient in the town, and is built of a
high grade of pressed brick.

In 1879 Mr. Owens married Lona Ragsdale,
a daughter of John and Margaret Ragsdale, of
Springville, Ala. Of this union there are eight
living children: Ella, who is now Mrs. Madi-
son, of Safford; Cora, who is the wife of A. E.
Jacobson; Dora, who is attending the university
at Tucson; Delia and Viola, who are living at
home and attending the high school; Oance,
who is four years old; J. T., Jr., who is two
years, and Beauregard, an infant. In politics
Mr. Owens votes for the best man, regardless
of party issues. With his family he is a member
of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day
Saints. Mr. Owens is a member of the board of
education for St. Joseph Stake Academy at
Thatcher, the principal normal school of the
territory.

GEORGE C. CLARK.

In the ranks of those who have devoted their
large gifts to a practical and scientific study of
mining in the great west, Mr. Clark occupies a
prominent position. Though young in years
compared with the majority who have been sim-
ilarly regarded, having been born in St. Louis
county, Mo., November 25, 1868, the greater
part of his life has been spent in acquiring a
mastery of every detail of mining, toward which
his earliest aspirations tended. As a mere child
he was taken to Colorado and educated in and
around Denver, where the whole atmosphere
seemed impregnated with the possibilities for
future distinction in developing the stored great-
ness of the hills.

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sought an outlet for his mining propensities in
Colorado, Oregon, and as far north as Juneau,
Alaska, and he worked for seven years in leasing
and developing mines at Leadville. In 1895 he
entered the department of mining engineering
in the University of Missouri, at Rollo, Mo.,
from which he was graduated in 1898. Almost
immediately he sought the center of the greatest
copper interests in the west, and opened an of-
fice in Bisbee, Cochise county, where he rapidly
came to the front as an authority on surveying,
reports on mines, estimates of machinery re-
quired, and all kinds of engineering. There is
also conducted in connection an assay office
which does about all of the local work.

At the present time Mr. Clark is mining en-
gineer and United States mineral surveyor for
Arizona. In addition to his other responsibili-
ties he is extensively interested in mining in
Sonora, Mexico, where he keeps a. corps of as-
sistant prospectors at work all of the time. In
furtherance of the best mining interests of the
territory, he is a member of the American In-
stitute of Mining Engineers.

TURNER ASHBY HAWES.

The fertile environment of Tempe is indus-
triously tilled by men who have known how to
utilize to the utmost the latent qualities of the
soil, and to make of the locality a garden spot,
in place of what was once a dreary desert sweep.
Among the many who have come from different
directions to cast their lot within the borders of
Salt River valley, none is held in higher re-
pute, nor have any applied themselves with more
diligence to the development of the resources
at hand than has Mr. Hawes. In addition to
the cultivation of a farm of one hundred and
sixty acres, he has grasped an opportunity to
cater to the necessity for dairy produce, which
abounds in all well directed communities. In
this undertaking he has met with a large degree
of patronage and appreciation, for his business
methods are honest, and his goods the best pos-
sible procurable. For the supplying of the milk
and cream for his trade he breeds a fine quality
of Shorthorns, and is unusually successful as a
cattle raiser.

Upon first coming to the territory in 1887, Mr.

Hawes resided for a couple of years in Tempe,
where he was engaged in contract work of vari-
ous kinds, including the stacking of hay. He
subsequently returned to his former home in
Missouri, and in the spring of 1891 visited the
far west, and remained in Washington until he
took up his permanent residence in the Salt
River valley in 1892.

The early life of Mr. Hawes was practically
uneventful, and not unlike that of other farm-
reared youth. On his father's farm in Loudoun
county, Va., he was born November 23, 1863,
his parents being Oliver and Alcinda (Lunse-
ford) Hawes, natives of Virginia. The parents
were, during the years of their activity, success-
ful agriculturists, and are at present at Tempe,
resting from the labors of an industrious life.
Their son received a fair education in the public
schools, and when eighteen years of age re-
moved with the family to Jackson county, Mo.,
where he lived until coming to the west.

After removing to Arizona Mr. Hawes mar-
ried, January 6, 1895, Nettie Clay, a native of
New Mexico, and educated in Missouri and Ari-
zona. Mrs. Hawes is a daughter of Thomas and
Alice (Godwin) Clay, at present residing in the
state of Sonora, Mexico. Mr. Clay is engaged
in farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Hawes have been
born two children, Eugene and Thomas W. Mr.
Hawes is a Democrat in national politics, with
independent proclivities. He is interested in all
that pertains to the development of his locality,
and served for one year as a director of the
Tempe Irrigating Canal Company. An inter-
esting and remarkable fact in the history of the
Hawes family is that the two children born to
these people, and themselves, have in all seven
grandparents living at the present time.

EDWARD MORRIS SKINNER.

This successful contractor and builder and
manager of the Arizona Building Company, at
Phoenix, was born at Spanish Fork, Utah, July
20, 1869. His early youth was spent on the
paternal farm in Utah, and the education ac-
quired was that derived at the public schools.
He was an industrious and ambitious lad, and
gave to the plans for the future much thought
and study. When sixteen years of age he went

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to Salt Lake City and learned the plasterer's
trade, and was thus master of a craft for which
there is always an imperative demand. Subse-
quently he worked at his trade in Butte City,
and other towns in Idaho, also in San Francisco,
Los Angeles, and several coast cities. In 1889
he undertook the work of contracting, in which
he has since been successfully engaged.

In 1896 Mr. Skinner became identified with
Arizona, at which time he located at Phoenix,
and at once received the appreciation and pat-
ronage due his painstaking and conscientious
methods of conducting business. As a builder,
contractor, and brick contractor, he carries on
an extended business, not only in the erection
of other people's buildings, but also as regards
independent ventures, and the erection of resi-
dences which he afterwards sells. The Arizona
Building Company is an organization with an
extended influence in building circles, and which
has made itself responsible for much of the en-
terprise and development of the city. It takes
the initiative in developing and building up resi-
dence property, which usually finds a ready mar-
ket. Nor has any particular part of the city
profited by the superior methods of the Arizona
Building Company, for its handiwork is recog-
nizable in all localities, and in all manner and
style of construction. It is to organizations of
this kind that a large part of the progress of
the west is traceable, for buildings are necessary
for all kinds of enterprise, and homes are neces-
sary for the propagators thereof.

In San Francisco, Cal., Mr. Skinner was
united in marriage with Ellen Jane Timilty,
who was born in Indiana. Of this union there
have been three children, Edward M., Jr., Ger-
trude and Irene. In national politics Mr. Skin-
ner is a believer in the principles and issues of
the Republican party, and has been a delegate
to several conventions.

PETER ANDERSEN.

From a stretch of land in the Gila valley cov-
ered with mesquite brush and timber, to one of
the most attract've and remunerative farms ex-
tending from the railroad to within half
a mile of the town of Safford, repre-
sents the untiring efforts of Peter Andersen

to develop and improve a part of the fu-
ture garden spot of Arizona. In the claim
are two hundred and sixty-seven acres, one hun-
dred and sixty of which were homesteaded, the
remainder being the result of a later purchase.
The slope from the railroad is gradual, and the
entire farm may be seen from the track. The
improvements are unexcelled in the valley, and
include a good residence and excellent out-
buildings, besides a picturesque windmill. The
visitor is delighted with the prevailing air of
neatness and thrift which everywhere abounds,
and with the orchards, of which there are two,
with their fruit-bearing trees, and wide summer
shade. Two hundred and twenty acres are used
for the cultivation of alfalfa, and wheat is also
raised extensively. In the peaceful and verdant
meadows graze fine cattle and horses, some of
which belong to the Arizona Copper Company
at Clifton, and which Mr. Andersen has under
his care.

Mr. Andersen had familiarized himself with
the west before coming to Arizona, and was
well-equipped with a general knowledge of busi-
ness and an all-around experience. His life has
turned into various useful channels, of which
agriculture is a representative. He was reared
to this occupation in his youth, in his far-off
native land of Norway, where he was born in
1844. His youth was clouded by the death of
his mother, and in 1866 his father, Andrew An-
dersen, brought his son to America, where they
landed in New York, and settled immediately in
Minneapolis. Here the elder Andersen bought
and sold wheat for a great many years, and the
son learned the trade of carpenter, which he fol-
lowed in Minneapolis until 1873. He. then went
to San Francisco and was in the building busi-
ness until 1877, when the tales of hidden wealth
from the Black Hills attracted him thither, and
for a year he had the opportunity to disprove his
expectations.

In 1879 Mr. Andersen came direct to Safford,
and at the time there were few evidences of
prosperity, and only two business places in the
embryo town. In anticipation of a continued
increase of population he erected a hotel in the
place, the uncertain career of which was alto-
gether ruined by the removal of the county seat.
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then engaged in the cattle business for four
years, and had, in the meantime, purchased the
farm upon which he located in 1889. He was
one of the first white men to take a claim west
of Safford, and the wisdom of his choice of loca-
tion is more than demonstrated by the splendid
developments wrought by his industry. He still
owns the old hotel and a block of ground, which
are but secondary to his other large possessions.

In the matter of mining Mr. Andersen has
been equally fortunate. In 1884 he and James
P. Lindsey discovered what is now called the
Lone Star mining district, which is eight miles
northeast of Safford in the Gila mountains. This
possession has been the cause of continued
trouble, as several of the companies who have
wanted it have failed to produce reliable security.
In the mean time Mr. Andersen and his partner,
Mr. Lindsey, have been working the mine and
shipping ore to El Paso, and a Boston com-
pany have bonded it and already paid down
$8,coo, $i6,oco being the price asked. Besides
this property Mr. Andersen has other land in
the same neighborhood, which promises equally
good results.

In 1872 Mr. Andersen married Isabella
Handy; of this union there are no children. He
is a stanch Republican in politics, but has no
time or inclination for other than a passive in-
terest. Although reared in the Lutheran
faith, he attends the Presbyterian Church, and
has been prominently identified with the best
moral and religious growth of his locality. He
has helped to build three different churches, and
contributes generously toward all that tends to
the best improvement of the community.

CHARLES T. HIRST.

Charles T. Hirst, who has had a number of
years' experience in the southwest as a fruit-
grower and stock-raiser, has been identified with
the interests of Arizona for the past nine years,
and has exercised no slight influence upon its
present and future. In the prime of life, he was
born September 4, 1861, near West Branch,
Cedar county, Iowa. His parents, James and
Anna M. (Steer) Hirst, were natives of Ohio,
and their respective families long have been con-
nected with the Society of Friends, and are of

English descent. Thomas Hirsi, grandfather
of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania and at
an early period settled in Belmont county, Ohio,
where he was occupied in farming. James Hirst,
born on the old homestead in that county, re-
sided there until he was twenty-five years old,
when he removed to Linn county, Iowa. Later
he dwelt in Cedar county, same state, and during
his residence in that section of the Union owned
and improved several farms. In 1885 he went
to San Diego county, Cal., and now, in his sev-
enty-third year, is living retired in Whittier, Cal.
His wife, a native of Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and
daughter of Amos Steer, of Pennsylvania, also
survives. The eldest child of James Hirst and
wife is Mrs. Elizabeth Hampton, of Merced
county, Cal., and the youngest, Mrs. Josephine
Jordan, resides in Whittier, Cal. Mrs. Ellen
Hensler died in Orange county, Cal., and Louis
was killed in Kansas, his death resulting from
his being thrown from his horse. Mrs. Clara
Kenworthy resides in Buckeye, Ariz.

The boyhood of C. T. Hirst was spent in the
quiet pursuits of a farm, and his early homes
were in Cedar and Lyons counties, Iowa, and
in Osage county, Kans. Supplementing his pub-
lic school education by a course at Penn Col-
lege, at Oscaloosa, Iowa, he commenced teach-
ing in Osage county. At the expiration of the
year, or in 1886, he went to California, and,
purchasing a farm at Wildomar, San Diego
county, managed it with success. Two years
subsequently he embarked in the real estate bus-
iness at Wildomar, San Diego county, and also
devoted considerable attention to the raising of
fruit and the management of extensive orchards.

In 1892 Mr. Hirst came to the Salt River
valley and assumed charge of the fine ranch
owned by S. C. Bartlett. This place, compris-
ing an entire section, is situated to the east of
Glendale and has more than a local reputation.
Just half of the land was then devoted to orch-
ards, while the remainder was given up to the
raising of alfalfa and other crops. For five years
Mr. Hirst was at the head of this ranch, after
which period he became the manager of the
Glendale Fruit Company's ranch — a fine tract of
three-quarters of a section, all given up to fruit-
raising. Since the autumn of 1898 Mr. Hirst has
made his home in Phoenix, his residence being

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at No. 614 North Seventh avenue. At the same
time he is operating three hundred and eighty
acres of land, situated on the Buckeye canal,
which affords an abundance of water. He makes
a specialty of raising alfalfa and sorghum, and
also raises and feeds cattle for the markets.

For five yerrs Mr. Hirst has been the presi-
dent of the Glendale Live Stock Association,
and for some time has been an active member
of the board of trade. In the Republican party
he has been an efficient and valued worker, at
one time being a member of the county central
committee, but steadfastly declining public of-
fice. Belonging to the board of stewards of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of this city, he is
earnestly concerned in the work of his denomi-
nation, loyally aiding it in many substantial
ways.

The marriage of Mr. Hirst and Miss Hattie
Spencer took place in Cedar county, Iowa, De-
cember 9, 1887. She is a native of that locality,
the daughter of Ira L. and Martha E. (Pearson)
Spencer, an early settler of Iowa. He was born
in Ohio and now makes his abode in Pasadena,
Cal. A son and daughter bless the union of our
subject and wife, namely: Lewis I. and Helen,
attending school in Phoenix.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HALDERMAN.

This stock-raiser and miner, of Cochise coun-
ty, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 30,
1851, and is a son of Benjamin Y. and Mary
Jane (Dean) Halderman, who were also born
in Pennsylvania. He received a good common-
school education, and a home training which
fitted him for the responsibilities of life. In the
course of time he more definitely prepared for
independence by learning the trade of brass
moldcr, which he subsequently successfully fol-
lowed for seven years.

In 1881 Mr. Halderman came to Arizona and
located at Russelville, at the foot of the Dragoon
mountains, four and one-half miles north of
Dragoon Summit Station, on the Southern Pa-
cific Railroad. At the time the prospects were
not surprisingly promising and there was but
one house in the place. Nothing daunted, this
later recruit to the small colonv went to work-

immediately and built himself a house, and with
high hopes for the future began to raise cattle,
in which he prospered exceedingly. In fact at
the present time the cattle on the Halderman
ranch have no superiors for miles around, the
owner thereof having already had fourteen years
of experience in this particular line of occupation.
Nor are his efforts confined to stock-raising, for
he is a large mine o^ner and numbers among
his possessions such valuable properties as the
Tip Top, Old Glory and Copper Shield mines,
located in the same district as the Peabody mine,
and several others of an equally paying nature.
Mr. Halderman is a machinist and engineer, as
well as practical miner.

. December 24, 1871, Mr. Halderman married
Emma C. Schneider, a daughter of William F.
and Rebecca (Zanes) Schneider, of Bucks coun-
ty, Pa. Of this union there are four children,
viz.: Charles William, who is now carrying on
a freighting business at Cochise; Edmund, who
is superintendent of Summit ranch; B. F., Jr.,
who is in the cattle business; and Ada E., who
is living at home and attending school. In
politics Mr. Halderman is a believer in the prin-
ciples and issues of the Democratic party, but
in local affairs he generally votes for the best
man. He is not an office seeker, but as an enthu-
siast on the subject of education has been in-
duced to serve as a school trustee for the past
fourteen years. Fraternally he is associated with
the Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Chosen
Friend Lodge No. 100, at Philadelphia. Though
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
he is not connected with any church here, as
there is none of that denomination.

SETH J. JOHNSON.

Now one of the enterprising and successful
agriculturists of the Salt River valley, Mr. John-
son came to the territory in 1882, and has since
associated himself with its promise and growth.
The well managed claim of which he is the
owner is located about five and a half miles
southeast of Tempe, and was purchased in 1887.
At that time there seemed but little prospect of
the abundant harvests which have in later years
rewarded the untiring efforts of the owner, for
the land had the appearance of a desert, and its

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stored resources were but a matter of conjec-
ture.

. The life of Mr. Johnson lias been spent within
the boundaries of the far west, and few are more
familiar with the vicissitudes of life as experi-
enced by the pioneers of this part of the coun-
try. He was born in Utah, April 10, 1858, and
is a son of Benjamin F. and Harriet N. (Hoi-
man) Johnson, at the present time residents of
the Salt River valley. In his early days he was
reared to farming pursuits, and also skilled in
the work of the lumberman, which occupation
his father carried on in connection with the
management of his farm. He was fortunate in
being able to obtain a better education than falls
to the lot of the average farm-reared boy, and
was admirably fitted for the future responsibili-
ties of life by studying at a private school, and
by such business experience as chanced his way.
While living in Utah, December 23, 1881, Mr.
Johnson was united in marriage with Polly E.
Richmond, who was born in Utah. Of this
union there have been ten children, viz.: Seth
J. Jr., Ammon L., Genevieve, Seymour, Lorena,
Frank W., Edith, Armanilla (who is deceased),
Georgiana and Atelia Mirth. Mr. Johnson has
overcome many obstacles and discouragements
while making his way in the world, and is a self-
made man in the highest sense of the word. He
is an ardent advocate of the best possible educa-
tion, and contributes much time and money to-
ward furthering the cause of education. He is a
member of the board of education of Maricopa
county. In all other directions towards the up-
building of the locality in which he lives he may
be depended upon to assist to the full extent of
his powers. He and his family are members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
and he is now serving in the high council of the
church in Maricopa county.

GEORGE H. DOE.

The senior member of the firm of Doe &
Parsons, who have their offices on Mesilla street,
near Main, Tucson, is an old settler of southern
Arizona, in point of years of residence, and has
contributed materially to the upbuilding of this
city, numerous structures which he has erected

here being comprised among our best build-
ings.

George H. Doe comes from an early-estab-
lished New England family. His father, William
Doe, a native of Waltham, Mass., has been a
contractor and builder of that place for many
years, and is yet living there, though now re-
tired from active labors. His wife, , Mary,
daughter of James Harrington, both natives of
Watertown, Mass., has passed to the silent land,
but all of their children, two sons and four
daughters, are living. The second in order of
birth, our subject was born July 18, 1845, in
Waltham, Mass., and received a public-school
education. When fifteen years of age he was
apprenticed as a machinist in Boston and served
for three years, also becoming thoroughly famil-
iar with stationary engines. In 1866 he went to
Colorado, and during the next four years en-
gaged in mining on Clear Creek, near Central
City, Black Hawk, Idaho Springs and George-
town. Then he entered the employ of the Santa
Fe narrow gauge railroad, putting in pumps
along the line, and at length, when at Pueblo,
in 1871, he left the company and went to Taos,
N. M., where he spent the winter.

Next, on horseback, with some pack animals,
Mr. Doe came to Tucson and for some time
prospected and mined in southern Arizona. In
the fall of 1872 he commenced the building of
Fort Lowell, and subsequently purchased a
ranch on the Rillto. There fifteen years of his
life passed quietly away, his time being devoted
to the raising of cattle and to the cultivation of
his farm. Since 1888 he has lived in Tucson
and has been occupied in building business
blocks, public edifices and residences. Among
others that might be mentioned it may be stated
that he constructed the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks Block, the Carnegie Public
Library, the Consolidated Bank Building, many
of our principal store buildings and some of the
finest residences in the city. The present firm
of Doe & Parsons has been in existence for the
past four years, and business is in a flourishing
condition. In fraternal relations Mr. Doe is
identified with the Masonic order, the Improved
Order of Red Men and the Woodmen of the
World. In his political affiliation he is a Demo-
crat. He was married in Tucson to Miss Mary

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Valenzula, a native of Sonora, Mexico, and four
sons and a daughter bless their home, namely:
William, Henry, Irving, George and Mary'. The
eldest son, William, is in partnership with his
father, and Henry, the second son, is employed
by them as a carpenter.

Few men have been more closely identified
with the actual upbuilding of one of the most
important cities of Arizona than Mr. Doe, and
the many monuments to his architectural skill
will live after him for years, keeping alive his
name as one of the most progressive and valued
pioneers of the territory.

LEWIS W. COOLEY.

The thrilling early days of Cochise county,
when human lives were rated by the marauders
as less valuable than buckshot, when a grudge
often terminated in the terrible vengeance
wrought by spilled human blood, and when the
passing stage coach was watched by scheming
and envious eyes with ever-present designs upon
the possibly valuable cargo, the peaceful and
law-abiding citizen who lent a dignity of pur-
pose to his life here was obliged to cultivate a
steady nerve and unfaltering purpose, in order
to circumvent the cunning and treachery of
those who desired fortunes, but were unwilling
to work for them along the lines offered in the
locality in mining, agriculture and commerce.
Perhaps no one in the county has more vivid
remembrances of these adventurous times than
has Mr. Cooley, who has lived here for many
years, and the greater part of whose life has been
spent in the outposts of the country.

Near Mendota, 111., eighty miles from -Chi-
cago, on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad, Mr. Cooley was born, May 13, 1854.
His parents, F. L. and Jane (Dodge) Cooley,
were natives respectively of Massachusetts and
Vermont; the latter died about thirty-five years
ago, and the former is now living in Kansas
City. L. W. removed with his parents when
ten years old to Fort Scott, Kans., where he lived
until 1873. He then went to Dallas, Tex., and
later to Fort Worth, remaining there until the
first railroad was built there. Upon moving
west, near El Paso, he had a government posi-
tion as stage driver between Forts Concho and

Davis, and later between Davis and El Paso, on
the Star Route line, for six years. This famous
old stage line was owned by Dick Kerens, now
a noted Republican and prominent business man
of Missouri, and Mr. Cooley's association with
him began when he was himself a stage driver
in moderate circumstances. From El Paso Mr.
Cooley came to Arizona, and drove the stage
between Yuma and Tucson until the railroad
interfered with the usefulness of the stage, and
in 1879 he began to drive between Benson and
Tombstone. The driver who succeeded him to
the position met his death at the hands of ban-
dits, who commanded him to halt, failing which,
he was shot. This stage had $60,000 worth of
treasure, which the robbers failed to get, as the
frightened horses could not be stopped by them,
but continued their mad run into Benson, where
they arrived apparently unharmed.

After this deplorable incident the stage com-
pany offered Mr. Cooley $125 a month to re-
enter their service, but he had in the mean time
entered the employ of E. B. Gage, who was su-
perintendent of the Grand Central mine at
Tombstone, and who refused to let him return.
N. K. Fairbanks was the principal owner of the
Grand Central Mining Company at Tombstone,
and his interest in Mr. Cooley came about in a
strange manner. The Chicago multi-millionaire
wished, one dark and stormy night, to get to his
mines, thirty miles distant, and, having missed
the train, was afraid to start out alone. Mr.
Cooley assured him that he would drive him in
safety and speed to his destination, a feat which
was accomplished in two hours and fifty-five
minutes. This gave Mr. Fairbanks and the party
who accompanied him decided confidence in the
driver's ability and trustworthiness, and was the
means of his employment by the Grand Central
Mining Company for three years.

Mr. Cooley then entered the employ of an
English mine owner at Sonora, Mexico, and
part of the time drove his fancy six-horse rig.
He then assayed for the Tough Nut Mining
Company, at Tombstone, for a year at $100 a
month, and subsequently opened a cigar store,
which was abruptly broken up by the strike. He
was then employed as driver for Mr. Gates, who
is now president of the Congress mine, and in
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years was thus extensively engaged in the Whet-
stone mountains. Upon removing to Benson he
engaged in the cattle business on an even larger
scale, and at the present time has about five
hundred head of cattle on three ranches, two
of which are in the Whetstone mountains, and
one east of Benson. He has erected a comfort-
able home in the town, and is interested in the
building up of the bustling little place. His hos-
pitable home is presided over by Mrs. Cooley,
formerly Carrie W. Tempest, a daughter of I.
W. Tempest, and a native of London, England.
They have a bright child, Lester E., who is at-
tending school in Benson. Mr. Cooley is a
Democrat. His wife is a member of the Episco-
palian Church.

JOSEPH S. FIFIELD.

Prominent among the business men of
Phoenix is numbered the gentleman whose name
introduces this review. He is one of the most
successful and extensive contractors and build-
ers of Arizona, and of his skill many notable
examples are seen throughout the territory. He
was born in Kentucky on the 4th of September,
1858, and is a son of Peter Fifield, a native of
Maine, where the grandfather spent his entire
life. Going to Kentucky in early life the father
married Miss Maria Buckler, who was born
forty miles south of Louisville. Her father,
Richard Buckler, was also born in the Blue
Grass state, and died in Illinois. During the
childhood of our subject his parents removed
to Edgar county, 111., where the father improved
a farm, and meeting with success in his new
home he became the owner of several good
farms. He died there at the age of seventy
years, and the mother passed away at the age
of about seventy-three.

In their family were five children, all of whom
are still living, Joseph S. being next to the
youngest and the only one residing in Arizona.
Riley and Stephen were both members of an Il-
linois regiment during the Civil war. Joseph
S. Fifield was reared on a farm near Paris, Ed-
gar county, 111., and was educated in the district
schools and Grandview University. At the age
of eighteen years he went to western Texas, and
as a cow-boy traveled all over Kansas, Nebraska,
Wyoming and Montana, living in the last three

states from 1879 to 1883. Later he was engaged
in the cattle business in Nevada until coming to
Prescott, Ariz., in 1884.

During his youth Mr. Fifield learned the car-
penter's trade, and at Prescott he engaged in
contracting and building until 1886, when he
went to San Diego, Cal., remaining there two
years. The following two years were spent at
Seattle, Wash., and subsequently he was in Salt
Lake City and other places in the west. In 1893
he came to Phoenix, and has since successfully
engaged in contracting and building at this
place, having been a member of the firm of
Fifield & Gallagher since Friday, December 13,
1897. They also do general contracting and put
in the water and sewer system at Sacaton, be-
sides erecting a number of buildings at that place.
In Phoenix they have built many residences,
the O'Neill Building No. i, and the harness and
manual training buildings at the Indian school.

In Phoenix Mr. Fifield married Mrs. Mary
(Hall) Lewis, a native of New York state, and
they have one child, Rosa. By his ballot Mr.
Fifield supports the men and measures of the
Republican party. He is a member of the Board
of Trade and the Maricopa Club of Phoenix ;
the Odd Fellows Lodge at San Diego ; the Be-
nevolent Protective Order of Elks and the
Ancient Order of United Workmen. By un-
tiring industry and sound judgment he has won
a merited success in his business undertakings,
and is in all respects worthy the high regard in
which he is held by his fellow-men.

T. W. CHAMBERLAIN.

One of the most successful and public-spirited
citizens of Phoenix is the president and manager
of the T. W. Chamberlain Lumber Company.
Born in Keokuk, Iowa, May 10, 1858, he is a son
of Edwin A. and Celeta Chamberlain, both de-
scendants of old eastern families. As is gener-
ally known, many of the Chamberlains took an
active part in the colonial history of New Eng-
land, and the family was well represented in the
war of the Revolution and in the second war
with the mother country. The father of our sub-
ject was born in Salem, Mass., and in his early
manhood became one of the pioneers of Keo-
kuk, Iowa, where he was engaged in the manu-

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facturing of carriages for a number of years.
He also took large contracts for saddles and
similar supplies for the government, and was
noted for his enterprise and integrity. In re-
ligion he was a Presbyterian and fraternally a
Mason. At the age of sixty-five he was sum-
moned to his reward. His wife, who was born
in Jacksonville, 111., was a member of a pioneer
family of that state. Only three of the eight
children of Edwin A. Chamberlain and wife sur-
vive, namely: T. W.; Horace W., a prosperous
druggist of Alton, 111., and Arthur, who is asso-
ciated with a newspaper published in Keokuk,
Iowa. Frank, who was a conductor on the Santa
Fe, was killed in a railroad wreck near Prescott,
Ariz.

T. W. Chamberlain obtained an excellent pub-
lic school education, and soon after completing
his higher studies entered the office of the "Gate
City," one of the oldest Republican newspapers
of Keokuk and of that portion of Iowa. Steadily
rising from one position to another until he was
assistant manager of the paper, he remained
there until 1878, when he went to Peoria, 111.,
and became the manager of the Peoria "Tran-
script." At the end of three years' service in
that capacity he associated himself with the
great fire insurance firm, Gale & Co., of Min-
neapolis, Minn. For a score of years he was ac-
counted one of their most valuable men, and in
the capacity of manager had numerous large re-
sponsibilities.

In October, 1896, Mr. Chamberlain came to
Phoenix, and, buying out the old Saginaw lum-
ber yard, embarked in business on the same site,
Second and Jackson streets. July 10, 1899,
the T. W. Chamberlain Lumber Company was
incorporated, with a capital stock of $20,000,
and today the firm enjoys the patronage of the
majority of the public of this locality. Over a
quarter of the block occupied by the yards is
under cover, large sheds and warehouses having
been built for the protection of fine lumber and
building material, lime, cement and builder's
hardware. By characteristic enterprise the head
of the firm has met the demands of the trade
and has won the confidence of his patrons. Per-
sonally, he owns five acres of land near the In-
dian school, just outside of the city limits of
Phoenix. There he has made substantial im-

provements, built a comfortable modern resi-
dence, and makes a specialty of raising every
variety of fruit which can be successfully grown
in this locality.

While in Minneapolis Mr. Chamberlain was
united in marriage with Miss Lillian G. Parry,
whose birthplace is in La Crosse, Wis. Her fa-
ther, Uriah Parry, was one of the most prosper-
ous wholesale druggists of his section at the time
of his death, and by his superior talents had be-
come extremely popular in the community. Just
on the threshold of his mature career, when but
twenty-two years of age, he was killed by an
explosion of muriatic acid. Mr. and Mrs. Cham-
berlain are the parents of one daughter, Marian
Grace, now attending the Ramona Convent in
California. The family is identified with the
Episcopal Church.

Every movement tending to advance the in-
terests of Phoenix finds an ardent friend in our
subject, who is connected with the board of
trade and the Maricopa Club. In political faith
he is a stanch Republican, and in the line of his
business he belongs to the Phoenix Lumber
Men's Association.

ELLING OLSEN.

Norway has sent many of her industrious and
capable sons to different parts of America, and
nowhere are their sterling and substantial na-
tional traits better appreciated than in the Salt
River valley. Here they have helped to develop
the latent riches of the soil, and to make for
themselves a home amidst the most promising
surroundings of the great southwest. In 1882
Mr. Olsen first came to the territory, and so
great lias been his success that he owns a whole
section of land eight miles southeast of Tempe,
and carries on extended general-farming and
stock-raising enterprises.

In the mountainous little country of Norway-
Mr. Olsen was born, April 4, 1862. His parents
were natives of the same country, and while
their son remained under the family roof, he was
instructed in the ways of carrying on a farm.
When thirteen years old he joined the navy and
went to sea in the Norwegian merchant marine,
and for several years was a wanderer upon the
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ings he visited the East and West Indies and
Australia, and many other remote parts of the
earth, accumulating in the mean time a large
general fund of useful information. In 1882 his
wanderings terminated in Arizona, he having
immigrated to America in the beginning of that
year.

Mrs. Olsen was formerly Christina Johanesen,
a native of Norway, and a daughter of Johanes
and Annie (Hansen) Johanesen. To Mr. and
Mrs. Olsen have been born four children, three
of whom are living: Anton E., John O., and
Charles O. Albert is deceased. Mr. Olsen is a
Republican in politics, and is progressive and
enterprising, and is regarded as an acquisition
to the locality which has benefited by his untir-
ing efforts as an agriculturist.

GEORGE H. WILSON.

As transportation agent for the United States
Mr. Wilson has at times lived in several of
the western cities, and is familiar with the hard-
ships and advantages of a residence in what may
be termed the outposts of civilization. A na-
tive of far-off Maine, he was born at Orono,
near Bangor, in 1858, and is a son of Oliver M.
and Harriet Fayette (Weeks) Wilson. His edu-
cational advantages were excellent. He was
graduated from the high school at Orono and
for two and a half years attended the University
of Maine in Orono.

Into an otherwise uneventful youth came the
opportunity most desired of acquiring indepen-
dence. An uncle, George H. Weeks, was at the
time chief quartermaster of the department of
Arizona, with headquarters near Prescott, and
he offered his nephew a position there as clerk.
Needless to state, this was a prized and readily-
accepted chance, and he became the quartermas-
ter's assistant at Maricopa, Ariz., Los Angeles,
Cal., Phoenix and Willcox, Ariz., he being now
located in Willcox, where he has charge of the
work of transporting supplies to Fort Grant. In
addition to his government position, Mr. Wilson
has been variously interested in affairs in Ari-
zona, and for ten years was interested in farm-
ing in the Salt River valley near Phoenix, and
did a large business in cattle and horses. He

also owns mining claims at Dos Cabezos and in
the Rincon mountains.

April 6, 1901, Mr. Wilson organized the San
Ygnacio Copper Mining Company, associating
with him H. A. Morgan and W. F. Nichols, of
Willcox. Their property is located in the Rin-
con mountains, in Cochise county, eighteen
miles from Mescal. At this writing (1901) Mr.
Wilson is organizing a company for the devel-
opment of his property at Dos Cabezos, and in
New Mexico, being associated with George W.
Bibbens, of Kansas City, George W. Cass, of
Chicago, and Mr. Indalid, of Binghamton, N. Y.

The marriage of Mr. Wilson and Miss Julia
S. King, of Jersey City, occurred in December
of 1890. Of this union there are two children:
Alice, who is nine years of age; and George B.,
who is five. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members
of the Episcopal Church and contribute gener-
ously toward the support of the same.

In national politics a stanch Republican, Mr.
Wilson is a decided party man and has always
maintained an interest in local politics. Fra-
ternally he is connected with the Ancient Order
of United Workmen. He is one of the reliable
and substantial members of the community, and
has the good will and respect of all who know
him.

ADONIRAM J. HEAD.

One of the early pioneers of Prescott is this
well-known citizen, who arrived here in 1876.
By persistent industry and concentration of pur-
pose, he has justly earned the financial success
which he today enjoys, and at the same time he
has ever been mindful of his duties of citizen-
ship, and has performed them faithfully.

D. J. and Virginia (Stubblefield) Head, par-
ents of A. J. Head, were natives of Georgia and
Alabama, respectively. The father, who was of
English-Welsh descent, was the owner of a plan-
tation in Alabama, and when the Civil war was
in progress he enlisted in one of the regiments
of his state and died while in the service. Doubt-
less from his maternal grandfather, George
Stubblefield, A. J. Head inherited his natural
aptitude for machinery, for that ancestor, as well
as all of his sons, were engineers and expert ma-
chinists. Mrs. Head died at her old Alabama
home, and all of her four children survive.

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

The subject of this article was born near
Union Springs, Ala., March 18, 1848, and was
reared upon the old plantation. He received
his early education in the primitive country
schoolhouses of the place and period. In 1870
he joined his uncle, George Stubblefield, who
owned a lumber mill at Troy, Ala., and under
his supervision mastered the business of a saw-
yer and stationary engineer. After this appren-
ticeship of two or more years he went into the
shops of the Montgomery & Eufaula Railroad,
and in 1873 went to Florida, where he worked
in sawmills until the spring of 1876.

Desiring to behold the great and enterprising
west, Mr. Head made a journey to San Fran-
cisco, there took a steamer bound for the sea-
port of Los Angeles, and thence proceeded by
rail to Colton, Cal., where he became a passen-
ger in a stage coach coming to Prescott. That
summer he assisted in the task of making hay
with a hoe, as it was done in those days, his
employer being a government contractor. In
September the young man returned from the
Verde to Prescott, and for several months was
employed in a brickyard. When the Clipper
Mills at Hassayampa were started he applied for
a position as a sawyer, and on October 18, 1876,
became an employe of J. G. Wiley, with whom
he continued two years. Then for nearly six
years he was sawyer and foreman for the firm of
Clark & Adams, in their different mills.

Having husbanded his earnings until a good
opportunity opened for embarking in business
on his own account, Mr. Head purchased the old
"Jeff Davis" ranch, twelve miles south of Pres-
cott, and about a year later, in 1885, sold the
place. Then he was engineer in a mine for a
few months, after which he took charge of a saw-
mill for the Walnut Grove Water Storage Com-
pany.

Appointed postmaster of Prescott in 1886 by
President Cleveland, Mr. Head assumed his of-
fice February 10, 1887, and for four years faith-
fully discharged his duties. When J. W. Archi-
bald was appointed as his successor, Mr. Head
was made deputy by him, and continued as as-
sistant postmaster until 1893, when he resigned.
During the following three years he was en-
gaged in the real estate and brokerage business,
and in 1896 started a small planing-mill and

commenced dealing in lumber. Later, he built
his present substantial mill, equipping it with a
twenty-horse power boiler and fifteen-horse
power engine. In addition to general mill work,
he manufactures moldings, sash, doors and
builder's supplies. A large stock of lumber is
kept on hand, and a wholesale and retail trade
of large proportions has been built up by the
enterprising proprietor. In 1899 he erected the
postorfice building, and in addition to the hand-
some residence on Cortez street, which he built
for his family, he owns other residence and busi-
ness property in this city. Since 1887 he has
carried on a piano and organ business, making
a specialty of renting them. All of his enter-
prises are flourishing, and to himself only does
he owe his business success.

The marriage of Mr. Head and Miss Susie
Tighe, a native of Ellenburg, Grant county, Wis.,
took place in Prescott, September 10, 1884.
They have one child, Viva G. Mrs. Head's fa-
ther, Thomas Tighe, a native^ of Ohio, was a
pioneer farmer of Wisconsin, and her brother,
Hubert, now of Flagstaff, came to Arizona in
1874 and was long engaged in mining enter-
prises. Mrs. Head was educated at the Platte-
ville (Wis.) State Normal, and in the fall of 1882
came to this territory, taught the first school at
Ash Fork, the first on Groom creek, also the
first one at Agua Fria. Thus, she, too, is a pio-
neer of Arizona, and within her recollection
notable changes have taken place here.

For three years Mr. Head was a school trustee
and also acted for a period as clerk of the board.
Fraternally he is a past officer of the Odd Fel-
lows Lodge and also of the Encampment, and of
the lodge of the Woodmen of the World. In
politics he is a stalwart Democrat.

GEORGE H. CLAYSON.

The fertility and promise of the Salt River
valley have been utilized in a substantial manner
by Mr. Clayson, who, as proprietor of the well-
known Arizona Nurseries, has realized many of
his expectations as to the adaptability of the soil
for his interesting occupation. The nurseries,
located about five miles east of Phoenix, are the
pride of their owner, and a credit to the locality
in which they are situated. The ranch of which

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they are a part is eighty acres in extent, forty-
seven acres being under various kinds of fruits,
and the balance under nursery stock and or-
anges. Here, under the bright skies, and in
close proximity to the sun-kissed land of Califor-
nia, this student of the intricacies and possibili-
ties of nature and her soil pursues an unrelenting
research, remote from commercial strife, and in
touch with the best things of life. Mindful of
the comfort and convenience of the tourist pub-
lic, Mr. Clayson has erected on his land a com-
modious and well-equipped private hotel, called
the Homeside Park Hotel, which is sure to meet
with the appreciation of the traveling element.

The Clayson family comes of old New Eng-
land stock, and his paternal grandfather, Reu-
ben, served with courage and distinction in the
war of the Revolution. George H. Clayson was
born in Steuben county, N. Y., November 22,
1833, and is a son of Benjamin and Eliza (Sal-
mon) Clayson, natives of New York. On his
father's farm he was reared to habits of industry
and thrift, nor was his education neglected, for
he studied in the public schools and in the acad-
emy at Bath, N. Y. Upon attaining his majority
and starting out in the world for himself, he
became interested in a mercantile venture at
Avoca, N. Y., and after several years continued
the mercantile business in Chicago, for a period
of seven years. After removing to Crystal Lake,
III., he entered upon the work which has since
claimed his devoted attention, and developed a
large fruit-growing industry, by far the most
extensive in that state. At the time he was the
largest grower of raspberries in America. Dur-
ing the forty years of his residence in Illinois
Mr. Clayson became identified with the various
enterprises of the localities in which he lived,
and was particularly influential from an educa-
tional and religious standpoint. For a quarter
of a century he served as Sunday-school super-
intendent at Crystal Lake and Palatine, in both
of which places he resided after leaving Chicago.
For a time he was part owner of the Crystal
Lake canning and preserving works. In 1888 he
took up his permanent residence in Salt River
valley, and has come to regard it as a field for
continued prosperity.

By the union of Mr. Clayson and Martha A.
Harris, of Palatine, 111., there are three children:

Frank H.; Daisy J., who is the wife of Henry
Millholland; and G. Roy. Mr. Clayson is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at
Phoenix, and as one of the official board is ac-
tively interested in the affairs of the church.
Fraternally he is associated with the Masonic
order.

EDWARD HALE.

One of the most active and efficient members
of the Tucson city council is Edward Hale, who
was elected by his Democratic friends to this
honorable body in 1898. He is the chairman of
the fire committee and belongs to the commit-
tees having in charge the streets, building and
land questions. He also is identified with the
Tucson Hook & Ladder Company No. i, and
in innumerable ways has expressed the genuine
interest which he takes in everything pertaining
to the welfare of this city.

The ancestors of our subject, on both sides
of the family, belonged to the Society of
Friends. The Hales were Pennsylvanians back
to the time of William Penn. Thomas S., father
of Edward Hale, was born in Philadelphia, and
was a member of the successful firm of Brown
& Hale, furriers and hatters. It is said that
Thomas S. Hale was the first man who ever
manufactured a fur hat in the United States,
and the first engaged in dyeing fur in this
country. His wife, whose maiden name was
Frances Bromley, also was a native of Phila-
delphia, and both passed their entire lives in
that city. They were the parents of five sons
and one daughter.

The third in order of birth was Edward Hale,
born April 30, 1860, in the "Quaker City." He
was reared to maturity there and mastered the
trade of a painter. At the age of eighteen he
went to New York City and was employed at
his calling there and in Boston, Providence, R.
I., Buffalo, N. Y., Chicago, 111., and Butte City,
Mont., until 1879. Then he went to the Pacific
coast and found plenty of employment in Seattle,
Tac-oma and Portland. In 1881 he went to San
Francisco, thence proceeded to Los Angeles,
Cal., and in 1882 came to Arizona, locating in
Prescott, where he took contracts for painting.
In 1883 he was similarly occupied in Tempe,
Ariz., and from 1884 to 1890 was in Phoenix,

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where he found no dearth of work. Since 1890
he has been a resident of Tucson, where he has
executed some of the finest contract painting
performed in this period. Among other build-
ings of note which he has decorated are the ca-
thedral, the University building, St. Joseph's
Academy and the Indian School, the old hos-
pital, the opera-house, the court-house and
numerous business buildings and residences of
the best class. In the meantime he has been
the proprietor of a store in which a fine supply
of paints and wall-paper is kept in stock. xln
1897 he opened a carriage painting shop, and
now transacts the largest business in this line
in southern Arizona. Like most of the wide-
awake citizens of this territory he has made
investments in mining property.

Needless to say, Mr. Hale is a great worker
in the interests of the Democratic party, and
formerly was a member of the county central
committee. Fraternally he is connected with
the Improved Order of Red Men and with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. For a wife
he chose Miss Julia DeBoud, their marriage tak-
ing place in Tucson in March, 1897. She is a
native of Los Angeles, Cal., and is the mother
of a daughter, Henriette.

WHITFIELD T. CUMMINGS.

Much of the prosperity which the dwellers of
Salt River valley now enjoy is due to the un-
tiring pioneer efforts of men like Mr. Cum-
mings, who worked to substantiate a splendid
faith in the possibilities of their surroundings
and to build up a home for themselves and for
their children, and their children's children.
Under their indulgent care the soil, long inured
to inactivity, was made to give up its stored
excellence, and to yield abundant harvests; and
where was once a desert of intimidating aspect,
and scant inducement for labor, the cattle now
peacefully graze and multiply, under bright
skies, and with plenty of artificially procured
water. In this work of transformation which
has so amazed the surrounding states and terri-
tories Mr. Cummings has contributed his share,
and is entitled to the gratitude and appreciation
of latter-day residents.

In his native county of Jackson, Mo., Mr.

Cummings was born November 23, 1849, and is
a son of John and Mary (Barnett) Cummings,
born respectively in Kentucky and Missouri.
On his father's farm in Jackson county, Whit-
field T. Cummings was reared to an appreciation
of the dignity and usefulness of an agricultural
life, and received a fair education in the public
schools. In 1868 he was united in marriage
with Elizabeth Cosner, a native of West Vir-
ginia, and of this union there have been eleven
children, nine of whom are living: Mrs. Fisher
Bailey, Mrs. Charles Austin, Mrs. Carl Keller,
Mollie, Hattie, Lucy, Ethel, John A. and Edwin.
Mr. Cummings came to Arizona in 1877, and
has resided in the Salt River valley up to the
present time. The ranch which has for so many
years been the object of his care is located near
Tempe, and is one hundred and twenty acres in
extent. It was acquired under the homestead
act, and has been developed from an arid waste
to its present remunerative condition. With the
various enterprises for the development of the
locality he has been wisely and substantially in-
terested, and in the matter of water development
especially has brought to bear much study and
thought. For several years he has served as a
director of the Western Branch of the Tempe
canal. As a broad-minded member of the Dem-
ocratic party he has rendered his party valuable
service, and for a number of years has been a
school trustee of district No. 12. He has also
been road-overseer of district No. 3, Maricopa
county, and is still holding the same position.
Fraternally he is associated with the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows and the United Mod-
erns, at Tempe. A typical pioneer, he possesses
the reliable traits of mind and character which
insure excellent citizenship and the fundamental
growth of localities. He is esteemed by all who
are privileged to know him, and is respected for
his integrity and honesty of purpose.

CLINTON CAMPBELL.

As an unusually successful contractor and
builder Mr. Campbell has been enabled to realize
many of his glowing expectations in regard to
life in the territory, and more especially in
Phoenix, where his skillful handiwork is seen in
many of the prominent residences and public

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buildings. It is doubtful if any who are engaged
in a similar line of work have received more
gratifying evidences of appreciation than has
he, and it may be doubted, too, if they keep in
closer touch with the advancement in their oc-
cupation as developed in the great building
centers of the world.

The ancestral home of the Campbells is Scot-
land, and when some of their numbers decided
to come to America they settled in the Caro-
linas. They were loyalists, however, and during
the Revolution removed to Canada and settled
on a grant of land from Scotland in Prince Ed-
ward Island. The paternal grandfather, Archi-
bald, lived in Prince Edward Island, and
married a Miss McDonald. He was a member
of the Presbyterian Church, and lived to be
ninety-six years of age. To a degree Mr. Camp-
bell inherits his special ability as a builder and
contractor, his father, Donald, who was also
born in Prince Edward Island, having been a
builder during his years of activity. He was
.interested especially in the construction of
wharves and breakwaters, and in addition,
owned and managed a large farm. He lived to
be seventy years old. His wife, formerly Jane
McGregor, was born in Perth, Scotland, and
was a daughter of William McGregor, also born
in Scotland, but during his later years a resident
of Canada. William McGregor was a clergyman
in the Presbyterian Church, a man of wide
knowledge and a profound scholar and writer.
Mrs. Campbell died in Canada. She was the
mother of six children, two sons and four daugh-
ters, of whom one daughter is deceased.

Clinton Campbell is the youngest in his
father's family and the only one in the United
States. He was reared on a farm in Prince
Edward Island, and received his education from
the public schools. When sixteen years of age
he began to learn the carpenter's trade under his
father's able instruction, and in 1886 went to
Denver, Colo., where for three years he was em-
ployed in the planing mill of McPhee & Mc-
Ginity. Subsequently he worked independently
at his trade in Denver, and in 1891 located in
Phoenix, which has since been the scene of his
successful efforts.

Among the many buildings erected by Mr.
Campbell may be mentioned the Territorial

Xormal School at Tempe, several buildings of
the United States Industrial School at Phoenix,
O'Neill building No. 2, the Hickey building, the
Indian school and several business blocks at
Yuma, several business buildings at Mesa, and
some of the finest residences in Phoenix. He
also did some carpenter work on the Fleming
block. Mr. Campbell has built several resi-
dences for himself in Phoenix, and is living in a
commodious and comfortable structure at No.
515 North Fourth avenue. He is variously in-
terested in the enterprises which make for the
development of the town of his adoption, and
is a stockholder and director of the Alhambra
Brick Company, a large brick manufacturing
concern. He is a member of the Board of
Trade, and is fraternally associated with the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, and with
the Knights of Pythias.

In Denver, Colo., December 25, 1890, Mr.
Campbell married Lena Rowen, who was born
in Nodaway county, Mo. Her father, Nelson
Rowen, is a native of Indiana, and a farmer and
builder. At a very early day he settled in Col-
orado, near Caiion City, and later removed to
Denver. He is now living on his farm near
Fowler, Colo. His wife, Elizabeth (Amos)
Rowen, was born in Kentucky, and was the
third youngest in a family of nine children. To
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have been born two
children, George W. and Frank L.

C. J. HALL.

One of the soundest financial institutions in
the country is the Phoenix National Bank, of
which C. J. Hall is a controlling genius, and,
as cashier, has had much to do with shaping the
destiny of one of the landmarks and principal
developers of this most wonderful city.

A native of Charlotte, Mich., Mr. Hall was
born October i, 1866. His father, Charles A.
T. Hall, was born in Ohio, and died at the early
age of twenty-three years. He was a merchant
at Charlotte, and a musician of more than ordi-
nary ability. The paternal grandfather, Dr.
Joseph P. Hall, a native of Rumney, N. H., and
a graduate of Dartmouth College, for many
years was a prominent member of the profes-
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his death in 1863. As early as 1841 he took up
his residence in Charlotte, when there were but
a few straggling settlers as forerunners of later
prosperity, and courageously faced the depriva-
tions incident to all pioneer life. In 1845 he
built a residence in the embryo town when there
were scarcely enough men to complete the
structure. He was a prominent Democrat, but
invariably refused the local offices within the
gift of the people, and devoted all of his time
to the practice of his profession. He was proud
of a distinguished lineage, and some of his
ancestors served with courage and fidelity in
the war of the Revolution. The mother of C.
J. Hall was formerly Laura Lacey, a daughter
of E. D. Lacey, a native of New York, and a
merchant, first in New York, and later in
Kalamo, Mich. He was prominent in the
political affairs of his locality, and served as
registrar of deeds of Eaton county, Mich. Mrs.
Hall is a sister of Hon. E. S. Lacey, ex-comp-
troller of the currency, ex-member of congress,
the "father" of the postal savings bank bill, and
now president of the Bankers' National Bank of
Chicago. The Lacey family originally settled
in Vermont upon coming to America, and later
removed to New York. Mrs. Hall is living at
the present time with her son, C. J. Hall.

Mr. Hall received a common-school educa-
tion. When he was fifteen years of age he
became office boy in the First National Bank
of Charlotte, of which Mr. Lacey was the con-
trolling power. With commendable aptitude he
rapidly advanced to a general knowledge of the
banking business, and at the time of his removal
to the far west was assistant cashier. While
living in Charlotte he married Jessie Ainger,
who was born at Napoleon, Ohio, a daughter of
Gen. D. B. Ainger, formerly postmaster at
Washington, D. C., and for many years prom-
inent in the affairs of Michigan. During the
Civil war General Ainger served in the same
regiment with William McKinley, and was later
adjutant-general of Michigan. The mother of
Mrs. Hall was Fannie (Rhodes) Ainger, a
daughter of Joshua Rhodes, of Napoleon, Ohio,
and from a family resident on the eastern shore
of Maryland. General Ainger makes his home
in Chicago.

The Phoenix National Bank, with which Mr.

Hall is associated as vice-president, was organ-
ized April 20, 1892, with James A. Fleming
president, and E. J. Bennett cashier. February
25, 1895, a controlling interest was purchased
by F. S. Belcher, of Charlotte, Mich.; D. M.
Ferry and C. C. Bowen, of D. M. Ferry & Co.,
the Detroit (Mich.) seedmen; Simon J. Murphy,
of Detroit, and others more or less prominent
in financial circles. F. S. Belcher was elected
president, and C. J. Hall, formerly assistant
cashier of the First National Bank, of Char-
lotte, Mich., was elected cashier. The deposits
at that time were $265,737.53, and loans
$127,464.53. Mr. Belcher died November i,
1896, and in the following April E. B. Gage,
president of the Congress Gold Company, was
elected his predecessor. In January, 1898, C. J.
Hall was elected vice-president, and E. B. Knox
promoted to the position of cashier. Mr. Hall
served as vice-president until January II, 1901,
at which time he was elected cashier. The bank
has among its stockholders and directors some
of the most widely known heads of financial con-
cerns in the country, and among the former may
be mentioned D. M. Ferry, of D. M. Ferry &
Co., seedmen ; C. C. Bowen of the same firm ;
Simon J. Murphy, the wealthy lumberman; John
T. Shaw, cashier of the First National Bank, all
of Detroit, Mich.; F. S. Belcher, of the First
National Bank, Charlotte, Mich.; Hon. E. S.
Lacey, president of the Bankers' National Bank,
of Chicago, 111.; A. G. Hubbard, of Redlands,
Cal., and others equally well known. The pres-
ent board of directors are E. B. Gage, J. A.
Fleming, G. B. Richmond, T. W. Pemberton,
F. M. Murphy, D. M. Ferry, B. Hey man, A. N.
Gage and C. J. Hall. Deposits were at the last
public statement $780,153.34, and loans and dis-
counts, $405,013.61 ; available cash and due from
other banks, $428,692.80; surplus and undivided
profits, $43,847.52; capital, $100,000, and total
footings nearly $1,000,000.

In addition to the responsibilities incident to
the vice-presidency of the Phoenix National
Bank, Mr. Hall holds many other important
positions in the community, and has been iden-
tified with most of the forward movements for
the upbuilding of the locality. He is vice-presi-
dent of the Arizona Water Company, a director
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director of the board of trade. He is a member
of the American Bankers' Association, the
Maricopa Club, and the Athletic Club. In poli-
tics he is affiliated with the Republican party,
and is a stanch upholder of its principles and
issues. Fraternally lie is associated with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He repre-
sents the best and most progressive element in
Phoenix, and too much cannot be said of his
many fine and sterling traits of character,
whether viewed from a business or social stand-
point.

LeROY F. HILL.

The subject of water supply in Arizona has
engaged the most serious thought and attention
of many of the dwellers in localities dependent
upon artificial irrigation, and their various solu-
tions of the problem have been the means of re-
claiming the lands from sterility. Among the
number who have been actively interested in
the subject may be mentioned LeRoy F. Hill,
secretary of the Tempe Irrigating Canal Com-
pany. Upon first coming to the territory, in
1885, he resided for a time with his parents at
Mesa, and then removed with them to a farm in
the vicinity of Tempe. In 1888 he came to the
town of Tempe, and attended the public schools,
later graduating from the Territorial Normal
School at this place. In 1895 his association
with the Tempe Irrigating Canal Company be-
gan and subsequently he became secretary of the
concern and of its branches, which position he
still holds.

Assuming yet another responsibility in 1896,
Mr. Hill became proprietor of a store, which
contained a full line of sporting goods and bi-
cycles, as well as a complete repairing outfit. Of
this business he continued to be the head until
December, 1899, when it was merged into the
Bicycle Electric Plumbing Company, of which
he has since been the secretary. The company
has met with gratifying success and is looking
forward to still greater returns in the future. In
March, 1901, he was the prime mover in the
organization of the Tempe Hardware and Sup-
ply Company, which absorbed the hardware
business of F. W. Holsapple, and that of the
Bicycle Electric Plumbing Company. This com-
pany has a paid-up capital of $10,000 and is com-

posed of some of the best-known business men
in town. Mr. Hill is the principal stockholder
of the company and is officially connected with
the same as secretary and manager.

In Dunnville, Haldimand county, Ontario,
Mr. Hill was born, July 12, 1876, and is a son of
Mclvin G. and Ella (Page) Hill, natives of New
York state, the latter now deceased. The father
is station agent at Tempe for the Maricopa &
Phoenix & Salt River Valley Railroad. When
a small child LeRoy F. Hill was taken by his
parents to Passaic, N. J., and he was only four
years old when the family settled in Durango,
Colo., where they made their home for a number
of years. A later place of residence was Bloom-
ington, N. M., and from there they came to Ari-
zona in 1885. It will thus be seen that Mr. Hill
has been a resident of this territory since boy-
hood. He represents the most progressive and
substantial of the young business men in his sec-
tion of the- territory. In national politics he is a
Republican and maintains a warm interest in the
issues of his party. June 30, 1900, he was united
in marriage with Alma Virginia George, a native
of Missouri, and a daughter of Benjamin J.
George, of Tempe.

EUGENE S. L. JACKSON.

The name of Mr. Jackson will ever be asso-
ciated with the growth and prosperity of Ari-
zona, and especially will he be remembered
because of his particular interest in the construc-
tion of the Buckeye canal. As early as February
17, 1877, in company with his father and two
men, named Wylie and Hughes, they found and
purchased a suitable location for the canal,
which, however, was not started before 1884.
At this time they raised the money through
forming a stock company, of which Mr. Jackson
was secretary and treasurer, and the elder Jack-
son president. For the carrying on of their
plans, they utilized the underflow of the Gila
river, and devoted their combined energy and
money to redeeming a part of the territory,
which is now indebted to the earnest efforts of
these far-sighted pioneers for its abundant har-
vests and well-tilled farms. The canal is thirty-
six miles long, and supplies water sufficient for

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all demands of the surrounding farmers. In this
enterprising undertaking Mr. Jackson still re-
tains an interest, and is himself one of the prin-
cipal beneficiaries of his own forethought. Aside
from the responsibility which he discharges as
chief engineer of the Phoenix Ice Company's
plant, Mr. Jackson has a finely improved farm of
three hundred and twenty acres, two and a half
miles from Sidney, where are conducted large
general farming and stock-raising interests. An
additional source of responsibility is the copper,
silver and gold mining enterprise in Yuma coun-
ty, Ariz., in which he has for a long time been
engaged.

A native of Edgerton, Wis., Mr. Jackson was
born in 1858, and is a son of M. M. Jackson,
born in the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio. The pa-
ternal grandfather, Seward Jackson, came to
Montgomery county, Ohio, when a boy of sev-
enteen, where he became successfully interested
in dairy-farming, and where he died. He was
a first cousin of Andrew Jackson, and married
a member of the prominent Roberts family, of
Pennsylvania. M. M. Jackson was the only son
in his father's family, and was reared in his native
state of Ohio. Upon coming west to Wiscon-
sin he learned the trade of carpenter, and after-
wards worked at his trade in Ohio. During the
Civil war he served with courage in an Ohio
regiment. When his son, Eugene, v was eight
years old, the family removed to Macon City,
Mo., where the father engaged as a builder and
contractor, and later made quite a success of
tobacco raising near Mendon, Mo. Owing to
failing health, Mr. Jackson was obliged to seek
a change of occupation and climate, and in
search of renewed health traveled for four years
through the south and west. In 1876 he drifted
to -Arizona, and in Prescott followed his old oc-
cupation of contracting and building, which has
since engaged his time and ability. His associa-
tion with the Buckeye canal began in 1877, and
in this undertaking of utility and magnitude his
efforts go hand in hand with those of his son.
Mr. Jackson is now living two and a half miles
from Phoenix. His wife, formerly Amelia
Thompson, was born in Middletown, Butler
county, Ohio, and is a daughter of Samuel
Thompson, a descendant of an old Virginia fam-
ily. Mrs. Jackson is the mother of two sons and

five daughters, of whom one daughter is de-
ceased.

Until 1866 Eugene Jackson lived in Ohio,
and made the most of the limited educational
opportunities that came his way. As a means
to future independence he learned the trade of
blacksmith and wagon-maker, which he success-
fully carried on until 1875. He was filled with
early ambitions which he sought to gratify in
the far west, and crossed the plains via Colo-
rado and New Mexico to Arizona. Here he
found a small village where has since grown the
promising city of Prescott, and secured employ-
ment in a sawmill in the vicinity of the town.
In the following year he located in Phoenix,
which also at the time bore but a trace of resem-
blance to its present large proportions, and after
clerking for a while, worked at his trade as
blacksmith, and was also interested in mining.
In 1881 he entered the employ of the Phoenix
Ice Company as chief engineer, and has followed
the rise and fortunes of this large concern down
to the present time. The plant has a capacity
of twenty-five tons, and has two Corliss engines
of seventy-five and ninety horse-power respec-
tively.

In Phoenix occurred the marriage of Mr.
Jackson and Virginia Scott, of Virginia, and of
this union there are three children, Gladys, Vic-
tor and Jewel. In national politics Mr. Jackson
is affiliated with the Democratic party, but has
never been a seeker after official recognition.
Fraternally he is associated with the Ancient
Order of United Workmen.

RICHARD B. ORNDORFF.

Though his life has spanned less than a
quarter of a century, Richard B. Orndorff (pop-
ularly known as "Burt" Orndorff) is a young
man of undoubted business talents and is mak-
ing a great success of the hotel which bears
his name — the leading hotel of Tucson. He has
looked upon this city as his home since he was a
mere child and takes an active interest in what-
ever affects its prosperity. Already he is felt as
an influential political factor, as he has served
in the county and territorial central committees
of the Democratic party, and in 1900 was sent
as a delegate to the territorial convention.

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The paternal grandfather of our subject is Ira
P. Orndorff, a native of Kentucky and yet liv-
ing on his old plantation near Russellville, that
state. The maternal grandfather of Richard B.
( )rndorff was S. A. Allis, a Louisiana planter
who was killed in the Mexican war while acting
as correspondent for the New Orleans "Picay-
une." The parents of our subject are L. H. and
Alice (Allis) Orndorff, natives of Russellville,
Ky., and Louisiana, respectively. In the Blue
Grass state and in Missouri L. H. Orndorff was
a successful cattle raiser and dealer, and in 1887
he came to Tucson and entered the employ of
the Southern Pacific as a conductor. Before he
had been thus engaged two months he was acci-
dentally killed, while signaling for the stopping
of a train. His widow subsequently became the
wife of Charles DeGroff, who was the postmas-
ter of Tucson under the second administration
of President Cleveland. She possesses excep-
tional business ability and not only placed the
Tucson Orndorff Hotel on a good paying basis,
running it for eight years, but also is making a
success of the Hotel Orndorff, of El Paso, Tex.,
of which she is the proprietor.

Richard B. Orndorff doubtless inherited his
mother's genius as manager of hotels, for he
not only is doing finely now, but also contrib-
uted materially to her success when she was at
the head of this enterprise. He was born in
Nevada, Mo., on the last day of the Centennial
year, and came to Tucson when he was ten years
old. Here he pursued his studies in the public
schools and was ready for admission to the Uni-
versity of Arizona in its first class. He con-
tinued there until his junior year, when he went
to the National Military Preparatory Academy
at Highland Falls, N. Y. After spending one
year there he returned home and identified him-
self with the hotel business, for in 1890 his
mother had opened the Orndorff on North
Church street, and continued to conduct it until
1894, when she purchased the present hotel of
the same name, and, having remodeled the
building, it began its career as the largest and
leading hotel in the city. In 1898 the present
owner and manager of the Orndorff became its
sole proprietor. Its location is central, at the
corner of North Main and Pennington streets.

From 1893 to 1896, under the administration

of Cleveland, Mr. Orndorff was assistant to
Postmaster DeGroff, of this city, winning many
friends and an extended acquaintanceship. He
is a member of the lodge and club of the Benev-
olent Protective Order of Elks, and at present is
the esteemed loyal knight of the lodge. He also
belongs to the Woodmen of the World and to
the Order of Foresters. His marriage to Miss
Cora Delano, a native of the state of Nevada,
took place in this city, December 31, 1898. They
have a daughter, Alzina DeGroff.

MAX C. BONNE.

For a man who was reared to the non-com-
mercial life of a German officer, and the conse-
quent freedom from serious responsibility or the
necessity of hustling for a livelihood, Mr. Bonne
has made a splendid success of his life in the
west, where conditions are so diametrically op-
posite. He is the owner and proprietor of the
largest and best-equipped meat concern in the
town of Globe, his enterprise being conducted
in a large brick store which he personally owns,
the interior arrangements of which are com-
patible with neatness, thrift and the remarkable
success which has rewarded the efforts of the
enterprising purveyor of everything good in the
meat line. For the conduct of his business Mr.
Bonne has his own slaughter house, and buys
stock in large quantities, supplying material also
in wholesale lots to small dealers for many miles
up and down the valley. His stock yards are
equipped with Buffalo scales, and are the equal,
in point of convenience, to those in any large
city. It is needless to state that he has realized
many of his expectations, and has a bank ac-
count of goodly proportions to show for his strict
honesty and untiring attention to business. He
is also the possessor of considerable real estate
in different parts of the territory, and has inter-
ests in copper and silver mines in Cooke, Mont.

Much of the thrift which has characterized the
career of Mr. Bonne is his by right of inherit-
ance if not by early training. The German is
by instinct thrifty, and he has a far-reaching
vision for fine opportunities. Mr. Bonne was
borne in Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, June 14,
1862. He received a military education, attend-
ing a military school between the ages of four-

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teen and twenty-four. He subsequently at-
tained to the rank of second lieutenant in the
army, and at the age of nineteen was made a
lieutenant. In 1888 he came to the United
States, and was at once ushered into the crude
and changeful atmosphere of a mining camp in
Montana, where he engaged for eight years in
the butchering and cattle business in Bozeman.
Following this experience he came immediately
to Globe February i, 1896, and has since been
one of the principal hustlers of the place.

In politics a Republican, Mr. Bonne is a strict
party man, and is active in all of the local under-
takings of his adopted town. He is connected
with the Elks, with the blue lodge of Masons in
Globe, and with the Scottish Rites at Livingston,
Mont. Mr. Bonne's prosperity is a one-sided
affair, for he is unmarried and the sole appre-
ciator of his worldly affluence.

F. J. VILLAESCUSA.

Commercial activity is the keynote of Ameri-
can prosperity today, and where one fortune is
made in the mines thousands are acquired in the
safe and certain channels of the business world.
Realizing this and modeling his career on the
conclusions formed, F. J. Villaescusa, a promi-
nent and valued citizen of Tucson, has risen to
an enviable position of wealth and influence.
Literally, he has been the architect of his own
fortunes, and in a narration -of the main points
in his life, much can be learned, lessons of indus-
try and perseverance being chief.

Though springing from one of the old and
formerly wealthy families of the state of Sonora,
Mexico, F. J. Yillaescusa perceived at an early
age that he was destined to be dependent upon
his own resources, for his father, Manuel Villaes-
cusa, died when he was young. The birth of our
subject took place at Arispe, Sonora, Mexico,
February 4, 1860, and he was reared at Hermo-
sillo, same state. Prior to his arrival in Tucson,
in 1879, ne nac' commenced to learn the sad-
dlery trade, and completed the calling with the
firm of Clarke & Patton, of Tucson.

Just a score of years ago the young man em-
barked in business for hfmself. His little shop,
a room 10x12 feet in size, was situated on South
Meyer street, opposite his present establishment.

A few tools, a sewing machine and fifty dollars
in cash then constituted his business stock and
capital, but within a few years he had built up so
large a trade that he was in much larger quar-
ters, and ten years ago, in 1891, he erect-
ed his fine building, running from Meyer
to Main streets, and 36x192 feet in di-
mensions, part of it two stories in height.
It is all utilized in his business, and in
addition to this he owns warehouses on Cor-
ral street. For some years he has kept a wagon
and carriage repository, representing old and re-
liable manufactures, including the Mitchell
wagons and Racine (Wis.) wagons and carriages.
At the same time he maintains his harness and
saddlery business, his goods standing unrivaled
in the markets of these territories. He deals
in all kinds of horse furnishings, both in whole-
sale and retail. For some time he owned and
carried on a tannery, but discontinued it, as he
had too many other "irons in the fire."

Mr. Villaescusa is interested in the Tucson
Building & Loan Association, has invested in
local property on his own account, and built a
handsome residence for his family at the corner
of Convent and Corral streets. Fraternally he
is connected with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen and with the Hall Association of that
fraternity. In his political convictions he is a
Republican. The first wife of our subject bore
the maiden name of Victoria Jimenes. She was
born in Sonora, Mexico, and died in this city,
leaving one son, Philip. The lady who now is
the wife of Mr. Villaescusa was formerly Miss
Luz Redondo, also of Sonora.

RAMON B. ARBALLO.

Unlike the majority who have cast their lot
with the fluctuating fortunes of the towns of
the territory, Mr. Arballo is a native of Ari-
zona, having been born in Tucson July 23, 1870.
Here he was educated in the public schools of
Florence, whither his parents removed in 1875.
Of an ambitious and enterprising turn of mind,
he early evinced habits of industry and thrift,
and October 9, 1884, at the age of fourteen, en-
tered the employ of J. B. Michea, a purveyor of
general merchandise. At first a clerk, he rapidly
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conscientious application of the principles of
honesty and correct business methods found
their fitting reward in 1893, when he became a
member of the firm of C. R. Michea & Co.

Mr. Arballo's rise in life from a comparatively
small beginning has enabled him to amass con-
siderable of this world's goods, and in addition
to owning the store and stock which forms the
basis of the merchandise business, he is the pos-
sessor of local and country real estate. He finds
time amid the stress of business worries to act-
ively engage in many of the enterprises which
have been instrumental in advancing the best
interests of the city, and his large-heartedness
and generosity to all good causes are never ques-
tioned. In a Democratic community he firmly
adheres to Republican principles, and has been
prominent in local affairs. At the present time
he is one of the city councilmen. Fraternally he
is associated with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and is a member of the Spanish-
American Alliance.

J. KNOX CORBETT.

Success is the just reward of persistent and
well-directed effort, and in the case of J. Knox
Corbett it is plain that he has won prosperity
and a position of influence in his community by
the exercise of the essential qualities of a busi-
ness man. Beginning his •commercial career
without means or extraneous assistance of any
kind, he sturdily pressed his way forward until
he arrived at his present honorable place, as one
of the leading business men of Tucson. More-
over, he is intensely patriotic and has been an
effective worker in the ranks of the Republican
party, being the secretary of the Arizona terri-
torial central committee from 1898 to 1900, hav-
ing been chairman of the city Republican com-
mittee and for a long time connected with the
county central committee.

Mr. Corbett is of Scotch-French extraction,
his grandfather, James Corbett, having been a
native of Scotland, and his maternal ancestors
having been subjects of the French crown,
though his grandfather, James J. Britton, was a
native of Sumter, S. C., and some of the family
fought for American independence in the war
of the Revolution. James Corbett was a Scot-

tish refugee -who became a prominent manufac-
turer of linen in Charleston, S. C. His son, J.
N., father of our subject, was born in Sumter,
S. C., and lived in that place until 1899, when,
well along in years, and accompanied by his wife,
he came to make his home with his son in Tuc-
son. He was a hardware merchant during his
active life, and his eldest son, W. J., is engaged
in the same business in Tucson. Harry D., the
next son, is a member of the Heermann Station-
ery Company, of Tucson ; Dr. George Corbett is
a physician of Ogclensburg, N. Y., and L. W. is
a furniture merchant of Santa Paula, Cal. Mrs.
Lizzie Mimms, Mrs. Susan L. Hood and Mrs.
Emma Roland, the daughters, live in Sumter,
S. C. The mother, whose maiden name was
Gulie Britton, was born and has always lived
in Sumter. Both she and her husband are strong
Presbyterians. While he was in thorough sym-
pathy with the Union during the Civil war and
as long as possible kept out of the Confederate
army, he was at last pressed into the service, but
managed to be appointed to the non-aggressive
position of assistant quartermaster.

J. Knox Corbett was born June 20, 1861, in
Sumter, S. C., and was reared in that place.
When a mere boy he commenced learning the
lumber business, and was in the employ of Sam-
uel Graham from the time he was fourteen until
he was eighteen years of age. In January, 1880,
he came to Tucson, making the journey from
Albuquerque, N. M., by stage coach. For about
three years thereafter he was a clerk in the post-
office under Dr. Lord, the postmaster, and, after
an interval of about a year when he ran a stage
line between Tucson and Silver Bell, he became
assistant postmaster to M. P. Freeman, and con-
tinued in that position for four years.

In the mean time, in 1883, Mr. Corbett had
embarked in the cattle business and had estab-
lished a ranch in the Rincon mountains, and at
the end of his term in the postoffice located on
his property. At intervals, however, his family
resided in Tucson. Subsequently he became the
owner of another ranch, this one situated abqut
four miles from the other, across the line in Co-
chise county. It was not until 1898 that he sold
all of his cattle, but his home has been in Tuc-
son since 1880. In February, 1890, he was ap-
pointed postmaster of Tucson by President Har-

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rison, and efficiently served for four years. Re-
tiring from the office in 1894, he embarked in
the lumber business, built large sheds, and now
is the proprietor of the most extensive yards in
southern Arizona, a whole block being devoted
to the same, and a fine stock of building material
of all kinds being kept on hand. He was one
of the organizers and is a director of the Citi-
zens' Building & Loan Association and is a
member of the lodge and club of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. As a representative
Republican, he is well known throughout Ari-
zona.

A few years ago Mr. Corbett built a hand-
some modern residence on Eighth street. In
1885 he married Miss Lizzie Hughes, one of
Tucson's native-born daughters, and a daughter
of Samuel Hughes, one of the oldest and most
prominent American pioneers of southern Ari-
zona. She possesses an excellent education,
having pursued the higher branches of knowl-
edge at the LTniversity of Kansas, in Lawrence.
Two children bless the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Corbett, namely: Hiram Stevens and Gulie.

JOHN C. HARRIS.

To Mr. Harris belongs the distinction of be-
ing the oldest inhabitant of Florence in point of
years of residence. Long before this prosperous
little town was even dimly outlined in the minds
of men he came from Lassen county, Cal., and
settled at old Adamsville on the Gila river in the
fall of 1869. Here he was for several years em-
ployed in the Bichard & Company's flour mill
constructing concern, and in time became a mas-
ter of the trade, starting a mill for them in the
Salt River valley. Since the days of the flour
mill association he has lived in this part of the
territory, and covering a period of more than
twenty years has been engaged in contracting
and building, having accomplished more in that
line than any one other man. Nor have his
efforts been confined to the work of building, for
he has availed himself of several of the oppor-
tunities for the acquisition of wealth afforded by
this versatile part of the west.

Although born in Harford county, Md., in
1848, Mr. Harris was reared in Pennsylvania,
whither his parents had, in the mean time, re-

moved when he was a mere child. In the vicinity
of Harrisburg he was educated in the public
schools, and at the Bryant & Stratton Business
College in Harrisburg. With the breaking out
of the war he entered the service of the Union
army in 1864 and was discharged in 1865. The
following year he crossed the plains to Cali-
fornia with wagons and teams, working his way
along with the constructors of the Union Pacific
Railroad, and arrived eventually in Lassen coun-
ty, Cal. As a means of livelihood he engaged
in farming, and put up feed for the wintering of
stock, and in 1869 took up his permanent resi-
dence in Arizona.

The mining experiences of Mr. Harris have
continued over many years, and have been
fraught with much success. It is doubtful if
there are many in the vicinity more familiar with
the histories of the different mines and their
ratio of productiveness than is he. Among his
other interests in mining was his location of the
famous Half Moon mine, which was later dis-
posed of at a reasonable figure. In 1899 he sold
to George B. Chittendon what- is known as a
group of four claims for $5,000, but he still owns
several good copper claims, among them being
two claims east of Florence which show a high
grade of red oxide ore containing both gold and
silver. In the Riverside district also he has some
fine prospects in copper, gold and silver. In
fact, at the present time Mr. Harris spends the
greater part of his time in the mountains, in
prospecting and in practical mining, and is one
of the best authorities on ores in the territory.

In 1870 Mr. Harris married Rose Ramires,
who became the mother of seven children and
died in 1893. The surviving children are Eliza-
beth, the wife of Taylor Brannaman, and living
at Florence; Mrs. J. E. McGee, of Florence;
Sophia, Caroline, Sarah and Edna. In national
politics a Democrat, Mr. Harris has been promi-
nent in local affairs, but has of late years been
affiliated with the Republican party. He ren-
dered valuable service to the cause of education
as a trustee of the school district, and was coun-
ty coroner for four years, and administrator for
the same length of time. Fraternally he is asso-
ciated with the Gila Valley Masonic Lodge No.
9, and with the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, of which he has been a member for seven-

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teen years. In addition to considerable property
in Florence Mr. Harris also owns considerable
real estate in Tucson, in which city he is well and
favorably known.

WILLIAM ARMBRUSTER.

For twenty-three years this sterling citizen of
Holbrook has been a resident of Arizona, and
in many substantial ways has assisted in its up-
building and progress. A native of Germany,
he lived in the fatherland until 1872, when he
came to the United States. During the six
years which followed he lived in Ohio, at Cob-
den, Union county, 111., and St. Louis, Mo.,
devoting a portion of this period to agricultural
pursuits and the remainder of the time working
at his newly-acquired trade of blacksmithing.

When in the prime of early manhood, in 1878,
Mr. Armbruster yielded to the desire for a taste
of military life, so common among the robust,
stalwart sons of Germany, enlisting for five years
in the United States regulars. Being assigned
to the cavalry troops stationed at Fort Mc-
Dowell, Ariz., he spent five years there, his
trade coming into play, as he was appointed
company blacksmith, his duty being to keep all
of the horses well shod. In addition to this,
when the Indians were on the warpath, as they
were a number of times during that period, he
took part in the active campaigns against the red
men. In 1883, when he had been honorably
discharged, owing to the expiration of his term
of enlistment, he came to Fort Apache, where
he was employed as a blacksmith in the quar-
termaster's department some three years.

Altogether Mr. Armbruster looks back upon
his army life on this frontier with some pleasant
recollections, in spite of the monotonous routine
of drills and petty duties, relieved only by a
lively campaign with the Indians, almost hailed
as a boon, though full of peril. He formed
some friendships, strong as only common
hopes and dangers can ever make. In 1886,
almost reluctantly leaving the military circles,
he came to Holbrook, and having purchased the
shop of H. H. Scorse, began carrying on a gen-
eral blacksmithing business, making a specality
of all kinds of repairing. By diligence and
application to business he has amassed a snug
little competency and to-day owns considerable

real estate in Holbrook, and several dwellings
which he leases. For a time he was financially
interested in the cattle business at Fort Mc-
Dowell, but sold out his cattle interests in 1898.
As an instance of his public spirit, it may be
stated that he was one of the enterprising men
who built the dam across the Little Colorado,
for irrigation purposes, a fact that redounds
none the less to his credit because of its unfor-
tunate climax, when it was destroyed by the
great flood of 1888. In political standing he is
an ardent Republican, and for a number of years
was affiliated with the Odd Fellows' fraternity
in the east.

CONRAD MEYER.

Of the many sons of Germany who have asso-
ciated their best days and most earnest efforts
with the promise and prosperity of the Salt
River valley, none is held in higher esteem, nor
have any turned their abilities and opportuni-
ties to better account than has Mr. Meyer. He
first came to the territory in May, 1870, when
the country was unsettled and most unpromis-
ing in aspect, and pre-empted one hundred and
sixty acres of land from the government. At
the present time he owns one hundred and forty
acres, having sold twenty acres. By his neigh-
bors he is accounted one of the most prosperous
in the locality, and his farm is conducted on
model lines and to the best possible advantage.

A native of Prussia, Germany, Mr. Meyer was
born in 1844, and is a son of Henry and Fred-
ericka Meyer, who were born 'in Germany. The
youth Conrad was reared to man's estate in his
native land, and received, as do most German
boys, a good common-school education. While
still quite young he learned the trade of brush-
maker, serving an apprenticeship of four years,
after which he followed his trade for several
years as journeyman brushmaker. In 1866 he
immigrated to America, sailing on the ship
Bremen from the city of Bremen, and after a
seventeen days' voyage landed in New York
City. For some time he followed his trade of
journeyman brushmaker, and continued the
same after removing to California in 1869. In
the spring of the following year he located in
Prescott, Ariz., for a few months, and came
to the Salt River valley in the fall.

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In May, 1888, Mr. Meyer married Minnie Pen-
dleton, a native of Massachusetts, and a daugh-
ter of Harry Pendleton. To Mr. and Mrs. Meyer
have been born eight children, of whom these are
living: Mabel, Harry, Carl, Albert and Clifford.
Lucy and Nellie are deceased, also Margaret. Mr.
Meyer has lived so long in the locality that he
seems a part of its growth, and his labors will
be always associated with its enterprise and
development. He has been greatly interested
in the matter of water supply, and aided in the
construction of the Tempe canal, from which he
receives the water for irrigating his land. In
national politics he is a Republican, and though
interested in the undertakings of that party has
never had a desire for political office. The
thorough education acquired in his native land
has aided him in readily picking up the English
language, and in appreciating the benefits of a
residence in this wonderful territory in the far
west.

DANIEL McDERMOTT.

The well-known and efficient superintendent,
of the Arizona Water Company, Mr. McDer-
mott, of Phoenix, has charge of all of the canals
on that side of Salt river, namely: the Arizona,
Grand, Maricopa and Salt River Valley canals.
He is an energetic and enterprising business
man of known reliability, and has met with well-
deserved success during his residence in the
territory.

Mr. McDermott was born in Fairbury, Liv-
ingston county, 111., on the 27th of February,
1861, and is a son of Lawrence and Ann (Maher)
McDermott, natives of County Kildare and
County Tipperary, Ireland, respectively. The
family is of Scotch origin, his ancestors having
removed with Bruce from Scotland to Ireland.
While in his teens the father came to America,
and first settled in Indiana, where he followed
farming. Subsequently he engaged in the same
pursuit in Livingston county, 111. In 1880 he
removed to Nebraska, and eight years later be-
came a resident of Rawlins county, Kans., where
he has since engaged in the stock business. He
and his wife have a family of seven children, of
whom Daniel is third in order of birth.

Our subject spent the first nineteen years of

his life in his native state and is indebted to its
public schools for his educational advantages. In
1880 he removed to Seward, Neb., where he was
engaged in farming and stock raising for three
years, and for the same length of time was en-
gaged in agricultural pursuits in Clay county,
that state. In 1886 he entered the employ of
Rhinehart & Mehan, railroad contractors, and
served as foreman on the construction of the
Rock Island Railroad in Nebraska, Kansas and
Colorado for one year each. He then went to
New Mexico as a canal builder, and was en-
gaged in the construction of the canal through
the Maxwell grant of land. In 1889 he went to
Bisbee, where, in the employ of the same com-
pany, he built the railroad for the Copper Queen
Mining Company from Fairbank to their mines.
In the spring of 1890 Mr. McDermott came to
Phoenix as zanjero in the employ of the Ari-
zona Canal Company and remained with them
until he received his present appointment as
superintendent of the Arizona Water Company,
in January, 1899. He has since most capably
and satisfactorily filled that responsible posi-
tion, and has the entire confidence and good will
of the company. He now owns some city prop-
erty in Phoenix, and also has a farm of one hun-
dred and sixty acres five miles west of the city,
on which he is engaged in raising alfalfa and
feeding cattle.

Mr. McDermott was married in Phoenix to
Miss Florence Kay, a native of Illinois, and a
daughter of P. L. and Mary E. (Smith) Kay.
Her father was born near Payson, Adams
county, 111., and was a son of Robert G. Kay
and grandson of James Kay, both natives of
Culpeper county, Va., and representatives of an
old family of that state. Mrs. McDermott's father
was reared in Illinois and completed his edu-
cation at Shurtliff College. He engaged in
farming near the old homestead until the fall
of 1888, when he came to Arizona, and, together
with his son, purchased a ranch of two hundred
and forty acres nine miles northwest of Phoenix,
but in 1889 he sold that property and embarked
in the real-estate business in Phoenix. He was
president of the Western Investment & Banking
Company until 1899, when he resigned that posi-
tion. He has four children: George R., a ranch-
man living six miles west of Phoenix; Florence,

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wife of our subject; Edith M., at home; and A.
Woodie, who is attending Berkeley University.
Mr. and Mrs. McDermott have two children,
Ethel and Mary. 'Our subject is a member of the
Board of Trade and a stanch- supporter of the
Republican party, having served as a member of
the county central committee ten years, and tak-
ing an active part in its work.

DAVID CLARK.

Throughout his mature life, and, indeed, even
from the time he was thirteen years of age,
David Clark has been associated with railroad-
ing and mechanical enterprises, and is an expert
in everything pertaining to machinery. His
birth took place in Montreal, Canada, forty-two
years ago, and until he was seventeen he re-
mained under the parental roof, attending the
common and high schools. Having served an
apprenticeship as a machinist in the shops of the
Grand Trunk Railroad at Montreal he was given
a position as a fireman on a locomotive, and con-
tinued to act in that capacity for two years, with
the same corporation. Subsequently, he worked
in the shops at Port Huron for six months.

In 1879 Mr. Clark came to the west and for
some time was with the Central Pacific Railroad,
first at Sacramento and later at Carlin. Next we
find him in Denver, as a machinist with the South
Park Railroad Company ; six months afterwards
in Leadville, Colo., as engineer of the Little
Pittsburg Mining Company. In 1882 he entered
upon a year's service with the Southern Pacific,
as a machinist in the Tucson shops, after which
he lived at Albuquerque, N. M., for a like period,
employed as an engineer and machinist in the
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad shops. His next ex-
perience was in old Mexico ; having been offered
a paying position as a master mechanic by the
Mexican Central Railway, he accepted the place
and was stationed at Santa Rosalia and at Jim-
inez. Four years having thus rolled away, he
returned to Tucson and to the Southern Pacific,
running a locomotive from that point for four
months. Then, coming to Clifton in 1887, he
worked in the machine-shops three months, and
during the ensuing six years was an engineer on
the railroad line. Resigning, he then went to
South McAlester, I. T., and was the first machin-

ist and extra engineer of the newly-completed
Choctaw Railroad, at that place. When his year
was finished he again went to Tucson, and after
a short period of service with the Southern
Pacific resigned and became an engineer on the
Globe, Gila Valley & Northern. Only four
months later, he came to Clifton for the second
time and for two years was foreman in the rail-
road shops. In March, 1897, he was promoted,
being installed as master mechanic of the Ari-
zona & New Mexico Railroad, and, in addition to
this, he holds the same position with the Arizona
Copper Company. As is well known, the 20-
inch gauge railroad running from Clifton to the
Company's mines, up in the mountains, in itself
is an excellent specimen of engineering, with its
steep grades and abrupt curves, necessitated by
the peculiarities of the canon and cliffs.

For just one decade Mr. Clark has been a nat-
uralized citizen of the United States, his papers
having been made out in Tucson. He now votes
the straight Republican ticket and loyally up-
holds all measures and institutions of his chosen
country. Eight years ago he was initiated into
Masonry in Clifton and seven years ago was
raised to the Royal Arch degree at Deming,
N. M.

In December, 1894, Mr. Clark married Miss
Mollie McDonald of New Mexico. They are the
parents of three children, two sons and a daugh-
ter, named respectively in order of age, Roy,
Annie L., and Alexander.

NIELS MORTEN.

Of the many sons of Denmark who have
brought their excellent national characteristics
of thrift and industry to bear upon the develop-
ment of Salt River valley, none is more worthy
of the confidence and esteem of their fellow-
men than is Mr. Morten. His success here is
entirely the result of his own ability and enter-
prise, which has brought him from a small be-
ginning to a position of comparative affluence.

Mr. Morten was born in Denmark, March 25,
1835, and his parents were both natives of that
country. In his native land he received a good
common-school education, and when old enough
to realize the advantages of life in America, de-
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existing. In the spring of 1862 he set sail from
Hamburg, and after a journey covering seven
weeks of storms and delaying calms, landed in
New York City. He went direct to Utah, where
he engaged in farming and stock-raising until
1876, when he located in the Salt River valley, in
Arizona, which has since been the scene of his
enterprising efforts.

Mr. Morten originally took up from the gov-
ernment two quarter sections of land in the vi-
cinity of Phoenix, and of the three hundred and
twenty acres he now owns one hundred and
sixty. No one in the valley has witnessed greater
changes than has Mr. Morten, for his land was
in the midst of a wilderness of unpromising as-
pect, and his neighbors few and far between.
For a number of years he suffered the usual
privations of pioneer life, and received his rec-
ompense therefor when the soil began to give
forth its abundant harvests, under his watchful
care and untiring industry. For a number of
years the family lived in an adobe house, and
finally erected the frame structure which has
since been their home. His farm is devoted to
farming and stock-raising, which is carried on in
the most approved and enterprising manner.

While living in Denmark Mr. Morten was
united in marriage with Carrie Oleson, a native
of Denmark, and of this union there are five
children living, viz.: Mrs. Peter Neilson; Mrs.
J. D. Marlar; Mrs. Oliver Isaac; Peter N.; and
Nellie. There are two deceased, Peter and
Hiram. Mr. Morten is variously interested in
the affairs of the community, and as a stanch
member of the Republican party has served as
a member of the school board of his district.
Since coming to America Mr. Morten has ac-
quired a fair knowledge of the English language,
and has in all ways identified himself with the in-
terests of his adopted country. He is recognized
as one of the typical pioneers of this wonderful
valley, whose benefits he has enjoyed, and whose
resources he has helped to develop.

WILLIAM M. NEWELL.

The first house built at Mesa was erected of
adobe by William M. Newell, and thus it is an
obvious fact that he has been a witness of the
entire development of this section of the Salt

River valley. Not only has he witnessed it, but
has himself aided in the great work of transfor-
mation whereby the desert has become a garden-
spot. Since February 22, 1900, he has been act-
ing in the capacity of postmaster of Mesa, and
is a justly popular official. For several years he
was a justice of the peace, and for a long period
has been connected with the board of education
of Mesa, at the present time being the treasurer
of that body. In matters relating to national pol-
itics, he is a Republican, and in fraternal circles
is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the
Woodmen of the World. It is a fact worthy of
note that years ago he was the only Republican
voter in Mesa.

The nativity of William M. Newell occurred
February 27, 1850, in Wapello county, Iowa. His
parents, William M. and Jemima (Foster) New-
ell were natives of Indiana and were early set-
tlers of Wapello county, whither they went in
1845. Reared on the farm and educated in the
common schools of the district, our subject was
well prepared for the battles of life by the time
that he had arrived at his majority. Though
a mere lad when the Civil war had come to a
close, he was deeply patriotic, and ere the strug-
gle was over volunteered his services to the de-
fense of the Stars and Stripes. One of the young-
est members of Company K, Forty-seventh Iowa
Infantry, which was enlisted for one hundred
days, he served, all told, about six months, be-
ing stationed chiefly at the Helena (Ark.) garri-
son. After he had been honorably discharged he
returned to his Iowa home, and subsequently
attended Birmingham College in Van Buren
county. In 1873 he went to Utah, where he
taught school for a short time, and then engaged
in mining. In 1878 he came to Mesa, and now
is the owner of a well cultivated farm of forty
acres, not far from this place. His public duties
have occupied a large share of his time, and he
has made it a point of honor to neglect no de-
tail of his official work, however pressing his pri-
vate affairs might happen to be. His strict at-
tention to the interests of the public largely ac-
counts for his undoubted popularity.

The marriage of Mr. Newell and Miss Irene
Pomeroy, who was born in Utah, was solemnized
in that state. Four daughters were born
to them, namely: Blanche Irene, Lulu Fay,

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Grace J. and Sibyl. The lady who now bears
the name of our subject was formerly Miss Ele-
anor Brizzee, of Mesa. They are the parents
of two sons and two daughters, named as fol-
lows: Lottie, William M., Jr., Thomas S. and
Eleanor M.

FRED E. CADWELL.

It is doubtful if any of the citizens of Willcox
have contributed a larger share toward the
modernizing and upbuilding of their prosperous
little settlement than has Mr. Cadwell. In all
of the comparatively new communities which
have arisen in the midst of the hitherto unsus-
pected fertility and promise of Arizona, a few
have taken the lead in the introduction of
advanced methods of improvement, and which
contribute to the pleasure, comfort and general
well-being of the citizens.

In various capacities Mr. C'adwell has been
for years associated with the opening up of the
west. A native of Racine county, Wis., he was
born in 1857, and is a son of Erasmus and Clara
(Moe) Cadwell, natives respectively of New
York and Ohio. Interesting to note is the fact
that he was the first child born at Union Grove,
a small station on the southwest division of the
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, where his
parents lived and of which they were among
the enterprising and industrious farmers. In
the midst of this fine agricultural region he re-
ceived his early training and education, and in
preparation for the future learned the trades of
carpenter and millwright, which he subsequently
followed in the home district for four years.
Into his peaceful life came the rumors of the
vast fortunes to be found in the Black Hills,
and following the inclination of thousands of
others he hastened thither in the spring of 1877,
and for a year experienced the exaltation and
disappoinments of the average fortune seeker.
A later venture was along the Union Pacific
Railroad to Wyoming, as superintendent of
building for the railroad, and in 1879 ne again
yielded to the popular excitement which
emanated from Leadville, and was interested in
mining and prospecting in this great camp until
1881. Between the years 1881 and 1884 he
located at Lake Valley, N. M., where he worked

at his trade and was fairly successful as a builder
and contractor.

Mr. Cadwell came to Arizona in 1884, settling
in the Sulphur Spring valley and going into
the cattle business on quite a large scale. In
1887 he sold his interests in this line and settled
in Willcox, which afforded, as the nucleus for
a town, an excellent field for a skilled contractor
and builder. In the time intervening between
his arrival on the scene and 1893 he erected
practically all of the business houses of the
place, and a large number of the residences,
thus enrolling himself as one of the benefactors
and most earnest workers for the advancement
of the locality. A subsequent occupation was
taking charge of the wheelwright shop con-
nected with the Government Indian School, and
in 1895 he was appointed under sheriff with
Sheriff Fly, during which time of service he
was located at Tombstone. In 1897 ne went
to Pearce, Ariz., a large and flourishing mining
settlement, and started a lumber yard and en-
gaged in building and contracting.

One of the most appreciated and up-to-date
enterprises of which the town of Willcox boasts
was started by Mr. Cadwell in 1899, when he
located here permanently and, in partnership
with D. T. Swatling, built the electric light
plant, which supplies the whole town with light.
The citizens are also indebted to these gentle-
men for the luxury of an ice plant and cold
storage warehouse, which, during the heat of
the summer, is the means of supplying points
all along the railroad and the surrounding min-
ing camps with ice and bottled beer by the car-
load lots. The advantage of this industry can
only be appreciated by those who suffer from
the almost intolerable heat which visits the
region for a portion of each year. The same
firm are at present engaged in putting in a sys-
tem of waterworks for the city, the water being
derived from a well two hundred and seventy
feet deep, and the supply of one hundred gal-
lons a minute is derived through four-inch mains
and sixty feet of stand pipe. The firm will thus
furnish for the city electric light, ice, cold stor-
age and water, four of the most pressing neces-
sities of all modern localities.

In 1886 occurred the marriage of Mr. Cad-
well and Margaret Fowler, a native of Logans-

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port, Ind. Of this union there is one son,
Ralph Fowler, who is being educated at the
University in Tucson. In politics a Republican,
Mr. Cadwell has been nominated for sheriff
and supervisor, and was defeated by but seven-
teen and twenty-three votes respectively. He
is fraternally associated with the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, and is a charter member
of the lodge at Willcox, besides which he is con-
nected with the Knights of Pythias Lodge No.
20, at Willcox.

LEONARD D. REDFIELD.

Leonard D. Redfield, the popular postmas-
ter at Benson, was born in Olean, Cattarau-
gus county, N. Y., December 6, 1867, and
is a son of H. T. and Malvina (Pierce) Redfield,
who were also born in New York state. When
quite young the scene of his training and educa-
tion was shifted to Tulare county, Cal., whither
his parents removed in 1868. They were indus-
trious and progressive farmers, and successful in
the land of perpetual sunshine and flowers. In
the hope, however, of still further bettering their
condition they removed to Arizona in 1876, set-
tling on the present site of Redington, forty
miles below Benson on the river. They were
among the very early comers to that locality and
endured all of the hardships and deprivations
which are the necessary heritage of those cour-
ageous people who settle in wild countries. At
first their state was indeed desolate, for the near-
est neighbor was thirty miles distant, and the in-
tervening territory alive with hostile Indians.
The river farm was their home until 1883, and in
1886 the father died. The mother is living with
her son, Leonard D., at Benson.

In 1883 L. D. Redfield accompanied his father
and the rest of the family to Benson, where he
finished the education which had been imperfect-
ly begun on the farm. The elder Redfield en-
gaged in the livery business until his death, and
his son attended the public schools, and fitted
himself in general for earning an independent
livelihood. When fifteen years of age he went
to work in a smelter, and after a few months
turned to the more agreeable occupation of
clerking. With the experience thus acquired he
engaged in a general merchandise business in
Benson with G. W. Bryan, an unfortunate ven-

ture, for a devastating fire wiped out all that he
had in the world. Nothing daunted, he started a
fruit stand as a small means of getting ahead, and
little by little managed to save enough money to
start the general merchandise business in which
he is at present engaged.

A Republican in politics, Mr. Redfield is
among the influential men in his party in the
county. He has been prominent in the local un-
dertakings of a political nature in his town, and
received the appointrpent as postmaster in 1896
from President Cleveland and reappointed by
President McKinley, having held the same
continuously since. He is interested in mining
and is the possessor of some valuable properties.
Fraternally Mr. Redfield is a Mason, having
joined that organization at Willcox; he is a mem-
ber of the Chapter at Tombstone and of the
Commandery at Tucson. As a Knight of Pyth-
ias he is connected with Benson Post No. 5, and
is past chancellor.

JAMES PEARCE.

From out a mining experience covering many
years and extending throughout England, Scot-
land and the United States, Mr. Pearce numbers
among his undertakings an achievement which
will inseparably associate his name with the large
mineral developers of the territory, viz.: the
finding of the Pearce mine in 1895. This valua-
ble claim is located about four miles from the
Pearce ranch, at the foot of the Dragoon moun-
tains on the northeast side, and its value was
made apparent by breaking a piece of the ledge
which betrayed the presence of gold. A little
later a shaft was sunk and gold found in the ledge
four feet above the ground, and eight months
later they sunk a shaft fifty feet deep, and sold
out to the Commonwealth company for $275,000.
During the next six months the company took
out enough gold to pay for the mine, and the
output since then has more than realized the ex-
pectations of the promoters and stockholders.
The mine is known all over Arizona as the
Pearce mine, and is among the most famous of
the many gold producers in the territory. Also
Mr. Pearce and sons at present own the Horn
Spoon mine, located just back of the Pearce
group, and they have another mine called the
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will doubtless bring further reward for patience
to their persistent owners. Blue Bell is about
a mile from the original mine, and in this the
sons-in-law of Mr. Pearce are also interested.

Mr. Pearce was born in England July 23, 1844,
and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Auther)
Pearce, also natives of England. His first re-
membered aspirations were centered on mining,
and in pursuit of the wealth of the earth he
visited different parts of his native land and
Scotland. In the hope of reaching a more prolific
field of activity he emigrated to America in 1868,
arriving in New York May 10, and after spend-
ing two years in the east, went to Colorado in
1870. Three years later he removed to Idaho,
and in 1876 settled in the Grass valley, in Cali-
fornia, removing in 1880 to Montana, from
which he returned to Nevada. January 8 he be-
came identified with Arizona, settling in Sulphur
Springs valley, which has since been his home.

In 1864 Mr. Pearce married Maria Curnow
in England, and of this union there are four
children: Anna Maria, wife of John Hartrey;
John J., who is also married; Elizabeth, wife of
Richard Kinsman, and William, who resides with
his parents. The daughters are living in Cali-
fornia.

AUGUSTUS C. BRICHTA.

A veteran of the Mexican war and one of the
early settlers of Arizona, Augustus Brichta is
one of the best known and most highly honored
citizens of Tucson. Moreover, to him is due the
credit of having taught the first school in Tuc-
son, if not the first in the territory, as is generally
believed. His history, could it be given in all
of its interesting details, would prove attractive
reading to the general public, and even in out-
line testifies to his efficiency as a business man
and his value as a citizen.

The parents of our subject were Francis and
Amelia (Rudolphus) Brichta, natives of Schles-
wig and Hamburg, Germany, respectively. When
a young man the father settled in New York City
and was occupied in mercantile pursuits there
for a period. Subsequently, going to Havana,
Cuba, he made his home there for some time
and as manager took the first Italian opera com-
pany from Italy to Havana. About that time
General Tacon, then governor, built the old Ha-

vana theater, which is yet standing. Later in life
Mr. Brichta removed to New Orleans and then
to Texas. His last years were spent in the Cres-
cent City, where he was a commission merchant.
His wife departed this life in Austin, Texas, and
two of their four children are yet living.

Augustus Brichta was born in New York City
September 2, 1821, and was educated in the Jes-
uit College in Havana and in the St. Louis Uni-
versity, in which institution he was graduated.
Then he was associated in business with his fa-
ther in Nacogdoches county, Texas, and when
the war with Mexico came on enlisted in the Sec-
ond Texas Mounted Volunteers. From 1846 to
1847 ne was actively engaged at the front, and
participated in the battle of Monterey. For many
years he has been a member of the Society of
Mexican Veterans, having joined that order in
San Francisco.

In 1849 Mr. Brichta went to California and for
some years engaged in mining on the American,
Feather and Yuba rivers. About 1865 he came
to Arizona and, locating on Walker creek, in Ya-
vapai county, was occupied in placer mining
there until three years after Arizona was organ-
ized as a territory. Then, coming to Tucson, as
previously stated, he taught the first English-
speaking school here, and for a few months man-
aged a private school. For a period he was in
business with the old firm of Lord & Williams,
and served as deputy postmaster for some time.
When Mr. De Long was mayor he was an as-
sistant clerk in the commissary department, and
for one term was the county recorder of Pima
county. Mining enterprises have occupied the
major portion of his attention for years, and with
his son, Bernabe C., he owns three fine claims
in the copper region of the Tucson mountains.
He has built two residences in this city and has
loyally aided in local undertakings. Active in the
ranks of the Democratic party, he was frequently
called upon by his political friends to fill public
offices of more or less importance, and always
acquitted himself with credit. He was clerk of
the second legislature held in Arizona and also
was clerk of the third general assembly, both
held in Prescott.

In Tucson the marriage of Mr. Brichta and
Miss Jesus Franco, a native of Santa Cruz, Mex-
ico, was solemnized. She is the daughter of

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Alexander Franco. B. C. Brichta, their eldest
son, is a merchant of Tucson and is mentioned
elsewhere in this volume. Manuel F. is employed
by the Southern Pacific Railroad, and Peter
F. is connected with the mining interests above
referred to.

NEIL P. McCALLUM.

Sound judgment, combined with fine ability in
mechanical lines, has enabled the subject of this
biography, now a well-known resident of Phoe-
nix, to obtain a substantial success in life, and
his history is of especial interest. He is proprie-
tor of the Phoenix Foundry & Machine Works
at Nos. 25-33 North Second street, manufactur-
ing machinery, supplies and castings and doing
all kinds of work in the mechanical line.

Mr. McCallum was born in Cincinnati, Ohio,
July 27, 1860, and belongs to an old and promi-
nent Scotch family. His paternal great-grandfa-
ther was a Scotch baron, who brought the fam-
ily to America and located in Canada. The
grandfather became a resident of Indiana, of
which state he was a pioneer. By occupation
he was a farmer. The father, John McCallum,
was born near Veva, Ind., and was for some
time engaged in the commission business in
Memphis, Tenn., but later lived in Cincinnati,
Ohio, where he died during the Civil war. In
religious belief he was a Presbyterian and was
a man highly respected and esteemed by all who
knew him. He married Ellen Andrew, who also
died in Cincinnati. She was a native of that city
and a daughter of William Andrew, who located
there on his emigration from Scotland, and was
there engaged in mechanical work, being a fine
machinist. Our subject is the youngest in a fam-
ily of five children, three of whom are now liv-
ing. His brother, William A., is a manufacturer
of electrical goods in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Reared in the city of his birth, Neil P. Mc-
Callum attended its public and high schools, and
when his education was completed entered the
employ of William Kirkup & Son, machinists
and brass founders, for whom he worked seven
years. In 1883 he came to Arizona, and em-
barked in the cattle business near Willcox, Co-
chise county, having a ranch in the Chiricahua
mountains, thirty-five miles south of Willcox,
where he lived for ten years. During that time he

was also interested in mining, and was manager
of the Aravaipa Mining Company's store at the
camp. Selling out in 1893 he came to Phoenix,
and, the following year became assistant territo-
rial auditor, which position he held for eighteen
months. At the end of that time he embarked
in his present business, and is now enjoying
an excellent trade both as a manufacturer and
repairer of machinery. He has also built a cold
storage plant, and has a street system of re-
frigeration, by which his customers are furnished
with refrigeration. His ice machine has a capacity
of about fifteen tons per day, and his cold storage
plant is quite large. Wide-awake, energetic and
progressive, he has prospered in his undertak-
ings thus far, his excellent success being but the
logical result of his careful and correct busi-
ness methods. By his ballot he supports the men
and measures of the Republican party, and he
takes an active interest in all enterprises which
he believes calculated to prove of public benefit.

FREEMAN T. POWERS.

In addition to filling the office of president of
the Utah Canal Enlargement & Extension Com-
pany, Mr. Powers operates a well-improved
claim seven miles southeast of Tempe. After
coming to the territory in 1881, he remained
for a number of years on the upper Salt river,
in the Gila country, and in 1892 located on the
ranch which is his present home. He has one
hundred and twenty acres under a high state of
cultivation, and devotes the greater part of his
land to the raising of cattle.

A native of Susquehanna county, Pa., Mr.
Powers was born August 30, 1841, and is a son
of Hazard and Philena (Tingley) Powers, natives
respectively of Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
He was reared to farming and stock-raising, and
surrounded by the influence that usually predom-
inates in the average country home. At the dis-
trict schools of his native county he received a
fair education, and in later. life devoted much
time to research along many lines. He was mar-
ried in Pennsylvania to Prudence Bailey, a native
of Susquehanna county, that state, who died after
a few years. Mr. Powers later married Mrs.
Amanda Collins, formerly of Grand Junction,
Tenn., and the mother of three children by her

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former husband, Henry, Dixie and Lafayette
Collins. To Mr. and Mrs. Powers have been
born three children, two of whom are living:
Lulu A. and Tingley K.

Mr. Powers is greatly interested in the cause
of education, and is now serving as a trustee
of the Jordan school district No. 26, a position
which he has held for several years. Although
independent in politics, he has held several local
positions within the gift of the people, and while
living in Gila county served as county super-
visor for several years. He is progressive and
enterprising .and has materially aided in the
growth of the localities in which he has resided.
In Gila county he rendered a lasting service to
the residents by digging a ditch from the upper
Salt river which furnished abundant water for
irrigating purposes. He has since given many
practical evidences of his interest in the general
welfare, and is accounted one of the reliable and
substantial citizens and farmers of the valley.
Mrs. Powers is a member of the Church of God
of the Abrahamic faith.

BISHOP JOHN TAYLOR.

This large-hearted and progressive church-
man at Pima was born in Salt Lake City Oc-
tober 25, 1850. He comes of a family who have
for years been intimately associated with the
undertakings of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, and who have exerted a
wide influence toward moral and commercial
development. His parents were Allen and Han-
nah (Egbert) Taylor. His father was born in
Kentucky and was a close companion of Joseph
Smith, often being a member of his bodyguard.
In the very ecrly clays of the century he brought
two wagon trains across the desert and took up
his residence in Utah, where his high moral
character and ability gained for him ready
recognition. For ten years he was bishop of
Kaysville, Davis county, Utah, and subse-
quently, at the age of seventy-seven years, he
died in the service of his church at Rabbit val-
ley, where he is buried.

The youth of John Taylor was passed, until
his eleventh year, at Kaysville, at which time
he removed to south Utah, where he lived un-
til twenty years of age. At the age of nine-

teen he married Mary Kelsey, a daughter of
Easton and Mary Jane (Cox) Kelsey, and the
following year he aided in the colonization plan
of the church by establishing a colony at Pan-
guitch, Utah. In 1880 he brought his family
to Arizona, settling in Pima within a few yards
of where he now lives. He helped to lay out
the town, and aided in its growth and prosper-
ity, and in 1885 was ordained bishop of Pima
ward, St. Joseph stake, Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, which position he still
holds. The congregation has a good brick
church and the membership is large.

To Bishop and Mrs. Taylor have been born
twelve children: Mary, John E., Joseph A.,
William C., Franklin R., who filled a mission
in the southwestern states in 1898 and 1899;
Sarah L., Edith R., Marion A. and Myrtle
(twins); Jessie K., George A., and Era, who
is six years of age. All of the children are
living in Pima, and five are married, and have,
according to the habit of their generous and
helpful father, homes of their own which they
received at the time of their marriage. The
Bishop has seven living grandchildren, and an
event of rejoicing was when the entire family
ate Christmas dinner together. The sons and
daughters are all members of the church to
which their father has ever given his allegiance,
and the oldest son is first assistant superinten-
dent of the Sunday school. About a mile from
Pima Bishop Taylor has eighty acres of land
under cultivation. He is a member of the Dem-
ocratic party, as are his sons.

C. C. McEWEN.

The Pioneer & City Transfer Company, of
which Mr. McEwen is vice-president, is meeting
with a high degree of success, and receives the
patronage of a large share of the residents of
Phoenix and vicinity. The company is the re-
sult of the consolidation, in 1899, of the City
Transfer, which was started by Mr. McEwen in
1891, and the Pioneer Transfer. The president
is J. D. Reed, of Tucson, and the secretary and
treasurer Clinton Lauver. The office of the con-
cern is located at TO South Center street. The
firm does a large storage business, and have two
storehouses on the corner of Jackson and First

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streets, one of which is 40x40 in dimensions and
the other 50x50 feet. They also conduct a gen-
eral moving business. Their reliable business
methods and extreme care in the matter of trans-
fer of valuable articles and house furnishings
have won for them the confidence of the com-
munity, and by far the largest patronage of any
firm in the valley.

A native of St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Mr.
McEwen was born December 20, 1856, and is
a son of George and Eliza (Bohannan) McEwen,
natives respectively of St. Lawrence and Oswe-
go counties, N. Y. George McEwen was a
farmer during his lifetime, and in 1866 removed
to Shelby county, Mo., where he eventually died.
The paternal grandfather, Daniel, was born in
Vermont, and was later a farmer in St. Law-
rence county. He was of Scotch descent. C. C.
McEwen remained at home on his father's farm
until about twenty years of age, and in 1876 re-
moved to Missouri, where he became interested
in general farming and in the horse business. In
1884 he settled in Gainesville, Texas, and en-
gaged in the cattle business, and later went to
the Indian territory. In 1884 he located in Phoe-
nix, and for eighteen months was in the employ
of J. B. Montgomery's dairy concern. He then
turned his attention to farming for three years,
later engaging in the management of a wood and
coal yard, on the present site of the O'Neill
building, which was later removed to East Madi-
son street, and was conducted by Mr. McEwen
until his change of occupation to the transfer
business.

In Palmyra, N. Y., occurred the marriage of
Mr. McEwen and Elizabeth Schallar, a native of
Illinois, and of German descent. Of this union
there have been three children: Clarice, Sidney
and Arizona. Mr. McEwen is a very public-
spirited man, and interested in all that pertains
to the development of his locality. He still has
an interest in the City Wood Yard, on West
Washington street, between Third and Fourth
avenues. The residence constructed by him at
No. 505 South Third street is a commodious
and comfortable structure, and a credit to the
surrounding homes. In national politics he is a
Democrat, and with his family is connected with
the Lutheran Church. Fraternally he is asso-
ciated with the Woodmen of the World. Mr.

McEwen has great faith in the prospects of his
adopted territory, and is particularly pleased
with the climate and general conditions. When
he first came here a five years' illness had re-
duced his weight to one hundred and seven-
teen pounds, and six months later he weighed
one hundred and forty pounds. He has since
enjoyed perfect health, and attributes the change
to the wonderful climate of this most wonderful
territory.

CHRISTIAN MILLER.

The record of the life of Mr. Miller, a farmer
of the Salt River valley, shows that he is a native
of Baltimore, Md., born February 26, 1837. His
parents, Christian S. and Catherine R. (Luke)
Miller, were natives of Germany, the former of
Prussia and the latter of Wurtemburg. Their
son was reared in Baltimore until his fourteenth
year, at which time he removed with his parents
to Springfield, 111., and in 1857 -they changed
their location to Harrison county, Mo. There the
parents died. He received an excellent educa-
tion in the public schools of Springfield and Mis-
souri, and was well equipped by education and
practical home-training for the future responsi-
bilities of life.

While living in Harrison county, Mo., Mr.
Miller became a prominent member of the com-
munity, and exerted a wide influence in all of the
affairs of the county. He held various responsi-
ble local offices within the gift of the people, in-
cluding that of treasurer of Dallas township. His
harmonious existence was somewhat broken in
upon at the outbreak of the Civil war, when
he enlisted in the Union army and served for
three years and two months in Company G,
Sixth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry. He was sta-
tioned mostly in Arkansas and Missouri, and
participated in many of the important battles
of the war, among which were Wilson's Creek,
Cross Hollow, Forbes River, and in several mi-
nor skirmishes. During the course of the serv-
ice his command was a part of the army that
fought Price and Marmaduke, and run them
out of Missouri.

In 1865, while still living in Missouri, Mr. Mil-
ler married Emily Reaksecker, a native of Vir-
ginia and a daughter of Frederick and Christena
(King) Reaksecker. Of this union there were

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six children, of whom the eldest, Ida May, died
at the age of twenty-one. Those now living are:
Edward; Julia; Lizzie, who is the wife of John
A. Elvey, a rancher and miner of Maricopa
county; J. Frank; Ralph E., and Lillje B. In Mis-
souri Mr. Miller successfully carried on large
general farming and stock-raising interests and
continued the same until his removal to Arizona
in 1893.

In the Salt River valley, the farm of Mr. Miller
has many natural advantages and is located on
the Maricopa canal. He owns one hundred and
twenty-eight and a quarter acres of land, forty
acres comprising the home claim. It is under a
high state of cultivation, and is a credit to the en-
terprising owner and to the locality in which it is
situated. He is thoroughly in touch with the
enterprises instituted for the upbuilding of the
valley, and is regarded as an acquisition to the
agriculturists there residing. Politically he has
always been a Republican and cast his first vote
for Abraham Lincoln. He and his wife are mem-
bers of the Methodist Church.

JOHN R. NORTON.

Success is determined by one's ability to rec-
ognize opportunity, and to pursue this with a
resolute and unflagging energy. It results from
continued labor, and the man who thus accom-
plishes his purpose usually becomes an import-
ant factor in the business circles of the com-
munity with which he is connected. Through
such means Mr. Norton has attained a leading
place among the representative men of Phoenix,
and his well-spent and honorable life commands
the respect of all who know him.

He was born at Sulphur Well, Metcalfe
county, Ky., February 28, 1854, a son of Robert
and Annie (Hunter) Norton, the former of
Scotch-Irish, the latter of English descent. The
paternal grandfather, George Washington Nor-
ton, was a native of Virginia, from which state
he removed to Kentucky at an early day, and
about 1856 took up his residence near Lexing-
ton, La Fayette county, Mo., where his death
occurred. He was a farmer by occupation. Our
subject's father was a native of Kentucky, and
became a farmer, machinist and inventor, con-
structing many appliances for woolen mills. He

built the woolen mills at Xicholasville, Ky.,
which he operated until they were destroyed by
fire, and then removed to Lexington, Mo., where
he engaged in business as a hemp dealer until his
death in 1860. His wife was born near Nicholas-
ville, Ky., and was a daughter of John Hunter,
a native of Virginia and an early settler of Ken-
tucky, who followed the occupation of farming
and served as captain in the war of 1812, in
which he was wounded. Our subject is second
in order of birth in a family of three children,
the others being Mrs. Lavina Shearer and Mrs.
Lucy Bickers, both residents of Kentucky.

John R. Norton was three years old when the
family removed to Lexington, Mo., but in the
fall of 1860 he returned to Kentucky and made
his home with an uncle, Mr. Hurst, on a farm
near Richmond, Madison county, until thirteen
years of age, when he went to Centralia, Mo.,
where he was employed on a farm for five years.
During the last year he also traded in stock.
In 1876 he removed to Ford county, 111., and em-
barked in farming on his own account near Gib-
son City. He planted a large amount of corn,
but the season being wet his crop proved a
failure.

In 1881 Mr. Norton concluded to come to a
place where it never rains, and entered the em-
ploy of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad as foreman
for W. Murphy, a construction contractor. On
the 5th of May, 1883, he came with Mr. Murphy
to Phoenix as foreman on the construction of the
Arizona canal, and held that position three years.
In 1887 he had charge of the grading of thirty-
four miles of the Maricopa road for the same
gentleman, and was then made superintendent
of the Arizona Improvement Company's Works,
serving as such about five years. Subsequently
he was superintendent of all of the canals on the
north side of Salt river, namely: the Arizona,
Grand, Maricopa and Salt river, and during the
seven years he held that position he worked
about eighteen hours a. day. He resigned in
1898. Five years before this he became interest-
ed in the cattle business, and bought and im-
proved a ranch north of the city, which he sold
in 1900, and purchased his present ranch of three
hundred and sixty acres on the Buckeye, twenty-
seven miles west of Phoenix. This is one of the
finest alfalfa ranches in Arizona. As a dealer

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and feeder, Mr. Norton handles from fifteen hun-
dred to two thousand head of cattle annually,
and keeps some standard bred horses and mules.
He organized the Phoenix Hay & Grain Com-
pany, now located at the corner of Jefferson and
First streets, and is a stockholder, director and
president of the same.

In Phoenix Mr. Norton was united in mar-
riage with Miss Etta W. Wright, who was born
near Yuma, Ariz., while her parents, J. C. and
Mary Wright, were en route to California,
though they now live near Phoenix. Mr. and
Mrs. Norton have two children, Fred W. and
Edith M. The family have a pleasant residence
on Ninth avenue, near the Yuma road.

Fraternally Mr. Norton affiliates with the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen
of the World, the Ancient Order of United
Workmen and the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks. Politically he is prominently identified
with the Democratic party, always attending its
conventions, and frequently serving as a mem-
ber of the county committee. In 1896 he was
elected supervisor of Maricopa county, receiving
a higher number of votes than any other super-
visor, and he has since filled that office with
credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction
of his constituents. He takes an active interest
in the forest reserve scheme to preserve the for-
est for a watershed, and he owns a third interest
in the mouth of the Verde, which has been
tendered the reservoir committee at what it cost
the company. He is pre-eminently public-spirit-
ed and progressive, and takes a deep interest in
all enterprises tending to advance the welfare
of his community.

THOMAS M. BROCKMAN.

Great changes have taken place in Arizona
since Mr. Brockman came here in 1874. From
a wild and desert condition of unpromising as-
pect the Salt River valley has developed under
the untiring industry of the well-to-do farmers
into one of the garden spots of the extreme
west. Although at first associated with Pres-
cott, where he remained until 1878, Mr. Brock-
man finally settled upon the land which has
since been the object of his persistent efforts and
improvement. Under the homestead act he took
up one hundred and sixty acres, which at the

present time bears scarcely a trace of resem-
blance to its former sterile condition. While
tilling his land Mr. Brockman has become popu-
lar with all who are privileged to know him, and
he is recognized as a typical pioneer of the early
days, who is large of heart and generously dis-
posed towards everything that improves his lo-
cality. He is a stanch Democrat, but not an
office-seeker, although often induced to accept
positions of responsibility and trust. For some
time, however, he served as a member of the
school board, and thereby rendered valuable
assistance to the community.

In very early life Mr. Brockman was inured
to the serious and responsible side of existence,
for when quite young he lost both his father and
mother by death. A native of Sonoma county,
Cal., he was bom March 14, 1858, and is a son
of Israel E. and Mary J. (Carriger) Brockman,
natives respectively of Kentucky and Tennessee.
When but a small boy Israel E. Brockman re-
moved from Kentucky to Missouri, where he
lived until his nineteenth year. He was early
ambitious for independence, and in 1846 under-
took a trip to the far west, crossing the plains
by means of ox teams. Upon arriving in Cali-
fornia he became identified with the early pio-
neer days of Sonoma county. In time he was
prominent in the locality both as farmer and citi-
zen, and was honored with the election to of-
fice of first Democratic sheriff of Sonoma county.
He died in San Diego county, Cal., when his
son Thomas was eleven years of age. The lad
had previously lost his mother when but five
years of age. Thrown thus early upon himself
he lived until his sixteenth year with relatives
in California, and then, accompanied by an elder
brother, Joseph E., left California for Arizona.
He subsequently settled in Maricopa county, his
brother Joseph locating in Yavapai county.

Though practically self-educated, Mr. Brock-
man has studied along many lines, and is a well-
informed man. He has many of the substantial
traits of mind and character which go to make
up the successful citizen, and the ability to im-
prove his opportunities to the utmost. Mrs.
Brockman was formerly Perline A. Cartwright,
a native of Illinois, and subsequently a resident
of Salt River valley. To Mr. and Mrs. Brock-
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C., Ernest J., Lawrence H., Bessie, Dora, Clif-
ton M., Mabel and Israel M. In the religious
world Mr. Brockman wields an extended influ-
ence, and is a member of the Christian Church.

PEDRO MICHELENA.

Many public honors have been bestowed upon
the subject of this sketch, who undoubtedly is
a prime favorite in the ranks of the Democratic
party, for he has labored assiduously in the pro-
motion of its interests. At intervals, ever since
he reached mature years, he has been called
upon to officiate in positions of responsibility
and trust, and always, without exception, dis-
charged his duties so well that he added fresh
laurels to those already earned. In addition to
all this he is one of the pioneers of Graham
county, and has assisted in innumerable ways in
the great work of making it a rich and progres-
sive part of the territory.

Thus, doubly entitled to representation in the
annals of this future state, the following facts
in regard to the life of Mr. Michelena have been
gathered. He is a native of Sonora, Mexico,
born March 14, 1858, and at the age of five years
he removed with his parents to Tubac, Ariz.
Four years later they located in Tucson, where
the lad obtained a public school education, and
in 1875 the family removed to the Gila valley.
His mother died in 1874 and his father in 1877,
and then he was left entirely upon his own re-
sources.

After clerking in a general merchandise store
in Tucson for two years, Mr. Michelena came to
Graham county, and for a quarter of a century
has been associated with its history. Devoting
his energy to the development of a farm until
he was made deputy county recorder, he then
so faithfully performed his duties that in 1886
he was elected to the post of county recorder
and served two years. From 1885 to 1888 he
was clerk of the district court, and upon the
expiration of his term resumed his agricultural
labors, succeeding in making a fine homestead.
In 1894 he was again brought before the public
as a candidate for the office of county assessor,
and was duly elected, serving acceptably for two
years. In 1896 he was again called to fill the
position of recorder of Graham county, and his

tenure of the post continued until the first day
of 1901. Since retiring from office he has been
giving his attention to his mining interests, for
he has disposed of the well-improved farm which
he formerly owned. He resides in a commo-
dious home and thoroughly enjoys the privileges
of the county seat. He is an honored member of
the Territorial Association of Arizona Pioneers
and belongs to the Spanish-American Alliance.

HENRY BRINKMEYER.

What may be accomplished within even a few
years by a man of industry and perseverance
may be plainly seen in the case of Henry Brink-
meyer, who today is the proprietor of the
Brinkmeyer Hotel and a flourishing bakery, and
who, a few years ago, arrived in Prescott with
no capital save a thorough knowledge of his
trade. Success has been won by him in the
legitimate channels of business enterprise, and
he is eminently deserving of commendation.

One of seven children, Henry Brinkmeyer
was born in Osnabrock, Hanover, Germany, in
1866. His father, in whose honor he is named,
is still living on the old homestead in Hanover,
but the mother is deceased. A brother, Her-
man, also resides in Prescott. The early years
of the two were passed upon the farm in their
native land, and their education was such as is
afforded by the national schools. When four-
teen years of age, our subject was apprenticed to
the trade of a baker and confectioner, and three
years of his life were passed in mastering the
business.

In July, 1884, the young man came to Amer-
ica, proceeding toward the setting sun until he
arrived in Prescott. Here he was employed at
his trade for three years, in the meantime be-
coming well acquainted with the intricacies of
the English language. In 1887 he opened a
bakery and confectionery store, with a restaurant
in connection, his location being on Montezuma
street. In 1890 he started in another and more
ambitious enterprise, as he purchased the Brink-
meyer Hotel, and this he continued to run until
the large building was destroyed by fire, July
14, 1900. He immediately rebuilt the hotel, and
three days after the fire again opened his bakery
business, for he had not given it up even while

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managing the hotel. In October the hotel was
ready for the entertainment of the public, and
now another addition to it is in process of con-
struction. When completed, the building will
be 50x150 feet in dimensions, and two stories
and basement in height. It is centrally situated
on Montezuma street, and receives a large share
of the local patronage, as well as of the traveling
public.

In 1899 Mr. Brinkmeyer erected a large and
modern residence on West Gurley street, and,
with his family, occupies it. He was married
in this city to Miss Ina Mucik, who was born in
Hutchinson, Minn. They are the parents of two
promising children, Henry, Jr., and Marcella.

An honored member of the Odd Fellows'
order, Mr. Brinkmeyer is a past officer of the
Prescott Lodge and is past chief patriarch of
the Encampment. He also is identified with the
Rebekahs and with the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks. In religion he is a Lutheran and
in politics is a Democrat, and is now serving as
a member of the city council of Prescott.

JOHN F. MAHONY.

Since 1866 this worthy pioneer of Prescott
has been actively associated with the upbuilding
of these southwestern territories, and for the
past thirty-two years has looked upon this
county as his home place. Indeed, he has wit-
nessed almost its entire development, and in
the early years of his residence here experienced
serious discomforts, not the least of his trials
being the troublesome Indians.

The birth of J. F. Mahony occurred in County
Cork, Ireland, August 13, 1850, he being one
of six children, three of whom were sons, and
two brothers and two sisters are today in Amer-
ica. The parents were Maurice and Eliza (Shep-
herd) Mahony. The father and his father and
grandfather were architects, and followed that
calling with success in the Emerald Isle.

The boyhood of John F. Mahony passed
quietly in his native land, his studies being pur-
sued in the public schools. Having marked me-
chanical ability, he spent some time in the shops
and thoroughly mastered the trade of a machin-
ist. Coming to the United States at the close of
the Civil war, he enlisted in the regular army,

though only fifteen years of age, and was as-
signed to Company G, Third United States Cav-
alry. At first he was stationed at Fort Union,
but in 1866 was sent to New Mexico, where he
took part in the memorable campaigns against
the Utes, Comanches and Navajos, only once,
however, being wounded, and that only slightly.
At the end of a service which extended over
three years and nine months, he was honorably
discharged, by special order.

Coming to Yavapai county in 1869, Mr. Ma-
hony started in the restaurant business at Wick-
enburg, and at the end of six or eight month;
gave up that enterprise, devoting his attention to
mining. Later he kept a stage at Date creek,
four miles from Congress, and during the nine
months of his residence at that point his place
was raided by the Apaches, who made away
with all of his live stock and whatever else they
desired. Again he went to the mines, and re-
mained in the Weaver district until 1874, when
he proceeded to Nye county, Nev., and there
passed about two years, engaged in quartz mill-
ing. Then, going to Kern county, Cal., he
spent one season in the silver mills. Returning
to Arizona in the autumn of 1876, he was con-
nected with mining enterprises for the next dec-
ade, latterly being located at Placerita, in Yava-
pai county.

Having been tendered the position of city
engineer of Prescott, Mr. Mahony accepted it,
and was in charge of the entire water system
here, putting up the Goose Flat Water- Works
and managing them until 1895. Altogether, he
was city engineer for nine years, after which he
became superintendent of the quartz mills of
the Tonto Basin, and in 1898 assumed the duties
of engineer at the Crystal Ice plant, in which
capacity he is yet acting. He thoroughly under-
stands machinery.

For his family Mr. Mahony built a comforta-
. ble modern residence on Granite street, Pres-
cott. In the Centennial year he made a trip
back to his old home in Ireland, and again, in
1880, made the long journey to the scenes of
his youth. He did not return alone, however,
that time, for he was accompanied by his bride,
formerly Miss Eliza Abbott. They are the par-
ents of three daughters, namely: Lizzie, Maggie
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In the Odd Fellows' order Mr. Mahony stands
high, and is past noble grand of the Prescott
Lodge and past chief patriarch of the Encamp-
ment, also belonging to the Daughters of Re-
bekah. For six years he was district deputy
grand master, representing Arizona District No.
I, and for three years was grand representative
to the grand lodge of the territory. Politically
he is independent.

WILLIAM REID.

The proprietor of the Park View Hotel of
Tucson has been numbered among our business
men since 1879, and thus has been a participant
in the events which have marked our progress
as a city, as within this period it has been trans-
formed from an unattractive town into a thor-
oughly desirable modern place of residence and
mercantile undertakings. He has been a very
active factor in local politics, using his influence
on behalf of the platform and nominees of the
Republican party. For six years he was a mem-
ber of the city council, and for a short time,
during a vacancy in the office, filled the mayor's
chair.

A son of Richard and Margaret (Forsythe)
Reid, who were born in the highlands of Scot-
land, William Reid is the youngest and only
one living of their six children. The father was
born and reared in Roxburgshire and was a
contractor and builder by occupation. The birth
of our subject took place in Glasgow, Scotland,
July 3, 1849, and his youth was passed in that
city. He attended the Free Trade school in
Glasgow and when arrived at a suitable age went
to Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, where he com-
menced learning the business of a florist and
gardener.

In 1871 William Reid bade adieu to his na-
tive land and crossed the Atlantic, proceeding
westward to Chicago, 111., and in the fall of the
same year went to Marysville, Cal. Later he
became a citizen of San Francisco, but for about
a year suffered with chills and fever, and, be-
lieving a change of climate might prove benefi-
cial, went to San Jose, Cal., where a marked
change for the better was observed. There he
was employed in the San Jose Hotel, and finally,
returning to San Francisco, he obtained a pay-

ing position as head cook in the Brooklyn Hotel,
and remained there until 1879. That year wit-
nessed his arrival in Tucson, and his installa-
tion as head cook in the Palace Hotel, a position
which he held for three and a half years. For a
short time he then was engaged in the liquor
business on his own account, but in 1883, leasing
a building, he converted it into an opera-house,
and subsequently bought the property. In 1886
he built the Reid Opera-house, which had a
capacity of six hundred, and was a model little
theater. He continued to operate this until
1898, when he commenced its reconstruction,
and today the Park View Hotel is the result
of his labors. The hotel has a pleasant rotunda
and large, airy rooms, well equipped with mod-
ern conveniences. The hotel is conducted on
the European plan, and an extensive business is
justifying the proprietor's sagacity and energetic
efforts to please the public.

Like most of the live business men of Arizona,
Mr. Reid has made investments in mining prop-
erty from time to time, his interests being in
the Dragoon Mountains, in the Santa Catalina
district, and in the Helvetia district. He is a
past officer of the Tucson lodges of the Odd Fel-
lows, the Red Men, Knights of Pythias and
Ancient Order of United Workmen. Religiously
he is a Presbyterian, but as there is no church
here of that denomination, he holds membership
with the Congregational Church. He was mar-
ried in San Francisco to Miss Lena Duber, a
native of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and her
death occurred in this city in 1892.

JAMES C. ROBINSON.

Much of the prosperity of the flourishing lit-
tle town of Safford is due to the successful ma-
nipulations of Mr. Robinson, one of the sound
commercial forces of the town : nd county. A
native of Marshfield, Mo., he was born in 1854,
and is a son of C. W. and Elizabeth Robinson.
The father was a veteran of the Civil war, and
was crippled during his service with the army
of the Confederacy, from which he never recov-
ered. After the war, in 1866. he removed with
hi? family to T xas. and here his son James be-
came interested in stock-raising and general
merchandise, continuing the same until 1892.

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While living in Texas Mr. Robinson married,
in 1879, Louise M. Porter, a daughter of R. S.
and Louise Porter, the former a veteran stock-
man and merchant. Uf this union there have
been four children: Angie, who is attending
school in Kansas City; J. N., who is studying
at the university at Tucson; Maggie, who is a
student at Safford, and Zona. Mr. Robinson
became identified with Arizona in 1892, and set-
tled at Fort Thomas. Like the majority, he
was not drawn here by the animating desire for
wealth, but was rather following a doctor's or-
ders in the hope of regaining lost health. In
this connection he has a most exalted idea of
Arizona, for he is today a man of remarkably
strong constitution, and not a trace remains of
his former disability. In Fort Thomas and
Geronimo he engaged in general merchandise
for five years, and upon selling out in 1897 took
up his residence in Safford.

In Safford Mr. Robinson has been variously
engaged, principally in real-estate and stock
speculating. He has mining properties in the
Yavapai district, in the Trumbull mountains,
from which he hopes for large returns. He is
in national politics a Democrat, and although
interested in all of the undertakings of his party,
has never been an office-seeker. Fraternally he
is associated with the Masonic order, and is a
Master Mason and charter member of the lodge
at Safford. Although reared in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, he now attends the Baptist
Church, of which his wife and children are mem-
bers. Mr. Robinson has a beautiful home in
Safford, where are gathered a happy family cir-
cle, and which is the scene of a widespread and
gracious hospitality. To no one of her citizens
does Safford accord a larger degree of esteem
and appreciation than is merited and received by
this amiable and large-hearted member of the
community.

HARRINGTON BLAUVELT.

The superintendent of the Monte Cristo and
Cash mines, near Prescott, Yavapai county, is a
member of the American Institute of Mining
Engineers. Having thoroughly fitted himself for
his chosen field of endeavor, he has devoted
about two decades to mining and metallurgical

work, and is considered an expert in his line.
Mr. Blauvelt is a native of New York state and
for eighteen years has been actively associated
with the west, giving his time to mining en-
gineering and metallurgy. About ten years ago
he came to Prescott, and since has been em-
ployed in the development of mines of this dis-
trict. In the past he has held important and
remunerative positions with different companies
of this territory.

The two groups of mines in which Mr. Blau-
velt is now especially interested are the Monte
Cristo, of the Groom Creek district, and the
Cash mine, situated at the head of Maple Gulch,
neither far from Prescott. Two different syndi-
cates are developing these groups, Phoenix,
Chicago and New England capitalists composing
the companies. The Cash mine was located by
David Grubb in the latter part of the '705, and
through many disheartening seasons he held on
to his property, which is now yielding excel-
lently. The work is progressing, the shaft hav-
ing been sunk to a depth of three hundred and
thirty-five feet, and the ore extracted containing
heavy deposits of lead, with a good percentage
of gold and silver metals. A ten-stamp mill is
now in course of erection. The Monte Cristo
group, comprising seven claims, was located
about ten or twelve years ago by John Hutchins.
Some rich native silver has been taken out, and
the shaft has now reached a depth of ninety feet.
Some gold is found in the iron pyrites, and oc-
casional pockets, while native silver occurs in
leafs and wires. A five-stamp mill is about to be
placed on this property.

JAMES D. MARLAR.

The mining for copper, one of the boundless
resources of Arizona, has an enthusiastic advo-
cate in Mr. Marlar, of Phoenix, who, as secre-
tary and manager of the Lime Creek Copper
Company, is developing a great and remunera-
tive property.

A native of Crawford county, Ark., Mr. Marlar
was born February 8, 1859, and is a son of W.
E. Marlar, who was born in middle Tennessee.
The- paternal grandfather, John, was also born
in Tennessee, and removed with his family to
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planter on a large scale, and served with cour-
age and distinction in the war of 1812. W. E.
Marlar was a successful raiser of stock in Arkan-
sas, and in 1859 settled in California, going
hence by way of the plains, which were crossed
with wagons and ox teams. The route chosen
was by way of Santa Fe to Yuma, and across the
desert to Los Angeles. In those early days the
journey was full of peril to the little family of
father, mother and two children, for the Indi-
ans still regarded the land as their undisputed
heritage, and to them the paleface was a menace
and intrusion. Arriving in Visalia, Tulare
county, Mr. Marlar became interested in stock-
raising and died in March of 1899. His grand-
father, John Marlar, was born in Tennessee, and
was a captain in the Revolutionary war. The
mother of J. D. Marlar was formerly Cynthia
Hinds, and was born in Arkansas. Her father,
James Hinds, was also a native of Arkansas,
and was, during the years of his activity, a. large
planter in Arkansas. He served during the war
of 1812. Mrs. Marlar became the mother of
three children, and died in California.

J. D. Marlar was the second of the children in
his father's family, and was only six weeks old
when his parents made the memorable journey
to California. He was reared on a farm in Cali-
fornia, and necessarily at that time received but
a limited education. In 1877 he started out in
the world to make his own living, and farmed for
a year in California, going in 1878 to Prescott,
Ariz. Here he was employed for a year as a
vaquero, and in 1879 went to the Salt River val-
ley, and was interested in farming near Phoenix.
In 1880 he removed to Tombstone, Ariz., and
worked in a mine, and in 1881 returned to Phoe-
nix, and subsequently settled on a farm of one
hundred and sixty acres five and a half miles
from the city. This farm has been improved to
the utmost and is still in the possession of Mr.
Marlar. It is devoted to the raising of alfalfa,
grain and stock, and a specialty is made of high-
class Durhams. For a time after coming to the
territory Mr. Marlar ran a steam-threshing ma-
chine, which was the first Minnesota Chief intro-
duced in the county. He was obliged to mort-
gage eighty acres of land to secure $500 for the
freight, which more than repaid him for the trou-
ble, for during the first year (three months'

work) he cleared $10,000. He then sold out to
good advantage and started a grocery business.
This proved a discouraging venture, for fire de-
stroyed the greater part of his goods, and the
loss sustained was very heavy. Mr. Marlar after-
wards rebuilt his store in brick, and in 1895 re-
turned for a time to the operation of his farm.

In 1896 Mr. Marlar engaged in mining in con-
nection with his farm work, and in the course of
prospecting located the mines on the line be-
tween Maricopa and Yavapai counties, on Lime
creek. This mine covers about four hundred
acres, and has proved to be one of the best
mines in the country, with an abundance of wood
and water. Eventually, Mr. Marlar organized
the Lime Creek Copper Company, which is do-
ing a large business, and is one of the important
mining organizations in the country.

In Phoenix in 1879 Mr. Marlar was united in
marriage with Fannie C. Morten, a native of
Salt Lake City, Utah. Of this union there were
ten children, of whom seven are living, viz.:
William E., who is at present attending the Uni-
versity of Arizona at Tucson; Carrie B., who is
attending the high school; Fannie L. ; James
Floyd; Thomas; Cynthia, and Harry. In na-
tional politics Mr. Marlar is identified with the
Democratic party, but has no desire for political
office. Fraternally he is associated with the
Knights of Pythias, the Ancient Order of United
Workmen and the Uniform Rank, Knights of
Pythias. Mrs. Marlar is a member of and a large
contributor to the Christian Church.

JOHN J. MEYER.

A citizen from other shores who has made
a name for himself as a rancher in the Salt River
valley, Mr. Meyer was born in Alsace-Lorraine,
near Strasburg, on the Rhine, April 13, 1865.
His parents, John and Margaret (Houser)
Meyer, were agriculturists during the years of
their activity. The father is now deceased, and
the mother is living in Illinois.

When nine years of age a change came into
the life of John J. Meyer, for his parents had
decided to avail themselves of the larger possi-
bilities of the United States, and set sail for
America. Almost immediately they located in
Lake county, 111., where their son was reared

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to man's estate, and educated in the district
schools. While prosecuting the peaceful occu-
pation of farming the family fortunes were
materially affected by the death of the father.
In 1884, the son, John, evinced an independent
disposition, and started out in the world to earn
his own living. Upon leaving Illinois he wan-
dered through several of the northwestern states
in search of a desirable permanent location, and
eventually settled in Wyoming, where for sev-
eral years he was variously occupied, according
to the location and time of year.

Mr. Meyer became identified with the promis-
ing conditions of Arizona in 1893, and has since
had cause to congratulate himself upon his
choice of location. He is one of the successful
men of the valley, and is continually progress-
ing along the lines of his chosen occupation.

Mrs. Meyer was formerly Clara E. Wilky,
daughter of Henry H. and Sophia (Lutgerding)
Wilky, pioneers of the Salt River valley. Mr.
Wilky died December 21, 1900. His widow is
still living on the old homestead. A sketch of
the Wilky family appears elsewhere in this work.
Of Mr. Meyer's marriage there is one daughter,
Edna M. Personally he is a progressive citizen
and capable farmer, and has won the esteem of
all who have in any way associated with him.
He has great faith in the latent qualities of the
soil in his adopted locality, and is ever ready
to contribute time and money towards all im-
provements and development of the surround-
ing resources. Politically he is a Democrat.

REV. THOMAS M. CONNOLLY.

One of the most earnest moral agencies in
Winslow is Father Connolly, rector of the Cath-
olic Church. His work among the people of this
thriving little town has been characterized by
unflagging zeal, and an inexhaustible sympathy
for all who suffer or are in need of help. He
came here in 1896, when but a few settlers had
availed themselves of the excellence of location,
and the manifold opportunities for money-get-
ting. With the enthusiasm which everywhere
seems to animate the disciples of the great
church in which he is a worker, he continued
the work of construction begun by his predeces-
sor, and after two years had completed the plas-

tering, furnishing and frescoing, and a creditable
structure was the result, at a cost of $1,200.
Since then the work has progressed with gratify-
ing results, the membership has grown to sixty-
five families and four hundred members, who
work in harmony with the pastor, whose counsels
they follow, and in whose judgment they have
the utmost confidence.

Father Connolly was born in Murrayville, 111.,
and w'as educated at St. Francis Seminary, Mil-
waukee, Wis., from which he was graduated in
June of 1891. June 21, of the same year, he
was ordained by Archbishop Katzer, of Milwau-
kee, and his first charge was at Carlinville, Ma-
coupin county, 111., as rector of St. Mary's
Church. After a year he went to Alton, 111., as
assistant in the Alton Cathedral, but owing to
failing health was obliged to relinquish his
charge when a year had passed. In the hope
of benefiting by a change of climate and sur-
roundings, he came to Arizona in 1894, remain-
ing for a short time in Flagstaff, and removing
to Winslow in December of 1896. Father Con-
nolly belongs to the secular clergy, and devotes
his entire time to religious work.

GORHAM A. BRAY.

Just when the Bray family was first repre-
sented in America is not definitely known, but at
any rate some remote scion of the house crossed
the seas from England many years ago and set-
tled at Cape Cod, Mass. Later bearers of the
name were closely associated with the quaint and
picturesque village of Yarmouth, on the coast,
and here, where the fishermen so industriously
ply their trade, and where so many millions of
the plebeian cod are smoked every year, the pa-
ternal grandfather, William, was born, and in
time became a ship builder by occupation. His
grandson, G. A. Bray, was born at Yarmouth
February 11, 1848, and his father, Gorham, was
a native of the same town, and a prosperous
farmer and speculator of the cape. The ship
builder's son died near the scene of his birth
in 1895, at the age of sixty-three years. In his
early manhood he had married Nancy Thatcher,
also a native of Cape Cod, and a daughter of
Deacon Samuel Thatcher, a prominent man in
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was the mother of six children, died when sixty
years of age. Five of the children attained ma-
turity, three sons and two daughters, of whom
G. A. is second.

After completing an education begun in the
public schools, Mr. Bray began to earn his own
living at the age of sixteen as a clerk at North
Bridgewater (now Brockton), Mass. When
twenty-one years of age, he engaged with his
father in the gents' clothing and furnishing busi-
ness at Lynn, Essex county, Mass., and in 1875
sold out and returned to his old home at Yar-
mouth. In May of 1876 he went to San Fran-
cisco by way of Panama, and there assumed
charge of the furnishing goods department of
Davis Brothers. From San Francisco he went
to Sokdad, Monterey county, Cal., and then to
Gonzales, where he became foreman of a mer-
cantile concern, eventually returning to the em-
ploy of Davis Brothers in San Francisco. Upon
resigning from his position in 1878 he became
associated with T. C. Bray, a cousin, in Prescott,
with whom he continued in the general mer-
chandise business until March of 1888. He then
removed to Flagstaff and started in business for
himself, and during the seven years of his resi-
dence in that place became prominent in the
affairs of the town. He was the first mayor
of Flagstaff and took an active part in its incor-
poration.

In November of 1894 Mr. Bray returned to
Prescott, and at once became interested in the
B. B. Company, with which he has since asso-
ciated his fortunes, and of which he is now a
director. The greater part of his time is now
spent in looking after the affairs of this large
concern, one of the largest in the county, and
indeed in the west. The concern carries a gen-
eral line of necessities, and it would be difficult to
mention anything between a cambric needle and
a threshing machine that may not be purchased
at their establishment. The building is 75x130 in
ground dimensions and is three stories high. In
addition there are warehouses and the most com-
plete arrangements for carrying on an exten-
sive and comprehensive business.

The marriage of Mr. Bray and Desdemona
E. Grandy occurred June 4, 1882. Mrs. Bray
was born in St. Paris, Ohio, and is a daughter of
Rev. I. B. Grandy, a native of New York, and

Julia (Lee) Grandy, a native of Troy, Ohio,- and
daughter of Benjamin Lee. The paternal grand-
father lives in Cleveland, N. Y., and is of En-
glish descent. Rev. I. B. Grandy is a Universal-
ist minister, now living at Indianapolis, Ind. He
served during the Civil war in the Seventy-first
Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was wounded dur-
ing the war. He is a Mason of high degree. In
politics he is a stanch Republican and has been
active in sustaining the best principles and is-
sues of the party. For many years he has been
a member of the city council. During the exist-
ence of the Mining Exchange he was one of the
moving forces and was the treasurer for this
widely-known organization.

PATRICK J. DELAHANTY.

Though at the present time conducting a
large livery enterprise in Benson, Mr. Delahanty
has been variously identified with the growth of
his adopted tqwn, and is one of its most enter-
prising and prosperous citizens. A native of
County Waterford, Ireland, he received his edu-
cation and early training in his island home, and
immigrated to America in 1872. After a year
spent in Massachusetts he went to Michigan and
became interested in iron mining in the Lake
Superior region for a year and a half, and was
successful in this first attempt to gain a liveli-
hood from the earth's hidden resources. In Utah
he later engaged in silver mining, and met with
equal success, and after eighteen months tried
his luck in Nevada in the same line of occupa-
tion. He later spent about two years in Inyo
county, Cal., which was followed by a residence
in San Francisco of several years.

Mr. Delahanty became associated with Ari-
zona in 1880, and at first lived in Tombstone for
a couple of years, going then 10 Dos Cabezos for
a year, where he was engaged in mining. For a
couple of years he mined in Pima county, and
then located in Benson which has since been
his home. In addition to his livery business he
is interested in a saloon and in the cattle indus-
try, and erected the buildings in which the first
two industries are carried on. He is a large
property owner in his own and some of the ad-
joining towns, and also owns valuable mining
claims. In Benson he owns sixteen lots besides

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those on which his business is conducted, six of
which are improved and located on Main street.
Mr. Dclahanty is one of those men who has
known how to avail himself of opportunities,
and his numerous possessions and the esteem
which is accorded him by the citizens of Benson
bear testimony to his success.

In politics Mr. Delahanty is an uncompromis-
ing Democrat, and has for years been an influ-
ential leader of his party in Cochise county.
In 1900 he was elected to the office of supervisor
of Cochise county. He has from the first of his
residence here been interested in all of the local
political undertakings, and has exerted an influ-
ence for advancement along political and other
lines. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias,
and past chancellor of Benson Lodge No. 5.

A. L. PECK.

A. L. Peck, who is conducting mining and
livery interests at Nogales, has purchased his suc-
cess in the territory by experiences unusually dis-
couraging and terrible. A native of Chautauqua
county, N. Y., he was born March 21, 1849, and
was reared in the west. Of an enterprising and
industrious disposition, he early availed himself
of all the opportunities that came his way, and
found himself in Nevada in 1872. Then followed
a season of prospecting in different parts of the
southwest and in Sonora, Mexico, which termi-
nated in 1884, when he settled on a ranch ten
miles from Calabasas, in what is now Santa Cruz
county. Upon this ranch he carried on large cat-
tle and horse interests, and at the end of two
years his wife and infant child were killed by
Apache Indians, and himself and wife's niece
taken prisoners. After being robbed of every-
thing of value which he possessed, his house
burned, forty head of cattle and ten horses
stolen, and general destruction cast abroad, he
was turned loose in the mountains, and left to
a loneliness and desolation truly heartrending.
He finally sold out his land and returned to
Mexico, where he worked in the mines in lieu
of other occupation. The niece captured with
him was recaptured six weeks later in the moun-
tains by Lawton's troops. She is now married
and lives in Naco, Ariz.

In 1887 Mr. Peck came to Nogales and for a

time worked in the Promontory mines in Sonora,
and also bought property on the international
line valued at $5,000. There he carried on a
boarding house until 1898, when the buildings
were ordered removed by the United States
government. In 1888 he went into partnership
with Joe Carbon in the livery business, the lat-
ter soon after being substituted by Maurice
Breen, with whom the business is still carried on.
The firm engages in all kinds of livery and team-
ing business, and has been very successful in
its line. Mr. Peck is also engaged in ranching
in the Santa Cruz valley, where he makes a spe-
cialty of cattle and horses.

In national politics Mr. Peck is a Republican,
and was appointed a member of the first board of
supervisors of the new county, having been act-
ive in securing the separation of Santa Cruz from
Pima county. Fraternally he is a member of the
Nogales Lodge of Masons at Sonora, Mexico,
Nogales Lodge No. 9, I. O. O. F., at Nogales,
Ariz., and the Knights of Pythias Lodge at
Nogales, Ariz. In 1888 he was united in mar-
riage with Carman Montina, and of this second
union there are four children : May, Arthur, Luly
and Malathia. Mr. Peck owns considerable
residence property in Nogales, and has a fine
and commodious residence on West Hill, in this
city.

JOSEPH S. BIRCHETT.

From practically the termination of the Civil
war Mr. Birchett has made his home in the far
west, and has, as do most who are in touch with
its promise and possibility, remained here since.
In the primitive and time-honored way of the
early travelers through the western wilderness,
he came from Texas in 1865, crossing the plains
by means of ox teams and wagons, in a train of
emigrants, locating in Los Angeles county, Cal.
In the vicinity of Downey he carried on farming
enterprises for some time, and subsequently en-
gaged in a mercantile business at Modoc, Inyo
county, Cal., for several years. In 1881 he re-
moved to Arizona, and carried on a mercantile
venture for a short time, and later engaged in
mining in the Tonto Basin, Ariz. In 1888 he
came to the Salt River valley, and has since
made this section of the county his home.

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The first farm upon which Mr. Birchett set-
tled in the valley was located about ten miles
southwest of Phoenix, on the south side of the
Salt river. In 1891 he removed to the farm near
Tempe which has since been the object of his
care, and which is one hundred and ninety acres
in extent. The home place of thirty acres com-
prises the original land purchased by Mr. Birch-
ett, and which was in a very crude and unprom-
ising condition. As the various enterprises
sprang into existence as the result of the march
of progress, Mr. Birchett became prominently
interested in their upbuilding. In 1895 he be-
came identified with the Tempe-Mesa Produce
Company, and served for one year as a director
in the same. In 1900 he was elected superin-
tendent of the Tempe Irrigating Canal Company,
and had, previous to that, been in charge of the
mercantile department of the Tempe-Mesa Prod-
uce Company at their plant near Tempe.

A native of Carroll county, Ark., Mr. Birchett
was born October 6, 1843, and is a son of John
and Mary (Cole) Birchett, natives respectively
of the south and of Illinois. The family is said to
be of Scotch extraction. When a small boy
Joseph S. removed with his parents to Burleson
county, Tex., where he spent the greater part of
his childhood and early manhood. His parents
believed in educating their children, and he was
fortunate in being able to attend school regu-
larly, at least during the winter months. When
old enough he assisted his father in the man-
agement of the home farm, and at the time of the
removal of the family to California in 1865 was
a practical and experienced farmer.

December 10, 1871, in Los Angeles county,
Cal., Mr. Birchett married Mattie Morrow, who
was born in Texas. Her father, John Norris
Morrow, was a native of Kentucky, and settled
in Texas, afterwards removing to California. Of
the union of Mr. and Mrs. Birchett there have
been four children: Mary, who is the wife of
George Ruffner, a resident of the vicinity of
Prescott and ex-sheriff of Yavapai county;
Jeanie, who is married to Andrew J. Houston,
residing south of Tempe; John R., who is a
farmer near Tempe ; and Joseph T., who is man-
ager of the mercantile department of the Tempe-
Mesa Produce Company. In national politics
Mr. Birchett is a believer in the principles and

issues of the Democratic party, and has held
several local offices. While living in Gila county,
Ariz., he served for some time as probate judge
of the county. Fraternally he is associated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with
the United Moderns at Tempe. He has con-
tributed his share towards the development of his
adopted section of the country, and is regarded
as one of the most substantial and reliable of the
dwellers of the valley.

HARRISON JEWELL.

The distinction of being one of the earliest
inhabitants of the prosperous mining town .of
Globe, Gila county, belongs to Mr. Jewell,
whose residence at this point dates from 1878.
When he arrived in the town, it contained but
a rude aggregation of huts and tents, with prac-
tically no substantial dwellings or business
blocks.

Born in Tamworth, N. H., July 22, 1839, Mr.
Jewell is a son of Mark and Annie (Sinclair)
Jewell. While he was still a boy, death deprived
him of his parents. Until 1853 he continued
to reside in New Hampshire, but in that year
removed to Medford, Mass., where he devoted
twelve months to learning the ship carpenter's
trade. From 1854 to 1858 he was employed at
the same calling in the East Boston shipyard,
where he became proficient in the trade. In
1859 he started for the west. At Nebraska City,
Neb., he purchased a team, and, joining a party
bound overland, he traveled through Nebraska,
Colorado and Utah to Nevada, locating in Vir-
ginia City, where he engaged in contracting
and carpentering until 1862.

The following three years were devoted to
the pursuit of the same calling at Austin, Nev.,
after which he settled in Eureka, Nev. In 1875
he removed to California, remaining in Oakland
and San Francisco until 1878, when he located
in Globe. This place has since been his home,
and here, with the exception of the past two
years, he has been engaged at his trade and in
prospecting and mining. In 1899 he sold to the
Old Dominion Mining Company the copper
mines he owned in the Globe district, since
which time he has been living in practical retire-
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buildings lie erected or assisted in erecting in
Globe may be mentioned the Gila county court-
house (on which he did the carpenter work),
the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Baptist
(now the Roman Catholic) Church, the Buffalo
smelter building, and several residences and
business blocks.

Though a stanch Republican, Mr. Jewell has
never sought nor consented to fill public office,
with the single exception of the position of
school trustee, which he filled for a period of
thirteen years. In the Methodist Episcopal
Church, of which he is a member, he fills the
office of trustee. In Odd Fellowship he has
passed all the chairs in the lodge and encamp-
ment at Globe. Among his real-estate interests,
which are considerable and important, may be
mentioned four houses which he owns in Globe.
He has never married.

ELMER E. PASCOE.

Now successfully engaged in the real-estate
business at Phoenix, Mr. Pascoe was born in
Indianapolis, Ind., November 3, 1861. His
father, James Pascoe, was born in Cornwall,
England, and at the age of seven years came
with his parents to America, and located at
Galena, 111., where his father engaged in mining.
He died at Dubuque, Iowa. James Pascoe went
to Missouri when old enough to look out for
himself, and, following his father's example,
interested himself in lead mining. He later con-
tinued the same occupation in the Lehigh Val-
ley, Pennsylvania, and in 1855 located in Indi-
anapolis and occupied himself with boiler mak-
ing in the railroad shops. He died in 1891. His
wife, formerly Louisa Snyder, was born in Read-
ing, Pa., and is a daughter of an old Pennsyl-
vania family. She is now residing in Phoenix.
Of the four children composing this family, one
sister resides in Indianapolis, and a brother, Eu-
gene, is a railroad engineer in Mexico.

The youth of E. E. Pascoe was passed in In-
dianapolis, where he received an excellent educa-
tion in the public schools, and graduated from
the high school. Following the ambitious in-
clination to be self-supporting he removed, in
1879, to New Orleans, where he was connected
with a wholesale dry-goods firm for two years.

Upon returning to Indianapolis he was em-
ployed by a hardware house, and in 1882 re-
moved to Colorado, where he was engaged in
the hardware business first in Buena Vista, and
later at Pueblo; resided for a time at Fort Col-
lins, and during the excitement at Creed, Colo.,
availed himself of the demand for general mer-
chandise and started a store. In 1892 Mr. Pas-
coe took up his permanent residence in Phoenix,
and at once engaged in the loan and real-estate
business, so prolific of good returns in all com-
paratively new and promising localities. His
efforts have met with gratifying success, and he
does a large business in farm and city property,
and makes a specialty of loans. The headquar-
ters of this enterprise are No. 1 10 North Center
street. Mr. Pascoe has added to the appearance
of his locality and to the comfort of himself and
family by erecting a pleasant and commodious
residence.

The marriage of Mr. Pascoe and Marguerite
Bell, a native of Jasper county, Mo., and a
daughter of Benton Bell, occurred in Phoenix.
Of this union there is one daughter, Ruby. In
national politics Mr. Pascoe is independent, and
usually votes for the man best qualified to fill the
position. He is enterprising and popular, and
appreciated for his many sterling qualities of
mind and heart.

JESSE PEARCE.

Since 1878 Jesse Pearce, a representative citi-
zen of Mesa, has resided in Arizona, and thus
is a pioneer of this future state. Within his rec-
ollection nearly all of the development of Mesa
and locality has taken place, and his own pros-
perity has kept pace with that of the community
where he cast his lot a score of years ago. His
birth occurred in Wayne county, Miss., August
4, 1852. His parents, Zebulon and Rebecca
(Cud) Pearce, likewise were natives of the
South, and his step-grandfather, John May, who
attained the advanced age of one hundred and
four years, was a soldier of the Revolutionary
war.

With the exception of a short time spent in
Perry county, 111., Jesse Pearce lived in his na-
tive county until he had arrived at maturity. His
educational advantages during the years of his

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boyhood, when the national strife was at its
height, were, of necessity, very limited, and thus
in several senses he has been obliged to rely upon
his independent efforts to make his way in the
world.

In 1877, with his wife and one child, Jesse
Pearce went to Utah, but within a short time de-
cided to remove to Arizona. In the spring of
1878 he settled in Apache county, where he car-
ried on agricultural pursuits until 1881, then
coming to Maricopa county. Here he home-
steaded a quarter section of land, of which he
yet retains seventy acres. At the time of his
coming to this region the town of Mesa com-
prised only a few adobe houses, and bore little
resemblance to the present city. With his cus-
tomary energy, he commenced making improve-
ments upon his property, and today has a valu-
able and well-cultivated farm. In politics he uses
his franchise in favor of the Democratic platform
and nominees. Socially he is connected with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with
the Knights of Pythias of Mesa.

Twenty-six years ago the marriage of Mr.
Pearce and Miss Eliza Downing was solemnized
in Mississippi, their native state. Seven chil-
dren were born to them, and two of the num-
ber have been taken by the angel of death. Three
sons and two daughters remain to cheer their
parents' hearts, namely: Zebulon, Flora S., Jesse
R., George W. and Zetty M.

P. T. HURLEY.

By exceptional business ability and persever-
ance in his undertakings until he has brought
them to a marked measure of prosperity, P. T.
Hurley, of Phoenix, is deserving of great credit.
In all affairs pertaining to the growth and wel-
fare of this city he is actively interested, loyally
aiding in the work of improvements and good
civil government. Believing that his numerous
friends and business associates will be interested
in a review of his career, the following facts
have been gathered in regard to him.

One of the six children of Timothy and Mag-
gie (Casey) Hurley, he was born in St. Lawrence
county, N. Y., near the village of Potsdam, Janu-
ary 8, 1861. His father, now arrived at a ven-
erable age, has been numbered among the farm-

ers of New York state since his youth, and is
highly respected in his community. His wife
departed this life fully a quarter of a century ago,
and his children are far away from him. Cor-
nelius, Mrs. Maggie Long, P. T., and John liv-
ing in or near Phoenix, while Mrs. Nellie Long
resides in Buckeye, this county, and Michael
is in South Africa.

During his boyhood and until he was twenty
years of age P. T. Hurley lived with his father
upon the old homestead in St. Lawrence county,
N. Y. In 1881 he came to Phoenix, being the
first of the family to locate here, and for ten
years his attention was given to the task of im-
proving and cultivating a farm. After living for
about a year on one ranch, he removed to an-
other place, situated about ten miles west of
Phoenix. There he made substantial improve-
ments, including ditches and canals for irriga-
tion, and at the end of about three years sold
the place. In the meantime he had also been
engaged in the raising of cattle, the Gila bot-
toms affording rich pasture lands. He then
bought and still owns eighty acres in the Salt
River valley, in the Mesquite district, and there,
as formerly, made a great success of raising cat-
tle. Later he purchased a quarter section of
land two miles from Phoenix, and there now
has his packing-houses, with cold storage de-
partments of large capacity, the plant being lo-
cated in the packing-houses. He has continued
to raise cattle up to the present time, and for
the past decade has been the proprietor of a
meat market in Phoenix. By degrees he built
up a large trade, and each year it is being widely-
extended. At this writing he carries on three
large markets, the leading one at No. 5 West
Washington stieet. Of late years he has made
a specialty of packing and shipping meats to
points outside this city, both near and far,
north and south, and to places on the Southern
Pacific. About eight years ago a soap factory-
was started here by his brother, and after it had
grown to large proportions our subject bought
the plant, and since that time has been the sole
owner of the Arizona Soap Works, located in
Phoenix, being the only soap factory in Phoe-
nix.

Mr. Hurley is a member of the Phoenix Board
of Trade, and is connected with the local lodge

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of the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of
the World. In political matters he is a Demo-
crat. His marriage to Miss Maggie Sullivan was
celebrated in Phoenix thirteen years ago. They
are the parents of four children, namely: Harry
Lee, Hettie May, Emory Joseph and Norman.
Mrs. Hurley is a native of Potsdam, St. Law-
rence county, N. Y., the old home of our sub-
ject, and, like him, received good educational
advantages in her youth.

A. J. BRADLEY.

The leading undertaker of Phoenix has dem-
onstrated the true meaning of the word success
as the full accomplishment of an honorable pur-
pose. Energy, close application, perseverance
and good management — these are the elements
which have entered into his business career and
crowned his efforts with prosperity.

Mr. Bradley was born in Toronto, Canada,
May 7, 1852, and is the only child of Robert and
Alice (Boyd) Bradley, both natives of Armagh,
Ireland, and the latter a daughter of Joseph
Boyd, who was also born on the Emerald Isle,
but spent his last days in Canada, where he lived
a retired life. On their emigration to America
the parents of our subject located in Toronto,
Canada, where the father engaged in the boot
and shoe business. There both he and his wife
died.

During his boyhood A. J. Bradley acquired a
good knowledge of the common English
branches of learning in the public schools of
Toronto, and at the age of thirteen began learn-
ing the cabinetmaker's trade in that city, where
he worked at the same for seven years. In 1880
he removed to Missoula, Mont., and embarked
in the furniture and undertaking business on his
own account. He also served as coroner of
Missoula county for two years. In 1895 he re-
moved to Butte, Mont., where he continued to
engage in the undertaking business, and July n,
1896, came to Phoenix, Ariz. He was grad-
uated from the Chicago College of Embalming
in 1888, and as a funeral director has no superior
in this territory. He has fine undertaking rooms
at No. 216 West Washington street, and is well
equipped in every way to carry on his business.

At Bolivar, N. Y., Mr. Bradley was united in

marriage with Miss Lila Walker, a native of On-
tario, Canada, and to them has been born one
child, Edna. Mr. Bradley is a prominent Mason,
having been initiated into the mysteries of that
order at Missoula, Mont. He now holds mem-
bership in Arizona Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M.;
Phoenix Chapter, R. A. M.; Phoenix Com-
mandery No. 3, K. T., and El Zaribah Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S. He also belongs to the Be-
nevolent Protective Order of Elks, Knights of
Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, and is past noble grand in the last named
fraternity. In his political affiliations he is an
ardent Republican. Both in business and social
circles he stands deservedly high, and has the
entire confidence and respect of his fellow-citi-
zens.

F. W. NELSON.

The junior member of the firm of Burbage &
Nelson, attorneys-at-law, and dealers in real-
estate and insurance at Winslow, was born in
Manchester, N. H., in 1857, and was reared and
educated in New York. In 1870 he removed
to Chicago, and was employed in that city until
1883, when he took up his residence in Springer-
ville, Ariz. Upon being appointed under sheriff
of Apache county in 1891, he removed to St.
Johns, the county seat, and creditably discharged
the arduous duties of the office until 1894. In
1892 he was elected county recorder and held
both offices at the same time.

In 1895 he became associated with Winslow,
and at once took an active interest in the creat-
ing of Navajo county, and exerted an influence
in the legislature to secure the passage of the
bill separting Apache from Navajo county. His
services were rewarded by his appointment as
first county recorder and clerk of the board of
supervisors of Navajo county, which positions he
filled during 1895 and 1896. In 1895 he was ad-
mitted to practice at the bar in Holbrook, and
the same year formed a partnership with W. H.
Burbage, in the real-estate and insurance busi-
ness. The firm do a large business, and have,
besides lucrative law practices, the agency for
twenty-one British and American insurance
companies.

In 1900 Mr. Nelson assisted Mr. Burbage in

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the organization of the Navajo County Bank, the
officers being: W. H. Burbage, president; F. W.
Nelson, vice-president, and George A. Lane,
cashier. The institution is capitalized for $25,000
and is considered one of the solid financial in-
stitutions of the county. As proof of his suc-
cess Mr. Nelson has accumulated property in
Winslow and other parts of the territory, and
has a large interest in the opera house. He is
one of the substantial and reliable business men
of the place, and has rendered conspicuous serv-
ice to his fellow-townsmen as city attorney. He
is fraternally connected with the Elks, and with
many of the social and other interests of his
adopted town.

GEORGE W. MARTIN.

Unlike the majority of the residents of Wil-
liams, Mr. Martin, the proprietor of the Palace
meat market, has but a faint remembrance of
any part of the country but Arizona. He was
practically reared and educated in Yavapai
county, and residence and training have made
of him a typical western man. He was born at
Bentonville, Ark., May 18, 1863, and is a son
of Lowry Ogden Martin, for many years one of
the largest stock-raisers of eastern Arizona.

The elder Martin is a native of Dover, Stewart
county, Tenn., and was born in 1824. Until the
age of twenty-one he lived on his father's farm,
and then removed to northwest Missouri, where
he engaged in farming and stock-raising for
seven years. In 1852 he removed to Benton
county, Ark., and settled on the land which is
the present town site of Rogers. This was his
home for thirty-four years, until, in 1876, he
came to Prescott, Ariz., and went into the cattle
business in Skull valley. During his residence
in Yavapai county he engaged to some extent
in teaming and freighting, besides caring for a
herd of cattle that numbered about a thousand
head. In 1890 he crossed over to what is now
Coconino county, taking with him his herd of
cattle and settled near Williams, when that town
was in its infancy and had but two hundred set-
tlers. During this time his sons had been in
partnership with him, and in 1895 the firm sold
their cattle and established the Palace meat mar-
ket.

In his young days L. O. Martin married Miss
Stringfield, and of this union there are four
children, of whom John R., George W. and A.
L. are members of the firm, and Emily is the wife
of Joe Akard. In his seventy-seventh year, after
a long and useful career, L. O. Martin passed
away at his home in Williams, May 9, 1901. His
wife, whose demise occurred April 10, 1901, had
passed her sixty-eighth year.

George W. Martin, who has assumed charge
of the firm's business, received a common-
school education in Yavapai county, and was for
many years with his father in the cattle business.
For the carrying on of the extensive enterprise
of which he is the head he uses about fifty head
of cattle a month, and a proportionately large
number of sheep and hogs. He has a small
ranch upon which the fatted cattle are kept and
butchered, and he has made of the business a
success in every sense of the word. In the
meantime he has purchased his own home, and
owns as well the shop in which the business is
conducted.

Mr. Martin married Lizzie Isom, in 1898, and
they have one daughter, Ruby. Fraternally Mr.
Martin is associated with the Odd Fellows at
Williams. He is one of the reliable and sub-
stantial citizens of the town.

WOLF SACHS.

Wolf Sachs, for twenty-three years a resident
of Arizona and an active factor in its develop-
ment, is a native of Russia, his birth having oc-
curred in one of the Baltic provinces June 15,
1853. His father, Isaac Sachs, likewise a Rus-
sian, is deceased, and the mother, Leba, a na-
tive of the same province, is now making her
home in New York City. Until he was in his
nineteenth year, Wolf Sachs lived in his home
neighborhood and then went to Germany, where
he lived for something more than a year.

Having learned much of the United States,
our subject determined to come to these hos-
pitable shores, and in the fall of 1873 crossed the
Atlantic. Going to Philadelphia he conducted
a department in the Union Market of that city,
and then went to Texas, where he spent a short
time. In the spring of 1878 he started on horse-
back from the Lone Star State to Arizona, the

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journey at that time requiring marked courage
and resolution, for aside from the discomforts
and difficulties of the almost untraveled, lonely
trails, the Indians were especially troublesome.

For some time after his arrival in Cochise
county, Ariz., Mr. Sachs was engaged in mining
and prospecting, and then turned his attention
to freighting goods. In 1886 he became inter-
ested in the cattle industry, and for six years
lived near Willcox. In the meantime he served
as a territorial inspector of brands on cattle.
Since 1892-116 has lived in the Salt River valley,
and now owns a valuable farm of six hundred and
forty acres, situated near Tempe. Here, as for-
merly, he conducts an extensive cattle business,
and also raises grain and hay. By his own well-
applied energy and determination he has become
rich and influential, and is deserving of great
credit.

Public-spirited and liberal to worthy enter-
prises, Mr. Sachs has won the genuine regard of
all associated with him. For one term he served
as a member of the city council of Tempe, hav-
ing been elected by his Republican friends, for he
is an ardent advocate of that party. At the
present time he is serving as noble grand of the
Odd Fellows Lodge of Tempe, and is connected
with the order of United Moderns

WILLIAM C. SMITH.

As a merchant, miner and ranchman, Mr.
Smith has been identified with the fortunes of
Casa Grande since 1883. Coming to the United
States in 1870, from Edinburgh, Scotland, where
he was born May 12, 1850, he brought with him
the sterling and persevering traits of character
which we are wont to associate with the sturdy
sons of Scotland, and which invariably tend to
the strength of the communities in which they
locate. After a year of residence in Washing-
ton, D. C., he came west overland from St.
Louis, and reached Florence, Ariz., in 1875.
The town was then at the height of its pride
and productiveness, and remote from the deso-
late visitation of later years. Having in his na-
tive land learned the trade of mechanical engi-
neer, he here found it a ready means of livelihood
and prosecuted the same for a number of years.

In time Mr. Smith engaged in the general

merchandise business in Florence, under the
firm name of Smith & Watzlavzick. After a few
years the junior partner sold his interest to H.
B. Murray, the enterprise being then conducted
under the name of Smith & Murray. In 1883
Mr. Smith moved to Casa Grande, in the hope
of improving his prospects, and in this inter-
esting little town continued his former occupa-
tion of general merchant under the firm name of
W. C. Smith & Co. This arrangement was
continued until 1892, when Mr. Smith sold his
business to F. B. Maldonado, who formed the
Maldonado Commercial Company, with Mr.
Smith as manager and resident agent. The store
comprises a full line of the articles required by
the citizens, who are glad to avail themselves
of the honest and reliable business methods
adopted by the firm.

In the general development of his adopted
town Mr. Smith has taken an active part, and
has been associated with all that has tended to
the well-being of all who reside within its bound-
aries. In 1889 he constructed the large brick
block at Florence now occupied by Shields &
Price, and has been interested in other building
projects in the town. In the mining world he
is well and widely known, and has shipped thou-
sands of dollars' worth of ore from the Jack
Rabbit gold and silver mine, of which he is the
owner. Another industry which calls for a great
deal of his time and attention is the ranch on
the Florence canal, where are raised large num-
bers of stock and quantities of feed for the
same.

In 1883 Mr. Smith married Jessie Robertson,
who also is a native of Scotland, and of this
union there is one daughter, Aggie. Mr. Smith
is greatly interested in the cause of education,
and has been one of the foremost citizens of the
town and locality in perfecting the prevailing
system. He served for several years as one of
the school trustees, and he, more than any other,
was instrumental in securing the erection of the
school, as well as the Pinal county courthouse.
During the construction of the buildings he was
chairman of the board of construction, and con-
tributed both time and money to enforce these
necessary constructions. As a stanch and lib-
eral-minded member of the Democratic party
he has contributed not a little to the various

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local undertakings of the party, and has served
as county supervisor for four years. Frater-
nally he is associated with the Masonic lodge
at Florence, the chapter at Tucson, has taken
the thirty-second degree, and is also a member
of the Scottish Rites. The Ancient Order
of United Workmen at Florence numbers him
among its members. Mr. Smith has been and
is one of the most influential factors of growth
in the locality in which he lives, and is re-
spected and liked by all who know him.

GEORGE HAUGH SMITH.

The leading landscape gardener of Arizona,
Mr. Smith is today the efficient superintendent
of the capital grounds at Phoenix, which he laid
out in 1889, and of which he has had charge
the greater part of the intervening time. He
was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, Eng-
land, October 20, 1843, an<^ is the youngest in
a family of seven children, four sons and three
daughters, of whom three sons and one daugh-
ter are still living. His brother, William, is a
resident of Philadelphia, Pa. His father, George
Smith, was a native of Carlisle, Cumberland,
England, and belonged to an old borderland
family. He served a seven years' apprenticeship
to the tanner and currier's trade in Carlisle,
and became an expert workman in that line. He
married Ellen Haugh, a native of Dumfries,
England, and a representative of an old Scotch
family, being a lineal descendant of the Cam-
erons. She died when our subject was only
seven years old, and the father also died in
England.

George H. Smith was educated in the national
schools of his native land, where, in connection
with the common English branches of learning,
he was also taught gardening. For a time he
engaged in teaching and in woolen manufacture,
and later served for four years as government
secretary to the Kendall School of Science &
Art. which was connected with the South Ken-
sington Museum. Owing to ill health, he was
forced to resign that position in 1883. Crossing
the Atlantic, he came to Salt River valley, Ari-
zona, and first located at Tempe, where he
bought land and began its improvement. He
began to improve in health almost immediately,

and the strength and vigor which he has since
acquired show conclusively what the Arizona
climate can do for one who is seriously ill. As
a landscape gardener he has done considerable
work throughout the territory, and the capitol
grounds stand as a monument to his skill and
ability along that line.

In England Mr. Smith married Miss Mary
A. Ridding, who was born in Westmoreland
and belongs to an old Yorkshire family. Since
coming to this country he has made two trips
to his native land, at one time spending fifteen
months, and at the other three months. While
living in England he made a special study of
botany and chemistry, and was the first to man-
ufacture water from fire and utilize the same in
heating conservatories, greenhouses and other
buildings. In his botanical researches he gave
special attention to the study of British ferns,
and produced several new varieties. He also
won many prizes on his fern exhibits. Frater-
nally he was formerly connected with the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and religiously
is a member of the Episcopal Church. He is a
man of artistic taste and temperament and is
thus well fitted for the profession which he is
making his life work.

CHARLES G. SKILL.

A venerable and highly-honored citizen of his
community is Charles G. Shill, now four-score
years of age, and since 1849 ,an elder in the
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints.
One of the representative pioneers of Lehi pre-
cinct, he has been intimately associated with the
development of this locality for twenty-one
years, and probably no one .here is more rever-
enced and looked up to as an authority on mat-
ters of practical business, as well as of ecclesi-
astical affairs.

Born in Gloucestershire, England, February
12, 1821, Mr. Shill is a son of Robert and Pru-
dence (Goulding) Shill, both likewise of that
country. The mother died in 1854 and in the
following year the father and son came to the
United States. They lived in St. Louis for a
short time, but the father died ere the year had
run its course. In 1857 our subject went to Salt
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carpenter for six years, having previously mas-
tered the trade in his native land. Then settling
in Morgan county, Utah, he devoted his atten-
tion chiefly to the cultivation of his farm and
to the raising of live stock, in which undertak-
ings he was very successful. In his locality he
served as a road supervisor.

In 1845 Mr. Shill and Harriet Webb, a native
of England, were married in that country. Their
only daughter, Rosa H., is the wife of William
H. Bachellor, of Summit county, Utah. In 1867
Mr. Shill married Harriet Stronach, whose birth-
place also was in England. Of the eleven chil-
dren born to this union only one (George) is
deceased. The others are: Ella D., wife of
Thomas P. Biggs; Milo G.; Victor C.; Orson;
Wright P.; Ralph F.; Renus; Frank; Harry S.,
and Otto S.

In 1880 Mr. Shill removed with his family to
Lehi precinct, Maricopa county, where he pro-
ceeded to develop a fine farm from a fifty-acre
tract of wild land. That he has accomplished
his desire, a visit to his homestead confirms, for
everything about the place gives evidence of his
thrift and labor. In political affairs he uses
his ballot on behalf of the Democratic platform.
For eight successive years he has served as a
school trustee of Lehi district No. 10, and in all
public matters he takes great interest.

WILLIAM MOODY.

It has so happened that William" Moody, of
Thatcher, has never lived within a state, but al-
ways in a territory, on the frontier. In his youth
he used to rest at night with his gun within
reach, for it was necessary in those unsettled
times to have means of protection from Indians
at hand, and frequently the herds of cattle which
he was watching were threatened by the red
men. On one occasion, at a point near the place
where he was stationed, three Indians were
killed in a hot fight between them and some
>vhite settlers. After coming to Graham county
he often hunted in the mesquite undergrowth
on the very site of Thatcher, and thus has wit-
nessed its entire upbuilding.

Born in St. John, Utah, in 1864, William
Moody is a son of John and Elizabeth Moody,
the former a very early settler in that state. The

family was identified with the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints during the early his-
tory of Utah, and now is active in all of its un-
dertakings. William Moody was in his seven-
teenth year when he became a resident of this
locality, and for several years he was engaged
in peddling merchandise far and near, through
the valley. Being economical and industrious,
he finally had accumulated sufficient capital to
buy a small stock of goods which he placed in a
limited space in a storeroom. Gradually he
won the patronage of the people and within the
six years which have elapsed he succeeded in
building up a large and representative trade. At
length he built a fine brick store building in
Thatcher, and sold it to his cousin, Judge Moody,
and other parties. Again he is engaged in the
construction of a large brick store, and thus, in
addition to the one already occupied by him on
Main street, he owns two good brick residences
and ten acres of land adjoining the town. His
financial success has been truly remarkable, and
at the same time he has maintained a high stand-
ard of square-dealing with the public, and has
not stooped to underhanded methods in order to
win prosperity.

In 1890 Mr. Moody married Miss Mabel Cluff,
daughter of Moses and Jane Cluff, the first
white settlers in this region. Three children
bless the home of this sterling couple, namely:
Joseph, Blanche and Alphonso. Politically Mr.
Moody is affiliated with the Democratic party.
He stands well in the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, at present serving in the
capacity of an elder.

R. L. HAYDEN.

The blacksmith shop which is the scene of the
cvery-day activity of Mr. Hayden, and over
which this genial and enthusiastic manipulator
of the anvil and hammer presides to the satis-
faction of all who profit by his skill, is one of the
popular meeting places in Willcox. Hither come
residents of the town and country who have
aught in the line of wagon and general repair to
be inspected by the critical eye of the mechani-
cal physician, confident that they will meet with
prompt attention, and that the work here turned
out will insure their return should other bolts

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and breaks or shoeless mares interfere with the
working of the wheels of commerce. Day in and
day out, in rain and shine, and summer and win-
rer, there is the merry ring of the resounding
iron and the wheeze of the bellows, and the gen-
eral hum of industry which accompanies the
gossip of the neighborhood as narrated by the
visiting customers.

Up to about six years ago Mr. Hayden lived
in Texas, where he was born in Wilson county
in 1867, a son of L. and Artemesa Hayden, na-
tives respectively of Missouri and Arkansas. He
received a common school education and was
reared to agricultural pursuits. Subsequently
he engaged in independent farming in the west-
ern part of the state for about three years, and
in 1894 came to Arizona. At first settling in
Fort Thomas, he later removed to the Sulphur
Spring valley, and worked on different ranches
in the locality until 1898, when he came to Will-
cox and opened the blacksmith and general re-
pair shop that is still the object of his care. Con-
trary to precedent Mr. Hayden did not regularly
learn the trade of blacksmith, but picked it up at
odd times from a blacksmith in his employ. To-
day his reputation extends for miles around and
the patronage accorded him is far in excess of
his original expectations.

In national politics Mr. Hayden is a Democrat,
and he never deviates from the straight and
narrow path of voting the Democratic ticket.
He is a charter member of Willcox Lodge No.
20, K. P., and is a member of the Catholic
Church.

MAJOR JAMES M. WATTS.

A special place of honor is accorded to the de-
fenders of the Union in the Civil war in the
hearts of patriotic citizens of this great and
prosperous republic. Major J. M. Watts made
a thoroughly creditable record in that terrible
strife, and won the commendation and respect
of his superior officers. The following sketch
of his life has been prepared, with the belief that
it will be perused with great interest by the
numerous friends he has made in Prescott and
elsewhere.

Though he was one of the very first to re-
spond to the call of his country when the Union

\vas threatened, the major comes of old south-
ern stock, and both of his grandfathers were
soldiers in the war of 1812, his paternal grand-
father also participating in the Blackhawk war.
The latter, Samuel Watts, of Scotch descent,
was a planter in North Carolina, later of Ten-
nessee, and still later of Kentucky. George
Piper, the maternal grandfather, was of German
extraction, and at an early day removed from
West Virginia to Tippecanoe county, Ind.,
where he carried on a farm.

The Major's parents were Andrew and Dru-
silla (Piper) Watts, the former a native of Ten-
nessee, and the latter of Clarksburg, W. Va.
The early years of the father were spent in the
Blue Grass state, and when Indiana was yet but
little developed, he became a resident of the
state By trade he was a cabinet-maker, but in
the Hoosier state he was chiefly engaged in
merchandising and farming. He departed this
life at Delphi, Ind., and his wife also died in
that state.

The only one of their six children who lived
to maturity is the subject of this review, born
in Carroll county, Ind., July 2, 1839. He lived
on the farnr until he was fifteen, and completed
his education in Battle Ground Institute.
At eighteen he obtained a position as a clerk
with William Bolles & Co., at Delphi, Ind. Then
came the firing upon Fort Sumter, and a few
clays later, April 20, 1861, young Watts enlisted
at Indianapolis in the Ninth Indiana, the first
regiment which left the state for the front. Pro-
ceeding to West Virginia, it took part in the
first regular battle of the war, Phillippi. At the
expiration of his three months' term of enlist-
ment Mr. Watts was honorably discharged and
returned home. In October, 1861, he re-en-
listed, becoming second lieutenant of Company
A, Forty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and
in the following May was commissioned as first
lieutenant ; in October, of the same year was
promoted to adjutant of his regiment, with the
rank of first lieutenant. Among the "engage
ments in which he took part are included New
Madrid, Island No. 10, Fort Pillow, Memphis
Helena (Ark.), Clarendon, Duval's Bluffs and
Grand Gulf. His was the first regiment which
crossed the Mississippi below Vicksburg, and
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Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, and Champion
Hill. At Port Gibson he was wounded, a minie
ball passing through his body, but, owing to his
splendid constitution, he recovered in an in-
credibly short time. In the summer of 1863
his regiment was called from the siege of Vicks-
burg and that campaign to New Orleans, and
thence went on an expedition through Louisi-
ana, taking part in the battle of Carrion Crow
Bayou and others. In January, 1864, he veter-
anized and re-enlisted, then being sent on the
Red River campaign, in which occurred the
battles of Pleasant Hill and Sabine Cross Roads.
In June of that year he returned home on a
veteran's furlough, but in a short time was back
in the ranks in Kentucky. Thence his regiment
was called into West Virginia to aid in destroy-
ing the salt works, and in March, 1865, Mr.
Watts was transferred to the One Hundred and
Fiftieth Indiana, being commissioned as a
major. His next military operations were in
the Shenandoah valley, and at length, the war
happily having been terminated, he was must-
ered out of the service at Indianapolis, in Aug-
ust, 1865.

Subsequent to the close of the war, Major
Watts was engaged in mercantile pursuits in
Delphi, Ind., until 1890. In the meantime he
took a leading part in Republican party politics,
and for several terms served on the Indiana state
central committee. In the year mentioned, he
came to Prescott, and soon was appointed clerk
of the United States and district courts of the
fourth judicial district, serving until the change
of administration, in 1893. Then he was clerk
in the county recorder's office for about a year,
and in 1895 was county assessor, under appoint-
ment of the board of supervisors. During the
following year he devoted his attention to min-
ing and conveyancing. Since 1897 he has been
clerk of the fourth judicial district court, having
been appointed by Judge Sloan, and, as hereto-
fore, in all public positions which he has held,
is justifying the confidence reposed in him.

Initiated into Masonry in Delphi, Ind., the
major served as master of the lodge there sev-
eral terms. He also belongs to the chapter, of
which he is past high priest, and was identified
with Raper Commandery, of Indianapolis, and
with the Consistory of that city, having taken

the thirty-second decree. In Grand Army circles
he is very popular, and is past commander of
Boothroyd Post, of Delphi, Ind., with which
post he has been connected since its organiza-
tion. For a period he also was a member of
the council of administration in the Indiana de-
partment of the Grand Army of the Republic.
To-day he is one of the trustees of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Prescott.

The marriage of Major Watts and Miss Cor-
nelia Blanchard took place in Delphi, Ind., in his
early manhood. She was a native of the town
and died at her home there a number of years
ago. The second marriage of the major was
solemnized in Delphi, Mrs. Amelia (Coster)
Gonzales, who was born in Massachusetts, be-
coming his bride. They have an attractive home
and enjoy the friendship of most of our repre-
sentative citizens.

JOHN V. SPAINHOWER.

From a commercial and agricultural standpoint
Mr. Spainhower is among the most substantial
and reliable of the residents of the Salt River
valley. As one of the first directors and now the
vice-president of the Tempe-Mesa Produce Com-
pany, he has rendered valuable service to the
company, and confirmed the impression of his
fellow-citizens as to his pronounced business
ability. An additional source of revenue for Mr.
Spainhower is the Mesa Milling Company, in
which he is actively interested and one of the
principal stockholders. His farm in the vicinity
of the thriving little town of Mesa is eighty acres
in extent, and while devoted in the main to
general farming, is also utilized for a large stock-
raising industry.

In Stokes county, N. C., Mr. Spainhower was
born January 29, 1849, ar>d ls a son °f Jonn W.
and Lydia (Miller) Spainhower, who were born
in North Carolina. The ancestry of the family
on both sides is German, and the first repre-
sentatives to come to America settled in the
Carolinas. John V. was reared on his father's
farm, and early developed habits of industry and
thrift. In the public schools of his native county-
he received a good education, and as time went
on obtained considerable business experience.

The marriage of Mr. Spainhower and Char-

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lotte E. Crouse took place February 13, 1868.
Mrs. Spainhower was born in North Carolina,
and is a daughter of the late Henry Crouse, of
Surry county, N. C. Of this union there are
three children, viz.: Lydia E., who is the wife of
Frank Williams, of Webster county, Iowa; John
H., who is living in Maricopa county, Ariz. ; and
Luther F., also in Maricopa county. In Marcl^
1868, Mr. Spainhower and wi.re removed to Web-
ster county, Iowa, and there he engaged in gen-
eral farming and stock-raising until his removal
to Arizona in 1894. While a resident of Web-
ster county he served as assessor .and was other-
wise identified with the best interests of the
county. In Arizona he is one of the most pro-
gressive of the residents of his locality, and has
materially assisted in the development of the
vicinity in which he lives. In politics he is a
Democrat, but entertains liberal views regarding
the politics of officeholders. Fraternally he is
associated with the Woodmen of the World at
Mesa. Mrs. Spainhower is a member of the
Baptist Church.

JOHN L. MUNDS.

A westerner both by birth and training, Mr.
Munds is thoroughly interested in the lines of
occupation which have .specially engaged the
attention of frontiersmen. The schpol of life in
which he has been reared is calculated to
develop the strength of character, the self-
reliance and courage which are essential qual-
ities in one to whom is entrusted the mainte-
nance of law and order, and thus he is well fitted
for his office of sheriff. In January, 1899, he
entered upon his duties and is discharging them
with fidelity and ability.

Our subject comes of pioneer stock, for his
paternal grandfather was one of the early set-
tlers in Iowa, and his maternal grandfather,
John Cox, born in the east, was a pioneer ranch-
man on the Pacific coast. His father, William
N. Munds, was a pioneer of California and later
of Oregon. His birth occurred in Iowa and
when young he was orphaned. In 1852 he
crossed the plains to the Pacific slope and for
some time was a miner on the American and
Feather rivers, in California. Then, going to
Oregon, he became a stockman of Douglas

county, remaining there until 1876, when he
came to Arizona and established a ranch on the
Upper Verde, here, as formerly, keeping large
herds of cattle. Now retired, he makes his home
in Jerome and merely looks after his property
and mining investments. His wife, Sarah (Cox)
Munds, was born in Oregon, and of their three
sons and two daughters only two survive. W.
C. Munds was accidentally killed on the ranch
in the Verde valley by one of his horses, and J.
T. Munds also met death by a deplorable acci-
dent, the premature discharge of a gun which he
was holding.

J. L. Munds was born in Douglas county,
Ore., October 4, 1868, and was reared in his
native state, in California and Arizona. Coming
to Yavapai county in the Centennial year, he
attended the schools of Verde and Prescott, and
later fitted himself for his business career by a
course in the Stockton (Cal.) Commercial Col-
lege. With his father and brothers he was
engaged in the cattle business on the Verde val-
ley ranch until he lost his last brother. He still
owns some cattle, making a specialty of raising
high-grade Herefords, and his herds arouse
great admiration. He has three 'ranges along
the Verde, and his brand is the well-known
"T — T" (a double "T" with a dash1 between).
He is a member of the Yavapai County Stock
Growers' Association.

In January, 1895, J. L. Munds was appointed
deputy sheriff by G. C. Ruffner, and served in
that capacity for three years. In 1898 he was
made county assessor by the board of county
supervisors and held that office until the fall of
the following year, when he resigned, owing to
the fact that he had been nominated for sheriff.
He was duly elected by his numerous Demo-
cratic friends, and in 1900 was again elected.
Politically a strong Democrat, he served for
some time on the county central committee.
Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Aztlan
Lodge No. i, F. & A. M. In addition to this he
is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Wood-
men of the World, the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks and the Order of Red Men.

In this county, March 4, 1890, Mr. Munds
married Fannie L. Willard, who was born in
Nevada. Her father, John Willard, was a

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pioneer of California and of Nevada, and later
came to Arizona, where he became a well-known
cattleman. Two children bless the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Munds, named respectively Harold
and Sadie.

IVY V. STEWART.

As a director in the Tempe Irrigating Canal
Company and the owner of a well-conducted
and remunerative farm about eight miles from
Tempe, Mr. Stewart is known to many of the
residents of this part of Arizona. On his place
are conducted large general farming and stock-
raising enterprises, to the successful carrying out
of which he brings a wide previous experience,
and a general knowledge of the best way to con-
duct a farm. For a time, after coming to the
territory in 1894, he resided in the vicinity of
Mesa, but later decided in favor of the condi-
tions existing around Tempe, and removed to
his present ranch in 1897.

The Stewart family is of Scotch descent. I.
V. Stewart was born February i, 1854, and is
a son of Robert G. and Nancy (Vandervort)
Stewart, natives of Ohio. The maternal grand-
father, Jonah Vandervort, was a courageous sol-
dier in the second war with England, and his
descendants have been conspicuous for their
success in life, the result of habits of industry
and economy. Robert G. Stewart was a farmer
during the greater part of the years of his ac-
tivity, and died in 1895. His wife is still living
at Paola, Kans., and is more than eighty years
of age.

In 1869 Ivy V. Stewart was taken by his par-
ents to Miami county, Kans., where he grew to
be a man, and was admirably fitted by early train-
ing for the future responsibilities of life. After
attending the public schools at Paola, Kans.,
he was graduated from the high school of that
place, and later supplemented this rudimentary
knowledge by research along many lines. While
living in Miami county, he was united in mar-
riage with Annie Bradbury, a native of Kansas,
and a daughter of John and Eda (Heald) Brad-
bury. Of this union there are seven children, viz.:
Leslie A., Merton W., A. Maude, J. Benjamin,
Marie, Robert I. and Harry.

Mr. Stewart is a representative dweller of Salt

River valley, and is interested in water and other
developments of the locality. In October of
1900 he was elected president of the southern
extension of the Tempe canal. A Republican
in politics, he has been prominently connected
with the undertakings of his party, and has held
several local offices within the gift of the peo-
ple. While living in Paola, Kans., he served as
justice of the peace of Miami county, and he is
at present a school trustee of the district in
which he lives. Fraternally he is associated with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
Tempe and with the Ancient Order of United
Workmen at Paola, Kans. With his family, Mr.
Stewart is a member of the Baptist Church, and
contributes generously towards the support of
the same. He is enterprising and progressive,
and though, practically speaking, a new comer
in the territory, has so far identified himself with
its promise and prosperity as to seem a part of
its growth and development.

ALOIS L. CUBER.

Sixty-two years ago Alois L. Cuber, of Mesa,
was born in Bohemia, Austria, the date of his
nativity being June 14, 1839. His parents, An-
ton and Barbara Cuber, were born in the same
province, and in 1851 the family sailed for the
shores of. the New World. After living in
Freeport, 111., for about two years, they removed
to Jackson county, Wis., where the father en-
gaged in farming and also gave a portion of his
time to his trade, that of harness and saddle-
maker.

As related above, Alois L. Cuber was a lad
of some twelve years when he bade adieu to his
native land, and it was not until ten years later
that he left his parental home to seek his inde-
pendent fortune. Going then to Iowa City,
Iowa, he learned the trade of manufacturing har-
ness and saddles with his brother, and remained
in that place until 1866. At that time he re-
turned to Wisconsin and established himself in
the same line of business at Black River Falls.
There he won his way into the esteem of his
fellow-citizens and for a number of years served
as chief engineer and treasurer of Albion Hose
Company No. I, of which he was .a charter mem-
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In 1888 Mr. Cuber made a decided change in
business and place of residence, for at that time
he cast in his lot with the people of Arizona,
becoming a citizen of the Mesa district. In a
small way he engaged at once in the same indus-
try that occupies his attention today, the .man-
ufacture of wine, and as the years rolled away
was enabled to greatly enlarge his facilities and
possessions. His fine vineyard, twenty-five acres
in extent, is planted with wine grapevines, used
in the three special kinds of sweet wines for
which his establishment is noted, Angelica, port
and sherry. He also manufactures two varieties
of dry wines, namely: claret and riesling, and
in addition to these makes a good grade of grape
brandy.

By strict attention to his business and the
demands of the trade, Mr. Cuber has succeeded
even beyond his sanguine expectations. He is
practically self-made, educationally speaking, as
well as from a financial point of view. In his
political faith he is a Republican.

For a wife Mr. Cuber chose Miss Barbara
C. Holub, who was born and reared in Iowa.
Of the nine children born to them seven are
yet living, and are receiving good advantages.
The family is identified with the Roman Catholic
Church.

JAMES P. STORM.

James P. Storm, the present county treasurer
of Yavapai county, is a native of Tennessee,
born in Perry county, November 20, 1852. His
parents were William H. and Martha W.
(Thomas) Storm, the latter born in North Caro-
lina. The former was a native of Tennessee,
where he followed the occupation of a surveyor.
The paternal grandfather, Jacob Storm, was
born in Germany and emigrated from that coun-
try to the United States in his early manhood,
settling on the Tennessee river in the state of
the same name. Securing land, he began the
life of a planter, in which he continued in the
same place until his death.

In his native county William H. Storm grew
to manhood, was educated and married. In the
year 1854, accompanied by his family, he re-
moved to Coryell county, Tex. After a brief
residence there he settled in Lampasas county,

same state, where he became the owner of a
large tract of land and engaged extensively in
the cattle" business. He was also the owner of
the town site and sulphur springs at Lampasas.
For several terms he filled the office of county
judge, and,- politically, he was a local leader in
the Democratic party. During 1869 he settled
in California, establishing his home in San
Diego county, where his death occurred in 1889.
His widow is still living in the same county.
They had a family of eight children, only three
of whom are living, viz.: Susan E., wife of C.
L. Evans, of San Diego; James P., of this
sketch ; and Frank R., who resides in Escondido,
San Diego county, his mother making her home
with him.

In the schools of Texas and California James
P. Storm received his education. After com-
ing to this state he was engaged with his father
in ranching and the stock business. November
4, 1880, he married Ella A., daughter of Will-
iam and Susan (White) Bunton. Her father
was a native of Kentucky and went from Mis-
souri to Placer county, Cal., later removing to
San Diego county. During his residence in
Placer county Mrs. Storm was born, but she
was reared principally in San Diego county.
Born of this union are six children, viz.: Will-
iam B., Mattie W., James C., Nellie K., Jesse
T., and May N. The children have had the
advantages of good educational privileges. Mat-
tie W. is a graduate of the San Diego Business
College.

Mr. Storm's residence in Arizona dates from
1883, when he settled in Chino valley, Yavapai
county. On a stock farm in this valley he suc-
cessfully conducted a ranch and engaged in the
cattle business until December, 1900. Mean
time, for eight years he was postmaster at
Storm, which office was located at his residence
and named in his honor. Ever since he became
a resident of the county he has taken an active
interest in politics, generally in the interests of
his friends. A stanch supporter of Democratic
principles, he is a leader in the local ranks of
his party. In the fall of 1900 he was nominated,
as the Democratic candidate, for the office of
county treasurer, and was duly elected. Since
his election he has given his attention to the
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its details. Through his conscientious discharge
of every duty, he has won the approval of the
people, and proved beyond a question his fit-
ness for the office he occupies. Fraternally, he
is connected with the Odd Fellows, the Elks
and also with the Improved Order of Red Men,
in Prescott.

PETER CORPSTEIN.

From the date of his nativity, July 31, 1857.
Peter Corpstein has been closely associated with
the Pacific slope, and since arriving at maturity
he has contributed not a little towards its de-
velopment. For the past five years he has made
his home in Phoenix, of which place he is a
highly esteemed business man.

The paternal grandparents of our subject were
natives of Germany, and were pioneers of Iowa.
The father of Peter Corpstein bore the Christian
name of John, and Dubuque, Iowa, was his
birthplace. In the early gold fever period in
California he crossed the plains with ox-teams
and devoted some time to mining on the Amer-
ican, Feather and Yuba rivers. At length, ar-
riving at the conclusion that Mother Nature
most surely rewarded with golden returns the
tillers of the soil, he bought a farm in the fertile
Santa Clara valley, Cal., and, having made good
improvements, devoted the rest of his years to
the cultivation of the place. His death occurred
in 1885, and his widow is yet living on the old
homestead. Her maiden name was Mary Strief,
and of the six children born to this worthy
couple five are living, of whom John, Katie,
Mary and Louisa still reside in Santa Clara
county, Cal. William departed this life at Tomb-
stone, Ariz. The maternal grandfather, A. Strief, '
of Pennsylvania, took his family to Iowa at an
early day, and thence they went to the Pacific
coast by way of the plains. He died in Cali-
fornia, where many of his descendants have per-
petuated his name.

The birth of Peter Corpstein occurred in Pine
Grove, Cal., and his boyhood passed uneventfully
upon a farm in Santa Clara county, Cal. After
completing his public school education he pur-
sued a course of study in Santa Clara College.
In May, 1881, he embarked in the business
world by entering the employ of Harwood &

Morse, lumber merchants of Tombstone, Ariz.
At the close of a year he identified himself with
the Blinn Lumber Company, of the same place,
and for several years continued with that well-
known firm. In 1887 he was chosen to locate
a branch lumber yard for the company at Tempe,
Ariz., and for about three years he was the man-
ager of the same. In 1890, when the great trade
in Los Angeles and many, towns of that region
demanded men of unusual ability in meeting
the requirements of builders and the retail lum-
ber trade, Mr. Corpstein was sent by his firm to
San Pedro, where the flourishing wholesale lum-
ber yard of the company is situated. Two years
later he returned to Tempe, where he managed
the local lumber yard of the same house for
some four years. In 1896 he came to Phoenix,
where he acted in a like capacity for the firm
until August, 1898. At that time the Valley-
Lumber Company was organized, largely
through his own efforts, and since then he has
been the president and manager of the concern.
The plant occupies about one-third of a block,
at the corner of Madison and Center streets.
The sheds are 100x300 feet in dimensions, and
a fine line of lumber and building material is
always kept in stock. The success which has
been achieved, even in so short a period, is
largely attributed to the enterprise of the pres-
ident, and the outlook is decidedly gratifying.
He is a member of the Board of Trade.

The marriage of Mr. Corpstein and Miss Anna
Johnson, a native of Massachusetts, and the
daughter of Honestus Hervey and Anna M-,
Johnson, was solemnized in Phoenix, April 4,
1887. Two children bless their union, namely:
William and Avery. Mrs. Corpstein was reared
in the faith of her New England ancestors,
Congregationalism. In the fraternities, Mr.
Corpstein is associated with the Woodmen of
the World.

S. W. SUTHERLAND.

This genial and highly popular citizen of Tuc-
son, the proprietor of the Ocidental Hotel, has
been associated with Sonora, Mexico, and south-
ern Arizona for the past twenty-three years, and
thus is thoroughly acquainted with the prevail-
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zation. Tucson, for instance, has made wonder-
ful strides in the direction of progress since he
first beheld the straggling village of 1878.

In 1896 he became the proprietor of the Occi-
dental Hotel, which is conducted on the Euro-
pean plan. The hotel is large and well furnished,
affording every convenience to its guests. It is
centrally situated on Meyer street, and comprises
sixty-five rooms, all of good size.

PATRICK J. FARLEY.

It would be difficult to find a more efficient,
reliable and popular holder of public trust than
is found in P. J. Farley, county recorder of
Yavapai county. A native of County Meath,
Ireland, he was born March 17, 1865, and is a
son of Michael Farley, also a native of Ireland.
The father, who came to the United States in
1868, settled near Florida, Monroe county, Mo.,
and engaged in farming until his death in 1888.
Our subject came with his parents in 1868, but
returned to Ireland with his aunt in the winter
of 1870 and was educated at the national school
at Moyaugher. In 1883 he came back to Amer-
ica and with his father engaged in the stock busi-
ness for several years. Subsequently he spent a
short time in Kansas City and in the spring of
1888 came to Prescott and became interested in
mining in different parts of Yavapai county. He
also contracted to some extent and m January
of 1897 was appointed deputy county recorder
under W. I. Johnson and served in this capacity
for two terms. In 1900 he was nominated on
the Democratic ticket for the office of county
recorder and was elected by a majority of eight
hundred and sixty -two votes; the second highest
majority on the ticket.

Those who have seen the books of Mr. Farley
pronounce them marvels of penmanship and
neatness, exactness and uniformity, and he has
completed an index, than which there could be
no superior. That the position holds greater
tasks than drawing one's salary is evinced by
the number of books manipulated by this expert
accountant and detailist. For example : there
are fifty-seven books which contain records of
mines; records of deeds, fifty-four; mill sites and
water rights, four ; promiscuous records, nine ;
agreements, five ; mining bonds, three ; official

oath and bonds, six ; mortgages, seventeen ;
losses, four ; townsites, one ; corporations, one ;
homesteads, two ; powers of attorney, four ; be-
sides numerous other records interesting only
to a few. The office of the recorder contains
fine filing cabinets and a vault for the custody of-
the same.

In Prescott, February 24, 1892, Mr. Farley
married Mary Carr, a native of Ireland. Of
this union there were born five children, Edward
C., James V., Rose Mary, John (deceased), and
Niall Patrick. Mr. Farley is fraternally associ-
ated with the Ancient Order of United Work-
men, the Woodmen of the World, and the Red
Men. He is also a member of the Prescott vol-
unteer fire department.

JUDGE J. A. LOGAN.

The life record of the honored subject of this
memoir is the record of one whose entire career
has been on the frontier, and who has experi-
enced and shared the vicissitudes of the pioneer
of civilization and prosperity. One of the oldest
residents of Mohave county, in years of continu-
ous residence, he is entitled to representation in
this volume, if for no other reason; and aside
from that fact he is eminently deserving of an
honored place in the annals of Arizona, with
whose interests his own have been intimately
connected for more than a quarter of a cen-
tury.

Born in Wayne county, Mo., in 1821, then
looked upon as the "far west," Judge Logan
was reared in that state and in Arkansas, his
advantages being quite limited. However, he
was by nature a great student, and by his own
efforts he educated himself, preparing for his
future profession by a diligent perusal of the
great legal authorities. Admitted to the bar
before the supreme court of Arkansas in 1845,
he embarked in practice. The great excite-
ment of 1849 l£d to his joining the pilgrimage
across the plains, his being the southerly route,
via Tucson, Ariz., then a tiny Mexican hamlet.
Crossing the Colorado river at Yuma on a raft,
he proceeded to Trinity river (Cal.), where he
was occupied in placer mining, and for some
time conducted a general merchandise business.
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the members of his company constructed the
first boat ever built in New Mexico, employing
it for crossing the Rio Grande. In 1855 he re-
turned on a visit to his old home in Arkansas,
but m 1857 again started for the Pacific slope,
this time driving a herd of cattle across the
plains. He was quite fortunate in this great
undertaking, as "he lost only a few head of cat-
tle, and was traversing Utah on the northern
side of Salt Lake at the time the dreadful
Mountain Meadow massacre occurred at the
southern end of that body of water. He did not
entirely escape molestation, for he had several
exciting experiences with the Indians and Mor-
mons. Locating in Tehama county, Cal., he
devoted several years to the cattle business.

The spirit of adventure which has animated all
discoverers in all ages then took possession of
the Judge more completely than ever before,
for, when he had completed his four years'
term in the state legislature of California, as a
senator representing Tehama county district,
he refused renomination and went to the state
of Sonora, Mexico, where for two years he
mined and prospected. Then he returned to
California and continued his way northward, re-
siding in eastern Oregon and Idaho for a period,
in the meantime making some of the first dis-
coveries of valuable gold deposits in Canon
creek and Granite creek in the Blue mountains.
Though .he located some fine claims and had
started to develop them, he found that the cli-
mate was seriously affecting his health, and for
that reason he left the region, allowing others
to reap the rich reward which he might have
garnered under more favorable conditions. Re-
turning to Tehama county, he devoted himself
to different undertakings, with varying success.

In the spring of 1875 Judge Logan came to
Mohave county and, settling in the Big Sandy
Creek district, gave his attention to the manage-
ment of a ranch and to mining enterprises for
a number of years. In the autumn of 1892 he
was elected to the probate judgeship on the
Democratic ticket, and took up his residence
in Kingman, and since that time has officiated
in this capacity, being chosen as his own suc-
cessor at each election, excepting one election —
1894 — receiving a two-thirds majority vote in
1896, 1898 and 1900, a fact which plainly indi-

cates his popularity and the confidence which
the people repose in him. Included in his duties
is the supervision of the schools of the county,
the office of superintendent not yet having been
created here, though in force in many of the
counties of the territory. He owns mines in
the McCracken district, and retains his deep
interest in the mineral wealth of Arizona. The
secret of his success in all of his undertakings is
his energy and foresight, his concentration of
purpose and sterling integrity.

WALTER S. JOHNSTON.

Walter S. Johnston, a leading business man
of Tempe, and local manager of the lumber in-
terests of H. W. Ryder, the pioneer in this
line in Arizona, is well and favorably known
throughout the southern part of the territory.
A native of Scotland, he w.as born March n,
1859, in the vicinity of Glasgow, a son of John
G. and Janet (Lowrie) Johnston, both likewise
of the land of the "thistle and heather." When
he was about eleven years of age the family re-
moved to the United States, and, locating in
Chicago, the lad received excellent educational
advantages in the public schools of that city.

In 1882 W. S. Johnston came to Arizona, and
for several years thereafter made his home in
Phoenix, being chiefly employed by H.W. Ryder,
with whom his business relations have extended
over a long period. In 1887 he came to Tempe
" and since that time has conducted a large lum-
ber yard, dealing in all kinds of building mate-
rial, and, in addition to this, carries a full line
of agricultural implements, hardware, wagons and
buggies. By sterling integrity and correct busi-
ness methods, he has won the high regard of the
general public, and neglects none of his duties
as a citizen.

From his youth Mr. Johnston has been a
stanch friend to education, and, knowing his
sentiments upon the subject, the public chose
wisely when he was called to serve in the local
school board. At that time, when he was offi-
ciating as secretary of the board, the handsome
modern public school building was in process
of construction, and, needless to say, the work
was carried to a successful end. In the Tempe
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he is a prominent member, having held all of
the official positions therein twice, and having
been one of the prime movers in the building
of the Odd Fellows Block, one of the most
substantial structures in the place. Though in
no wise a politician, he is a loyal friend to the
Republican party, believing thoroughly in its
policy and wisdom.

Ten years ago the marriage of Mr. Johnston
and Miss Ida L. Empey, a native of Canada,
took place in Florence, Ariz. Of the four chil-
dren born to this estimable couple one has been
called from their midst, little Vivian E. Three
daughters remain to bless their happy home,
namely: Helen I., Dorothy and Janet.

WALLACE B. WILLARD.

The assessor. of Yavapai county, W. B. Wil-
lard, a well-known citizen of Prescott, was born
in Sacramento county, Cal., August 14, 1869,
and is a son of Lewis A. and Frances (Bullard)
Willard. The Willard family traces its lineage
to England, but has been represented in
America ever since the colonial period. A
native of Wisconsin, Lewis A. Willard became
a pioneer of 1850 in California, where he
engaged in general farming and also raised and
sokUfine race horses. About 1874 he removed
his family to Elko county, Nev., and ten years
later brought them to Arizona, settling in the
Verde valley, nine miles south of Jerome, in
Yavapai county, where he still resides, giving
his attention to the management of his farm and
the raising of stock. In politics he has always
been a stanch Democrat. By his first marriage
he had five children, only two of whom are now
living, viz. : Flora, wife of J. K. Mason, of Cot-
tonwood, in the Verde valley ; and Wallace B.,
of Prescott. Mrs. Frances Willard died in Cali-
fornia in 1872, and eight years afterward Mr.
Willard married Julia Frost, by whom he has
four children : Olga, W. Edna, Lewis, and
Alexander.

The common schools furnished Wallace B.
Willard with the rudiments of his education. In
1888 he became a student in the Stockton Busi-
ness College at Stockton, Cal., where he
remained during much of two years. Having
always been a careful reader and a student of

current events, we to-day find him to be a man
well posted in general history and national
problems. For some years after leaving school
his time was occupied on his father's ranch, and
engaging in the cattle business as a cowboy, and
his friends say of him that he was one of the
most expert riders in the territory. His next
enterprise was the erection of a mill and the con-
ducting of a mine in the state of Chihuahua,
Mexico, where he remained for six months. On
his return to Arizona he became interested in
the mines of Yavapai county.

On the opening of the Spanish-American war
Mr. Willard at once offered his services as a sol-
dier. April 30, 1898, he enlisted in Capt. Wil-
liam O. O'Neill's company of Rough Riders,
which formed a part of the famous command
under Theodore Roosevelt. He participated in
the memorable .battles of El Caney, San Juan
Hill and the siege and surrender of Santiago.
Although at the front of battle and often in the
midst of a fire of shot and shell, he escaped
being wounded. With the command he went to
Montauk Point, where he was mustered out
September 14, 1898. Owing to the hardships
incident to the campaign he was for six months
unable to engage in work or business of any
nature. On regaining his health he resumed
mining at McCabe. In the fall of 1900 he was
nominated, on the Democratic ticket, for county
assessor of Yavapai county, and was the victor
at the ensuing election, with the distinction of
being the only Rough Rider ever elected in the
county. His views are in accord with the
Democratic party, and he has always been firm
in his advocacy of the party principles. Frater-
nally he is connected with the Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks and with the United
Moderns, and he is also a member of the Pres-
cott fire department.

THOMAS N. SHEFFIELD.

The livery facilities of Jerome are equal to
those of other towns in the territory, one of the
largest and most successful enterprises of the
kind being conducted by Thomas N. Sheffield.
This enterprising citizen was born in Benton
county, Ark., and is a son of George W. and
Frances (Walker) Sheffield, industrious farmers

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of Benton county. The greater part of his edu-
cation was acquired in Arkansas, and under his
father's able instruction he became a model
farmer and good business man.

At the age of nineteen, Mr. Sheffield started
out in the world to make his own living, com-
ing immediately to Jerome, where he worked
for the United Verde Mining Company for four
years, and for the following two years was en-
gaged in business with David Connor. He be-
came independently engaged in September of
1899, when he bought out L. L. Budworth, and
has since carried on a successful livery and trans-
fer business. He is well equipped for his work,
and makes a specialty of commercial trade. In
1898 he was badly crippled financially by the
disastrous fire that swept over the city, but soon
regained his old trade, and has been prosperous
ever since. An emphatic aid in his business is
the mail contract from the postoffice to the depot
at Jerome. His honest business methods and
general reliability have done much to influence
the general public in his favor, and he is exten-
sively patronized by all classes of people in the
town.

In the upbuilding of the town Mr. Sheffield
has ever shown an active interest, and he is ready
to aid in every reasonable advance in that direc-
tion. Fraternally he is associated with the Je-
rome Lodge No. 18, K. of P., and is an active
member of the lodge.

HENRY E. SHELDON.

During the eight years of his connection with
the Tucson Electric Light & Power Company,
in the capacity of chief engineer, Henry E.
Sheldon has been faithfulness itself, and his
efficiency in the discharge of his duties has won
the high commendations of the public. Alto-
gether he is considered one of our leading and
most popular young men, ever foremost in the
advocacy of public improvements and enter-
prises calculated to benefit the community.

The grandfather of our subject, John Pitts
Sheldon, is remembered as the founder of the
Detroit "Free Press/' which achieved an almost
world-wide reputation. He was a pioneer of
Detroit, Mich>, and of Wisconsin, in which
state he took up a large tract of land and en-

gaged in its cultivation for a period. For a num-
ber of years he held an office in one of the gov-
ernment departments at Washington, D. C. He
departed this life at Willow Springs, Wis., Jan-
uary 22, 1873.

Hon. Thomas H. Sheldon, the father of H.
E. Sheldon, was born in Utica, N. Y., seventy-
six years ago. For many years he has resided
on a farm near Darlington, Wis., where he owns
three hundred and twenty acres. Twice he has
represented his district in the state legislature,
being elected on the Republican ticket. His
wife, also living, bore the maiden name of Mary
Pilling. She was born in Wisconsin, in which
state her father, Elias Pilling, was a very early
settler, as he located near Darlington in 1830,
and for several years was engaged in mining
and in managing a smelter at Willow Springs,
later giving his attention to farming. He was a
native of Yorkshire, England, married a lady
of the same locality — Miss Elizabeth Haigh —
and came to America in 1827.

Of the five children born to his parents, and
all yet living, H. E. Sheldon is next to the eld-
est. Born June 5, 1868, in Darlington, Wis., he
was reared upon the old homestead, and com-
pleted his education in the high school. In De-
cember, 1886, he located in Tucson, as an em-
ploye of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and for
three years was a fireman on a locomotive. Then
being promoted to engineer, he served as such
from 1889 to January I, 1893, his run being be-
tween Yuma and El Paso. At the close of his
seven years' service with the company, he ten-
dered his resignation, in order to accept his
present position. The electric light plant here
was then in process of construction, and since
that time it has been enlarged three times. The
three engines now used have a combined capac-
ity of three hundred and fifty horse-power, and
six dynamos are in operation. In 1894 the part-
nership of Russell & Sheldon, of this city, was
formed, and in their establishment a full line of
electrical supplies, bicycles and bicycle sundries
may be found in stock.

At different times, Mr. Sheldon has evinced
his confidence in the prosperity of Tucson by
investing in local real estate. He is a member of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and
is the foreman and engineer of the Chemical

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Engine Company of the Tucson Volunteer Fire
Department. In his political standing he is a
Democrat, though his father, as before stated,
is an ardent Republican.

In Madison, Wis., Mr. Sheldon married Miss
Jessie Estes, who is a native of Stoughton, Wis.,
and was graduated in the high school at Madi-
son. Two children have been born to the young
couple, named, respectively, Bessie and Fred.
Mrs. Sheldon is a member of the Congrega-
tional Church, and is very popular in this city,
as in her former home.

GEORGE H. CAMPBELL.

Although Mr. Campbell's success as an agri-
culturist is largely due to his own perseverance,
it is the occupation which he would naturally be
expected to follow, his father and ancestors hav-
ing been enthusiastic tillers of the soil, and ap-
preciators of the dignity and usefulness of a
farmer's life. Although not one of the earliest
settlers in the Salt River valley, having arrived
here in 1891, Mr. Campbell is well known as an
industrious and worthy citizen, and as a suc-
cessful cultivator of his land. His home ranch,
which is located five and a half miles south of
Tempe, is one hundred and sixty acres in extent,
and devoted to farming and stock-raising.

A native of De Kalb county, 111., Mr. Camp-
bell was born March 21, 1868, and is a son of
James H. and Louisa (L'Hommedieu) Camp-
bell, the former a native of New York state.
The Campbell family is of ,Scotch extraction,
and on the maternal side the ancestors lived in
France. James H. Campbell is now a resident
of the Salt River valley, where he owns one
hundred and sixty acres of land, and where, at
the age of sixty years, he is still interested in
developing the soil. A veteran of the Civil
war, he served his country and humanity faith-
fully as a nurse, in which capacity he displayed
great proficiency. He is the father of six chil-
dren, viz. : Robert H., who is living in Phoenix :
George H.; William H., who is in the state of
Washington; Lester H., who is at home; Min-
nie E., wife of M. L. Duffey, who resides on
his ranch near the Campbell homestead in Mari-
copa county, and Fannie M., who is at home.
When a year old, George H. Campbell was

taken by his parents to Nemaha county, Kans.,
where he grew to manhood and received the ed-
ucation to be derived at the public schools. As
time went on he obtained a fair knowledge of
general business, and learned to be a practical
and model farmer. The first decided change in
his life was in 1891, at which time the whole
family removed to Arizona and settled in the
Salt River valley.

Mr. Campbell holds exceedingly liberal ideas
regarding politics, and believes in voting for
the best man, regardless of his political affilia-
tions. In religion he is associated with the Con-
gregational Church at Tempe, and contributes
generously towards the support of the same.
He is deserving of credit for the progress made
in his life, and his future is thought by those
who know him to hold bright possibilities.

EDGAR ALONZO SPAULDING.

The ancestry of this real-estate dealer and
orange grower of Phoenix is traced back to an
old New England family. The first to come
to America was Edward Spaulding, who braved
the dangers of an ocean voyage about 1630 or
1633, and first settled in Braintree, Mass. Later
he became a prominent resident of Chelmsford,
that state, and bore an important part in its
early growth and development. The descend-
ants of this honored pioneer are now scattered
throughout the United States, and many have
become prominent in both professional and
business circles. His second son, Lieut. Edward
Spaulding, was born about 1635, and died in
January, 1708. He and his brother, John, were
made freemen March n, 1690, and in 1691
he was a representative to the general court.
His son, Ebenezer Spaulding, was born in
Chelmsford, Mass., January 13, 1638, and from
there removed to what is now Hudson, N. Y.

Stephen Spaulding, the son of Ebenezer, was
also born in Chelmsford, March 28, 1717, and
removed with the family to Hudson, N. Y. He
married Martha Foster, and in their family was
Ebenezer Spaulding, who was born at Not-
tingham, now Hudson, N. Y., March 27, 1750,
and died in Lempster, N. H., July i, 1808. He
was a soldier of the Revolutionary war and par-
ticipated in the battles of Bunker Hill and Ticon-

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deroga. He married Amy Roundy, who was

born in Windham, Conn., and lived to be over
one hundred vears of age. Her parents were
Samuel and Anna (TTuntington) Roundv. The
next in direct descent to our subject is his
grandfather, Tra Soauldine". who was born March
A. 1787. In 1831 he became a resident of Crown
Point. N. Y.. and in 184^ removed to Tackson
ronntv. Towa. His death occurred at Maauo-
keta. that countv. Julv 21, 18$$. His wife was
Ruth Taft. who was born in Uxbridpe. Mass..
and belonged to a prominent old family of that
state.

Ira Alonzo Stwiildine. the father of oitr sub-
ject, was born in Washington. N. H.. Tulv -?o.
1824. and in March. rSir. removed with his
parents to Crown Point. Essex countv. N. Y..
and to Tackson countv. Towa. in October. 18/11.
In r8co he became a resident of Anamosa. that
stat*. from which nlace he snhceouentlv removed
to Dubucme. He died in Wisconsin. He was
a contractor of railroad and road bridge. wa«
a Conerepationalist in relieious belief, and a
member of the Masonic fraternitv. For his first
wife he married Marv Lamson. who died in
Anamosa, Towa. Bv that union he had fve
children: Tames Lamson. a graduate of W^^t
Point and now a resident of Omaha. N>b.: Ade-
line Brown who married Tames E. Smith, and
died in Cedar Ealls. Towa. in 1878: Marv. who
died at the a°-e of eVven vears: Edpar Alonzo.
<~>'ir snbiect. .^nd M^rritt C.. who died voun"'.
"For his second wife the father married M^s Arm
Tndd Eall. bv whom hp had one dnno-hter. Lena
TCelmond. now Mrs. F. Wurzbacher. of Skae-
wav. Alaska.

Mr. Snatildine". of this review, was born in
Anamosa. Towa. Tunf 21 1860. and wa= six
•"ears old when the familv removed to C^dar
Falls. He was educated in the public schools
of that citv and Dublin"*, and hepan his busi-
ness career at the ape of eighteen vears as his
father's assistant, rornptninf with htm until the
latt^r's death in 7882. He continued to on<rafre
in bridfe bi'ildinf and for tnanv vears r°"rp-
sented the Shiffler Bridcrr Comnanv of Pitts-
b"rp-. puttin^ iir» nrnv bridges in Tow T'linois.
Wisconsin. Tennessee and Georgia. On discon-
tinuing that business in 1801. he returned to
Cedar Falls, Towa, and became district agent

for the Northwestern Insurance Company of
Milwaukee. In 1895 he came to Phoenix, Ariz.,
and has since been interested in fruit culture.
He has improved about one hundred acres of
land, planting thereon an orchard, mostly
oranges, and still has charge of fifty-five acres,
some of which he owns. This property is located
about six miles northeast of Phoenix, and he
makes his home thereon. Since 1899 he has also
engaged in the real-estate business with office
on Adams street in Phoenix, and handles both
city and farm property, and does a general loan
business. During his residence here he has met
with success and has property in the city, besides
his fruit farm.

At Cedar Falls, Iowa, Mr. Spaulding was
united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Sheerer,
a native of Lockport, N. Y., and a graduate of
the Cedar Falls high school. Prior to her mar-
riage she successfully engaged in teaching. Our
subject and his wife have three children, namely:
Charles Edgar, born April 12, 1885; Clarence
Arthur, born September 24, 1886; and George
Frederick, born June 23, 1890.

In his political affiliations Mr. Spaulding is
an ardent Republican, and in his social rela-
tions is a member of the Knights of Pythias fra-
ternity. While a resident of Dubuque he served
as deacon of the First Congregational Church
and as treasurer of the Young Men's Christian
Association for many years. There being no
church of that denomination in Phoenix, he
united with the Presbyterian Church, and takes
an active part in ifs work. His life has been
an upright, honorable and useful one, and he
has the confidence and respect of all with whom
he comes in contact, either in business or social
affairs.

HARRY CLIFFORD.

In the center of the Gila valley, between Solo-
monville and Safford, Mr. Clifford has a well-
cultivated and paying farm of forty acres. With
careful forethought, he has erected one of the
fine rural homes of the valley, in which his
family are comfortably housed. The land is
well fenced and watered, and a small orchard
yields an abundance of fruit.

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had years of experience as a farmer, and was
familiar with every detail of the duties of a suc-
cessful agriculturist. He was born in White
county, Ind., in 1847, and continued to live in
the Hoosier state until his eighteenth year, ac-
quiring an education in the meantime at the
public schools. In Texas he began to fight the
independent battle of life, and engaged in the
cattle business there and in Colorado and Wy-
oming. In 1876 he came into Arizona with
freighting teams, locating near Tombstone, in
the Sulphur Spring valley, and proceeded to
raise and ship cattle. At the end of three years
he sold out and returned to Texas, and at the
end of eighteen months was again in Arizona,
and in the vicinity of Wilcox continued to raise
cattle. After three years he came to Graham
county, his herd of cattle accompanying him
hither, and in 1891 he sold the stock and moved
on the farm which is still his home, and where
he has met with well-deserved success.

Mrs. Clifford was formerly Amanda Talley,
of the Gila valley, and her marriage with Mr.
Clifford occurred in 1891. To Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford have been born four children: Verna
A., Glenn, Hazel and Call. Although a stanch
Democrat, Mr. Clifford has liberal ideas regard-
ing the political inclinations of officeholders,
and believes that principle rather than party
should win. He is one of the respected and in-
dustrious developers of his locality, and has
made many friends since taking up his abode in
the midst of this valley.

JOHN B. DONER.

The flourishing and promising town of Glen-
dale knows no more enthusiastic advocate of its
resources and general excellencies than is found
in the genial and successful contractor and build-
er, and hardware merchant, John B. Doner.
Though practicaWy speSkihg a new comer in the
territory, having arrived in 1894, he has
thoroughly identified himself with the spirit and
enterprise of the place, and is accounted a valu-
able and reliable citizen.

Many of the sons of Canada have associated
their strong and sterling national characteristics
with the developement of the west, and are ap-
preciated for the steady conservatism which re-

tards too rapid, and therefore insecure growth.
Mr. Doner was born in York county, Ontario,
May 14, 1855, and is a son of John and Effie
(Schell) Doner, also born in Ontario, Canada.
The paternal ancestry of the family is Scotch,
and that on the maternal side is Scotch-German.
The parents are now living in Simcoe county,
Ontario, and have lived a remarkable number of
years, the father being now nearly ninety, and
the mother over eighty-five. The father was,
during the years of his activity, a prominent and
successful builder and contractor in York county.

John B. Doner passed his youth and early
manhood in York county, and received an excel-
lent education in the public schools. Under the
capable and thorough instruction of his father he
learned to be a carpenter, contractor, and
builder, and was thus fitted for any emergency
that might arise. In his twenty-second year he
entered upon an independent application of his
trade in York county, and then decided to avail
himself of the larger possibilities of the states.
In Brown county, Kans., he successfully coped
with the new conditions, and engaged as a con-
tractor and builder from the fall of 1876 until
the spring of 1879. He then went to Falls City,
Neb., and continued his former occupation until
the spring of 1882, when he removed to Morris
county, Kans., and engaged in the lumber busi-
ness, in addition to the practice of his trade. He
was remarkably successful in Nebraska, and
carried on large enterprises in his line. As a
permanent location however, the state did not
hold sufficient inducement, and in 1894 he came
to Glendale, Ariz., which has since been his
home.

After working at contracting and building for
four years, Mr. Doner became interested in the
hardware business, and his affairs in the line are
carried on under the firm name of the Glendale
Hardware & Lumber Company. He makes a
specialty of the Aermotor wind mills, and carries
a large and complete stock of general hardware
supplies. Aside from his business responsibili-
ties, he is variously interested in the affairs of
the town, and is an ardent promoter of its growth
and enterprises. In national politics he is a be-
liever in the principles and issues of the Repub-
lican party, but entertains very liberal ideas re-
garding the politics of the administration. Fra-

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ternally, he is associated with the Woodmen of
the World, at Glendale, and the Modern Wood-
men of America, at Wilsey, Kans.

While living in Canada, Mr. Doner was united
in marriage with Mary E. Heise, a native of
Ontario. Of this union there is one child,
Louise L. The second Mrs. Doner was formerly
Sadie A. Myers, a native of Lanark, 111., and to
Mr. and Mrs. Doner have been born three
children. Delta A., Hattie L., and Harry A. With
his family he is a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church at Glendale, and is a trustee in the
same.

CHARLES W. SLAYTON.

A prominent business man of Phoenix, where
he has made his home since February, 1892, Mr.
Slayton was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y.,
August 24, 1835, and is a worthy representative
of an old and honored New England family. On
the paternal side he traces his ancestry back to
Capt. Thomas Slayton, who was born in Eng-
land, September 2, 1682, and was the founder
of the family in the New World. In 1707 he
married Hannah Culwood, and they had three
children, Phineas, Thomas and Hannah. The
captain was a descendant of Sir James Scott,
and he in turn was a descendant of Scott, the
Wizard, so called from his experiments in
physics. James Scott, the son of Sir James,
married Margaret Sleighton, a daughter of Pat-
rick Sleighton. Their son was born in 1623,
and died in 1690, and his only son, Thomas
Slayton, was killed by his uncles in order that
they might obtain his fortune. Thomas Slayton,
Jr., the son of the captain, was born June 15,
1709, in Braintree, Mass., and was married in
Watertown, that state, September 20, 1731, to
Abigail Harrington, of that place. In 1739 he
removed to Berkshire county, Mass., where he
died in 1778. His son, who also bore the name
of Thomas, was born in Weston, Mass., Feb-
ruary 20, 1733, a«tl became a successful New
England farmer. He joined Capt. Obediah
Cooley's company, September 20, 1756, during
the French and Indian war, and assisted in cap-
turing Crown Point, and on the 24th of Novem-
ber, 1757, joined Capt. Jabez Upham's company,
formed for the relief of Fort William Henrv,

but it surrendered before they reached the scene
of operations. He was married June 13, 1759.
to Judith White, who was born in 1739, and
died August 26, 1822. His death occurred on
the old homestead in Berkshire county, Mass.,
December 28, 1822, when he was nearly ninety
years of age.

The next in line of descent was Asa Slayton,
the grandfather of our subject. He was born
in Brookfiekl, Mass., March 27, 1766, and was
a member of the militia in his younger days,
being commissioned lieutenant in 1792 and cap-
tain in 1804. At one time he owned a large
tannery and shoe shop in Brookfiekl and was
considered very wealthy. After manufacturing
a large quantity of goods, his son Charles would
carry them in a wagon to Canada, where the
stock was sold, but during the war of 1812 his
goods were confiscated by the British, and as
he had borrowed money to complete his outfit,
he had to sell his plant in order ,to meet his
obligations? He heard of -the cheap lands" in
St. Lawrence county, N. Y., from a Mr. Lane,
who had been in that part of the country during
his services in the war of 1812, and Mr. Slayton
decided to remove thither. With his family in
a two-horse wagon, and his household goods
and tools in an ox cart, he started for the Em-
pire State, and in due time reached Potsdam,
St. Lawrence county. On the i8th of July, 1815,
he purchased one hundred acres of land on Plum
brook, of E. Hurlburt, for $675. A log house
had previously been built upon the place, and
into this the family moved. The grandfather
turned his attention to the raising of wheat, and
in 1816 had the largest wheat field ever seen
in New York up to that time. Having no barn
in which to store his grain, he invited all the
neighbors for miles around to assist in the "rais-
ing," and one hundred responded to the call.
Early in the morning they began their work,
and while some cut the trees for t'he timbers
of the barn, others manufactured shingles. The
boards were sawed at a mill he had built on Plum
brook, and before night a barn 30x40 feet was
built, and two loads of his wheat stowed in the
same. Teams were on hand to haul all of the
grain, but a rain came up and spoiled that part
of the program. Twenty-five years ago this
building was taken down and reconstructed in

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the village of Potsdam, where it now stands as
an evidence of what our pioneer forefathers
could accomplish in one day without the facili-
ties of the present time. In connection with his
farming operations Mr. Slayton engaged in the
manufacture of potash. He possessed remarka-
ble strength and could lift a barrel of potash
from the ground over the box into the wagon.
He had double teeth all around and could bend
a ten-penny nail between them. He built a
large tannery on his property and engaged in
the manufacture of leather in addition to his
other business. In religious belief he was a
Universalist. This energetic, enterprising and
useful citizen passed away September 20, 1852,
at the age of eighty-six years. On the I4th of
April, 1791, in Chester, Mass., he married Su-
sannah Anderson, who was born February 18,
1770, and died July 2, 1848. In their family were
eight children.

Thomas Anderson Slayton, father of our sub-
ject, was born in Chester, Mass., March 7, 1804.
On reaching manhood he purchased a part of
the old homestead farm in St. Lawrence county,
N. Y., and engaged in the manufacture of lum-
ber at the old mill on Plum brook. He helped
build the first nail factory in Keeseville, N. Y.,
and also erected the iron works and first rolling
mill at that place. He served as captain in the
New York militia. In 1855 he removed with his
family to Berlin, Wis., where he engaged in
farming throughout the remainder of his life.
He died January 29, 1879, and his wife, who
bore the maiden name of Sophronia Hale, de-
parted this life at Oshkosh, Wis., July 31, 1882.
She was a native of Grand Isle, Vt, and a repre-
sentative of an old family of that state. Their
family numbeied eight children, namely: Al-
vira, wife of D. Tuttle, of Montello, Wis.; Cur-
tis H., a manufacturer, who died in Berlin, Wis.;
Lydia, who died at the age of five years; Charles
W., of this review; Divan Berry, who died in
Central City, Colo., June 11, 1865; Edward A.,
who died at the age of two years; Sylvester M.,
who was drowned by falling from a raft near
Necedah, Juneau county, Wis., April 25, 1869;
and Edward Thomas, a real-estate dealer of St.
Paul, Minn.

Charles W. Slayton, our subject, began his
education in the public schools of South Pots-

dam, N. Y., and later attended a select school.
In May, 1855, he removed with the family to
Marquette county, Wis., at which time that state
had only twelve miles of railroad. There he
taught school one term, and began the improve-
ment of a farm, but soon discontinued his agri-
cultural labors. In 1863 he started a tannery
in Berlin, Wis., and engaged in the manufacture
of boot and shoe leather and whips. He also
conducted an express route, and purchased the
Montello, a steamboat, of which he was captain
for three years. Subsequently he was exten-
sively engaged in the manufacture of furniture
and spring beds, having from thirty to forty
men in his employ. He had two men upon the
road traveling between Denver and Buffalo,
while his trade extended from the Atlantic to
the Pacific. Later Mr. Slayton organized the
Berlin Coffin & Casket Company, which pros-
pered, but he sold his interest in that business
in 1878, and removed to St. Paul, Minn., to take
charge of large tracts of land in the southwestern
part of that state and northwestern Iowa,
amounting to about one million acres. The fol-
lowing year he was made general agent of the
company, and in connection with his real-estate
business he also ran a railroad express. In 1881
he laid out the village of Slayton, Murray county,
Minn., graded the streets, set out shade trees
on both sides of the same, erected a hotel and
other buildings, started a newspaper, and se-
cured the county seat. That fall he sent an
agent to Europe to induce immigration to his
lands, and in January following he himself went
to England, returning in April with sixty-seven
people, most of whom settled near Slayton. He
acquired twenty-one farm's near that place and
owned one-half the town site. In 1882 he be-
came interested in gold and silver mining in
New Mexico, with two bankers, the company
owning eleven mining claims, on which they
put two thousand feet of development work.
They were nearly ready for the machinery when
the two bankers failed, involving Mr. Slayton,
who, through no fault of his own, lost all his
property, amounting to over $300,000. He tried
to regain a footing in St. Paul, but the great
depression which always follows a great boom
prevailed at that place, and he decided to seek
a new field of labor. On the 2nd of February,

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1892, he came to Phoenix, Ariz., and, having
always had an inclination toward the medical
profession, he embarked in the manufacture of
special remedies, becoming sole proprietor of
what is known as The Family Medicine Com-
pany. His medicines are carefully compounded
from roots and herbs, and, being of a superior
quality, find a ready sale in the market. The
office of the company is at No. 29 West Adams
street. Phoenix. Mr. Slayton now gives most
of his attention to this business, though he is
also interested in mining in Arizona.

In Masonic circles he stands high, having
taken the thirty-third degree at St. Paul in 1891.
He was made a Mason at Berlin, Wis., and has
always taken an active interest in the work of
the order. He is also identified with the Odd
Fellows Society, and in politics is independent.
His life has been an upright, honorable and use-
ful one, and he justly deserves the high regard
in which he is uniformly held by his fellow-
citizens.

H. PERCY SCOVILLE.

The proprietor of the Scoville Plumbing Com-
pany is one of the most progressive and enter-
prising business men of Phoenix, where he has
made his home since 1894. A young man of
superior executive ability and sound judgment,
he already occupies an enviable position in the
commercial world, and has a fine prospect of
reaching the topmost round of the ladder of
prosperity.

Mr. Scoville was born in Silver, Creek, Chau-
tauqua county, X. Y., on the i8th of April, 1868.
His paternal grandfather, who was a wagon and
carriage manufacturer, spent his entire life in
the Empire State. The father, Tyler Scoville,
was also born in Chautauqua county, N. Y., and
was married in Cleveland, Ohio, to Miss Eunice
Percival, a native of that state. In 1867 they re-
moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where Mrs. Sco-
ville still resides. The father died there in April,
1900, at the age of sixty-five years. At one
time he was engaged in the manufacture of
school furniture, but later was interested in the
real-estate business. All of the six children of
the family are living, namely: William P., a
farmer of Polk county, Iowa; Melvin J., man-

ager of a lumber yard in Vinton, Iowa; H.
Percy, our subject; Tyler, who is engaged in
the life insurance business in Des Moines; and
Ella and Fay, both at home with their mother.

Reared in Des Moines, our subject is indebted
to the public schools of that city for his educa-
tional privileges. When his school days were
over he served an apprenticeship to the plumb-
er's trade with the Scoville Plumbing Company,
in Des Moines, Iowa, and during the five years
spent with them thoroughly mastered all
branches of the business, including gas, steam
and hot-water fitting. In 1894 he came to Phoe-
nix, Ariz., on account of his health, and for
three years served as manager of the plumbing
department of the Phoenix Plumbing Company.
In the spring of 1898 he embarked in business
for himself, under the name of the Scoville
Plumbing Company, and it was not long ere he
had built up a good trade. He is located at
Nos. 114-6 West Adams street, where he occu-
pies both floors of a building 25x138 feet, while
the basement is used for storage. In the front
part of the building are the show and sales
rooms, and back of these is the workshop. It is
considered the finest establishment of the kind
between Denver and San Francisco. Mr. Sco-
ville does both a wholesale and retail business
in all kinds of electric, gas, steam and hot-water
fixtures, and enjoys an excellent trade. Among
the important contracts which he has filled is
the plumbing in the O'Neill, Dennis, Sherman
and old Opera-house blocks, and the Holmes
building of Phoenix ; the plumbing for the water
and sewer system at the United States Industrial
School, costing $14,000; the water and sewer
system at the Pima Indian agency, costing $11,-
ooo; territorial capitol building, costing $8,000;
and the Bartlett ranch, two miles north of Glen-
dale, costing $3,500, which has the finest plumb-
ing of any ranch in the territory. Mr. Scoville
is now at work on the plumbing of the school
building in the Pima Indian agency. He has in
his employ from twelve to sixteen skilled work-
men, and always conscientiously fulfils his part
of every contract.

Mr. Scoville was married in Phoenix to Miss
Mary Adams, who was born in New York City,
but was reared and educated in Des Moines,
Iowa. Thev have had two children, Melvin,

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who died at the age of two years, and Percy,
born December n, 1900. In political sentiment
Mr. Scoville is a stanch Republican. He is a
member of the Board of Trade, the Maricopa
and Athletic Clubs, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, United Moderns, and the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of
the board of trustees of the lodge belonging to
the last-named order.

GEORGE W. SINES.

Although Mr. Sines is chiefly known as one
of the prominent builders and contractors of
Prescott, and a member of the firm of Maxwell
& Sines, he has nevertheless crowded many
creditable achievements into his life, not the
least of which is a splendid record as a soldier
and defender of his country's honor. He was
born in Montgomery county, Pa., January 21,
1848, and is a son of Charles and Lyclia
(Jones) Sines, the father native of the same
county and state, while the mother was born in
Frankford, within the city limits of Philadelphia.
The father was a manufacturer of shoes and a
farmer for a number of years. He is now living
in Philadelphia, and has reached the advanced
age of nearly ninety. The family is of German
descent, and some of the ancestors came to
America during the last century. The grand-
father, George, was a farmer in Montgomery-
county, and served in the war of 1812. He lived
to be eighty years of age. Lydia (Jones) Sines
is of Welsh descent, and became the mother of
five children, of whom George W. is the second.

In 1861 George W. Sines was apprenticed as
a wheelwright and carriage builder. In October,
1864, he volunteered in the Two Hundred and
Fourteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
which was the Eighth Union League Regiment
of Philadelphia, Company C, and served in the
Shenandoah valley until the close of the war.
He then worked at his trade for a year, and in
1867 volunteered in the First United States
Cavalry, and came through and joined the regi-
ment at Fort Klamath, Ore. There the company
remained for two years in active warfare against
the Indians, and then spent two years at Fort
Bidwell, Cal., still fighting the Indians. In 1871
he came with a private detachment of sixteen

men as escort to General Crook, to Fort Mc-
Dowell, and then on to Prescott. Being a
mechanic, he was delegated to help build the
government saw-mill on Groom creek, and was
honorably discharged from the service at Fort
Whipple, Prescott, in April, 1872. Subsequently
he remained at Fort Whipple for three years as
superintendent of construction and during that
time built up nearly the whole of the place.

Upon first locating in Prescott Mr. Sines be-
came interested in carpentering and mining, but
has latterly devoted his entire time to building
and contracting. Among the numerous sub-
stantial and artistic buildings which have been
erected by the firm of which he is a member
may be mentioned the Courier office, the Brecht
building, the Parker building, the Bashford and
Wilson blocks, besides numerous residences in
different parts of the city.

Mr. Sines has erected for himself and family
a comfortable and commodious residence. After
coming to Prescott he married Josephine Lead-
endorff, who was born in Laramie, Wyo. Of
the children born to this couple five are living :
George, Mary, Joseph. Lyda and Edwin. As a
member of the Republican party, Mr. Sines has
served in the city council for four years, and has
been otherwise interested in the local politics of
the city. Fraternally he is associated with the
Knights of Pythias, of which he is past supreme
representative, and he is also past captain of
rank of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias.
He is an honored member of Barrett Post No.
3, G. A. R., at Prescott.

JAMES C. MAXWELL.

As one of the pioneer builders and contractors
of Prescott, Mr. Maxwell has made a substan-
tial .impression upon the building interests of
the city, and is widely known for his skill in con-
struction and style in design. Upon arriving
here in 1874 he at once became interested in
his trade, and turned his attention principally
to the construction of sawmills, being thus em-
ployed for eight years. He was later a carpenter
and contractor, and aside from putting up many
of the important buildings in the town, has since
extended his usefulness into all parts of the
county, a number of stamp mills being among

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his other undertakings. At present his affairs
are conducted under the firm name of Maxwell
& Sines, this association having been brought
about in 1897, and continued amicably ever
since. The firm are also interested in running
a planing mill in Prescott, and manufacture
mouldings and other mill work.

The youth of Mr. Maxwell was spent in Mis-
souri, and he was born in Bowling Green, Pike
county, December 25, 1847. The family had
long been identified with Missouri, the paternal
grandfather having settled there at an early
day. The parents of Mr. Maxwell were James
and Julia (Green) Maxwell, and were born
respectively in Virginia and Indiana. They
were successful farmers in Missouri, and eventu-
ally died in that state. Of their eight children
seven are now living, James C. being the fourth.
One of the sons served all through the Civil
war in a Missouri regiment, and is now living
at Kansas City.

Mr. Maxwell was reared to the life of a farmer,
and incidentally learned all that there was to
know about tools in general, his father being
a cooper by trade and also a carpenter. From
his earliest youth he was familiar with the bench
and drill and chisel, and it was but natural that
his mature years should be devoted to work
along this line. In August, 1864, he volunteered
in Company B, Forty-Ninth Missouri Volunteer
Infantry, at Warrenton, Mo., Col. D. P. Dyer
commanding, and was sent against Price. In
January of 1865 the regiment joined the Six-
teenth Army Corps and went to Mobile, Ala.,
and participated in the siege of Mobile, the bat-
tles of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, and the
capture of Mobile. He was discharged at Ben-
ton Barracks, Mo., in August of 1865.

After the war Mr. Maxwell returned to his
home in Missouri, and went to school for a
year. In 1868 he went to Kansas and for a time
contracted on the Union Pacific Railroad, and
in 1869 went to Elko, Nev., where for a year he
engaged in the wood business. He then went
to Cape, on the Idaho line, and engaged in min-
ing for five years. In 1874 he came to Prescott,
where he has since lived. In politics he is a
member of the Republican party, and is frater-
nally associated with the \Yoodmen of the
World. He is also a member of Barrett Post No.

3, G. A. R., and is past commander of the post
at Prescott.

In Prescott, Ariz., September, 1881, Mr. Max-
well married Etta Densmore, who was born in
Denver, Colo. Of this union there are four
children : Clarence, Burt, Roy and Elva.

F. W. HAYES.

The farming experiences of Mr. Hayes in
Graham county have been attended with marked
success, and there is probably no one in the
vicinity of his home who has given the subject
of climate, soil and general advantages more
thorough study, or is better prepared to enu •
merate the many excellencies which await the
settler in this particular part of Arizona. Ar-
riving in the territory in the early '703, he was
for a time interested in milling in Mohave
county, and during the boom in Tombstone he
was one of the most enthusiastic of the seekers
after a competence in this wild and, at the time,
remote camp. He subsequently became a miner
for the Philadelphia Company near Crittendeii,
Santa Cruz county, later removing to Willcox,
where, for about twelve years, he was successfully
occupied with the cattle business. In 1884 he
was elected supervisor of Graham county, and
served in that capacity for four years.

In 1898 Mr. Hayes came to Safford and pur-
chased the farm of forty acres upon which he has
since lived, and which is adjacent to the town.
This property is under a high state of cultiva-
tion, is well fenced, and has a large and comfort-
able brick house. A fine orchard is planted
with a variety of fruit-bearing trees, but the
remainder of the land is largely given over to
the cultivation of alfalfa, besides about a hun-
dred and fifty tons of hay. The pasture land is
devoted to feeding about thirty head of stock.
Mr. Hayes has arrived at the conclusion that the
average yield of wheat per acre in the valley is
between forty and fifty bushels, and of corn sixty
bushels. Of corn and wheat two crops are
raised a year, while of alfalfa the average num-
ber of crops is five. Fruit in general is fine
and the average good, the quality and flavor
being equal if not in many instances superior
to that raised in California.

The Hayes family were among the early set-

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tiers in Ohio, the paternal grandfather having
gone there before the Revolutionary war, in
which he was a valiant and courageous sol'dier.
F. W. Hayes was born in Ashland county, Ohio,
in 1846, and is a son of J. W. and Eliza Jane
Hayes, natives respectively of Ohio and Penn-
sylvania. His youth was spent on his father's
farm, where he mastered every detail of the work
there required, and at the same time attended
the public schools. An otherwise uneventful
life was interrupted by the breaking out of the
war, when he enlisted as a private in Company
B, One Hundred and Second Ohio Infantry,
and was in time promoted to the position of
first sergeant. At the battle of Decatur, Ala.,
he was wounded, and was discharged from the
service June 7, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio.

After the war Mr. Hayes completed his educa-
tion by attending college for two years, and
then decided to avail himself of the undevel-
oped west as a future field of effort. In 1868
he settled in Oregon for a year, and then went
to Nevada, where he engaged as a coal con-
tractor for a smelting company for three years.
Then followed his coming to Arizona, in 1884,
where he has since so successfully profited by
the opportunities here presented.

In August of 1897, Mr. Hayes married Bell
Conway, of Hagerstown, Wayne county, Ind.
In national politics he is a Republican, but has
never desired to devote much time to local
office. He has, however, served as supervisor
of the county. Fraternally he is associated with
the Knights of Pythias, of Solomonville, and is,
with his wife, a member and worker in the
Methodist Episcopal Church. They are the par-
ents of one son, Frank Conway, born January 4,
1901.

WARREN L. SIRRINE.

Too much credit cannot be given to the little
band of people who, with true heroism, endured
the dangers' and hardships of a five months'
journey across the deserts and mountains of
Utah and Arizona, and then for several years
thereafter labored unceasingly in the great work
of developing the Salt River valley — all this be-
fore they entered their '•promised land" of peace
and plenty. As is well known, one of the lead-

ing spirits in the enterprise of the little colony-
was and is Warren L. Sirrine, who came here
almost a quarter of a century ago. Believing
that a synopsis of his career will prove of interest
to the general public, the following facts have
been compiled:

A son of George W. and Esther A. (Crismon)
Sirrine, he was born in San Bernardino, Cal.,
December 23, 1855, and was about three years
old when his parents removed to Salt Lake City,
Utah. At the end of five years' residence there
the family settled in Bear Lake valley, Idaho,
and in the subscription schools of his district
the lad received his education. The father, who
is a native of Putnam county, N. Y., and served
an apprenticeship in a machine shop at West
Point, is a venerable citizen and pioneer of
Mesa, now in his eighty-third year. The wife
and mother departed this life seven years ago.
For a number of years George W. Sirrine was
known far and near as the president of the Mesa
Canal, which has accomplished so much for
this section of the county.

In 1877 Warren L. Sirrine married Seretta
Daley, like himself a native of California. They
have six living children, namely: Mrs. E. H.
Johnson, Seretta, Annie, Warren L., Jr., Maud
and Ethel M. One is deceased — Bertha Belle,
an infant.

The same year that witnessed his marriage
saw the departure of W. L. Sirrine and wife,
with a party of relatives and friends, from Utah
to Arizona. After their long and exceedingly-
wearisome journey they encamped in the Salt
River valley for nine months. During that pe-
riod the men were employed in the construction
of the Mesa Canal, and it was not until the
autumn of 1878 that our subject located upon
his farm and engaged in regular agricultural
pursuits and stock-raising. He still owns eighty
acres, and has converted the tract of wild land
into a productive and valuable farm.

For the past decade Mr. Sirrine has been
financially interested in mercantile enterprises of
different kinds, and now is the president of the
Zenos Co-operative Mercantile & Manufacturing
Institution. In 1895 he was active in the organ-
ization of the Mesa Co-operative Milling Com-
pany, and is the general manager of that suc-
cessful concern, which has a fine steam-power

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plant and modern machinery. In the past he
has served in the capacity of president of the
Mesa Canal Company, and at present is a mem-
ber of its board of directors. In political mat-
ters he is affiliated with the Democratic party,
and for sonic time was a member of the city
council of Mesa. Religiously lie is a zealous
member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the
Latter-day Saints, with which denomination his
father also has long been prominently identi-
fied.

JOHN CLARK.

While Mr. Clark is known chiefly as one of the
largest and most successful sheep-growers of
Coconino county, he has also had an extended
mercantile experience in the territory, and is
one of the oldest residents of Flagstaff, having
arrived in Arizona December 7, 1875. Until
his tenth year Mr. Clark lived eight miles east
of Augusta, Me., where he was born in 1839.
In 1849 he went to Lowell, Mass., and lived
with his sister, Mrs. Parker, until his twentieth
year. At that time he decided to settle in the
west, and went to California, via the Isthmus of
Panama, the same year that the railroad was
built across. For two years he lived on a dairy
farm near San Jose, Cal., and thence went to
Merced county and began to handle sheep on
his own responsibility. He acquired in time
about five thousand head, and, in order to better
care for them, drove them, in 1871, to Kern
county, twenty miles east of Bakersfield.

Here, on the open range, his flock multiplied
and prospered exceedingly, and in 1875 he
started with five thousand of them across the
desert, headed for Arizona. Between Soda Lake
and Mail Springs the flock encountered a severe
storm, in which three thousand of the sheep per-
ished. In the winter time, December 7, 1875,
he crossed the Colorado at Harderville, and
passed the remaining time until spring on Sandy
creek. In the spring of 1876 he removed to
Bill Williams, remaining there until May 15,
1877. In the mean time he had been looking
around for a suitable range for his sheep, and
finally selected a valley between the Graham
mountains and the Mormon mountains, which
was eventually named Clark's valley, in his

honor. In this excellent grazing district he-
began to prepare for an indefinite residence, and
built a good log house, corral and barn, and was
comfortably located until 1887. This ranch was
in the vicinity of what is now known as Clark-
ville. His sheep did remarkably well, and in
the fall of 1883 he sold five thousand of them
for $4 a head.

In 1883 Mr. Clark purchased his present
ranch and home just outside of the city limits of
Flagstaff, and although since engaged in han-
dling cattle, has practically retired from active
business life. The ranch is composed of three
hundred and twenty acres of land, and the house
has no superior for miles around, being commo-
dious and airy, and having in all twelve rooms.
Sixty acres of the land are under cultivation,
and the remainder is used for grazing. Mr.
Clark has been interested in several enterprises
in Flagstaff, among them being the Flagstaff
Commercial Company, with which he was asso-
ciated for four years, and he was also engaged
in the butcher business during 1883-4.

Although a Republican of uncompromising
mien, Mr. Clark has been loath to accept political
office. In the fall of 1900 he was persuaded to
accept IK? nomination for supervisor, but was
defeated. He was married January 8, 1888, to
Elizabeth M. Cook, who was born in Maine and
educated in Massachusetts. Mr. Clark has been
successful in both his sheep and cattle industry,
although his efforts have been overtaken on
several occasions by disaster. He has had the
determination to push ahead and make the most
of inevitable loss, and has been well rewarded
for his persistent effort. He is one of the
town's most reliable citizens, and one of Ari-
zona's most deserving and helpful pioneers.

JOHN F. CROWLEY.

As manager for Judge Nichols, and an enter-
prising citizen of Willcox, Mr. Crowley has a
warm place in the esteem of his fellow-citizens.
A native of Lowell, Mass., he was born January
26, 1850, and is a son of John D. and Mary Eliz-
abeth Crowley, natives of Ireland. John D.
Crowley was an ambitious man, and in search
of a fortune went to California in the golden
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with a moderate success he sent for his family,
who journeyed from the east by way of Panama
and joined him in San Francisco in 1854. With
the exception of several years spent in Sacra-
mento, the family lived in San Francisco until
1883, at which time John F. came to Arizona,
and in Willcox opened up a liquor business,
which he continued until 1886. He then sold
out, having become deputy sheriff in 1884, under
Sheriff J. L. Ward, and also served as deputy-
assessor and deputy tax collector. He then filled
a similar position under Sheriff Bob Hatch for
two years, and during his terms of service expe-
rienced some narrow escapes and exciting ad-
ventures with the unruly element which ter-
rorized the neighborhood. He was in the
sheriff's office at the time of the robbery of Cas-
taneda's store at Bisbee, when many were killed
in the street, and the greatest pandemonium pre-
vailed. In search for the robbers, Mr. Crowley
brought in Red Sample and Texas Howard, and
Sheriff Ward brought in Kelly, alias Yorky.
The desperadoes were all hanged March 4, 1884,
Mr. Crowley hanging Kelly at the robber's re-
quest. Great credit is due the district attorney,
Mark A. Smith, for securing the speedy convic-
tion of these marauders, thus freeing the country
from ever-present danger and terror.

Following his term as sheriff, Mr. Crowley
became employed by the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company, and was under Agent E. A.
Nichols as clerk, and after three years returned
to the liquor business, in which he continued
until 1893. He then became general manager
for Judge Nichols, which position he still holds.
He is also a notary public, having been ap-
pointed by Governor McCord in 1898. Mr.
Crowley is affiliated with the Republican party,
and has always taken an active part in local
and territorial politics. His only near relative
is Timothy J. Crowley, of San Francisco, who is
a lawyer of that town, with an office in the
Chronicle building.

HON. JAMES W. WOOLF.

As president of the Tempe Irrigating Canal
Company, president of the Tempe-Mesa Produce
Company, a director of the Tempe National
Bank, and former member of the territorial

assembly, Mr. Woolf has a wide acquaintance
throughout Arizona. He was born in Caldwell
county, Ky., November 25, 1847. The ancestral
home of the family is said to have been in Eng-
land, and the first members to immigrate to
America presumably came at a very early day.
Their descendants are numerously distributed
through the southeast, and have been active par-
ticipators in the best undertakings of the locali-
ties in which they have lived. The paternal
great-grandfather served with courage and dis-
tinction in the Revolutionary war. The parents
of Mr. Woolf, William and Louisa J. (Baker)
Woolf, were born in Kentucky, and were farm-
ers during their active and industrious lives.

When four years of age James W. was taken
by his parents to Crittenden county, Ky., and
there spent the greater part of his youth and
early manhood. The surrounding influences
were akin to those which mould the lives and
character of the average farm-reared youth, and,
like many another who has attained to promi-
nence in the affairs of his locality, his first step-
ping stone toward independence was through
the medium of educational work, for which he
was fitted by attendance at the public schools,
and at a seminary in Caldwell county,
Ky. While living in Kentucky he was
united in marriage in February of 1870, with
Mary A. McConnell, a native of Crittenden
county, Ky., and a daughter of John N.
McConnell, who was of Scotch-Irish extrac-
tion. To' Mr. and Mrs. Woolf have been
born nine children, eight of whom are living:
Charles C., who is a lawyer in Tempe; Ida F.,
who is engaged in educational work in Maricopa
county; John W., who is in the cattle business
in Gila county; William H., who is studying at
the Territorial Normal School at Tempe; James
O.; Robert A., who is also a student at the
Tempe Normal; Mabel; and Irene.

In 1874 Mr. Woolf departed from Kentucky
and settled with his family in Los Animas coun-
ty, Colo., subsequently removing to Colfax coun-
ty, N. M., where he lived until taking up his
residence in Arizona in 1889. Like most of the
residents of the valley, Mr. Woolf is interested
in the pursuit for which the land here is espe-
cially adapted, his land being chiefly devoted to
the cattle-raising business. He owns a ranch of

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three hundred and twenty acres about three
miles southeast of Tempe, which offers not only
a pleasant and comfortable home, but which
serves as a relaxation from the arduous and
numerous duties which command the time and
ability of its owner. To enumerate the many
enterprises of note in which Mr. Woolf is a rul-
ing and progressive influence is to chronicle the
rise and subsequent growth of nearly all of the
undertakings which have built up this section of
the valley. The financial ability of which he is
master, the large-hearted and undiminishing in-
terest in the best public welfare of which he so
often gives evidence, and the popularity which
crises from an unchallenged moral character and
high business principles, have made him in con-
stant demand as a promoter, and a safe reposi-
tory of public trust.

In November of 1896 Mr. Woolf was elected
to the nineteenth territorial legislature of Ari-
zona, as the candidate of the Democratic party,
and during his term of service were enacted
many important reforms. He was especially in-
terested in securing the re-codification of the
live stock law of the territory, and he also draft-
ed and secured the passage of what is known
as the school land rental law. The completion
of the normal school at Tempe was made pos-
sible through the efforts of Mr. Woolf in secur-
ing the requisite appropriation. He is now serv-
ing as a director and president of the Tempe
Irrigating Canal Company, and -had, previous
to his election as president, served for three
years as a director. For several years he has
been a director and president of the Tempe-
Mesa Produce Company, of which he was one
of the original organizers. In 1900 he was fur-
ther honored by his political constituents- in
the Democratic party by being again nominated
for legislative service, but declined the distinc-
tion because of the already too numerous de-
mands upon his time and exertions.

In the development of the water supply for
artificial irrigation Mr. Woolf has shown de-
cided interest, and in this connection is presi-
dent of the Western Branch of the Tempe Irri-
gating Canal Company. Fraternally he is asso-
ciated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, the Woodmen of the World and the United
Moderns, at Tempe. In the religious world he

exerts a wide influence for good, and is a mem-
ber, active worker and generous contributor to-
ward the support and charities of the Baptist
Church. Mr. Woolf is also a deacon in the
church at Tempe.

C, W. STEVENS.

The proprietor of the Palo Alto stables at
Phoenix is one of the leading business men of
that thriving city, and his ability, enterprise and
upright methods have established for him an
enviable reputation. Although he is compara-
tively a young man, his popularity is established
on a firm basis — that of his own well-tested
merit.

Mr. Stevens was born in Prince Edward Isle,
October 12, 1870, his parents being John and
Amelia (Scott) Stevens. His paternal grand-
father, Jacob Stevens, spent his entire life as
a farmer at Forest Glen, Colchester county.
Nova Scotia, and belonged to an old and hon-
ored family of that locality. The father was also
born at Forest Glen, and there he is still liv-
ing, engaged in agricultural pursuits, owning
and operating two good farms at that place.
He is an active and prominent member of
the Baptist Church, and is a man highly re-
spected and esteemed by all who know him. His
wife is now deceased. She was a native of
Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, and the daughter
of an Englishman. Of their nine children only
three are now living, these being C. W., our
subject; Burpee, who lives on the old home-
stead; and Mrs. Moore, of Montana.

The subject of this review passed the days
of his boyhood and youth on the home farm, and
was educated in the public schools of the neigh-
borhood. At the age of twelve he went to New
England, and for a time was engaged in farming
at Woonsocket, R. I., where he later served as
manager of an ice-cream establishment until
1880, when he came to Florence, Ariz. Buying
an outfit, he engaged in freighting between Casa
Grande and Silver King, a distance of seventy-
five miles, it requiring fourteen days to make
the round trip. He had twenty-two mule teams
with four wagons carrying about five tons each.
He continued this business very successfully for
three years, and then sold out. He then went

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to Clover valley, Nev., on horseback, but after
looking over that country for about two weeks,
he returned to Arizona, being gone three months.
In 1883 he embarked in the transfer business at
Phoenix, in partnership with C. M. Hewlett,
and for four years conducted a successful busi-
ness, running three busses and four transfer
wagons. On disposing of that enterprise, Mr.
Stevens went to California, but two months
later returned to Phoenix and opened a livery
stable as a member of the firm of Albright &
Stevens. They carried on the business together
in different places for four years, when, in 1890,
our subject bought out his partner and has
since been alone. In 1898 he built a large brick
barn at No. 228 East Adams street, the main
building being 50x138 feet, with an L 50x100
feet, where he can accommodate seventy-five
head of horses. He keeps a fine line of vehicles
of all kinds, including three hacks and a seven-
seated tally-ho coach, which is the largest rig
in the territory, and to which he drives two or
three teams.

At Phoenix occurred the marriage of Mr. Ste-
vens and Miss Minnie Alice Magnett, a native
of Oregon, and a daughter of Frank Magnett,
one of the early settlers of Phoenix. By this
union have been born two children, Jennie and
Ursal. In politics Mr. Stevens is a stanch Dem-
ocrat, and in his social relations is a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Rebekah branch of that fraternity. In 1886 he
participated in the Geronimo campaign, being
master of transportation for the government.
His success in life is due entirely to his own
industry, enterprise and well-directed efforts, for
from an early age he has been dependent upon
his own resources, and he certainly deserves
great credit for what he has achieved.

GEORGE W. NICHOLS.

The early life of Mr. Nichols, who is one of
the large land owners and agriculturists of the
Salt River valley, was of a particularly interest-
ing nature, and is evidence of an untiring per-
severance and ability to cope with vicissitudes
and obstacles. While still young he was de-
prived of the care and affectionate interest of
his parents, and grew to manhood in the

shadow of the great loss and its attendant re-
sponsibilities.

A native of Kerr county, Tex., Mr. Nichols
was born June 12, 1851, and is a son of Row-
land and Jane (Harrison) Nichols. Rowland
Nichols was a native of Tennessee, and
migrated to Texas in 1849. The country was
at the time very wild and inhospitable, and the
pioneers who sought to till the soil and intro-
duce the ways of civilization were seriously
handicapped by the obstacles that came their
way. The neighbors were widely separated by
perilous tracts of land, whereon the roaming red
man still hurled defiance at the invading pale
face. There the father met the fate of many
courageous early settlers, and was killed by the
Comanche Indians in 1859. This sorrow to a
large family was augmented in 1865, when the
mother died, and they were left alone on the
homestead in the wilds of Texas.

George W. lived on the home farm until he had
attained years of discretion, and as may well be
imagined, his responsibilities in connection with
the farm permitted of but limited opportunities
for acquiring an education. This deficiency has
been supplemented by the application of later
years, and much reading along interesting and
developing lines. He married in Kerr county,
Tex., March 7, 1872, Mary C. Corbell, a native
of Texas and a daughter of Tillmon and Mary
(Nolen) Corbell. Her parents were natives of
Arkansas and Mississippi respectively, and were
married in the state of Texas. Of the union of
Mr. and Mrs. Nichols there have been eight chil-
dren, seven of whom are living : Ivan N. ; Julia
R. ; Rowland T., who is in the United States
army, and is at present serving in the Philippine
Islands; Guy W.; Grace M.; Jennie and Warren
W. George is deceased.

In 1876, with his wife and two children, Mr.
Nichols started with others of like inclination for
the far west, and crossed the plains with wagons
and mule teams. They were fifty-seven days on
the journey, and terminated their wanderings at
Tempe, Ariz. In the same year Mr. Nichols
homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of
land, to which he has added by subsequent pur-
chase, until he now owns three hundred and
twenty acres. The land is devoted to general
farming and stock-raising, in which the enter-

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prising owner has been very successful. Like so
many dwellers in lands requiring artificial irri-
gation, Mr. Nichols is greatly interested in the
subject of water promotion, and has assisted in
extending the Tempe canal. From the aridity
of the desert his land has been induced to pro-
duce abundantly, and more than repays the
arduous labor of years. Politically he is a
Democrat. In the fraternal world he is asso-
ciated with the Ancient Order of United Work-
men and the Woodmen of the World. Mrs.
Nichols is a member of the Church of God. He
is interested in all that pertains to the upbuild-
ing of his community, and has contributed his
share towards the noble pioneer work of the
valley.

HARVEY J. HARPER.

The high place which Mr. Harper holds in
his community is partially indicated by the re-
sponsible positions to which he has been called,
and by the fine executive ability he has displayed
in meeting his obligations as an official. Now
serving as a high councilor of the Maricopa
Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Lat-
ter-day Saints, and since 1883 superintendent
of the Sunday-school of the Lehi ward, his
activity in the advancement of his denomination
is plainly demonstrated. His general business
ability has been manifested in many practical
ways, and to his influence is attributed much
of the prosperity of the Zenos Co-operative
Mercantile & Manufacturing Institution at
Mesa, of which he has been a director for sev-
eral years; the Utah Irrigating Canal Company,
in which he was formerly a director; and the
Mesa Milling Company, in which he is a stock-
holder.

Harvey J. Harper, a leading pioneer of the
Salt River valley, now living- near Lehi,
Maricopa county, was born in Hancock county,
111., in 1842. His parents, Charles A. and La-
vina (Dilworth) Harper, were natives of Mont-
gomery county, 111., and in 1848 removed to
Salt Lake county, Utah, thus being very early
settlers there. The father, who was a graduate
of Evergreen College, of Peoria, was a man
of culture and good business ability. At the
venerable age of eighty-three years, he was
called to his reward, dying in June, 1900.

The educational advantages of Harvey J. Har-
per in the new country of Utah were not equal
to those which his father had enjoyed, but his
natural talents overcame many of his obstacles
as a student. In 1866 he married Louise Park,
whose birthplace was in Nebraska, and who
was reared in Provo City, Utah, where her fam-
ily located in 1847. Of the seven children born
to our subject and wife, the three sons, Harvey
J., Jr., Alfred P. and Albert, live near Lehi.
Louise B., wife of Joseph Rogers; Alberta J.,
wife of Niels Pedersen ; and Eleanor, wife of
Orlando Merrill, live at Mesa; while Lavina,
Mrs. Frank J. Davis, is a resident of Lehi, Ariz.

In the spring of 1870 the subject of this article
removed from Salt Lake county to Rich county,
Utah, where he became an extensive stock-raiser
and lumberman. After spending about seven
years there, he returned to Salt Lake county,
and some three years later came to Arizona.
In January, 1881, he arrived in the Salt River
valley and homesteaded one hundred and twenty
acres of land, of which he now retains forty
acres. Of the Maricopa stake board of school
directors he is serving as a member, and in pub-
lic elections votes for the men and measures
of the Democratic party. When the great work
of constructing the Maricopa stake tabernacle,
at Mesa, was contemplated, he was one of the
foremost in the undertaking, and besides per-
forming much of the actual work of the build-
ing, superintending the enterprise from first to
last.

ALEXANDER SILVA.

The promise and fertility of the Salt River
valley have not only drawn people from all parts
of the United States, but have also served as
a Mecca for searchers after pleasant and profita-
ble places, who have fatherlands across the seas.
One of the sons of Portugal has so far identi-
fied himself with the conditions existing in this
widely different country as to now seem an in-
tegral part of her growth and prosperity.

Mr. Silva was born in Portugal, May to, 1860,
and is a son of Emanuel and Mariana Silva, both
natives of Portugal. He was reared in his
native country, where he remained until he
had attained his twenty-first year. Being of an

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ambitious nature, he longed for broader fields in
which to carry out the occupations of his life.
Upon emigrating to America he proceeded at
once to California, and resided for some time
near San Francisco. Subsequently he journeyed
to Mexico, and after a short sojourn returned to
the States. In 1884 he settled in Arizona. The
following year he pre-empted and later settled
upon his present ranch of one hundred and sixty
acres, situated about seven miles northwest of
Phoenix. At the time of its purchase the land
was in its primitive condition, and through his
efforts it has been transformed into a first-class
ranch. He is a pioneer of his locality and is well
known as an enterprising agriculturist. In the
growth and development of his neighborhood
he lias been an active participant. Here he has
successfully conducted stock-raising and farm-
ing enterprises. During his residence in the
Salt River valley he has seen the sterility of
the desert replaced by the well-improved farms
of the surrounding tillers of the soil, and the
busy hum of industry increase from year to
year. In addition to the management of his
farms, he has added to his revenue and to the
convenience of his fellow farmers by operating a
threshing machine, for which he has a complete
and modern outfit.

All movements for advancement in matters of
education, agriculture and general business re-
ceive the co-operation of Mr. Silva. In all of
these lines he strives after the best results. In
national politics he is independent, and believes
in voting for the man best qualified in principle
and attainment for the position. He was united
in marriage with Mary Alveres, a native of Mex-
ico, who was reared and educated in Yuma, Ariz.
She was but five years of age when she left the
land of her birth and came with her parents to
Arizona.

REV. DANIEL KLOSS, A. M., D. D.

It seems eminently fitting that one who, like
Mr. Kloss, has for so many years devoted heart
and brain to the lofty service of humanity,
should, in the after time, become associated with
the peace and tranquillity found alone by asso-
ciation with nature and her marvelous trans-
formations. It thus happens that at the end of

three-score years and ten this eminent preacher,
first of the Lutheran faith and later in the Con-
gregational work, is enjoying the promise and
prosperity of the Salt River valley, and though
a resident of the town of Tempe, is enthusias-
tically interested in horticulture, as developed
upon the soil so recently awakened from the
sleep of centuries. Upon his two ranches, com-
prising about forty acres, are grown many varie-
ties of fruit, including navel oranges, lemons,
Bartlett pears, almonds, figs, pomegranates,
olives, plums and other tropical fruits. All re-
ceive the constant care of their owner, who
studies their interests as does one who cherishes
and loves all things that in growing are beauti-
ful or of use to man.

A native of Union county, Pa., Mr. Kloss was
born March 18, 1830, and is a son of Daniel and
Elizabeth (Steininger) Kloss, who were born in
Pennsylvania. The paternal great-grandfather
came to America from Germany at an early day,
as did also the maternal ancestors. When a boy
Mr. Kloss received his education in the Mifflin-
burg (Pa.) Academy, at the Airy View Academy,
at Perryville, of the same state, and subsequently
was graduated from the classical course in the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. From
earliest youth he cherished a desire to enter the
ministry, and in following this inclination en-
tered the theological seminary at Gettysburg,
Pa:, and after a year attended the Union Theo-
logical Seminary, of New York City. May 13,
1860, he was ordained a minister in the Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church, of the general synod,
and for seventeen years following ministered
to the necessities of congregations in New Ber-
lin, Union county, and in Lykens, Dauphin
county, Pa. In 1877 he removed to Highland,
Kans., where for fourteen years he preached
the Gospel of kindliness and good-will, and be-
came identified with the intellectual and moral
growth of the locality. During ten years of the
time that he was pastor of the Congregational
Church at Highland he also filled the chair
of German and French at Highland College, of
which institution he was for fourteen years a
regent, and which later conferred upon him the
degree of Doctor of Divinity.

In 1891 Mr. Kloss came to Arizona, and in
1892 organized the first Congregational Church

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in Tempe, over whose interests he presided as
pastor ttntil September i, 1900. He then re-
tired from active participation in church affairs,
and in the change to a partially rural life, is en-
joying a well-earned rest.

May 24, 1860, Mr. Kloss married Rebecca J.
Kloss, a native of Juniata county, Pa., and a
daughter of David and Margaret (Kantz) Kloss,
likewise natives of Pennsylvania. Of this union
there are two children : Charles L., who is pas-
tor of the First Congregational Church at Web-
ster Groves, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis ; and
Annie L., wife of P. P. Daggs, of Tempe. Mr.
Kloss is a Republican in national politics, and
has strong prohibition tendencies. As an advo-
cate of the highest possible standards of educa-
tion he stands very high and has ever wielded
a wide influence in the direction of educational
work. For four years he has served as a mem-
ber of the territorial normal school board, and
has been president of the board part of the time,
having received the appointment from Governor
Hughes. In this capacity he was actively inter-
ested in the construction of the normal school
building at Tempe. In connection with the other
responsibilities that have engaged his attention
he has shared the common interest in the devel-
opment of water, and has been a director of the
Tempe Irrigating Canal Company. In all ways
he is a valued and much esteemed citizen, and
his genial, kindly personality, and high hwnan-
itarian life have drawn to him hearts and good
wishes in abundance.

C. M. STEARNS.

This well-known horseman has been a great
lover of fine horses since his boyhood and has
been exceptionally fortunate in handling them.
He is now a member of the firm of Waddell &
Stearns, owners of the popular Club Stables, of
Tucson. His acquaintanceship is extended in
the east as well as in the west, and he bears the
reputation of being a master in the art of devel-
oping latent good qualities in fine horses and in
training them in speed.

The paternal grandfather of our subject,
Manny Stearns, was born in New England, and
at an early day settled in Ohio, where he car-
ried on building enterprises. In the '503 he

removed to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and spent his last
years in that state. C. M. Stearns comes justly
by his love for horses, as his father, William
M. Stearns, also has given his chief attention
to this calling, dealing in excellent roadsters and
racers, and at different times owning noted ani-
mals, among them "Honest John." His busi-
ness made him well acquainted with the leading
horsemen of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri
and Illinois. He was born in the vicinity of
Columbus, Ohio, and when the Civil war came
on enlisted in the defense of the Union, serving
in a Missouri regiment and being mustered out
as a sergeant. He now resides in Russell, Iowa.
His wife, also living, was Angeline Comstock
prior to their marriage and their children com-
prise two sons and a daughter. She was born
in Iowa, of which state her father, Daniel F.
Comstock, was a pioneer, though Indiana was
his native state. After living in Iowa for a
period, he went to Missouri, but eventually re-
turned to southern Iowa and departed this life
at his home in Russell. He was extensively
engaged in the buying and selling of grain and
cattle.

The eldest of the parental family, C. M.
Stearns, was born November 8, 1868, in Mon-
ticello, Mo., and was reared in Oskaloosa, Iowa,
receiving a public school education. When only
eleven and twelve years of age he rode race-
horses in all parts of the country, and this he
continued until 1884. He then entered the em-
ploy of W. J. Harris, with whom he remained
for about three and a half years, driving and
training trotting horses. Then, going to Des
Moines, he handled standard-bred horses, and
later lived in Missouri Valley, Omaha and Coun-
cil Bluffs while similarly occupied. During this
time he was interested in races in Iowa, Illi-
nois, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Dakota, Min-
nesota, Michigan and Wisconsin, and won a
flattering reputation among horsemen.

In the fall of 1890 Mr. Stearns came to Ari-
zona in the interests of M. H. Porter, bringing
with him Durango Chief, with a record of 2:34^:
Iowa Chief, with a record of 2:22^, and Harry
F. and a number of standard-bred fillies. For
about three years he had charge of these fine
animals, his headquarters being in Phoenix,
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tory. In 1893 he returned with them to the east,
and in the autumn of that year again became a
citizen of Phoenix, where he conducted train-
ing stables for about a year. During the next
two and a half years he operated the Grand
Avenue dairy, owning a dairy farm near the city.
Then, selling his route, he located on a ranch
situated on the Arizona ditch, and devoted his
attention to its improvement for eighteen
months. The great Klondike craze of 1898 led
him to try his fortune in that gold field, and he
proceeded to Kotzebue Sound. He and his three
companions were the first white men, as far as
known, who ever traversed that trail, the trip
taking twenty-eight days. After eighteen
months' absence from Phoenix he returned, and
during the following ten months lived at Mesa.
November 19, 1900, he came to Tucson and en-
tered into his present partnership and enterprise.
The firm put in a new equipment of carriages
and roadcarts and keep a good grade of horses,
making a specialty of training and selling good
animals.

The marriage of Mr. Stearns and Miss Carrie
Porter, daughter of M. H. Porter, before men-
tioned, took place in this city. She is a native of
Minnesota, and by her marriage is the mother of
three children, namely: Stanley, Kate and Ruth.
Mr. Stearns is a member of the Knights of Pyth-
ias, and in his political affiliations is a Democrat.

WILLIAM H. STRONG.

One of the familiar and respected figures of
Tempe and vicinity is that of Mr. Strong, who
is ever foremost in all that pertains to the de-
velopment and upbuilding of his locality, and
who exercises an influence in the manage-
ment of local affairs. A native of Fayette county,
Pa., Mr. Strong was born April 17, 1866, and is
a son of Robert and Mary (Gaddis) Strong, na-
tives of Pennsylvania, and now residents of Os-
kaloosa, Iowa. When nine years of age William
H. removed with his parents to Mahaska county,
Iowa, where he was reared to farming pursuits
and to an industrious and thrifty life. At the
district schools of his locality he received a fair
education, and in 1885 started out on his own
responsibility. After a short sojourn in Kansas,
which he visited in 1885, he came to Arizona in

1886, and has since resided in the territory. For
several years Mr. Strong was engaged in the
livery business in Phoenix, and in 1890 came to
the vicinity. of Tempe, where he has since lived.
He is the possessor of a fine ranch of one hun-
dred and sixty acres near Mesa, and in addition
to carrying on a large general farming and stock
business, derives considerable revenue from bal-
ing hay, which is extensively entered into.

February 9, 1895, Mr. Strong married Melissa
Lane, a native of California. Of this union there
are two children, Rhoda and George A. Mr.
Strong is a firm believer in the principles and
issues of the Republican party, and interested
in all of the undertakings of his party. He is
now serving his first term as a member of the
city council of Tempe. Fraternally he is a mem-
ber of the Woodmen of the World.

MARTIN D. SCRIBNER.

The county treasurer of Cochise county and
agent for the Wells-Fargo Express Company
at Tombstone is a native of Louisiana, and was
born one hundred and forty miles from New
Orleans. At the age of seventeen he migrated
to San Francisco, Calv and bought out the local
express company between San Jose and San
Francisco, and in 1877 entered the employ of
the Wells-Fargo Express Company, as messen-
ger on the Oregon short line. He subsequently
served on the San Francisco & Los Angeles, and
the San Francisco & Sacramento lines, and was
the first messenger into Martinez, Contra Costa
county, Cal.

Mr. Scribner's present position as agent was
not gained by any royal road to favor, but by
constant hard work and application to business.
From a messenger up he laboriously mastered
every detail of the work, and remained on the
Pacific coast until 1883. For the following two
years he attended to the company's interests in
Santa Fe, N. M., and on May 19, 1885, took up
his location in Tombstone.

As do most of the residents of this once re-
markable town, Mr. Scribner at once, became
interested in a possible future of equal pros-
perity, and substantiated his belief in the same
by identifying himself with the various upbuild-
ing enterprises. He purchased considerable

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real estate and some mining properties, among
others becoming a stockholder in the Conten-
tion Mining Company, of which he is at present
the agent. He is also a stockholder and opera-
tor of the Telephone mine. In 1887 he associ-
ated himself with one of the necessary and inter-
esting institutions of the wild and undeveloped
west, starting the mail and stage coach line be-
tween Fairbank and Tombstone, which carries
the United States mail.

During 1890 and the four following years he
was a member of the Southwestern Ice Com-
pany, whose plant had a capacity of five tons
per day, and manufactured sufficient ice to sup-
ply several of the surrounding towns. In 1892
he was elected county treasurer on the Demo-
cratic ticket, and during his term of service
organized the present system of accounts. In
the fall of 1900 he was again elected county
treasurer. Fraternally he is associated with
King Solomon's Lodge No. 5, F. & A. M., and
Cochise Chapter No. 4, R. A. M.

GEORGE H. HORNMEYER.

During the last decade of his life, and withal,
the happiest and most useful period of his career,
George H. Hornmeyer was numbered among the
citizens of Clifton. He possessed the genuine
esteem and friendship of all who knew him and
his real kindliness of disposition endeared him to
a multitude. With that feeling of brotherhood
which is at the foundation of all acts of generos-
ity and helpfulness towards humanity, he took
pleasure in alleviating the ills of those much less
fortunate than himself, and his memory long
will be cherished.

A native of Germany, born March 25, 1844,
Mr. Hornmeyer came to the United States when
a child, and was reared in St. Louis, Mo. There
he attended the high school and subsequently
was successfully engaged in the grocery business
for several years. He then removed to Clinton,
Mo., where he was occupied in mercantile pur-
suits until May i, 1889, by which date he had
sold out and disposed of all of his financial inter-
ests there.

At that time he and his wife came to Arizona,
for he had accepted a position which had been
tendered him — that of superintendent of the

Gold Bullion Milling & Mining Company. For
three years he continued with that concern, and
then was in the employ of the Arizona Copper
Company for a year. In 1892 he purchased the
Central Hotel, which he greatly enlarged, add-
ing another story, with sixteen guest-rooms. It
is a well-constructed stone building, and is yet
being carried on as a hotel by Mrs. Julia Horn-
meyer, a lady of excellent business ability and
good judgment. Many other projects were en-
gaged in by Mr. Hornmeyer, among them being
his bank, which was opened for business in
April, 1900, in one of the storerooms adjacent
to the hotel. Charles P. Rosecrans is now the
cashier of this reliable banking institution. From
time to time Mr. Hornmeyer made investments
in mining property and local real estate, his in-
terests always being confined to Graham county,
however, for his faith in its future was un-
bounded. The large general brokerage business
which he transacted for several years led to his
founding the bank, as the need for the same
was apparent.

In the years of his residence here Mr. Horn-
meyer often was called upon to serve in public
capacities, and once was asked to run for the
territorial legislature, but declined the nomina-
tion. For one term he served as a justice of the
peace by appointment, after which he was elected
and acted for two terms more in the'same office,
and besides he was a notary public for twelve
years. Politically he gave his allegiance to the
Democratic party. In Clinton, Mo., he joined
the Masonic order, and after his arrival in Clif-
ton was identified with Coronado Lodge No. 8,
F. & A. M. In the fraternity as well as in busi-
ness and social circles, he was popular with our
citizens, and his loss is deeply felt everywhere.

April 23, 1889, Mr. Hornmeyer married Miss
Julia, daughter of George and Julia A. Kalk-
brenner, a native of Baden-Baden, Germany.
Both of her parents have been summoned to the
silent land, and thus she is left with few near
relatives. Her father, George Kalkbrenner, was
for years a successful business man of St. Louis,
owning a large bakery in that city. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Hornmeyer were reared in the faith of
the Catholic Church. Their home was a source
of much pleasure to them, and small wonder, in
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Clifton, the residence is of handsome design and
finish, and furnished with true culture-luxuries
as well as essential comforts, contributing to the
general effect. A perfect bower of fine shade
trees, rose bushes and other flowers and plants
surround the house. This property was sold in
1898 to the Arizona Copper Company.

ERNST G. FRANKENBERG.

In the death of Ernst G. Erankenbcrg the
Salt River vafley suffered a severe loss, for he
had been one of its most public spirited citizens
for more than a decade, and was actively con-
nected with many of its enterprises. Himself
one \vho had experienced many vicissitudes of
fortune, though he achieved success in the end,
his heart was kind and sympathetic, and his time-
lv assistance helped many a fellow-man over a
trying period in his history. His influence was
ever felt upon the side of the right and just, the
progressive and useful, and all who knew him
have only high words of praise for him.

The parents of the above-named were Ernst
G., and Amelia (Beta) Frankenberg, na-
tives of Germany. In the early part of the '305
they came to the United States and settled upon
a farm near Columbus, Ohio, and there oc-
curred the birth of Ernst G., Jr., April 30, 1837.
His boyhood passed in the quiet pursuits of a
country life, and his education was gathered in
the common schools. For several years after
reaching his majority he continued to carry on
agriculture in the county of his birth. Then
going to McLean county, 111., he engaged in
farming there with success for some nineteen
years. His next step was a removal to Crawford
county, Kans., where he resided for several
years, and in December, 1888, the family came
to Arizona. Settling upon a tract of wild land
near Tempe, a portion of the large homestead
\\hich constituted his estate at death, he pro-
ceeded to improve the property, and from time
to time extended his possessions until they com-
prised six hundred and thirty-five acres in land.
As a general farmer and as a stock raiser he met
with almost uniform success.

Early realizing the importance of irrigation
in this region, Mr. Frankenberg strongly advo-
cated more and better systems, and for some

time served as a director of the Tempe Irrigating
Canal Company. He also was the president of
the Farmers & Merchants' Bank at Tempe and
for a period was a director of the Bank of Tempe,
now no longer in existence. Fraternally he
was connected with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and in political affiliation was a
Republican. His useful life of three-score and
two years came to a close June 20, 1899, but his
memory is treasured in the hearts of his family,
neighbors and many friends.

For nearly four decades Mr. Frankenberg's
joys and sorrows were shared by his faithful wife,
who survives him. She bore the maiden name
of Eulalia Rickley, Auglaize county, Ohio, being
the place of her birth. Her parents, John J.
and Ann M. (Ebert) Rickley, were natives of
Switzerland and Germany, respectively, and at
an early day they became pioneers of Auglaize
county, Ohio. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Frankenberg was solemnized January 24, 1861.
Their son Leo is in Yuma county, Ariz.; Jose-
phine, a graduate of the Arizona Normal at
Tempe, and also of the Illinois Training School
for Nurses, is at home; Austin S. and Ira H. are
attending to the actual management of the home
farm; Don J., a graduate of the Arizona Nor-
mal, is now studying law in the University of
Ohio; Hortense is the wife of C. G. Jones, of
Maricopa county, Ariz., president of the Na-
tional Bank of Tempe; and Roy, who was grad-
uated from the Territorial Normal School, is at
home. The young people have been provided
with liberal educations, and with sound com-
mon-sense have availed themselves of their op-
portunities. Their father has left to them an
unblemished name and a record of which they
have just cause to be proud, and their mother,
by her wise counsel and influence is exerting a
far-reaching power over their lives.

WILLIAM SIDOW.

The youthful aspirations and undertakings of
Mr. Sidow were centered in Wisconsin, although
he was born in Saginaw, Mich., August 23, 1844.
He was educated in the public schools, and un-
der his father's able instruction learned much of
business and the routine of a busy man's life.
He spent several years in Milwaukee, Wis.. with

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his father, and eventually purchased a farm on
the old plank road, which for years was the spe-
cial pride of the residents living between Mil-
waukee and La Crosse. Until 1859 father and
son tilled the soil of their new possession, and
then sought improved conditions in the purchase
of a farm near Watertown, of the same state. In
1860, the son started out for himself and worked
by the month until the peace of a tranquil coun-
try existence was interrupted by the breaking
out of the Civil war.

Mr. Sidow enlisted in 1862 in Company D,
Thirty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry, and served un-
til the termination of hostilities. At first a pri-
vate, he was advanced to the grade of corporal,
and was discharged at Madison, Wis., in July,
1865. He suffered many of the vicissitudes of
war, and was for nine months a prisoner of war
in Texas. Upon returning to his home he worked
for a few months, and then went to California
and farmed for two years. In 1868 he settled in
New Mexico, conducted a meat market at Santa
Fe for two years, and then took a government
contract for beef at Fort Beard, N. M. Subse-
quently for seven years he lived in the vicinity of
Silver City, engaging in the cattle business and
in farming.

As far back as 1877 Mr. Sidow became inter-
ested in Arizona, settling first at McMillen,
where he was engaged until 1881 in the stock
business. In 1881 he came to Globe and has
since been the partner of her steady improve-
ment and continually strengthened prestige.
Until 1895 he continued his stock enterprise, and
for the three following years was engaged in
copper mining. This proved a successful and
wise venture, which was, however, disposed of in
1898, at which time he opened the meat market
which is still the object of his care and earnest
efforts. He is still interested in mining and in
the various means of improvement which have
developed with the growth of the town. He
has housed his family in a comfortable residence
built by himself, and has a pleasant and hospit-
able home.

In 1878 occurred the marriage of Mr. Sidow
and Rafela Sanchez, of McMillen, and of this
union there is one child, George, who is now
twenty years old. Although an unyielding Re-
publican, Mr. Sidow has never sought political

recognition, preferring to^ devote all of his time
to his business. Fraternally he is associated with
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at
Globe. _

A. C. CORDINER.

As one of the owners and proprietors of The
Fashion in Jerome, Mr. Cordiner has placed him-
self in touch with the commercial and social pub-
lic, and has won a host of friends by reason
of his good judgment, honest dealings and un-
tiring desire to please. In the establishment the
greatest good fellowship prevails, and all who
are fair and square are welcomed within its hos-
pitable doors.

The birthplace of Mr. Cordiner is a long way
from his present home, at Cape Breton, Canada,
that bleak little island at the east of Nova Scotia,
renowned for its marble quarries, forests and
ship-building enterprises, and for the innumera-
ble fishermen who push out to sea at the dawn of
every day and depend upon the size of the catch
for the sustenance of themselves and families.
There Mr. Cordiner was born in 1858, and in
time received a good education at the public
schools and the necessary general training which
enabled him to start out in the world for himself.
For two years he was engaged in business in Sid-
ney, the capital of the cape, and in 1879 came to
the States and located in Denver, Colo. He sub-
sequently traveled over different parts of the
state, and in 1882 located at Hackberry, Ariz.,
where he remained for two years. In 1884 he
removed to Daggett, San Bernardino county,
Cal., and went into business with Mr. Falconer.
Locating in Prescott, Ariz., in 1891, he became a
member of the firm of Belcher & Smith, the firm
name then being changed to Belcher, Cordiner
& Smith. This association was amicably con-
tinued until 1895, when he became a partner
in business with J. B. Hoover, and purchased
the Stoney property. This acquisition upon be-
ing improved and placed on a paying basis went
up in flame and smoke, and the firm then con-
structed The Fashion, which met a similar fate
before its completion, the walls alone remaining.
The building is now one of the show places of the
town, and no expense has been spared to make
it one of the finest and most complete in the
territory.

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The home of Mr. Cordiner is presided over by
Mrs. Cordiner, who was, before her marriage
in 1886, Annie Meddlin, of California. To Mr.
and Mrs. Cordiner have been born two children:
Maggie and Alexander. In the Republican poli-
tics of Jerome Mr. Cordiner has ^evinced great
interest, and he served for a term as a member
of the city council. He is one of the substantial
men of the town, and is enthusiastic over the
prospects and opportunities of Arizona and Ya-
vapai county.

WILLIAM CREIGHTON.

Aside from participating in the many changes
which have come over the Salt River valley since
1885, Mr. Creighton had previously experienced
a large amount of adventure in different parts of
the country, and engaged in various occupa-
tions. Like many of his surrounding neighbors,
he is a native of New Brunswick, where he was
born in Northumberland county December 8,
1860. His parents, David and Euphemia (Mil-
ler) Creighton, were born respectively in Scot-
land and New Brunswick, the latter, however,
being of Scotch descent. The parents, who are
now deceased, were successful farmers in North-
umberland county, and reared their son as to the
best knowledge of agricultural pursuits. In the
public schools he diligently applied himself to the
acquisition of knowledge, and, in anticipation
of a future independent livelihood, learned the
harness-maker's trade.

In his twentieth year William Creighton left
his northern home and migrated to Denver,
Colo., going thence to Georgetown of the same
state, in which two places he spent about three
years, diligently plying his trade of harness-
maker and engaging in such other occupation as
came readily to hand. From Colorado he made
a short journey to Arizona, and from there went
to San Francisco, Cal., and later to British Co-
lumbia, where he stayed for about a year. After
another sojourn in California he settled in 1885
in the Salt River valley. The ranch a few miles
distant from Phoenix upon which Mr. Creigh-
ton is carrying on a large dairy enterprise com-
prises seventy-eight acres, which the industri-
ous owner has redeemed from the aridity of the
desert, and turned to the best possible account.
For a number of years, also, he engaged in

threshing the grain of the farmers throughout
the valley, and at different times has been in-
terested in various enterprises for the advance-
ment of his locality. Though a stanch Repub-
lican in politics, he is liberal-minded, and believes
in voting for the best man. He is associated
with the Woodmen of the World, and is a mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

September 2, 1891, Mr. Creighton was united
in marriage with Minnie Stoddard, who was born
in New Brunswick. To Mr. and Mrs. Creighton
have been born two children, Allen M. and
Ruth. Mr. Creighton is regarded as one of the
most substantial and reliable of the pioneers who
have helped to develop this promising section of
the territory, and he has won by his exertions
and devotion to sound business principles the re-
spect and esteem of all who know him.

HON. EUGENE J. TRIPPEL.

His efforts restricted to no special line of en-
deavor, Eugene J. Trippel is a good example of
a well-rounded man, one who might easily attain
prominence in almost any direction, and whose
interests in all of the enterprises of progress are
far-reaching. While his achievements as a states-
man and public officer, as a sagacious business
man and politician, are well known, it may be
said that in the field of current literature also
has he made himself felt as a power.

A full sketch of the life of his father, Dr. Al-
exander Trippel, appears elsewhere in this vol-
ume; suffice it here to say that the Doctor was
a native of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, received
an exceptionally fine education in the continental
universities, and for two-score years was a loyal
citizen of the United States, celebrated, especially
throughout the west, as one of the ablest expert
mining engineers and chemists of this land. The
eldest of three children born to Dr. Alexander
and Mathilda (Gaussoni) Trippel, Eugene J.
Trippel's birth took place in Ducktown, Tenn.,
April 15, 1862. Chiefly educated in private
schools, he was a student at Nazareth (Pa.) Hall,
and later attended Columbia College, in New
York. In 1880 he went to Morey, Nev., where
he engaged in mining and assaying for a couple
of years, and then devoted a like period to jour-
nalistic work, being associated with the "Times."

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published in Bristol, Lincoln county, Nev. Then,
going to Belmont, same state, he commenced
the study of law in the office of D. S. Truman,
district attorney. Before he had been admitted
to the bar, however, an urgent call from his fa-
ther led him to Globe, Ariz., where he was in the
employ of the Old Dominion Copper Mining
Company until 1887.

In that year Eugene J. Trippel, though only
twenty-four years of age, was elected on the
Democratic ticket to represent Gila county in the
fourteenth session of the territorial legislature.
He won the sincere commendation of all con-
cerned, and abundantly proved the wisdom of
his party's choice. As chairman of the appro-
priation committee, and as a member of the com-
mittees on judiciary, irrigation and county
boundaries he labored faithfully, and had the sat-
isfaction of helping to save the bond issue for
the territorial university (in which measure his
own and Pima county were especially active).
He was appointed deputy collector of customs
at Yuma, Ariz., in 1887. As such he served until
November, 1890, under the jurisdiction of Judge
Joseph Magoffin, of El Paso, and then, tender-
ing his resignation, it was accepted. At once
establishing the Yuma "Times," he conducted
it for nearly a year, after which he went to Globe,
and became chemist for the Buffalo Mining
Company, a position he held until July, 1892.
Then going to San Francisco, he served as a re-
porter for several of the city journals, and finally
became editor of the coast hews department of
the "Chronicle." As such he remained until
April, 1893, when he returned to Yuma, and
was appointed by Gov. L. C. Hughes to the post
of secretary of the territorial penitentiary situ-
ated there. President Cleveland appointed the
young man as register of the land office at Tuc-
son September 24, 1894 (his jurisdiction embrac-
ing the southern half of Arizona), and it was
not until November, 1898, that the change of ad-
ministration put an end to his tenure of the
office. Prior to this he was one of the school
trustees of Yuma, and subsequently was a trus-
tee of the free public library of Tucson. The
splendid almond orchard near Mesa, which was
established by his father, and which is the pio-
neer enterprise in this section of the territory,
is owned and managed by him, and each year a

large income is realized by the possessor. In
addition to this, he has valuable mining invest-
ments and other interests in Tucson and vi-
cinity. During the twentieth session of the ter-
ritorial legislature he was chief clerk of the upper
house or senate.

In fraternal circles Mr. Trippel ranks high,
being the first exalted ruler of Tucson Lodge
No. 385, B. P. O. E.; is one of the board of di-
rectors of the Elks' Club, and since October II,
1900, grand recorder of the grand lodge of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen of Arizona
and New Mexico. A past master workman of
Arizona Lodge No. i, A. O. U. W., he has been
a member of the grand lodge for several years,
and introduced the resolution at Cripple Creek,
Colo., April 13, 1899, providing for the segre-
gation of Arizona and New Mexico from Col-
orado, and this measure was duly adopted. Be-
sides, he was one of the organizers of the A. O.
U. W. Hall Association, under whose auspices
the hall building of the order was erected in Tuc-
son. In his religious belief he is an Episcopalian.

The marriage of Mr. Trippel and Miss Kath-
ryn Rice was solemnized in Sacramento, Cal.,
November 27, 1884, of which city she is a native.
A son and daughter bless this union, namely:
Alfred Alexander and Amy Irene.

JAMES ROBERT LOWRY.

James Robert Lowry is a tall, well-built man
who commands favorable notice in any assem-
blage. He is six feet four inches in height, and
is broad-shouldered and finely proportioned.
Little wonder that his admiring friends thought
him just the one for the responsible position of
sheriff, and their discrimination was fully justi-
fied, for he made a thoroughly creditable record.
Doubtless he inherited his splendid physique
from a long line of sturdy Scottish ancestors, for
on both sides of his family he is a. descendant
of old Celtic clans, there being one line of Welsh,
also, among his progenitors.

James Robert Lowry is a son of Col. J. Marion
Lowry, a planter of North Carolina, of which
state he is a native. He participated in the Civil
war and wan his title as commanding officer of
the Twenty-ninth North Carolina Volunteers
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is in the vicinity of Asheville, and he is still living
there, honored and influential in his community.
His wife, Harriet, was a daughter of James Mc-
Kee, a planter, and for twenty-eight years sheriff
of Hay wood county, N. C. P>oth father and
daughter were natives of North Carolina.

The eldest of six sons and two daughters, all
but one of whom lived to maturity, James R.
Lowry was born on the old plantation near Ashe-
ville August 10, 1852. He supplemented his
early education by a course in Peabody schools
and then attended Weaverville College three
years. In 1877 he came to the west and for a
year or more was engaged in lumbering in So-
noma county, Cal. In 1878 he went to Lakeville
and thence to Donahue Landing, Cal., where he
was occupied on ranches. In September, 1879,
he came to Yavapai county as far as Maricopa
Wells on the railroad, and then by stage to Big
Bug. During the next three winters he devoted
his entire attention to mining in that district, and
in the Tip Top region, and in the mean time also
had become interested financially in the cattle
business, his live stock being located on the
Agua Fria river. He continued in these lines
of occupation until called upon to serve in a
public capacity.

In the fall of 1890 Mr. Lowry was nominated
and elected on the Democratic ticket to the
office of sheriff, and two. years later was again
elected, receiving a much larger majority. Thus
he occupied the position from January i, 1891,
to January i, 1895, and it was not until the year
last named that he disposed of most of his cat-
tle. The remainder he sold in October, 1898,
and since that time has conducted the business
now well known as the Prescott Transfer Com-
pany, his partner being J. S. Merritt. They are
transacting a large business in freighting and
transferring supplies, and have won the good
will of the public.

For six years Mr. Lowry held the office of
deputy United States marshal. He is a stalwart
worker in the Democratic party, and is an ex-
member of the county central committee and of
the territorial central committee. In 1888 he
was connected with the territorial board of equal-
ization. In the fraternities he is identified with
the Ancient Order of United Workmen and with
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.

In 1893 Mr. Lowry built a handsome residence
on Grove avenue. He was married in this city
to Miss Lilly Banta, a native of Indiana, and at
the time of her marriage active in educational
work here. This sterling couple have two chil-
dren, namely : James R., Jr., and Malcolm G.

JOHN A. LUTGERDING.

The life of an upright and public-spirited citi-
zen has much of inspiration to his fellow-men,
and thus John A. Lutgerding's memory is cher-
ished by a multitude of his former associates
and friends. For just a score of years he was
actively connected with the upbuilding of Phoe-
nix, and within that period he was an interested
witness of remarkable changes for the better
here.

This honored pioneer of Phoenix was born
in Hanover, Germany, September i, 1843. His
parents, George and Elizabeth (Rump) Lut-
gerding, also were natives of Hanover. The
father, who served in the governmental army
in his early manhood, was a farmer by occupa-
tion, and in 1850 brought his family to the
United States. Proceeding to New Orleans,
they went up the Mississippi river to Illinois,
and settled upon a farm located about nine miles
from Quincy. There the mother died and the
father continued to live until he retired from
active labors. Then coming to Phoenix, in
1893, he spent the rest of his life with his chil-
dren, dying in 1897. Of his eight children only
three" lived to maturity, and the only representa-
tive of his immediate family is Henry Lutgerd-
ing, a farmer of the Salt River valley. A daugh-
ter, Mrs. Sophia Wilky, also resides in that
valley.

John A. Lutgerding, the youngest of the
family, received a public school education and
was reared on the Illinois farm. His mother
died when he was fifteen and soon afterwards
he commenced learning the trade of a black-
smith in Quincy, 111. On April 20, 1864, he
started upon the then long journey across the
western plains, proceeding along the Platte river
and by way of Salt Lake, Utah. At South Pass
and other points the party experienced some
trouble with the Indians, and mountain torrents
and other dangers were conquered with diffi-

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culty. Locating at San Bernardino, Cal., he
worked at his calling there until 1866, when he
went to La Paz, Ariz., and, building a shop,
soon established a flourishing trade, receiving
$6 for shoeing horses and $20 for setting wagon-
tires. In 1870 he became a partner of J. M.
Bryan, of Wickenburg, and engaged in hauling
quartz from the Vulture mines to the quartz
mill. Unfortunately Mr. Bryan turned out to
be dishonest, for through him our subject lost
$21,000, the returns of three years of hard labor
on his part.

In 1877 Mr. Lutgerding came to Phoenix,
where he built a shop on the site of the present
O'Neill block, and later he carried on business
as a blacksmith and carriage maker on the site
of the Commercial Hotel, the firm to which he
then belonged being Lutgerding & Herrick.
While this enterprise was growing he invested
in many local industries, in most of which he
met with success. For years he was the pro-
prietor of the largest butcher shop in the city,
and was numbered among the most extensive
stock raisers of the territory. Besides he was
the vice-president of the Western Investment
Bank, and owned and improved about twelve
hundred acres of land near this city. One ranch,
comprising an entire section of land, was located
thirteen miles west of Phoenix, and "this prop-
erty he disposed of at a good figure. The other
ranch in which he was specially interested re-
mains in the possession of his family. It com-
prises four hundred and eighty acres, three and
a half miles west of Phoenix on the Yuma road,
and, being highly improved, is an extremely
valuable tract. Sagacity and unusual business
ability marked all of his transactions, and his
word was truly deemed as good as his bond.
His earthly labors came to a close March 3,
1897, and his loss has been felt as a public one.
Religiously he was a Lutheran, while in politics
he was a Democrat. A Christian in practice,
rather than in profession, he exemplified his high
principles in his daily life and quietly performed
many an act of kindness and love which forever
endeared him to the recipient of his favor.

The first brick dewlling house in Phoenix was
built by Mr. Lutgerding on a lot adjoining the
old postoffice. His marriage, March 13, 1879,
to Miss Ruzilla J. Linville, took place in this

city. His bride was born in Santa Rosa, Cal..
and accompanied her parents, Hiram and
Rebecca S. (Mothersead) Linville, to Phoeuix
in 1876. Hiram, son of Thomas Linville, came
of an old Virginia family, early settlers near St.
Joseph, Mo. In 1852 he crossed the plains with
ox-teams, driving some cattle to the Pacific
coast. For some time he engaged in mining
and stock-raising at Rough and Ready, and
later became a fruit-grower in Santa Rosa, Cal.,
and still later was a farmer of Salinas for a year.
Nine years were then spent at Santa Barbara,
Cal., where he became a well-to-do farmer, and
in the Centennial year he settled in the Salt
River valley, buying a quarter section of land
adjoining Phoenix. After several years profit-
ably spent in farming and stock-raising here he
laid out Linville, the first addition to Phoenix,
and from that time until his death, in July, 1893,
continued in the real estate business. Several
terms he filled the office of county supervisor,
and in every way nobly met the obligations of
citizenship. He was identified with the Chris-
tian Church and with the Masonic order. His
wife, a native of Kentucky, departed this life in
Phoenix, in November, 1891, and of their eleven
children eight survive, namely : Mrs. Lucy
Williams, Mrs. Mary E. Naylor, Mrs. Josephine
C. Monihan, Mrs. Lutgerding, Mrs. Virginia G.
Cobb, Robert E. and. Thomas N., all residents
of Phoenix; and George H., whose home is in
California. Mrs. Violet J. McCamley died in
this city ; Acalthia died in childhood, and an in-
fant died unnamed. The father of Mrs. Hiram
Linville, Nathaniel Mothersead, an early settler
of Kentucky and Missouri, was a hero of the
Mexican war, dying while actively engaged in
the strife.

Since the death of her husband Mrs. Lutgerd-
ing has continued to reside in her pleasant home
at No. 641 South Center street. Their two
manly sons, George H. and R. Linville, are re-
ceiving thorough preparation for life's duties,
the elder, a graduate of the Phoenix high school,
now pursuing his studies in Leland Stanford
University, being a member of the class of 1903.
Mrs. Lutgerding is attending to the business
matters devolving upon her with real ability.
She has an interest in the Investment Bank and
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tion to Phoenix, which was laid out in 1895 by
her husband, is proving a profitable enterprise,
and the city is rapidly extending in that direc-
tion.

L. C. SHATTUCK.

As one of the very early settlers of Cochise
county, Mr. Shattuck is more familiar than most
men with the growth of this great copper
mining locality, with whose many-sided interests
he has been intimately associated. A native
of Erie, Pa., he was born January 5, 1866, and
was reared and educated in the neighborhood
of his birth until his twentieth year. His father,
Henry Shattuck, was born and lived all his life
in Pennsylvania, where he was a prominent
stockman and operated a grist-mill. He was
also a large grain dealer, and was well and
favorably known in his locality, where his death
occurred at the age of eighty-four years.

The Shattuck ancestors immigrated to Amer-
ica at a very early day and became associated
with the history of Massachusetts and later went
to Connecticut, from which state the paternal
great-great-grandfather removed to Pennsylva-
nia. The different people who bore the name
were successful in the line of occupation to
which they devoted their energies, and were
invariably influences for progress and enterprise.
The maternal ancestors came originally from
Holland, and were among the well-known Penn-
sylvania-Dutch families. The mother, who was
formerly Phoebe Coover, was the mother of
three children, of whom L. C. Shattuck is the
only one living. Mrs. Shattuck is now making
her home in Erie, Pa.

At the age of twenty years Mr. Shattuck
started out in the world to win an independent
livelihood, and far from his Pennsylvania home
settled on a ranch in what is now Cochise
county, Ariz. During the Indian outbreaks in
the early '8os he participated in the putting
down of the Indians, and assisted the United
States troops under Generals Crook and Miles,
as a scout and guide. Being familiar with the
country, his services were in ready demand.
For several years he lived on the plains and
in the mountains, handling cattle, dealing in
water rights and selling ranches. He also de-

voted considerable time to prospecting over the
south and northwest, principally through New
Mexico and Arizona.

Mr. Shattuck became associated with Bisbee
in 1888, having walked three hundred miles in
order to work in the great Copper Queen mine,
with which concern he remained tor a year. In
1890 he changed his line of occupation to that
of lumberman, in which he is at present engaged
to a large extent. He furnished the lumber for
ninety per cent of the houses in the camp, and
also did a great deal of building and contract-
ing. He is also the local agent for the An-
heuser-Busch Brewing Company, has a good
cold-storage plant, and handles all liquors at
wholesale and , retail. Mr. Shattuck was one of
the organizers of the Cochise Mining Company,
and is president of the same; he is also the
owner of twenty-five mining claims scattered
throughout the vicinity of Bisbee in the Mule
mountains. At the present time he is operating
the old Juricopa silver mine in Sonora, Mexico.

In 1890 Mr. Shattuck was united in marriage
with Isabella Grandfell, and of this union there
are three children, viz.: Henry, Warner and
Mark. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Shattuck
has held some of the local offices, among others
being that of supervisor of Cochise county,
which he held for a term. Fraternally he is asso-
ciated with the Bisbee Lodge of Red Men, and
was keeper of the wampum for two terms.

L. W. JIMMIE.

The enterprising manager and proprietor of
the Jimmie Fruit Company, at Nogales, was
born in San Francisco in 1871. He received
the education afforded at the public schools, and
early evinced habits of industry and thrift. Upon
starting out in the world to earn his own living
he was for a number of years engaged in the
hotel business, which was conducted in Phoenix,
Ariz., for two years in connection with the
Lemon Hotel, in Tempe for five years, at Globe
for two years, at the South Gila Canal for one
year, and at Tucson for one year, where he had
an eating-house or restaurant. In 1896 Mr.
Jimmie came to Nogales and established the
Jimmie Fruit Company. In the whole city there
is no neater or more up-to-date store, nor is

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there a more enterprising fruit dealer. Nor is
the stock limited to fruits, for an appreciative
public here purchases fancy groceries, produce,
cigars, confections, turkeys, geese, ducks and
chickens. So excellent are the materials offered
for sale that Mr. Jimmie receives a large part
of the patronage of the best families in the
town. In connection with the retail is also a
wholesale department, and large sales are made
to smaller stores in many of the outlying towns,
in both Arizona and Mexico.

PHILIP J. MYERS.

The foresight and energy of the true frontiers-
man is strongly exemplified in Philip J. Myers,
a well-known agriculturist of the beautiful Salt
River valley. His history is unusually interest-
ing, and, as he is essentially self-made finan-
cially, his posterity can do no better than to fol-
low in his footsteps. Though he was born in
Prussia May 30, 1835, he was only six months
old when he was brought to the United States.
His parents, Jacob and Margaret (Julius) My-
ers, likewise natives of Prussia, removed to Wis-
consin after living in Albany, N. Y., four years,
and the remainder of their lives was spent in the
wilds of Kenosha county.

Philip J. Myers had limited educational ad-
vantages in his youth, but by individual effort
became the well-posted man that he is today.
In early manhood he went to Gage county, Neb.,
where he continued to reside for almost a quar-
ter of a century. Indeed, he was a pioneer of
that locality, and there introduced an industry
which has been the source of a large share of the
county's wealth. Seeing the natural adaptability
of that region for the raising of sheep, he en-
gaged in the business for himself, and, after
having thoroughly tested the matter, proceeded
to ship sheep there from Wisconsin and Mich-
igan. In looking over his accounts he finds that
altogether he must have shipped fully 50,000
sheep into that section, and thus the magnitude
of the business transacted by him may be plainly
seen.

Though he has been so successful in Ne-
braska, Mr. Myers, for various reasons decided
to try the milder climate of Southern Arizona,
and in 1890 made his first investments here. It

was not until 1892 that he permanently located
here, and he still retains a finely improved farm of
two hundred and forty acres, situated near Bea-
trice, Neb. Here he lives on a quarter section of
land six miles southeast of Tempe, and is carry-
ing forward marked improvements. For some
time he served as a director of the Tempe Irrigat-
ing Canal Company, and every local industry is
looked upon with keen interest by him. When
in Nebraska he was one of the county commis-
sioners of Gage county for six years, and was
the president of the Gage County Agricultural
Society for eight years. Politically he has al-
ways been a stanch Republican.

In Wisconsin Mr. Myers married Mary Biehn,
a native of Germany. Their daughter Sophia
is the wife of Dr. B. B. Davis, a leading physician
and surgeon of Omaha, Neb.; Julia is the wife of
J. W. Mayer, of Beatrice, Neb., and Frank H.
resides in Omaha. The second wife of our sub-
ject bore the maiden name of Anna Slater, Eng-
land being her native place. Of their seven chil-
dren, three are living, namely : Mary, wife of El-
mer Rousch, of Wymore, Neb.; Ada, wife of C.
B. Yates, a mining engineer at Leads, S. Dak.,
and Kirk, who is employed as a railroad engi-
neer, his home being in Deadwood, S. Dak.

PROF. JOHN F. NASH.

One of the members of the faculty of the Lat-
ter-day Saints' Academy, at Thatcher, Prof. John
F. Nash is deserving of special mention in this
work. Not only in educational fields has he
won a foremost place, but also in ecclesiastical
and political circles his influence is felt to be a
power. In November, 1900, he was honored
by election to the responsible post of county
surveyor of Graham county., and at the begin-
ning of the twentieth century entered upon his
new duties. In the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints he is president of the quorum
of high priests of this stake, and in addition to
this is a teacher in the theological department
of the Sunday-school of Thatcher.

A son of Robert and .Mary Nash, now resi-
dents of the Gila valley, Prof. J. F. Nash was
born in Yuba county, Cal., in 1865. When nine
years of age he came to Arizona and here re-
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mentary branches of learning. Then for seven
years he was engaged in teaching in the district
schools of Graham county, but, becoming more
ambitious, he determined to qualify himself for
a higher sphere. Then, going to Provo, Utah,
he pursued a special course in mathematics, and
also devoted some time to normal work in Brig-
ham Young's Academy, in which institution
Prof. Emil Maeser, principal of the Latter-day
Saints' Academy, of Thatcher, also received his
higher education. At the end of a two years'
course Prof. Nash was graduated in the Provo
College of Mathematics, a member of the class
of 1895. During the next two years he held the
position of principal of the high school at Pima,
after which he entered upon his duties as profes-
sor of mathematics in the Thatcher Academy.
It is in a flourishing condition and over two hun-
dred pupils have been enrolled here each year
for some time. Under its present efficient corps
of teachers, rapid progress is being made by the
students. Since becoming a voter, Prof. Nash
has used his franchise in favor of the Repub-
lican party platform, and though this county is
distinctly Democratic, he was elected as county
surveyor on that ticket, a fact which attests to
his personal popularity and recognized ability.
In 1889 the marriage of Prof. Nash and Hen-
rietta Preston, daughter of Thomas and Hannah
Preston, of Pima, was solemnized. The young
couple are the parents of three daughters,
named, respectively, Nellie M., Anna L. and
Florence.

HON. CHARLES L. CUMMINGS.

As an illustration of what a man may become
through persistent hard work and a good knowl-
edge of business and general information, Mr.
Cummings has no superior in the city of Tomb-
stone. Upon first coming to Cochise county he
was the possessor of the sum of $9.75, with which
to shape his future life in the midst of strange
and uncertain conditions. He is now the suc-
cessful manager and owner of the only meat
market in the town, and one of the largest stock-
dealers in the county. His political aspirations
have been in a measure realized, and as a miner
he has proved a true prospector, with justifiable
faith in the output of his properties.

To the many sons of New York who have

made their subsequent homes and fortunes in
the rich mining country of the west, must be
added the name of Mr. Cummings. A native of
Oxford, Chenango county, N. Y., he was born in
1855, and attained maturity and received his ed-
ucation within the borders of his native state.
In 1880 he started out in the world for himself,
and located in Tombstone May 25, of the same
year. For the first four years he was connected
with the Tombstone Mill & Mine Company, and
for the following three and a half years was fore-
man of the waterworks at Charleston. In 1885
he engaged in the meat market business at Bis-
bee, in partnership with John Duffey, and after
the expiration of a year returned to Tombstone,
his shop having been burned down by a disas-
trous fire. With renewed courage he again
took up the burden of making a livelihood under
discouraging circumstances, and continued his
former occupation as a meat merchant in Tomb-
stone. In 1896 he conducted his affairs in con-
nection with C. A. Overlock, and also had
Messrs. Metcalf and Herbert Gage as partners
in the butchering business.

Since 1886 Mr. Cummings has been interested
in the stock-raising business, and in 1897 bought
a half interest in the Overlock ranch, in the
Sulphur Spring valley, where are raised at least
seven hundred head of stock. He is the owner
of another ranch known as the Box Canon
ranch in the Cherry Cow mountains, and here are
raised about five hundred head of cattle. In the
raising of stock he has been remarkably suc-
cessful, for it is well known that in Cochise
county there is a large level area, whereon grows
a crop of succulent grasses upon which stock
thrive unusually well.

In order to avail himself of every possible
means afforded in the district in which he lives,
Mr. Cummings is also interested in mining in
the Swisshelms mountains, which has proved a
reasonable source of revenue. He is interested
in the Building & Loan Association at Tucson
and at Los Angeles, Cal., and owns a grape
ranch in Fresno county, Cal. He also owns the
building and stock of the Tombstone Pharmacy
which is one of the finest business corners in the
city. In national politics a Republican, he has
been actively identified with the political under-
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for assemblyman, and elected by a large major-
ity. During his two years of service he was chair-
man of the stock committee, and was largely in-
strumental in preventing the division of the
county. In 1896 he was a candidate for county
treasurer of Cochise county, but was defeated,
and in 1898 was defeated for assemblyman, but
at the same election was made councilman for
the third ward. He also served for two years as
city treasurer. In 1900 he was a candidate for
county treasurer, but was defeated in the midst
of a Democratic county. Fraternally he is asso-
ciated with the Odd Fellows, and is vice grand of
Cochise Lodge No. 5.

Mr. Cummings was united in marriage with
Ida Padfield of Los Angeles in 1900, and they
have one son. He and his family have a pleasant
and comfortable home in Tombstone. He is
one of the most esteemed of the citizens whose
untiring efforts have placed the city on a reliable
basis, and he has many friends in this far western
and somewhat remote city of his adoption.

QUINTUS MONIER.

In all of the ages of the past, since the period
when mankind dwelt in teijts, lofty, imposing
buildings have inspired a feeling of wonder and
almost reverenqe in the minds of men, for
plainly they bespeak genius, and 'in themselves
constitute the best monument to the builder and
architect that could be reared to his memory.
Quintus Monier, whose name is well known in
at least these two southwestern territories, needs
no eulogy, for the great work which he has ac-
complished speaks in terms of eloquence of his
ability and high talent.

The Monier family is an old and honored one
in Clermont, France, and for several generations
this particular branch has been devoted to build-
ing and contracting. Grandfather Louis, and
Claude, the father of Quintus Monier, stood at
the head of a large and paying business and exe-
cuted works of considerable importance in their
day. The father, Claude Monier, served as a
non-commissioned officer in the French army
under the leadership of Napoleon III. His en-
tire life was spent in his native land, and in fact,
the only representative of the family ever living
in the United States is the subject of this article.

The mother, Frances, was the daughter of Quin-
tus Jobert, the owner of large landed estates
near Clermont, France, and both were natives
of that locality. Claude and Frances Monier had
two children, Quintus and Frank, but the latter
is deceased.

Quintus Monier was born October 23, 1855,
in Clermont, France, and in his youth pursued
his studies in the public schools, completing his
education in Christian Brothers' College. Sub-
sequently he commenced learning his father's
business under his instructions, and systemat-
ically mastered brick and stone laying and stone
cutting. In 1877 the young man decided to
come to the United States, and, proceeding to
Santa Fe, N. M., engaged in building and con-
tracting. Under his auspices the great sand-
stone quarries in that vicinity were opened, and,
having won the respect of the entire community
by his faithfulness in the execution of all work
entrusted to him, he commenced the building of
the beautiful cathedral, one of the largest and
finest in the west. Built at a cost of $120,000,
the magnificent stone temple stands as a fitting
specimen of the skill of the builder. In addition
to this, he erected the Christian Brothers' Col-
lege, the Loretto Academy, St. Michael's Col-
lege, the United States courthouse and post-
office, and numerous business blocks and private
residences.

Though only five years have elapsed since
Mr. Monier came to Tucson, his fame had al-
ready preceded him, and more work than he
could properly manage always has been awaiting
his attention here. The special reason for his
coming was that he had been awarded the con-
tract for the building of the Tucson Cathedral,
the first large brick structure erected in the place.
Having completed it to the satisfaction of all
concerned, he then engaged in other enter-
prises, and, among others, built the St. Joseph's
Academy, the Eagle Mills, St. Mary's Sanita-
rium, and many private residences, including a
handsome brick dwelling for his own family.
Feeling the need of a good brick plant, he pur-
chased twenty-five acres of land adjoining the
city on the west, put up buildings and equipped
them with machinery, and in 1900 embarked in
the manufacture of a good grade of brick. The
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upwards of $15,000, and has a capacity of 30,000
brick per day. The clay used is of superior
quality, and a ready market for these goods is
found in this vicinity, shipment often being made
to Bisbee and other points at a distance. Ex-
periments with cream-colored brick are now
being conducted.

While thoroughly interested in every move-
ment which bears upon the prosperity of Tucson,
Mr. Monier is not a politician, and is perfectly
independent in his views, giving his support to
the men and party which he deems worthy. He
is a member of the city board of trade and is
identified with the Tucson Lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen.

February 14, 1901, Mr. Monier married Edith
Siewert, of Tucson, a native of Kansas City, Mo.,
and a daughter of William Siewert, of Tucson, a
retired business man. They reside at No. 322
South Stone avenue.

CAP. P. SMITH.

It is difficult to estimate the magnitude of the
services which Mr. Smith has rendered Ari-
zona, and particularly to Williams, of which he
has been ,a resident since 1890. His ideas and
enterprises are conducted on such large and
liberal scales that he has come to be known as
one of the influential and substantial men of the
place. As a stock-raiser, politician, miner, real
estate owner, and all-around financier, he has
made a fine success of his residence in the ter-
ritory, and has risen from comparative obscurity
and limited means to a position of affluence and
prominence.

From his earliest youth Mr. Smith has been
associated with ranches and cattle. He was
born in Cooper county, Mo., but was reared at
Seguin, Guadaloupe county, Tex. When six-
teen years of age he started on an extended
jaunt as a cowboy, tending cattle on the ranges
of Colorado, Montana, Indian Territory, and
Dakota, and for many years led the free and
unthinking and irresponsible life of a saddle
genius of the plains. In 1880 he settled at
Coolidge, N. M., and started a mercantile busi-
ness, which had an uncertain career for eigh-
teen months, and subsequently removed to Gal-
lup, N. M., where he lived for eight years. In

1890 he came to Williams, and has since been
dealing in sheep, being one of the largest raisers
in the county. In 1898 he formed a partnership
with J. H. Stirling, and in 1900 bought out
that gentleman's share of the stock. At the
present time he is a partner of J. T. Evans, who
lives on the sheep ranch, and superintends the
management of the six thousand sheep. The
ranch is located near Williams, and is one hun-
dred and twenty acres in extent.

In 1900 Mr. Smith purchased a half interest
in the Black Tank cattle ranch, where is raised
a high grade of stock, the farm being entirely
devoted to Herefords, among which are some
registered stock. The mining claims of Mr.
Smith are located for the most part in the
Grand Canon district, and include the New York
mine, which has already a wealth-producing
reputation, the owners having taken out and
shipped three carloads of ore which average
eighteen per cent of copper. He has also a
third interest in the Coconino and the Berry
Picker, and lias fifty shares in the Dos Cabezos
mine in southern Arizona. These properties are
all promising, and great expectations are enter-
tained of a large future output. Among the
property holdings of Mr. Smith may be men-
tioned real estate in Gallup, N. M., and many
lots and buildings in Williams. In fact he is
one of the largest owners of land in the city, and
has perhaps built more houses and buildings
here than any one else in the town.

The political undertakings of Mr. Smith have
placed him in the front ranks as a reliable and
broad-minded politician, and stanch upholder
of the Democratic party. His political tenden-
cies were firmly established while living in
Texas, and in Gallup, N. M., he was deputy
sheriff for two years, and was United States
deputy marshal under Cleveland's administra-
tion. In Arizona he has been a delegate to all
of the congressional and county conventions,
and in the campaign of November, 1900, was
very active in electing Mark Smith for congress.
For the political services rendered he has re-
ceived many letters of appreciation and good
will, and has increased his hold on the esteem
and good will of his many political and other
friends.

November 13, 1896, Mr. Smith married Annie

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Bruce Henderson, daughter of Alexander Hen-
derson, of Texas, formerly of Tennessee. Gov-
ernor Henderson, of Texas, was a relative of
her father, who was a veteran of the Mexican
war.

SAMUEL W. PRICE.

As a speculator, farmer, large real-estate
owner, and enterprising citizen of Safford, Mr.
Price has been intimately connected with the
best growth of the town, and is one of the re-
liable and much-esteemed residents. A native
of Salt Lake City, he was born in 18^9, and is a
son of S. M. and Mary Price, natives respectively
of New Jersey and Texas. When a baby one
year old he was taken by his parents to Cache
Valley, Utah, where he grew to manhood and
received his education in the public schools.
Subsequently he spent some years in Idaho, and
for a time was employed in Oregon.

In 1884 Mr. Price became identified with Ari-
zona, and for a few months remained in Central,
removing later to Thatcher. Here he found a
paying and pleasant occupation in supplying
the mining camps at Bisbee, Tombstone and
Clifton with garden produce, which he purchased
of a farmer in the Gila valley, and sold all along
the route between the camps. In 1894 he was for-
tunate in securing the mail route between Clif-
ton and Morenci, which was operated until 1900,
in connection with a livery conducted at Clifton
and a merchandise business, which was in time
disposed of to Mr. Forbes. He also undertook
the management of a hotel at Clifton with con-
siderable success, and dipped into various paying
ventures.

The real estate holdings of Mr. Price include
the store in which Mr. Forbes' mercantile busi-
ness is conducted, and he also owns the corral
of Mr. Webster. July 27, 1900, he added to his
possessions by the purchase of a quarter of a
block in the center of the town of Safford, upon
which he erected four brick stores for renting
purposes, and a large apartment house. He also
owns farm lands in the artesian well district of
one hundred and sixty acres in extent.

In 1878 Mr. Price married Mary A. Haws, and
of this union there are five children: Earl, Jean-
nette, Mary, James and Lucia, all of whom are

living in the territory. In 1900 Mr. Price mar-
ried Maud McClellan, of Los Angeles. In na-
tional politics Mr. Price is a Democrat, and is an
uncompromising believer in the principles and
issues of that party. For two years he success-
fully served as road overseer, and has held sev-
eral important local political positions. He is a
charter member of the Clifton Lodge, K. P., and
is identified with the Good Templars.

HENRY RENAUD.

Of French extraction, Mr. Renaud was born
in Montreal, Canada, in March, 1860. His par-
ents, Charles and Seraphina (Logue) Renaud,
were also natives of Montreal, and both were
of French descent. Henry lived until his twenty-
first year in his native province, and from there
came to the United States, going first to Cali-
fornia, but three years later coming to the Salt
River valley of Arizona. Pending a permanent
and 'congenial occupation, he was for a time
engaged in the livery business, in which con-
nection he kept a horse corral at Phoenix. Later
he was interested in the cattle business on Syca-
more creek, Yavapai county, and in 1890 settled
on his present ranch in Maricopa county, near
Phoenix.

In 1893 occurred the marriage of Mr. Renaud
and Mary Lyon, of Michigan, and of this union
there are two children, Mary L. and Seraphina.
Mr. Renaud has devoted his entire time to the
care and management of his farm, which is used
exclusively for the stock-raising business, and
is headquarters of a very fine and well-patron-
ized dairy. In this connection he is meeting
with a high degree of appreciation, for his
strictly honest and upright methods of conduct-
ing his affairs are such as to commend him to
the people of his acquaintance. He has reason
to congratulate himself upon his choice of loca-
tion, for his success has been as great as it is
deserved. From an arid and seemingly useless
claim he has redeemed the land and caused it
to produce abundantly. He is one of the men
to whom credit should be given for reclaiming
this part of Arizona from the desert, and bringing
it under a high state of cultivation. Honorable
in all of his dealings, he retains the respect of
associates, and whatever of financial success the

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future may bring him will be deserved and mer-
ited by his life of industry and uprightness.

A Democrat in national politics, Mr. Ren and
is interested in the undertakings of his party.
He has served as a member of the school board
since coming to Maricopa county, in which posi-
tion he has endeavored to promote the welfare
of the schools of his district. He is one of the
representative farmers of the valley and has
unlimited faith in its resources and possibili-
ties.

WILBUR ABELL.

The San Pedro River valley, with its level
plains, canals, numerous artesian wells and
thrifty agriculturists, has among its residents
some of the most enterprising citizens from the
east, who, with the hope of benefiting their
condition, have settled in the midst of its prom-
ise and present fertility. The early life of Mr.
Abell was spent in Pennsylvania, for the greater
part in Crawford county, although he was born
in Erie county. He was reared to the life of a
farmer, and in 1894 married Frances Blackstock,
a daughter of Henry and Mary (McGrayne)
Blackstock, and a native of Brockport, N. Y.,
being descended from a long line of Scotch-
Irish ancestry. The same year, owing to his
wife's failing health, he settled in the Salt River
valley In Arizona, where he remained for four
years. In 1899 he became identified with the
San Pedro valley, of which he has since been
an enterprising and industrious farmer. His
property is located about nine miles southeast of
Benson, on two lines of railroad, with two sta-
tions adjoining the farm. A postoffice named
Blackstock is soon to be established on the
Southern Pacific Railroad at this point.

It is doubtful if any farm land in the valley
is under a higher state of cultivation than the
ranch "La Normandie," owned by Mr. Abell.
Although at the present time a portion of the
property is rented, the owner is contemplating
putting in forty acres of grain, and will have
twenty acres remaining for his own use. The
farm is covered with grass and fenced with one
and one-half miles of web fencing, which is
rabbit-proof. There will be fifteen acres of
garden produce — crops of cabbage, turnips,
sweet corn, and all kinds of vegetables. From

the yielding of two acres alone was sold last
year (1900) more than $600 worth of melons.
The irrigating facilities are unequaled and are
derived from artesian wells which produce two
hundred gallons a minute, one well alone pro-
ducing one hundred and fifty gallons a minute,
while the other two average about fifty. The
water is collected in a reservoir covering an
acre, five feet deep, and containing sixty-acre
inches of water. The farm constitutes a beauti-
ful and verdant plat of ground, and the house
stands at an elevation of three thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five feet above the level
of the sea. In this ideal retreat the owner is
peacefully pursuing his agricultural enterprises,
and while amassing considerable of this world's
goods has won the respect and good-will of
neighboring farmers. He is a strong Prohibi-
tionist, but lias never been an office-seeker, pre-
ferring to devote all of his time and energies to
the tilling of his land. To himself and wife
have been born two children, Norman H. B. A.
and Helen D. Mrs. Abell is a graduate of the
Brockport (N. Y.) Normal School, where she
completed the classical course; and Mr. Abell
was educated in a German college at Berea,
Ohio. They and two children by a former mar-
riage, J. Lawrence and Rebecca M., are mem-
bers of the Congregational Church, with which
they united at Allegan, Mich.

MRS. ANNA BOWERS.

For more than twenty years Mrs. Anna Bow-
ers has lived in Tucson and thus has seen its
wonderful growth and progress, handsome and
imposing buildings taking the place of small
and humble ones, and modern public improve-
ments, which we now enjoy, proclaiming the
spirit of progress which animates our citizens.

The father of Mrs. Anna Bowers was Adam
Buchheit, a life-long resident of the town of
Hohnulbach, Bavaria. For twenty-seven years
he acted as mayor of that place, and was promi-
nent and highly respected by his fellow-citizens
and all who knew him. He was considered quite
wealthy for that day and locality, as he owned
large farms and a thriving distillery. Moreover,
he was a man of excellent education, and in his
youth had been graduated from a well-known

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European college. Deeply religious by nature,
he was a devout adherent of the work of the
Catholic Church and was a liberal contributor
to its work. His zeal and generosity made him
one of the leading members of the church, and
whenever an extra amount was needed for the
poor he never was appealed to in vain for as-
sistance. He lived to the good age of seventy-
two years, dying at his old home, where he was
so well known and beloved. His faithful wife,
the mother of Mrs. Anna Bowers, bore the
maiden name of Anna Elizabeth Stuppe. She
was a native of the village of Beidershaus, and
died when about forty years old.

The youngest of seven brothers and sisters,
all of whom lived to maturity, Mrs. Anna Bow-
ers is the only survivor of the parental family.
She decided to try her fortune in the United
States when she was a young lady, and in 1854
took passage in a sailing vessel at Havre,
France, reaching New York City after a voyage
of thirty-three days. Then she went to Phil-
adelphia, where she formed the acquaintance of
John Bovvers, to whom she was married in St.
Peter's Cathedral in 1857.

John Bovvers, who died at his home in Tuc-
son, in March, 1897, was a native of Mosweiler,
Bavaria. Both he and his father, Adam Bowers,
were farmers in that locality for many years,
but after coming to the United States John
Bowers devoted his attention to business of dif-
ferent kinds. He crossed the Atlantic in 1855
and was engaged in the transfer business in
Philadelphia for seven years. Then, with his
young wife, he removed to San Francisco, where
he was interested in the management of a hotel
and other enterprises for eighteen years. In
1880 the family came to Tucson, where they have
since made their home. At the end of about six-
teen years Mr. Bowers died in 1897, but is well
remembered by his numerous friends, here and
elsewhere. He was a member of the Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows.

By the marriage of John and Anna Bowers,
seven children were born, but five of the num-
ber died ere reaching maturity. The only sur-
viving son, John, is a citizen of Tucson, and
the only daughter, Mrs. Anna Hogan, lives in
New York City. The wife and mother, who was
reared in the faith of the Catholic Church, has

been very liberal in the great work of building
the handsome cathedral in this city, and is deeply
interested in everything which affects the wel-
fare of the church of her forefathers.

J. B. HOOVER.

The Fashion, in Jerome, is one of the success-
ful and popular enterprises of the town, and re-
ceives an extended patronage, not only from the
residents, but from the many mining camps and
smaller towns in the vicinity. It is a neat, or-
derly and even elegantly furnished place, and in
many ways has no superior in northern Arizona.
The proprietors, J. B. Hoover and A. C. Cor-
diner, are men of long experience in their partic-
ular line of business, and understand the art of
successfully catering to the multiplicity of tastes
which gather within the walls of their building.

No one would think of accusing Mr. Hoover
of a want of enterprise or attribute to him a
scarcity of the true and unadulterated western
grit. To all appearances he has complacently
smiled in the face of disaster and rebounded with
alacrity from the various setbacks which have
bestrewn his path. Two disastrous conflagra-
tions have but served to kindle anew his faith
in an ultimate good fortune bound to come his
way, and have not materially affected his prog-
ress toward the present successful position
which he now occupies. His parents were resi-
dents of Milwaukee, Wis., where he was born in
1854. He has but a dim recollection of a long
and perilous journey undertaken about 1861,
when he was but seven years of age, when they
crossed -the plains to Nevada, and settled in Car-
son City. There he was educated in the public
schools, which study was supplemented by spe-
cial training in the schools of Sacramento, Cal.

In Inyo county, Southern California, Mr.
Hoover began to make his living as a cattle man,
and in partnership with a brother, George, was
for eight years engaged in the raising, buying and
selling of cattle on Bishop creek and other parts
of the county. Subsequently for several years he
traveled over different parts of the west, visiting
about all of the states and territories, and for a
few weeks investigated the conditions in the
Sandwich Islands. In 1882 he came to Prescott,
and for several years was interested in speculat-

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ing in mines, stocks, etc. In 1892 he located in
Jerome, where he has since lived. In partnership
with W. O. Harrell he erected a large building
and conducted a growing business under the firm
name of Harrell & Hoover. A devastating fire
temporarily interfered with the workings of the
wheels of commerce, and in the hope of retriev-
ing the loss Mr. Hoover returned to the Pacific
coast. In 1895 he came back to Jerome, and
with Mr. Cordiner purchased the old Stoney
property, and started up business, but in Sep-
tember of 1898 another fire worked more de-
struction, the lot alone remaining as evidence.
Nothing daunted, the erection of the present
building was begun during the same year, great
precautions being taken against the fire fiend.
The building was of concrete, and was 25x100
feet in dimensions. The usual luck, however,
was on the trail of the builders, and before the
completion of the structure fire resumed its
deadly progress, and the inside of the building
was completely gutted. The walls being of con-
crete withstood the ravages of the flames, and
so much was gained towards building up again.
By the fall of 1899 everything connected with the
Hoover-Cordiner combination was in good
working order, and has since progressed to the
satisfaction of all concerned.

In 1898 Mr. Hoover married Freda Miller, and
of this union there is one child, Delia. In na-
tional politics Mr. Hoover .is a stanch Repub-
lican, and takes great,.interest in local and terri-
torial political matters. Fraternally he is a mem-
ber of the Masonic order and is a Master Mason
of Verda Lodge No. 14.

I. BRUCE STONE.

In attaining to his present position among the
large mine owners of the Dragoon mountains,
Mr. Stone has surmounted many obstacles and
overcome discouragements that would have per-
manently dampened the enthusiasm of men of
less persistence. While an excellent early train-
ing undoubtedly has been of assistance to him,
more is to be ascribed to the inherent push and
determination and to a far-sighted grasp of op-
portunities.

The sturdiness which accompanies the Cana-
dians has found an abundant outlet in various

parts .of the United States, and nowhere are
their reliable traits more appreciated than in the
far west. Mr. Stone was born in Brownsville,
Ontario, in 1855, and is a son of Henry and
Edith (Brown) Stone, natives respectively of
West Gwillimbury and King township, Ontario.
His paternal grandfather, Solomon, was born
in Pennsylvania, and was one of the first white
men to settle on the Scotch line in Canada. The
father was born in 1825, and when a young
man began to clerk for George Hughes in
Schomberg; thence going to Penville and engag-
ing in the mercantile business. On giving up
business, he embarked in farming near Pen-
ville, and also farmed on the Seventh line, Te-
cumseh. In 1865 he settled in Tottenham,
where he was clerk for John Wilson in a large
mercantile establishment. Later he dealt largely
in insurance and carried on a general office
business. His life covered seventy-six years, ex-
actly one-half of which he passed as clerk of
Tecumseh. At the time of his death a local pa-
per, in presenting his biography, states that he
"was a conscientious member and ardent worker
in the Methodist Church, and will be much
missed. A lifelong reformer, he never allowed
his political opinions to interfere with his offi-
cial duties. A good neighbor, a sincere Chris-
tian, a kind husband, a loving father and a
warm-hearted friend, he was always at the front
when the deserving needy required his assist-
ance. Besides his widow, there survive him
three sons and three daughters: I. B. Stone, J.
E. Stone, Joseph Stone, Mrs. Stephens, Mrs.
Wolfe and Mrs. Robertson, all occupying very
respectable positions in society." He died Janu-
ary 29, 1901.

I. Bruce Stone was favored with excellent
educational advantages. For many years he was
associated with his father, and during that time
gained a thorough knowledge of the abstract
business. In 1886 he went to Florida and specu-
lated in town property at Seffner, Hillsboro
county, his efforts meeting with gratifying suc-
cess and accumulation of considerable property.
However, that state has many drawbacks, as in-
vestors have ascertained, and his experience was
the experience of many. The devastating frost
of 1888 was the prelude to a terrible yellow fever
scourge and the consequent depreciation of prop-

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erty. In the face of the combined disaster, Mr.
Stone went back to Canada, settling at Sank Ste.
Marie, district of Algona, where for two years
lie engaged in the real-estate business. After re-
moving to West Superior, Wis., he was equally
fortunate in the same line of occupation until
1893, when, with the collapse of the town at that
time, his own fortunes were seriously impaired.
Nothing daunted, he went to Mobile, Ala.
where he completed a set of abstract books for
the Southern Abstract and Guarantee Company
He also originated a new abstract system, which
was copyrighted, under the name of Stone's
Tract Index and Ledger Book and Tablet Sys-
tem of Land Titles. He also compiled and copy-
righted Stone's Vest Pocket Record of Prop-
erties For Sale, which is used to great advan-
tage by real-estate men. During his residence in
Mobile he organized the I. B. Stone Abstract
System Company of Alabama, which enjoyed a
brief season of prosperity, that was terminated
by the appearance on the scene of a mine agita-
tor. With sublime confidence in the existence
of a certain wealth-producing property in Ari-
zona, a company was formed of which Mr. Stone
was assistant secretary. With nine of the stock
owners, he made a trip to Cochise county, where
the mine was supposed to be located, but after
expending time and patience in a fruitless search,
the expedition returned to Alabama, with the
exception of Mr. Stone and one other. Subse-
quently he alone was left. While prospecting
in Cochise county he came upon a gold and
copper producing property, which promised
large returns. He also staked four other mines,
but the stockholders, being incredulous con-
cerning prospects, failed to contribute toward
their development.

Owing to his unaided and persistent efforts,
Mr. Stone is now the possessor of numerous pay-
ing claims in the Dragoon mountains, which are
just beginning to be appreciated. The moun-
tains are situated just west of the center of Co-
chise county and run from the Southern Pacific
road south, bearing a little to the east. Among
the valuable properties is the Commonwealth
mine, on the east side of the mountains, twelve
miles from Dragoon Station. This mine was
discovered by a cowboy, John Pierce, who, about
eighteen months ago, sold it to the Common-

wealth Company for $275,000. During the first
sixty days of operation $150,000 in gold was
taken out of the mine. Eight miles north of the
Pierce mine is Mr. Stone's mine, which bears in
its general aspect exceedingly promising results.
He is also the owner of some valuable copper
mines, which are in the same strata as the Rus-
sellville, Peabody, Dixey and Dragoon Mining
Company's mines. His gold mine is one mile
southeast of the famous Golden Rule, and indi-
cations point to a similarity of conditions in the
quartz stones. To facilitate the handling and
shipping of ore, Mr. Stone has opened an office
in El Paso, Tex., where he is known as a mem-
ber of the Chamber of Commerce and Southwest
International Miners' Association, and sole
owner of the International Mining Investment
Company, a close corporation, formed for the
purpose of developing mining prospects. Prob-
ably no mine owner in Cochise county has more
alluring prospects for the acquisition of wealth
in the future than has he, and certainly better
understands the different phases of the develop-
ment and disposition of the ore.

In 1885 Mr. Stone married Elizabeth Good-
win, by whom he has two children: Henry Bruce,
born in 1886, and now attending school in Can-
ada, and Sarah Edith, born in 1888, and now
attending school in Canada. In religion Mr.
Stone favors the doctrines of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in which he was reared. Fra-
ternally he is a Master Mason in the lodge at
Beeton, Canada, and is connected with the Odd
Fellows, Brampton Lodge, Canada, and with
the Knights of Pythias at Mobile, Ala.

E. B. GAGE.

In the history of Arizona there are few names
more indissolubly associated with the progress
of the territory and the development of its re-
sources than the name of Mr. Gage, of Prescott.
To an unusual degree he is the possessor of the
qualities that bring success. With the keen dis-
crimination and wise foresight that have always
characterized him, he has fostered movements
for the benefit of this region, and while his sound
judgment has brought him financial prosperity,
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ing increased prosperity to Arizona and attract-
ing hither a desirable class of residents.

The high standing of the Phoenix National
Bank is largely due to the wise oversight of Mr.
Gage, who is its president. This institution was
organized April 20, 1892, with James A. Flem-
ing as president. The stock was largely pur-
chased by some Michigan gentlemen July 25,
1895, and C. J. I fall, formerly a banker of Char-
lotte, Mich., was elected cashier. In April, 1897,
Mr. Gage, at that time president of the Congress
Gold Company, was elected president, and he has
since officiated in that capacity, his co-laborers
on the board of directors being J. A. Fleming.
G. B. Richmond, T. W. Pemberton, F. M. Mur-
phy, D. M. Ferry, B. Heyman, A. N. Gage and
C. J. Hall, this board having direct and entire
control of the bank.

The Santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix Railroad,
one of the most important enterprises ever in-
augurated for the development of Arizona, num-
bers Mr. Gage among its directors, and he holds
a similar position in connection with the Pres-
cott National Bank as well as with various min-
ing properties now in process of development.
For a period of years he has been president of
the Congress Gold Company, one of the most
influential concerns of its kind in the south-
west. At this writing he is also president of the
Territorial Canitol Commission.

JOHN R. HULET.

John R. Hulet, superintendent of the Arizona
Co-operative Mercantile Institution, at Hoi-
brook, has lived in the northeastern part of this
territory for twenty-two years, or since he ar-
rived at maturity. For more than two decades
he has been successfully occupied in mercantile
pursuits, and to his genius is due the high meas-
ure of prosperity his company has attained.
Within his recollection the towns of Holbrook
and Snowflake have grown from hamlets com-
prising a few scattered houses, and few, if any,
of their citizens have taken a more active part
in promoting their welfare.

Now in the prime of life, Mr. Hulet was born
two-score and ten years ago in Springville, Utah,
February 27, 1851. He was reared and educated
in that locality and when about to start forth

to make his own way independently he con-
cluded to try his fortunes in the then new coun-
try of Arizona. He went to Snowflake, then in
Apache county, where, in 1880, he organized
the Snowflake Co-operative Store, of which he
officiated as manager until 1885. In the mean
lime he assisted in founding the Arizona Co-
operative Mercantile Institution, which was
located at the old town of Holbrook (now Wood-
ruff). In 1885 he became the manager of the
two enterprises, and in the following year they
were combined in one stock company. In 1888
the present site of its business location at Hol-
brook was purchased, and the company was duly
incorporated under the title it now bears. The
store at Snowflake is still carried on ; a flour mill
at Shumway is owned and controlled by the
company, and a ranch southwest of Holbrook
also belongs to it. The stockholders of the in-
stitution are all residents of Navajo county, the
officers being Jesse N. Smith, president; J. W.
Freeman, vice:president ; and Mr. Hulet, secre-
tary, treasurer and superintendent. He is the
largest stockholder in the concern, and has been
by far the most active in the task of carrying it
forward to success. In 1896 he had charge of
the construction of the flour mill at Shumway,
where a fine roller system and modern methods
are employed. Silver creek furnishes water, and
the mill, which has a capacity of thirty barrels
a day, is now taxed to its limit most of the time.

In every possible manner Mr. Hulet has
striven to advance Navajo county's interests
since he took up his permanent residence here.
At the time of its organization he was especially
active in the work, and to this day is an enthu-
siastic advocate of progress along all lines. At
Snowflake, where his family resides, he owns
considerable real estate, and at intervals has
made investments in different enterprises. In
order to thoroughly merit the trade of the pub-
lic he makes a point of carrying an extensive
and well-selected stock of goods, which he dis-
poses of at a small, fair margin of profit.

In October, 1875, Mr. Hulet married Miss
Josephine Smith, of Utah, daughter of Jesse
N. Smith, president of the Co-operative Institu-
tion, and also president of the branch of the
Mormon Church, residing in Navajo county.
Mr. Hulet's son, Charles F., a promising student.

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has attended Brigham Young College at Provo
City, Utah, and is well qualified for the duties
of life. Jesse resides at the family home at
Snowflake. Mrs. Hulet died in December, 1894,
and in April, 1896, Mr. Hulet married his pres-
ent wife, Dena Smith, a sister of his first wife.
They have two children, Sadie and Ernest. Mr.
Hulet and family are members of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly
known as the Mormon Church. Politically he
is a Democrat.

T. A. RIORDAN.

One of the representative men of the territory
of Arizona, one who has grown with her growth,
whose interests are identical with her own, and
whom all are glad to honor, is the prosperous
and successful president of the Arizona Lumber
& Timber Company at Flagstaff, T. A. Riordan.
Without doubt one of the foremost business men
in this part of the west, his high character, per-
sistency of purpose, good judgment and ability,
have enabled him to accomplish great results
for himself and the community of which he is a
valued citizen. •

Coming from one of the principal cities in the
Union, Mr. Riordan brought with him to Ari-
zona the enterprise and unflagging zeal so char-
acteristic of the residents of Chicago, where he
was born in 1858. His education was received at
the Jesuit parochial school in the Lake City, and
he also acquired in the busy marts and teeming
thoroughfares of the active metropolis a consid-
erable knowledge of mercantile finance. His
first real responsibility, however, was assumed
when he came to Flagstaff in 1886, at which time
the town had assumed fair proportions of
growth, and was expectantly hopeful of its un-
bounded possibilities and resources. He at once
became associated with the Ayer Lumber Com-
pany, remaining with them until the business
passed into the hands of his brother, D. M. Rior-
dan, and he became manager of the Arizona
Lumber Company. So valuable were his services
and so minute and broad his knowledge of the
business, that in 1897 he became president of
the same organization under the name of the
Arizona Lumber & Timber Company.

Aside from the position which engages the

greater part of his time, Mr. Riordan has been
called on, by reason of his splendid ability, to fill
important and responsible positions with other
concerns, and to branch out into the most praise-
worthy and developing enterprises instituted for
the good of Coconino county. He is president of
the Central Arizona Railroad Company, a road
which extends for twenty-four miles into the
heart of the timber belt, and president of the
Flagstaff Electric Light Company, which he
helped to organize in 1894. He is also one of the
principal stockholders of the Howard Sheep
Company, which organization has about thirty
thousand sheep roaming over the San Francisco
mountains. For some time he was interested
in the development of copper mines in the Grand
Canon district, and was a stockholder in the
Tuysan Mining Company. In more recent years
he has become interested in the development of
oil in the Cespi district of California, and is a
stockholder in the Cespi Oil Company and the
Flagstaff Oil Company. In all of his enterprises
Mr. Riordan is ably assisted by his brother, M.
J. Riordan, who acts as secretary, and F. W. Sis-
son, who is the treasurer of the Arizona Lum-
ber & Timber Company; also treasurer of the
Arizona Central Railroad, the Flagstaff Electric
Light Plant and the Howard Sheep Company.
The history of the enterprise out of which has
emerged the Arizona Lumber & Timber Com-
pany is the history of Flagstaff. In the midst of
a primeval wood, the largest pine forest in the
world, Edward E. Ayer, of Chicago, began, in
the fall of 1882, to build a mill on the site of the
present structure, and to saw ties for the Mexi-
can Central Railroad, and for general building
and other purposes. From the first he formed a
company known as the Ayer Lumber Company,
and the plant erected by them was of the most
approved kind, and doubtless had no superior
in the southwest. The daring and magnitude
of the undertaking are understood only when it
is known that there were no towns of any size
nearer than Prescott ; that the mining industries
were not developed, and there was no railroad
outlet to the west. The ponderous machinery
for the first sawmill in Arizona was necessarily
hauled from Winslow, a distance of fifty-four
miles, the railroad at that time reaching only as
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by the company in furthering their plans, and
when all was in working order and the hum of
industry was heard in the forest, others not di-
rectly interested were drawn towards the scene
of animation, and a little town grew up around
the buzzing saws and busy workmen. Mr. Ayer,
who had large interests in Michigan and Wis-
consin, which claimed his time and attention,
decided to dispose of his mill to D. M. Riordan,
who took up the business and carried it on under
the name of the Arizona Lumber Company.

Tn July of 1887 the mill originally built in the
wilderness was destroyed by fire, but the capital
and enterprise behind the new management was
soon manifest when a new and in every way im-
proved structure materialized on the old site, af-
ter which the title of the company was changed
to the Arizona Lumber & Timber Company, by
which name it is still known. Since then the
business of the mill has continued to extend
in many directions, manufacturing almost every-
thing which can be made of timber, from railroad
cross ties and bridge timbers to building mate-
rials, orange boxes, moldings, piling and wood-
work of every kind that is marketable in the
west. The trade extends throughout Arizona,
Southern California, New Mexico and Old Mex-
ico. Yet another calamity visited this lumber
enterprise during the busiest season of 1898,
when, on August 2, the second plant was burned.
In the direct wake of this retarding calamity
plans were at once negotiated for the construc-
tion of the finest sawmill in the west, and one
of the most complete in the world. Work was
begun on the new plant in October, and sawing
was resumed in February, 1899. In the construc-
tion of the plant every precaution has been taken
against a repetition of future inroads by fire, and
a brick power house, with seventeen-inch walls
and 68x103 feet in dimensions, is built between
the sawmill and planing mill, the planing mill
being twenty-two feet from the power house
and ninety feet from the sawmill. Eighty-five
feet from the sawmill building is a refuse burner
. thirty feet in diameter and one hundred feet
high. The buildings are painted inside and out
with asbestos paint, and there are two-and-one-
half-inch fire plugs inside of each building, with
sufficient hose attachment to reach to any part
of the building. Outside there are two-and-a-

half-inch plugs with sufficient hose to reach any
part of the plant. The refuse burner is built of
steel and firebrick, and into it is automatically
carried and burned all the waste from the two
mills.

The sawmill itself is a new departure in saw-
mills, and is the first hand saw in Arizona and the
second of its kind in the United States. The
planing mill and box factory is fitted with all the
latest and finest machinery, and though not as
Large as some, has no equal for completeness
anywhere. Besides this lumbering plant, the
company owns and operates, under contract, a
sawmill eighteen miles from town, which has a
capacity of sixty thousand feet a day. The com-
pany operating this mill is known as the Green-
Law Lumber Company, but its officers and di-
rectors are the same as are those of the Arizona
Lumber & Timber Company, and its entire-
stock is owned by them. The company also
owns and controls the Central Arizona Railroad
Company, and the stock is all held by the stock-
holders of the Arizona Lumber & Timber Com-
pany. They have twenty-four miles of standard
gauge track, three locomotives and sixty-four
logging cars. The company also owns between
forty and fifty houses, varying in size from one-
room cabins to ten-room dwellings, all of which
are occupied by its employes. The plant is lo-
cated a mile from Flagstaff, and is supplied with
water from the town. No liquor is sold on the
premises, and the camp is orderly and peaceful
in all of its departments. The number of men
employed averages the year round about three
hundred.

HIRAM B. MORRIS, JR.

Hiram B. Morris, a director of the Mesa Irri-
gating Canal Company, and a successful farmer
and stock-raiser of the Salt River valley, has
been a resident in the neighborhood of Mesa
since 1883. One of the four surviving children
of Hiram B. and Eleanor C. (Roberts) Morris,
the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of
Illinois, the subject of this sketch is of Welsh
descent. His paternal grandfather was a soldier
in the war of 1812. Hiram B. Morris, Sr., was
reared in Illinois and was an early settler in
Washington county, Utah, where he was a suc-
cessful farmer and stock-raiser for many years.

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In 1883 he removed with his family to Mesa,
where he is still living, now about four-score
years of age, while his respected wife has passed
her seventieth anniversary. Their daughters,
Mrs. Frank Rappleye and Mrs. Frank T. Pome-
roy, are residents of this vicinity, while Mrs.
George A. Smith lives in Sevier county, Utah.

Hiram B. Morris, Jr., was born in Washing-
ton county, Utah, February 14, 1863, and thus
was twenty years old when he came to this ter-
ritory. For two or more years he was engaged
in freighting, but since 1885 has devoted his
entire attention to the cultivation of the soil
and to the raising of cattle. His ranch, compris-
ing eighty acres, is now well improved, plainly
showing the enterprise and care of the owner.

In all of his efforts as a pioneer of this val-
ley, Mr. Morris has found a true helpmate in
his wife, whose maiden name was Eliza Smith,
and whose birthplace likewise was in Utah. The
eight children born to them are named as fol-
lows: Hiram C., George E., Joseph A., Myron,
Genevieve, Laurence, Manilla and Mabel.

For two years Mr. Morris served as a justice
of the peace in Alma precinct, his own neighbor-
hood, and besides this he has officiated as a di-
rector of the Farmers' Exchange at Mesa and
for several years has been a trustee of Alma
school district, No. 9, of Maricopa county. A
life-long member of the Church of Jesus Christ
of the Latter-day Saints, to which his parents
belong, he now is acting in the capacity of
counselor to Bishop Alexander Hunsaker, of
Alma precinct.

SAM KORRICK.

While reviewing the leading business men and
public-spirited citizens of Phoenix, the name of
Sam Korrick cannot justly be omitted, for, as is
well known, he occupies a position of influence
in this community. His success has been re-
markable, but has been well earned, and his
numerous friends take great interest in his rise
in the world of commerce.

The proprietor of the popular New York
store in Phoenix was born in Europe and came
to the United States twelve years ago, in 1889.
In his youth he received a liberal education and
a substantial training as a business man. For
two years after he reached New York City he

was employed as a clerk, and in 1891 went to
El Paso, Tex., where he was similarly employed
until 1895. That year witnessed his arrival in
Phoenix, and. as his capital was limited, he was
forced to embark in business in a small way.
His uprightness and square dealings with the
public soon won the favor of his customers, and
year by year his trade has increased. In order to
meet the demands of his growing business, he
has continually been adding to the stock of
goods carried in his establishment, until to-day
he has what is probably the most extensive line
of dry-goods and notions in the city. He also
carries a well-selected stock of millinery, cloth-
ing and men's furnishing goods. On the first
floor a space 50x80 feet is occupied, while on the
second floor an area of 75x80 feet is required
for the different departments of the store.

Socially Mr. Korrick is a member of the Mari-
copa Club of Phoenix, and he is a trustee of the
local lodge, Benevolent Protective Order of
Elks. All measures relating to the improve-
ment and progress of the city of Phoenix and
territory of Arizona are warmly supported by
him, and thus he has doubly proved his value
as a citizen.

HON. J. M. W. MOORE.

Known as legislator, justice of the peace, mi-
ner, real-estate and insurance man, Mr. Moore,
of Prescott, was born in Preble county, Ohio,
November 6, 1846, and is a son of Hon. Na-
thaniel Moore, also born in Ohio. The paternal
grandfather, David, was a native of Trenton,
N. J., and was one of the pioneer settlers in the
woods of Ohio. He was a man of great good-
ness of character, and was a member of the So-
ciety of Friends. In the pioneer days of Ohio
he exerted a wide influence for progress, his
useful life extending to within a few months of
the century mark.

Hon. Nathaniel Moore was a merchant in
Ohio, and in 1855 removed to Illinois and car-
ried on a mercantile undertaking at Winona,
Marshall county. He was later interested in
farming, and subsequently retired from active
business affairs and located in Chicago, 111.,
where he died in 1898, at the age of eighty years.
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and was sheriff of Marshall county for two
terms. In his young manhood he married Julia
Banta, who was born in Ohio, and her father
was one of the pioneers of Indiana. She is the
mother of nine children, eight sons and one
daughter, of whom five children are living, J. M.
W. being second oldest and the only one in Ari-
zona. The oldest son, George, was an attorney
in Chicago, 111., where he finally died; Edward E.
is a physician at Argyle Park; Frank A. B. is a
druggist of Argyle Park; Willis is a physician in
Chicago; Charles and Henry died when young,
as did also James, and Mary E. is living in Chi-
cago.

Mr. Moore lived in Marshall county until
1877, and during that time he devoted consider-
able time to farming. In 1866 he entered Knox
College at Galesburg, 111., from which he was
graduated in the class of 1872 with the degree
of A. B., the institution later conferring upon
him the degree of A. M. While his father was
in public life and serving in the legislature, he
assumed charge of the mercantile business in
Marshall county, and in 1877 went to Chicago,
and studied law under his brother, George. In
1879 he came to Arizona on mining business
and located for a time at Bigbug, and was en-
gaged in mining and prospecting until 1889,
when he located in Prescott. The previous year
he had been nominated on the Republican ticket
to the fifteenth territorial council, and was
elected by a good showing in 1889. He ren-
dered service during the sessions as a member
of the judiciary committee and the committee
on county and county boundaries, and as chair-
man of the enrolling and engrossing committee.

Soon after locating in Prescott, Mr. Moore
became one of the organizers of the Arizona
Ore Company, in the affairs of which he still
retains an interest, and he has since been in-
terested in real-estate and the insurance busi-
ness. On his ranch in the Salt River valley,
near Mesa, he raises cattle, and he is at present
operating the Amulet silver mine, twelve miles
from Prescott, on Lynch Creek. In 1893 ne
was elected justice of the peace, has been re-
elected every two years since then, and in 1899
was the only Republican who pulled through on
that ticket. lie is a member of the territorial
Republican committee, chairman of the county

central committee, district court cbmissioner,
United States court commissioner and ex-officio
county coroner. Fraternally he is associated
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
is chairman of the board of trustees of the Meth-
odist Episcopal Church. He has one son, Fred
C., who is in the cashier's department of Wilson
Brothers, of Chicago.

CHARLES TRUMBULL HAYDEN.

In many respects the most remarkable of the
early pioneers of Arizona, whose hopes have
materialized in the wake of their tireless efforts,
Charles Trumbull Hayden, the founder of
Tempe, is remembered as the personification of
New England's best and noblest citizenship.
Arriving in the territory at practically the close
of the Civil war, when, above the ruin and gen-
eral depression of the country new faith awoke
in men's hearts, there were those in search of
homes who had a dim conscientiousness that in
this vast desert, abandoned untold centuries ago
by the oldest civilization the world has known,
there still existed a field of resource, awaiting
the touch of a latter-day enterprise. And in the
now famous Salt River valley there developed a
sublime faith in the possibilities of a resurrected
fertility, upon the thousands of acres once trod
by the nameless people who have left so many
evidences of an exalted culture, and inhabited
during the sixteenth century by a hardy priest-
hood, lured hither by Monte Cristo tales of un-
limited wealth. But the semblance of activity
created by the monastic orders terminated in the
dawn of the nineteenth century, when the Mexi-
cans devastated the land, and laid low the mis-
sions and churches. From then on the red men
came into their erstwhile possessions, and were
again undisturbed by the menacing intrusion of
the hated pale face. And not until the '6os was
there any appreciable awakening, at which time
the miners and stock-breeders penetrated the
sterile heaths made terrible by the alert
Apaches, and among the miners and stockmen
was to be found much of the brawn and splendid
mentality from the east, with their years of mer-
cantile and other experiences. Among these
trying and almost hopeless conditions, and from
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travelers builded their enterprises, and turned to
the cloudless sky the stored fertility of the soil
which had lain from beyond the history and
memory of man in fettered uninterrupted sleep,
and had become parched and baked and arid
from the beating down of the sun, and the pass-
ing of the wailing desert wind.

Mr. Hayden was one of the first of the ventur-
ers. He was born in Hartford county, Conn.,
April 4, 1825, and was a son of James T. and
Mary (Hanks) Hayden, also born in Connecti-
cut, and representatives of a family numerously
distributed throughout Connecticut, and widely
known for their devotion to the public good.
Coming from that part of the east which in the
early days offered the best educational advan-
tages, their son qualified while yet a youth as a
professional teacher, and, following an ambition
which led into the wideness of the western plains,
worked his way west, teaching school at inter-
vals in Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri, and finally
embarking in commercial pursuits at Independ-
ence, Mo. There for a number of years he en-
gaged as a shipping clerk, and later conducted
an independent general merchandise business at
Santa Fe, X. M. As may well be imagined, the
moving of goods through the country was at
that time an arduous task, and the first stock for
the Santa Fe store was taken overland to that
point by means of wagons and ox-teams.

From New Mexico Mr. Hayden made another
journey across the plains, which was replete with
adventure, and clanger from delaying storms,
swollen rivers, and attacks from the vigilant In-
dians. The emigration terminated in California
in the days of gold, which land was the original
mecca for so many of Arizona's early settlers.
In due time he came to Tucson, Ariz., and here
anticipated the needs of the small hamlet by en-
gaging, as in Santa Fe, in a general merchandise
business. He was thus associated with the two
cities on the American continent which claim the
oldest European settlement, Tucson being en-
titled to the preference. While in Tucson Mr.
Hayden was appointed judge, and by reason of
this appointment was, for the remainder of his
life, familiarly known as Judge Hayden. In
1871 he left Tucson and settled on the present
site of Tempe, establishing the grist mill which
is one of the landmarks in the valley, and which

was the first of its kind in the territory. All
through the years up to the present time the mill
has continued its ceaseless grind, the motive
power being the time-honored water-wheel,
turned by the flow of a canal, taken from the
river above. In connection with the grist-mill
was started a country store, and while the mill
ground into flour the wheat of the farmers, and
the meager happenings of the enthusiastic but
sparcely settled locality were narrated in the
little store, there grew up a village then officially
known as Hayden's Ferry, later changed to
Tempe.

In the subsequent growth of Tempe and of
the surrounding territory Mr. Hayden was a
forceful and progressive influence. During the
years of his undimihished activity he saw the
gradual unfolding of the plans of the early pio-
neers, the opening of new mines rich in gold and
silver and copper, the building of mills in the
lumbering districts, the growth of sheep and
stock interests, the reclaiming of acres of new
lands, the construction of miles of irrigating
ditches, the establishment of thousands of new
farms, and the building of railroads in all direc-
tions. As one of the most earnest students of
the physical features of this part of the country,
he was early confronted by the perplexing prob-
lem of artificial irrigation, which has proved
to be the redemption of the desert, and in this
connection he himself built one or two of the
smaller canals, and materially aided in the con-
struction of the larger ones. Like most of the
early comers, he was interested in farming, and
the ranch near Tempe upon which his family
now live became, under his wise management,
one of the best in the neighborhood. At differ-
ent times during his life some of the most valu-
able properties in the town and country came
into his possession, and with the shifting course
of events passed on into other hands. The mil!
which was his particular pride, has been, during
the last few years, fitted with modern roller ma-
chinery, which, used in connection with the
water power, constitutes one of the most valu-
able enterprises of the kind in the west. The
mill, the store and the farm are conducted under
the firm name of the C. T. Hayden Company,
and under the control and management of Carl
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has proved himself a worthy follower of his
father, and exercises the same care and sound
judgment which characterized the business
methods of the older man.

October 4, 1876, Mr. Hayden married Sallie
Davis, who was born in Arkansas, and is a
daughter of Cornelius and Eliza (Hallert)
Davis, natives of Kentucky. Of this union there
have been four children : Carl T., who is at the
head of the C. T. Hayden Company, and who
was educated at the Leland Stanford University ;
Sallie D., who is now a student at the Leland
Stanford University ; Annie S., deceased, and
Mary C., who is attending the Territorial \or-
mal School at Tempe. A man of fine education,
assisted by a retentive memory and a keen
power of observation, Mr. Hayden was one of
the chief promoters of education in the territory,
and appreciated the benefits of a trained and
concentrated intelligence, whether applied to the
management of a farm or used only in purely
commercial undertakings. He was for years a
member of the board of trustees of the schools
of Maricopa county, and was one of the building
committee which constructed the normal school
at Tempe, substantially evincing his belief in
mental training by presenting to the city the
ground upon which the school is erected.
Though independent in politics, he served for
years as a supervisor of Maricopa county, and
was othenvise interested in the local political
affairs.

Like all strong and dominating personalities,
Mr. Hayden had his opponents, but no one ever
questioned his integrity, or the sincerity of the
high humanity and morality which guided his
footsteps. A free thinker his whole life long,
and outspoken in his views, he yet commanded
the respect and confidence of the various relig-
ious sects which grew up around him, who be-
lieved above all things in his absolute sincerity.
One of the most heartfelt tributes spoken at his
funeral was that of a Mormon bishop whose peo-
ple he had befriended when they were homeless
in the wilderness. And the story was told of an
Indian who had become his follower and de-
fender because of the care and tender nursing
which had rescued him from the great hunting
ground. His high moral character was borne
out in his appearance. Of splendid physical

proportions, he was large and of commanding
stature, and straight as an arrow flies. His
manner was unostentatious but forceful withal,
and he possessed a resistless magnetism. His
advice, money, and encouragement were ever
on the side of progress, education, and munici-
pal purity, and, living in the light of a permeat-
ing optimism, he believed that something of a
paradise might be evolved out of man's sur-
roundings and opportunities here below. Of all
those who have watched and labored in the in-
terval between the inactivity of the desert and
the prosperity which has astonished even the
dwellers of the Salt River valley themselves, no
one is more sincerely mourned or more grate-
fully remembered than the late Charles T. Hay-
den.

CAPT. JAMES W. COUGHRAN.

Captain Coughran, who is successfully carry-
ing on a fruit growing and dairying enterprise
adjoining Tempe, was born in Sevier county,
Ark., January 17, 1833. His parents, James and
Luvina (Pierce) Coughran, were natives respect-
ively of Kentucky and Tennessee. George
Coughran, the paternal grandfather, was a na-
tive of Ireland, and is said to have been a soldier
in the war of 1812. On the maternal side, the
Pierce family are of Scotch descent.

On his father's farm James Coughran was
reared to industrious ways, and availed him-
self of the limited opportunities to be foun'd in
the early subscription schools. This training
proved to be the foundation for later acquisi-
tion in an educational way, and for a pronounced
liking for reading to which he still devotes him-
self. Later he attended the McKenzie Institute,
at Clarksville, Tex., for two years, and subse-
quently taught school in Arkansas for eight
years. During the Civil war he served in the
cause of the Confederacy for four years, and
enlisted in Company G, Second Arkansas Vol-
unteer Infantry, in April of 1861. His first ser-
vice in the army was in northern Arkansas and
southern Missouri, under Generals Price and
McCullough. The regiment was under General
Bragg, and later served under General Joseph
E. Johnston, in what is known as the middle or
Tennessee department of the Confederate army.

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He participated in the battles of Wilson's Creek,
Mo., Pea Ridge, Ark., Murfreesboro, Tenn.,
Chickamauga, Ga,, and many others of minor
importance. At the battles of Murfreesboro and
Chickamauga he was wounded, but not seriously,
and soon rejoined his regiment. Enlisting as a
private, at the expiration of a year he was elected
captain of his company, and served as such for
two years, after which he was promoted to the
rank of major. Shortly after the battle of Chicka-
mauga, he was captured at Egg's Point, on the
Mississippi river, while on the way home on a
furlough, and was detained in various Federal
prisons until a few weeks before the surrender
of Lee at Appomattox.

Some years after the civil war, Captain
Coughran crossed the plains in 1869, making
the journey in a company of emigrants, with
ox-teams and wagons. After a perilous trip of
six months the little band came out at San
Diego, Cal., and he located in Kern county,
that state, in 1870, where he engaged in stock-
raising until 1879. Locating in Arizona in the
fall of the latter year, he was among the very
earliest settlers in the Williamson valley, Yavapai
county, and developed his crude land of one
hundred and sixty acres, until it was among the
best properties in the county. This was dis-
posed of in 1896, at which time he came to
Tempe, which has s:nce been his home. He is
the owner of thirty-nine acres of land which
is devoted to the raising of alfalfa and to a large
fruit culture, and to an enterprising and success-
fully conducted dairy.

In Arkansas, January 28, 1868, Captain
Coughran was united in marriage with Nannie
G. Brown, a native of Arkansas and a daughter
of William J. Brown. Of this union there have
been nine children, eight of whom are living,
vi?: Katie A., who is teaching school in Yava-
pai county; Edward H.; Wilbur W.; Robert;
Lena, who is the wife of Marion Sears of Tempe.
Ariz.; Wiley, who is living at home; Carrie C.,
and Charles E., both at home. Anna E. is de-
ceased. Edward, Wilbur and Robert are stock-
raisers in Yavapai county. In politics Captain
Coughran is affiliated with the Democratic party,
but has no inclination for public office. In 1866
he vvas made a Mason, He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, and contrib-

utes generously towards its support. He is re-
garded as one of the most substantial of the
pioneers whose efforts have brought about the
present prosperity, and is worthy of the universal
respect which he has ever inspired in those who
are privileged to know him.

C. M. BERKHOLTER.

One of the long-established residents of Tuc-
son, more than a score of years ago Mr. P.erk-
holter first saw this then small hamlet on the
Southern Pacific, and thus, within his recollec-
tion, most of the wonderful changes for the bet-
ter, which we now enjoy, have been made. Dur-
ing this same period he has worked his way
upward in railroad circles to his present respon-
sible position, as local passenger and freight
agent of the 'Southern Pacific.

Born in Chittenango, Madison county, N. Y.,
April 17,- 1859, C. M. Berkholter comes of an
old and early pioneer family of Lehigh county,
Pa., his paternal grandfather, Peter Berkhol-
ter, being a farmer in that region. His father,
Nathan Berkholter, was born near Allentown,
Pa., and lived to the ripe age of eighty-five years,
his death occurring in Los Angeles, Cal., in
1898. For many years he had dwelt in Chitte-
nango, N. Y., and there conducted the largest
distillery of the locality. For a wife he chose
Margaret Hogan, a native of Waterloo, N. Y.,
and her death took place in that state. Of their
three sons and three daughters, Dennis served
throughout the Civil war in a New York bat-
tery, and now resides in Bakersfiekl, Cal., where
he is the division superintendent of the Southern
Pacific railroad. M. H., the other son, also is
in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad,
at present being roadmaster at Hornbrook, Cal.

Until he was about seventeen years of age, C.
M. Berkholter attended the common and high
schools of his native place, and in the Centen-
nial year entered the employ of the First Na-
tional Bank of Chittenango, remaining in that
establishment for three years. Then, going to
New York City, he was employed as a clerk
until 1880, when he came to Tucson and for a
year was baggage-master of the Southern Pa-
cific at Tucson. Then he was promoted to tin-
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which he was made agent at Benson, one of
the most southern points on this railroad in
Arizona. At the end of three years spent in
that place he returned to Tucson and since 1886
has been agent at this point, the duties of pas-
senger and freight agent being discharged by
him.

Having looked upon Tucson as his home for
about a score of years, Mr. Berkholter natur-
ally takes great interest in everything pertain-
ing to its progress. He is a director in the city
Ituilding and Loan Association, was one of the
organizers of the Tucson Electric Light and
Power company, and was connected with its
board of directors until he sold his stock in
the same. For six years he served as a mem-
ber of the city council as alderman-at-large, and
at the present time is ,a member of that body.
Politically he is a strong Democrat and fre-
quently has served on the county central com-
mittee. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias
and belongs to the lodge and club of the Benev-
olent Protective Order of Elks. A valued mem-
ber of the Episcopal church, he is one of the
vestrymen and a liberal contributor to its sup-
port. Some time ago he built a commodious
modern residence at No. 227 South Fifth av-
enue, and the lady who presides over the hos-
pitalities of this pleasant home formerly was
Miss Jennie Wagy, California being the place of
her birth.

HON. BURT DUNLAP.

There is no industry of greater importance to
the present well-being and future prosperity of
Arizona than that of mining, and Mr. Dunlap is
one of those who have given considerable
thought and attention to the development of
mines. Now a resident of Tucson, where he
expects to make his permanent home, he was
until recently a citizen of Willcox and the owner
of valuable cattle interests in Cochise county.
In addition to his mining interests are his stock-
raising enterprises. He is the owner of a ranch
in the Colorado valley, six miles from Yuma,
with fine water privileges, and this place he has
stocked with thoroughbred hogs of the Poland-
China and Duroc breeds, these being the finest
collection of swine in the territory and of the
purest strain.

In Niles, Ohio, where he was born in 1858,
Mr. Dunlap grew to manhood, meantime at-
tending the public schools. At the age of six-
teen he entered Thiel College at Greenville,
Pa., where he completed the regular course of
study, graduating in 1879, with the degree of
A. B. Later the degree of A. M. was conferred
upon him. For a time he studied law in Green-
ville, Pa., but, not being attracted to the pro-
fesssion, he decided to map out for himself a
different future. January, 1882, found him in
Arizona, where he embarked in the cattle busi-
ness near Fort Grant, in the Aravaipa valley.
Finding the occupation congenial and profit-
able, he gave considerable attention to it, the
result being that he was prospered financially,
while at the same time he gained a reputation
for his knowledge of the industry. For a time
he was engaged as government contractor, sup-
plying the post at San Carlos with provisions.
Later he established his home in Willcox, but
after little more than a year he took up his abode
in Tucson. The headquarters for his cattle were
in the Sulphur Springs valley, between Cochise
and Pearce.

The mine in which Mr. Dunlap is particu-
larly interested and from the development of
which he hopes for good results, is known as
the Goodhope mine and is situated ten miles
southwest of Cochise. The ore contains copper,
lead and silver, and is therefore particularly
valuable. Having purchased the mine from its
discoverer, John Miller, he expects to devote his
time closely to the operation of the same. Dur-
ing 1900 he shipped ten carloads of ore, which
assayed an average of seven to ten copper,
twenty-four to thirty lead, and fifteen ounces
silver per ton. In addition to this mine, he
owns seven claims in the same locality, in
the Dragoon mountains. Twelve men are em-
ployed in the mine in getting out ore. While
managing his mine, he at the same time oversees
his ranch in the same neighborhood, and also
superintends his property near Yuma.

The Republican party receives the support
of Mr. Dunlap. Twice he served as a member
of the territorial council, once served as a mem-
ber of the board of county commissioners, and
is now chairman of the live stock sanitary board
of Arizona. In 1896 he was a delegate to the

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national convention at St. Louis that nominated
William McKinley for president. Fraternally
he is connected with the Elks at Tucson.

The marriage of Mr. Dunlap took place
August 4, 1896, and united him with Miss
Jessie Ballance, a daughter of Charles and Fan-
nie (Greene) Ballance, of Peoria, 111. In relig-
ious connections Mr. Dunlap is an Episcopalian,
while his wife holds membership in the Presby-
terian church. They are the parents of two
children, Gordon B. and Stuart B.

Mrs. Dunlap descends from a long line of
patriotic ancestors, some of whom were distin-
guished soldiers in the war of the Revolution,
among them being Gen. Nathaniel Greene. At
the breaking out of the Civil war her father
resigned his naval cadetship in order to enter the
army. Her grandfather. Judge Charles Ballance,
raised the first regiment of Peoria volunteers for
the Civil war and was elected colonel, but being
advanced in years and a sufferer from rheuma-
tism, he resigned his commission. He was one
of the men who assisted in the formation of the
Republican party. For years he was a personal
friend of Abraham Lincoln, whom he often en-
tertained, and in the memorable debate between
Lincoln and Douglas he had both of these dis-
tinguished men as guests in his home. An uncle
of Mrs. Dunlap, Gen. John Ballance, has been
an officer in the regular army for the past thirty
years and has distinguished himself in many
of the Indian campaigns. In recognition of the
illustrious part he has borne in the war in the
Philippines he has recently been commissioned
a brigadier-general, and at this writing is gov-
ernor of the northern provinces of Luzon.

WILLIAM ROHRIG.

Of all the occupations which the delightful
climate and resourceful soil of the Salt River
valley render possible of success, none is more
interesting than the work to which Mr. Rohrig
has devoted so much careful thought and study.
Indeed, no one in the valley can speak with
greater authority on the subject of bee culture
than this popular vice-president of the Salt River
Valley Honey Producers' Association, and in-
spector of bees of Maricopa county. Apiarism
has long been recognized as a science, and he

who would attain the best results must be un-
ceasing in work and study, and must keep pace
with the progress of his work as developed in
the principal centers of activity. Mr. Rohrig's
extended experience has ably fitted him for the
confidence which is reposed in his skill, and he
is perhaps the most scientific student on bee
manipulation in the entire valley.

The earliest associations of Mr. Rohrig are
with the west, for he was born in Sierra county,
Cal., March 28, 1866. The ancestral home of the
family is Germany, where his parents, Frederick
and Mary Rohrig, were born. Frederick Rohrig
had a disposition for adventure, and in search
of a fortune went to California in the days of
gold, and was among the most enthusiastic of
the forty-niners. For many years he sought the
precious metal in California, and especially in
Sierra county. The mother, who is over seventy-
years of age, resides with her son in the Salt
River valley. When about nine years of age,
William Rohrig settled with his parents in Har-
mony, Clay county, Ind. In the public schools
of Clay county he received a good education, and
at times had considerable business experience.
When fourteen years of age he lost his father by
death, after which he made his home with his
mother and the other members of the family
until he started out in the world for himself.

Going to Kern county, Cal., in 1888, Mr. Roh-
rig remained there for a year, and during that
time had charge of about five hundred colonies
of bees for William Dougherty, a well-known
apiarist of California. Upon subsequently re-
moving to New Mexico, he engaged in mining
for a time. The spring of 1891 found him in
Arizona. In the vicinity of Tempe, he has a
ranch of twenty acres, eight acres of which
are under almonds, plums and other orchard
products. He owns about one thousand colonies
of bees, which are located at four different places
in the valley.

January i, 1893, Mr. Rohrig married Ella
Stokes, who was born in Indiana. Of this union
there are five children, viz.: Anna L., Edith M.,
Ethel H., Nora E. and W. Niles. Although en-
tertaining liberal views in regard to the politics
of the administration, Mr. Rohrig has Repub-
lican inclinations, but has never been an office-
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with
the Woodmen of the World at Tempe. He is
one of the substantial residents of the valley,
and renders great service in his especial line by
reason of his personal aptitude and easy mastery
of an interesting occupation.

JOHN T. BRICKWOOD.

John T. Brickwood is the oldest settler now
living in Nogales, having arrived here in
1882, when the town had but one frame
and one adobe house, together with a few
tents, that formed the abiding places of the
ten or twelve persons then living in the
hamlet. From that year to the present time he
has taken a prominent part in the gradual devel-
opment of the village, has erected a number of
buildings, and has succeeded in the majority of
his enterprises. In 1899 he erected the Brick-
wood block, which he still owns and which is
by far the finest business block in the city. In
addition, he owns a ranch on the Santa Cruz
river and is the possessor of valuable mining
properties in Sonora, Mexico.

Near Vandalia, Fayette county, 111., Mr.
Brickwood was born December 19, 1849, being
a son of John and Maria (Bennett) Brickwood,
early settlers of Fayette county. In that county
he was reared to manhood and educated in pub-
lic schools. From there, in 1867, he removed
to Colorado, and engaged in mining around
Blackhawk, Georgetown and Central City. In
1869 he started overland for Arizona, via Albu-
querque. Arriving in Prescott in January of
1870, he became interested in mining, and was
very successful as a freighter, owning his own
outfit, and receiving several government con-
tracts to carry supplies to the forts in the ter-
ritory. In the Bradshaw mountains he engaged
in prospecting, and was one of the men who
broke the trails into the mountains. In 1879 he
located in Tucson, and was for a time interested
in a liquor business. Subsequently he made his
home in Hershaw and Tombstone, and was en-
gaged in business in the former place.

In July of 1882 Mr. Brickwood came to No-
gales and was variously engaged in business,
chiefly in mining and stock-raising, until 1898,
when his place of business was destroyed by the

widening of International street (which separates
the United States from Mexico) by a proclama-
tion of President McKinley declaring it a reser-
vation. At the present time he is engaged in
mining, is a successful stockman and deals con-
siderably in real estate. In politics he is a Re-
publican, and has served for two terms as coun-
cilman. In securing the division of Pima county,
which resulted in the creation of Santa Cruz
county, he bore an active part. In 1874 he
joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
with which he has since been connected. He
assisted in organizing the lodge at Nogales, of
which he is past noble grand and which he twice
represented as a delegate to the grand lodge,
besides this being also a member of the en-
campment at Tucson. The Nogales lodge of the
Knights of Pythias numbers him among its
members.

In April, 1884, Mr. Brickwood married Miss
Gaudalupe Canes, a native of Guayamas, Sonora,
Mexico, and a member of a prominent family of
that section. Of this union nine children are
living, namely : Frances, John T., Jr., Marga-
rita, Guadalupe, Lola, Ellen, Luiza, Elize and
Mary. Two children are deceased.

CASSIUS N. STEWART.

One of the successful farmers and stock-rais-
ers of the Salt River valley is Cassius Stewart,
who has a well-conducted ranch six miles south-
cast of Tempe. The one hundred and sixty acres
comprising the property are under a high state
of cultivation, and under the watchful care and
hard work of the owner have been made to pro-
duce abundantly.

On the paternal side the Stewart family is of
Scotch descent, and the maternal ancestry is
Dutch. The paternal grandfather, Alexander,
was born in North Carolina, and went to War-
ren county, Ohio, in 1803. When the war of
1812 was in progress he was yet a very young
man, and was employed to haul provisions for
the army. The maternal grandfather, Jonah
Vandervort, was also a farmer, and was a sol-
dier in the war of 1812. Cassius N. Stewart was
born in Warren county, Ohio, July n, 1845,
and is a son of Robert G. and Nancy (Vander-
vort) Stewart, natives of Warren county, Ohio.

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Robert Stewart is deceased, and his wife is now
living at Paola, Kans., at an advanced age.

Cassius N. Stewart was reared in his native
county, and received the training which falls
to the lot of the average farm-reared youth.
When twenty-one years of age he started out
in the world to carve his own fortune, and in
Miami county, Kans., engaged in farming and
stock-raising for over twenty years. He was
married in Ohio, February 25, 1873, to Mary
E. Kersey, who was born in Ohio, a daughter
of Henry and Mary Jane (Chamberlain) Kersey,
the "family originating in North Carolina and
New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have two
children, Anna R., a graduate of the Territorial
Normal School at Tempe, and now a teacher in
Maricopa county, and Clyde A., who is living
at home, and is also a graduate of the Normal
School at Tempe. From Kansas, in 1890, Mr.
Stewart came to Arizona, and has since been
a developer of the exhaustless fertility of the
Salt River valley. The ranch, which is the ob-
ject of his care at the present time, was taken
possession of in 1897, and has proved a profita-
ble and paying venture.

Mr. Stewart is one of the substantial and
highly respected residents of this part of the
county, and is essentially a man who has risen
upon his own unaided efforts. He is interested
in the undertakings of the Republican party,
but has never entertained political aspirations.
For one year he served as a director in the Utah
Canal Enlargement & Extension Company, and
has been variously interested in the enterprises
for the growth of his locality. Fraternally he
is associated with the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows at Tempe. He and his wife are
members of the Baptist Church at Tempe.

MICHAEL HERMANN.

The year after that which witnessed the close
of the Civil war, Mr. Hermann cast in his lot
with that of Arizona, and at the present time
lives on Groom creek, six miles from Prescott.
Within his experience here great changes have
taken place, and not the least is that which has
occurred in Prescott, then a tiny mining ham-
let, and to-day a prosperous little city of over
four thousand inhabitants.

The birth of our subject took place in Ger-
many January 24, 1840, and with his parents he
crossed the Atlantic and became a resident of
Erie, Pa., in 1852. Four years later he went
to Hardin county, Ohio, where he was occupied
in agricultural pursuits until the outbreak of the
war. Then enlisting in Company G, Fourth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he went to the front
and participated in all of the campaigns and bat-
tles in which his regiment was concerned until
the great battle of Gettysburg, where he was
seriously wounded. Having been honorably dis-
charged from the service on account of his dis-
ability, he returned home, but his sympathies
were so strongly with the Union that he con-
tinually meditated re-enlistment as soon as he
had sufficiently recovered to be received into the
army. In 1864, when the fate of the nation was
at about its darkest hour, he went to Missouri
and there volunteered as a soldier in the Second
Missouri Cavalry, serving throughout the re-
mainder of the war, and participating in numer-
ous important battles, including that of Chan-
cellorsville.

In 1866 Mr. Hermann set out for the west, in-
tending to go to the mining district of Montana
by the southwestern route, then considered the
most practicable. However, he altered his plans
and came to Prescott, where he was employed
in placer mining. In the following spring he
went to California and thence proceeded to Ne-
vada, but eventually returned to Arizona, which
he preferred for many reasons. He had been
absent about two years, but since 1869 has dwelt
in Yavapai county. For twenty-two years he
prospected and mined, working at placer mining
chiefly, and meeting with varying success. In
1891, while thus employed in the Hassayampa
district he met with a great misfortune, a boulder
falling upon his right leg. The injury sustained
necessitated amputation, though for three
months the physician strove nobly to save the
member. In the following year Mr. Hermann
bought the business and small store situated on
the main road at Groom creek, about six miles
south of Prescott. He is well known and is
popular with the miners of this region and is
making a good living, having only himself to
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Since coming to Arizona he has made several
trips back to his old Ohio home. The boys who
wore the blue have ever been dear to his heart,
and for years he has held membership in Barrett
Post, G. A. R., of Prescott. In his political
faith he is an uncompromising Republican, thor-
oughly endorsing the wide and far-reaching pol-
icy of the present administration.

GEORGE W. ATKINSON.

Many experiences have fallen to the lot of
Mr. Atkinson since he took up his residence in
the far west. From a comparatively insignificant
beginning, and in the face of discouraging ob-
stacles, he has fought his way to the front, and
is now one of the successful farmers, stock-rais-
ers and brick manufacturers in the vicinity of
Calabasas, as well as a leading politician of Santa
Cruz county.

In Peoria, 111., Mr. Atkinson was born De-
cember 14, 1844. His parents, John and Sarah
(Largent) Atkinson, natives respectively of
Yorkshire, England, and Virginia, became ac-
quainted in Illinois and were there married, after
which the father continued to follow his trade
of a brick mason and contractor. Twice mar-
ried, he reared a family of eleven children. Un-
til his sixteenth year, George W. Atkinson
remained in Illinois. His opportunities for ac-
quiring an education were limited and the
greater part of his knowledge on various sub-
jects is a matter of more recent acquirement.
When his parents removed to Denver, Colo., he
learned the brick-maker's trade under his
father and was thus prepared for the inde-
pendent life of the future. For a time he worked
with the firm of Atkinson & Baker, of which
his father was the senior member.

During the spring of 1877 George W. Atkin-
son made a trip through the Dakotas to Dead-
wood, returning to Denver in the fall of the
same year, after which he immediately pro-
ceeded to Globe, Ariz. Here he started a brick
yard and was the first man in the place to manu-
facture brick from the native soil. On the 4th
of July, 1878, he went to San Francisco. On
his return to Arizona he spent a short time in
the southern part of Pima county, and then came
to Calabasas January i, 1879, bringing with him

the contract to build the brick hotel here, and
the brick for which he manufactured from native
soil. While superintending work on the hotel,
he settled on a ranch near the town and about
1880 began general farming and stock-raising.
The ranch is a finely improved place on open
range, and contains one hundred and sixty
acres. Near by is the junction of the Santa Cruz
and Sonoiata rivers, and the excellent water
privileges make the ranch a very desirable prop-
erty. The improvements are first-class and the
house, in which the family have lived for twenty-
one years, is comfortable and commodious. The
system of irrigation from the Sonoiata river has
been perfected by Mr. Atkinson. The soil is of
such a nature that he manufactures a limited
amount of brick on the place.

In 1882 Mr. Atkinson married Miss Julia
Jordan. They have two adopted children, Sam-
uel Atkinson and Joseph Deegan. In politics
Mr. Atkinson is a member of the Republican
party, and has held several important local posi-
tions. In 1888 he was elected supervisor and
served for two years. At the time of the forma-
tion of Santa Cruz county in March of 1899, he
was appointed supervisor of the new county
by Governor Murphy, but resigned after thirty
days. In the election of 1900 he received the
nomination for the same position, but was de-
feated at the election. For several years he
served as trustee of the school district, and has
acted .as chairman of the Calabasas Protective
Association. For some years after coming here,
Mr. Atkinson was a member of the firm of L.
Zeckendorf & Co., who dealt in cattle, handling
about forty thousand head.

For the success which has risen above discour-
agement Mr. Atkinson deserves great credit.
Some of his early Arizona experiences will long
be remembered by him, more especially those in
connection with the Indians and Mexicans. In
1879 he started one day for the ranch of P. Kit-
chen, on the road to Calabasas, and on his re-
turn trip was waylaid by five Mexicans, who pro-
ceeded to rob him of his saddle and $40 in
money. Returning to Tuscon, he bought a gun
and replenished his finances. Two weeks later,
while making brick, he was again waylaid and
treated even more brutaHy than before. The
robbers took him prisoner, escorted him to his

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own home, made him cook their dinner, and
then demanded $500. Upon his refusal to give
them the money, they put a rope around his neck
and pulled him up a few times, and at the end
of the proceedings got $30. Two weeks later
they were captured in Sonora, Mexico, and with
them were found Mr. Atkinson's saddle and
overcoat. During the Indian outbreak of 1886
the Indians came to his ranch and helped them-
selves to his stock, but since then he has been
unmolested.

vWILLIAM H. KAY.

As an agriculturist of the Salt River valley
and a member of the Live Stock and Sanitary
Board of Arizona, Mr. Kay is the possessor of
many acquaintances throughout the territory.
He was born in Keokuk, Iowa, June 17, 1861,
and when he was a year old the family moved to
Adams county, 111. His parents, Charles W.
and Rebecca (Hewes) Kay, were natives respec-
tively of Kentucky and Hancock county, 111. In
Adams county, 111., Charles W. Kay was for
years successfully engaged in the nursery busi-
ness, and subsequently turned his attention to
general farming and stock-raising. He became
identified with the important happenings of the
county, and was well known, and esteemed for
his many excellent traits of mind and character.
He removed from Illinois to Maricopa county,
Ariz., in 1887, and for eleven years was interested
in horticulture in the vicinity of Alhambra. In
1898 he and his wife removed to Los Angeles,
Cal., where they now reside. He is a Republican
in national politics, a member of the Baptist
church, and a man of high moral character. Of
his children the following survive: William H.,
Frank G., in Los Angeles county, Cal.; Harry,
living near Phoenix; Mrs. Samuel Green, living
in Maricopa county; Stella, at Los Angeles, and
Stanley, also of Los Angeles.

William H. Kay was educated in the public
schools of Adams county, 111., and subsequently
graduated from the Gem City Business college,
at Quincy, 111. Under his father's able instruc-
tion he became an excellent farmer, and for a
time engaged in independent farming enterprises
in Adams county. His association with the west
began in 1887, when he accompanied his father

and family to Maricopa county, Ariz., and re-
mained behind when they determined to settle in
Los Angeles, Cal. His enterprises in the valley
are conducted in partnership with his brother,
under the firm name of Kay Bros., and they
carry on large cattle-raising and grain-growing
interests. The claim of Mr. Kay is located eight
miles northwest of Phoenix, and consists of four
hundred and eighty acres under a high state of
cultivation. The partnership of the brothers
was dissolved in 1898, and since that time Wil-
liam Kay has been sole proprietor of the busi-
ness.

December 14, 1893, occurred his marriage
with Maud J. Grove, a native of Adams county.
111., and a daughter of Hon. Isaac Grove, a
prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Adams
county. He has served as supervisor of Payson
township, Adams county, and has also been a
member of the Illinois state legislature. A Re-
publican in politics, Mr. Kay takes an active in-
terest in the undertakings of his party, but has
never been an office seeker. In 1899 he was ap-
pointed by Governor Murphy a member of the
live stock and sanitary board of Arizona. Mr.
Kay is a progressive and helpful member of the
community which is honored by his ability and
excellent citizenship, and is regarded as an ac-
quisition to this wonderfully promising garden
spot of the far west.

JOEL E. JOHNSON.

An enterprising tiller of the soil in the vicinity
of Mesa, Mr. Johnson was born in Pottawat-
tamie county, Iowa, July 14, 1853. His parents,
Joseph E. and Harriet (Snider) Johnson, were
born respectively in New York state and in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Johnson is de-
ceased, and his wife is now living near Mesa, and
is in her seventy-eighth year.

At the age of nine years Mr. Johnson was
taken by his parents to Salt Lake City, where
they remained for a short time, subsequently
settling in Washington county, of the same state.
Here he received a good education in a private
school in Washington county. The elder John-
son was an experienced horticulturist and nur-
seryman at St. George, Washington county, and
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published an horticultural paper called the "Utah
Pomologist." He was also interested in the drug
business, and in addition to the management of
his drug store was the manufacturer of the well-
known remedies called Johnson's Remedies.
Joseph Johnson was a prominent man in the
affairs of the community in which he lived, and
served for two terms as a member of the Utah
legislature.

Under his father's able instruction, Joel E.
Johnson learned the nursery and horticulture
business, and was for a time manager of the
periodical published by his father. During De-
cember, 1881, he married Mary E. Hastings, of
Utah, and of this union there have been born
ten children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Har-
riet E., J. Elmer, Joseph W., Edgar L., Emily
M., Rosemary and Charles E. In 1882 he set-
tled in the Salt River valley, and has since been
identified with its prosperity and promise.
Among the many responsibilities assumed by
Mr. Johnson may be mentioned his former di-
rectorship in the Mesa Cheese Factory, and his
present association as stockholder in the Tempe-
Mesa Produce Company, and in the Zenos Co-
operative Mercantile & Manufacturing Institu-
tion at Mesa.

The ranch upon which Mr. Johnson conducts
his farming and stock-raising enterprises was
formerly in a raw and sterile condition, and has
developed under the patience and care of the
owner into a condition of utility and resource.
In politics a Democrat, he has never entertained
political aspirations, but is nevertheless inter-
ested in the undertakings of his party. He is
a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-
ter-day Saints.

IGNACIO MACMANUS.

The men of Mexico are more and more enter-
ing into the great commercial activities which
have been, and are, working out the destiny of
the United. States, their northern neighbor.
Today they are reaching forward to mutual alli-
ances for advancement and the benefits of ever-
increasing civilization. Among these wide-
awake, ambitious Mexicans, Mr. Macmanus is
prominent and well known.

A native of Chihuahua and reared to maturity
in that state, our subject received a liberal edu-

cation and early manifested an aptitude for com-
mercial pursuits. Becoming connected with a
banking institution, he gradually worked his
way upward from one position to another until
he became the manager of the Commercial Bank
of Chihuahua. In fact, he was one of the organ-
izers and incorporators of that establishment,
and remained in its employ for several years,
winning the complete confidence and good-will
of all of its officers. In 1896 he went to Ensen-
ada, Lower California, where he was influential
in founding the bank owned by the Lower Cali-
fornia Development Company, and as manager
of this bank continued until 1897, when he sev-
ered his relations with the same in order to ac-
cept his present position — that of cashier of
the P. Sandoval & Co. Bank, of Nogales, Ariz.
His experience as a banker has been extensive.
Thoroughly familiar with the United States
methods of handling financial affairs, and at the
same time acquainted with special Mexican busi-
ness systems, he is suited for his important posi-
sion, and is justifying the confidence reposed
in him.

Mr. Macmanus married Miss Silveria Oliva-
res, of an old and highly respected family of
Chihuahua. They have five children, viz.:
Maria, now a student at the College of Notre
Dame, San Jose, Cal.; Sara, Ignacio, Jr., Anna,
and Alicia, who are at home. Mr. Macmanus
and family occupy a handsome home in Nogales,
Ariz., where they dispense a gracious hospitality
to their many friends.

JOSEPH A. STEWART.

One of the pioneers of the Salt River valley
is Joseph A. Stewart, who has been associated
with its development for nearly a score of years.
He was born in Missouri, September 21. 1848,
and is a son of Alvin F. and Camera (Owen)
Stewart. The Stewarts were of Scotch extrac-
tion, and our subject's father was a native of
Georgetown, N. Y. In 1852 the family removed
to Utah county, Utah, and later to Richmond,
Cache county, where the mother, who was a
native of Indiana, died in 1867. The father now
resides in Mesa, Ariz., and has reached the age
of eighty-two years.

The boyhood of Joseph A. Stewart was spent

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in the pursuits of the farm, his ideas on the sub-
ject of agriculture being thoroughly practical.
After reaching man's estate he continued to live
in Cache county for several years, and at last,
in 1882, concluded to cast in his fortunes with
the little colony near Mesa. Making the long
and tiresome journey here, he proceeded with
his usual energy to cultivate the farm upon
which he settled, and within a few years wrought
wonderful changes. The land, an unimproved
strip of the desert, as it might have been called,
was rendered very productive by his well-
directed labors, and today is a valuable farm,
some sixty acres in extent.

Mr. Stewart is a director in the Tempe-Mesa
Produce Company; is a director of the Mesa
Canal Company and of the Zenos Co-operativ?
Mercantile & Manufacturing Company of Mesa.
For a number of years he served as a trustee
of Alma school district No. 19, Maricopa county
In his political faith he is a Democrat. An ac-
tive member of the Church of Jesus Christ of
the Latter-day Saints, he is now serving as
first counselor to the bishop of Alma Ward, and
is looked up to and consulted as an authority in
ecclesiastical matters.

In 1877 Mr. Stewart married Julia C. Hobson,
who was born and reared in Utah county, Utah.
They have seven living children, namely: Joseph
A., Jr.; Jesse H., Catherine H., Leroy H., Lydia
H., Ethel H. and Grantley H. Four children
died when young. Those who survive are being
given good educations and in practical ways
are being qualified to meet the battles of life.
The parents are highly esteemed by all who
know them, and are devoted to the interests of
their family and to their friends and neighbors
as well.

BEN HENEY.

The life of Mr. Heney is a record of the in-
teresting and successful undertakings of a man
who has known how to avail himself of oppor-
tunities. Associated through the whole of his
matured life with the conditions of the wild and
undeveloped west, where there are perhaps
greater chances for loss and gain than in any
other part of the country, he has grown to be a
power and influence in the political and financial
world of Arizona, as well as an enterprising and

popular citizen of Fairbank. Though engaged
at the present time in conducting a general
merchandise store in his adopted town, this is
but of comparative unimportance when placed
beside the large real estate and mining interests
which demand his time and attention.

A native of Lima, near Rochester, N. Y., Mr.
Heney was born in 1861, and is a son of Richard
and Julia (Scrieber) Heney. The greater part
of his education was acquired in San Francisco,
Cal., whither his parents had removed in 1863.
After finishing at the high school, he entered,
with the highest honors, the University of Cali-
fornia, in the class of 1879. Two years later he
entered upon an independent career, and upon
locating in Tucson, Ariz., became connected
with the banking house of Hudson & Co., sever-
ing the association at the end of three years.
Armed with this excellent commercial experi-
ence, Mr. Heney became interested in the cattle
business, on a ranch on the San Pedro river, be-
low Benson, and in time he purchased another
ranch near Pantano, upon which he carried on
large stock interests, handling at times several
thousand head. In the meantime, during the
twelve years of experience in the stock business,
he had resided in Tucson, where he attained to
prominence in political and other affairs, and
was appointed chief deputy county treasurer and
tax collector under Thomas Hughes in 1885.
In 1889 he was elected county treasurer and tax
collector, and held the positions for two terms.
In 1892 he was elected president of the Republi-
can league of Arizona. For eight years he ac-
ceptably filled the position of secretary of the
territorial board of equalization, and was chair-
man of the Pima county Republican committee
for the two years 1898-9. In Tucson he invested
heavily in real estate, which is still among his
numerous possessions in that line in different
parts of the territory.

In 1895 Mr. Heney disposed of the ranches
upon which his stock business was carried on,
and became interested in the mines of Arizona
and lands of the Gulf Coast of Texas, which
have since furnished such a gratifying source of
revenue. At the present time he owns the cop-
per mine in the Pima district, called Pandora,
which is by far the richest district in Arizona.
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throughout southern Arizona, and owns an in-
terest in a land grant in Softora, Mexico. In
1900 he became still further identified with Ari-
zona interests by purchasing the general mer-
chandise store, warehouses and business in Fair-
bank, which stock and concern have been
greatly increased, and now supply the many-
sided necessities of the dwellers of this flourish-
ing junction town and surrounding country.

In 1886 Mr. Heney married Erminia Roca, of
Tucson, and of this union there are three chil-
dren : Ruth, Ben, Jr., and Carlyle.

LOUIS E. DIVELBESS.

Louis E. Divelbess, postmaster of Holbrook,
and chairman of the board of supervisors of
Xavajo county, is a native of Steuben county,
Ind., born January 13, 1851. Upon arriv-
ing at man's estate he left home to seek
his livelihood in the west. In the autumn
of 1870 he stopped at Leavenworth county,
Kans., but in the following winter pro-
ceeded to Trego county, that state, where he
remained until May, 1872. His next place of
residence was Ottawa county, Kans. In Febru-
ary, 1875, he went to Santa Cruz county, Cal.,
where he devoted the next three years to lum-
bering and various other enterprises. From
1878 to 1880 he lived in Santa Clara county,
Cal., while in 1880 and 1881 he was a resident
of Bent county, Colo., and later, until 1884, was
engaged in merchandising at Liberty, N. M.

Entering the employ of the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad in the early part of 1884, Mr. Divel-
bess came to Holbrook and for twelve years re-
mained in charge of the pumping station at this
point. Having received the recognition of his
fellow-citizens as a patriot and sincere supporter
of local enterprises, he was honored with public
offices. Believing that the separation of the
present Navajo county from that of Apache
would prove of lasting benefit to this commu-
nity, he strongly advocated the measure, and at
last was made happy by witnessing the consum-
mation of the -plan. In 1896, at the first general
flection held in the newly created county, he
was elected one of its supervisors, receiving the
highest number of votes of any Republican
nominee.' During the three years of his service

as chairman of the board the substantial brick
courthouse and jail was built, and he gave per-
sonal attention to the work. In the fall of 1900,
so well satisfied was the public with his adminis-
tration of affairs that he was again elected to the
board of county supervisors, his term to be of
four years' duration. At this writing he is still
chairman of the board. In October, 1897, the
postmaster-general appointed him postmaster of
Holbrook, in which capacity he is giving
efficient service.

It is well known that Mr. Divelbess has been
one of the influential factors in the local ranks
of the Republican party, for though not a poli-
tician, in the usual sense of the term, he is an
earnest advocate of the policy of his party. The
cause of education finds in him a sincere friend,
and for years he has been connected with the
school board of Holbrook. Fraternally he is
identified with the local lodge of the Masonic
order, and at this writing is acting as its secre-
tary. He also belongs to the Winslow lodge of
the Elks.

In February, 1881, he married Mrs. Daisy C.
Stickney, who was born in St. Paul, Minn., and
at the time of her marriage was a resident of
Junction City, Kans., although their wedding
was solemnized in Las Animas, Bent county,
Colo. Born of that union were four children :
Louis Daniel, John Howell, Rebecca Pearl and
Henry Ezra. Mrs. Divelbess died at the family
residence in Holbrook August 22, 1893.

L. V. McCOURT.

Of Irish birth and ancestry, Mr. McCourt was
born in 1868, and is a fm of John and Margaret
McCourt, also born in Ireland. At the early age
of twelve years he emigrated to the United
States, and after visiting New York City. Buf-
falo and St. Louis, came to Fort Thomas, Ariz.,
where he accepted a clerkship with F. E. Mc-
Guinness, one of the post traders, for two and
a half years. A subsequent undertaking was
a general merchandise business at Solomon-
ville, and a later return to Fort Thomas, where
he purchased an interest in a mercantile con-
cern, and was associated therewith for two years.
While living at Solomonville.Mr. McCourt was
united in. marriage with Mary E. Leahey, of

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Kingston, Canada, and he was visited with a
great loss upon returning to Fort Thomas in the
death of his wife. He took all that was mortal of
his former comrade and helpmate back to her old
home in the east, and remained there for about
eight months.

In the meantime he had sold his interests at
Fort Thomas, and upon returning to Arizona
was employed by the Arizona Copper Company
as chief clerk at Clifton for a period covering
three years. While pursuing a later occupation
as traveling salesman for C. H. Fargo, of Chi-
cago, he had an opportunity to see considerable
of a hitherto unfamiliar part of the country, his
route including the greater part of Arizona,
New Mexico and Southern California. He then
resigned and became chief clerk for the John
H. Norton Company at Willcox for four years,
and, following a long-existing inclination, then
returned to the scene of his birth and boyhood
associations in Ireland. At the conclusion of
this visit he returned to Arizona and to his for-
mer position in Willcox, and after a few months
went into business for himself, in partnership
with Samuel J. Geddes, the mercantile business
being conducted under the firm name of Mc-
Court & Geddes.

In 1896 Mr. McCourt married Isabelle Lea-
hey. The first Mrs. McCourt left a daughter,
May, who is now being educated at a convent
in Las Cruces, N. M.

HON. CHARLES D. POSTON.

The first delegate to congress from Arizona
was C. D. Poston, a pioneer of the territory,
now residing in Phoenix. He was born in
Hardin county, Ky., April 20, 1825. When
twelve years of age he was left motherless. Soon
afterward he was placed in the county clerk's of-
fice, where he served an apprenticeship of seven
years. During the next three years he was in
the office of the supreme court of Tennessee, at
Nashville, where he also studied law and was
admitted to the bar. Upon the acquisition of
California he decided to seek a home in the west,
and received an appointment in the custom-
house at San Francipco. Upon the conclusion of
the treaty with Mexico for the purchase of Ari-
zona, he embarked with an exploring party of

perhaps thirty men, bent on exploring the new
possessions. After examining the territory, he
returned to California, and thence, via the isth-
mus, to New York, Kentucky and Washington,
where he spent a year in interesting capital in
the new territory.

With funds for opening silver mines, in 1856
Mr. Poston returned to Arizona, where he en-
gaged in developing mines for a New York-
company. Afterward he was transferred to the
New York office of the company. In 1863 he
was appointed superintendent of Indian affairs
for Arizona. When civil government was insti-
tuted in Arizona, he was elected the first dele-
gate to congress. At the conclusion of his term
he made a tour of Europe and visited the Paris
exposition of 1867, the results of his travels
being a little book called "Europe in Summer
Time." Returning to Washington, he resumed
the practice of law there. When the news of
the Burlingame Chinese embassy came over the
wire, it aroused an old ambition to see the
splendor and havoc of Asia, and, in company
with Ross Brown, an old friend, and the then
minister to China, he crossed the ocean, bear-
ing with him a commission from Mr. Seward to
visit Asia in the interests of immigration and
irrigation, also was commissioned bearer of dis-
patches from the Chinese embassy to the Em-
peror of China.

Before the inauguration of President Hayes,
Mr. Poston was appointed by President Grant
register of the United States land office of Ari-
zona, and he also served as consular agent at
Nogales, Mexico, and military agent at El Paso,
Tex. Five subsequent years were spent in
Washington, where he promoted the interests of
government irrigation, a measure that has pro-
duced more good results than any other enter-
prise since the construction of the Pacific Rail-
road. At one time he served as president of the
Arizona Historical Societv.

MAJOR L. \V. COGGINS.

Major Coggins was born in Lamoine, Me.,
January 15, 1869, a descendant of an old family
of that state. His father, Luther D., a native
of Maine, was a son of Capt. A. C. Coggins,
who engaged in the coasting trade and com-

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manded a vessel of his own. During the war
of 1812 the captain's services were so constant
and so persistent in the aid of the Americans
that the British set a price upon his head and
his life was in daily peril. Indeed, on one oc-
casion he narrowly escaped in time to save him-
self, but his vessel was lost. In early life Luther
D. Coggins was a sailor, but in 1874 he settled
in Greeley, Colo., where he engaged in the cat-
tle business for many years. In 1892 he came
to Arizona and accepted a position as foreman of
a lumber business in Phoenix. His wife bore
the maiden name of Mary C. Durfee, and was
born in Connecticut, being a daughter of Wil-
liam C. Durfee.

In the grammar and public schools of Greeley
our subject received his education. For a time
he was bookkeeper in a lumber yard, after which
he served as deputy county clerk and recorder
for three years. In January, 1892, he came to
Phoenix, and started a set of abstract books,
with Z. O. Brown. On the formation of the
Phoenix Title Guarantee & Abstract Company,
he was chosen vice-president, and still fills that
position. In 1898 the Republicans nominated
him to the office of county assessor, and he was
duly elected, taking the oath of office in Janu-
ary, 1899, to serve until January, 1901. He is
a member of the Woodmen of the World and
the Ancient Order of United Workmen. In
the Baptist Church he is president of the board
of trustees, has been chorister for years, and acts
as Sunday-school superintendent. His mar-
riage took place in Greeley, Colo., and united
him with Miss Sarah M. Mason, who was born
in Epworth, Iowa, and was reared in Greeley.
They have three children, Ruth M., May A.
and Ralph L.

May 19, 1893, Mr. Coggins enlisted in Com-
pany B, First Arizona Regiment, National
Guard. He was made sergeant November 16,
1893; commissioned first lieutenant October 18,
1894; captain, April n, 1896; but resigned
April 19, 1897, on account of lack of interest
shown by the legislature in the National Guard.
August II, 1898, he was commissioned major
and inspector of small-arms practice. In the
organization of the Arizona Society Sons of
the American Revolution he bore an active part
and is now officiating as one of the directors in

the same. His right to membership in this or-
ganization comes from his great-great-grand-
father, Sergeant Asa Lawrence, who was an offi-
cer in Joseph Cady's company, Eleventh Con-
necticut Regiment, and bore a part in the relief
of Boston and Lexington.

DAVID T. HIBBERT.

Many of the "waste places" of the west have
been made to "bloom and blossom as the rose"
through the efforts of the members of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This fact is admitted even by those who are at
variance with their religious belief. The per-
severance they have shown, under the most dis-
couraging surroundings, has won the admira-
tion of all. A notable example of their enter-
prise is the Mesa district, and the Mesa canal
might also be mentioned. Mr. Hibbert has
been associated with this particular locality for
the past twenty-two years, and is well known
here.

One of the eight children of John and Eliza-
beth (Davis) Hibbert, David T. was born in
Provo City, Utah, June 12, 1858. Four of the
family are now deceased ; the others are : David
T., John D., Elizabeth A., wife of C. S. Sellers,
a nurseryman of Mesa, and Daniel, of Mesa.
The father came from England in 1849, a°d tne
mother emigrated from the same country in
1855. For some time the former was employed
as a fireman on a Mississippi river steamboat,
after which he worked in lead mines near St.
Louis. In 1853 he went to Utah, and after liv-
ing in different parts of that state, settled in
Bear Lake Valley, Idaho, in April, 1863, where
he engaged in farming and stock-raising. In
1878, with his family, he removed to Mesa, his
present place of residence.

David T. Hibbert's childhood and youth were
passed in Utah and Idaho, and after acquiring
the rudiments of general knowledge in a private
subscription school, he attended Brigham
Young's Academy at Provo City, Utah. With
his parents and other relatives he came to Mesa.
Ever since his arrival he has devoted his atten-
tion to the improvement of his ranch and the
raising of live stock. He is an active member
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

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Saints, serves as assistant superintendent of the
Alma Sunday-school and as a member of the
council of the Ninetieth Quorum of the Seven-
ties. In politics he is a Republican.

By his marriage to Miss Delia C. Sirrine,
daughter of George W. Sirrine, of Mesa, Mr.
Hibbert has seven children, namely: David L.,
Maude E., George W. (deceased), Florence,
Alice I., Delia M., Esther A., and George W.
All are living except the third child, George W.,
who would have been ten years old at the pres-
ent time.

HULBERT B. CROUCH.

The fertile Salt River valley has few more
successful agriculturists than Mr. Crouch, and
few more enthusiastic advocates of its possibili-
ties and resources. Nor has any dweller within
reach of its abundant harvests and delightful
climate labored more faithfully in the unfolding
of the present prosperity. With the institutions
which are indigenous to this part of the country,
and the result of the peculiar soil and climatic
conditions he has had much to do. He has in-
terested himself in the question of irrigation and
xvater supply. The necessity for irrigation, the
only tangible fault to be found with a residence
here or in California, has been met in a partially
satisfactory manner by the exertions of men
like Mr. Crouch, who have given the subject
profound and long continued consideration. At
this writing he is president and a director of the
Leon Canal & Irrigation Company, and was one
of its organizers and incorporators.

The association of Mr. Crouch with the terri-
tory began in 1877, and has continued to the
present time. For several years he was located
in the vicinity of Prescott, in Skull valley, where
he engaged in the peaceful occupation of farm-
ing and cattle-raising. A later venture was in
Pleasant valley, where he turned his attention
exclusively to stock-raising. In 1893 he came
to Salt River valley and settled on the lower
south side of Salt river, eleven miles southwest
of Phoenix. He is one of the large land owners
of the vicinity, and is the possessor of over eight
hundred acres, five hundred of which comprise
the home ranch. Here is conducted general
fanning and stock-raising, the methods em-

ployed being on the most advanced and scientific
order.

The boyhood days of Mr. Crouch were spent
in his native St. Lawrence county, N. Y., where
lie was born May i, 1851. His parents, William
1>. and Martha (Ireland) Crouch, were natives
of New York state. The maternal grandfather
was a soldier in the war of 1812. When a child
of tender years Hulbert B. removed with his
parents from St. Lawrence county, N. Y., to
Oswego county, of the same state, where he
attained to years of discretion, and received a
good education in the public schools of the
county. When seventeen years of age he pre-
pared for future independence by learning the
painter's trade, in which he engaged for a num-
ber of years. In 1875 he changed his location
to the west, and located in Denver, Colo., going
later to Virginia City, Nev., and there remain-
ing until 1877, when he removed to Arizona.

Mrs. Crouch was formerly Mrs. Olive Bowers,
and her marriage with Mr. Crouch occurred in
1879. By her marriage with Mr. Bowers she
became the mother of four children, three of
whom are living: Mrs. Richard J. Hambrook,
of Phoenix, Ariz. ; Charles H., also of Arizona ;
and Edward F., who is living at home. To Mr.
and Mrs. Crouch have been born two daughters,
Ellen L. and Mary A. Mr. Crouch is a member
of the Republican party, and is interested in all
of the undertakings of that organization. Fra-
ternally he is associated with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.

GEORGE SCHERRER.

To the conduct of the various enterprises in
which he is interested in Cochise county, and of
which he has made a success, principally in the
line of stock-raising and mining, Mr. Scherrer
has brought the persevering and determined
traits of character which are the birthright of the
average German youth. He was born in Ger-
many December 30, 1854, and is a son of Frank
and Margaret (Schwab) Scherrer, also natives
of the fatherland, where eventually terminated
their useful and industrious lives. He received
a substantial home training, and was educated
in the public schools, and like most sons of
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while yet young. Armed with a knowledge of
tailoring, which he had learned at I'urg, he
started out to face the future in a new and un-
tried land, and upon immigrating to America
located in New Orleans, where he worked at his
trade. Upon going later to Wesson, Copiah
county, Miss., he became foreman for a few
months in a big shop, and then returned to New
Orleans. Subsequently he worked at his trade
for three years in Texas, spending two years at
Dallas, and one year at Fort Worth.

In Texas Mr. Scherrer became ambitious in
regard to the west, and purchased teams with
which he crossed the plains, arriving finally on
the Gila river at Fort Thomas, since which time
he has lived continuously in Arizona. As here-
tofore, a knowledge of tailoring was a conven-
ient acquisition, and he made the clothes of the
soldiers located at Forts Thomas and Grant.
Naturally he soon became imbued with the spirit
of mining, and prospected in the Dragoon
mountains, and in time owned interests in some
very valuable mining properties. Perhaps his
largest shares have been in the Peabody mine,
which originally sold for $350,000, later sold
for $10,000 to W. D. Hubbard, and was finally
abandoned. About a year ago there was a re-
newed interest in this mining proposition, the
merits of which were bound to come to the sur-
face, and which sold at the time for $75,000.
Things have since been booming in the old Pea-
body, and ore is being shipped by the thousands
of dollars' worth, the output in four months
alone bring $100,000. In connection with this
mine, about 1885, Mr. Scherrer helped to put in
a smelter, and for two years furnished the water
to operate the same. When the price of copper
went down six or seven cents the smelter no
longer seemed a remunerative addition to the
works, and was consequently removed to John-
son, the water being piped there from here. Mr.
Scherrer is also interested in the Republic,
Mammoth, Golden Shield, and Southern, all of
which are copper mines. Another possession,
the St. George copper mine, in which he had
one-third interest, has recently been disposed of
for $8,000, but he still owns the Mayflower, an
extension of the Republic.

In the line of stock-raising .Mr. Scherrer has
important interests. His life has not been de-
M

void of discouraging happenings, as has been
the experience of most early settlers of this
county, and there is nothing particularly exhil-
arating about having one's cattle appropriated
by Indian marauders. He had this experience
in 1878, at which time two horses were taken,
and the four other men which comprised the
neighborhood residents organized themselves
into a posse and started out in search of the
robbers. They came up with a company of sol-
diers and followed their eight government pack
mules over the Dragoon mountains, but never
succeeded in getting track of Indians or stock.
The soldiers, however, captured a few Indians,
which served as examples, and the robberies
were forthwith discontinued.

March n, 1890, Mr. Scherrer married Anna,
a daughter of John and Julia (Weise) Marta, of
St. Louis, Mo. To Mr. and Mrs. Scherrer have
been born three children : Anna, Harry and Al-
bert, who are attending school. Mr. Scherrer
is independent in politics, and believes in voting
for the best man. He has served as school trus-
tee for one term. With his wife and family he
is a member of the Catholic Church.

H. GERWIEN.

The peaceful, progressive and law-abiding
town of Benson is indebted to none of its citizens
in a greater degree than to Mr. Gerwien. An
expert contractor and builder, and fine cabinet-
maker, he has erected nearly all of the buildings
within the limits of the town, and the surround-
ing ranches and mining camps also have profited
by his skill in construction. But it is not alone
as a builder that Mr. Gerwien is known for
many miles around. His memory of Benson
goes back to the time when it was probably the
most lawless town on the map, and when eternal
vigilance was the watchword of the more orderly
citizens. As foreman of the grand jury five times,
and as a juryman on the United States jury on
several different occasions, he was thoroughly in
touch with the unruly condition of affairs, and
exerted an influence on the side of peaceful but
forceful administration. It is really remarkable
that through all these years, and while taking
part in most of the enterprises that have been
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a lawsuit, nor has he ever resorted to other than
the most kindly means of adjustment. During
his residence in Benson, the fluctuating fortunes
of the town have been carefully studied and con-
sidered ; he has watched men come and go ; he
has seen their enthusiasm rewarded, or their
fortunes vanish in a day. A profound student
of men and events, he has gauged his conduct
accordingly, and is everywhere known as an
optimist, and as a reliable member of an enter-
prising commonwealth. To-day the settlement
is as orderly and law-abiding as any in the re-
gion, and its location renders it not only a desir-
able place of residence, but also an excellent
point at which to start new enterprises.

In his native land of Prussia, Germany, Mr.
Gerwien received the substantial training ac-
corded the children of German parents. While
still a boy, he prepared for the future by learn-
ing the trade of a cabinetmaker, and he also be-
came familiar with carpentering. In 1864 he
came to America, and for four years lived in the
east. In 1868 he undertook a memorable jour-
ney across the plains, settling in San Francisco,
where he worked at his trade at first, and later
became president of a large furniture manufac-
turing company. On coming to Arizona in 1879
his first stop was at Casa Grande, then the ter-
minus of the Southern Pacific Railroad from the
west. By stage he continued his journey to
Tucson, where he secured a government con^
tract. By the time he had filled the contract
the railroad had been built through, and he came
to what is now Benson, erecting the first house
on the town site, and putting in a lumber yard
to facilitate future building enterprises. Since
then he has erected almost every building in
the place, and has become known throughout
the whole surrounding country.

The marriage of Mr. Gerwien took place in
1895, and of this union there is one daughter,
Gertrude, who is the pride and sunshine of the
home, and a child of remarkable beauty as well
as mental endowments. Mrs. Gerwien is fa
woman of amiable disposition and noble char-
acter, and is a worker in the Roman Catholic
Church. In politics Mr. Gerwien is a strict Re-
publican. Although not a seeker after positions,
he is now serving as a member of the school
board. However, as a rule, he refuses to neglect

his personal interests for local offices, and leaves
to others the manipulation of the political
wheels. Besides his other enterprises, he is
largely interested in mining in this part of the
county, and is a heavy owner of stock which
promises good returns for capital invested.

ADQLPH SCHUSTER.

The firm of A. & B. Schuster, general mer-
chants, have stores at Holbrook, St. Johns and
Fort Apache. Within a comparatively short
period these brothers have built up a large
wholesale business in Navajo and Apache coun-
ties and Northeastern Arizona, and year by year
they are greatly extending their business oper-
ations. Their enterprise and continuous efforts
to meet the demands of the public and their
strict integrity and reliability are among the
secrets of their success.

The birthplace of Adolph Schuster is in Ger-
many, where he was born February 24, 1862. He
immigrated to the United States twenty-two
years ago. Immediately proceeding to the west,
he lived at Santa Fe, N. M., about two years,
after which he was employed by B. Schuster &
Co. in business at El Paso, Tex., for some time,
then crossed the boundary into Old Mexico,
and was in charge of a large store in Chihuahua
for the same firm, remaining there until the
spring of 1885, he then came to Holbrook, and,
having entered into partnership with his brother
Benjamin, opened a general store in this then
infant town. Five years later they started a
branch establishment at St. Johns, county-seat
of Apache county, the senior member of the
firm taking charge of the same. In 1896 the
enterprising brothers embarked in another un-
dertaking, and since that time have been the
proprietors of the flourishing trading-post on
White river on the White mountain Apache In-
dian reservation. For the past thirteen years they
have been the forwarding agents for the interior
and the war departments, supplying Fort
Apache with necessary provisions for the sol-
diers Stationed there. A wholesale and retail
business is carried on at the main stores and
unquestionably the firm commands the major
portion of the local trade at the three points
mentioned.

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The brothers have made investments in many
directions, and are meeting with remarkable suc-
cess in every instance, having a good ranch on
the Little Colorado near St. Johns, where they
keep several thousand head of live stock, making
a specialty of sheep, and having an extensive
trade annually in wool and mutton. In Holbrook
they have built a number of structures, and at
the present time own two substantial store build-
ings and several warehouses. In politics they
are firm adherents to the Republican party, Ben-
jamin having been elected by his friends to the
important office of treasurer of Apache county
for two terms. In the local Masonic lodge our
subject is a -leading member, and is now serving
as its junior warden. He is looked upon, gen-
erally, as one of our most progressive citizens,
and numbers a host of friends both here and
elsewhere.

Adolph Schuster was married, in August,
1890, to Miss Hedwig Buchholz, a native of
Germany. They have four children, viz.: Rich-
ard P., Edna, Walter and Helen:

ZACHARY T. VAIL.

One of the finest cattle raising industries in
the territory is that which is owned and con-
ducted by Mr. Vail in the Santa Catalina moun-
tains. Although his interest in stock dates back
to 1883, it was not until 1892 that he seriously
planned devoting the rest of his life to this line
of occupation, at which time he came to Tucson
and purchased a ranch near the San Pedro river.
In time the increase in trade demanded more
land, and he came into possession of three other
ranches, also in the Catalina mountains. Though
residing in Tucson on South Fourth avenue, Mr.
Vail personally supervises all matters in connec-
tion with his business, and has been gratifyingly
successful.

In Saratoga county, N. Y., Mr. Vail was born,
July 15, 1849: his father, R. S., his mother Eliza
(Hunter) Vail, and his grandfather. Barney, were
also natives of Saratoga county, N. Y. The
father was a railroad man for many years, and
was connected with the Galena & Chicago (now
the Northwestern) railroad, with headquarters at
Elgin, 111., to which place he removed in Hie

early '505, and where he eventually died. His
wife was a daughter of James Hunter, who set-
tled in Elgin in 1849, and later died in his adopt-
ed town. Mrs. Vail, who died in Elgin, was the
mother of eight children, four now living.

Z. T. Vail was educated in the public schools
of Elgin. 111., and at the Elgin academy. In
1866 his father w?as a conductor on the Union
Pacific Railroad, and in 1867 he himself entered
railroad work as brakeman on the same road.
He was then baggageman from North Platte
west to Rawlins, and in 1869 went to California,
his run being between Oakland and Sacramento
on the Central Pacific. In 1874 he became yard-
master at Carson for the Virginia & Truckee
Railroad, remaining in the position for one year,
and then for a time had charge of the wharves
on the Pacific coast at Alameda. Between 1880
and 1886 he was with the Southern Pacific as a
conductor between Yuma and Deming, with
headquarters at Tucson, and at the expiration of
the service again returned to California and was
with the California Southern as a conductor, with
a run between Los Angeles and San Diego. In
1890 he went to Mexico and was a conductor for
the Mexican Central for one year, and then ran
between Fort Worth, Tex., and Texarkana, on
the Texas Pacific for six months, settling in Tuc-
son in 1892.

In Alameda, Alameda county, Cal., Mr. Vail
married Carrie Pendleton, who was born in St.
Joseph, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Vail have five chil-
dren: Maude Z., Robert W., George M., Thirza
J., and Hattie E. Mr. Vail is a Democrat in
politics, and has served as county supervisor for
two years. Fraternally he is associated with the
Woodmen of the World, with the Order of Rail-
road Conductors, and with the Ancient Order of
United Workmen.

WILLIAM E. BARRY.

Like many of the sons of other lands who
have come to settle in the midst of the promise
and prosperity of the Salt River valley, Mr.
Barry was first drawn to the far west by the
prospects of a comfortable competence from the
mines. Like many another who has followed
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has eventually renewed his allegiance to the
fields and nature's kindly soil, wherein one may
produce all things that are necessary for the
comfort and use of man.

A native of Westmoreland county, New
Brunswick, Mr. Barry was born March i, 1866,
and is a son of William and Catherine (Lane)
Barry, whose ancestors came from Ireland, and
who were born in New Brunswick. Through a
practically uneventful childhood their son
William was reared to an appreciation of the
usefulness of an agricultural life, and was edu-
cated in the district schools of his native county.
In 1890 he started out to face the responsibili-
ties of life, and in the distant territory of Mon-
tana engaged in mining for two years. In 1892
he took up his residence in Arizona, and in 1894
located on the ranch which has since been the
object of his successful care. The land com-
prises ninety acres, and is devoted to the man-
agement of a well-conducted dairy.

Mr. Barry was united in marriage with Lizzie
F. Hill, who was born in Kansas, and of this
union there have been born four children :
Mary F., Joseph H., Nannie, and Elizabeth R.
Mr. Barry is a progressive and enterprising citi-
zen as well as excellent dairyman, and is inter-
ested in many of the undertakings for the im-
provement of his locality. He is a believer in
the best possible educational methods, and is
now serving his second term as a clerk of the
board of trustees in his school district. In na-
tional politics he is affiliated with the Demo-
cratic party, but believes nevertheless in voting
for the man best qualified to hold the official
position. Fraternally he is associated with the
Knights of Pythias at Phoenix.

HON. FRANCIS H. HEREFORD.

One of the ablest lawyers practicing at the
Tucson bar; a man of sound judgment, manag-
ing his cases with masterly skill and tact; a log-
ical reasoner, possessing a ready command of
English, Mr. Hereford has a wide acquaintance
among the attorneys of Arizona. He is a west-
ern man by birth and training, and possesses the
progressive and enterprising spirit that domin-
ates this section of the country.

Mr. Hereford was born in Sacramento, Cal.,

November 21, 1861, a son of Hon. Benjamin H.
Hereford, for many years a prominent attorney
and business man of the west. The progenitor
of the Hereford family in America came from
England about two hundred and eighty-five
years ago, and settled in Virginia. Among the
ancestors of our subject was Col. -Jack Hereford,
who served with distinction as an officer in the
Revolutionary war. Other members of the
family were in the colonial and Indian wars.
Our subject's paternal grandfather, Francis
Henry Hereford, spent most of his life in the
Old Dominion, of which he was a native. There
the father grew to manhood, and studied law
under his brother, Francis H. Hereford, Jr., of
Union, W. Va. Later he crossed the plains with
ox teams, following the Santa Fe trail, and spent
about two years in Chihuahua, Mexico. In 1855
he went to Sacramento, Cal., where he engaged
in the practice of law two years, and subse-
quently followed the same pursuit in connection
with mining at Virginia City, Nev. Later he
removed to Hamilton, White Pine county, that
state, where he practiced' his profession and
served as county clerk. We next find him in
Pioche, Lincoln county, Nev., and from there
he removed to San Francisco, where he spent
one year.

Becoming a resident of Tucson, Ariz., in 1875,
B. H. Hereford continued to be attorney of the
city until called from this life in July, 1890, at
the age of sixty-one years. He served as dis-
trict attorney several terms, and was still hold-
ing that office at the time of his death. He was
also a member of both the territorial legislature
and council several terms, and was one of the
most popular and influential men of his com-
munity. He was generous almost to a fault, and
was held in high regard by a large circle of
friends and acquaintances on account of his
genuine worth. Fraternally he was a member
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In
early jnanhood he married Miss Mary Jewell,
who was born in southern Virginia, and
belonged to an old and honored family of that
state. She removed to California with her
parents, who were among the pioneers of the
Golden state, her father engaging in farming
seven miles from Sacramento. Mrs. Hereford
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only five years old. She was the mother of two
children, but the other died young.

During his childhood Francis H. Hereford
lived in Virginia City, Nev., and in 1869 entered
McClure's Academy at Oakland, Cal. Later he
attended the City College in San Francisco,
Santa Clara College and the University of
Pacific near San Jose. On leaving the latter
institution he came to Tucson, Ariz., in 1876,
and studied law for four months. He was then
employed in the mercantile establishment of
Lord & Williams for two years, at the end of
which time he went to Tombstone and was gen-
eral agent for several stage lines. He served as
deputy sheriff under John H. Behan for
eighteen months, and then went to Prescott to
become private secretary for his uncle, Gover-
nor Tritle. Eight months later he became
bookkeeper for the United Verde Copper Com-
pany, owned principally by his uncle, and held
that position eighteen months, when the mines
closed. Returning to Tucson he completed his
law studies under his father's direction, and was
admitted to the bar in 1886. He engaged in
practice alone for three years, and then formed
a partnership with his father, which connection
continued until the latter's death. The board of
county supervisors then appointed him to suc-
ceed his father as district attorney, he having
previously served as deputy under him. In the
fall of 1892 he was elected to that office on the
Democratic ticket, and served from the follow-
ing January until January, 1895, since which
time he has successfully engaged in private
practice. He is also interested in mining
throughout the southern portion of this terri-
tory, and owns several ranches, including the
Babo Qui Vari, a large ranch forty miles south-
west of Tucson. He has considerable city
property here and in other places, and is inter-
ested in a number of different enterprises, which
have done much to promote the welfare of
Tucson.

As a Democrat Mr. Hereford has taken a
very active and prominent part in political
affairs; has served as secretary and chairman of
the county central committee, of which he has
been a member several times; and has also been
a member of the territorial committee. In 1891
he was elected member of the territorial constitu-

tional convention from Pima county, and took
an active part in its work. He is a member of
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Spanish
Alliance, the Owl Club, and the Territorial Bar
Association. He is emphatically a man of enter-
prise, positive character, indomitable energy and
liberal views, and is thoroughly identified in
thought and feeling with the growth and pros-
perity of his adopted city and territory.

JOSE MIGUEL CASTANEDA.

The conditions of the great west in the early
days, and even up to the present time, have de-
veloped among its residents a strong, fearless
and picturesque personality, with the freedom of
the great plains in mind and action, and possess-
ing a spirit of adventure, reckless daring and
unbounded good fellowship. The frontiersman
has been a benefactor in opening up the great
mineral and agricultural resources of the west.
In this connection the history of the west has
shown no frontiersman more typical of locality
and race than Jose M. Castaiieda, a successful
miner, land owner, and proprietor of the Vir-
ginia Hotel at Benson.

Though now living a comparatively peaceful
and uneventful life, to which his past activity
justly entitles him, Mr. Castaiieda has passed
through experiences which would be a credit-
able addition to the adventures narrated by
Cooper, and worthy to be read by future genera-
tions. His early years were spent at Chihuahua,
Mexico, where he was born March 18, 1836.
When but a youth his life was diverted from its
anticipated channel by the death of his parents,
J. M. and Rayo Castaneda, who were of Spanish
birth. His grandparents were subjects of the
Spanish crown, and upon emigrating to America
at a very early day, settled in the Sierra Madre
country, where the grandfather engaged in min-
ing, and discovered the rich Santa Juliana mine,
one of the most celebrated in the Jesus Maria
district.

In Chihuahua lived Ben Riddles, the Ameri-
can consul, who had married the widow of an
uncle of our subject. John Able, a partner of
Mr. Riddles in the general mercantile business,
in 1855, had charge of an expedition to Cali-

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fornia which was composed of one hundred men,
ten thousand sheep, fifty head of cattle, and five
wagons with provisions. Jose Castaneda accom-
panied this expedition in the capacity of master
of ceremonies of the commissary department.
The journey was for him a never-to-be-forgotten
one. Arriving in Arizona, they camped for
about six weeks sixty miles southeast of Bisbee.
upon land now owned by John Slaughter, and
best known as the San Bernardino ranch. From
the first they were disturbed by the encroach-
ments of the Indians, who appeared in camp one
day with their chief, Miguel Manjas Coloradas,
and evinced every indication of friendliness.
There were about three hundred of them, men.
women and children, and their principal desire
was powder. The campers gave them clothes
and ten sheep. The next day they had a feast
in the camp, after which they departed in a sup-
posedly good frame of mind. At the end of a
week twenty-five young bucks and two chiefs
appeared with a revived appetite for mutton, and
upon receiving only two sheep were highly dis-
pleased. Two days later, when the sheep were
found in a near-by canon poisoned, the campers
knew something was wrong, and began to look
for trouble. At daylight one morning, about
two weeks later, when Mr. Castaneda was on
picket duty, five Indians sneaked into the corral,
jumped on the horses, stampeded the flock, and
drove them about ten miles distant. The alarm
being given by the picket, the camp started in
pursuit and regained all the sheep, their loss be-
ing confined to the five horses, which the red-
skins rode away. After that . experience they
proceeded to Santa Cruz, where they found a
white settlement south of Tucson, thence went
to Yuma, where they crossed the river by ferry,
driving the sheep before them. The line was
crossed at Santa Cruz, west of Yuma, and upon
arriving at Carrio creek they lost one thousand
sheep, which were poisoned by an herb growing
on the banks of the stream. They reached Los
Angeles with eight thousand and five hundred
sheep, some of which were disposed of at from $8
to $10 in that city, the price in Chihuahua having
been fifty cents a head. They also sold all wag-
ons, horses and mules that were not needed for
the return trip. The three thousand remaining
sheep were taken to San Francisco and sold at

a good figure. However, being passionately
fond of gambling, John Able risked and lost all
he had made, and returned to Mexico no better
off than when he left.

Remaining in Los Angeles, J. M. Castaneda
was for six years connected with a large mer-
cantile business. Next he was foreman for Abel
Stearns, with headquarters at Alamitos ranch,
near Los Angeles, where he remained for two
years. He then started a large mercantile busi-
ness at San Juan Capistrano, in California, and
until 1860 was fairly successful as a trader in
cattle, horses and hides. The next year he came
to La Paz on the Colorado river, where he
opened up business and helped to build the lit-
tle town. He also engaged in business at Tubac,
seven miles from Calabasas, his chief customers
being the soldiers from the fort. After nine
months he was obliged to leave on account of ill
health. Locating in Tucson, he, in partnership
with Henry Lavine, purchased for $10,000 what
is now the Orendorf hotel, and for eighteen
months they engaged in the manufacture of
beer. However, owing to continued ill-health,
he was obliged to abandon this enterprise, and,
selling his interest, he returned to La Paz,
where he carried on a general mercantile busi-
ness for two years. In the early spring an over-
flow of the Colorado river drowned out the
town, so he was forced to seek other quarters.
Later he was interested in building up the town
of Ehrenberg, and while there married Amparo
Arvizo, of Sonora, Mexico. His next place of
residence was at the McCracken mine, where
he carried on a store for three years. Going to
Phoenix, he was engaged in merchandising. A
like venture was equally successful at the Con-
tention mills for one and one-half years. Then
he moved to Fairbank, Ariz., where he was a
partner of J. Goldwater and Joe Guindani, later
taking charge of a wholesale and retail business
the firm started in Bisbee.

An experience with robbers while in Bisbee
dampened whatever ardor and enthusiasm Mr.
Castaneda might have had for a residence in
that town. In 1885 Red Tack and his gang en-
tered the store, where Mr. Castaneda was lying
ill on a bed in the rear of the building. One of
the men, whom he knew, held two pistols to his
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from under the pillow. Mr. Goldwater was then
forced to open the safe, from which the robbers
took $500 in gold and $200 in silver. They car-
ried off an old Spanish coin marked with the
initials of Mr. Castaneda, and this was found in
the possession of one of the robbers when he
was later captured. It was fortunate that the
robbery occurred when it did, as ten minutes
later the stage arrived with $18,000 in cash, with
which the firm was to honor the checks of the
employes of the Copper Queen mine. This
gang was one of the worst that ever terrorized
a mining locality, and there was universal relief
when its members were executed in Tombstone.
Their leader, on the day he was to depart for
Yuma, was taken in hand and lynched by an in-
furiated mob. Mr. Castaneda remained for ten
years in Bisbee, and finally left because of a dev-
astating fire which destroyed his store and con-
tents, causing a loss of $85,000. In 1890 he pur-
chased the Virginia hotel in Benson, which he
operates. In 1894 he embarked in the mercan-
tile business here, and this he still conducts, the
active management of the store being in the
hands of his eldest son, M. F. Castaneda. He
also owns a store originally belonging to his
partner, Mr. Goldwater, besides some lots in
Benson and one hundred and sixty acres adjoin-
ing the town. The hotel is the best in town,
and is conducted on wholesome and up-to-date
lines. The rates are $2.50 a day, the service ex-
cellent, and the house well patronized.

Although a Republican in politics, Mr. Casta-
neda has never been active in public affairs ;
and, having always lived under territorial gov-
ernment, has not yet had the privilege of voting
for a president of the United States. Himself
and family are members of the Roman Catholic
Church. Fraternally he is associated with the
Workmen in New Mexico and Arizona, and is a
charter member of Tombstone Lodge No. 3.
He and his wife had ten children : Miguel, Ed-
ward, Rudolph, Josephine, Henry, Ida, Carlos,
Aurelia, Alphonso and Louis, the latter of whom
died at Tombstone. The children have had the
benefit of good educations. The two eldest
sons are graduates of San Miguel College, at
Santa Fe, N. M.; Josephine is a graduate of the
Sisters of Mercy College, Phoenix, Ariz. ; Ru-
dolph and Henry will graduate in the class of

1901 from the Arizona University at Tucson ;
Ida is now a student in the Sisters of Mercy Col-
lege at Phoenix ; and Carlos, Aurelia and Al-
phonso attend the public school in Benson.

W. Y. PRICE.

The shade-embowered town of Florence, sit-
uated in the heart of a magnificent section of
grazing country, and within a half mile of the
Gila river, numbers among its favorite citizens
and best business men one who has made a name
for himself in various directions of activity. As
a former treasurer of Final county, as mer-
chant, stockman, owner of country and city
lands, and promoter of the best interests of the
town, Mr. Price is appreciated as one of the
principal factors of growth in this portion of
Arizona.

A native of Independence, Jackson county,
Mo., Mr. Price was born March 7, 1862. As
early as thirteen years of age he left Missouri
and gradually drifted* toward the far west. Hav-
ing worked at different occupations until 1884,
in Kansas and Missouri as well as the further
west, he was then enabled to purchase cattle and
a ranch at Picacho, on the Southern Pacific Rail-
road in Arizona, where he was extensively en-
gaged in raising live stock for five years. In
1889 he entered the meat business in Florence
and continued the same for several years, also
was interested in contracting, and in this ca-
pacity helped to build the Gila Bend canal in
1881-82. In 1896 he purchased the Kenilworth
ranch, comprising one thousand and seven hun-
dred acres, and to this he has added from time
to time until his holdings aggregate two thou-
sand acres. Kenilworth ranch is situated about
seven miles southwest of Florence, the county
seat of Final county, and is devoted almost ex-
clusively to raising alfalfa and feeding cattle.
Those who are familiar with the agricultural
conditions in Arizona state that the ranch has
no superior in the territory.

Since the purchase of the ranch Mr. Price has
devoted a great deal of his time to the raising of
cattle, which he ships to the Pacific coast, this
having proved a profitable venture. March 20,
1901, Mr. Price succeeded W. H. Benson as
superintendent of Casa Grande Valley Canal

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Company and the company's lands contiguous
to canals. Another of Mr. Price's undertakings
is in the mercantile business, as a member of
the firm of Shields & Price, which was incor-
porated in 1897. His partner, F. Shields, is also
familiar with the conditions of the west, having
for years been a ranchman. The firm have the
largest general merchandise store in the town
and carry an excellent line of goods. In addi-
tion, they are engaged in the cattle business,
also do considerable freighting, and incidentally
deal in hay, grain and general farm produce.

A stanch member of the Democratic party,
Mr. Price has been prominent in local affairs.
In 1898 he was elected treasurer of Pinal county,
which office he satisfactorily filled for one term
of two years. Fraternally he is a member of
Gila Valley Lodge No. 9, F. & A. M., and the
Ancient Order of United Workmen at Flor-
ence. He has great faith in the return of his
adopted town to its old position of thrift and
enterprise, and to substantiate that faith has pur-
chased real estate in Florence. In addition, he
owns property in Tucson and other points in the
territory. With very little assistance save that
of his own courage and natural energy he has
accumulated a competence in his business enter-
prises, and in so doing has also maintained the
esteem of all who know him.

JACK NIELSEN.

Jack Nielsen, the efficient superintendent of
the warehouses of the Phoenix Short Line, was
born in Tondern, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,
on the 27th of October, 1871, and is the sixth in
order of birth in a family of eight children, five
of whom are now living, three being residents of
Denmark, while Andrew makes his home in
New York City. The parents were Hans and
Mary (Engle) Nielsen. The father was born in
Denmark, and is now engaged in farming in
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where the birth
of the mother occurred. She died at an
early age. Her father, Louis Engle, was a
farmer of Schleswig-Holstein.

Mr. Nielsen was reared on a farm and edu-
cated in the public schools of his native land.
In 1886 he came to America and attended a pri-
vate school in New York City for about a year.

During the following two years he worked in
Brooklyn, and for seven years was employed at
Great Neck Grove, Long Island. On first com-
ing to Phoenix in 1894 he was engaged in the
grocery business one year, and in 1895 became
connected with the Phoenix Short Line, being
employed in the yards for three years, at the
end of which time he was made superintendent
of the warehouses at Phoenix. That responsi-
ble position he has since filled in a most capable
and satisfactory manner, and has the entire con-
fidence and respect of the company. He is
upright and reliable, and his pleasant, genial
manner makes him many friends. In political
sentiment he is a Democrat. Mr. Nielsen was
married in New York to Miss Viola Wreed, who
was born in that city of German parentage, and
they have one child, Lila.

WILLIAM BACON.

The most enterprising and progressive of the
dwellers in the Salt River valley have a worthy
representative in Mr. Bacon, who is carrying on
large stock-raising enterprises in the vicinity of
Phoenix. A native of Little Rock, Ark., he was
born June 6, 1856, and is a son of William and
Parmclia Bacon, who claimed Missouri as their
native state. In the fall of 1859 the father re-
moved with his family to Arizona, and resided
at Tucson until the fall of 1861, when he settled
in Mariposa county, Cal. There he was inter-
ested in general farming for a number of years,
and later went to Fresno county, where he died
in 1885. He was an industrious and successful
man, and was one of the early settlers of both
Tucson and the part of California in which he
lived.

William Bacon followed the fortunes of his
parents from Arkansas to California, and aside
from receiving the training which fitted him for
the future occupation of farming and stock-rais-
ing, he qualified for general business life by dili-
gently studying at the public schools. After
leaving the paternal roof and starting out in the
world to shift for himself he farmed for several
years in Fresno county, Cal., and was fairly
successful as a general farmer and stock-raiser.
His permanent association with Arizona began
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son valley, Yavapai county, and continued his
occupation of farming and stock-raising, and
also did considerable teaming. His next field of
effort was in Cochise county, Ariz., where he de-
voted himself principally to the raising of horses
and cattle, and later for a number of years lived
at Wickenburg, and at the Vulture mine. In the
fall of 1899 he came to the Salt River valley and
settled on the ranch which has since been his
home.

Mrs. Bacon was formerly Mary Poque, a na-
tive of Nevada, and of Scotch extraction. To
Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have been born six chil-
dren : James E. ; Sadie P., who is the wife of
Arthur Heath, of the Salt River valley; Mattie
L., who is married to William J. Roarke, also
living in the valley; Laura M.; William, and
Frank E. In politics Mr. Bacon has been quite
prominent, and while residing in Wickenburg
served as a trustee of the school district. He
is commendably interested in all that pertains to
the upbuilding of his locality, and his advice is
always on the side of progress.

JUDGE JOHN M. MURPHY.

The name of this .gentleman has been associ-
ated with Arizona about three decades, as he
first came to this territory in 1871, and from
that time to the present has been actively con-
nected .with the development of its mineral re-
sources, at the same time continuing in legal
practice. For eighteen years he has made his
home in Kingman, whose prosperity he has lost
no opportunity for advancing since he became
a permanent resident of the thriving little city.

Accompanying his parents from Ireland to
America in his childhood, Judge Murpny lived
with them in Canada, later in New York state,
and in 1850 came with them to the west, settling
in San Francisco, where he attended school. Be-
ing an apt student and ambitious, he concluded
to enter the legal profession, and for some time
pursued his researches along this line_ in the
office of Sharp & McDougal, of San Francisco.
Later he completed his studies in Nevada and
was admitted to the bar in 1868. During the
next three years he was engaged in practice at
Pioche, Nev., and by strict attention to the in-
terests of his clients, built up a good business.

Thirty years ago he came to Arizona, and until
1876 dwelt in Chloride and Mineral Park and
that district. Then, returning to California, he
practiced law and engaged in mining in Inyo
county for a short time. In the fall of 1876 he
went to Deadwood, S. D., where he became a
part owner in the famous Caledonia mine, and
also had other mining interests. Finally, dispos-
ing of these, he devoted himself more ex-
clusively to his profession, and it was not until
he had lived in Deadwood four years that he
decided to return to Arizona, then coming into
prominence as a producer of mineral wealth.
For years he has made a special study of the
laws pertaining to mines and mining, and long
has been considered an authority in matters per-
taining to this subject.

With a deep interest in mines that has never
(lagged, he has been a prospector and developer
of several paying mines. At present he is the
owner of the Pay Roll mine at Chloride, on
which, under his direction, the amount of $40,-
ooo has been expended in development work.
The Twins and Blue Lode mines, two of the
best in the Cerbat district, were developed by
him largely, and their value is shown by the
official reports, the average yield being $40 in
gold, silver and lead to each ton of ore extracted.

The year 1880 was an eventful one to Judge
Murphy, as it not only witnessed his marriage
to Mrs. Mary O'Connell, of Amador county,
Cal., but also his permanent settlement in Ari-
zona. Becoming a resident of Tombstone, he
soon identified himself with several mining com-
panies of that district, also being attorney for
the Contention Mining Company and a number
of other local firms. In 1883 he came to King-
man, where he now owns several valuable lots
and houses. Here, as formerly, he has devoted
his chief attention to mining law, and has been
the attorney for several representative mining
companies of this region. In 1885 Governor
Tritle appointed him judge of the county court
of Mohave county, which position he filled for
two years. In 1886 he was honored by election
as district attorney, and after an interval of two
years, between 1888 and 1890, he was re-elected
to that responsible position. In 1898 he was
elected to the territorial legislature and repre-
sented Mohave county in the council, where he

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distinguished himself by drawing up and secur-
ing the passage of the present territorial mining
law. By both mining experts and the legal fra-
ternity this law is regarded as one of the most
perfect in existence in the United States, and its
enactment has accomplished much toward plac-
ing the great business of mining on a safe basis.
From early manhood Judge Murphy has been
a stanch Democrat, and for fully fifteen years
served as chairman of the central Democratic
committee of Mohave county. He was chair-
man of the senatorial committee, and held
a similar position in the committee on mines and
mining, besides being a member of the judiciary
committee in the council, in the twentieth terri-
torial legislature. He is regarded as one of the
leading residents of Kingman, where, for years
past, he has done everything in his power to ad-
vance local prosperity.

ANDREW J. HOUSTON.

The association of Mr. Houston with the ter-
ritory of Arizona began in 1876, but after a short
time he returned to his former home in Cali-
fornia. In 1878 he again took up his residence
in this region and has since carried on farming
and stock-raising enterprises with a gratifying
degree of success.

When two years of age Mr. Houston was taken
from his native state of Arkansas, where he was
born March 15, 1858, to California, his family
crossing the plains in a train of emigrants with
ox and mule-teams. The journey was replete
with adventure and even danger, and consumed
nearly six months. The long journey termi-
nated at Placerville, Cal., where they remained
for a short time, and subsequently removed to
Visalia, Tulare county, where they were among
the very early settlers. The father of Mr. Hous-
ton, James by name, is a native of Tennessee,
and is related to the famous General Sam Hous-
ton, of Texas. The mother, formerly Fannie
Black, was born in Arkansas. The parents are
still living in Tulare county, Cal., where they
have been very successful as farmers and stock-
raisers, and prominent as industrious and
worthy citizens. At the present time they are
retired from active affairs, and are aged respect-
ively ninety and eighty years.

In the public schools of Visalia Andrew J.
Houston received a good education, which was
supplemented by attendance at the normal
school of the same town. His permanent de-
parture from home was in 1878, when he came
to Arizona, and for many years was an extensive
cattle-raiser in the Salt River valley. He home-
steaded one hundred and sixty acres of land
from the government, which was, as may well be
imagined, in a very barren and unpromising
state, but which has been made to produce in a
satisfactory manner, and to repay the untiring
patience and hard work of the owner. The farm
is located five miles southwest of Mesa, and is
one of the improved and valuable estates in the
neighborhood.

For his first wife Mr. Houston married
Mamie Fuller, who became the mother of one
son, Celeste, now deceased. In after years Mr.
Houston was united in marriage with Janie Bir-
chett, a daughter of Joseph S. Birchett, superin-
tendent of the Tempe canal. Of this union there
is one son, Kenneth. Mr. Houston is a Demo-
crat in national politics, and is fraternally asso-
ciated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, and with the Woodmen of the World. He
is one of the early settlers of the valley to whom
the present prosperity is in a degree due, and
he is esteemed for his many excellent traits as
friend and citizen.

JOHN T. HUGHES.

Though not one of the earliest settlers in the
Salt River valley, Mr. Hughes has contributed
his share towards the development of the re-
sources of this wonderful part of the country.
His association with the Riverside district, where
his ranch is located, seven and a half miles from
Phoenix, began in 1888, and he has since been
gratifyingly successful in the various interests
that have engaged his attention. Mr. Hughes
came to Arizona in 1882, and for a few years
followed his trade of blacksmithing in Phoenix.
He then spent two years in the Gila valley, suc-
cessfully engaged in the raising of cattle. His
ranch contains one hundred and sixty acres of
land, and has developed into a remunerative
venture, through the unceasing toil of its owner.

A native of New York state, Mr. Hughes was

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born in St. Lawrence county, December n,
1855, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Williamson) Hughes, who were born in Ire-
land, and upon coming to the United States
settled in St. Lawrence county. The early life
of their son was spent on the home farm, where
he was trained to an appreciation of the dignity
and usefulness of an agricultural life. In the dis-
trict schools he received a good education, and
later learned much from observation and read-
ing. As a preparation for the necessities of the
future he learned the blacksmith's trade at
Madrid, N. Y., and after serving the 'apprentice-
ship, engaged in blacksmithing in Madrid for
about ten years.

The general enterprise and good fellowship
of Mr. Hughes have been many times manifest,
and his interest in the general welfare of the
community is never questioned. A Democrat
in politics, he is yet liberal minded as to the
politics of the administration, and believes in
voting for the man best qualified to fill the posi-
tion. At present he is a member of the school
board of Riverside district No. 2, and is serving
his second term as member and clerk of the
board of trustees. He was united in marriage
with Ellen V. Nowland, a native of Franklin
county, N. Y., and of this union there are five
children, viz : George L., Henry B., John H.,
Julia E., and Bertha J. The family are members
of the Catholic Church.

GEORGE J. SMITH.

An enthusiastic developer of the resources of
Maricopa county, Mr. Smith represents the
most advanced element among the agricultur-
ists of the Salt River valley. Of Scotch extrac-
tion on the paternal side, and German maternal
ancestry, Mr. Smith was born in Bates county,
Mo., November 24, 1837. His parents, Enos
and Arvilla (Miller) Smith, were born respec-
tively in Virginia and New York, and were very
early settlers in Bates county. On his father's
farm George J. was reared to farming pursuits,
which satisfying and peaceful occupation has en-
gaged the greater part of his life. The education
of the public schools was the stepping stone for
continued reading and research in later life, so
that today Mr. Smith is an unusually well-in-

formed man. In 1860 he was united in marriage
in Missouri with Emma Heyley, of Bates
county, and of this union there is one daughter,
Mary J., who is now the wife of George W.
Sears, of Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Smith died in
1877.

During the Civil war Mr. Smith was a cour-
ageous soldier in the Confederate army, and
during the four years of his service was engaged
in some of the important battles of the war. In
addition to many minor skirmishes, he was in
the battle of Little Rock, Ark., Helena, Ark.,
and Camclen, of the same state; also Westport,
Mo. In Bates county, Mo., he was taken
prisoner, and for ten months, lacking four days,
was confined in three different federal prisons.
After the restoration of peace Mr. Smith sought
a new field of endeavor, and in Denton county,
Tex., carried on large farming and stock-raising
interests until the fall of 1870. At this time he
returned to Bates county, Mo., and remained
until the spring of 1875. Still in search of an
improved and permanently satisfactory location,
he traveled to the far west, and in Los Angeles
county, Cal., continued his former occupation of
farming and stock raising until 1879.

Upon coming to Arizona in 1879, Mr. Smith
still continued his business of farming, and in
1880 settled on the ranch which has since been
the field for his unceasing toil. Upon the
seventy-two acres now in his possession he car-
ries on stock-raising and a dairy enterprise and
has been gratifyingly successful in the manage-
ment of both interests. In 1880 occurred the
marriage of Mr. Smith and Mrs. Edna Morrell,
nee Teel, the widow of William Morrell, one of
the very early settlers of Salt River valley. She
is a native of Illinois, and a daughter of Peter
and Sarah (Brooks) Teel, who removed to Texas
when their daughter was four years old, and sub-
sequently drifted to Arizona in 1870. By her
marriage to Mr. Morrell she became the mother
of eight children, seven of whom are living:
Emma, the wife of W. L. Teel ; Julia C., who is
married to Joseph Wilson; Lindsay B.; Mat-
thew R. ; Laura F. (deceased) ; Ada, the wife of
I. P. Silliman; William B., and Sarah A. To
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been born two
children, Perley E. and Ernest T.

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with the best and most substantial growth of his
locality. For a number of years he served as a
trustee of his school district, and was one of the
organizers of the district. A Democrat in poli-
tics, he is an ardent upholder of the principles
and issues of his party. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
are recognized as valuable acquisitions to the
social life of their home district, and in the reli-
gious world exert a wide influence for moral
growth. In the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, they have been interested workers and
generous subscribers, and were largely indenti-
fied with the organization and erection of the
Bethel Church, which is situated on a portion of
Mr. Smith's land. For years he has been a stew-
ard in the church, and is foremost in all of its
efforts towards the general good. His home is
the scene of good fellowship and kindly hospital-
ity, and the genial members of the family have
hosts of friends among the residents of the sur-
rounding country.

EDWARD E. JONES.

For more than a score of years the subject of
this sketch has been a resident of Lehi precinct,
in the Salt River valley, and in many ways has
been instrumental in promoting the develop-
ment of this region's resources. Among his
neighbors and acquaintances he bears an envi-
able record as an upright and patriotic citizen,
loyally upholding law and order.

A native of Montgomeryshire, Wales, Edward
E. Jones was born May 15, 1842, and with his
parents, Edward and Mary (Evans) Jones, immi-
grated to the United States in 1856. He was
reared to manhood in Johnson county, Iowa,
and in March, 1864, went to Central City, Colo.,
where he was engaged in mining until the
autumn of the following year. For the next
twelve years he lived in Utah, in the meantime
engaging in mining and lumbering, and also
assisting in the construction of the local branch
of the Union Pacific Railroad.

In the summer of 1877 E. E. Jones came to
Arizona and spent a year and a half in Mojave
and vicinity. He became a permanent settler
of the Salt River valley in the spring of 1879.
Pre-empting eighty acres of government land,
entirely unimproved, he proceeded to cultivate

the place and soon had everything in a fine con-
dition. He now owns ninety acres of well-tilled
land provided with substantial farm buildings, a
thrifty orchard and other accessories to a model
country home.

Since 1880 Mr. Jones has been a director in
the Utah Irrigating Canal Company and now is
serving his second year as president of the
board of directors. Of this very important en-
terprise he has been a leading spirit for years,
much of the time as an official, he having been
secretary of the board for some time. For one
term he served as a justice of the peace and he
also has been one of the trustees of the school
district No. 10. A typical western pioneer, he
has experienced the hardships and privations
which are the lot of the forerunner of civiliza-
tion, and yet has been noted at all times for his
pluck and perseverance in his undertakings. In
political affairs he uses his influence in behalf
of the Democratic party.

While an early resident of Utah, Mr. Jones
married Catherine Vaughan, likewise a native
of Wrales, and the two children born to them are
deceased. The present wife of our subject,
formerly Letitia Wheatley, was born in Eng-
land, and by her marriage became the mother of
ten children, namely : Edward W., David H.,
Letitia R. (deceased), Caroline M., Levina J.,
Clarence, Thatcher, Enos, Oren D. and Wil-
ford. The family is connected with the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Mr.
Jones now occupies the office of first counsellor
to the bishop, S. C. Sorenson, of Lehi Ward,
Maricopa Stake.

ALEXANDER BROTHERS.

Fort Thomas has no citizens more highly re-
spected and enterprising than A. C. and John
L. Alexander, who are associated in a number
of important undertakings and are meeting with
marked success. They are pre-eminently self-
made men, having come to this territory only
fifteen years ago, without means, and in the in-
tervening period have become wealthy and influ-
ential.

Born in Indianapolis, Ind.. A. C. in 1862, and
J. L. in 1864, the brothers grew to manhood in
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ceived good educational advantages. With faith
in Arizona, they came to this territory in 1886,
and after clerking for two years at Fort Thomas,
embarked in business on their own account, for
they had been carefully husbanding their re-
sources with this end in view. On a small scale
they entered the field, and gradually added to
their stock of goods, until today they carry a
splendid line of general merchandise, hardware,
farm implements and supplies for miners, farmers
and stock dealers. The present commodious store,
which was erected by the firm, is 40x120 feet in
dimensions, and every foot of space is taxed to
its utmost. After the completion of the railroad
the firm commenced doing a wholesale business
as well, and now handle an immense trade.
Branch stores at Geronimo, Spenazuma, Globe
and Black Rock are also maintained.

Two fine ranches, comprising four hundred
and eighty acres, are owned by the brothers, both
tracts of land being thoroughly irrigated by pri-
vate ditches and canals. In Graham county they
have upwards of six hundred cattle. Among
their possessions are two hundred acres near Fort
Thomas, known as the Indian Hot Springs.
There they have erected a good hotel, with ac-
commodations for twenty-five guests. The waters
of the springs have been found beneficial for
many of the ills to which flesh is heir, such as
rheumatism, blood and skin diseases, stomach
and other troubles. The grounds surrounding
the hotel are beautiful. Provisions are made
for lawn tennis, croquet and other outdoor games
and a crystal-clear lake affords fine boating op-
portunities. A regular stage traverses the five-
mile road between the hotel and Fort Thomas
daily, and thus the mails arrive without delay.
The wonderful curative properties of these hot
springs (the water of which varies from no to
140 degrees) is becoming widely known through-
out the west, and the bathrooms and plunge are
well planned. The hot water is piped into the
hotel and every facility for deriving advantage
from it is given to guests. In the spring of 1901
a large addition was built to the hotel, with facil-
ities for accommodating sixty persons.

Among the other interests of the brothers may
be mentioned a group of mining claims, well de-
veloped, and situated in the Mount Turnbull
district, about fifteen miles from Fort Thomas.

In these claims both gold and copper have been
found. Politically the brothers are stanch Repub-
licans, but have never aspired to official dis-
tinction. They are charter members of Globe
Lodge No. 489, F. & A. M. Reared in the faith
of the Presbyterian Church, they adhere to its
tenets. All worthy religious and charitable or-
ganizations meet with their assistance or ap-
proval.

A. C. Alexander was married in 1880 and has
three sons, Charles, Albert and William, of whom
the two elder are students in the Arizona Uni-
versity at Tucson. J. L. Alexander was married
in 1896, and has two daughters, Grace and Bes-
sie. The brothers have beautiful residences at
Fort Thomas and take great pride in the beauti-
fying of their homes.

GEORGE ULMER COLLINS.

The early pioneer days of the Salt River val-
ley knew no more enthusiastic developer of its
resources than Mr. Collins, who came from the
east as early as 1875, and with a large fund of
general business and other experience, coupled
his energies with the promising conditions of
Arizona. Within his memory of this part of the
country there have been great and startling
changes, in which he himself has taken a con-
spicuous part. At the present time he is one of
the largest cattle-raisers in the valley. His
ranch, four and one-half miles southwest of
Phoenix, comprises eleven hundred and twenty
acres, some of which lies parallel with the banks
of the Salt river. On the place is a well 60x100
feet and twenty-nine feet deep, which is the larg-
est well in the territory, and was built at a cost
of $12,000. By means of a steam engine, a per-
petual flow of five hundred miners' inches may
be raised. This gives an abundant supply of
water with which to irrigate the entire tract, and
the splendid water facilities easily make the es-
tate one of the finest in Arizona. On the land
cattle are raised, there usually being a herd of
one thousand head, many of which are fine
graded Shorthorns.

A native of Waldo county, Me., Mr. Collins
was born March 10, 1835, and is a son of
Thomas R. and Lucy (Ulmer) Collins, both born
in Maine. The paternal grandfather. Aaron Col-

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lins, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits during the years of
his activity. Likewise was Thomas R. Collins
a tiller of the soil. George U. Collins was reared
to an appreciation of the dignity and usefulness
of a farmers life, and was educated in the
schools of Maine. This training, of a neces-
sarily limited nature, has been supplemented by
the studious application of later years, and by
keen and intelligent observation of men and
events. Of an ambitious nature, he early saw
beyond the confines of his father's farm, and
when of age began to learn the ship-carpenter's
trade at Boston, Mass. This engaged his atten-
tion during the summers of four years, and in
the winters he went south to procure the ship
timber.

Early in 1860 Mr. Collins undertook the long
journey to California, via the Isthmus of
Panama, and by way of San Francisco to Santa
Cruz county, where he began to be interested
in the lumber business, and also turned his atten-
tion to the building of toll roads. Later he en-
gaged in general farming in the Salinas valley in
California, and met with success in this land of
flowers and almost perpetual sunshine. In more
"ways than one he recalls his residence there with
feelings of satisfaction and pride, for, aside from
the remuneration attending his efforts, he was
enabled to employ a large amount of labor, and
at one time required the assistance of about
seventy-five men the year around.

In 1875 Mr. Collins came to Arizona, and after
spending a few months at Prescott, came to his
present location near Phoenix. A subject which
has received his thoughtful attention and pro-
longed study is that of the development of water.
He has served as a director in the Salt River
Valley canal and has also been a director of the
Farmers' canal and the Monterey ditch. In the
development of these various waterways he has
been actively interested. He aided in the estab-
lishment of the Maricopa creamery, and is one
of its directors. Although a stanch adherent of
the Democratic party, and often solicited to ac-
cept positions of responsibility and trust, he
has declined all such honors, having no political
aspirations. However, he is greatly interested in
education, and has rendered useful service as a
school director. Fraternally he is connected

with the Knights Templar and Mystic Shrine of
Masonry.

The marriage of Mr. Collins and Mary 1-1.
Fenderson, of Oldtown. Me., took place at
Santa Cruz, Cal., in 1861. Mrs. Collins died in
August of 1897, leaving three sons : Willard E. ;
Lewis W., who is the owner of the Phoenix and
Tempe stage line ; and Rolla.

JAMES S. WATROUS.

To the well directed efforts of Mr. Watrous,
who is an extensive stockman, and secretary and
treasurer of the Utah Canal Enlargement and
Extension Company, is due a large share of the
prosperity which now prevails in his locality.
He is not only a success in the work which has
engaged his daily attention since coming to the
territory, but his influence for good has pene-
trated to all of the enterprises which have had to
do with the general welfare of this part of the
country.

In Broome county, N. Y., Mr. Watrous was
born May 4, 1826. His parents, William and
Eliza (Smith) Watrous, were natives respectively
of Connecticut and New York. The paternal
ancestry of the family is English, and the great-
grandfather Watrous is said to have been a
soldier in the Revolutionary war. William
Watrous was a large land owner and lumber-
man, and his son was reared to farming pursuits,
and also acquired a useful knowledge of the lum-
ber business. He studied diligently at the pub-
lic schools of Broome county, and also had the
advantage of attendance at a private school for
several years. More fortunate than the average
farm-reared youth, he was prepared for any
emergency that the future might hold, by virtue
of exemplary home training, an excellent educa-
tion and a fair knowledge of business.

Upon attaining years of discretion, Mr. Wat-
rous was at once ushered into the responsibility
of life, owing to his father's failing health, and
in order to take up his business went to Tioga
county, Pa., where the lumber interests were
located. Later he engaged in the lumber busi-
ness for himself in Tioga county, and became
prominent in the affairs of the locality during the
several years' residence there. For one term he
served as auditor of Tioga county, and for the

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same length of time -was treasurer of the county.
In 1869 Mr. Watrous removed to McHenry
county, 111., and became interested in the dairy
business and in general farming. There he was
quite successful, but his ambition reached beyond
the borders of Illinois, and in 1887 he sought the
more promising conditions and undeveloped re-
sources of Arizona. The farm of one hundred
and sixty acres of which he is the possessor has
been developed from a desert waste, and is prin-
cipally devoted to the raising of stock.

In 1859, in Pennsylvania, Mr. Watrous mar-
ried Catherine Hill, a native of Pennsylvania.
Of this union there are two children, Kate, who
is the wife of Edward A. Murphy, and lives in
Tempe, and Sarah E., who is married to C. H.
Pratt, and lives in Phoenix. In national politics
Mr. Watrous is inclined to the Republican party,
but entertains broad ideas regarding the holders
of office. With his wife he is a member of and
liberal contributor to the Congregational Church
and takes a deep interest in its work.

JOHN NOBLE.

The life of this well-known citizen of Winslow
illustrates what may be accomplished in a coun-
try fraught with such resources as are to be
found in Arizona by a man possessing powers of
physical endurance, together with energy,
economy and a determination to succeed. Un-
like most of the successful men of this territory,
Mr. Noble owes his start in life to a lucky strike
in mining in Alaska, though most of the capital
acquired in that venture he spent before finally
engaging in the industry which has brought
him wealth beyond all his possible needs.

In Lockhaven, Pa., John Noble was born
October 18, 1854. At the age of seven he was
taken by his parents to Grand Rapids, Mich.,
where he was reared and educated until his nine-
teenth year. At that time he went to Washing-
ton Territory and secured temporary employ-
ment in lumber camps. Going thence to Sitka,
Alaska, he devoted three months to prospecting
and mining, his efforts yielding him $8,000 in
that time. The following two years he remained
in San Francisco. From that time until 1885 he
traveled extensively through the United States
and Canada, visiting, among other places, De-

troit, Port Huron, Guelph, Quebec and North-
ern Ontario, Saginaw, Duluth, Minneapolis, St.
Paul, Idaho and Oregon.

During December, 1885, Mr. Noble came to
Arizona and secured employment as a sheep-
herder in Apache (now Navajo)_ county, at which
occupation he was employed for two years. For
the next two years he raised sheep on the shares,
and for a similar period was a partner of J. W.
Cart, whose interest he purchased for $27,000
cash. Since that time he has devoted himself
to the same industry exclusively, accumulating a
fortune in the business. About forty-five miles
south of Winslow he has seven patented ranches,
with an abundance of fine spring water, the bulk
of which comes from a tunnel two hundred and
seventy-five feet long. Besides these ranches
and about twenty-two thousand sheep now graz-
ing upon them, he owns real estate in Phoenix
and Winslow, and is now (June, 1901), erecting
a substantial brick business block in the latter
town.

Though a stanch Republican, Mr. Noble has
never cared for public office. He is a modest,
unassuming man, living quietly, and doing good
with his means whenever an opportunity pre-
sents itself. Movements for the benefit of his
home town receive his cordial support from
their inception until their realization, and Win-
slow owes much to his progressive spirit and
high character of citizenship.

JOSIAH S. BASSETT.

That Mr. Bassett is one of the most enterpris-
ing farmers of the Gila valley is a distinct evi-
dence of his indomitable perserverance. Many
discouraging trials have come his way, and many
obstacles presented themselves, the surmounting
of which would have formed to the average a bar
to any kind of headway. The family of which
he is a member were for years identified with the
best agricultural interests of Arkansas, in which
state he was born April 18, 1838. His parents.
T. J. and Sarah Bassett, were also born in Arkan-
sas, and the father eventually died within twenty
miles of the scene of his birth. The mother
subsequently removed to Texas, and after a long
and useful life died in Fort Worth. Josiah S.
was about sixteen when he went to Texas and be-

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came interested in farming, and for a long period
was engaged in the same occupation. In order to
better his condition he resolved upon an overland
journey to Arizona, and the expedition remains
to this day a memory replete with horror and
ever-present danger and death. The Indians still
regarded the plains and mountains as their un-
disputed possession, and gave the pale-faced in-
truders anything but a hearty welcome. Every
day witnessed the murder of travelers, and the
little expedition came upon many bodies of the
slain. Some were burned and some were not,
but the whole way was a terrible reminder of a
possible ignominious fate.

Arriving at Safford, Ariz., Mr. Bassett found
but two white families there, and very little
improvement as yet effected. He began to till
the soil with moderate success, and then removed
to Dos Cabezos, where he engaged in the cattle
business, and also had the mail route between
Fort Bowie and the Cherry Cow mountains. In
the former occupation he was interested for four
years, and was mail carrier for six years. Upon
selling out his interests at Dos Cabezos he re-
moved thirty-five miles southwest to the Hot
Springs, where he farmed, and then located sixty
miles below Phoenix. There he engaged in an
unfortunate undertaking, the construction of the
Bassett ditch, which consumed four years of time
and all the money he had, but was swept away by
floods.

Following this discouraging experience Mr.
Bassett went to Phoenix, where he lived for five
years, during which time he was in poor health,
and labored at a disadvantage. Nevertheless he
took the mail contract from Phoenix to Buckeye,
and continued in that capacity for four years.
At the end of that time he came to the Gila val-
ley, which has since been his home. For a year
he rented. a farm, and then bought forty acres
half way between Solomonville and Safford,
where he still lives, although the place has since
been sold to his son. He has since purchased
what is known as the OIney ranch, one-half mile
north of Solomonville on the river.

Interested in mining, Mr. Bassett owns claims
in the Clarke and Lone Star district. He also
owns one of the largest marble mines that has
ever been located, at Dos Cabezos. He was dis-
appointed in what seemed a lucky disposition uf

the property in 1899 for $100,000, which deal
fell through owing to the failure of a bank.

In 1842 Mr. Bassett married Susie Gibbs, and
of this union there are six children : Mrs. Eliza-
beth Teal; Charles II.. who lives at Dos Cabe-
zos; Josiah, who is a farmer near Phoenix:
Mrs. Susan L. Cooper ; Mrs. George Nash ; and
Alice, who is living at home. In national pol-
itics Mr. Bassett is a firm believer in the princi-
ples and issues of the Democratic party, and has
served for several years as a school trustee.
During the Civil war he enlisted in Gould's Regi-
ment, Twenty-third Cavalry, C. S. A., but served
only three months, owing to the bite of a rattle-
snake. As a reminder of his short war service he
was troubled for sixteen years with a running
sore.

MARTIN. TULLGREN.

Martin Tullgren, superintendent of the Storm
Cloud Gold Mining Company, whose claims are
located in Maple Gulch, on the Crown King road,
about eleven miles southeast of Prescott, has been
a resident of Arizona only five years, but is
thoroughly interested in the territory. He is a
native of Sweden and came to the United States
in 1878, first living in Chicago, 111., and then
going to the Black Hills of South Dakota. In
his native land he had qualified himself as an
architect, and his knowledge served him in good
stead during his employment with the Homestake
Mining Company, for his work was that of build-
ing and assisting in the timbering and supporting
of the galleries of the mines. Returning to Chi-
cago in 1883 he resumed the more regular
branches of his profession, and received con-
tracts from Chief Justice Fuller, Montgomery
Ward & Co., and other leading firms of that city.
He furnished the plans and built the handsome
Press block, at the corner of Lexington avenue
and Sixty-second street and has left other lasting
memorials of his skill in the thriving metropolis.

Having been associated with \V. G. Press, of
Chicago, Mr. Tullgren went to Baker City, Ore.,
in his interest, in 180/1. That gentleman owns
mines in the locality mentioned, and our subject
had charge of their operation until May, 1897,
when he came to Prescott. With characteristic
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developing the Storm Cloud mines, in the capac-
ity of superintendent, and great results have re-
warded his efforts. The fourteen claims compris-
ing this group are yielding a free-milling ore of
good quality.

Mr. Tullgren has traveled extensively in the
west, and is well acquainted in the mining cir-
cles of various localities. He is a practical as-
sayer, and serves his company well in that
capacity. On his own account, he has done some
prospecting and mining in this region, and owns
some good claims. Many interests still bind him
to his old home in Chicago, and there he still
owns considerable real estate. In the suburb of
Englewood he took thirty-two degrees in Ma-
sonry, belonging to the local lodge, chapter and
commandery. He also is yet connected with the
Englewood lodge of Odd Fellows. His family
comprises his wife and their two sons.

HON. CHARLES R. DRAKE.

For thirty years, the most eventful period in
the history of Arizona, has Hon. Charles R.
Drake looked upon Tucson as his home, and
in many ways has indissolubly linked his name
with this future state. He who served as presi-
dent of the senate of the fifteenth legislative
assembly of this territory, and is a member of
the board of regents of the LTniversity of Ari-
zona, in whose behalf he has always valiantly
labored, is a worthy representative of that fine
old English family whence sprang Sir Francis
Drake. His grandfather, Rivers Drake, who
served in the colonial Virginian army during the
war of 1812, as a non-commissioned officer, was
born in the neighborhood of London, England,
and at an early day took up his abode in Rich-
mond, Va., where he was a prosperous merchant,
and a member of the firm of Kirby, Drake &
Taylor. About 1828 he went to the new country
of Illinois, and took up .a tract of government
land in Clark county.

Charles Drake, father of the subject of this
sketch, was born in Richmond, Ya., in 1811, and
died at the age of seventy-eight years at the
home of his namesake in Tucson, where he
spent the last eight years of his life. At the age
of seventeen he had gone to Illinois, and in his

mature years became a prosperous business man.
For many years he carried on mercantile ente!<-
prises in Shelbyville, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn.,
but after the war period was practically retired.
His wife, whose maiden name was Mahala Jane
Jeter, was born in Louisville, Ky., coming of
an old family of that region, she being a sister
of the father of Hon. William T. Jeter, of Santa
Cruz, Cal., who was lieutenant-governor of Cali-
fornia from 1894 to 1898. She died in Tennes-
see, leaving five children.

The birth of Hon. Charles R. Drake took
place in Walnut Prairie, Clark county, 111., in
1843. Entering the navy when young, he served
during the Civil war under the gallant leader Ad-
miral Porter, his office being that of master's
mate for two and a half years. Some of the im-
portant campaigns of the war were participated
in by him in the Mississippi squadron, including
the famous Red river expedition under Admiral
D. D. Porter, and his vessel was at the bombard-
ment of several of the fortified towns on the
Mississippi, Red and Washita rivers, and in the
engagement at Trinity, on the Washita river, he
was wounded in the left arm.

When the storm-clouds of war had rolled
away, Mr. Drake re-engaged in the drug busi-
ness, which had been his occupation before the
war, and in 1871 came to Tucson in the govern-
ment employ, serving as a hospital steward. In
1876 he was made assistant postmaster of this
place, and at the same time until 1881 was as-
sistant United States depository, paying all of
the government troops here and handling large
amounts of money. At the end of five years of
service in that capacity he was elected county
recorder of Pima county, then including all of
Cochise and Santa Cruz, most of Graham and
Gila and part of Pinal counties. That position
he continued to fill from January, 1881, to Janu-
ary, 1885, at the expiration of which period he
turned his attention to his own affairs, conduct-
ing a general brokerage and commission busi-
ness. In 1889 he was appointed by President
Harrison receiver of the land office at Tucson,
and in 1893 became a member of the firm of
Norton-Drake Company, labor contractors for
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

In June, 1900, Mr. Drake retired from the
Southern Pacific contracts, and is giving his

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time to other enterprises, of which he has many.
Among them is the Tucson Building & Loan
Association, of which he is the president. For
a number of years he \vas a member of the city
council of Tucson, for several terms was a school
trustee and also was the president of the board,
more than once. Elected on the Republican
ticket to the fourteenth and fifteenth general
assemblies of Arizona, he rendered effective ser-
vice for the progressive people. In the Four-
teenth sessions he made a good fight in pre-
venting the repealing of the university bill,
which had been passed in the previous assembly,
and later was vigorously assailed. Thus it was a
matter of poetical justice when, in 1889, he was
appointed a member of the board of regents
of the now thriving institution. From 1898 to
1900 he was chairman of the territorial central
Republican committee, and in the year last
named was sent as a delegate to the Philadelphia
national convention of the party. That great
body appointed him to represent Arizona in the
notification committee which was sent to convey
the news of his nomination to Colonel Roosevelt,
at Oyster Bay. In the fraternities, Mr. Drake
is connected with the Odd Fellows, the Knights
of Pythias, the Order of Elks and the Ancient
Order of United Workmen.

Mr. Drake is now (1901) living in Los An-
geles, Cal., and has just succeeded in organizing
and successfully managing an enterprise of great
magnitude, the Seaside Water Company, a cor-
poration composed of wealthy capitalists who
have bought out and consolidated all the water
companies and their plants at Long Beach, Ter-
minal Island and San Pedro; the Seaside Water
Company will supply water for domestic uses
for these seaside resorts, as well as furnishing
water for irrigation for some twenty thousand
acres of land.

WILLIAM II. BENSON.

From the time that he came to Arizona in 1877
until shortly before his death, Mr. Benson was
identified with the development and progress of
this territory. He was among the most intelli-
gent and helpful pioneers of Florence, and as
farmer, miner, insurance agent, land owner, and
progressive citizen, he was esteemed hy business

associates, and received the recognition due to
one who was ever mindful of the best interests of
his adopted town. The early part of his youth
was spent in Saco, Me., where he was born in
1856, a son of William S. and Hannah (Russell)
Benson. His boyhood experiences did not differ
from those of the average 1x>y, and his education
was obtained in public schools. In the first flush
of enthusiasm for a life work he turned his at-
tention to the study of medicine, but this was
later abandoned in favor of a commercial life in
the far west.

By way of diversion Mr. Benson accompanied
Charles G. Mason on a trip to Arizona in 1877.
After arriving here and practically demonstrat-
ing the worth of the country as a place of busi-
ness, he determined to remain in the west. While
associated for six years with the Silver King
Mining Company as bookkeeper, he also en-
gaged in teaching school, and during that time
became somewhat prominent in a political way.
In 1878 he was appointed justice of the peace
and was afterward elected to the position, which
he filled for twenty-two years altogether. In
1886 he was elected probate judge of Final
county on the Republican ticket and served in
that capacity two years. In 1888 he became
clerk of the United States district court of the
second judicial district, and served as postmas-
ter under Postmaster-General Key. From 1879
until his death he acted as local representative for
several well-known insurance companies in Eu-
rope and the United States, and placed many
policies in his own and surrounding towns.

In August of 1897 Mr. Benson was appointed
by Judge George R. Davis receiver for the Flor-
ence Canal Company, for which he had previ-
ously been bookkeeper for three years. Later
he acted as local manager for the Casa Grande
Valley Canal Company. In all matters pertain-
ing to water development he showed keen interest
and intelligent oversight. He also engaged in
farming on the Gila bottom, and owns a ranch
of three hundred and fifty acres, which is de-
voted to general farming and stock-raising. In
the course of all the years of his residence in
the territory, he marked his success by investing »
in real estate at different points, and at the time
of his death owned property in Florence and
Casa Grande, Ariz., and Los Angeles. Cal. On

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account of failing health he resigned his interests
in Florence April i, 1901, and went to Los An-
geles, Cal., where he soon afterward died. The
following is quoted from the Los Angeles Times
of April 6: "W. H. Benson, who died at the
California hospital and was buried yesterday
from his home on West Thirty-third street, was
one of the best-known citizens of Arizona, whore
he was generally known as 'Judge' Benson. In
the palmy days of the great Silver King mine,
between 1880 and 1885, Mr. Benson was justice
of the peace at Final City, where the Silver King
mine was located. When the mine and mill were
shut down, and Pinal City became a thing of the
past, he removed to Florence, the county-seat of
Pinal county, where he resided until he came to
Los Angeles for medical treatment. Mr. Ben-
son, who was a native of Maine, was a man of
high character, whose word was as good as his
bond, and he was highly thought of throughout
the territory."

Fraternally Mr. Benson was associated with
the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Saco, Me.
At the time he left Florence he held the offices of
justice of the peace, school trustee, notary public
and referee in bankruptcy. In 1878 he was
united in marriage with Emma D. Foreman, of
San Luis Obispo county, Cal., daughter of Solo-
mon W. Foreman, one of the most prominent
pioneers of Arizona. Of this union five children
were born: William A., Abbie M., Edith M.,
S. F. A., and Anna Doan.

HON. J. W. BRUCE.

It fell to the lot of J. W. Bruce to be the engi-
neer on the first train which ran into Tucson on
the Southern Pacific Railroad a score of years
ago, and from that time to the present he has
guided the "fiery horse" to and from this city
across th'e lonely plains of southern Arizona. For
more than three decades he has been engaged in
railroading, and for more than a quarter of a
century has been connected with the corporation
above mentioned. Fidelity and promptness in the
discharge of his duties have won for him the
regard of all who know him, and he has many
friends all along the line of his route.

As his surname implies. Mr. Bruce comes of

the sterling Scotch family which has played so
important a part in history. His paternal grand-
father, who was a native of the land of the thistle
and heather, came to the United States at an
early period and engaged in farming in Penn-
sylvania. William, father of J. W. Bruce, was
born in that state and in his young manhood de-
voted his attention to railroading, running from
Hollidaysburg, Pa., on the old Portage road. In
1869 he went to Reno, Leaven worth county,
Kans., and there engaged in farming. During
the Mexican war he served in a Pennsylvania
regiment, under General Scott, and when the
Civil war broke out, again enlisted in the defense
of his country, being with troops of the Key-
stone state. He is about eighty years of age, and
his wife is a year his junior. She was Sarah
McConnell prior to their marriage, and with her
father. Francis McConnell, was a native of Penn-
sylvania and of Scotch-Irish extraction. He was
a blacksmith by trade and died at Reno, Kans.
Of the five sons and five daughters born to Wil-
liam and Sarah Bruce, all are living but two
daughters.

J. W. Bruce was born in Altoona, Pa., April
6, 1854, and was educated in the public schools
of that city. In 1869 he went to Kansas, and
after spending a year on the farm entered the
railroad service as an employe of the Kansas
Pacific. Soon he was made fireman on a switch
engine and then went on the road in the same
capacity. At the end of eighteen months he be-
came a fireman for the Missouri Pacific. In 1874
he went to Latham, Cal., and for three years was
fireman on the Southern Pacific. In 1877 he
was made an engineer, with his run to Yuma, and
in 1880 came to Tucson with the first train that
pulled into this city. Since then he has been
one of the most trusted engineers on this divi-
sion, and has been thoroughly identified with the
progress of Tucson. He has built several resi-
dences here and has been an interested witness
of local improvements.

In 1892 Mr. Bruce was nominated on the Dem-
ocratic ticket to the territorial legislature, and,
being elected, represented this district in the sev-
enteenth general assembly, taking an active part
in the proceedings. In 1880 he assisted in organ-
izing Division No. 28, Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, and served as chief of the same

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five terms. In 1886 lie was sent as a delegate to
the twenty-fifth annual convention of this body,
which convened at Richmond, Ya, The South-
ern Pacific Library Association received material
assistance from Mr. Bruce at the time of its
organization, and everything which pertains to
the interests of the brotherhood is of deep con-
cern to him. Fraternally he also belongs to the
Knights of Pythias.

The marriage of Mr. Bruce and Miss Maggie
McDowell, a native of St. Joseph, Mo., took
place in Los Angeles, Cal., December 20, 1881.
Of the children born to them five are living,
namely: Ella, who is a graduate of the Tucson
high school and of the University of Arizona ;
George G., Kittie B., Allan and Glory Martha.

BIRDNO BROTHERS.

In September of 1885 six ambitious and indus-
trious boys accompanied their parents, N. W. and
Mary B. Birdno, to Pima, Graham county, Ariz.,
and took up one hundred and sixty acres of bar-
ren desert land. With the practical and tireless
resources developed by the Mormon settlers
wherever they cast their lot, they at once began
the improvement of their land, digging ditches
for irrigation, building a house wherein to dwell,
and fencing the land to prevent the invasion of
other cattle or the escape of their own stock. In
time there developed, in place of the once appar-
ently worthless tract of land, a farm which had
few equals in the neighborhood, and the output
of which furnished sufficient means to start in
good shape the later business enterprises of the
deserving sons.

The brothers claim a common birthplace in
Logan City, Utah. J. J. and George H. received
their education in the Brigham Young Academy^
at Provo City, Utah county, Utah, and the other
sons received a high-school education in Ari-
zona. The parents, who are aged respectively
seventy-eight and sixty-eight years, settled in
Utah over fifty years ago, and are still living,
making their home with their sons. The family
is happily situated and its members dwell to-
gether in unity.

At the end of thirteen years the fanning rela-
tions were interrupted by the withdrawal into
other business of four of the brothers, George H..

D. W., E. L. and L. F., who took in exchange
for their shares in the farm the general merchan-
dise property of J. T. Owens, of Safford. Under
their capable management this enterprise has
developed into one of the sound commercial con-
cerns of the town, and includes among its stock
of general supplies, hardware, agricultural im-
plements, furniture and mining necessities. The
store is constructed of brick, and is 30x100 feet
in dimensions, and two stories high. The build-
ing, lot, stock, and everything in connection with
the business, were purchased outright from the
previous owner, Mr. Owens.

The remaining two brothers, John J. and C. N.,
though still retaining their interests in the home-
stead, have branched out in different lines of
occupation. John J. is the editor of the "Graham
County Guardian" and lives in Safford, while C.
N. is engaged in the lumber and shingle business
at Pima. The brothers who are merchants at
present own a farm of one hundred and sixty
acres two and one-half miles south of Safford
in the artesian belt, and are preparing to sink
wells on their property. In religion the entire
family are members of the Mormon Church and
in politics they are strict advocates of Demo-
cratic principles.

In 1892 George H. Birdno married Ella C.
Cluff, a daughter of Benjamin and Mary E. Guff,
of Provo City. Of this union there are three
children: Jessie, who is eight years old; Belva
A., seven ; and George H., Jr.

August 26, 1893, D. W. Birdno married Millie
M. Haws, of Provo, and they now have three
children, Willie, Lyle and Reva. E. L. was
united in marriage, March 21, 1897, with Sadie
Sheppard, of California.

SAMUEL S. CAMPBELL.

The vast mining interests of Cochise county
have been materially augmented by the discov-
eries and developments of Mr. Campbell, at pres-
ent a resident of Pottstown, Pa. Some of the
most valuable and paying properties in the terri-
tory have at times passed through his hands, and
his successful prospecting has resulted in the
exchange of many thousands of dollars, and has
created many fortunes for the seekers after
wealth. As one of those who know how to avail

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themselves of opportunities he stands pre-eminent
among the many who have found in Arizona a
field for the exercise of their special aptitude.

The youth of Mr. Campbell was passed in
Pennsylvania, and he was born in Philadelphia in
1829. He received a common-school education
in Pittsburg, and when comparatively young was
face to face with the serious and responsible side
of life. As a preliminary means of livelihood
he was employed for five years on the lower Mis-
sissippi river, and after a year's residence in his
old home in Pennsylvania went to California,
where he became interested in mining. In 1857
he returned to Philadelphia, and was there en-
gaged in a mercantile venture until 1878, when
he went to Leadville, Colo., and renewed his
interest in mining for a year.

The association of Mr. Campbell with Cochise
county was prolific of almost immediate good
results, for his mining and prospecting led to
the discovery of the great Peabody mine. He
was the first white man in the locality, and his
courage in facing the dangers of a locality hith-
erto infested with murderous Apaches and unruly
Mexicans was worthy of the reward of just such
a find. There was an abundance of water upon
the claim and throughout the whole valley, and
Mr. Campbell named the place Russell. He also
organized a company known as the Russell Cop-
per Mining Company, and in 1881 shipped a
smelter from San Francisco, which was placed at
the foot of the Dragoon ' mountains, five miles
north of Dragoon, at what is now Russellville.
The company formed had as president Alfred
C. Harmer, of Philadelphia, Mr. Campbell being
vice-president and manager. In 1882 Mr. Camp-
bell disposed of the Peabody mine for $350,000
in cash, and later copper decreased in value, the
smelter was sold, and all operations in the great
mine ceased.

The Russell Copper Mining Company had,
however, a large group of mines, among them
being some that were available as wealth pro-
ducers, and that have more than realized the
expectations of stockholders. Of the original
twelve stockholders, Mr. Campbell is the only one
now living. J. H. Gendell, of Philadelphia, is
now trustee for the company, and Mr. Camp-
bell is manager and controller of one group of
mines known as the Mammoth group, which pro-

duce a very rich ore, of which thirty-one cars
have been shipped. The Republic is among this
group, and contains a large body of fine ore.
Another mine in the neighborhood is the Pea-
body, which is now shipping fourteen cars a
week. A singular feature of most of these prop-
erties is the fact that the ore is found near or on
top of the ground.

In 1858 Mr. Campbell married Mary A. Bach-
man, of Philadelphia, and of this union there are
five children, Harry S., George M., Mary A.,
Anna C., and S. Morris. Mrs. Campbell died
in 1879. Her children are all in the east, with
the exception of George M., who is in the far
west. In 1881 Mr. Campbell married Caroline
G. Brook, a sister of Major-General J. R. Brook,
of the United States army, and who is now com-
mander of the department of the east. At pres-
ent Mr. Campbell is living in the old Brook
homestead, a mile and a half below Pottstown,
Pa. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and
has ever given his allegiance to this party. As
a Mason he has taken the thirty-second degree,
and as an Odd Fellow he has filled every office
in the organization.

FRANK E. RUSSELL.

As one who shouldered the responsibilities of
life when less than twelve years of age and who
by his own energy worked his way upward
to an honored place in the world's broad field
of battle, Frank E. Russell of Tucson is emi-
nently deserving of mention in the territorial an-
nals. Today he is superintendent of the Tucson
Electric Light & Power Company, whose thor-
oughly modern and unrivaled plant was erected
under his direction nine years ago and has since
been enlarged, as necessity demanded. In addi-
tion to this, he is chief of the city fire depart-
ment, and for six years has rendered Tucson
effective service in the city council. Many enter-
prises of a more personal nature share his atten-
tion, but paramount to everything he holds the
interests of the public, and thus is rightly con-
sidered an invaluable citizen.

In Dover, England, Frank E. Russell was
born June 29, 1863. His parents, John and
Selina (Taylor) Russell, were natives of Eng-
land, the former being a contractor in Dover,

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Kent, for many years prior to his death. Of
their four children, two sons, Frank E. and
Louis, are now in Tucson. In 1874 he began to
be employed in the coasting trade, and soon went
to distant shores. Within the seven years of
his life before the mast he rounded Cape Horn
four or five times and once passed the Cape of
Good Hope. In the course of his voyages he
was engaged in the northern Atlantic, South
American, California and East India trade,
touching at many of the leading seaports of the
world. Twice he was shipwrecked, the first time
when on the ship "Elizabeth Kelner" in the Eng-
lish channel, and the second time in 1879, when
the sailing vessel "Kingsport" was dismantled
in a storm off the coast of Mexico in the Pacific
ocean. He was picked up by a vessel bound for
San Francisco, and, once more on terra firma,
he decided that it had more attractions for him
than the unstable ocean.

During the following thirteen years Mr. Rus-
sell was in the employ of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, in the line service, in the
mean time becoming thoroughly acquainted
with the business. In 1885 he came to Tucson,
having charge of the district lines in this locality,
and it was not until 1896 that he resigned from
the company's employ. As previously stated,
he had superintended the erection of the city
electric light plant, now one of the largest and
most complete in Arizona. Both gas and elec-
tricity are supplied from this concern, engines of
four hundred horse power being used, and six
dynamos of large capacity and the latest and
best machinery of every kind. Fifty arc lights
of the first power and three thousand incandes-
cent lights are furnished under the present con-
tracts. In 1894 Mr. Russell became a member
of the firm of Russell & Sheldon, dealers in elec-
trical supplies, bicycles and bicycle sundries.
Having earned the reputation of being an ex-
pert electrician, he was called upon to fit out the
largest buildings here, among them the cathe-
dral, the opera house and the chief business
blocks and residences. He is one of the direc-
tors of the electric light company, and also be-
longs to the board of trade.

A great worker in the Democratic party, Mr.
Russell has rendered efficient service as repre-
sentative of the first ward in the city council.

At the city election of 1900 he was urgently re-
quested to become a candidate for the office of
mayor, on the Democratic ticket, at the expira-
tion of his third term as councilman, but pre-
ferred to accept the renomination for election as
councilman, so that if elected he could take a
more active part as a worker toward the com-
pletion of the various municipal enterprises
which he had been largely instrumental in pro-
moting. He was re-elected for another term of
two years, and at this writing has the satisfaction
of seeing the moneys derived from the sale of
the old Military Plaza subdivision being used in
the construction of sewers and parks for the city,
thus giving to Tucson a system of sewers with-
out a bond issue, and public parks for the peo-
ple, and thereby furnishing the only requisites
necessary for making Tucson the sanitarium of
the world. In the council Mr. Russell is chair-
man of the committees on building and land, and
on streets, and is a member of the water and
sewerage committee and of the library commis-
sion which has in charge the building of the
Carnegie library. Numerous public works, in-
cluding the present water system, were stanchly
supported by him in the council. Since the reor-
ganization of the fire department in 1898, he has
served as its chief. He is a member of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the
Hall Association. In religious faith he is an
Episcopalian.

Twice since becoming a permanent resident
of the United States Mr. Russell has returned
to England on visits, and on one of these trips,
in 1888, he married Miss Annie Stone, a native
of the village of Coomb, near Dover. They
have four children, Ernest, Selina, Francis and
Ellen.

EDWARD H. COOK:

Mr. Cook enjoys the distinction of being one
of the best informed men on mining and mines in
the territory. His present responsible position
as superintendent of the United Globe mines, to
which he was appointed in 1891, would argue a
widespread confidence in his judgment and abil-
ity, not only as an expert miner, but as a pre-
server of order and a leader of men.

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in the extreme west. A native of San Fran-
cisco, he was born in 1859, and is a son of E. J.
and Carrie Cook. The father was born in Ala-
bama, and in 1849 followed the tide of emigration
to California, in the days when fortunes were
easily made and as easily lost. The family re-
moved to Arizona in the end of the Civil war in
1 865, locating at Prescott Falls, then a bustling
mining camp. The father devoted many years to
mining, and his son, under the inspiration of his
enthusiasm and periods of success, also acquired
a fondness for that occupation. In 1869 he sup-
plemented his education in the public school by
further study in San Francisco, and is a univer-
sity graduate. Subsequently, for three years, he
was employed as a pay clerk in Nevada, and in
1885 returned to Arizona, locating in Globe in
1887.

In 1891 Mr. Cook entered upon his duties as
superintendent of the United Globe mines, and
in this capacity has charge of about two hundred
men, all white. The property qyer which he
has control is located on Buffalo hill, where the
company has over forty claims, mostly patented.
The silver mined is of a very high grade, and
averages about one ounce of silver to the ton.
On account of the absence of flux for smelting,
the smelter has been closed for the past year,
the ore being shipped away. There is a large
lx)dy of ore, and the owners anticipate continued
large returns from their property. An average
of six million pounds a year is the output.

The first wife of Mr. Cook, at her death, left
three children : Carrie, Nena and Louis, who are
attending school in Los Angeles, where the fam-
ily have a pleasant home. In 1899 Mr. Cook
married Lorena Jay, of Illinois. In politics Mr.
Cook is a Republican, but has never been an
office-seeker. He is fraternally connected with
the Masons at Los Angeles, and with the Scot-
tish Rites in Globe.

J. J. COTTRELL.

To Mr. Cottrell is due the credit of having
established a great brick industry in Arizona,
which is the pioneer of its kind in the territory,
and which has but one equal and no superior
in the southwest. The plant is located at Al-
hambra, and was started in 1887, the brick at

that time being made by hand. As the country
grew in importance under the developing hand
of the farmer, the mechanic and the tradesman,
and beckoned to the east and south and west
with the confidence of a rejuvenated youth, the
response was the signal for a new and increasing
demand for all things of utility and necessity,
and an enlarged capacity in all directions of sup-
ply. As man must first be housed in comfort
before he is master of his best abilities, and as
he must have covering for the carrying on of
all of his industries, in such proportion is he a
far-sighted member of society who has antici-
pated and prepared himself to meet the impera-
tive demand. So it happened that the making
of bricks by hand was rapidly succeeded by their
manufacture according to the most rapid meth-
ods, and by the introduction by the enterprising
manager of the latest and most approved ma-
chinery. As a result the plant is one of the
best equipped in the country, and when in full
operation has a daily capacity of 36,500 brick-
in a clay, in eight hours' work. The burning
capacity is twenty-four thousand per day of
twenty-four hours, and the number of men em-
ployed when in full operation is between thirty-
five and forty. In April of 1900, the business
was merged into the Alhambra Brick Company,
with B. L. Clark of Phoenix as president, and
Mr. Cottrell as general manager.

A native of Greene county, Ohio, Mr. Cottrell
was born August 15, 1858, and is a son of Wil-
liam and Margaret (Thomas) Cottrell, natives
of Ohio, and pioneers of Greene county. William
Cottrell was a clergyman during the course of
his long and useful life, and preached the gospel
of good-will and kindliness from his twenty-
third year until his death in 1899. The early life
of their son was shadowed by the death of his
mother when he was thirteen years of age. At
this time he removed with his father to Licking
county, of the same state, where they lived until
his sixteenth year. In the meantime his educa-
tion was acquired in the public schools of Greene
and Licking counties, and at the age of sixteen
he entered upon extended wanderings in search
of a desirable permanent location, visiting Wis-
consin, Montana, Washington, Oregon and Cali-
fornia. During the several years of his indefi-
nite sojourn, he became interested in the manu-

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facture of brick, and engaged in its manufacture
in the states through which he traveled, from
the time of his nineteenth year. The wisdom
of his choice in settling permanently in Phoenix
has never been questioned by Mr. Cottrell, than
whom there is no greater enthusiast over the
possibilities and resources of his adopted local-
ity in Arizona.

The marriage of Mr. Cottrell and Lovinia F.
Price, a daughter of William N. Price, of the
Salt River valley, occurred in June of 1896. Of
this union there are two children, Harvey J.
and Etta B. Mr. Cottrell is a Democrat, but
entertains liberal ideas regarding the politics of
the administration. He is regarded as one of
the best authorities on the manufacture of brick-
in the west, and is widely known as a man of
sterling traits of mind, character and attainment.

DAVID BABBITT.

The commercial interests of Flagstaff have
been materially strengthened by the successful
stock and mercantile operations of the Babbitt
brothers, of whom there are four, David, George,
William and Charles. Like the majority of those
who come to Coconino county, they were at first
interested in the cattle business exclusively, which
was started upon their arrival in Arizona in
1886. Upon the surrounding mountains they
raised large numlx?rs of fine stock, to the extent
of between six and eight thousand head, and for
three years were remarkably successful in their
chosen line of work.

In 1888 David Babbitt, the senior member of
the cattle firm, opened a hardware store in Flag-
staff. Beginning in a small way, he had worked
up quite a business by the end of two years.
In 1890 the brothers bought out the store and
stock of Emerson & Gibbons, general merchants,
and formed the mercantile company of Babbitt
Brothers. The trade accorded them was so sat-
isfactory that David Babbitt erected a portion
of the present building. Since then from time
to time additions have been made to accommo-
date an ever-increasing trade, and there are now
two floors, with an exhibition space of 130x120
feet. A general department store is the result,
the five departments being each under a different
manager. In addition to a complete line of gen-

eral necessities, the firm deals largely in Navajo
Indian blankets, secured from the posts on the
reservations, and shipped from here to all parts
of the United States. Other items of revenue
are the large quantities of Indian baskets and
curios which pass through their hands and find
a ready sale among all classes of people who are
sensible of the gradual passing away of these
picturesque aborigines.

The Babbitt Brothers are also interested in the
cattle business in Kansas, with headquarters
at Dodge City, near which they have an enclosure
covering thirty sections of land. In connection
with their mercantile enterprise they have a
commissary at the Arizona Lumber & Timber
Company's mill and a branch at Winslow. They
also have trading posts for the Indians at Wil-
low Springs, Red Lake and Wolf's Post Coconino
county.

Besides his other interests, David Babbitt has
mine holdings, and is developing a copper mine
in the Grand canon. He is a stockholder in the
Copper King mine, belonging to the Ohio Copper
Company, which secures from the mine an ore
with an output of twenty-five per cent copper.
At one time he officiated as mayor of Flagstaff,
and at this writing he is a member of the city
council, as well as one of the most prominent
men of the entire county. He is one of those
men who possess the true western grit and deter-
mination and who are of incalculable value in
the building up of localities and towns.

JOHN EVANS.

John Evans, member of the general mercantile
firm of Evans, Ellsworth & Co., of Safford, was
born in Desarc, Prairie county, Ark., August 6,
1870. His parents, John H. and Margaret Evans,
were natives respectively of Missouri and Ten-
ne^see, and were early settlers in Arkansas, re-
moving thence in 1877 to New Mexico, and from
there in 1883 coming to Arizona. Their first
home in the territory was at Snowflake, Apache
county. In 1886 they removed to Safford, and
availed themselves of the excellent farming land
in the vicinity of the town, where the father \vas
extensively engaged in general farming and
stock-raising until 1894. They still make Saf-
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The education of John Evans was acquired
under difficulties, and for the most part has been
the result of his own independent application.
In Arkansas and New Mexico he availed himself
of every opportunity that presented itself for
the acquiring of knowledge, nor has this habit
been less noticeable since he removed to Arizona.
His first work was undertaken as a clerk, in
which capacity he identified himself with several
different firms. Eventually, in November of
1898, he bought out the firm with which he was
clerking, and he has since continued to be inter-
ested in the same business. The title of the firm
is now Evans, Ellsworth & Co., and as general
merchandise purveyors they are widely known.
Their store is well stocked with necessities, and
the residents of the town and surrounding coun-
try are sure of fair treatment and reasonable
prices. Their position as one of the large and
successful commercial concerns of the town is
largely due to the energy and wise judgment of
the senior member.

In September of 1900 Mr. Evans married Min-
nie Lloyd, daughter of Jones and Dr. Mary
Lloyd, the latter of whom owns fine residence
property in the central part of Safford. In pol-
itics Mr. Evans believes in principle rather than
party, and invariably votes for the men he deems
best qualified to represent the people in office.
He has numerous interests in Safford and vicin-
ity, among others being a well-improved farm of
one hundred and sixty acres situated a mile south
of the town. On this land is a good house, and
the owner is preparing to sink several artesian
wells, in order that the property may be provided
with ample facilities for irrigation.

WILLIAM N. CUMMINGS.

The former recorder of Santa Cruz county
and ex-officio clerk of the board of supervisors,
Mr. Cummings, is a native of Ontario, Canada,
and was born May i, 1829. His early life was
spent in his native land, where he received a
good education in the public schools, and
acquired the habits of thrift and industry which
have characterized his more mature years. In
1850 he went to California and settled in what
is now Eldorado county, that state. In the
course of time he removed to Santa Cruz county,

and there engaged in farming and in the prod-
uce business from 1853 to 1858. In a subse-
quent mercantile venture at Watsonville he
successfully catered to the inhabitants of the
town for a period covering three years.

For the following nine years Mr. Cummings
lived in Nevada, and was there interested in
the general merchandise business and in mining,
and in 1868 went to London, England, in the
interest of a mining company, whose cause he
championed until 1870, when he returned to the
United States. Amid the sunshine and under
the cloudless skies of California Mr. Cummings
engaged in the hotel business and ran a line of
stages between Santa Cruz and San Jose for
nearly ten years. He came to Nogales January
3, 1886. This bi-rrational city was then on the
verge of the prosperity which has since visited
it, and held out special inducements to travelers
from afar. But few of the buildings are now
standing which then housed the enthusiastic
early settlers, and few of the evidences remain
that individualized this from any of the other
mining and grazing towns. He soon became
interested in mines, real estate and loans in
Pima county, and for twelve years applied him-
self to these branches of industry. During that
time he served for two years as United States
court commissioner.

When Santa Cruz became a county indepen-
dent of its northern neighbor Pima, Mr. Cum-
mings was appointed by Governor Murphy first
county recorder and ex-officio clerk of the board
of supervisors. In the fall of 1890 he was nom-
inated on the Republican ticket for representa-
tive, but shared the fate of the other Republicans
on the ticket and was defeated, the county being
strongly Democratic. Eor years he has been
recognized as one of the prominent Republicans
of the territory.

In 1886 Mr. Cummings was united in mar-
riage with Prudence Walmsley. They adopted
William Nelson Cummings, a nephew. By a
former marriage Mr. Cummings has a daughter,
Alice, who was graduated with the highest
honors at the University of California, and who
is now the wife of Bruce Stanley, of Nogales.
Fraternally Mr. Cummings is associated with
the Odd Fellows at Nogales, and is a charter
member of the Encampment at Santa Cruz, Cal.

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For some time he has been a member of the
Red Men at Nogales. He is a thirty-second
degree Mason in the Scottish Rite Consistory
at San Francisco, Cal.; also belongs to Nogales
Lodge No. 9, F. & A. M. ; and Santa Cruz Chap-
ter No. 7, R. A. M. He is a past master of the
lodge in California, and representative member
of the Territorial Grand Lodge.

HENRY EDWARD CREPIN, M. D.

Many specialists and physicians of marked
ability have located in southern Arizona, to whose
sunny clime and dry atmosphere thousands of
patients and health-seekers from the north and
east are resorting more and more as the benefits
derived here are becoming widely known. Hav-
ing thoroughly prepared himself for his chosen
work, Dr. Henry E. Crepin came to Tucson as
early as 1886, and from that year until 1888
served as a health officer of the city.

The Doctor's father, Henry Crepin, M. D., was
born in Valencia, France, and accompanied his
father and the family to Dubuque, Iowa, when
he was young. Our subject's grandfather, who
was a successful merchant of Dubuque, died in
that city. For some years Dr. Henry Crepin was
engaged in practice in Dubuque, and later was
occupied in professional labors in Montana and
California. The year subsequent to the comple-
tion of the Southern Pacific Railroad through
Arizona he came to Tucson, and later, going to
Los Angeles, Cal., passed his last years there.
His widow, who lives in Tucson, was Miss Han-
nah Cox in her girlhood. A native of England,
she is a daughter of Isaac Cox, who was an early
settler and farmer in the vicinity of Dubuque, in
which locality he was a resident when called to
his reward. Four children were born to Dr.
Henry and Hannah Crepin, two sons and two
daughters. The other son, A. E., is the manager
of the Patagonia Commercial Company, of Santa
Cruz county, Ariz.

Born July 14, 1862, in Dubuque, Dr. Henry
Edward Crepin crossed the plains with his par-
ents in his infancy, and lived in Deer Lodge and
Virginia City, Mont. His elementary education
was obtained in private and public schools, and
in Christian Brothers' College, at Prairie du
Chien, Wis. In 1878 he went to California, and

there continued his studies in the high school
of Hollister. After being graduated there, he
entered the medical department of the University
of California, and after spending two years there
went to Chicago and was graduated in the Col-
lege of Physicians & Surgeons, in the class of
1886. The same year witnessed his establishing
himself in practice in Tucson, as mentioned be-
fore, but in 1888 a better field opened to him,
and accordingly he went to San Diego, Cal., and
for three years was physician in charge of the
city and county hospital. Then he located in
Humboldt county, Cal., but on account of illness
returned to Tucson in June, 1898. His office
is centrally situated in Ihe Ancient Order of
United Workmen Hall Building. A great stu-
dent, he keeps quite abreast of the times, and
employs electricity to some extent in his cases.
He is the owner of the only "X-ray" machine in
the territory, as far as known, and has all modern
appliances and instruments used by advanced
physicians and surgeons.

While in San Diego the Doctor joined the In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and now is con-
nected with the Tucson Lodge. He also belongs
to the Order of Foresters and to the Woodmen
of the World. The policy of the Republican party
is strongly favored by him, and under no cir-
cumstances does he fail to discharge the duties
of citizenship.

WILLIAM A. GILLESPIE.

Prominent among the prosperous farmers of
Graham county is William A. Gillespie, who has
been active in the development of the Gila val-
ley for many years. The highest market price
for all of the products of his farm is always
paid, as the standard of his crops is above the
average. His business ability goes without say-
ing, for within a few years after his arrival, a
poor man, he had become well-to-do and re-
spected.

The parents of our subject were Thomas S.
and Nancy M. Gillespie, and his birthplace is in
eastern Tennessee. Born February 19, 1854,
he was reared at home and was given excellent
educational advantages. With the impatience
and adventurous spirit quite common to young
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schoolroom and longed for the freedom of the
west. At length he ran away from Washington
College, where he was a student, and here it
may be said that he often has been sorry that
he was so hasty in action. At any rate, he went
to Colorado. It had been his original intention
to proceed to the northern part of New Mexico,
but the railroad extended only as far as Kit
Carson. He obtained employment with Messrs.
Colman & Lacy, cattlemen who owned a ranch
om the Cimarron and with them he remained for
a year, according to agreement. Then his par-
ents joined him, and by his assistance settled
upon a farm, and soon had everything in good
order. Three years later they removed to Ari-
zona.

As some people would state it, "circumstances
over which he had no control" were the means
of his settlement in this region, the circum-
stances in question being, primarily, his horses,
which gave out while he was on his way to
Texas. Coming to the Gila valley, of which
he had heard reports somewhat favorable, he
decided to remain here, and for twenty years
thereafter he did not cross the boundaries of
this territory. Buying a farm, he engaged in
its cultivation and also devoted considerable at-
tention to the raising of cattle. For eighteen
years he was in the live-stock business near
Stockton Pass, twelve miles from Fort Grant.
Then, moving to' Solomonville, he bought a
farm and now owns over two hundred acres of
beautiful valley land to the west and north of
this city. The property is finely irrigated and
large crops of wheat, barley, corn and alfalfa
are raised each year. An item may here be
quoted from the supplement to the ''Arizona
Bulletin," published in January, 1900: "W. A.
Gillespie sold last year from sixty acres a mile
below Solomonville, more than $1,700 worth
of hay and grain, over and above the consump-
tion of the ranch for the year." In 1900 his
wheat crop averaged sixty-three bushels to the
acre; he refused $11 a ton for hay, and after
harvesting his wheat cut three crops of Johnson
grass, grown on the same land, and disposed of
this at $8 a ton. All of the irrigating ditches
here are in the hands of the farmers, and Mr.
Gillespie is the largest shareholder in the chief
canal of this valley. In general, he favors the

Democratic platform and free trade, and at the
same time believes in expansion.

The marriage of Mr. Gillespie and Miss Fan-
nie Williamson of California, took place in 1879.
She departed this life March 30, 1895. Of the
nine children born to this union, all but two are
living. In October, 1898, Mr. Gillespie married
Edith Faulkner, who was reared in Utah.

WALTER T. FIFE.

The farm of two hundred and sixty-five acres
in the vicinity of St. David, Cochise county,
which is owned and managed by Mr. Fife, is
one of the promising properties in the neighbor-
hood, and bids fair to be a source of large rev-
enue to this early and influential pioneer. Up
to the present time the land has been exclusively
devoted to the raising of cattle, and the subject
of irrigation has been but recently put on a prac-
tical footing. At this writing the land is sup-
plied with necessary moisture from four artesian
wells, which have an average flow of forty gal-
lons a minute. This, it is expected, will convert
the land into a fine agricultural section. While
Mr. Fife still owns many head of cattle and
horses left from a hitherto extensive stock busi-
ness, he intends in the future to give his attention
to farming rather than stock-raising. It is the
aim of the surrounding farmers to give continued
study to the subject of artificial irrigation, in
the hope that within a few years the entire San
Pedro valley will develop into a garden spot,
such as the efforts of the settlers have produced
in other parts of the once desert plains of Ari-
zona. Upon his farm Mr. Fife has many modern
improvements, and his family are housed in a
comfortable residence erected by himself.

A native of Ogden City, Utah, Mr. Fife was
born August 17, 1866, and is -a son of William
N. and Diana (Davies) Fife. His father was
born in Scotland and upon emigrating to Amer-
ica, about 1852, settled in Utah. From there in
1880 he removed the family to the southeastern
part of Cochise county, where they lived upon a
ranch for nearly nine years. Their otherwise un-
eventful existence was terrorized at times by the
Indians and Mexicans, and a heavy calamity be-
fell the little household when the mother was
murdered, September 11, 1884, by a Mexican on

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the old ranch. The perpetrator of this dastardly
crime made a desperate attempt to escape, but
was overtaken by a mob after running thirteen
miles and was at once summarily lynched. The
father now lives at Salt Lake City, Utah. One
of the sons, John D., was in 1882 shot three
times by Indians six miles from the homestead,
but managed to escape and eventually he recov-
ered from the attack upon his life; at this writing
he is a dealer in agricultural implements at Salt
Lake City, where he is prominent in local affairs
and recognized as the possessor of business abil-
ity and wise judgment.

The education and early training of Walter T.
Fife were received in Cochise county. In 1888
he came to the vicinity of St. David. December
3, 1889, he married Mary Merrill, oldest daugh-
ter of John S. Merrill, of St. David. Of this
union there are four sons, Ralph, Lorin, James
M. and Miles M. The two eldest children are
attending school. Mr. Fife is a stanch Democrat
and has held several important local offices. For
two years he was deputy sheriff, for the same-
length of time served as justice of the peace,
which latter office he still holds. In November,
1900, he was elected assessor of Cochise county
for a term of two years. He is a worker for good
educational facilities, and with others was instru-
mental in securing the erection and equipment
of the present school building at St. David.

ALEXANDER J. GOULD, M. D.

The Gould family is of English descent and
those bearing the name in the original country,
and after taking up their residence in Ireland,
were identified rather with military than civic
affairs. A race of soldiers, they were ever ready
to shoulder arms in defense of any just and
noble cause, and they thus participated in some
of the wars which have turned the tide in the
affairs of men, and brought to Great Britain
the jurisdiction over almost countless human
souls. The paternal great-grandfather Gould
was an officer in the English army, and sub-
sequently located in County Fermanagh, where
his son, William B., was born. William Gould
was also a soldier, and a member of the Ennis-
killen Dragoons, with the rank of captain. Dur-
ing the Crimean war he distinguished himself,

and his country testified its appreciation of his
dauntless courage by conferring upon him the
Victoria Cross. In the Crimea he served undei
Lord Raglan and was in the thick of the fight
at Balaklava, October 25, 1854; at the battle
of Inkerman November 5, 1854, and at the siege
of Sebastopol in 1855. He suffered many of
the vicissitudes of war, and was wounded at the
battle of Alma, September 20. 1854. In the
later years of his life he emigrated with his
family to Canada, where he was a magistrate
until his death. He was prominent in fraternal
circles, was a thirty-second degree Mason, and
a devoted member of the Episcopal Church.

Dr. Gould's father, George, who was born
in Enniskillen, Ireland, was but a youth when
the family removed to Canada. He became
prominent in city and county affairs, and was
county clerk of Bruce county for thirty-one
years, or until his death at the age of seventy-
six. He was a Knight of Pythias, and an influ-
ential member of the Masonic order having,
like his father, taken the thirty-second degree.
His wife, who was formerly Elizabeth Snowden.
was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh,
Ireland, was a daughter of John Snowden, also
born in County Fermanagh, and was an officer
in the English army. After bringing his family
to Canada, he engaged in tilling the soil, and
was thus employed at the time of his death. The
Snowden family is of Welsh descent. Mrs.
Gould, who is now living in Canada, is the
mother of six children, of whom two sons and
two daughters are living, A. J. being the young-
est and the only one residing out of Ontario.

A. J. Gould was born in Ontario, July 28.
1868, and at the age of ten years went to New
Orleans, La., and there lived with an aunt, under
whose kindly protection the days of his youth
were passed. After graduating as a university
student in 1887, he migrated to Colorado, and
was employed in Pueblo, in the telegraphic de-
partment of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.
Having decided to devote his future energies to
the profession of medicine, he returned to Louis-
iana in 1892, and entered the medical depart-
ment of the university that was his alma mater,
and from this institution he was graduated in
the class of 1895. Through his excellent show-
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entitled to the advantages accorded an interne
at the Charity hospital in New Orleans his
term of service extending over eighteen months.
In 1895 lie began to practice medicine in old
Mexico, .and was there appointed assistant sur-
geon at the Central Railroad hospital, with head-
quarters at Agua Caliente and Tampico. The
following year he came to Tucson and engaged
in a general medical and surgical practice, and in
1898 was appointed assistant division surgeon
for the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Dr. Gould is variously interested in the pro-
fessional, political, fraternal, and social organ-
izations in which Tucson abounds, and is ac-
corded the esteem and appreciation merited by
his numerous excellent personal and profes-
sional qualifications. In Texas he became asso-
ciated with the Masons, and is now a member
of Tucson Lodge No. 4, F. & A. M., Royal
Arch Chapter No. 4, and the Commandery No.
I, K. T. He is identified with the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks and is a member and
medical examiner of the Knights of Pythias and
the Foresters. He is also connected with the
Eastern Star. Professionally he is associated
with the Arizona Medical Association. In pol-
itics he is a stanch believer in the principles and
issues of the Democratic party.

GEORGE H. GALLAGHER.

The building interests of Phoenix have been
materially aided through the excellent work
accomplished by the firm of Fifield & Gallagher.
Many of the important buildings and residences
in and near the town are monuments to their
skill and ingenuity, and include the O'Neill
block, the manual training school, the Academy
of the Sisters of Mercy, the addition to the high
school, Homer block, Sherman building, Dennis
building, Talbot building, and the Sacaton
agency buildings.

Mr. Gallagher is a native of Sterling. 111., and
was born June 18, 1860. To a degree he inherits
his special aptitude for his chosen work, his
father, Michael Gallagher, having devoted the
greater part of his life to contracting and build-
ing. Michael Gallagher was born in Ireland,
and reared to the occupation of fanning. At
an. early age the necessity arose for an. indepen-

dent livelihood, and he courageously started out
in the world to face whatever the future might
have in store. On Christmas day of 1842 he
found himself in Chicago, where he at once
began to learn the business of mason and con-
tractor. After a time he secured the position
of contractor on the Northwestern railroad, with
headquarters at Sterling, and constructed the
bridges and culverts between Chicago and Clin-
ton. He died at the age of sixty years. Mrs.
Gallagher was formerly Mary Morris, and was
born in Ireland. She is the mother of four sons
and four daughters, and is at present living in
Chicago, where reside all of the children but
George H.

In the public schools of Sterling, 111., George
H. Gallagher received an education which fitted
him for the future responsibilities of life. In
1875, when fifteen years of age, he was appren-
ticed out to learn the trade of carpenter under
Harvey French, and subsequently practiced his
trade in Sterling for seven years. In 1884 he
removed to Chicago, and for eleven years was
engaged as a contractor and builder. Here his
efforts were not confined to any particular part
of the city, nor to any kind of building. One
of his efforts was the construction of Madison
hall, six stories high, and with a frontage of
one hundred feet.

In searching for a desirable permanent loca-
tion-, Mr. Gallagher naturally turned his inclina-
tion to the west, and in 1895 settled in Phoenix,
to which city he has since claimed allegiance.
He at once began to work at his trade, and one
of his most important early undertakings was
the superintending of the construction of the
Adams Hotel. This occupied the greater part
of eight months, and he then turned his atten-
tion to the erection of two cyanide plants, one
at Bradshaw and the other at the old Vulture
mine. At the present time he is conducting his
affairs in partnership with J. S. Fifield. He
has accumulated considerable residence prop-
erty in Phoenix, and is variously interested in
the different enterprises for the upbuilding of
the town.

In Chicago, 111., Mr. Gallagher was united in
marriage with Hannah Desmond, a native of
Wilmington, Will county. 111., and a descendant
of an old .New England family. When quite

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young Mrs. Gallagher was left an orphan, and
was educated in Chicago under the care of the
Catholic sisters. To Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher
have been born three children : Marie, Nellie,
and George H., Jr., who died in Chicago Octo-
ber 10, 1900. During his residence in Chicago
Mr. Gallagher was for one term building
inspector. As one of his most important con-
tracts, he was associated with his partner in
superintending the construction of the new cap-
itol at Phoenix. In national politics he is a
Democrat, but has no political aspirations. He
is a member of the Board of Trade, and is
fraternally associated with the Foresters.

F. M. FRENCH.

The ability of Mr. French has materially aided
in the growth of Winslow and has been utilized
in various directions with gratifying results. Es-
sentially a western man, he was born in Tulare
county, Cal., in 1865, and was reared on a large
stock and grain ranch in the vicinity of Tulare.
His parents, Franklin M. H. and Julia E. (Van
Home) French, were natives of the east, the
former having been born in Boston. As early as
1852 the father was led to seek his fortune in
the west by reason of the reports concerning the
discovery of gold in that state. For years he
identified himself with the mines of the Pacific
coast, and much of his prospecting was success-
fully done. At the present time he is prospect-
ing in the western part of Arizona. During the
Civil war he served in Company E, Second Cali-
fornia Cavalry, and during his entire term of
service acted in the capacity of hospital steward.
At the battle of Shiloh he was wounded in the
head and as a result has since worn a silver
plate on the side of his skull.

May 10, 1887, was the date of Mr. French's
arrival in Winslow. and immediately afterward
he began building a dam on Clear creek, in
preparation for the work of the Clear Creek
Irrigating Company, which he organized in 1887
and incorporated in 1897 with a capital stock of
$100,000. At the present time he owns two
thousand shares in this undertaking and also
acts as treasurer of the company. In the incor-
poration of Winslow and the creation of Navajo
county he was an important factor. At all times

he has worked for the development of local re-
sources and the promotion of native industries.
He is the possessor of one of the finest farms
in the vicinity of Winslow, which is a modern
property, and upon which he makes his home
with his family. The land is principally devoted
to the raising of stock (cattle, horses and hogs),
from the sale of which a large income is re-
ceived. There is also a market garden that
would delight the most fastidious housewife,
and from which are sold all kinds of vegetables
and fruit. On the ranch are raised annually
about two hundred tons of hay. Among the
valuable improvements on the property is the
comfortable residence. The land is fenced and
cross-fenced, and watered from the Clear Creek
Irrigation Company's system.

In 1899 Mr. French added to his responsibil-
ities by purchasing the livery barn of F. T. La
Prade, since which time he has carried on a
general livery and transfer business, also deal-
ing in coal, ,hay, grain and wood. Among his
holdings in town are some buildings and a num-
ber of lots. For the past two years he has
reported the weather and crops to the depart-
ment of agriculture at Tucson, and has been
road overseer for the same length of time. In
politics he is affiliated with the Republican party,
and takes an active interest in elections and con-
ventions. The marriage of Mr. French and
Lillie Mae Swift occurred in 1886, and they
are the parents of five children, namely: Ella,
Lester, Ada, Elsie and Frederick C., all at home.

HENDERSON & HOULAHAN.

This firm conducts a large contracting and
plastering enterprise in Phoenix, and is among
the most reliable and progressive in their line
in the city. Since locating here, the members of
the firm have received a gratifying degree of
appreciation and the patronage of a large class
who are glad to avail themselves of their tact-
ful and conscientious methods of conducting
business.

The senior member of the firm, Mr. Hender-
sori, was born on Prince Edward Island in 1856.
His youth was an uneventful one, and his edu-
cation was derived from the public schools. As
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trade of a plasterer at Charlottetown, and later
made a practical application of his trade at Win-
nipeg in 1881. Two years later he removed to
St. Paul, Minn., where he engaged in the plas-
tering business until 1887, and then removed to
the far west, sojourning for a time in San
Diego, Cal., later spending short periods in Los
Angeles and San Francisco. Subsequently he
settled in Seattle, Wash., where he engaged in
plastering and contracting. Upon his return
to Los Angeles, his work was carried on in con-
nection with that of Mr. Houlahan. The two
men are now associated in business at Phoenix,
where they reside.

W. T. Houlahan was born in London, Eng-
land. His father, Michael, was a native of Ire-
land, and carried on a general mercantile busi-
ness in London, whence he came to America
in 1873, settling at St. Catherines, Ontario. In
1879 he changed his place of residence to Mani-
toba. In 1886 he settled in Los Angeles, Cal.,
where he died in July of the following year. His
wife, formerly Margaret Tuohy, was born in
Limerick, Ireland, and died in Winnipeg. She
had been previously married, and was the
mother, by both marriages, of eight children.
The youngest of the family was W. T., who was
born November 5, 1861. He spent the greater
part of his youth in London, where he was edu-
cated in public schools and received a careful
home training. Upon coming to America with
his parents, he continued his education in the
public schools, and also graduated from a busi-
ness college in Winnipeg. In 1876 he
began to qualify for future independence
by undertaking to learn the plasterer's trade
in Winnipeg, where he continued until 1884.
Later he worked at his trade in St. Paul,
Minn. In 1886 he removed to Los Angeles,
Cal., where he won a reputation as a relia-
ble and efficient workman. From there he went
to San Francisco in 1888, but returned to Los
Angeles in 1894. and eventually settled in Phoe-
nix, where he applied himself to plastering, con-
tracting and cement work.

In the fall of 1897 Mr. Houlahan decided to
establish his permanent 'home in Phoenix, and
has since found all that he could do in his par-
ticular line of work. Among the important
buildings of which his firm have had charge may

be mentioned the Capitol building, the O'Neill
block, as well as many of the finest residences
in the city, and some of the most substantial and
imposing business blocks. The firm was espe-
cially successful in its share of the construction
of the buildings which comprise the Indian
school, there being seven of these buildings.
Xor are its undertakings confined to Phoenix,
for the excellence of its work is known through-
out all of this part of Arizona.

The marriage of Mr. Ploulahan took place in
San Francisco, Cal., and of his union there are
two children. In national politics he is a Re-
publican. Fraternally he is associated with the
Woodmen of the World.

REV. ALFRED QUETU.

The pastor of the Catholic Church of the
Sacred Heart, of Prescott, is in the prime of life
and activity, and is carrying on a great and am-
bitious work in Yavapai county. He is very
popular with his congregation and is universally
well liked, the general public, of other creeds,
uniting in pronouncing him a scholar and court-
eous, thoroughly interesting gentleman.

It is no surprise to those who meet him and
note his polished, kindly manner, when they are
informed that Father Quetu is a native of
France. Like his parents, Jules and Hermance
(Sockeel) Quetu, he was born in the department
Pas-De-Calais, near the city of Calais, France.
The father, who died in 1899, followed agricul-
tural pursuits, as had his ancestors for several
generations, large estates being in the posses-
sion of the family. Some of his relatives at one
time or another served as officers in the French
army. The wife and mother, who is yet living in
France, is of Flemish descent. All but three of
her fifteen children grew to maturity and are
still living. One son, an ordained priest, known
as Father Hippolyte, is in charge of a parish in
France, and a daughter, Sister Mary Xavier. a
lady of marked musical ability, is principal of
the department devoted to music in the
Academy of Sisters of Mercy, of Phoenix, Ariz.,
and teaches not only the piano and stringed in-
struments, but also is a teacher of the French
language.

The early years in the life of Father Quetu

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

were quietly spent upon his father's farm, but
when he was quite young it became apparent
that he was destined to become a scholar. De-
voting much attention to the sciences and class-
ics, he later entered the theological college at
Arras, and was ordained to the priesthood in
that city in December, 1887. His initial work
was as assistant pastor of a church in Calais,
France, and in July of the same year it was his
great privilege to make an extended trip
through Italy, the beautiful, where he was re-
ceived at the Vatican and had audience with the
Pope, and thence proceeded to the Holy Land,
spending fully a month in the environs of Jeru-
salem.

Resuming his duties in his home city, Father
Quetu remained there until September, 1888,
when he came to the United States. Desiring
to further acquaint himself with the English
language, he spent three months at St. Mary's
Seminary, in Baltimore, and in December pro-
ceeded to Tucson, Ariz. Then, for a few
months, he served as pastor of the Silver City
(N. M.) Church. In September, 1889, he was
appointed priest in charge of the Prescott par-
ish, a small congregation having been organized
here.

Entering upon this field of effort, Father
Quetu soon instituted material changes for the
better, and, having purchased some, land, com-
menced the building of a handsome church edi-
fice, in 1891. The plans for the same were made
by him, and throughout the work he carefully
superintended it. The cost of the Sacred Heart
Church was $18,000, and so judiciously was the
amount expended that the structure, to all ap-
pearances, might have cost much more. Since
September, 1889, he has been the real head of all
the church work in this county, and, indeed, for
a long time attended missions in Flagstaff and
other points along the Santa Fe Railroad, from
the New Mexico line to Mojave, Cal.

Always sympathetic and with a heart open to
the needs of the sick and suffering, he cared for
many in his own residence, and when the rail-
road was being built through this section, often
had from twenty to twenty-eight patients under
his roof. Through his earnest efforts was
erected the Sisters of Mercy Hospital, a fine
brick structure situated in the west part of the

city. When he had made the preliminary plans
he turned the matter over to the Sisters, as on
account of his health a voyage across the ocean
and a rest amid the scenes of his youth, in
France, became necessary. He had previously,
in 1892, made a similar trip, and for several
years it was difficult for him to become accli-
mated to Arizona. The chief reason, however,
was his indefatigable labors on behalf of hi-;
church and people, for he never has accustomed
himself to any economy of strength or zeal, and
always has scores of ambitious plans on hand.
Among his numerous interests is St. Joseph's
Academy, which over one hundred students are
now attending, and which is in charge of the
Sisters of St. Joseph. One of his more impor-
tant charges is the Jerome parish, where he suc-
ceeded in building the Church of the Holy Fam-
ily. It unfortunately was destroyed by fire, but
a new stone and brick structure was erected by
him in 1899 at a cost of $14,000. The parish
at Congress was organized by him, and in 1900
a new church edifice was reared. Besides attend-
ing these missions, he holds religious services at
different mining camps throughout the county,
and is deeply loved for his devotion and spirit
of self-sacrifice. In 1898 he was appointed
executor of the Barlow-Massick estate, and
many other large responsibilities have been re-
posed in him, as he has excellent financial
ability, in addition to the manifold qualities of
heart and mind which have so endeared him to
his parishioners.

E. B. HOGAN.

This blacksmith and wagon-maker, stage line
manager and enterprising citizen of Nogales
was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1855. lie re-
ceived an excellent home training and was edu-
cated in the public schools. In 1868 he removed
to Salt Lake City, Utah, and during the several
years of his residence there learned the trade of
blacksmith and wagon-maker, and practiced the
same until removing to Leadville, Colo., in 1878.
A change of occupation was there undertaken,
and he worked in the mines and also pros-
pected, later serving as superintendent of the
Empire mine.

Mr. Hogan's association with Arizona began

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in 1885, at which time Xogales offered scarcely a
suggestion of its present condition of promise.
In connection with the blacksmith shop which
he started at this time he established a wagon
and carriage-making concern, where anything
short of an automobile is capable of reproduc-
tion. A large business is done in the general
repair line, and Mr. Hogan contracts for all
kinds of building. At the present time he is
interested in constructing the road from No-
gales to Washington Camp, a distance of twenty
miles. This is in connection with the stage line
established by him in 1900, which has proved
quite a successful undertaking. A daily stage
runs to Washington camp, carrying passengers
and the mails.

In 1884 Mr. Hogan married Eleanor Stewart,
and of this union there are two children, Ed-
ward and Catherine. Mr. Hogan is a Repub-
lican in politics and has taken active interest
in all local affairs. For four years he served
as a school trustee, and was town councilman
for one term. At the time of the separation of
Santa Cruz from Pinal county he took a promi-
nent part in the affairs leading up to it, and was
also instrumental in retaining the county-seat
at Nogales. He is a member of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen, and is past grand
master of the local lodge.

In all the enterprises which abound to the
growth of Nogales Mr. Hogan takes an ardent
interest, and these he has aided by his assistance
and good counsel, which never fails when called
upon. Among his other interests is the .wood
and coal yard of Hogan & Co., of which he was
the originator and is now the chief owner.

JAMES & ADAM A. SMITH.

The thriving town of Clifton presents numer-
ous features to the visitor which elicit his ad-
miration and wonder, and not the least is the
large ajid well-conducted store owned and man-
aged by the firm whose name forms the heading
of this sketch. They are energetic, ambitious
young men, of excellent education and consid-
erable business experience, and contribute their
due share to the general prosperity of the com-
munity.

Sons of William and Isabella (Arthur) Smith,

they were born in Scotland, and in the public
schools of that country received liberal educa-
tions. In 1887, when twenty-five and twenty-
one years of age, respectively, they crossed the
Atlantic, and came direct to Clifton, where a
half-brother, Laurence Russell, was holding the
responsible position of superintendent of the
Arizona Copper Company. For two years James
Smith was in the employ of that great concern,
and then, in partnership with Mr. Torrence, he
embarked in the general mercantile business.
The brother was in California at the time, but
soon returned and bought out Mr. Torrence, the
firm name becoming as at present.

Owing more to the uncertainty of the dura-
tion of most merchants' residence in Clifton
than to any other reason, the Arizona Copper
Mining Company's great general store had been
organized and maintained, and enjoyed much of
the local patronage. It is a point worthy of
note that the firm of J. & A. Smith are the only
owners of real estate, with a perfect title, in Clif-
ton, excepting the Arizona Copper Mining Com-
pany, which secured practically all the land cov-
ered by the present town site by mining claim
location. The firm has built up a large and pay-
ing business and carries a splendid stock of
goods, to which new lines are constantly being
added. In addition to their mercantile business,
they represent the Springfield (Mass.) Fire In-
surance Company, the National Fire Insurance
Company of Hartford, and the Union Mutual
Life Insurance Company of Portland, Me., and
are meeting with great success in this line, as
well as in general business.

James Smith was married in Glasgow in 1893,
to Miss Maggie R. Dick, of Rothesey, Scotland,
and two promising sons bless their union,
namely : William A., now six years old ; and
Laurence A., four years of age. The family
occupy one of the most attractive residences in
the town, of Clifton. It is of brick, constructed
in modern style, and the surrounding yard is a
refreshing spot of green, with beautiful shade
trees.

Adam Arthur Smith's marriage took place ten
years ago, his wife being Miss Hallie Jones,
daughter of Mrs. Martha Abraham, of the Clif-
ton Hotel. The young couple are the parents
of one son, Laurence, now in his eighth year.

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

They also have a pleasant home and number
many friends in this locality. Both families are
connected with the Presbyterian church and are
active and valued workers in the noble cause.
The brothers are identified with the Masonic
order, and were prime movers in the establish-
ment of Coronado Lodge No. 8, F. & A. M., of
Clifton, of which each in turn has officiated as
treasurer.

S. S. JONES.

The Empire Gold Mining & Milling Com-
pany is fortunate in having so competent and
faithful a superintendent as S. S. Jones in the
field of action. A practical and thoroughly effi-
cient assayer and mining engineer, he also pos-
sesses rare business and executive ability, and
is devoted to the interests of the company, hav-
ing his place of abode at the mines, where he
can be found readily at any hour of the day or
night, the stamp-mill being kept in operation all
the time.

Mr. Jones is a native of Alabama, where he
was reared and educated. In the state univer-
sity he pursued a special course in mining and
engineering, also devoting considerable time to
mineralogy and assaying. In 1894 he went to
California where he was occupied in mining and
prospecting in various counties for about three
years. . Then, having severed all of his connec-
tions there, he came to Groom creek in the
interests of the company with which he is today.
At first he was employed as an assayer, and
when the result of his researches became known,
the company decided to continue operations
here, and have proceeded in a conservative man-
ner, enlarging the works as it appeared advisa-
ble. Since 1898 Mr. Jones has been the super-
intendent of the mines, which comprise the Em-
pire, Union, Cincinnati, Black Jack and Belle-
vue, all gold-bearing. A ten-stamp mill was
erected under the direction of the superintend-
ent, its capacity being forty tons per day, and
the bullion is shipped direct to the San Fran-
cisco (Cal.) mint. The main vein is about ver-
tical, and averages from eighteen inches to five
feet in thickness. The main body of ore has
been reached recently at a depth of some three
hundred feet, and as the work advances the

showing is growing better, the ore being as eas-
ily handled as was that near the surface. It
is hoisted to the level and thence run out in
tunnels into the mill, thus necessitating no extra
handling after it leaves the shaft. For the first
six months a Huntington mill was used, and
when it became evident that the ore was to hold
out and warrant the expense, improvements were
gradually added. The present modern plant cost
upwards of $50,000, one feature being the light-
ing system, which is thoroughly up-to-date. As
the company owns oil lands in California, the use
of the crude kerosene in the furnaces instead of
refined oil, is contemplated, about ten barrels
a day being consumed. This would be a new
and interesting departure, as the company thus
would be pioneers in that direction, and the re-
sults are looked forward to with deep concern,
both by mining operators in Arizona and by oil
companies in California. Employment to thirty-
five men, chiefly of Prescott, is afforded by the
Empire Gold Mining & Milling Company. Dr.
W. A. Hendryx is president and treasurer; E.
H. Tomlinson, vice-president; W. M. Jones, sec-
retary, and S. S. Jones superintendent and agent
at Prescott.

While a resident of California, S. S. Jones was
connected with an Odd Fellows lodge. In na-
tional affairs he uses his ballot in behalf of the
nominees of the Republican party. Heartily in-
terested in his work, he neglects none of its
details, and thus to him may be justly attributed
a large share of the company's success.

SAMUEL BARCLAY CLAYPOOL, M. D.

In the estimation of those who know him Dr.
Claypool is one of the most promising and
capable physicians in southern Arizona. A na-
tive of Kentucky, he was born October 3, 1865,
and is a son of W. M. and Hetty B. Claypool,
the former born in Kentucky, and a practicing
physician of wide experience and extensive
knowledge. His son, S. B., was educated in
Kentucky at the public schools and at Ogden
college, subsequently graduating from the medi-
cal department of the University of Nashville,
Tenn., in the class of 1897. For the three years
preceding his graduation he received sound
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and started out in the world fully equipped with
the requisite grasp of his profession.

In the meantime the elder Claypool had
located in Globe, in 1896, and found the field for
practice so satisfactory that his son joined him
here, since which their joint efforts have met
with gratifying success. Dr. Claypool was ap-
pointed county physician in 1898 and at the
present time is surgeon for the Gila Valley,
Globe & Northern Railroad, his term of service
to extend over two years. As an evidence of his
prosperity the doctor has erected one of the fine
houses of the town, which has an unrivaled loca-
tion near the heart of the business interests, his
office being erected on the same lot.

June 28, 1898, Dr. Claypool married Wilhel-
mina L. Kellner, a daughter of E. F. Kellner
of Phoenix. Of this union there is one child,
Dulaney K. In politics a stanch Democrat, the
doctor has been prominent in local and terri-
torial affairs and was elected to the territorial
council November 6, 1900. Fraternally he is
associated with the ( )dd Fellows, the Knights of
Pythias and the Elks, of which latter organiza-
tion he is a charter member. He is also a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church at Bowling
Green.

LEONIDAS HOLLADAY.

One of the oldest engineers in the employ of
the Southern Pacific, in years of active service,
is he who is popularly known as "Lon" Holla-
day. His high standing with the "knights of
the rail" is shown by the fact that he was elected
to the responsible office of chief of Division
No. 28, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
and is now acting in that capacity.

The paternal grandfather of our subject was
born in England, and settled upon a plantation
in Tennessee at an early day. T. 1)., father
of Leonidas Holladay, was born in Tennessee,
and, upon arriving at man's estate, carried on
a plantation until early in the '503 he removed
to Austin, Tex. There he lived upon a ranch
for several years, but in 1871 went to California
and conducted a ranch near San Bernardino until
recently, when he retired and now makes his
home in Los Angeles. He was the prime mover
in the enterprise of obtaining street cars for
• Pomona, and to some extent was interested in

real estate. The mother of our subject bore
the maiden name of Sarah Backman, and her
death occurred when he was young, in Tennes-
see. Her parents were natives of that state, but
her ancestors were from England.

"Lon" Holladay was born in Overton county,
Tenn., April 10, 1854. He is an only son, and
his two sisters died in girlhood. After the war
he accompanied his father to Texas, and there
attended the subscription school of the period.
From 1866 to 1869 he lived upon his father's
ranch near Austin, and at the early age of fif-
teen entered upon his railroad career. The Aus-
tin branch of the Houston Texas Central was
in process of construction, and the youth was
employed chiefly as fireman on an engine used
in the work. Later he made regular runs along
the completed line and in 1874 was promoted to
the post of engineer. At the end of three
months, however, he resigned on account of fail-
ing health and went to California, where he was
immediately benefited.

October 13, 1874, Mr. Holladay entered the
employ of the Southern Pacific, and ran between
Los Angeles and Spadra as a fireman. The
road was gradually extended and he continued
with the corporation, being promoted to engi-
neer in 1880. Going to Benson, he was in
charge of machinery there for a period, and then
returned to the road. Since the line was com-
pleted as far as El Paso he has lived in Tucson
and been engaged in making regular runs be-
tween that point and Yuma. While really quite
fortunate, considering the many years of his
active service, Mr. Holladay has had a few nar-
row escapes. Once, when about twenty-five
miles east of Yuma, a cow on the track ditched
the engine; the fireman was killed, but, though
Mr. Holladay had three ribs broken and was
badly injured, he recovered. March II, 1899,
another accident resulted in serious injuries to
him, but, on the whole, he enjoys excellent
health.

The pleasant home of Mr. Holladay, at No.
237 South Fourth avenue, was built by him. His
marriage to Miss Mary Susan Wright, a native
of Arkansas, took place in California. Their
eldest daughter, Mrs. Lulu Maude Garland, re-
sides in Tucson. The younger children, Elsie.
Grace, Maurice and Lester, are at home. Mrs.

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Holladay is a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church.

For one year Mr. Holladay officiated as pres-
ident of the Tucson board of school trustees,
and is now serving his second term as a member
of that body. Politically he is affiliated with the
Democratic party. Under the appointment of
Governor Hughes he served on the board of
railroad commissioners until he, in company
with his colleagues, feeling that their power was
so limited that the commission really was an
unnecessary expense to the territory, recom-
mended its abolishment, and the next legisla-
ture acted upon the suggestion and dismissed
the board. Fraternally he is a member of the
Lodge and Hall Association of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen.

EDWIN J. PARKINSON.

Though practically a newcomer in Jerome,
having arrived here in 1898, Mr. Parkinson has
met with a high degree of appreciation, un-
questionably merited by his understanding of
the profession of law, augmented by years of
practical experience. Though a resident of the
far west for the greater part of his life, he was
born in Elgin, 111., in 1864, and in 1875 his par-
ents, impressed with the superior opportuni-
ties and splendid climate of California, removed
to San Francisco. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools and the University of the Pacific at
San Jose.

In response to an impelling conviction that the
science of law offered the largest and most con-
genial field for the exercise of his ability, he
entered the law office of J. N. Nolan, and was
later with M. C. Chapman, of Oakland, subse-
quently finishing the law course at Hastings
College. August 17. 1886, he was admitted to
practice in the superior court of California, and
for two years practiced in San Francisco and
San Diego though while in the latter place he
turned his attention principally to real estate
and speculating. During 1888 he was in the of-
fice of Judge Hanlyn, of San Francisco. Tn the
fall of 1889 he went to Monterey county, Cal.,
and, aside from engaging in the practice of law,
became interested with W. A. Stewart in land
deals in the southern part of the county. In

1892 he located in San Miguel. San Luis Obispo
county, Cal., and there worked up a large prac-
tice, and became a prominent factor in the com-
munity. In 1892 he entered the political cam-
paign and was elected district attorney of
Monterey in which capacity he served for two
years. In the fall of 1895 he returned to San
Francisco, going, in the winter of 1896, to Los
Angeles, and later to Pomona, where he con-
tinued to build up an enviable reputation as a
lawyer.

In Jerome Mr. Parkinson has engaged in
general practice. He is a member of a firm
whose services are retained by the Ventura Hill
Mining Company, the Verde Consolidated Cop-
per Company and several other large mining
companies and corporations. The firm also at-
tend to the legal work of the Jerome Power
Company, which furnishes electric and water
power for the city of Jerome. The organization
of this company was brought about by Mr.
Parkinson, and he is its secretary and chief pro-
moter. Numerous other interests have received
his attention, all of which are praiseworthy, and
are thought out with due regard to the benefit
of the communitv.

S. S. MARSHALL.

The traveling public through Graham county
are hospitably and comfortably entertained at
the Marshall house, a neat and well-managed
hostelry under the supervision and ownership
of one of the most progressive citizens of Pima.
who is none other than S. S. Marshall. Like so
many of the residents of this center of a vigor-
ous wheat-raising section, he was born in Utah,
his birth occurring near Salt Lake City, in 1864.
His parents, George and Esther (Steel) Mar-
shall, were born across the ocean, the former in
Ireland, and the latter in England. They were
industrious and worthy farmers, and though they
gave their son a good education in the public
schools, they were unable to materially aid him
in starting out in the world for himself. Thus,
when he came to Pima. in 1885, he had scarcely
a dollar with which to purchase the success of
the world, and was dependent upon his own
perseverance and ability to carry him through.
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to his friends and of personal satisfaction to
himself.

On the outskirts of Pima Mr. Marshall pur-
chased a farm upon first coming here, and de-
voted his best energies to its cultivation, with
the result that it is today one of the best im-
proved farming properties in the county. Though
still in his possession, the greater part of his
time is devoted to the management of the town
hotel, a large brick structure, 50x60 feet in di-
mensions, and two stories in height. In connec-
tion with the hotel is conducted a livery and
blacksmith shop, the combined interests consti-
tuting a remunerative business for their owner.
He is also the owner of mining properties in
the Lone Star and Montezu'ma districts, and
entertains hopes of their generous output.

The union of Mr. Marshall and Johanna Mer-
rill occurred in 1890, and in 1892 Mrs. Marshall
died, leaving one child, George, who is now
attending school in Utah. Mr. Marshall was
married in 1897 to Luella Miller, and of this
union there is one child, Delia.

HENRY LOVIN.

The efficient sheriff and assessor of Mohave
county, Mr. Lovin, a respected citizen of King-
man, is a native of North Carolina, his birth
having occurred in Rockingham, Richmond
county, in 1866. He was reared and educated
in the south, and for several years after reach-
ing manhood was connected with the fruit-rais-
ing industry in Florida as superintendent of the
famous Monarch orange orchard belonging to
the Monarch Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and
situated near the town of Ocala.

In 1885 Mr. Lovin came to Arizona, and in
company with W. M. Ward was occupied in the
business of raising oranges and lemons, their
orchard comprising thirty acres, and located in
the fertile and finely irrigated Salt River valley
in the vicinity of Phoenix. At the end of three
years Mr. Lovin turned his attention to mining
interests, and was connected with the Commer-
cial Mining Company, whose claims are not far
from the Senator mine near Prescott. In 1890
he came to Mohave county, and during the fol-
lowing four years was employed by the Taggart
Mercantile Company of Kingman.

In the meantime Mr. Lovin devoted consider-
able time and capital to mining and prospecting,
chiefly along the course of the Colorado river.
He located several good claims, among them
the placer mine now in the possession of the
Santa Ana Mining Company, and with others
he discovered the group now operated by a min-
ing company composed of Boston capitalists.
With his characteristic speculative spirit, one
day he grubstaked a wandering Mexican pros-
pector named Jose Jerres to the amount of
$12.80. Within forty-eight hours the Mexican
had located the claims now known as the Gold
Road mines, the outcroppings from which
assayed forty-eight ounces of gold to the ton.
This property was sold at once to a Los Angeles
syndicate, and its development shows it to be,
beyond question, one of the great gold proper-
ties of the territory. Besides his interest in that
mine, he owned shares in several others. At
present he is part-owner of the Hillside mine,
an excellent producer of gold-bearing ore. In
his various mining ventures he has met with
marked success, and for several years he has
employed from six to eight men, experts in
mineral values, to stake out claims for him in
promising localities.

Always an active worker in the ranks of the
Democratic party, Mr. Lovin is recognized as
an influential factor in the same, and several
times has been a delegate to conventions. For
two years he served efficiently as under-sheriff,
and at the end of that period, in the fall of 1900,
was elected to the superior position, receiving
the largest majority vote of any sheriff ever
elected in Mohave county. The office is com-
bined with that of county assessor. In the
fraternal organizations he is identified with the
Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks.

D. E. HURLEY.

D. E. Hurley, who is now serving as freight
agent for the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Rail-
road at Phoenix, was born January 22, 1870,
in Northfield, Vt. His father, D. H. Hurley, is
a native of the same state, and in early life
learned the machinist's trade in the St. Albans

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machine works, becoming an expert mechanic.
For some time he worked at his trade in the Cen-
tral Vermont Railroad shops, and later went as
an engineer upon the road. Going to Mexico
in 1882, he was employed as superintendent of
construction during the building of the Mexican
Central Railroad, and became an expert layer
of steel rails.

In 1889 he entered the service of the Atlantic
& Pacific Railroad, which has since become a
part of the Santa Fe system, and was the first
roadmaster of the fourth district between Peach
Springs, Ariz., and Barstow, Cal., for one year,
at the end of which time he was made road-
master of the first district between Albuquerque
and Navajo Springs, holding that position until
1899, when he resigned and returned to his old
home in Northfield. Vt., where he now resides.
He has interests in Cuba that occupy a part of
his time. In early life he married Mary Hur-
ley, who, though bearing the same name, was
no relative. She is a native of Canada, and a
daughter of Cornelius Hurley, who was born
in Vermont, and went to Canada in the employ
of the Grand Trunk Railroad, but afterward re-
turned to Vermont and became connected with
the Central Vermont Railroad. He was first a
surveyor and later superintendent of construc-
tion.

Of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hur-
ley, five are still living, namely : D. E., our sub-
ject; Cornelius C., a locomotive engineer on the
Boston & Maine Railroad; Mrs. Lizzie Rabi-
don, of Ontario, Canada; William H., who is
attending medical college at Burlington, Vt.;
and Harriet, at home with her parents.

During his boyhood and youth D. E. Hurley
pursued his studies in the public schools of his
native town and was graduated from the North-
field high school in June, 1886. The following
three years were spent as a clerk in a wholesale
grocery house in Boston, and he then went to
Eldorado, Tex., and entered the employ of the
Mexican National Railroad, serving as brake-
man about a year during the building of that
road as far as Monterey. Going to Gallup,
N. M., he accepted a position as clerk in the
freight department of the Atlantic & Pacific
Railroad, now the Santa Fe, and remained there
from 1890 to 1896, being relief agent the latter

part of the time. He was next passenger and
freight agent at Ash Fork until September, 1898,
when he was made freight agent at Phoenix, and
has since filled that position to the entire satis-
faction of the company and all concerned. He
is a wide-awake, energetic young business man,
and is one of the most enterprising citizens of
Phoenix.

At Ash Fork, Ariz., Mr. Hurley married Miss
Kate Rodey, a native of St. Joseph, Mo., and to
them has been born a son, Frank Edward. In
religious belief Mrs. Hurley is a Catholic. In
politics our subject is independent. He was
initiated into the Odd Fellows' Society while a
resident of Boston, and now holds membership
in the lodge at Gallup, N. M. He also belongs
to the Encampment and Rebekah branch of the
same order; and is a member of the Knights
of Pythias lodge at Phoenix, and United Work-
men Lodge No. 2, at Albuquerque. He is
quite popular socially, and all who know him
hold him in the highest esteem.

E. L. TIDWELL.

Recognizing the superior natural advantages
of the Gila River valley, the subject of this sketch
wisely decided to try his hand at agriculture in
this district, and is proving his foresight to his
entire satisfaction. Of all of the many sys-
tematic and thrifty methods of irrigation, with
special reference to the expenditure necessary,
the canals of this locality surpass those of other
sections of the so-called arid zone, the chief
reason being that they are owned aand managed
by the parties most interested — the farmers —
and it is stated on good authority that the av-
erage cost of water to the consumer is not over
one-third of what is charged in many other val-
leys.

Mr. Tidwell was born in Parker county, Tex.,
in 1857. He can hardly remember the time
when he was considered too young to ride a
pony or to assist in herding cattle on the plains,
and this pursuit has been, practically, his life oc-
cupation. When in his nineteenth year he em-
barked in business on his own account, and for
the ensuing eight years was engaged in, the
raising of cattle in the Lone Star state. Then
selling out, he came to Arizona, and locating

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in Willcox, looked upon that place as his home
and headquarters for the next few years.. In
the meantime, as formerly, he devoted his en-
ergy to the cattle business, and it was not until
1899 that he disposed of his last live stock.

In 1894 Mr. Tidwell invested some means in
an eighty-acre farm, located about half way be-
tween Solomonville and Safrbrd. Here he has
built a comfortable adobe house, has put up
fences and is continually making improvements
which are greatly increasing the value and de-
sirability of the homestead. In addition to this
place, he owns a quarter section of land at a
point on the Gila river about seven miles east
of Solomonville. When it is remembered that
land in this immediate locality is worth upwards
of $100 an acre, it may be seen that our subject
is rapidly amassing a snug little fortune.

In all of his joys and sorrows for the past
score of years Mr. Tidwell has found a true
helpmate in his wife. It was in 1881 that their
marriage took place. The wife formerly bore
the name of Henrietta Taylor, her old home
being in Wichita Falls, Tex. They have five
promising children. Politically Mr. Tidwell
uses his franchise on behalf of Democratic nom-
inees. At one time he served as deputy sheriff.
He has officiated as a school trustee, giving
his ardent support to the cause of education
and to all progressive enterprises.

J. ERNEST WALKER.

Standing in the front ranks of successful busi-
ness men of Phoenix is J. Ernest Walker, who
within some five years has achieved this distinc-
tion, and is constantly adding to his laurels.
But not alone in the world of commerce is he
a power, for in public and social circles his in-
fluence is recognized for good, and religious and
benevolent institutions and all worthy enter-
prises receive his generous support. He is a
member and one of the directors of the Phoenix
Board of Trade and is the second vice-president
of the Phoenix Library Association. One of the
organizers of the Arizona Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution, he is a director and
registrar of the same ; is connected with the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which he
is past master workman ; and is a popular mem -

ber of the Maricopa Club. His ballot is used in
favor of the Democratic platform, but he is not
an aspirant to public honors, having refused to
allow his name to appear as a candidate for the
legislature.

The eldest child of Prof. George W. and
Emma (Wysor) Walker, our subject comes of
fine old colonial Virginia families. His father
was born in Martinsburg, W. Va., the son of
James W. Walker, a wealthy planter, of Scotch-
Irish extraction. A graduate of Hampden-Sid-
ney College, where he received the degree of
Master of Arts, Prof. George W. Walker is a
scholarly man and now is occupying the chair of
Latin in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute at
Blacksburg. During the Civil war he served in
a Virginia regiment in the capacity of an officer.
His wife, who was born in Pulaski county, Va..
is a daughter of George W.and a granddaughter
of Capt. Henry Wysor, natives of Virginia, and
substantial planters. George W. Wysor, who
died while serving in a Virginia regiment in the
Civil war, came of a race of military heroes. His
father held the rank of captain in the war of
1812; his grandfather, Capt. Henry Wysor, Sr.,
was in command of a company during the Revo-
lution, and his great-grandfather, Capt. Adam
Wysor, won his title by his conspicuous service
in some of the early colonial wars of the Old
Dominion. The Wysor family is traced back to
the twelfth century, when some of the name
(then spelled Weiser) emigrated from their an-
cient home in Germany to England, whence
they came to America. Capt. Henry Wysor,
of war of 1812 fame, married a Miss Charlton of
Virginia, whose family, of the old nobility, dates
from the days of William the Conqueror, as
accompanying him from Normandy, large es-
tates and rights were accorded them in Ireland.
The mother of Mrs. George W. Walker, nee
Wysor, was a Miss Miller, also of an old Vir-
ginia family and of Revolutionary stock.

Born May 12, 1873, J. Ernest Walker is the
eldest of the eleven children which constitute the
parental family. All are living, and with the
exception of himself and sister, Miss Emma
Clay Walker, who is now making her home
with him, continue to dwell in Virginia. They
are named as follows : Lida, Mrs. M. W. Cole-
man, James W., Margaret W., Lucy Stearnes,

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Xellic Lemon, Lillic Wilson, George Luther,
Robert Ware and Charles Martin.

The youth of our subject was passed in the
beautiful valley of the Shenandoah, his birth-
place being in Pulaski county, Va. After com-
pleting his education he embarked in business at
the early age of fifteen, and until 1895 was lo-
cated at Salem, Va., where he was interested in
real estate and insurance, being connected with
several land improvement companies. On ac-
count of his health he decided to settle in the
west, and after spending some time in traveling
took up his residence in Phoenix. Here, in
1897, he embarked in the real estate and insur-
ance business, representing many of the old-
line companies. Personally, he now owns a
number of finely improved farms in the Salt
River valley and elsewhere, and is branching out
into many other enterprises.

In 1900 the Buckeye Canal & Land Company
was incorporated, with a paid-up capital stock of
$100,000, and Mr. Walker was made secretary,
treasurer and manager of the same. Under his
auspices it is meeting with remarkable success,
whereas it had hitherto been a glaring failure.
He also is the secretary and treasurer of the
Sixth Avenue Hotel Company, incorporated.

The marriage of Mr. \Valker and Miss Flor-
ence Williscroft was solemnized in Phoenix,
October 28, 1896. A daughter of George R.
Williscroft, of this city, she was a native of
Smith Falls, Canada, and was summoned to the
silent land in June, 1899, leaving one child, Flor-
ence Emma. April 30, 1901, he married Helena
Harning, of Castile, Wyoming county, N. Y.
She is a daughter of Duane D. and Alary
(Snell) Harning, natives of New York State,
who are now residing in Phoenix. The beauti-
ful modern residence of the family, at the cor-
ner of Fourth and Monroe, is owned by Mr.
Walker. He is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and is highly honored and esteemed by
all who know him.

' C. M. STURGES.

C. M. Sturges is a leading representative of
the business interests of Phoenix, where, in
partnership with A. L. Stephens, he is now suc-
cessfully conducting the Golden Eagle livery,

feed and sale stable. He has won success by
his well-directed and energetic efforts, and the
prosperity that has come to him is certainly
well deserved.

Mr. Sturges was born in St. Louis, Mo., No-
vember 19," 1864, and on the paternal side is de-
scended from a good old Xew England family
of English origin. His grandfather, William
Sturges, spent his entire life as a farmer in Fair-
field, Conn., and died in 1894. at the advanced
age of ninety-four years. The father, John A.
Sturges, is a native of that place. When a young
man he removed to Missouri, becoming one of
the early settlers of Marshall, where he was
engaged in the manufacture of lumber for a
time, and later he was interested in the whole-
sale commission business in St. Louis until com-
ing to Phoenix, Ariz., in 1887. Here he followed
fanning for some time, but now, at the age of
seventy-six years he is living retired, enjoying
a well-earned rest. When a young man he mar-
ried Miss Augusta Zimmerman, a native of
Galesburg, Hi., and a daughter of John Zimmer-
man, who was engaged in farming in that state.
By this union were born five children, all of
whom reside in or near Phoenix.

The early education of our subject, acquired in
the public and high schools of St. Louis, of
which he is a graduate, was supplemented by
a course at Drury College, Springfield, Mo. He
left school, however, in 1885 to come west, being
the first of the family to locate in Phoenix. For
one year he engaged in farming, and for four
years was employed as clerk in the grocery store
of Farley & Grant. In 1890 he purchased a
livery stable on Third street and embarked in
the business which he has since carried on suc-
cessfully. In 1895 he built a fine brick barn,
50x138 feet, and two stories in height, it being
the largest establishment of the kind in the city.
In 1894 he formed a partnership with A. L.
Stephens, a native of Lowville, Lewis county,
N. Y., and a son of Rufus and Clarissa (Rich-
ards) Stephens, both of New York state. In
1863 he went to Ripon, Fond du Lac county,
Wis., and in 1878 removed to Fargo, N. D.,
where he was engaged in the livery business
until coming to Phoenix in 1894. Here busi-
ness is conducted under the firm name of C. M.
Sturges & Co. They have hacks which meet all

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trains, and do an extensive transfer business.
They also make a specialty of taking picnic par-
ties to all points of interest for many miles
around, and have an elegant tally-ho for this
purpose. Besides his city property, Mr. Sturges
owns a ranch of one hundred and sixty acres
on St. John's canal, fifteen miles west of Phoe-
nix.

He was married at Oakdale, Cal., to Miss
Clara Mitchener, who was born in Petaluma,
Cal., her father, John Mitchener, being a pioneer
of that state. One child blesses this union,
Elva. By his ballot Mr. Sturges supports the
men and measures of the Republican party, and
he has taken quite an active and prominent part
in public affairs. He has served as county com-
missioner, and is now acceptably filling the of-
fices of city commissioner and treasurer, having
served in the latter position for several years
to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He
is a member of the Board of Trade and affili-
ates with the Knights of Pythias and the Wood-
men of the World. In religious belief he is a
Presbyterian.

GEORGE L. WILKY.

The agricultural interests of the Salt River
valley have materially benefited by the presence
in their midst of Mr. Wilky, who represents the
best farming element of the region that has wit-
nessed his successful efforts for advancement.
He is the owner of two hundred and seventy
acres of land, one hundred and ten acres of
which are in the home ranch. Though not one
of the very early pioneers of the valley, he has
impressed his worth and ability upon his fellow-
townsmen and has shown an unusual and com-
mendable interest in all that pertains to the
general growth of his adopted locality. He
came to this promising corner of the world in
1881 and has since made it his home.

The parents of Mr. Wilky, Henry and Sophia
(Lutgerding) Wilky, were born in Germany and
became prominent residents of the Salt River
valley. The early boyhood of their son George
was passed in Adams county, 111., where he was
born September 21, 1862. When two years of
age he removed with his parents to Marion
county, Mo., where the family lived for several

years, subsequently going to Shelby county,
Mo., where they remained until 1881. At that
time George L. removed to Arizona. He re-
ceived the early training that falls to the lot of
the average farm-reared boy, and was sur-
rounded by influences calculated to develop
traits of industry and thrift.

Upon starting out in the world for himself
Mr. Wilky naturally followed the inclination
fostered by his parents and developed while re-
siding on the home farm. As a general farmer
and stock-raiser he has been very successful,
and the good results attained are largely due to
his special aptitude for the work at hand and his
faith in the possibilities of the soil which he so
diligently cultivates.

Mr. Wilky 's first wife was Mrs. Emma Mitts.
.Born of that union is one daughter, Sophie R.,
whose mother died when she was only four
months old, and since that time she has made
her home with her grandparents Wilky.

Mr. Wilky married for his second wife Martha
Cartwright, of the Salt River valley, a daughter
of Jasper and Sarah E. (Riggins) Cartwright.
Of this union there are two children, Louis R.
and Harold C. A Democrat in national politics,
Mr. Wilky has no political ambitions, and pre-
fers to leave to others the offices within the
gift of the people. He is public-spirited and
enterprising, and a typical pioneer farmer of
Salt River valley.

Mrs. Wilky is a member of the Christian
Church. She was born in California, and when
about three years of age was brought by her par-
ents to Prescott, Ariz. Mr. and Mrs. Cartwright
live six miles west of Phoenix on the Maricopa
road, and are among the honored pioneers of
the territorv.

ALEXANDER F. McALLISTER.

Mr. McAllister was born in the shadow of old
Independence Hall on South Sixth street in the
city of Philadelphia, February 17, 1840. His
grandfather, an United Irishman, took part in
the struggle of the Irish people in the rebellion
of 1798, with Henry and John McCracken, the
Presbyterian leaders in Antrim, relatives of
President McKinley, and after its failure escaped
to this country, serving afterwards with Col.

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\Yinfield Scott in the war of 1812 at the battle
of Lundy's Lane, and through the Canadian
campaign. He was for many years an alderman
of the city. His father was an old sea captain,
sailing out of Philadelphia, and was lost with his
vessel in 1852. He had served on the old United
States sloop-of-war Cyane at the capture of
Yera Cruz during the Mexican war, the fleet co-
operating with the land forces under General
Scott, showing three generations of fighters
serving under the same officer.

Mr. McAllister attended the public schools of
his native city, and was a classmate of Samuel
J. Randall, Ignatius Donnelly, Governor Robert
E. Pattison and other distinguished Philadel-
phians. He made several sea voyages to Liver-
pool, England, and La Guarra, South America,
but not liking the hardships of a cabin-boy's life
in the merchant service, despite the glamour of
romance thrown on it by R. H. Dana and Cap-
tain Maryatt, he concluded to settle down with
the old folks and as a law student entered the
office of Benjamin H. Brewster, afterward attor-
ney-general under President Arthur one month
prior to the breaking out of the war. His associ-
ations and traditions were identified with the is-
sues and principles of the Democratic party,
casting his maiden vote for Stephen A. Douglas,
and he was chosen delegate to the Congressional
convention, electing his life-long friend and
former school-fellow Sam. J. Randall to the first
of his many terms in Congress.

At the first call for seventy-five thousand men
by the president, at the breaking out of the war,
he enlisted in an organization known as the
Moyamensing Rangers, commanded by the
noted "Squire" McMullin, and served with Gen-
eral Patterson's command in the Shenandoah
valley. At the call for three years' men he en-
listed in the Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania, com-
manded by Col. Joshua T. Owens and known
throughout the Potomac Army as "Paddy
Owens' Regulars," in the old Philadelphia
Brigade commanded by the fearless Senator
Baker ; he received a charge of "buck and ball"
in the right leg, October 25, 1861, at Balls'
Bluff, where General Baker was killed. On re-
covering from this wound he rejoined his regi-
ment in front of Yorktown and took part in all
the battles of the Peninsular campaign under

( ieneral McClellan. On the organization of the
grand army corps his brigade formed the Second
brigade, Second division of the Second army
corps, and commanded by Maj.-Gen. E. V.
Simmer. Promotions were not slow in those
days where wounds and death created vacancies
in rapid succession, and Mr. McAllister rose
from a high private in the rear rank to brevet
corporal, sergeant, lieutenant and captain. At
Antietam he was assigned as aide on General
Hancock's staff, where he served until McClellan
was superseded by Burnside. At Fredericks-
burg his regiment was one of the first to cross
the pontoon bridge thrown across the Rappa-
hannock river below- the Lacy House, General
Burnside's headquarters, through the streets of
that historic old town in the face of a murderous
fire to Mary's heights. The result of that ill-
fated assault is a matter of history. His corps
in the following movement against the Confeder-
ate forces under General Hooker, covered the
retreat of his defeated, panic-stricken army and
saved it from total annihilation. At Gettysburg
the second army under Hancock held the left
center against the flower of the army of North-
ern Virginia, and beat back the repeated and
fearless charges of Pickett and his picked veter-
ans, and a larger percentage of killed and
wounded was suffered by his regiment than by
any other regiment engaged in that battle, and
in it Captain McAllister received his coup de
grace by the loss of his left hand, rendering him
henceforth unable to seek the bubble reputation
at the cannon's mouth. Having outlived his
usefulness in the field, he was employed in the
quartermaster's and commissary departments of
the army at Washington until the close of the
war.

In 1865-66 he was connected with a number
of his old comrades in the Fenian movement of
that time, and after its failure he was perforce
compelled to adopt the ways of peace, and again
in 1866 he entered the government service as
quartermaster's clerk, employed at Forts Mc-
Pherson, Sedgwick and Laramie, in the Platte
valley, when the Sioux and Cheyennes were
rampant for scalps ; and ad interim taught school
with unique experiences in that supposedly
peaceful avocation, which was not always be-
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golden apples from the tree of knowledge had a
broader and more dangerous application in those
days, to be compelled to take a shot at a prowl-
ing savage, with the routine of interesting study
brokenly interrupted by a cautious survey
through the loop-holes of the log school house
for a red marauder. With one eye on the gun
and the other on the pupil, Mr. McAllister says
that the conditions were not very favorable or
gratifying to accomplish to a moderate extent
successful results on educational lines or re-
dound much to his credit as an educator. In
1872 he occupied a clerical position at the head-
quarters of his old general, W. S. Hancock,
then commanding the department of Dacotah at
St. Paul, Minn. Disliking sedentary desk work,
the captain had General Hancock send him to
Fort Abercrombie on the Red river of the north
to take charge of the army transportation for the
expedition to the Yellowstone country under
Custer and his famous and fated Seventh cav-
alry, the infantry column being commanded by
Gen. David Stanley. These troops acted as
guard and escort for the survey and construction
of the Northern Pacific Railroad under the su-
pervision of Custer's old-time cavalry opponent,
Gen. T. J. Rosser, of the Confederate army,
and they fought their battles over again with the
zest of old-time foes and gallant men.

In 1873 ne was appointed by Gen. Stewart
Van Yliet chief quartermaster of the depart-
ment of the Missouri, as quartermaster's store-
keeper, and was assigned to duty at Fort Dodge,
Camp Supply and Fort Elliott. In 1876 he ac-
cepted a position under Col. C. A. Reynolds,
chief quartermaster of the military district of
Arizona at Fort Whipple, Ariz., and en route
at Fort Wingate, N. M., learned that Colonel
Reynolds had been assigned to duty at Portland,
Ore. Mr. McAllister's chronically financial em-
barrassments would not permit his making that
long journey, and in those days the walking was
very bad, so he concluded to remain at Fort
Wingate, near where he was employed as clerk
by a Navajo Indian trader, and afterwards ob-
tained the position of issue clerk at Fort Defi-
ance, the Navajo Indian Agency, where his old-
est daughter was born.

With the varying vicissitudes and environ-
ments of the erstwhile frontiers of the unsettled

west, Mr. McAllister adapted and fitted himself
to his surroundings, herded sheep, taught
school, in the cattle and dairy business, trading
with Indians, engaged in the railroad service and
other employments, and for the want of a better
and with the natural proclivities of his Celtic
origin, drifted into politics. Settling in Wins-
low, Ariz., in 1889, he was appointed postmaster,
and elected justice of the peace, a member of
the board of school trustees, and commissioned
three terms as notary public, occupying, as it
were, the position of public functionary in his
community. At the breaking out of the Span-
ish-American war the old spirit of '61 was
again rampant. He was authorized to open a
recruiting office and enrolled the quota of his
county for troop A of the Rough Riders com-
manded by his old friend Capt. W. O. O'Niell,
and also the quota for Gov. M'. H. McCord's .
regiment of Arizona volunteers. During the
fall of 1898 he was elected county recorder and
was re-elected in 1900 by an increased majority,
receiving the support of Republicans and Demo-
crats alike, though always known as a stanch,
outspoken supporter of the issues and principles
of the latter.

August 21, 1875, he was married at Leaven-
worth, Kans., to Miss Lucy Kautz, of Wheeling,
W. Ya., a descendant of good old Irish-German
stock of the earliest settlers of the Ohio valley ;
her grandfather, Gen. Sam Black, a veteran of
the Mexican war, and who was killed at the
battle of Games' Mill in 1862, was a well-known
lawyer among many of the same name and pro-
fession of western Pennsylvania. They became
the parents of five children, two of whom are
living, namely: Faith, the wife of O. W. Samp-
son, of Los Angeles, Cal. ; and Mercy, aged
eighteen, at home. The deceased, Grace, aged
ten, W. S. Hancock, eight, and Alexander F.,
five, died of diphtheria within ten days of eacli
other, and are buried at Winslow.

Mr. McAllister has not laid up any earthly
stores where moths and rust corrupt and thieves
break into, but is content with pleasant home
surroundings, blessed with the companionship
of a loving helpmate who faced sorrow and pri-
vations with him for twenty-five years and more,
a true wife and loving mother. To maintain his
prestige of good fellowship, he is a charter mem-

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her of Winslovv Lodge No. 536, B. P. O. E., and
a member of the Loyal Legion, and of the So-
ciety of the Army of the Potomac. As an
optimist of the future of Arizona, he is most
sanguine with voice and pen, and feels that the
trials and hardships of the pioneer will be real-
ized in the building up of another mighty com-
monwealth in the galaxy of sovereign states as-
sured by the enterprise and spirit of its sturdy
people in the development of its vast storehouses
of mineral wealth, its fertile valleys and the
mighty forests of this great future state of Ari-
zona.

WILLIAM OHNESORGEN.

Born in Germany in 1849, Mr. Ohnesorgen
came with his parents to America in 1853. set-
tling in San Antonio, Tex. There he grew to
manhood, and received his education in the pub-
lic schools, subsequently learning the trade of
carpenter and builder from his father, who was
an expert in that line both in Germany and
America. The son early evinced an independ-
ence of spirit and determination which led him
in 1867 to the larger possibilities and cruder
conditions of the far west, and after a short so-
journ in New Mexico he located in Tucson in
1868. For a time he was employed as a clerk
and later turned his attention to carpentering
and building, in which he met with great suc-
cess. Many of the modern American buildings
of Tucson are due to his capability, and among
others that emerged under his guidance and
practical assistance was the governor's mansion
on the hill, and several of the large store build-
ings. In 1871 he came down the San Pedro river
to within three-quarters of a mile of where Ben-
son is now located, but of which there was no
sign in those days. Here he kept the govern-
ment forage agency, supplying the United States
troops with provisions. This occupation came
to an end when the Indians were placed on the
reservations, but in the mean time he had seen
a great deal of the Indians and their ways, and
became well aware of the hostility of some of
them to the whites.

From 1875 until 1880 Mr.Ohnesorgen was en-
gaged in the sheep-raising business in the Co-
chise valley, and in 1879 established the stage

line between Tucson and Tombstone, operating
the same until the shriek of the iron horse awoke
the sleeping shades of the county. Since he
disposed of his stage interests many thrilling
robberies have occurred on the line, worthy of
the recital of Cooper, and the absorbing interest
of the American youth. As a later venture Mr.
Ohnesorgen built a barn and ran a livery there
for three years, later selling out, and again en-
gaging in his former trade of building. Since
then he has erected many of the buildings of the
town. He has disposed of his farm property,
and is now principally interested in matters that
directly concern the town of Benson. Mr. Ohne-
sorgen was married in 1880 and now has six
children: Conche, who is eighteen years of age;
Eliza, fourteen; William, eleven; Frederick,
seven ; Beatrice, five ; and Jasper, two years old
In politics Mr. Ohnesorgen is a Republican, and
has been a justice of the peace for the past eight
years. He has never aided in the selecting of a
president, never having had an opportunity to
vote.

J. W. RANSOM.

From out the rough and law-ignoring element
which permeated the very early days of Globe
there stand out a few of those fine, steady, and
reliable characters which diverted the chaotic
and headstrong stream of impetuosity into chan-
nels of order and balance. Such an one is Mr.
Ransom, who came here in 1875, and was one
of the first white men to wrest from Fortune her
firmly imbedded treasures.

The early memories of Mr.' Ransom are asso-
ciated with New York state, where he was born
at Mount Morris, Livingston county, in 1830.
Of English and Scotch ancestry, he is a son of
George W. and Mary Ransom, who were born
respectively in England and Scotland, and who
were married in Canada. Though a carpenter
by trade, the elder Ransom had a farm in Liv-
ingston county, N. Y.. upon which he lived,
and where he died in 1894. His son was reared
at Mount Morris, and when but five years of
age suffered the loss of his mother by death.
He was educated at the public schools, and the
first eventful occurrence in his life was the
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enlisted in the First New York Dragoons, and
served his country for three years. He was
discharged from the service in 1865, at Roches-
ter, N. Y.

With the return of peace Mr. Ransom came
west to Colorado, going later to New Mexico,
where he s worked at the machinist's trade. In
the effort to fine! a suitable, desirable location he
lived for a time on the present site of Silver
City, before coming to Globe in 1875. After
prospecting and mining for a couple of years, he
accepted a clerkship with Morrell Ketcham.
The latter's interests were later purchased by
E. F. Kellner, who has since been so prominently
identified with the large undertakings of the
territory. Mr. Ransom continued his posi-
tion under the new management, and with Mr.
Kellner started a general merchandise store at
McMillan, which was not, however, a success,
and was soon abandoned. The two men then
started the store at Glbbe, which has for so
many years catered to the necessities of the
inhabitants, and which is today one of the most
substantial of the commercial interests of the
town. After an amicable association of twentv-
two years, Mr. Ransom disposed of his share in
the business, in 1900, to Mr. Kellner, and is at
the present time practically retired from active
participation in commercial affairs.

Though a man of more than the allotted three
score and ten years, Mr. Ransom gives the im-
pression of one who is scarcely a half century
on the way. A delightful companion he has
drawn to him hosts of friends, who believe in
his sincerity and rejoice in his optimism. He
has never indulged in the cup that inebriates
nor has he ever participated in games of chance.
In the estimation of his friends, some woman is
the loser by his having never married. He is
of late years a traveler, spending the greater
part of his summers with a sister in Buffalo,
X. Y., and his winters in Globe and California.

A Republican in national politics, Mr. Ran-
som cast his two presidential votes for Abra-
ham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant, which were the
only elections h.e had a chance to participate
in. For twenty years he has been a Mason, and
is a charter member of the lodge at Globe. He
is also a charter member of the Odd Fellows
Lodge No. 12, at Globe, having joined that

organization ten years ago, and he is a member
of the Elks and the Eastern Star. For three
years he has been associated with the Grand
Army of the Republic in Globe as commander.

LYMAN W. WAKEFIELD.

Of English descent, Mr. Wakefield was born
in Malone, Franklin county, N. Y., October 5,
1855. The earlier members of the family lived
in Connecticut, and the paternal grandfather,
Eben, was born at Windham. He married Sa-
limla Bennett, a native of Connecticut, and sub-
sequently settled in Franklin county, N. Y.,
where he eventually died. His son, James Mad-
ison, the father of L. W. Wakefield, was born
in Franklin county, and later became a farmer
near Malone, N. Y., going thence in 1863 to
the vicinity of Rochester, Olmstead county,
Minn. During the Civil war he volunteered in
the northern army, but was rejected on account
of disability. He died in Minnesota October 5,
1884. Mrs. Wakefield, formerly Clarinda
lirown, was born in Malone, N. Y., Decem-
ber 15, 1820, and was a daughter of Samuel
Brown, a native of Hero Island, Lake Cham-
plain. The Brown family history is interestingly
interwoven with that of the vicinity of Lake
Champlain, to which the paternal great-grand-
father came upon emigrating from England
with his nine sons. He bought nine of the isl-
ands in the lake, called Hero Islands, where he
located, and where he eventually died. The pa-
ternal grandfather, Solomon Brown, lived near
New Haven, Vt, where he carried on gen-
eral farming and there died. He married Miss
Marina Lamb. Samuel Brown married Han-
nah Heath, who was born in Vermont, a daugh-
ter of Samuel C. Heath, who was a soldier in the
war of the Revolution, and who married Leah
Tracy, of an old New England family. Mrs.
Wakefield, who is now living with her daughter,
Mrs. E. N. Fish, of Tucson, is the mother of
six sons and three daughters, viz: Maria,
who is the wife of E. N. Fish of Tucson: Har-
vey, now in Texas, and who was a member of
the Minnesota Regiment Heavy Artillery:
Achsa M., who married J. C. Craymond of
Rugby, N. D.; Alfred J., who is the superin-

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tendent of the Santa Cruz Milling Company, at
Santa Cruz, Ariz.; William L., who is in the cat-
tle business at Tucson; Frank N., who is a mine
operator in Missouri; Lyman W., who is living
in Tucson ; Clara E., who is the widow of A. J.
Knapp of Langdon, N. D., and Julius A., who is
living in Kasson, Minn.

The early life of Mr. Wakefield was on the
uneventful order, and was devoted to a mastery
of the details of farming and to acquiring the
education of the public schools. When twenty-
two years of age he started out to face alone the
conditions in a new and strange part of the coun-
try, and in Tucson started in the cattle business.
In 1878 he removed to Pantano, Pima county,
forty miles east of Tucson, and started a general
merchandise business, and was also interested in
mining, conducting his affairs in partnership
with his brother William. He was also made
. postmaster of the place, and was the first to
hold the position. Upon removing to the
Whetstone mountains, Pima county, where he
established a fine ranch, which was plentifully
supplied with water, and had a fine corral, the
Indians were very numerous and troublesome,
and some of the surrounding neighbors were
killed by the treacherous and ever alert Apaches.
When they were surrounded by special danger
he traveled at night to the railroad, and carried
his wife and babies to the safety of the town.

The present ranch of Mr. Wakefield is situ-
ated twenty-five miles west of Tucson, and is
given over almost entirely to the cattle indus-
try. To this branch of work Mr. Wakefield
brings a wide range of knowledge, and is one of
the best informed men in the county. His cat-
tle are fattened from the seeds of flowers and on
Indian wheat, and he finds that as an article of
diet they are quite as satisfactory as the usual
feed of corn. He is one of the most successful
cattle men in the county, and is otherwise widely
interested in the affairs of the locality. He is
a member of and was formerly director in the
Arizona Stockmen's Association. A Republican
in politics, he is an ex-member of the ter-
ritorial committee on organization, and in 1898
was nominated county sheriff of what is now Pima
and Santa Cruz counties, and elected by a majori-
ty of one hundred and fifty, the term of office ex-
tending from January, 1899, ""til January. 1901.

It is doubtful if any who have held a like position
in the territory more acceptably filled the va-
rious and arduous duties incident to their re-
sponsible position than did Mr. Wakefield, or
exercised more tact in the adjustment of often
complicated and annoying situations. Assisted
by a profound knowledge of human nature and
its workings under favorable and unfavorable
circumstances, he knew how to avoid the ex-
ercise of the gentle art of making enemies, and
has instead won the approval of even those who
were his political antagonists.

In Tucson, in May, 1891, Mr. Wakefield mar-
ried Anna Patrick, who was born in Missouri
and reared in California. Of this union there
are five children : Walter. William H., Edith.
Clarence and Marguerite. Walter is attending
the University of Arizona, and the other chil-
dren are students at the public schools of Tuc-
son. Fraternally Mr. Wakefield is associated
with the IJenevolent Protective Order of Elks.
the Red Men and the Knights of Pythias. He is
one of the esteemed and reliable citizens of
Tucson, and has aided materially in bringing
about the renewed high state of affairs in this
old-new section of the country.

E. A. POWERS.

There are few men in Arizona, or, in fact,
anywhere in the United States, who have the
wide knowledge of mines and mining in general
possessed by Mr. Powers, the superintendent
and general manager of the United Verde Ex-
tension Gold, Silver and Copper Mining Com-
pany. Nor is this able authority content with
what he has already found out, for he is con-
tinually studying for new light from every avail-
able source, and neglects no opportunity to keep
in touch with the advancement in all the large
mining centers of the world. No other could
assume the large responsibility which he so
creditably fills, as manager of one of the largest
and richest mining properties in the world. The
company's property consists of nineteen claims,
and the ore is copper, carrying also a heavy
percentage of gold and silver. Any one of these
metals exists in sufficient quantity to make the
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The company pay roll contains between seven
hundred and eight hundred men. and the claims
are located about twenty-eight miles from Pres-
cott. Mr. Powers has under him twenty-five
or thirty men as assistant managers which gives
one a fair idea of the work involved in the dis-
charge of his duty.

With all of the advantages of eastern birth
and training, Mr. Powers was admirably fitted
in his youth for any opportunity that might come
his way. He was born in New Haven, Conn.,
in 1853, and received the substantial education
of the public schools. It was not until 1880
that he left the familiar surroundings of his boy-
hood days and sought to make a name and rep-
utation for himself amid untried and strange
conditions. As a possibly desirable field he
located in Chihuahua, Mexico, and for several
years was manager for a mining company there,
but in 1893 went to Colorado to inspect mines
there for eastern parties. In 1898 he undertook
the management of a gold mining company in
New Mexico, remaining there until the fall of
1899, and in December of the same year came
to Jerome as general manager of the United
Verde Extension Gold, Silver and Copper Min-
ing Company.

Although an all-around well informed man,
Mr. Powers devotes all of his time to mining
matters, and in this singleness of purpose lies
the secret of much of his success. He is polit-
ically a Republican, but has never sought or
desired office.

DR. ALEXANDER TRIPPEL.

For half a century the labors of Dr. Alexander
Trippel, who died at the Astor House, New
York City, November 26, 1896, contributed ma-
terially to wealth and knowledge in the realms
of mineralogy and chemistry, and his name and
fame will long live, more especially in the an-
nals of Arizona, where his last years were spent,
and where the ripe experience of a long and
useful career was exercised in its fullest extent.
To his genius Arizona is deeply indebted, for
through his agency her immense mineralogical
wealth became more thoroughly established
than ever before, and until the messenger of

death came to him he enthusiastically endeav-
ored to forward all of the interests of the terri-
tory.

Dr. Alexander Trippel was named in honor
of a distinguished relative — Alexander Trippel,
a celebrated sculptor of Switzerland. The great
artist's bust of his old friend, Goethe, was char-
acterized by Bayard Taylor as the most perfect
work of sculpture extant. The subject of this
article was born January 25, 1827, at Schaff-
hausen. Switzerland, and while yet a mere child
had shown marked talents in the direction of
geology, mineralogy, chemistry and allied
branches. Methodical in all his habits, he kept
a complete record of events in which he par-
ticipated throughout life, but, most unfortunate-
ly, these diaries and accounts were accidentally
destroyed by fire a few years ago, and thus much
valuable information in regard to him and his
work has been placed beyond the reach of the
public. Having completed a severe course in
the renowned universities of Germany, and hav-
ing received the degree of doctor of philosophy,
he came to the United States about the time of
the gold discoveries in California. As soon as
possible, he became a naturalized citizen of this
republic, and thenceforth used his franchise on
behalf of the Democratic party.

For a number of years Dr. Trippel had his
office and headquarters in New York City, and
frequently a visitor to his rooms was confronted
with the simple legend, written upon a card and
tacked to the door, "Gone to South America"
(or some other remote locality), "will soon re-
turn." ("Soon" — perhaps within a month or a
year, as the case might be.) For some time he
was associated with the Belgian chemist and
geologist, Prof. Eugene Gaussoin. Employed
to superintend the erection of works at Bergen
Point, X. T., he there put into operation his im-
proved methods for the manufacturing of flour
of sulphur, which made his name known far and
wide. Between the years of 1858 and 1863 he
was connected with the great enterprise of
smelting the copper-ores of the Ducktown
(Tenn.) region. The prrticularly refractory sul-
phides with which he had to deal, and his pro-
nounced success, brought fresh honors to his
feet, and thus, year by year, he steadily advanced
in his chosen field of effort. In 1864 he built

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zinc-rolling mills at Bethlehem, Pa., and there
introduced valuable improvements.

At length Dr. Trippel came to the west, and,
after spending a period in iron .and zinc mining
in Arkansas and Missouri, began his researches
and labors in the trans-Rocky mountain region.
In Idaho and lone, Nev., he erected silver mills,
in the last-named place employing the system of
the lixiviation of silver ores, in the interests of
the Knickerbocker Mining Company. Dating
from 1872 he was superintendent of the Manhat-
tan Silver mills, at Austin, Nev., and in 1878 was
placed at the head of the Danville (Nev.) silver
mills. From 1879 to 1881 he was the metallur-
gist of the Morey mines, of the same state; then
was sent to Lower California, where he made in-
vestigations in the copper district near Boleo,
and made a comprehensive report upon the sub-
ject. In 1882 he went to Santa Clara, Cuba,
where he was the general manager of copper
mines for a short time.

Coming to Arizona in 1883, Dr. Trippel be-
came the metallurgist of the Old Dominion Cop-
per Mining Company, at Globe, and was made
superintendent of the same in 1884. L'nder his
able management that concern retrieved its for-
tunes, for immense sums of money had been ex-
pended, to little purpose. He discovered rich
treasures of the valued ore, and in spite of the
great cost of transportation of coke and the
products of the mill, placed the company on a
paying financial basis. In 1888 he resigned his
position, in order to embark in mining opera-
tions, but within a year took charge of the de-
velopment of the Arivaipa silver-lead mines, in
Graham county, Ariz., and later was induced to
accept the superintendency of the Buffalo Cop-
per Mining Company, at Globe, whose affairs
were in a depressed condition, owing .to the
limited amount and refractory nature of the ores
with which they were dealing. Quite as a mat-
ter of course, the Doctor soon discovered greater
and much better ore deposits, and brought the
company's affairs into a sound condition. In
1893 he became superintendent of the Phoenix
Gold Mining Company, at Cave Creek, Mari-
copa county, but soon resigned in order to em-
bark in a distinct departure. Having become
convinced of the great natural wealth of the Salt
River valley, in the realm of horticulture, he

planted an extensive almond orchard, near Mesa,
and planned to devote the remainder of his life
to the quiet routine of a country existence. The
habits of more than half a century, however,
proved too binding, and with renewed enthu-
siasm he returned to them, becoming superinten-
dent of the Rosemont Copper Company, in Pinal
county, Ariz., and continuing with the same un-
til his death, directly occasioned by a severe cold
and consequent pneumonia, contracted while in
New York City on a business errand for his
company.

By all of his associates Dr. Trippel was
deemed genial, generous and upright. In 1883
he was made a member of the board of experts
of the Bureau of Mines, of New York City, and
the fact that he was chosen as a trustee of this
organization was, in itself, a sincere tribute to
his ability, as numbered among the society were
men famous in the science of minerals and min-
ing. From time to time his systematic reports
of his researches and discoveries, rendered to
the director of the L'nited States Mint, and to
various societies and journals in which he was
interested, increased his fame. Few of his ac-
quaintances knew of the accomplishments and
scholarly attainments of this quiet, unassuming
scientist. Master of several languages and a
true lover of literature and music, the genius of
his great sculptor-uncle was manifested none
the less truly in him that it appeared in another
form. While a resident of Nevada he and a
musical friend discovered the talent of Miss
Emma Wixom (now the celebrated Emma Ne-
vada), organized for her the first concert in
which she participated (at Austin, Nev.) and per-
suaded her father to send her abroad for the
musical education which resulted in her success-
ful operatic career. In his religious faith the
Doctor was an Episcopalian. His mortal re-
mains were consigned to their last repose in the
Moravian cemetery, at New Dorp, Staten Island.

Besides the hosts of friends who mourn his
loss are the three children of the Doctor. His
wife, who is now living in Staten Island, N. Y.,
bore the maiden name of Matilda Gaussoin, and
in her youth received a liberal education in Eu-
rope. Her father, Auguste Gaussoin, was born
in Brussels, Belgium, and is noted as the com-
poser of the music for the poems of Lamartine

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and Beranger. After his death, his -family came
to the United States, and for some years dwelt
in Georgia. (See sketch of Hon. Eugene J.
Trippel.)

SOREN C. SORENSON.

Soren C. Sorenson, bishop of the Lehi ward
of the Maricopa stake of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, is held in high es-
teem and possesses the confidence of his peo-
ple to a marked degree. One of the pioneers
of the Salt River valley, he has contributed
much to its development, earnestly aiding in
every enterprise calculated to benefit his com-
munity.

The birth of Bishop Sorenson took place in
Denmark, February 16, 1859. His parents,
Mads and Kirstin Sorenson, also natives of Den-
mark, removed to Utah many years ago, where
the father died and the mother still resides.
When he was twelve years old our subject ac-
companied an uncle to Salt Lake county, Utah,
and not long afterwards his parents made the
same long journey. From his early youth he has
been a very hard-working man, and until he was
seventeen he gave his earnings to his father.
For a number of years he was employed at log-
ging, and even after coming to Arizona he was
similarly occupied for six summer seasons in
succession. Thus working in the vicinity of
Globe, he hauled most of the timber from
which the Pioneer Mill at Pioneer, Ariz., was
constructed. Until 1894, when he came to Lehi
ward, he made his home in the neighborhood of
Mesa, and in both localities has been an influ-
ential factor in the great work ot transforming
the desert into a productive land.

His general efficiency and zeal for the prog-
ress of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-
day Saints, with which he has been identified
since boyhood, led the church authorities to
choose Mr. Sorenson to discharge an ecclesi-
astical mission in Europe in 1891. He remained
abroad for over two years, and upon his return
to the United States visited the Columbian Ex-
position in Chicago. Though he neglects no
part of his labors as a bishop of this precinct, he
carries on the cultivation of his forty-eight-acre
ranch, and is reaping excellent harvests each sea-

son. He also is a successful cattle raiser, and
his industry and energy in everything which he
undertakes is an example to his associates, well
worthy of emulation.

For a wife Bishop Sorenson chose Margaret
A. Macdonald, a native of Provo, Utah, daugh-
ter of A. F. Macdonald, now a resident of the
state of Chihuahua, Mexico, but formerly a lead-
ing citizen of Mesa, and the first president of the
Maricopa stake of the church to which our sub-
ject belongs. The latter has four children, name-
ly: Joseph A., Soren W., Maud, and Charles
Irvin, all of whom are receiving good educational
advantages.

W. S. PRATT.

The passenger and freight agent of the Santa
Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad at Prescott
is unquestionably one of the most popular em-
ployes of the company. Indeed, it is a pleasure
to have dealings with him, and all of his asso-
ciates speak of him in flattering terms. At the
same time, he is thoroughly business-like, active
and energetic, and devoted to the best interests
of the public, as well as to those of his com-
pany.

The Pratt family is an old and respected one
in Connecticut, and both W. S. and William J.
Pratt, his father, are natives of New Haven.
The mother, also, was born in that beautiful
city, and her entire life was spent in Connect-
icut. She bore the maiden name of Charlotte
Kimball. Four of the six children of this ster-
ling couple grew to maturity and one has since
passed away.

The birth of W. S. Pratt took place August
25, 1849 an(l ms boyhood and youth were spent
in New Haven. After completing his common-
school course he attended Sheffield Scientific
Academy, the department of Yale College de-
voted specially to the sciences. He was grad-
uated in 1874, and then began to prepare him-
self as a civil engineer in New Haven. Having
spent two years in that work, he went to Salt
Lake City, Utah, and soon was offered a posi-
tion as an office clerk at Sandy, Utah, with the
Flagstaff Mining Company. Subsequently, he
was employed by Mather & Geist Smelting
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1878, when they removed to Pueblo, Colo., and
he then also changed his residence, remaining
in their employ until 1881, when he resigned.
Then going to Socorro, N. M., he held a posi-
tion as mineral and mining surveyor for two
years.

Since 1883 Mr. Pratt has been engaged in
railroading, first at Socorro with the Santa Fe,
in the freight department, and in 1887 as chief
clerk to the freight agent at Deming, N. M.
Soon afterward he was made agent at Rincon,
N. M., and a few months later was installed as
agent at Deming, where he officiated until 1892.
Resigning, he then became connected with an
extract company, to which concern he devoted
about three years. In February, 1895. he re-
turned to railroading, and since that time has
been with the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix
line. At first he was chief clerk with the ad-
vance agent at Marinette, then was located in
Glendale and in March, 1895, was sent to Phoe-
nix. Since April i, of the same year, he has
been in Prescott, being chief clerk of the freight
and passenger agent here until August i, 1895,
when he was promoted to the office of the
agent. His companies have found, him a thor-
oughly reliable official, and he spares no effort
in the advancement of their interests.

At Deming, N. M., Mr. Pratt was initiated
into the Masonic order. In political matters, he
favors the policy of the Republican party. An
Episcopalian in religious faith, he is connected
with the Prescott Church membership and is
one of the officials. In Socorro, N. M., the mar-
riage of Mr. Pratt and Miss Mary E. Rodgers
was solemnized. They have three promising
children. Mrs. Pratt was born in Bellefonte,
Pa., and is a lady of liberal education and social
attainments.

HON. M. A. SMITH.

The bar of Arizona is ably represented by
Hon. M. A. Smith, who, as a general practi-
tioner, and a legislator of more than ordinary
erudition and devotion to the general welfare,
has established a reputation of which any one
should be proud. The members of this particu-
lar Smith family are the scions of an old and
distinguished Virginia branch, who were promi-

nently identified with the aristocratic life of that
state. The great-great-grandfather was born in
Culpeper, Ya., and in time became a pioneer of
Harrison county, Ky. He traced his ancestry
back to Raleigh Chinn, who married the oldest
daughter of Colonel Ball, Augustin Washington
having married the youngest daughter. The
Chinn family ancestors came from Maxwelton,
Scotland. The grandfather, John, a native of
Kentucky, was a farmer and merchant, and
served as high sheriff of Harrison county.

The father of Hon. M. A. Smith, Frederick C.,
was born in Kentucky, and was a farmer and
stockman in the heart of the blue grass region,
his farm being the one formerly granted
to the great-grandfather by Henry Polk.
He was a strong Union man and lived to be
seventy-three years of age. His wife, formerly
Agnes (Ball) Chinn, was born in Kentucky,
a daughter of John Chinn, also a descendant of
Raleigh Chinn, of Scotland. The great-grand-
father, Charles, was born in Virginia. Mrs.
Smith died in 1886. Her oldest brother, Rich-
ard, known as "Dick" Chinn, was for years a
partner of Henry Clay, and was one of the
great lawyers of the south. To Mr. and Mrs.
Smith were born seven sons, six of whom grew
to manhood. John died after taking the first
honors upon graduating at Georgetown, Ky.,
when but twenty-one years of age; Samuel M.
married a sister of General Withers, a Wall
street broker, and died soon after removing to
New York in 1895; Frank Ball is living on the
old homestead; Dr. Higgins Chinn resides near
Cynthiana, Ky.. and is a prominent politician
and stockman; Marcus A. lives in Tucson; and
James G. is sergeant-at-arms of the supreme
court of Kentucky.

Hon. Marcus A. Smith was born near Cynthi-
ana, Ky., January 24, 1852. His education was de-
rived at a private school, where he was prepared
for college, and in 1868 entered the Transylvania
University, from which he was graduated in-
1872 with the degree of A. B. He then entered
the law department of the same university and
was graduated in 1876, taking the first honors of
the class. Until 1879 he practiced law at Lex-
ington, Ky., and while there was prosecuting
attorney for two years. In 1879 he went to
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1880, when he located in Tombstone, Ariz. In
partnership with Benjamin Goodrich, now of Los
Angeles, he entered upon a general practice of
law, and in 1882 was elected district attorney
for one term. Under his strict enforcement of
the laws of the state during the two years of
his service five men guilty of murder were
hung. Upon resuming a private practice, Mr.
Smith steadily gained in the confidence of the
community, and was employed on some of the
most important cases that came up for adjust-
ment, many of them being connected with the
mining companies.

In 1886 Mr. Smith was nominated on the
Democratic ticket as delegate to congress, and
was elected by a majority of eighteen hundred
votes over Col. C. C. Bean, then the delegate
to congress. In 1888 he was elected to the
fifty-first congress, and in 1890 and 1892 he was
again elected, and in 1894 declined the nomi-
nation to the fifty-fourth congress. In 1896
he was again nominated and elected over
"Buckie" O'Neill, Populist, and A. J. Doran,
Republican, and in 1898 refused the nomination
to the fifty-sixth congress. In 1900 he was
again nominated \and elected by a majority of
eleven hundred votes, in spite of a division in
the convention. While in congress Mr. Smith
made one of the best records, or, rather, series
of records of any Democratic representative in
the west. He supplied a vigorous protest
against the Mexican land grants, and defeated
the Reaves Perallo land grant, thus saving mil-
lions of acres for the territory. He established
the fourth judicial district, also made Arizona a
separate port of entry, and secured the first ap-
propriation ever obtained for the reclamation of
the arid lands of the desert. He forced the
government to stand the expense of imprison-
ment and trial of all Indians arrested on the
reservations, and reduced the San Carlos reser-
vation, cutting out the McMillan mining district.
To protect the town of Yuma from storms and
floods, he secured the erection of the levee at
that place and secured a donation of one thou-
sand acres as a farm in connection with the
state penitentiary at Yuma. Scores of other
measures were passed by this enthusiastic advo-
cate of the wonderful resources of the terri-
tory, and to him, more than to any other, is due

some of the greatest forward movements for
the advancement of Arizona. In the effort to
secure statehood for the territory he was the
only representative that ever succeeded in pass-
ing the statehood- bill through the house two
times; on one of these occasions, under sus-
pension of the rules, it went through with a
two-thirds majority, but was not allowed to
come to a vote on account of the persistent op-
position of Senator Platt.

After his retirement from the senate, Mr.
Smith engaged in the practice of law in Tuc-
son and has also been extensively interested in
mining, owning properties in both Arizona and
Sonora, Mexico. He is fraternally a Mason, and
is associated with the order and club of the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Senator
Smith was married in Tucson to Elizabeth Rath-
bone, a native of California, and who died in
1899. Mrs. Smith was a daughter of Erskine
Rathbone, a native of Kentucky.

HENRY H. TIFFT.

There is no man in Solomonville to whom
more credit is due for the substantial position
which he occupies in the community, and for
the competence which has followed in the wake
of his unceasing toil and strict attention to busi-
ness, than the genial blacksmith, machinist and
wagon-maker, Henry H. Tifft.

The early life, efforts, surroundings and in-
fluences which mould the character and future
of her citizens are of interest to the large-
hearted residents of Solomonville; the more so
when they have overcome many obstacles in
their search for a home and position. Mr. Tifft
was born in Tennessee in 1851, and is a son
of D. and Sarah (Brimer) Tifft, the former a
native of Scotland, and one of the first settlers
of Tennessee. The father removed to Rens-
selaer county, N. Y., when his son was about six
years of age, and here the youth received the
training and education in the public schools
which fitted him for the future requirements of
life. As a means of independence he served an
apprenticeship of seven years at Providence, R.
I., and learned the trade of machinist and forger.
At the expiration of that time he secured a posi-

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tion as machine forger with the Indianapolis
Railroad Company, in whose employ he re-
mained for three years. He then removed to
Omaha, Neb., and was there master machinist
for the Union Pacific Railroad in the black-
smith department for four years.

During the Civil war Mr. Tifft enlisted in
1864 in the Twenty-third Nebraska Infantry at
Omaha, and served for five years as govern-
ment blacksmith. A part of this time he was de-
tailed at Fort Leavenworth, and was then sent
to other forts, and was duly discharged when
his labors were completed. Following a long
cherished inclination he went to Colorado, and
at Leadville worked for the Evening Star Min-
ing Company for nineteen months as master
blacksmith, and then went to New Mexico,
where he was identified with the Humboldt
Mining Company in the same capacity. Twelve
years ago next January he came to Solomon-
ville, and at the time but a few houses and
families were here to build up the present pros-
perity. At the time he had no capital save
willing hands and a large heart that went out in
sympathy and longing to a sick wife and child
whom he desired to place above want, and give
every comfort and convenience. In order to
start in business he entailed an indebtedness of
$180, which seemed a small amount to repay
when once the little blacksmith shop was in
running order. For so successful was he from
the start, and so persistent have been his efforts
at success, that he is out of debt, has bought
himself and family a little home, with two and
two-thirds acres of land, and now has the con-
sciousness of having done the best he could in
the shortest possible time. He is at present
building a shop of his own on a lot purchased
for the purpose, and intends to occupy it in the
near future. On the home place one acre of the
ground is converted into a reservoir for fish.

With the instinct which animates all true mas-
ter mechanics Mr. Tifft is interested in continual
advancement along the lines of his chosen work,
and is possessed of the ability of the inventor
to a large degree. He is now working on a
new hay press which will soon be patented,
and which will work a decided reform in this
connection. The capacity of the press will be
sixtv tons an hour, or one ton a minute, thus

doing better and more rapid wo,rk than any ma-
chine of the kind now on the market.

In 1886 Mr. Tifft married Mary Adams, of
Beeville, Tex., and of this union there are four
children: Clara A. T., who is twelve years of
age ; William L., who is ten ; Lena, who is aged
eight; and Anna, who is five. In politics Mr.
Tifft is a stanch Republican, and has served as
marshal of Solomonville, and as deputy county
sheriff. He is variously interested in the affairs
of the town, and can be depended upon to lend
the aid of his purse and counsel to every worthy
and advancing enterprise. He has built up a
creditable and increasing business, and has made
many friends, who appreciate his strong and
manly personality, and unquestionable business
integrity.

JUDGE JOSEPH CAMPBELL.

The science of law has an able exponent in
Judge Joseph Campbell, who was born in San
Francisco, June 17, 1857. The ancestry of the
Campbell family is Scotch, and the paternal
grandfather, Philip, was born in Pennsylvania,
in which state his ancestors had settled upon
coming to America. The father of Judge
Campbell, also called Philip, was born in Phila-
delphia, and when a young man undertook the
long journey 'to California, via the Isthmus of
Panama. In 1850 he located in San Francisco,
where he engaged as a builder and contractor
until his death. He was a Knight Templar,
and became prominent in the affairs of the city.
In San Francisco he was united in marriage
with Mary Henderson, a native of New York
City, who died in San Francisco. Mrs. Camp-
bell became the mother of eight children, of
whom Joseph is the oldest.

Judge Campbell passed his youth in San
Francisco, and was educated in the public
schools, and graduated from the high school
in 1872. In 1874 he removed to Santa Rosa,
Sonoma county, and lived with his father on a
farm, and in 1876 began the study of law with
Judge Temple, of Santa Rosa. After being ad-
mitted to the bar. he located in San Francisco
in 1879, and in 1880 took up his residence in
Phoenix, which has since been his home. In
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Campbell is attorney for the National Bank
of Arizona, and for the Utah Irrigating Com-
pany. In 1884 he was elected probate judge
on the Democratic ticket, and re-elected in 1886,
serving from January of 1885 until January of
1889. 1° addition he has received extended recog-
nition of his ability from various sources, and
has been city recorder for four terms. He was
also district attorney for one term, and assistant
district attorney for the same length of time.
For two terms he held the highest local office
in the gift of the people of his city, and credit-
ably served as mayor for two terms.

In Los Angeles, Cal., Judge Campbell was
united in marriage with Ida M. Stewart, who
was born in Missouri. As a Democrat Judge
Campbell has rendered signal service to his
party, and has been a member of several county
and territorial committees. He served as United
States commissioner for one term. He is a
member of the Territorial Bar association, and
is fraternally associated with the Ancient Order
of United Workmen. He is recognized as one
of the most substantial and erudite members
of the bar in Phoenix, and is personally ex-
tremely popular with all who are privileged to
know him. Since coming to Phoenix he has
seen great changes and has himself been instru-
mental in bringing about much of the growth
and development which have astonished other
sections of the country.

HON. HARRY BUEHMAN.

One of the pioneer business men of Tucson
is this leading photographer, whose fame has
extended outside of the limits of Arizona, owing
to the originality and superiority of his work.
Coming here in July, 1873, he struggled along
with the struggling town, and as her prosperity
increased gradually progressed toward a posi-
tion of affluence. He has had an abiding faith
in this town and territory from the time he first
beheld it, and has done everything within his
power to hasten civilization in what has been
looked upon, until recently, as one of the hope-
less wilds of this republic. His value as a citi-
zen of Tucson was recognized in a fitting manner
in the fall of 1894, when he was elected to the
office of mayor, and in that capacity he served

most acceptably for two terms, or four years,
from January, 1895, to January, 1899. Prior to
this, however, he had been honored by public
preference, as he was elected and served for one
term as public administrator of Pima county,
was county assessor for one term and was sec-
retary of the board of school trustees of Tucson.

Born in Bremen, Germany, May 14, 1851,
Harry Buehman is a son of Ludwig and Annie
(Jansen) Buehman, who passed their entire lives
in the fatherland. By occupation Ludwig
Buehman was a cabinet maker. Of his eleven
children eight grew to maturity, and two are
now in America. One son, Gustav, enlisted in
defense of the Union during the Civil war, was
on a man-of-war in the navy, and was never
heard from after the vessel went out to sea,
though it is believed that he died battling for the
United States.

Harry Buehman was educated in the public
schools of Bremen, and at fourteen was appren-
ticed to a photographer. At the end of two and
a half years of serious application, in the spring
of 1868, the young man sailed for New York
City, there took passage in a steamer bound for
the Isthmus of Panama, and thence proceeded
to San Francisco. For a year thereafter he was
employed by the old and noted firm of Bradley
& Rulofson, and then embarked in business on
his own account in Visalia, Cal. After spend-
ing two years there he became a traveling
photographer, traversing California, Nevada and
Utah, thence he came into Arizona by the old
Butterfield trail, crossing the Colorado at
Stone's Ferry. Going direct to Prescott, he
spent one week there, and then left his outfit
with his partner, while he came south, his inten-
tion being to go into Mexico. However, arriv-
ipg in Tucson in July (1873) he remained, and
for six months was in the employ of Juan Rod-
rigues, a Mexican photographer. Then, buying
him out, Mr. Buehman continued the business
which has steadily grown in importance. In
1881 he built the substantial two-story building
on Congress street, where he occupies the sec-
ond floor. He has neglected no means of im-
proving his system, and is a real artist.
Thoroughly enjoying his work, he has made
long trips to various points of beauty and inter-
est in the southwest, and has a splendid collec-

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tion of photographs as a result. Among them
are photographs of the different types of Arizona
Indians, for he has made a special study of
them, spending weeks at a time among them.
His collection of photos of leading men of
Arizona, including all of the governors and sec-
retaries, may be seen in the quarters of the
capitol building. Besides he has made photos
of General Miles, John C. Fremont, and many
other distinguished statesmen and military
characters, keeping negatives of all. His copy-
righted picture, "Buehman's Babies," comprising
two thousand five hundred and fifty-one baby
faces, is celebrated the world over, and has been
pronounced by his professional brethren the
"Photo Journal," the Arizona "Bonanza" and
other competent judges as one of the largest
and finest specimens of photography extant. In
connection with his work he carries a full line
of photographer's supplies, wholesale and retail,
has picture frames and mouldings, kodaks and
cameras.

From 1882 to 1896 Mr. Buehman was inter-
ested in the cattle business, owning a ranch
situated on the eastern slope of the Santa Cata-
lina mountains, and five years ago sold out. For
many years he has had investments in mining
property. He is a trustee and vice-president of
the Tucson Building & Loan Association, and
owns considerable residence property here.
While he was mayor he agitated the question
of street improvement and sidewalks, and
started the movement which resulted in the
city's purchasing of the waterworks. He was
initiated into Masonry in Arizona and now be-
longs to Tucson Lodge No. 4, F. & A. M. A
charter member of the Arizona Lodge No. i,
A. O. U. W., he has the honor of being the
oldest living past master of the order in this
territory. Politically a Republican of truest
blue, he has served on the county central com-
mittee. In religion a Congregationalist, he is
a deacon and trustee of the Tucson Church.

For a bride Mr. Buehman went to Portland,
Mich., the lady of his choice being Miss Estella
Morehouse, a native of that state. She is a lady
of fine educational attainments, and prior to her
marriage was engaged in kindergarten work in
Tucson, being a pioneer in that field in this ter-
ritory. Mr. and Mrs. Buehman have two sons,

namely : Willis, a graduate of Tucson high-
school and for one term a student in the Arizona
University, and Albert, a student of the Arizona
University.

Having the good of the public deeply at heart,
Mrs. Buehman, aided by other ladies, inaugu-
rated the "Reading and Recreation Rooms of
Tucson," now a flourishing concern. For two
years it struggled along, only a few dollars hav-
ing been contributed for the purpose, and then
the ladies gave an ice cream social, whose pro-
ceeds netted $80, and on election days dinners
have been served. Thus the public has become
interested in the matter, and in February, 1900,
rooms were rented on the corner of Church and
Pennington streets. Today four large, attrac-
tive rooms are fitted up, the leading periodicals
and other reading matter being on file, while in
contemplation are a gymnasium and bathrooms
and a bowling alley. Mrs. Buehman, to whose
efforts a large share of this truly splendid work
is indebted, has just been re-elected as presi-
dent of the association, she having officiated as
such for the past two years, wresting success
from what appeared to be defeat for a long time.

JOHN.S. MERRILL.

One of the most interesting of the pioneers
who have helped to develop the San Pedro River
valley is Mr. Merrill, who came here when white
faces were a rarity, and when, between the gov-
ernment station kept by William Ohnesorgen,
and the wild Mexican border on the south, there
was none save Indians and Mexicans. The pale-
face was as yet timid of a residence among these
lawless and treacherous Apaches, and was also
unaware of the latent resources of the soil. The
father of Mr. Merrill became familiar with the
locality when it was considered one of the most
worthless and danger-infested regions in the
west. He was a native of Ohio, and was born
in 1820. At Council Bluffs, Iowa, he became a
member of the Mormon Battalion, and served in
the Mexican war, crossing the plains through
this county in 1847 on the way to California.
His impression of the country must have been a
favorable one from some standpoint, for in 1877
he left his home in Utah, and located where this
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man here, and with him were eight families from
Idaho and Utah, many of whose members are
still here, although their leader settled in Gra-
ham county in 1893. F. C. Merrill and his wife,
Mary Jane (Smith) Merrill, were the prime
movers in the early development of the land and
church affairs, and he is remembered for his
dogged perserverance, and unbounded faith in a
seemingly dreary promise of success.

John S. Merrill was born in Salt Lake City,
March 5, 1853, and came to the San Pedro val-
ley in 1878, his father having located here in
1877.

He at once entered into the efforts of the
settlement to redeem the land, and began to
dig a canal. In time he became the possessor
of one hundred and sixty acres of land, half of
which he has since given to his son. He raises
large quantities of alfalfa, which averages one
and a half tons to the acre, and sells for $12 per
ton, and the crops are cut four times a year. Mr.
Merrill predicts that in five years the whole val-
ley will be irrigated, artesian water having been
found in abundance, and there being in all from
fifty to sixty wells in the valley. He has three
on his home ranch, with an outpour of forty
gallons a minute for each. The canals which
have been dug at such an expenditure of time
and money will soon be relegated to past and
unsatisfactory means of irrigation, and the
people of the valley will have an advantage over
the settlers of the other portions of the territory
in the possession of their artesian wells. The
farm of Mr. Merrill has a fine residence and
equally fine outbuildings, and is modern in every
sense of the word, and unsurpassed for location,
the postoffice of St. David- being only eighty
rods distant.

At Soda Springs, Idaho, in 1871, Mr. Merrill
married Rebecca Weaver, a daughter of Miles
Weaver, also a member of the Mormon Bat-
talion that passed through Cochise county in
1847. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs.
Merrill all but one are living, namely: Mary
Jane, wife of Walter Fife ; Sarah, wife of A. H.
Norcross; John S. Jr., Miles,. Byron, Grant,
Norah, Pearl and Parley (twins), Helen and
Wilford. In his capacity as pioneer Mr. Merrill
has undergone many experiences of an exciting
nature, and as deputy sheriff of the county

covering a period of twenty years he has had to
deal with some of the worst frontier characters
in the territory. In the very early days he fol-
lowed some bandits to the Mexican border and
to Magdalene, Sonora, Mexico, and recovered
nine horses by paying a ransom amounting to
almost as much as they cost originally. He is
a Democrat in politics, and has been active in
local and territorial affairs. In religion he is a
member of the Mormon church, and is first coun-
sel to Bishop P. A. Lofgseen of St. David Ward.

W. T. WEBB.

A leading position among the business men
of Pima is held by Mr. Webb, who, as pro-
prietor of a general mercantile store and as a
contributor to other local industries has proved
himself to be one of the town's most progres-
sive citizens. His property interests are varied
and important, and include the building in which
he transacts business, also the most substantial
brick residence in the town, besides several
town lots and a valuable farm of ninety acres.

A son of Gilbert and Almira Webb, natives
respectively of Ohio and Michigan, W. T. Webb
was born in Salt Lake City. Utah, in 1864, and
he now owns the old homestead (built by his
grandfather), where he was born, situated at
No. 452 East Third street South. His education
was primarily conducted in local schools and
completed at the University of Deseret at Salt
Lake City. His first knowledge of Arizona was
derived from a visit to Tombstone in 1881.
After a short sojourn there, he proceeded to
New Mexico and was employed on the Atlantic
& Pacific Railway construction. His identifica-
tion with the town of Pima, Ariz., dates from
1883, when he settled here and became a silent
partner, with his father, in a general mercantile
and hardware business. On selling out, in 1887,
he turned his attention to the stock business,
in which he continued, with fair success, for four
years.

Returning to the pursuits of commercial life.
Mr. Webb embarked in the general mercantile
business, on a very small scale, as an indepen-
dent venture. From the first his business meth-
ods were such as to commend him to the people.
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lifted in the erection of a brick building espec-
ially adapted for business purposes. In 1898
he built a structure, 32x66, with two stories
and basement, the second story being utilized as
a hall. On the first floor he has his store, which
is stocked with articles adapted to this region,
as well as the necessities of existence. In all
of his ventures he has had the benefit of the
counsel of his father, who though now ninety -
four years of age, retains to an unusual degree
the possession of his faculties, and is interested
deeply in all that pertains to his son's prosper-
ity. It is a noteworthy fact that this vener-
able man is about the same age as Joseph Smith
and he and his wife were the first couple ever
married by the founder of the Mormon Church.

The prominence of Mr. Webb in the Demo-
cratic party makes him one of its local leaders.
Elected by his fellow-citizens to the office of
mayor, he filled this responsible position for
two terms, to the satisfaction of all who are
interested in the maintenance of good govern-
ment and the promotion of the local welfare.
His interest in the town is further attested by
his acceptance of the position of president .of
the Young Men's Improvement Association at
Pima. In the stake of the Mormon Church he
officiated as the president of the first corps of
elders. One of his recreations is found in his
connection with the Pima Drama and Comedy
Company, composed entirely of home talent,
with Mr. Webb as business manager, and it is a
matter of pride with him that the company has
the reputation of being the best in the Gila val-
ley.

In 1887 Mr. Webb married Sarah Burns,
daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth Burns, of
Pima.

CHARLES WINTER WOODS, M. D.

Few men in Arizona have more thoroughly
prepared themselves to meet any and all emer-
gencies that may arise in the course of a medical
and surgical career than has Dr. Woods, the
superintendent of the United Verde Copper
Company's hospital at Jerome. The earliest
associations of Dr. Woods were centered in
New Orleans, La., where he was born in 1853.
The greater part of his education was acquired

in Xashville, Tenn., and later he studied medi-
cine at the Eclectic College of New York City.
Subsequent training was received through post-
graduate courses in Boston University and the
Massachusetts General Hospital, and in 1882 he
pursued his investigations in Europe, particu-
larly in London, where he studied the methods
adopted in the hospitals of St. Thomas, Guy
and St. Bartholomew. For a time also he was
in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in 1883, cross-
ing over to the continent, spent six months in
Paris.

Upon returning to America, Dr. Woods im-
mediately sought the larger possibilities of the
far west. For a time he was surgeon and phys-
ician for the Oregon Short Line, with head-
quarters in Glenn's Ferry, Idaho. In 1884 he
returned to New York and took a special course
in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, at
the Post-Graduate College. The following year
he again located in the west, where for five
years he acted in the capacity of physician and
surgeon to the Louisville Gold Mining Com-
pany in Oregon. In 1890 he took another
course of study in the Post-Graduate College in
New York City.

The Doctor's connection with Arizona (lairs
from 1891, when he came to the Big Bug mine
near Prescott and united general practice with,
mining. He was the original owner of the Blue
Bell and Blue Coat mines, which he sold to
Mrs. Haggard for $10,000. June 15, 1893, he-
came to Jerome as physician and surgeon for
the United Verde Copper Company. In addi-
tion, he has built up a large general practice
covering a radius of many miles. For his hos-
pital work the services of two assistants and
three nurses are required, and about nine hun-
dred men are treated here every month. He is
also physician for the Verde Queen mine, the
Little Daisy mine, the Brookshire, Black Hill,
Iron King and several others, his district in-
cluding patients to the number of two thousand.
Besides this work, he is physician for the Verde
& Pacific Railroad Company, chief examiner
for the New York Equitable Insurance Com-
pany, examiner for the Knights of Pythias, and
member of the Territorial Board of Medical
Examiners.

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paying and important mining properties, own-
ing seven shares in the Eclipse group, a half
interest in the Knapp group of seven claims, a
large interest in the Yercle Mining and Smelting
Company, and the Jerome Mining and Smelting
Company, of which latter concern he is vice-
president. Fraternally he is associated with
Jerome Lodge No. 17, I. O. O. F., the Knights
of Pythias, and Lodge No. 330, 15. P. O. F.

IKE WILLIAMSON.

Although just in the prime of manhood the
subject of this article is, nevertheless, one of the
early pioneers of the Gila valley, and has wit-
nessed almost the entire development of this
section. During the first years of his residence
here the utmost precaution was necessary, lest
the Indians, so hostile to the white race, should
gain the ascendency, and for a long period it
could be truthfully said of the daring settler
that his head rested as uneasily upon his pillow,
ofttimes, as ever did the crowned head referred
to in the old saying. However, the family to
which Mr. Williamson belonged resided so near
to Fort Thomas for several years that a certain
feeling of security was indulged in, and thus they
were more fortunate than most of their neighbors.

Born in Calaveras county, Cal., in 1860, Ike
Williamson passed sixteen years of his life in
that state, laying the foundations of his future
success by his thoroughness in his school work.
In the Centennial year he came to Arizona with
his parents and settled in the valley of the Gila
river, on the site of the present town of Safford.
Only six white families were living in this valley
at that time, and but slight improvements had
been instituted here. For two years the young
man devoted his attention exclusively to the
cultivation of the homestead, and at the etui of
that time he and his father went into the busi-
ness of raising cattle. The latter departed this
life at Willcox in 1894 and the mother now lives
in California. Our subject has continued to
raise and deal in cattle, and now owns between
seven and eight hundred head. He is the pos-
sessor of a finely irrigated tract of land, some
thirty acres in extent, and doubly valuable as it
adjoins Solomonville. By well applied energy
and upright business methods he has become

wealthy and influential in this community, and is
entitled to the respect which is freely accorded
him.

In 1898 Mr. Williamson married Miss Emma
Miller, of Tennessee. They now own and oc-
cupy a pretty modern brick cottage, which was
built in Solomonville under their direction in
the summer of 1900. Its wide veranda and
light, airy rooms and many other features ren-
der it a very desirable home, one which would
be a credit to any eastern town. Politically Mr.
Williamson is a stalwart Republican. He is a
Knight of Pythias, being a charter member of
Solomonville lodge.

C. A. GREENLAW.

C. A. Greenlaw, senior member of the firm
of Greenlaw Brothers, lumber merchants at
Flagstaff, was born at St. Stephens, New Bruns-
wick, in 1855. A very few years later his par-
ents removed to Maine, and in the vicinity of
Baring, in the midst of the lumber country, he
was reared, and became at a very early age
familiar with every detail of the lumber business.
He was thus fitted for any emergency that might
arise in the future, and it was but natural that,
upon removing to Minneapolis, Minn., in 1877,
he should turn his attention to the lumber busi-
ness, which he continued for three years. He
later moved still farther west, and lumbered on
the divide in Colorado.

In 1882 Mr. Greenlaw came to Flagstaff, and
was here for six months before the railroad came
through. For several years he was identified
with the Ayer Lumber Company, and in 1886
formed a partnership with his brother, E. F.,
their affairs being conducted under the firm
name of Greenlaw Brothers. They became con-
tractors for the Arizona Lumber & Timber
Company, and their mill has a capacity of sixty-
five thousand daily. The timber used is from
Clark's valley, where the mill is located, and the
patronage accorded to the firm is on a large
and gratifying scale.

At present Mr. Greenlaw is interested in oil
development in California, and is a stockholder
in the Flagstaff Oil Company. He is variously
interested in the affairs of the bustling little
town, owns real estate, and has built a number

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of residences and store structures. In 1888 he have been born five children, of whom the two

erected one of the finest residences in the town, youngest are twins. In politics Mr. Greenlaw is

which is one of the hospitable centers of at- a Republican, and has held several local offices,

traction, and which is graciously presided over among them being his appointment to the board

by Mrs. Greenlaw. To Mr. and Mrs. Greenlaw of supervisors in 1898, for a term of two years.

HISTORICAL

The history of Arizona during the remote
ages of the past is wrapped within the veil of
long-perpetuated traditions. Indeed, concern-
ing the origin of the word "Arizona" there exists
considerable doubt. There are those who be-
lieve it to be derived from "ari" (few or small)
and "zoni" (fountain). Others, with equal facts
to substantiate their claims, trace the word to
"arida" (dry) and "zona" (zone). The theory
accepted by many is that the word is a corruption
of "Arizuma," referring to a queen whom tradi-
tion asserts once ruled over the Pima nation.
Another version of the origin of the name is the
following: Southwest of Tucson eighty-five
miles lies Banera, at which point three hundred
years ago lived many Indians. Near by is a
small creek, which Indians call Aleh-Zon (young
spring). At the head of the creek is a spring, but
during the rainy seasons numerous small springs
start up, hence the name Aleh-Zon. About one
hundred years ago the village was destroyed by
the Spaniards, but the name of the creek still
lives in the name of the territory itself.

The earliest residents of Arizona of whom pre-
historic ruins offer evidence were the Aztecs or
their contemporaries. Of their degree of civili-
zation the only proof exists in implements found
in the earth and ruins of the mounds they once
inhabited. Certainly the fact that they dug im-
mense canals and used irrigation as a means
of agriculture proves them to possess intelli-
gence. The mines of Arizona they worked, thus
obtaining precious metals which they used in
making charms and ornaments. Their weapons
were of stone, while forts and fortifications fur-
nished them a means of protection from their
enemies. In religion, possibly they were sun-
worshipers, and evidences point to their belief
in the immortality of the soul,

After a long era of comparative peace, the Az-
tecs were driven from Arizona by a conquering
race, from whom they fled to cliffs and canons,

finally seeking safety in Mexico. This was prob-
ably about the twelfth or the thirteenth century.
At the time of the first investigations of Arizona,
the red men were in sole possession of the soil,
the Navajos being in the western part of the ter-
ritory; the Maricopas and Pimas on the Gila and
its tributaries; the Yumas on the Colorado, at
the mouth of the Gila, and the Papagos on the
Santa Cruz. Then, too, there were the fierce
and bloodthirsty Apaches, who were not only
the terror of early Spanish and American set-
tlers, but spread death and destruction among
other and less powerful races of Indians. It has
been everywhere admitted that they are the most
hostile and treacherous race of Indians between
the Rio Grande and the Pacific, and the tales
of their depredations in Arizona, if fully told,
would be an epitome of murder and torture and
suffering seldom equaled in the world's history.

EARLY EXPLOHEHS.

About 1527 Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and
other Spaniards projected an expedition to Flor-
ida, but the men became separated and for ten
years de Vaca wandered through the interior,
finally reaching Mexico. It is supposed that he
passed through Arizona in 1535 and that he was
the first white man who ever set foot upon its
soil. In 1539 Fathers Marcos de Niza and
Honorato, guided by a Moor who had crossed
the continent with de Vaca, started from Mexico
northward, reaching the Santa Cruz and Gila
rivers, where they found Pima Indians. The
first expedition up the Colorado river was made
in 1540 and consisted of two ships commanded
by Fernando de Alarcon, whose expedition was
made in connection with that of Coronado. The
best families of Castile were represented in the
party of four hundred, who, under their captain-
general, Coronado, governor of New Gallicia,
and accompanied by eight hundred Indian sol-
diers, started upon a tour of exploration. Arriv-

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ing at Chichilticale, they found a deserted ruin
instead of the populous and wealthy city they
had hoped to see. Students of history believe
that this Chichilticale is identical with the Casa
Grande ruin, one of the most interesting points
in the territory to sight-seers. Pressing on from
there, they arrived at Cibola, which they found
to be a small town with two hundred warriors.
Finally, the greater part of Coronado's force re-
turned to Mexico, but the remainder, under their
leader, continued foi two years to search for a
country called Quivira, which they finally found
near the headwaters of the Platte and Arkansas
rivers. In 1543 they started back to Mexico,
returning through Arizona, again visiting Casa
Grande and discovering other ruins of the Aztec
civilization.

The meager success attending Coronado's ex-
plorations did not inspire other explorers, and
as a consequence no further effort was made to
investigate Arizona until 1582, when Antonio de
Espejo led an expedition toward the north, trav-
eling up the Rio Grande for fifteen days and
naming the country Nuevo Mexico. On his re-
turn he descended the Rio Pecos, arriving in
Mexico in 1583. For a century and a half no fur-
ther attempts were made to explore the south-
west, the people of Europe being convinced that
no easily^grasped treasures awaited their cu-
pidity there.

According to the memoirs of Father Bena-
vides twenty-seven missions were in existence
in what he called New Mexico in 1626, but it is
probable that the most of these were in what
is now New Mexico, although some were es-
tablished among the Pimas, Maricopas and Pa-
pagos of Arizona during the middle or latter part
of the sixteenth century. In 1680 all of the mis-
sions, without a single exception, were de-
stroyed by the Indians; many of the priests were
killed and the remainder were forced to flee.
However, peace being restored in 1683, the work
was resumed, and in 1690 permanent missions
were established in Arizona. Four years later
the old fort was built at Tucson. The historic
mission at San Xavier del Bac and that at Guev-
avi, on the Santa Cruz, were established in 1690.
The former, built for the padres by the Papago
Indians, is still in a good state of preservation
and shows a Moorish style of architecture. Upon

its vestry door is marked the year 1797, but its
age is not definitely known. The St. Augustine
Church was formerly three miles north of Tuc-
son, but on account of its decay, it was moved
to the present site of the governor's residence.
When Arizona was transferred by Mexico to the
United States it had only two villages of Mexi-
cans or other whites, these being Tubac and
Tucson.

ACQUISITION BY THE UNITED STATES.

Until the war with Mexico, the nineteenth
century had little of historical importance in Ari-
zona, aside from an Indian outbreak in 1802, the
Mexican revolution in 1822, and the Apache
outbreak in 1827. That portion of Arizona lying
north of the Gila river was ceded to the United
States by Mexico February 2, 1848, by the treaty
of Gaudalupe-Hidalgo. The country was then
turned over formally to the United States, and
the stars and stripes were raised over a region
that before, had known only the Mexican colors.
That part of Arizona lying south of the Gila
river was purchased from Mexico by the United
States December 30, 1853, the price paid being
$10,000,000, while the area comprised was forty
thousand square miles. At the time the pur-
chase was not considered a good one, but sub-
sequent discoveries of gold changed public opin-
ion concerning the matter. It is said that in
1847 there was not a single American residing
in Arizona, and the territory remained a part of
New Mexico under the name of Doiia Ana
county until 1863. During the interval several
efforts had been made to secure its establish-
ment as a territory, but political jealousies and
the outbreak of the Civil war delayed the mat-
ter; although finally the lectures of Mowry upon
the resources of Arizona awakened a popular in-
terest and eventually secured the passage of the
act of organization and separation from New-
Mexico.

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TERRITORY.

February 24, 1863 the president approved the
act establishing the territory of Arizona. It was
provided that congress might at any time change
the boundaries of the territory, and at a later
date, February 24, 1866, the boundaries were
changed to their present limits by adding to Ne-

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vada the land lying west of the mouth of the
Grand Canon, and north and west of Black
Boulder, Virgin and Iceberg Canons of the Rio
Colorado. The capital was first located at Fort
Whipple, twenty-two miles north of Prescott.
The first civil officers entered upon their duties
at Navajo Springs December 29, 1863, and thus
was inaugurated the territorial government of
Arizona. Soon the capital was removed to Pres-
cott. In 1867 it was established at Tucson, but
returned to Prescott in January, 1877, and finally
was permanently located at Phoenix. John A.
Gurley, of Ohio, was first appointed governor,
but died before taking possession of his office,
and John N. Goodwin, of Maine, was the first
to actually fill the position. Associated with him
were, as secretary, Richard C. McCormick, of
New York; chief justice, William F. Turner, of
Iowa; associate justices, William T. Howell, of
Michigan, and Joseph P. Allyn, of Connecticut;
district attorney, Almon Gage, of New York;
surveyor-general, Levi Bashford, of Wisconsin;
marshal, Milton B. Duffield, of California; su-
perintendent Indian affairs, Charles D. Poston,
of Kentucky. At the organization of the terri-
tory, its population was twenty thousand. There
were about fifty thousand Indians, half of whom
were hostile to the whites.

The first session of the legislature was held
October 4, 1864. At that session the territory
was divided into four counties, Pima, Yuma,
Mohave and Yavapai. In 1871 Maricopa was
organized out of Yavapai, and four years later
Pinal was organized, while in 1879 Apache
county was formed. In 1881 Gila county was
separated from Pinal and Alaricopa, and the
same year Graham was formed from Pima and
Apache and Cochise was organized from Pima
county. Coconino was organized in 1893 and
Navajo in 1895.

THE ARIZONA OF TODAY.

After years of struggles in the midst of cir-
cumstances the most discouraging, the Arizo-
nians of today are in possession of a territory
showing abundant promise for the future — a ter-
ritory with a population, according to the census
of 1900, of 122,212, and with great resources
that await only the magic wand of industry and
capital. Being a mineral-producing region espe-

cially, the development of mines has always been
the leading territorial industry. Of all the met-
als, gold is most widely distributed through Ari-
zona, and may be found both in placer deposits
and in veins, but, owing to the scarcity of water,
many of the deposits are only partly worked.
Some of these mines have gained world-wide
distinction, and have attracted the attention of
miners and investors possessing the keenest
judgment and most accurate discriminating
powers.

As a copper-producing region, Arizona is also
well known. The principal centers of copper
production are located at Bisbee, in the south-
ern part-of Cochise county; Jerome, in Yavapai
county; Morenci and Clifton, in Graham county,
and Globe, Pinal county. In addition, copper
has been secured in the Santa Ritas, near Rose-
mont, and in Pinal county, near Tucson. Before
railways had facilitated the work of mining here,
copper was mined in the Ajo mountains and
shipped, via Yuma and the Gulf, to San Fran-
cisco, ox teams being used to convey the prod-
uct to the ships. During recent years the rapid
rise in the price of copper has brought about
new investments of capital in this important
industry and new veins and deposits have been
located and sold. For 1898-99 the copper out-
put of Arizona was 1 10,823,864 pounds, being
the greatest in the territory's history.

Among the most noted copper mines of Ari-
zona may be mentioned the United Verde cop-
per mines at Jerome, owned by Senator W. A.
Clark, of Montana, which have produced a phe-
nomenal output not only of copper, but also of
gold. The company employs in its mines and
reduction works about one thousand men, and
has an equipment that is complete in every re-
spect, the property being one of the most valu-
able in the world.

The property of the Copper Queen Company
at Bisbee is one of the most successful copper-
producing works in the country and furnishes
employment to about one thousand men. The
introduction of the pneumatic process, with spe-
cial modifications, not only here, but also at Je-
rome, has revolutionized the science of copper
smelting, and has made the two plants among
the greatest in the world.

The Arizmvi Copper Company. Limited, of

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Clifton, and the Detroit Copper Mining Com-
pany of Morenci, add to the fame of Arizona as
a copper producer, as do also the United Globe
mines north of Globe; the Black Warrior Cop-
per Company six and one-half miles west of
Globe; the Azurite Copper and Gold Mining
Company in the Sierritas mountains, eighteen
miles south of Tucson, and other important and
remunerative propositions too numerous to men-
tion.

AGRICULTURE.

Contrary to the opinion of many not familiar
with the resources of Arizona, there are possi-
bilities in the raising of stock and general farm
products undreamed of in the past. Wealth
awaits those who can secure adequate water fa-
cilities for the conduct of their farms. In this
connection we quote from the Report of the
Governor of Arizona to the Secretary of the In-
terior, 1899, as follows:

The agricultural development of Arizona has
been carried to a point beyond which much fur-
ther progress in the line of enlarging the culti-
vated area cannot be achieved without an in-
creased water supply. The advantages offered
by nature — a mild and almost superlatively
healthful climate and a soil unexcelled in fertility
and lying in level reaches in broad valleys un-
encumbered by wild vegetation and therefore
ready for the plow, together with a ready mar-
ket for all ranch and orchard products- — have
stimulated settlers in the work of reclaiming
the desert, until the ultimate unit of the normal
flow of the streams (except the Colorado river)
has been diverted into irrigating canals. And in
many cases the zeal of the pioneer has led him
to construct ditches for the diversion of more
water than the average flow of the stream justi-
fies, thus bringing on a conflict with the prior
appropriators over the ownership of the avail-
able supply. Yet the relation which the land so
far reclaimed bears to the irrigable area is frac-
tionally small. There are hundreds of thousands
of acres of rich and level public land lying in the
valleys of the Salt and Gila rivers which would be
brought under irrigation from those streams
were their flow adequately increased; and in
other valleys of the territory there are vast bod-
ies of land which, if irrigated, would support a
large population.

The further development of the water supply
is, therefore, one of the most absorbing prob-
lems with which the people of this territory have
to deal. Confining the consideration of the
question to the solution of the difficulties which
confront only the people already here, it is ex-
tremely important. For, magnificent as is the
showing made by the agriculturists and horti-
culturists and by the cities and towns of our
prosperous valleys, the great wealth already cre-
ated and the handsome profits yearly reaped are
far short of what the land actually irrigated is
capable of producing. Contending frequently
with an insufficiency of water, the irrigators are
often compelled to resort to a prorating of the
diminished flow during the dry season, and are
forced to be content with a yield which, however
profitable in itself, is short of the great capa-
bilities of the soil.

It is conceded that Arizona has natural re-
sources which would, if properly developed,
make the territory one of the most important
agricultural states in the Union in point of popu-
lation and productive power.

The question is also of great importance con-
sidered from the standpoint of national interest
in respect to the use of the arable public domain.
The eagerness with which settlers sought homes
in Oklahoma when it was thrown open for set-
tlement, crowding in until they had created a
new commonwealth in a day, the quick occu-
pancy of the various Indian reservations of the
semihumid states as they were thrown open to
settlement in recent years, and the thousands of
homes carved out of the desert amid the most
discouraging difficulties, furnish convincing
proof of the importance of this subject to the
economy of the nation.

From the beginning of our national govern-
ment no question has been more continuously
interesting than that of the proper utilization
of the public domain. Solved for a time by the
homestead law, the question reappears and
presses for consideration more urgently now
than at any stage of our history. Its urgent con-
sideration is necessary because we have reached
a development where the homestead law no
longer meets the requirements of the situation.
The arid lands present new problems which
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states the growth of population has wrought
such changes in economic conditions that the
competition in all lines of business was never
so keen and the national tendency to "expand"
and establish new communities never had
greater reason for existence. But, having taken
up practically all the public land whereon it is
possible to farm without irrigating the soil, the
tide of western emigration encounters in the so-
called arid region an insuperable barrier to the
creation of farm homes under existingconditions.
The land still vacant and open to settlement
within the boundaries of the United States (ex-
cluding Alaska) comprises an area of nearly six
hundred million acres, or almost one-third of the
total extent of the country. Most of this is in-
cluded in what is known as the arid region.
Much of it is wholly unfit for agriculture under
any circumstances, and there is no reliable data
as to the exact quantity of irrigable land for
which it is possible to develop a constant water
supply. But the best information already gath-
ered by the government warrants the assertion
that in the arid states and territories enough
water can be stored to support on irrigated lands
enough people in new agricultural communi-
ties to more than equal the present population.
Leaving out of consideration the settlement of
Oklahoma, which was almost immediate, statis-
tics show that since 1890 the public lands have
been disposed of at a rate of hardly more than
one per cent per annum, and the fact illustrates
the conditions which the government must meet
hereafter. Wise statesmanship urges the devel-
opment of our national resources, and the bring-
ing into use of all dormant assets. In no part
of our country has permanent wealth been cre-
ated more rapidly than in the sections which
have been brought under irrigation. Under the
system of farming naturally followed in the irri-
gated regions, of which Arizona is typical, small
farms are found to be the rule. A few acres
apiece for the comfortable maintenance of a
family, and with irrigation, all the conditions are
conducive to a full settlement of the country.
Therefore statistics as to the reclaimable area do
not carry an adequate conception of the advan-
tages to the home-seeking population of the
country, following a large increase of the water
supply.

Water being one of the most valuable of Ari-
zona's resources, its proper conservation and
economical use are of prime importance. There
are periods of the winter season when but com-
paratively little irrigation is necessary, during
which the greater part of the entire flow of the
streams could, with reservoirs, be held back and
stored for use in the spring and summer, thus
greatly enhancing its value for the crops during
their season of most rapid growth. Reservoirs,
therefore, would be very useful even were there
no floods to be considered. A storage' system
would put an end to the lavish use of water in
winter, a practice to which irrigators now resort
because the water is at hand and going to waste.

But it is in the extent to which the floods can
be utilized in the reclamation of the vacant lands
that public interest chiefly centers. Much of the
rainfall is so torrential in character that a high
percentage of the run-off is carried by the
streams in flood. Sudden floods are caused also
by warm winds and rains attacking the snow in
the mountains in the latter end of winter. From
long observations of these floods the older resi-
dents of the territory are convinced that the land
already under irrigation is but a tithe of that
which could be reclaimed were the water stored
which runs to waste to the sea. No one doubts
that the area reclaimable under the water supply
available for storage is many times greater than
the area already irrigated. These general state-
ments must suffice, because of the absence of
exact data as to the quantity of rainfall and the
average yearly volume of water carried in flood.
In no other section of the country, probably, are
the streams so capricious and fluctuating in vol-
ume. Storms of a cloudburst nature in the
mountains often add in a few hours many thou-
sands of cubic feet to the flow of the rivers.

The difficulty of making accurate measure-
ments under. such conditions is obvious. Rec-
ords of the rainfall are not as complete as is
desirable, but the measurements taken through
a long series of years and at points fairly repre-
sentative of the whole territory yield data from
which very close calculations can be made as to
the annual precipitation.

Observations were begun at Forts Whipple,
McDowell and Bowie as early as 1866-67 and
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tions were established later, so that for the last
twenty years the records of a score of stations
are obtainable. It is thus demonstrated that
while the mean precipitation in the lower valleys
is very slight — ranging from 3.16 inches at
Yuma and 5.34 inches at Casa Grande to 7.60
inches at Phoenix — in the drainage acres proper
— i. e., in the region of great run-off — it is much
heavier. For illustration, Fort Apache shows
a mean precipitation of 19.75 inches; Fort Whip-
pie, 16.06 inches; Fort Verde, 13.24 inches; Fort
Grant, 15.45 inches; San Carlos, 13.03 inches;
Final Ranch, 20.46 inches. But the sections of
the drainage area from which the least official
information has been gathered are the sections
over which the greatest precipitation occurs as
they are the sections of highest altitude, least
accessibility and of sparse settlement, and the
observatory stations have been usually located at
militarypostsorinthe towns of the lower altitude.

When consideration is given to the wide ex-
tent of the drainage areas tributary to the irriga-
ble valleys; to the precipitous, rocky and bar-
ren condition of the mountains, so conducive
to a maximum of run-off with a minimum loss
from seepage, and to the character of the rain-
fall, the conclusion is inevitable that in Arizona
the water supply can be increased enormously
if the larger portion of the floods is stored.
And if the Geological Survey's eminently con-
servative estimate of two million acres be ac-
cepted as the maximum quantity of land in this
territory for which sufficient water can be de-
veloped, I regard it as well within the proba-
bilities to estimate that that amount of land will,
when properly irrigated, directly support one
million people.

In order that there may be an intelligent un-
derstanding of the question, in so far as it affects
Arizona, it is necessary to review, in some de-
tail, the situation of the irrigation industry as
we find it today.

It is less than twenty years since the large
investment of capital in irrigation enterprises in
the west was begun, and hundreds of millions
of wealth have been created by the new industry.
Individuals and corporations have constructed
in the agricultural sections ditches carrying all
the normal flow of the streams, and a number
of costlv reservoirs have been constructed in

different parts of the arid west, which impound
a great additional quantity of flood waters. In-
fluenced by the phenomenal development of the
country under irrigation and by the profits de-
rived from less costly irrigation enterprises, capi-
tal was led by too sanguine promoters to invest-
ment on a larger scale, which, for years, proved
disastrous in many cases. The business of im-
pounding water was new, and it was but natural
that many, mistakes were made. In some in-
stances due investigation had not been made as
to the average run-off of the streams. Incorrect
deductions were made from exceptional floods,
and after costly dams were constructed it was
found that the drainage area and rainfall had not
been accurately calculated, and in some years
the reservoirs were practically dry. But more
frequently over-sanguine calculations had been
made as to the beginning of revenue.

Investors found that they had not taken suffi-
cient account of the time which must elapse
before these lands could be settled and cultivated
sufficiently to be made productive of revenue.

Often there was litigation over the ownership
of the water which prevented the revenues
earned from reaching the pockets of security
holders, and lands owned by the water com-
panies were held at an exorbitant market price.
Meanwhile, interest charges accumulated and
stockholders and bondholders became discour-
aged. These things, added to extravagant and
unnecessary cost of construction, overcapitaliza-
tion, etc., served to give irrigation investments
a bad reputation. Yet the fact remains that the
storage enterprises which were carried to com-
pletion are at last, under intelligent and eco-
. nomic management, beginning to pay. With the
experience gained from the past, and in posses-
sion of the extremely valuable data gathered in
the past few years by the industrious engineers
of the Geological Survey; with reliable informa-
tion at hand as to the capacity of reservoir sites,
the drainage area tributary to them, and the av-
erage precipitation which may be expected; with
the cheapened cost of constructing dams and the
knowledge which engineers have gained as to
the proper mode of construction, the builders
of storage dams, operating on conservative and
business-like lines, hereafter should not fail to
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able one for investors as well as for the country
which they supply.

The energetic, resourceful and self-reliant
spirit which characterizes the people of Arizona
has led them to do all within their power to
promote storage enterprises. Corporations and
individuals have done a large amount of trouble-
some and expensive preliminary work. The nu-
merous reservoir sites have been closely ex-
plored and many of them have passed under the
searching scrutiny of eminent engineers, and the
feasibility of. proposed reservoirs has been
fully verified. In a few cases construction of
some magnitude has been accomplished, but the
work has been suspended while efforts are made
to enlist additional capital.

Liberal laws have been enacted governing the
appropriation of the flood waters and their con-
veyance through natural channels of the streams
to the points of diversion. The work of educat-
ing the investing public as to the merits of stor-
age enterprises has been carried on with patience
and vigor, and with the return of prosperity to
the whole country there have been encouraging
indications within the past few months that east-
ern capital is at last awakening to the value of
Arizona reservoir securities. I have no doubt
that final arrangements for the necessary capital
for some of the best-known projects will be com-
pleted before another year.

Acting in accord with strongly pronounced
public sentiment, in February of this year I ad-
dressed a special message to the legislative as-
sembly recommending that an act be passed ex-
empting from taxation for a period of years the
reservoirs and canals which may be constructed
within the next few years. It was pointed out
that when reservoirs are constructed they can-
not fail to increase the taxable wealth and popu-
lation of the territory in a very large degree;
that the enlargement of the water and irriga-
tion systems of Arizona is an imperative neces-
sity, and that exemption from taxation would
encourage capital to come into the territory and
accomplish the necessary work. The legisla-
ture was of the same opinion, and passed an act
exempting from taxation for the period of fifteen
years the reservoirs and canals constructed
within a certain time, and the act became a
law in April.

Under the various forms of encouragement
thus held out the people of the territory have
proved that they are ready to extend a ready
and hearty welcome to investors in storage en-
terprises; and if congress will add to those local
efforts the impetus of national aid, by ceding
the vacant lands, the territory will be in a posi-
tion to assure the early construction of a com-
plete and thorough water storage and irriga-
tion system. Moreover, the intelligence, patriot-
ism and public spirit of the people provide an
unquestionable guaranty that the lands would
be controlled and disposed of as a sacred public
trust and in a manner thoroughly protective of
all public and private interests.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

In the same report (1899) from which the pre-
ceding paragraphs have been quoted, Governor
Murphy makes the following recommendations
for congressional legislation and action of the
interior department:

(1) That Arizona be admitted as a state.

(2) That all the public lands within the terri-
tory be ceded to the territory or state.

(3) That until the lands are ceded authority
be granted to the territory to lease the grazing
lands.

(4) That all the lands within the territory be
surveyed, especially the railroad-grant lands,
so that they may be taxed.

(5) That a government assay office and branch
mint be established within the territory.

(6) That the act of Congress of June 27, 1866,
granting right of way to the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Company, and exempting said right of
way from taxation in territories, be so amended
as to permit the taxing of track and superstruct-
ures on the right of way.

(7) That the salaries of the federal judges of
the territory be increased.

(8) That a fifth judicial district be created.

(9) That a commission be appointed for ethno-
logical and archaeological research in the terri-
tory, and that a suitable appropriation be made
by congress therefor.

(10) That appropriation be made by congress
to pay the governors and secretaries of terri-
tories the salaries allowed them by law.

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THE CLAIMS OF ARIZONA.
From the Saturday Evening Post (1901).

Before the senate committee on territories
Governor Murphy and Delegate Wilson made
addresses on the bill to enable the people of Ari-
zona to form a constitution and state govern-
ment, and to be admitted into the Union on an
equal footing with the original states. Mr. Wil-
son, in his address, began by saying that al-
though the population had increased from
59,620 in 1890 to 122,931 in 1900, it was even
more than the figures indicated, because the enu-
merators did not have time to get over the terri-
tory.

Surely those figures show an enormous gain.
But that really was not the most interesting or
the most wonderful demonstration.

"As to the internal wealth of the country,"
said Mr. Wilson, "we have a mining belt there
running from Utah and Nevada in the north-
west to Mexico in the southeast. That belt is
four hundred and thirty-seven miles in length,
with an average width of about one hundred
miles. The acreage area of the mineral lands
in the territory is nearly thirty million acres, and
although but few of the mines have been yet
opened, the output from the copper, gold and
silver mines is nearly $40,000,000 a year, while
the bulk of that great belt is hardly scratched.
The output of these mines now in operation
in a few years would buy almost every acre of
land in any agricultural state, and yet we are
only beginning to open that vast area of min-
erals.

"Then as to the grazing industry. The re-
ceipts are nearly $2,000,000 a year in Salt River
valley. The aggregate acreage now in cultiva-
tion in the territory is nearly one million acres,
and the amount of agricultural land in the terri-
tory which may be put in cultivation is nearly
ten million acres, equal to the agricultural do-
main of the state of Iowa. The average profit
of agriculture in Salt River valley amounts to
from $36 to $140 an acre, which is more than
any eastern state can show. The alfalfa crop
pays nearly $36 an acre, and there is one almond
orchard near Mason City which pays. the owner
over $100 an acre every year.

"Then take the cantaloupe crop. That is mar-

velous, paying an average of about $100 an acre
when properly cared for. We are growing
everything, from tropical fruits to Indian corn."
Governor Murphy supplemented these figures
by other statements and statistics. "It is my be-
lief," he said, "that Arizona will very soon be
one of the wealthiest mining states in the
Union," and he declared that the territory had
more people and more money than twenty-three
of the states had when they were admitted to the
Union. Another boast which Arizona makes is
that it is about the best-educated state in the
country.

A PLEA FOR STATEHOOD.

BY GOVERNOR N. O. MURPHY.

Arizona desires, above all things, to become
a state. Constitutional rights should not be de-
nied for sectional reasons, nor for alleged differ-
ences of opinion upon public questions. It is
true that other reasons are at times given in a
general way, based upon assertions and in no
degree substantiated by proofs, but the facts arc
conspicuous that disputed financial theories, an
unwarranted and offensive assumption of supe-
riority because of location, and a selfish unwill-
ingness to fairly distribute legislative power, too
often furnish the motives which actuate the ene-
mies of statehood in their unpatriotic and un-
American refusal to accord to loyal citizens of
this common country the rights and privileges
vouchsafed by the constitution. Such a despotic
exercise of legislative power was never con-
templated by that inspired work of our fathers
which declared the equality of men. The ques-
tion of opinion expressed upon the national
monetary policy, or upon any specific policy of
legislation, by different localities, has not in
justice the remotest relation to the principles in-
volved. The labored comparisons showing the
ratio of population of the new western states
to the other states of the union have no bearing
whatever upon the rights vested under the con-
stitution, unless our system of government is to
be changed and our laws, precedents, rights and
customs disregarded. The people of the terri-
tory are true, honest Americans. Intensely loyal
and patriotic, they have braved the dangers and
privations of pioneer life and have built up a civ-
ilization which will compare favorably with any;

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they have added an empire in wealth and popula-
tion to this great republic ; they are true to their
families and firesides. Why should they be de-
nied the rights and privileges which are accorded
to their brother Americans?

Chief Justice Taney, in pronouncing the opin-
ion of the Supreme Court of the United States
in the famous Dred Scott case, lays down this
doctrine, which none will be so bold as to gain-
say:

"There is certainly no power given by the con-
stitution to the federal government to establish
or maintain colonies bordering on the United
States, or at a distance; to be ruled and gov-
erned at its own pleasure, nor to enlarge its ter-
ritorial limits in any way, except by the admis-
sion of new states. That power is plainly given.
Hut no power is given to acquire a territory to
be held and governed permanently in that char-
acter.

"The power to expand the territory of the
United States by the admission of new states is
plainly given, and in the construction of this
power by all the departments of the government,
it has been held to authorize the acquisition of
territory not fit for admission at the time, but
to be admitted as soon as its population and
situation would entitle it to admission. It is ac-
quired to become a state, and not to be held as a
colony and governed by congress with absolute
authority."

Every argument and principle which should in
justice and right be considered in connection
with the admission of the territories rests simply
upon their ability to maintain themselves as
states, and the desire of a majority of their peo-
ple for self-government. No law, precedent nor
construction of law can be found to the contrary,
and while no specific regulation exists for the
guidance of congress in the admission of states,
the law as recognized by custom and precedent
lias become a fundamental part of our national
policy; that whenever the people of a territory
of this Union express the desire for self-gov-
ernment and can furnish satisfactory proof of
their competency in population and wealth, it is
not only their right to be admitted to statehood,
but it is clearly the duty of congress to admit
them. This is conceded by all of the authori-
ties upon constitutional law and precedent, and

any other view is repugnant to the very inspira-
tion and patriotism of the republic. But four
states have been admitted which had more than
ico.ooo population at the last census previous to
their admission, and three of them viz.: Califor-
nia, Kansas and Utah, are west of the Missis^
sippi: while Maine, the other, was taken from
Massachusetts. Eighteen of the states admitted
had less than the apportionment number to jus-
tify one representative in congress at the last
census previous to admission, and four states did
not have a sufficient number at the next census
after admission. What is particularly noticeable
and instructive is the great average percentage
of increase immediately after self-government is
attained; which constitutes one of the strong-
est arguments in favor of statehood. Immigra-
tion into new states is large; a greater stability
to values is at once assured; a stronger feeling
of security is felt by investors; capital is more
confident; the development of natural resources
is consequently easier; a better class of public
servants who, when they are elected, are more
directly responsible to the people, are put in
office; and, above all, that inestimable right of
American citizenship, freedom, is secured.

Occasionally misinformed citizens have de-
clared themselves opposed to statehood on the
ground of economy, claiming that the mainte-
nance of a state government would increase tax-
ation to a burdensome extent. The history of
the admission of every state in the Union, ex-
cept Nevada, disproves this theory; the increase
in population and taxable wealth, as a rule, far
more than compensates the increased expense.
Arizona receives less than $40,000 a year from
Washington on account of the territorial form of
government, which, at the present assessed
valuation of property in the territory, amounts
to less than one and one-half mills on the dollar.
With statehood all kinds of property would in-
crease in value — it is believed the people would
be more careful in the selection of legislators
and other public officers; a more thorough sys-
tem of assessing and collecting taxes would be
adopted, and instead of assessing $100,000,000
worth of property at $31,000,000, as we do now,
we would require a more perfect plan of finan-
cial management, and the cost of government
would be correspondingly reduced.

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Everything about territorial vassalage is ob-
noxious to free-born Americans. The people
have no say as to who shall govern them. Ap-
pointees are sent to the territories by the presi-
dent, who in person or through subordinates
whom they appoint, expend a great part of the
money collected by taxation. This is surely
"taxation without representation." The remain-
ing territories have far outgrown the regula-
tions adopted by congress for their government.
Our judicial system is insufficient and unsatis-
factory; the entire machinery of the territorial
system is inadequate and un-American, and our
citizens should insist, as with one voice, upon
emancipation. And if temporarily the expenses
should be heavier upon our taxpayers — which is
unlikely — it will be a thousandfold compensated.
Now we have a delegate in congress, a quasi
member of the house of representatives, who
has no vote, no rights, little influence, and few
privileges, so to speak, and when he solicits the
assistance of senators he must act more like an
humble mendicant than like the authorized rep-
resentative of a great commonwealth. As a
state we would have a representative with a
vote, and two senators, who could accomplish
more for the people of Arizona in one year than
has been accomplished in the entire territorial
life.

Statehood has been denied to Arizona be-
cause of sectional prejudice, ignorance, imagin-
ary partisan policy and pure selfishness. The
latter reason exists in the fact that our eastern
brethren are unwilling to divide legislative rep-
resentation in congress; they refuse to grant
to their brother Americans of the west, who are
their equals in every respect, the same privi-
leges under the constitution which they enjoy
and for which they fought and bled. Many of
them affect to believe themselves superior on ac-
count of the locality of their residences, in which
accident has placed them; that they are better,
their blood bluer, etc. They have become very
forgetful and selfish. 1 have heard eastern rep-
resentatives say: "We made a mistake when we
let in some of those northwest states," presum-
ably because of a difference of opinion on ques-
tions of national policy. Who are "we?" and who
let them in? Upon what do they base the of-
fensive assumption that they have the right to

refuse any subdivision of this common country
any constitutional rights or privileges? To dis-
guise their real reasons, these self-constituted
conservators of our welfare frequently assert
that our population is insufficient to maintain a
state government. These assertions are not only
untrue, but concern matters of which they are
ignorant, and upon which they are prejudiced.
The real reason underlying their principal oppo-
sition to the admission of the territories, is the
purely selfish desire to prevent the same right
being accorded to others in the nature of leg-
islative representation which they exercise. They
do not wish us to have representation in the
United States senate. This is true, no matter
how much they attempt to conceal their motives
by talking political or economical reasons.

Arizona has 100,000 people, and one hundred
millions of taxable wealth, if it were all assessed.
Our citizens enjoy the proud distinction of being
the first to respond to their country's call for
volunteers. On Cuban soil, by their bravery and
heroic conduct, they won the admiration of all
Christendom. An Arizona flag was first hoisted
over the ramparts of the enemy at San Juan,
and many of the territory's noble heroes sealed
with their blood an undying claim upon their
country's gratitude. Their names and deeds will
invoke love and respect as long as the nation's
history lives.

Arizona's people, by their patriotism and va-
lor, by their thrift and ability, by their loyalty to
the republic, fealty to national principles, and
every consideration of true Americanism, have
earned and won the inestimable privilege of self-
government. They all ask and demand that
which of right should be granted and the admis-
sion of the territory into the Union as a state,
without longer delay."

THE CAPITAL CITY.

Concerning the history of Phoenix, the fol-
lowing is taken from the (lovernor's report:

It has been said that western towns an- eitlu-r
miniature cities or exaggerated villages. Her
residents consider Phoenix included in the for-
mer class. She is essentially modern, founded
though she be on the ruins of a lire-Columbian
civilization. Mere there is none of the languor

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of the south, no trace of the provincialism of the
middle west, and only enough of the Mexican
and Indian to make picturesque the poorer quar-
ters of the city. Hither have come the brightest
of minds, professional and commercial, and the
visitor soon acknowledges that here he finds
push and intelligence not inferior to those quali-
ties that mark the most favored communities of
the Union.

The inception of the city is within the memory
of many of its present residents. It was in 1868
that a small number of pioneers banded to-
gether to form its nucleus. In 1870 it was
platted. Among the original American resi-
dents were W. A. Hancock, John T. Dennis,
Ben Block, Thomas Barnum, Jacob Starer, E.
Irvine, C. H. Gray, J. D. Monnihon, and J. P.
Osborne.

The valley had been occupied for several
years, since Jack Swilling, noted for desperate
deeds, had come from the Rich Hill diggings
to cut a ditch from Salt River and to practice
the arts of peace. Friendly Indians were to the
south and wild Apaches on the north and east.
John T. Dennis, who then lived near the present
waterworks site, in the late sixties lost a number
of cattle and horses through a raid of the Yava-
pai Apaches, and only proximity to the friendly
Pima and Maricopa tribes saved the infant set-
tlement from continued depredations. In 1871 a
traveler wrote that Mrs. J. J. Gardiner was the
only American woman in the village, there being
at the time about seventy-five American men.
In 1877 Hinton wrote that Phoenix was a town
of about five hundred, half the population being
Mexican.

September 5, 1872, the first public school was
started. It was a long adobe building on what
is now First avenue, about fifty feet south of
Washington street, the same edifice serving as
court-house. A few years later a little adobe
one-roomed building was erected on what is
known as the Central school block, on North
Center street.

In 1871 the county was established, carved
from the southern portion of the giant county of
Yavapai. The first county record filed was a
deed in which was transferred the ownership
of the ground on which the Porter Block now
stands. The price was $100. The present value

of the same ground is about $20,000. In the
spring of 1879 the Southern Pacific, building
eastward, reached Maricopa, and through Phoe-
nix flowed the entire commerce of northern and
central Arizona, then rejoicing in the greatest
degree of mining activity ever known to the re-
gion. Dusty freight teams, not infrequently with
twenty mules to a team, were almost continuous
on the road from the railroad north, bearing sup-
plies to the mines. The freighter was the most
important of beings, and lived in a freighter's
gastronomical paradise on a diet of canned
goods straight. Fast freight to Prescott had a
tariff of four cents a pound, and fast freight
meant making the one hundred and seventy
miles in two weeks. There was a strong Mexi-
can flavor to the community, and a knowledge
of Spanish was almost essential. Occasionally
on the streets would be seen numbers of squeak-
ing two-wheeled ox carts laden with fruit,
mescal, and other products of Sonora, brought
across the international line in serene careless-
ness of any such thing as tariff.

July 4, 1887, the Maricopa & Phoenix Rail-
way materialized, giving steam connection with
the world, and Phoenix became a city. In 1889
she took a further step in becoming the Terri-
torial capital. March 12, 1895, she assumed the
place of southwestern center and metropolis,
upon the completion of the Santa Fe, Prescott
& Phoenix Railway, through which she not only
secured competitive freight rates, but was given
outlet for her products to the northern part of
the Territory.

The Phoenix of to-day, the county seat of
Maricopa county, and capital of the Territory,
has 15,000 inhabitants, and its people are an en-
terprising and progressive body of citizens.

THE OLDEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

The old name of Tucson was Tulquson, or
Tuqueson. At the beginning of the nineteenth
century it was garrisoned by eighty or ninety
troops, and had a population of three hundred,
who lived in adobe hovels and eked out a miser-
able existence by cultivating small tracts of land.
The growth of the town was slow. In 1856 it
had but four hundred inhabitants, about thirty
being Americans. Up to a very recent period

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the city retained the appearance of a walled town
of ancient ages, as the town was surrounded by
a wall in the form of a square, which protected
the people from the fierce Apaches. The rear
end of the houses was built into this wall, and
the only openings were doors that led into the
central plaza. It was the custom for the peo-
ple to stand on the roofs of their houses and
thus defend themselves against an attacking
force, being protected from assault by the height
of the walls. Indeed, so strongly was the place
impregnated that, in spite of repeated efforts,
the Indians, during the past two hundred years,
have never been able to capture it. During all
of this time the Papagos proved themselves
friends to the whites and not infrequently aided
them in repelling the assaults of the Apaches.

To the tourist the city of Tucson offers an
inviting field of investigation. It is one of the
most interesting cities in the United States and,
founded about 1555, has the distinction of being
the oldest permanent settlement in this country.
Occupying a picturesque location, it stands in
a valley surrounded by mountains. Here may
be seen contrasts between the civilization of the
present and that of the past. Substantial build-
ings lighted by electricity and provided with all
modern equipments form a vivid contrast to
one-story structures of long ago. Some of the
streets are narrow and are walled in by square
adobe houses, but other streets are modern and
broad, and are rendered beautiful by costly resi-
dences. Seldom in the history of the world is it
possible to find a civilization so remote lying in
direct contrast to the civilization of today.

Of recent years Tucson has come into promi-
nence owing to the peculiar advantages it offers
for the treatment of tuberculosis, its elevation
being about twenty-four hundred feet, which is
within one hundred feet of the limit of altitude
where, in the opinion of specialists in the dis-
ease, the cure of tuberculosis of the lungs is pos-
sible. However, this is by no means the sole
claim made by Tucson to prominence. Com-
mercially, it has glowing possibilities, and is
destined to become a great city. Financially, it
is on a remarkably sound basis. Business fail-
ures during the last five years have been prac-
tically unknown. Many brick buildings have
been recently built and scores are now under

construction. There are two flourishing national
banks, two building and loan associations — one
with a capital of $65,000, the other $25,000. This
being the center of a vast stock country shipping
from this point is very large, and as the country
for more than one hundred miles tributary is
rich in gold, silver, and copper, and vast marble
and onyx beds, the financial business is very
great.

Tucson has an organized municipal govern-
ment with mayor and city council and excel-
lent public buildings; a public library which
would do well for a city of 20,000 inhabitants; is
the seat of the University of Arizona, under
management of which are the agricultural col-
lege, the school of mines, and the United States
experimental station. It is favored with a strong
faculty of seventeen professors, and at present
100 or more students; tuition free, dormitory ac-
commodations and table board, $15 per month.
The college equipments are equal to the best in
the land. Families who come to spend the win-
ter here can allow their sons and daughters to
enjoy the advantages of this institution, while
they are assimilating the vigorous tonic of the
climate.

The public schools are on a high plane, well
graded, with an able corps of fourteen profes-
sional teachers, and with excellent buildings of
modern style of architecture.

The St. Joseph Academy for young ladies,
under the management of the Sisters of St.
Joseph, and the parochial school for boys, under
the supervision of the Catholic Church, have a
large attendance.

The Indian Industrial Mission School under
the auspices of the Presbyterian Home Mission,
is established here with an average attendance of
one hundred and fifty Indian boys and girls.

Because of its antiquity there are many places
of interest within the radius of a few miles of
Tucson, notably the San Xavier Mission, the
old mission church of Escala Pura, the aban-
doned Government post Fort Lowell, and the
fortified hills west of town. By whom or by
what race the fortifications were built is not
known, but their lines of defense are still plainly
visible. Many large rocks, having an eastern
face, are covered with hieroglyphics of a lost
race, and the riddle has yet to be read. For

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many miles north of town, in the Santa Cruz
valley, are to be found evidences of dead cities.
The plains may bear no mark of human occu-
pation, but relics of the past are unearthed by a
little labor. Broken pottery, ornaments, house-
hold utensils, implements of agriculture and war
are common to the inquiring mind of the arch-
aeologist. Burial urns, with their incinerated
contents perfect as the day when they were first
consigned to the earth, are occasionally to be
found. The whole country is full of interest, not
only for the capitalist and the home seeker, but
for men of leisure in search of recreation and the
invalid in quest of health.

PRESCOTT.

Prescott was established in 1864. There was
previously a military post at Fort Whipple, near
the present site of Prescott, and the protection
of the army encouraged the settlement of the
country around the post and promoted the de-
velopment of the mines and the material re-
sources of the vicinity. There was a straggling
settlement along the Granite creek, and the set-
tlers here determined to erect their settlement in-
to a corporate town, and to that end called a mass
meeting for Monday evening, May 30, 1864.
This meeting was held in the store of Don Man-
uel, and here the dimensions and boundaries of
the town were agreed upon and the name
adopted by resolution as "Prescott," in honor
of the eminent American writer and standard
author upon Aztec and Spanish-American his-
tory.

The first territorial election was held July 18,
1864, and the new territory with its capital at
Prescott was fairly launched in the way of self-
government.

Prescott itself is a very pretty city of 3,559
population, situated on a number of low-rolling
hills, with a trend toward Granite creek, which
runs at the foot of the town. It is in the midst
of a well-wooded section and the town is em-
bowered in the perpetual green of pines and
cedars. The streets are broad, 100 feet in
width, running with the cardinal points, and the
blocks are 325x600 feet, including a 25-foot
alley, running lengthwise through them. In the
center of the city with business blocks facing it

on all sides is the Court Square, and in the cen-
ter of this is the court house, a very creditable,
substantially built structure of brick and stone.
It is two stories above a commodious basement,
and is well arranged and completely furnished.

Domestic water is supplied by the city, which
owns its own water works. The supply is de-
rived from deep wells, and is pumped into a large
reservoir located on a hill high above the town.
It is supplied by gravity pressure through mains
which are laid all over the city. The rates are
thirty-five cents per one thousand gallons, with
a minimum charge of $i per month. Good
water can be got anywhere in the city at from ten
to fifty feet below the surface, and many windmills
and pumps are in use for raising water to irrigate
gardens and lawns. There are many very neat
modern residences in Prescott, and the grounds
are well kept. Of course, being a modern, up-
to-date city, Prescott has all the modern im-
provements and appliances. There is an electric
company which furnishes a good system of both
arc and incandescent lights at a moderate
charge. Telegraph and telephone service, excel-
lent public schools and churches and benevolent
societies. Of the religious denominations there
are Methodists, Episcopalians, Catholics, Metho-
dist Episcopal South and Baptists. The benevo-
lent orders are represented by Masons, Odd Fel-
lows, Knights of Pythias, Elks, Woodmen,
Workmen, Redmen, Foresters, Woodmen Cir-
cles, Rebekah Degree, Eastern Star, Royal Arch
Masons, Commandery and Maccabees.

Yavapai is a mountain county, its lowest alti-
tude is over one thousand two hundred feet, and
from this it ranges to ten thousand feet, attaining
its culmination in Mount Union, about twelve
miles south of Prescott. Prescott itself lies at
an elevation of five thousand six hundred feet
above sea level and its summer climate is all
that could be desired. In fact, it is becoming
a favorite summer resort for people from the
lower and hotter portions of the territory, since
it has been brought within a few hours' journey
by rail.

APACHE COUNTY.

Apache county was named from the Apache
Indians, who formerly occupied this section,
and still occupy their reservation to the imme-

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diate southwest. The county is forty-eight miles
from east to west and one hundred and fifteen
miles north and south, exclusive of the Navajo
Indian reservation on the north, and lies in the
northeast corner of the territory. It has an aver-
age of about five thousand six hundred feet alti-
tude, and is traversed by th€ Rio Puerco, Zuni,
and Little Colorado rivers, flowing, respectively,
from the northeast, east, and southeast. The
greatest elevation is in the south, the region of
the spurs of the White mountains. The surface
is a series of broad valleys and table-lands.

The White mountains on the south, contain-
ing about six hundred square miles, which slope
gradually to the north, furnish a considerable
supply of water. The July and August rains are
copious, the streams often overflowing their
banks. This water is partially stored in numer-
ous small reservoirs, the capacity of which is
entirely inadequate to reclaim the available
agricultural land.

The best part of the country near the snow
line is covered with a good growth of long-
leafed pine, varying from saplings to immense
trees four to six feet in diameter. This timber
is protected by the government and is practically
untouched. The timber area is about six hun-
dred square miles in extent, and is worth millions
of dollars in itself, besides its incalculable influ-
ence upon climate and -water supply. The foot-
hills of the mountains are covered with a growth
of pinon, cedar and oak, averaging at maturity
about twelve inches in diameter. The timber of
the foothills is not merchantable except for fuel
and fencing, and may be had for the cost of
hauling, which is only nominal.

There are about eight thousand acres under
ditch in the country. This has all been carved
out of waste land, practically valueless to the
government. The work of water development
and land reclamation has been done by our
home people in every instance, without the aid
of outside capital. The plan of operation, usu-
ally, is to organize a stock company, the stock-
being paid for by work in the construction
operations.

Farming in this county is no experiment. It
is an unqualified success, and is limited to a few
thousand acres, solely because of a lack of water
development. Substantial improvements in that

direction are under way, however. The St.
Johns Irrigation Company, a co-operative con-
cern, which now irrigates some three thousand
acres of bench land, has two reservoirs com-
pleted, at a total cost of $15,000, and has an-
other reservoir under construction, which will
cost $15,000 more, and which will irrigate be-
tween three thousand and four thousand acres
in the neighborhood of St. Johns. All the water
supply is from the Little Colorado river and its
tributaries.

Apache county has been known as essentially
a stock-raising county, but its agricultural inter-
ests are certain to become an important factor
in the general prosperity within the near future.
The people are alive to the necessity and im-
portance of water storage, and the undeveloped
resources of the county in respect of available
reservoir sites comprise a valuable asset. Nor
will the development of the county's agricultural
resources conflict with the live-stock interests.
The land reclaimed and available for reclamation
forms little or no part of the grazing lands. As
a matter of fact, the stockmen welcome the
farmers, from whom they are able to purchase
all their supplies, while the extension of the al-
falfa fields will mean better opportunities for fat-
tening the range cattle.

COCHISE COUNTY.

Cochise county is in the southeast corner of
the territory. It was named in 1881 for one
of the Indian chiefs who formerly ruled the ter-
ritory within its boundaries. It contains many
historic spots connected with the early settle-
ment of Arizona and the Indian wars connected
with that period. One notable trace of pioneer
methods is the old Butterfield trail, over which
mail, express, and passengers were carried in
the ante-railroad days by the "pony express."
Mail and express was carried over this route
between St. Joseph, Mo., and San Diego, Cal.;
20,000 horses are said to have been employed on
the line. The climate is equable. Most of the
surface of the county is sufficiently elevated to
make the climate cool in summer and not severe
in winter. Like nearly all portions of Arizona,
Cochise county is mountainous.

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wildest sections in the United States. Bear,
deer, lions and other varieties of wild animals
roam here and multiply almost undisturbed.
The mountain slopes are covered with a good
growth of timber, which furnishes lumber to the
mill man, stulls and lagging to the miner, and
fuel to all classes, thus greatly assisting all in-
dustries. The rugged folds of their great ridges
store water, which finds its way to the surface in
springs, or flows underground at a small depth,
which enables stockmen to raise it easily to
water their herds. Many pleasant retreats are
found beneath their sheltering cliffs and groves
for persons seeking refuge from summer's heat.
The different ranges serve as condensers, thus
causing throughout the country a fair rainfall.
During the year 1899 most parts of the county
were very well favored with rains, and good
feed, fat stock, and a fair crop of hay is the re-
sult.

While the soil of Cochise county is fertile, still
for lack of water sufficient for irrigation, the
great need of the entire southwest, the county
can not make large claims as a farming county.
However, along the streams and in many can-
yons hardy husbandmen have taken advantage
of the natural facilities and are raising excellent
crops of hay, fruit, melons, vegetables, and
grain, all of which crops thrive wonderfully
where enough water can be had to irrigate them
sufficiently. It is, however, as a mining and
stock-raising county that Cochise can boast. A
great variety of ores are mined, including gold,
silver, copper, lead and wolframite. Roofing slate
and some valuable building stones are also a part
of her wealth. The Copper Queen Mining Com-
pany at Bisbee is one of the leading concerns
of the world for the mining of copper. Its
works are located at Bisbee, and a railroad
reaches them, which forms a junction with the
Southern Pacific at Benson. The Copper
Queen Company employs an army of men, and
the trade resulting from its employment fur-
nishes business to a great number of other peo-
ple and industries. Bisbee is the largest city in
the county, having a population of six thousand.

The Commonwealth and other mines owned
by the Commonwealth Mining and Milling
Company at Pearce are bonanzas. The capa-
city of the mill on the company's property has

been increased from twenty to fifty stamps dur-
ing the year.

The wolframite mines, as well as mines of
other metals near Dragoon, have attracted a
great deal of attention, and some important
deals affecting them have been accomplished.
There are a number of companies operating in
that district, besides several individuals.

A stamp mill for treating ores has been recon-
structed during the year at Dos Cabezas. Some
placers in that district are also exciting interest,
and some work is being done on them. Dos
Cabezas, located fifteen miles from Willcox, is
one of the oldest mining camps in the territory.
Gold is the principal ore mined there, although
others are found in paying quantities. Some
important deals in mining property have been
made there during the year.

Tombstone mines, after many years of al-
most total inactivity, are lately taking another
start under the operations of lessees, some of
whom are said to be doing extra well, while all
are doing well. The people there are hopeful
that the plan above mentioned may prove a com-
plete success, and that those fabulously produc-
tive mines may again be turning out their mints
of the white metal.

Everywhere throughout the county there is
great activity in mining. At Turquoise, Bar-
rett Camp, Middlemarch, Golden Rule, and
other properties in the Dragoon district, exten-
sive work in the way of extracting ores and de-
veloping properties is being done. A smelter
at Barrett Camp will soon be operating upon
copper ores. A stamp mill to work the ores of
the Golden Rule, and to do custom milling also,
has been erected at Cochise, a small station on
the Southern Pacific, during 1899.

That men have confidence in the ore supplies
of the county throughout is evidenced by the
amount of work and money that is at present
being expended in developing property, and
sinking to discover ore bodies. Greater activity
than usual has been shown in this direction dur-
ing the past year, and the inquiries have been
more numerous for mining property than for
some time.

The cattle business has also been unusually
and gratifyingly profitable. Good rains have
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consequence stockmen feel like princes. Will-
cox still holds its place at the head of the list of
cattle-shipping towns, having shipped 31,794
head to September i ; and still stockmen aver the
number shipped can scarcely be missed off the
ranges, so abundant are the stocks in Sulphur
Spring valley and on adjacent ranges. A great
impetus has been given to the stock business by
the excellent prices which have prevailed during
the year. Extensive and valuable improve-
ments in the way of increasing water supplies
and improving ranch property have been made.

Although cattle raising takes the lead, still
the raising of sheep, horses, and mules ought
not to pass without mention in an article treating
of the resources of the county. Valuable herds
of sheep are grazed here, and the excellent prices
obtained for wool and mutton swell the accounts
of their owners.

A great many horses roam on the ranges as
free as nature itself. Their chief use has been
as saddle horses in handling all kinds of stock.
However, horse owners are hopeful that the
causes now influencing prices may make the
breeding and raising of good, clean-limbed,
hardy horses a paying business.

COCONINO COUNTY.

Coconino county was segregated from Yava-
pai county in 1891, and contains within her bor-
ders the largest body of timber of any county in
the United States, and the only present available
supply in Arizona. There are several large mills
working along the line of the Santa Fe, of which
more extended notice is given elsewhere, and
whose output forms no inconsiderable part of
the wealth of the territory.

Next to lumbering, sheep and wool growing
and stock-raising are the most prominent in-
dustries and large amounts of money are annu-
ally brought into the country from these
sources. There are on the ranges around Flag-
staff, in the neighborhood of 300,000 sheep giv-
ing an annual clip of about 2,500,000 pounds of
wool, and the annual shipments of stock will
run close to $250,000.

Within Coconino county there is a very large
area of land, estimated as high as two million
seven hundred and fifty thousand acres, suscepti-

ble of cultivation without irrigation. Of this
amount there is a very limited quantity under
cultivation, not over ten thousand acres. The
cereals do well here and most vegetables yield
very heavy crops.

Within this county are very many of the
natural wonders of Arizona, the Grand canon,
the Painted Desert, wild mountain scenery, the
cliff and cave dwellings, all of which have been
alluded to more extensively elsewhere. The
county is well watered and well wooded, and the
Santa Fe road crosses it from east to west. The
new railroad that has been built to the Grand
canon lies wholly within Coconino.

The summer climate is very pleasant. Being
in a mountain county, Flagstaff and Williams,
the principal towns, lie at an elevation of be-
tween six and seven thousand feet ; the summers
are always cool while its southern latitude pre-
cludes the possibility of severe winter weather.
The air is very pure and bracing and is a specific
for asthma.

There are some very extensive and rich cop-
per, gold and silver mines found here and some
in the vicinity of the Grand canon have been
profitably worked for years. A smelter has been
erected at Williams for the purpose of reducing
ores from the mines of the county. Large de-
posits of coal have been found and some very
valuable beds of a superior onyx. have been lo-
cated. Molybdenum is found in quantities in
the Grand canon.

The principal towns are Flagstaff (population,
1,271) and Williams (population 1,382), both
largely dependent upon lumbering for their
prosperity. Flagstaff is the county seat, and
here also is located the Northern Arizona Nor-
mal School, in one of the finest buildings in the
territory. The altitude is 6,800 feet and the
summer climate is perfect, while the winters are
not cold. The scenery is grand. Back of the
town towers the San Francisco range. From
here a stage line runs to the Grand canon, and
the homes of the cliff and cave dwellers are
within reach. Flagstaff is in the center of some
of the most interesting features of the territory.
Here, too, on account of purity of its atmos-
phere the celebrated Lowell observatory, which
has added so much to the scientific knowledge of
the world, has been located.

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Located within thirty-two miles of Flagstaff
and enjoying the same scenery and climate is
the town of Williams, a lively, enterprising,
lumbering, railroad and mining town. From
this town the new railroad to the Grand canon
has been constructed.

GILA COUNTY.

Gila county occupies a peculiar position, geo-
graphically, lying in the eastern central part of
the territory, bounded on the north by the rim
of the Mogollons, stretching into the Apache
Indian reservation on the east, defined by the
foot of the Four Peaks on the west.

The industries of Gila county are mining,
stock raising, lumbering and agriculture. Min-
ing far overshadows all other industries and in
Gila we find some of the heaviest mining prop-
erties in the territory. In the center of this
great mining region is the city of Globe, the
county seat of Gila county. This district first
came into prominence in 1873, when some very
promising silver prospects were discovered.
But it was far from civilization at that time, con-
tinually exposed to danger from marauding In-
dians, and little progress was made until' 1875,
when some immense silver discoveries caused a
great influx of miners and prospectors from the
surrounding country. From that date Globe has
continued to progress steadily and rapidly until
the present time.

Globe has railroad communication with the
outer world through the Gila Valley, Globe &
Northern Railway, of which a further account
is given elsewhere, connecting with the South-
ern Pacific at Bowie, one hundred and twenty-
five miles east. An extension of the Santa Fe,
Prescott & Phoenix Railway is projected, which,
when constructed, will add greatly to the pros-
perity of both Globe and Phoenix.

The great mining camp of Globe is one of the
largest frontier camps in this country. Under
adverse circumstances it has become a mining
center of great magnitude. The first settlement
was begun in 1876, at what was known then as
Rambo's camp, ten miles north of the present
site of Globe. Final creek was the western
boundary of the Apache Indian reservation and

the creek was called the dead line by the early
settlers.

When the reservation was diminished in area
the section which now contains Globe was
opened to settlement to the whites. As the min-
eral wealth of the district became known peo-
ple began to come over the mountains from
New Mexico in large numbers and in a short
time a camp of considerable importance was
built here.

In her history as a mining camp Globe has
been peculiarly fortunate. In the beginning her
prosperity was based upon silver production,
for while copper was known to exist in large
quantities, the cost of mining and transporta-
tion consumed the profits and it did not pay to
work. The white metal, however, was abundant,
and silver mining paid. With the decline in
silver, this class of mining ceased to be profit-
able, but at the same time a steady and remark-
able advance in the price of copper took place
and the copper mines of Globe became more
profitable than the silver and her prosperity so
far from declining with the waning price of sil-
ver steadily advanced with the increasing price
of copper, and she is today one of the most
prosperous camps in the west.

GRAHAM COUNTY.

Graham county, in the southeastern part of
the territory, and almost the last spot to be
wrested from the domain of the Apache, has, by
reason of its mineral, agricultural, and pastoral
resources, risen to a place of only second rank
in the list of counties. Clifton, Morenci and
Metcalf are mining villages, and contain a popu-
lation of 5,000, engaged in various occupations
of mining.

Duncan, Solomonville, Safford, Thatcher,
Central, Pima, Mathewsville, Fort Thomas, and
Geronimo are. agricultural villages, being lo-
cated in the valley of the Gila, and all, with the
exception of the first named, which is on the
Arizona & New Mexico Railroad, are on the
Gila Valley, Globe & Northern Railroad.

The river Gila, coming from its sources in
New Mexico, enters the county near its center
on the east, and uniting with the San Francisco
below Clifton, passes through the center of the

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county, leaving it at San Carlos on the west.
The river valley is of rich alluvial soil, and is
from two to five miles in width, much of which
is under a high state of tillage by irrigation.
The crops grown include those of the temperate
zone and some semitropical fruits. Late apples
are very productive and of excellent quality.
Other fruits are of good quality, but are some-
times damaged by late frosts. Prices of all
farm products are excellent, owing to a local
market in the mines near by.

.No portion of the county has a less elevation
than two thousand eight hundred feet and vary-
ing to ten thousand feet for the mountain peaks.
The climate is dry and healthful ; winters in the
valley are mild, the range of the thermometer
being from fourteen degrees F. above zero to
one hundred and four degrees. Nights gener-
ally are cool and bracing in summer.

The first white men in the county were the
California Volunteers, who were stationed at
Old Camp Goodwin to control Cochise and his
Chiricahua Apaches. No real settlement, how-
ever, was made until 1873. when prospectors
and home-seekers began to arrive. In 1874 Saf-
ford, which afterwards became the county seat,
was settled. In 1880 colonies of Mormons ar-
rived from Utah, and, locating along the river,
dug canals and developed the agriculture of the
valley. Graham is essentially a mountain
county, being situated on the great plateau of
the Rocky mountains. In elevation it ranges
from three thousand feet in the lower valleys to
four thousand feet in the elevated table lands.
The Graham range, which is well timbered with
pine, spruce, juniper and fir, besides several
hard woods, crosses the county from northwest
to southeast with peaks rising to 10,318 feet
above sea level.

MAUICOPA COUNTY.

The county of Maricopa, which embraces the
Salt River valley, is located very nearly central
in the territory and comprises four million six
hundred and seventy-nine thousand acres, of
which one million five hundred thousand may-
be classed as arable, and can be reclaimed
by irrigation. And what crops can be raised
here! The soil has lain fallow for ages, ever

since the mysterious race, who have disap-
peared and left no trace but their works,
irrigated and cultivated it — and there are evi-
dences that a teeming population was once lo-
cated here. In all these untold ages this soil
has been storing up fertility awaiting the com-
ing of the farmer, and now it is ready to break
forth at his bidding. The soil in the valley is
incomparable in its productive capacities. In
fact, it is limited only in this respect by its water
supply. The mesa land is gray sandy loam,
while nearer the stream it changes into a dark
rich soil, admirably adapted to the growth of
alfalfa, wheat, barley, and all kinds of vegetables,
sugar cane, watermelons, etc., while the lands of
the mesas have demonstrated that for the
growth of oranges, lemons, and all citrus and
deciduous fruits they have no equal in this or
any other country. The soil when irrigated is a
rich alluvium, and is of marvelous depth, and
the waters which give life to the plants and trees
in this garden of the new world, not unlike that
of the Nile, carries a large percentage of sedi-
ment which is incomparable as a fertilizer and
continually enriches the soil cultivated.

The senate of the United States appointed
a special committee to examine into the possi-
bilities of irrigation, and they passed several
days in the intelligent examination of the soil,
climate, and agricultural conditions of the Salt
River valley. In their report we find on page
60 the following testimony: "A careful analysis
of this soil shows its fertile qualities to be su-
perior to the Nile earth." When we think of
the early history of civilization, its marvelous
growth and development, and then realize that
civilization and ancient greatness had its high
tide along the course of the Nile, we marvel at
the future of this new Eden of the west. Most
of this valley's soils are the accumulated wash-
ings from the surrounding hills, made up of the
fine particles that have been, during countless
centuries, disintegrated by frost or the elements.
The water is also charged with new fertility.

One fact here may show the value of irriga-
tion as a fertilizer. The Pima and Maricopa In-
dians along the river in this valley live by farm-
ing and stock feeding. The system of irrigation
used by them for centuries is of the rudest na-
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never having cost the government a dollar. They
have no tradition running back to the time
when their ancestors did not cultivate these val-
leys, sowing from year to year the same variety
of wheat, never changing the seed in all these
years, and neither the grain nor the soil show
signs of exhaustion. No wheat of greater
beauty nor of more excellent quality can be
found.

The Salt River valley has many advantages
besides its climate, soil,' and conditions. It is
rix weeks earlier in the market with apricots,
grapes, oranges, and peaches, thus sure of secur-
ing a ready sale for its products. The early
fruits always command the highest prices and
most ready sale.

The extensive fields of alfalfa in this valley
afford fine opportunities for ' the fattening of
stock, of which the stockmen of the various
counties have taken advantage, and this is a
source of great profit to the farmer.

In this southern territory is the coming agri-
cultural empire of the continent, Palmyra of old,
Egypt in the days of the greater Rameses, and
the plains of greater India must be brought to
mind before the infinite possibilities of the re-
gion can be even dimly comprehended. Along
a single Arizona river is a greater arable area
than in all the lately acquired Hawaiian Isles.
In the single valley of the Salt, where two hun-
dred and fifty thousand acres partially cultivated
maintain a population of thirty thousand,
are yet untouched a million acres suscepti-
ble of irrigation and as well fitted by nature
for agricultural production as are any of the
acres already sown. This development to the
extent of the arable land will come with the con-
servation of the flood waters of the Salt, as a
similar and no less phenomenal change will
come through the same means to the upper and
lower valleys of the Gila river.

The soil of the great undeveloped plains or
deserts is almost uniform. Near the stream
channels are to be found strips of clay-like black-
adobe, with occasional streaks of alkali, contain-
ing varying proportions of mineral salts. The
upper-lying land is lighter, though it is not to be
classed as less rich. It abounds in lime, particu-
larly in lime sulphate (gypsum). Tt is lacking in
two elements, vegetable humus and iron. Both

are readily secured by cropping for several years
to alfalfa. Thus prepared, through the plant-
ing and plowing under of alfalfa, the land is at
its best. Alfalfa is king in the southland. Of
this there can be no dispute. Around about
Phoenix sixty thousand acres are planted to it,
and rich is the owner of a farm thereof. Almost
to infinity is the list of special field crops that
may be raised in the irrigated valleys. Perhaps
in days to come sugar beets will occupy in acre-
age the place .next below alfalfa. Thus far it is
believed the best methods of sugar-beet cultiva-
tion have not been discovered, though one vari-
ety of beet, of Klein-Wanzlebener, has been
fixed upon by the American agricultural experi-
ment stations as best adapted to local conditions
In saccharine strength and purity the best Ari-
zona beets have thus far come from localities
with altitudes above two thousand feet. Sugar
cane thrives in ail luxuriance, as does sorghum.
Both have been utilized in the manufacture of
molasses. Sorghum is one of the most profit-
able crops when grown for fattening cattle. The
feeder secures the quickest and most economical
results who combines sorghum with alfalfa hay.

The dairy industry has grown from nothing
until today it is one of the leading sources of
income, bringing into the valley not less than
$100,000 annually, and contributing an annual
product of no less than $125,000. In fact, some
conservative men place it much higher; but this
much at least is known from figures based upon
actual weights.

There is hardly any branch of agriculture that
will not thrive here, and as all crops depend
upon irrigation, there is no such thing as fail-
ure, and it is doubtful whether in the whole
county there is a farming community that will
compare for thrift and prosperity with those of
Maricopa county.

As an industry, horticulture has a growing
popularity in the Salt River valley; Both citrus
and deciduous fruits are successfully raised.
Eastern purchasers have frequently commented
upon the excellence of Salt river oranges, and
at the California Midwinter Fair Washington
navels from here received a first-premium gold
medal for excellence.

The rni=iii£r of rattle is another important
industry in the valley, a large proportion of the

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stock shipped from Arizona to the market being
from here.

The most important mining camp in the valley
is at Wickenburg, which is the third oldest town
in Arizona, Tucson being the first and Yuma
the second. The original location was made in
1863 by Henry Wickenburg, the second white
man to explore this section, and the discoverer
and original developer of the Vulture mine.

MOTIAVE COUNTY.

Prior to 1864 Mohave county composed a por-
tion of Donna Ana county, N. M., but after the
organization of the territory of Arizona it was
formed into one of the four original political di-
visions into which the territory was divided. It
embraces 16,000 square miles of the northwest-
ern part of the territory. It is traversed by high
mountain ranges and broad valleys, covered
many months in the year by luxuriant vegetation
and nutritious grasses. Until 1882 its only
means of communication with the outside world
was by stage to San Bernardino or river steamer
to the Gulf of California.

The number of acres of land now under cul-
tivation is over 2,500; and on the Colorado river
below Fort Mohave several hundred more acres
are in process of reclamation.

The irrigation canals of the county are purely
of a lateral nature, built to carry water over
small sections of land. On the Big Sandy each
farmer has taken out a ditch from the creek to
irrigate his own tract of land, consisting of from
fifty to three hundred acres. Thirty-five miles
of ditch will cover the irrigation district of the
Sandy. In the valley of the Colorado -river the
government has a pumping plant which supplies
water for about one hundred acres of land.
Several ranches irrigate small parcels of land
from wells, while the Mohave Indians await the
overflow of the river to put their land in proper
condition for crops.

There are in the county of Mohave, not in-
cluding the high mesas, over four million acres of
land that can be readily reclaimed. Lands along
the Colorado river, in the Mohave valley, grow
every semitropical fruit. No frost falls in the
lowlands. In the mountain ranges are many
springs, the waters of which are used to irrigate

small patches of land. West of Kingman sev-
eral of these springs have been converged at
Beale Springs and a beautiful fruit orchard prop-
agated. This year the crop has been unusually
large, and thousands of dollars' worth was
shipped to outside points. The peaches raised
on this ranch are of the most luscious flavor and
are of enormous size. Xorth of this branch is
Oak creek, the largest orchard in the county.
Nectarines, peaches, apricots, figs, apples, pears,
plums, pomegranates, almonds, grapes and many
other fruits are here grown in abundance.

The people of Mohave county depend almost
entirely on the product of the mines. For years
the mines were worked almost exclusively by
"chloriders," and the product has been enor-
mously large. Forty million dollars will not
cover in value the gold and silver taken from
the mines since their first discovery.

The principal towns in the county are King-
man, White Hills, Leach Springs, Hackberry,
Signal, Cerbat and Mineral Park. Kingman is
the county seat. This is a busy, thriving little
town, directly on the line of the Sante Fe, about
sixty miles east of the Colorado river, and al-
most in the geographical center of the county.
It has a population of about one thousand and
is well supplied with water from a large spring
in the mountains. There are a number of very
creditable residences and some fine business
blocks. A very large trade is done here with
the surrounding mining country. A new rail-
road is being built from this point to connect
with the Utah Southern system, of which a
more extended account will be found elsewhere.
On a hill overlooking the town is the court-
house, a pretentious structure that does credit to
the people of Mohave county.

NAVAJO COUNTY.

Navajo county was created by an act of the
eighteenth legislative assembly from the west-
ern portion of Apache county, and is situated
in the northern and eastern portion of the terri-
tory. On the north is the Colorado river, on the
east Apache county, on the south Gila and Gra-
ham counties, and on the west the county of
Coconino. The topography of the county con-
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tion is about six thousand feet, cut from east to
west by the Little Colorado river, sloping gently
toward that stream and also toward the west, the
general direction of the river. It is about two
hundred and forty miles long from north to
south and fifty-three miles wide from east to
west, containing about ten thousand square
miles. The Moqui and Navajo Indian reserva-
tions cover the entire northern portion, and the
White Mountain Apache Indian reservation
covers the southern part, leaving a strip one
hundred miles long and fifty-three miles wide
for the occupation of white people.

The southern portion of the county is cov-
ered by a fine growtli of pine, which is now em-
bodied in the Black Mesa Forest reserve. The
population of the county is estimated at about
5,000.

Holbrook is the county seat of Navajo county
and is one of the greatest shipping centers in
northern Arizona. It is situated in the fertile
valley of the Little Colorado, and has a bright
future. Above the town is a fine site for a stor-
age reservoir and when constructed it will re-
claim several thousand acres of tillable land.
Holbrook is also the distributing point for Snow-
flake, Taylor, Pinedale, Shumway, Linden,
Showlow, Silver Creek, Pinetop, Woodland,
Fort Apache, Heber, Pleasant Valley, Woodruff,
Concho, St. Johns, Springerville, Keams Can-
on, etc. Last spring over 10,000 head of cattle
were shipped from this point and 50,000 head of
sheep and several hundred thousand pounds of
wool. All kinds of business are liberally repre-
sented in town. In 1898 a fine court-house was
erected.

PIMA COUNTY.

Pima retains the legal classification as a
county of the first class, that is, it still shows
taxable property in excess of the required
$3,000,000, notwithstanding that out of a por-
tion of its territory a new county (Santa Cruz)
of 1,200 square miles has been created since the
last report. Last year the taxable wealth was
fixed by the territorial board of equalization at
$3,753,^40, .and this year it is $3,376,512. or
only $376,728 less than a year ago, although the
territory surrendered for the new county makes

the fine showing of $937,985 worth of taxable
property. Altogether there is an increased val-
uation for the whole territory comprised within
the former limits of the county of $561,157. As
the assessed valuations are notoriously low,
these figures indicate an actual increase in
wealth of $2,coo,ooo over a year ago. As these
figures show, no other county in the territory
is sharing to a greater extent than Pima in the
general prosperity now prevalent in Arizona.

The progress made in the mining industry, so
notable during the past few years, has con-
tinned unabated through the present year,
greatly stimulated by the widespread revival of
interest and confidence in mining, so manifest
among the people of the eastern states. Here-
tofore the development of the prospects and
mines of this section has been made almost en-
tirely by local energy and capital, but the great
merit of Pima county mines is at last attracting
outside capital in large quantities, and important
sales are frequent. Promising prospects are
being purchased by people financially able to
develop them, and there were never so many
prospectors exploring the hills as now.

The production of all the precious metals
has increased during the year, that of copper
particularly. The high price of copper having
directed the attention of mining investors to
Pima county, a number of the better-developed
mines have been equipped with modern machin-
ery and smelters, while prospecting for copper is
being rewarded by numerous new discoveries.
Even silver is receiving more attention than for
years past, and, taking advantage of improve-
ments in machinery and the treatment of ores,
silver mines that have been idle for years have
been started up with satisfactory results.

In commercial lines the situation is no less
satisfactory.

The live-stock industry remains in a flourish-
ing condition. Heavy shipments of cattle have
been made to the eastern and coast markets and
sold at remunerative prices, while the increase
on the ranges has fully maintained the supply.
As a reference to the table of assessed valua-
tions will show, the actual value of the cattle in
the county approximates $1,500,000. Abun-
dant rains in July and August put the ranges in a
most satisfactory condition.

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Considerable attention is being given to the
larger production of sheep in the mountain
ranges than heretofore, both on account of the
higher price of wool, incident to the passage
of the late tariff legislation by congress, and the
greater demand for mutton as an article of food,
owing to the increased price of beef cattle.

The great mountain ranges of Pima county
are especially fitted for the support of immense
flocks of sheep; they produce large quantities
of the most nutritious grasses which are not
as accessible to the larger stock as to sheep.
This field of sheep industry presents a decidedly
inviting opportunity for the employment of cap-
ital with the most profitable results. This is es-
pecially so for the person with limited capital,
as it takes much less capital to start into sheep
raising than it does in cattle raising, while the
returns in sheep are much earlier than with cat-
tle.

Compared with other lines of business farm-
ing does not make the showing made in some
other counties. The area of cultivated land has
not been materially increased, and will not be
until the adoption of some system of water de-
velopment. But possibilities in that direction
are very flattering, and the prospects for the
construction of one or more reservoirs are good.
It is only recently that the serious attention of
our people has been generally arrested and di-
rected to the possibilities and certain profits of
an increased water supply; and the energy with
which the question is being agitated promises
important results for the county, which is certain
in time to take a good position among the agri-
cultural sections of the territory.

Twenty per cent of the land of Pima county
can be successfully irrigated and reclaimed by
a system of ditches, subdrainage pipes and res-
ervoirs for water storage at a reasonable out-
lay, and 201,420 acres thus added to the cultiva-
ble area at an average cost of reclamation of $6
per acre. Wheat, barley, oats, alfalfa, hay, corn,
sorghum, tobacco, potatoes, pease, beans, beets,
all kinds of vegetables, fruit, etc., can be pro-
duced on these lands. The yield of wheat, barley
and oats will be from thirty-five to forty bush-
els per acre: corn, from forty to sixty bushels;
hay, three tons; and alfalfa, five to seven tons.

There are six hundred and fifty acres of land

devoted to orchards — peaches, apricots, nectar-
ines, apples, pears, quinces, figs, pomegranates
and grapes being the most profitable crops.

Only about ten per cent of the present fruit
consumed is produced in the county.

The Santa Cruz valley, which extends from
south to north across the entire county, was un-
doubtedly the first seat of agriculture in the
territory of Arizona. The old settlements of
Huebabi, Tumacacori, Tubac, Tucson and San
Francisco maintained a considerable population
and supplied the Spanish military posts with
provisions by agriculture in the earliest dawn of
civilization on the American continent, and the
descendants of these early producers, aug-
mented by more recent settlers, still carry on
successful agriculture at all these points, and
at many new places, until agriculture has be-
come an important industry. For more than
three hundred and fifty years, ever since the
Spaniards first set foot in this section, crops have
been produced in the Santa Cruz valley every
month in the year with irrigation and without
a particle of fertilizer being used, and .still the
soil is rich and abundantly productive, and is
annually growing richer from irrigation. Two
crops are raised on the same land each year.

The running bodies of water are the Santa
Cruz and San Pedro rivers, and the Pantano,
Rillito, and Sonoita creeks. During the rainy
seasons immense bodies of water flow to waste,
which, if impounded, would bring thousands of
acres of the most fertile land in the world under
cultivation. In any of the valleys and on the
plains where flowing water cannot be found
the same can be reached at a depth varying
at from ten to six hundred feet.

J'JNAL COUNTY.

Final county has a full share in the general
prosperity which the year 1899 appears to have
brought to every section of Arizona. Every in-
dustry has made substantial progress. In min-
ing, particularly, the year is notable for the prof-
itable development witnessed. All kinds of live
stock have done well, and while farmers have
had to face, as usual, an unfortunate shortage in
the supply of water for irrigation, they are re-
alizing good prices for their products.

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Final county was organized in 1875 from por-
tions of Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai counties,
and contains an area of 5,338 square miles, or
3,435,520 acres. One-third of this acreage is
fine agricultural land, and is admirably situated
for irrigation where there is sufficient water
available.

The Gila river flows through the county, and
at certain seasons of the year carries sufficient
water in flood to irrigate a goodly portion of the
county the year round, could the floods be
stored for use as needed. Of late years the short-
age of water has become more acute on account
of the rapid development of irrigation higher
up the river, in Graham county; and in conse-
quence of the inroads made upon the water sup-
ply by the Graham county irrigators, Final has
had to take third place among the agricultural
counties of the territory, yielding second place to
Graham. The principal irrigating canals are:
The Casa Grande Valley canal, which takes its
supply from the Gila, eleven miles east of Flor-
ence, and has a total length of forty-five miles;
the McLellan canal, heading nine miles east of
Florence, with a length of five miles ; the Spinas
canal, heading three miles west of Florence, and
the Charlean canal, two miles west, each with but
few miles of length, and all supplied from the
Gila. There are about nine thousand acres irri-
gated.

Florence, the county seat of Final, is a beauti-
ful shade-embowered town of 1,500 population,
situated in the heart of a magnificent section
of country, and within half a mile of the Gila
'river. Tributary to it is a large area of very fine
farming land, irrigated by the waters of the Gila
and yielding certain crops year after year. A
large part of the older buildings are of adobe,
but an excellent quality of brick is made, and
very many buildings that would do credit to
even a larger town are to be found here. A
noticeable building is the court-house, a good
two-story brick structure of which the people of
Florence and Final are justly proud. There is a
very fine school building, erected a few years
ago at a cost of $10,000. The county is divided
into thirteen school districts and maintains three
grammar and fifteen primary schools.

The nearest railroad station to Florence is
Casa Grande on the Southern Pacific Railroad,
M

from which it is twenty-six miles distant in a
northeasterly direction. This distance is cov-
ered by stage, and the road passes the famous
ruins of Gasa Grande. .At -this point the driver
always stops for a short time to give the trav-
elers a chance to inspect this wonderful pile.

The second town of Final county in point of
importance is Casa Grande, named from its
proximity to the ruins of the same name. This
is the railroad town of Final, being located on
the line of the Southern Pacific. There is a con-
siderable extent of farming land near Casa
Grande which is irrigated from the waters of the
Florence canal. Other settlements are Mari-
copa, the junction of the Southern Pacific and
Maricopa & Phoenix railroads, Arizola, River-
side and Mammoth.

Mining is a very important industry of this
county, and has added many millions of dollars
to the national wealth.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.

Santa Cruz, the thirteenth and last county or-
ganized in the territory, was created by act of
the twentieth legislative assembly, approved
March 15, last. It is also the smallest county,
the area being approximately twelve hundred
square miles, and was formed by detaching the
southern portion of Pima county, lying along
the Mexican border.

The chief industries of the new county are
mining and stock-raising, the moderate amount
of farming conducted being mostly confined to
the lands immediately adjacent to the Santa
Cruz river, which traverses the county from
north to south. It is possible, however, to de-
velop water so as to make a substantial increase
in the agricultural area.

The county starts off under favorable aus-
pices. The people are generally prosperous.
As in all other portions of the territory, the live-
stock industry is in a splendid condition. In
mining, the revival of interest is pronounced in
all the districts. Nogales, the county seat, is
growing steadily, and all the leading branches
of business are prosperous.

The county is rich in mineral resources and
offers a tempting field for the prospector. There
are many districts in which practically no dc-

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velopment has been done, while indications are
very promising. The districts in which the most
development has been done are the Harshaw,
Washington Camp, Lochiel and Oro Blanco.

The modern history of Nogales dates from
the construction of the New Mexico & Arizona
Railroad from Benson to Nogales, in 1892. After
that line was extended to Guaymas, on the Gulf
of California, Nogales became an important pore
of entry and has steadily grown in importance.

Nogales (of which there are two, one in the
United States, the other in Mexico, the dividing
line passing along the center of a broad street)
is unique and interesting in more ways than one.
As a point of contact between two great na-
tions, the "line city," as it is familiarly termed,
presents salient features and all the habits and
customs of both nationalities. Citizens of both
republics dwell there together in the closest
accord and amity, and engage in social and busi-
ness connection with an ease and facility which
are pleasing to note and gratifying to the patri-
otic citizens of both countries.

Both governments have there the headquar-
ters of districts in the collection of customs
and important consulates. It is a division station
upon the through line of railway from the South-
ern Pacific at Benson and the Gulf of California
at Guaymas. The Arizona city is the seat of
government of the newly created county of
Santa Cruz, and there is a movement on the
Sonora side of the line to remove from Mag-
dalena to Nogales the government of the district
of the same name. Besides the business natu-
rally caused by being the gateway for an interna-
tional and transcontinental traffic, Nogales is a
very important and flourishing commercial
point, the merchants of the place drawing trade
from the rich and rapidly developing districts of
Altar, Magdalena and Arizpe, in the State of
Sonora, Mexico, and from the equally rich and
important regions of Oro Blanco, Duquesne,
Harshaw and Washington Camp, in Arizona.
Many of the stores carry extensive stocks of
goods, and the enterprise and push of the mer-
chants are known and appreciated all over
southern Arizona and northern Sonora. The
country tributary is not only very rich in natural
mineral resources, but the cattle ranges are
among the best and most valuable in the south-

west, and Nogales is the seat of a large import
trade in stock from the interior of the state of
Sonora. The joint population of the two mu-
nicipalities is nearly five thousand souls, and in
each there are fine graded schools with large
attendance and thoroughly competent teachers,
under whose tuition pupils make very rapid
progress.

Situated at an altitude of about four thousand
feet, the climate is mild and equable, avoiding
the excessive heat of summer in lower altitudes
and experiencing but little really cold weather in
winter. Bright and pleasant days follow each oth-
er in an almost endless succession, and the invalid
and health seeker finds the climate unparalleled.
Many of the leading citizens and officials in the
state of Sonora and their families reside there
several months in the year through the heated
term. Many Americans operating or employed
in mines and business in Sonora have their
homes in Nogales, residing there for the educa-
tional and climatic advantages presented. Roads
ramify in various directions, drawing a heavy
trade, and the enterprising business men of the
two cities are doing everything possible to im-
prove, extend and shorten the highways they
now have and to construct new ones.

TAVAPAI COUNTY.

From the first settlement of the territory no
section has been more favored or sought after
than Yavapai county. Its natural advantages
have attracted capital, and enterprise has been
conspicuous in developing the county.

Richer in a great variety of resources than any
other portion of the territory, possessing a cli-
mate free from the extremes of heat and cold,
it was but natural that the first north and south
railroad possessed by the territory should be
built for the purpose of developing the resources
of this favored region.

The completion of this road, named the Santa
Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway, removed
forever the only obstacle that has ever delayed
the development of this diversified and extensive
section by placing it in direct railroad communi-
cation with the great centers of the nation ; and
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portion of the Union can present more varied
and numerous attractions.

No other portion of the southwest has secured
so large and so desirable an increase in its popu-
lation during the last few years as has this
county. While there are isolated instances of
a few sections having, under the excitement of
a "boom," attracted, for the time being, more at-
tention, the growth of this portion of Arizona
has been a steady one, permanent and stable in
its character, and entirely free from the feverish
intoxication of speculation, which so often forms
the only basis on which the new regions of the-
west are brought into prominence, to be main-
tained there until the schemes of unscrupulous
speculators are consummated, and then allowed
by their "boomers" to relapse into their former
obscurity. To present, in writing, a satisfactory
idea of any frontier settlement is a most difficult
matter. The causes that have called such settle-
ment into existence may be narrated, and its
growth may be explicitly set forth with con-
scientious observance of statistical minutiae; yet
the impression created may be far from being
more than approximately correct. Within less
than a quarter of a century more people have
found homes within a radius of a hundred miles
of Prescott, Ariz., than lived along the entire
Atlantic coast of North America during the first
half of the century following the landing of the
Pilgrim Fathers.

The towns and settlements are bustling and
progressive, among which are Prescott, the
county seat and the first capital of Arizona, with
a population of 3,500; Jerome, a distinctively
mining camp, with 2,861; Congress, with 727;
McCabe, 250, and other places. In addition to
the above, numerous "camps" make up in their
numbers thousands of souls scattered here to-
day and everywhere tomorrow.

YUMA COUNTY.

Yuma county, one of the four original politi-
cal subdivisions of the territory when it was first
established by the act of congress on February
24, 1863, as an independent commonwealth,
forms the extreme southwestern portion of Ari-
zona. It lies between 32° and 34° 2' north lati-
tude and 113° 20' and 114° 14' west longtitude.

It is bounded by Pima, Maricopa and Yavapai
counties on the east, the Colorado river on the
west. Mohave county on the north and Sonora,
Mexico, on the south. It has an area of 10,138
square miles (six million four hundred and
eighty-eight thousand three hundred and twenty
acres), an expanse greater than any of the seven
smaller states of the Union, and larger than
Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware com-
bined.

For more than one hundred miles it is crossed
from east to west by the Gila river, which thor-
oughly drains the southern and eastern portions,
eventually flowing into the Colorado at the town
of Yuma, while the Colorado washes its western
boundary, effectually draining the remainder.

The topographical configuration of the sur-
face includes a series of wide plateaus, rising
gradually from a point situated at the southwest-
ern extremity, with an altitude of sixty or eighty
feet above sea level to an elevation in the
north and northwest very much higher, the
whole sloping gently in a southwesterly direc-
tion.

These plateaus are crossed by numerous
mountain ranges, especially in the northern part,
the ranges being separated by broad valleys,
many consisting of excellent lands. The various
mountain systems, though rough and abrupt in
character, are highly mineralized, carrying gold
and silver, copper and lead, iron and other met-
als in paying quantities. The eastern and south-
ern divisions include gradually sloping plains,
covered in places with natural grasses and trees,
among the latter being the mesquite, ironwood
and palo verde. Here and there are detached
hills and spurs of eruptive origin.

All the country embraced within the county
confines, situated north of the natural watershed
of the Gila, owing to the slight rainfall and few
streams from which water can be taken for agri-
cultural purposes, is practically worthless, so
far, at least, as the feasibility of bringing large
bodies of irrigable land under cultivation is con-
cerned. The available arable region, therefore,
is limited to broad strips of country lying di-
rectly north of the Gila and east of the Colorado
river, and also hundreds of miles of splendid
lands stretching directly southward from Gila
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it is upon these rivers that water-storage reser-
voirs must be established.

It is more than probable that less is known
of the physical and topographical peculiarities
of Yuma county than of any other county in the
territory. According to the map of the Interior
Department, issued from the General Land Of-
fice in 1883, it is shown that less than ten per
cent of the total area was surveyed by the Fed-
eral authorities. It is believed that no further
surveys have been ordered since the date men-
tioned, and therefore so far as official recogni-
tion extends, more than nine-tenths of the
county is a veritable terra incognita.

Although the town of Yurha is the second
oldest community in the territory of Arizona, it
is astonishing how little its resources are
known to the wcfrld at large and how slightly
developed is the natural wealth of the county.
This is owing to Yuma's reputation for unbear-
able heat, and partly to the fact that, lying next
to California, it has been assumed that the
country has been thoroughly prospected for
mineral wealth, and prospectors have, in the
main, kept the traveled highways in crossing its
territory. As a matter of fact, one suffers less
from the heat here than in almost any of the
settled communities of the east, owing to the
dryness of the atmosphere, and there is no
healthier climate anywhere.

People labor out of doors from the rising to
the setting of the sun and suffer no inconven-
ience. There has never been known in this sec-
tion of the country an authentic case of sun-
stroke. The climate, taken in time, never fails
to cure pulmonary complaints of any descrip-
tion.

TJIE COPPER QUEEN MINE.

From a paper by James Douglas, LL. D., New
York City. Read in February, 1899, before the Amer-
ican Institute of Mining Engineers.

The Copper Queen mine was opened in 1880
by Messrs. Martin, Ballard & Reilly, and the
first copper furnace was blown-in on August
2oth of that year. Prior to that summer nothing
but prospect work had been done on the Copper
Queen and on a number of adjacent claims. In
fact, it was a small deposit, not of copper ore,
but of ceru?site, which still remains undeveloped

on the western slope of the Queen hill, which
first tempted miners to the spot. To reduce this
lead ore, a primitive furnace \vas erected near a
spring, now dry. The development, just then,
of this and other copper deposits in the south-
ern territories was clue to the simultaneous ar-
rival of the Southern Pacific and the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, though it was
stimulated by the business revival of 1880, with
the consequent rise in the value of copper.

The geology of the Dragoon and Mule Pass
mountains, in which the Copper Queen mine is
situated, has not been systematically studied.
On the flanks of a granite core lie beds of car-
boniferous limestone. Those to the west carry,
either enclosed, or as contact deposits, the sil-
ver-bearing minerals which in the early '8os
made Tombstone one of the most famous min-
ing districts of the west. The limestones on the
eastern slope of the Mule Pass mountains carry
the ores of the Copper Queen mine. The lime-
stone masses appear to be broken and filled by
extensive bodies of intrusive feldspathic rocks,
which seem to have exerted a decisive influence
on the genesis of the ore, though their relation
to the ore masses, whether these lie on the con-
tact or are completely and deeply imbedded in
the limestones, is a matter upon which theorists
will differ. The feldspathic rocks to Uie east of
the copper-bearing mass of limestones of the
Copper Queen group are deeply colored superfi-
cially by oxides of iron, and, as recent explora-
tions made by other companies than the Cop-
per Queen show, carry iron and copper pyrites
disseminated in particles and in bunches, but
whether in profitable quantities or not has not
yet been determined. The colored band of these
adjacent rocks (which are supposed to be rhyo-
lites, though their decayed character renders any
determination of their original mineralogical
composition doubtful) is broadest in contact
with the Copper Queen and the Atlanta claims,
where the largest bodies of copper ore have
been discovered in the limestones, and tapers to-
wards the south, where the ore bodies as yet
found in the limestones are smaller and deeper.
The contact of the limestones and rhyolites ap-
. pears to represent the line of a great fault, which
is also indicated by a marked depression in the
surface.

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Beneath this depression lie ferruginous clays,
locally called "ledge matter," enclosing masses
of ore, both oxidized and unoxidized; but the
rocks at this level are altered by decay to such
a degree that it is difficult, if not impossible,
to define the line between altered limestone and
altered rhyolite. Where, however, the deep
workings of the Copper Queen have penetrated
the feldspathic rocks, the ground has proved to
be barren. Nevertheless, since the wealth of
other mining districts in Arizona resides almost
exclusively in the so-called porphyries, explora-
tion in the same class of rocks in the Warren
district is a legitimate enterprise.

The successful development of the Copper
Queen mine, however, has been confined to the
limestone belt lying between what appear to be
two prominent faults — the one already referred
to and another to the west of the Queen hill.

The outcrop of copper which was first at-
tacked, and which was, in fact, the only exten-
sive surface indication, was on the northern ex-
posure of a limestone hill. In this place strip-
ping revealed a solid body of oxidized copper,
iron and manganese ore over 60x60 feet
in area, and so rich in copper that the furnace,
fed from the surface ores alone, yielded for a
few months twenty-three per cent of metal. This
large outcrop was enclosed in an almost circular
unaltered limestone frame. Associated with the
ore was an abundance of calcite; but the per-
centage of silica was so small that quartz had to
be added to the furnace charge. This body, re-
taining its general dimensions and well-defined
limestone walls, dipped at an angle of about
30° southeasterly into the hill. Between the
100 and 200 foot levels the ore changed into
a clay, with well-marked bedding, too lean in
copper-carbonate to be profitably worked; but
below this zone of clay the copper, as carbonates
and oxides, increased to twelve per cent and was
associated in a measure with limonite, imbedded
in ferruginous clay. This ore body extended to
a depth of 400 feet on the incline from the sur-
face, and there terminated abruptly in hard lime-
stone.

The enrichment of surface copper ores and
their rapid impoverishment at a shallow depth is
not an uncommon occurrence in the "arid re-
gion" of the United States. It probably takes

place through the oxidation, in this hot, dry cli-
mate, of the copper solutions which rise to the
surface during the decay of the ore. A lower
layer of ore is thus necessarily depleted, in pro-
portion as the surface layer is enriched. The
insensible flow, through the apparently dry rocks
of the region, of moisture charged with soluble
salts is often evinced by the thick efflorescence
of copper alum which rapidly covers the walls of
drifts run through or near feldspathic or argil-
laceous rocks, even when the copper contents
of these rocks are so low as to be barely appre-
ciable. During the dry season a waste heap of
such refuse will be completely covered with a
green coating.

On the other hand, in the wet eastern climate,
as in Tennessee, the surface ore, where it has
not been denuded by glacial action, consists of
insoluble ferric oxide deprived by lixiviation of
the copper which, in Arizona, under favorable at-
mospheric conditions, would be fixed as oxides.
The rapidity with which a soluble copper sul-
phate when exposed to the air is converted into
insoluble basic sulphate, and this into more
highly oxidized compounds, is illustrated in
many copper regions of the southwest, where
copper solutions ooze from almost barren de-
caying feldspathic rocks, and, on reaching the
surface and filtering through the gravels, form
copper-bearing conglomerates.

The first ore body, above mentioned, was not
exhausted until 1884, when it had yielded about
twenty thousand tons of ore and twenty million
pounds of copper. The earliest months of that
year were the gloomiest which the district had
known up to that (or, fortunately, up to the
present) time. Simultaneously with the com-
mencement of active operations on the Queen,
a large group of claims on the southern slope of
the Queen hill had been explored by the Nep-
tune Company, and a furnace plant had been
erected by it on the San Pedro river, some miles
distant. The reason for building the reduction
plant so far from the mine was the scarcity of
water in Bisbee, which at that period was so
serious that the Copper Queen occasionally had
to damp its single furnace for lack of a sufficiency
of water to cool the jacket. The Neptune Com-
pany, after expending its capital and bonded
debt, suspended operations in 1882. Another

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

corporation, the Atlanta Mining; Company, own-
ing claims adjacent to the Queen, had been
.searching in vain for more than three years for
an ore body by following, to no profit, surface
indications. Other minor operations of a like
kind had been equally unsuccessful. At that
date the Queen Company, having reached the
bottom of its ore body and the four hundred-
foot level of the incline, could count only some
three months' ore in sight; and the Atlanta had
decided to abandon the enterprise after one more
effort should have been made to discover ore.
The foot of the Queen incline, which coincided
with the bottom of the original Queen ore body,
had nearly reached the side line of the claim,
and therefore a drift easterly along the side line
in hard limestone was the exploratory work un-
dertaken by the Queen — a long drift having
been previously run to the west without encoun-
tering any ore.

Meanwhile the Atlanta Company was sinking
a shaft in barren limestone a little to the south
of the point towards which the Queen drift was
directed. Thus, final pieces of exploratory work
were under way prior to the abandonment of
their property by both companies, when, almost
at the same time, each of them struck a new ore
body which appeared to be dipping northwest
or in a direction the reverse of that of the body
originally discovered. The two companies then
wisely decided to consolidate on equitable terms,
rather than waste their funds in obtaining a le-
gal interpretation of an even more complicated
problem than that involved in the Richmond-
Eureka "apex" case. Since then the claims of
the Neptune Company, the Holbrook & Cave
Company, the Silver Bear Company, and a num-
ber of private owners have been acquired. Many
of them have proved to be barren, but not a few
contribute their quota of ore to the total of the
consolidated company's product, which is drawn
at present from what would be some twenty
different unprofitable mines, if each were under
separate management.

The first ore body extracted extended from
the surface to the original four hundred-foot
level of the old incline, which corresponds to
the two hundred-foot level of the new Czar
shaft. The second ore body, discovered about
six hundred feet east of the first, was covered

at the surface by two hundred feet of limestone,
and abruptly terminated at a depth of three hun-
dred feet from its apex. A narrow seam of ore
was known to extend into the limestone to the
south of the original ore body, but it was not
followed until years after its discovery. Then it
was found to be the connecting link between
the ore body from which it sprung and another,
still larger, in the southwest of the Atlanta
claim. This ore body extended in depth from
above the one hundred-foot to below the three
hundred-foot Czar level, and on the sill floor of
the latter level the slope was 200x150 feet — In-
far the largest opening made in any ore body. As
it was of such magnificent size, we thought our-
selves safe in running a long drift for fifteen hun-
dred feet, through limestones, from the Czar
shaft, to strike it on the four hundred-foot level.
On reaching the position which the ore should
have occupied, none was found, nor lias the ex-
tension of the ore body in any direction been
discovered by diamond drill holes bored radially
for thousands of feet. A drill hole pointed up-
wards entered the ore at thirty feet below the
three hundred-foot level, where the ore abruptly
terminated.

Disappointments of a like character have be-
set operations in other sections of the mine.
A large ore body in the southern section of the
mine was traced downward to a point forty feet
below the four hundred-foot level. A search in
all directions on the level below has failed to
find it. Where ore bodies are so eccentric in
their size and the direction of their curves, it is
often well-nigh impossible to trace their exten-
sion, or be sure of their extinction, until they are
being actually extracted. In searching for ore
in these limestones, it is extremely difficult to
interpret the signs which point to its presence,
or to distinguish accidental occurrences from
actual laws of deposition. The presence of ore
in more than one place on the five hundred-
foot level, and elsewhere in the southern por-
tion of the mine, was indicated as probable by
the presence of ore on the four hundred-foot
level and the intermediate level below; but in no
single instance has the ore been found on the
five hundred-foot level where expected. In fact,
nearly a mile of drifts was run on that level be-
fore any copper was encountered.

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

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Certain general conclusions have been provi-
sionally reached. There seem to be two series
of limestone beds, both of carboniferous age:
the upper bedding, recognized as the white, and
the lower as the blue, though this distinction
of color is not always well marked. They dip
conformably to the south, but at varying angles.
At some places they lie almost flat; at others
they attain an angle of over 30°. The large
masses of copper, whether oxidized or unaltered,
have as yet been discovered exclusively in the
upper series, and only at the base of that series.
Its total thickness is probably about eleven
hundred feet, but only in the lower three
hundred feet has ore been found in profitable
.[iiantity. Where the series is thickest, under
the apex of the Queen hill, no ore masses are
known to exist. Large quantities of ore lie, as
already described, under the valley where exists
the obscure dividing line between the limestones
and rhyolite, and where the former are prob-
ably shallow; but the largest isolated ore body
yet extracted was separated by many hundreds
of feet of barren limestone, and what is locally
called "ledge matter," from this contact.

As we work to the southward, the ore bodies
attain greater depth from the datum line of the
collar of the Czar shaft. No ore has been dis-
covered below the four hundred-foot level in the
northerly section of the mine, whereas in the
section to the south, reached by the Holbrook
shaft, ore bodies have been found at five hun-
dred feet below that point, and still further south
the ore attains a greater depth. But the ore
bodies hitherto encountered here are small in
comparison with those explored and extracted
in the northern sections.

The conclusion that the profitable ore is con-
fined to the upper series of limestones is based
on the experience that large, compact ore bodies
have not been found to extend below a certain
horizon. Nevertheless, the limestones of the
supposed lower series, as far as they have been
explored, are more thoroughly impregnated with
iron sulphides, associated with minute quanti-
ties of copper sulphide, than the upper lime-
stones. But so little work has been done below
the upper chain of ore bodies that no conclusive
opinion can be formed as to the metalliferous
value of the underlying limestones. There is

slight probability of oxidized ore being en-
countered, but the general dissemination of pyr-
ite and chalcopyrite in fine grains through the
rock leads to the hope that areas of ground
may be entered where the latter mineral may
be abundant enough to render the limestone
a "concentrating ore."

The Copper Queen mine has become famous
for its beautiful specimens of carbonates, both
malachite and azurite. The malachite is never
found in such large and compact masses as to
make it commercially valuable for decorative
purposes; besides, occurring generally in thin
botryoidal masses, it is usually streaked with
manganese, which detracts from its purity. Its
most striking mode of occurrence is in geodes,
which are lined with velvety crystals of the
same mineral. These hollow spheres, the walls
of which are composed of concentric layers, are
rare, but, when found, are usually in nests im-
bedded in soft, wet, ferruginous or manganif-
erous clays, such as constitute the gangue, or
"ledge-matter" of nearly all the ore; and they
occur at no great distance from a limestone wall
or partition. The slabs of azurite, also, usually
occur near limestone, but preferably in the man-
ganiferous, clayey gangue. The oxidized cop-
per-ores, however, which are mined in economic
quantities, consist usually of cuprite and carbon-
ate, disseminated through limonite; or of car-
bonates, chiefly of the green variety, in streaks
or crystals scattered through ferruginous or
manganiferous clay; or of minute particles of
metallic copper, with more or less cuprite crys-
tals, disseminated through yellow clay. These
yellow clays are generally more distinctly
bedded than the masses of red and black clays
which carry the highly oxidized copper-com-
pounds. Masses of any considerable size of na-
tive copper are found almost exclusively, not
at the surface, where the oxidizing agencies have
been most active, but in the deepest layers of the
large ore-bodies, where apparently some reduc-
ing-agent has been more actively at work than
elsewhere, and where the ore is furthest removed
from atmospheric interference. On the sill-floor
of the three hundred-foot level (at the bottom of
the great southwest ore-body already referred
to), native copper was abundant in masses, some
of them of several hundred pounds in weight.

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

The surface of the native copper lumps and
masses is always more or less perfectly crystal-
lized, as of course is the case in those mines
where all the secondary copper-ores were de-
posited slowly from the dissolved constituents
of the original sulphides.

AGRICULTURE IN ARIZONA.
[From the Census Bulletin, July 29, 1901.]
THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE.

By the census of 1890 agriculture in the ter-
ritory of Arizona ranked second to mining in
the proportion of one to seven. Although the
present value of the mineral .product of the ter-
ritory is not known, it is ohserved that the value
of all agricultural products in 1899 about
equaled the value of all mineral products in 1889,
and therefore it is probable that the relative
importance and value of agricultural products
have increased in the decade rather than dimin-
ished.

FARMS AND FARM ARKAS.

Arizona was organized as a territory in 1863,
and the statistics of .agriculture were first pub-
lished in the ninth census, the first to be taken
after its organization. The following table sum-
marizes by decades the increase in the number
of farms and acres of farm land:

lislied prior to that year. The relative increase
in acreage of improved land is greater than that
of unimproved.

Under the general title "Farms" are included
not only such tracts of tilled and untilled land
as are commonly designated by that word in the
older-settled states, but also the ranches of the
owners of flocks and herds. Of the latter there
are many in Arizona. The proprietors of some
of these ranches own large tracts of land, upon
which cattle and sheep are fed, while others,
who own little or no farm lands, subsist their
Hocks and herds, often exclusively, upon the
public domain or range. The land and agricul-
tural resources of such ranches arc classed as
farms, when of sufficient importance to require
in their management the continued labor of one
or more persons.

FARM RESOURCES AND PRODUCTS.

Table 2 gives, in the first column, the value
of all farm resources reported for each census
year. In the next two columns are presented
the values of certain specified parts of those re-
sources, and in the column headed "Products
not fed to live stock," the income of the farms
for the crop year preceding the census:

VALUE OF FARM RESOURCES AND

PRODUCTS.

FARMS AND FARM

ACREAGE

Census
year.

Land im-
provements,
Implements,

Land with
improve-

Number

of acres in fa

rms.

t lr

• •

Censui
year.
1900 (a)
1900 (b) .

Number
of farms.
5,809
4,040

Total.
1,935,327
1,891,985

Improved.

254, r.2!

Unim-
proved.
1,680.806
1.664,246

1900 (a) .
1900 (b .
1890
1880

...$29,906,877
.... 27,961,264
10,676,470
... 2,384,746

$13,682,900
13,088,550
7,222,230
1,127,946

1880
1870 .

767
. 172

135,573
21,807

56.071
14,585

79,502
7.222

1870

325,441

161,340

As the present census is the first to report
upon the agriculture of the Indians in connec-
tion with that of other races, two series of fig-
ures are given in Table i and elsewhere, for
1900. The series marked "a" includes, and the
one marked "b" excludes, the statistics of In-
dian farms. For comparative purposes the lat-
ter is more significant.

Excluding the Indians, the number of farms
reported in 1900 is about twenty-three times,
and the acreage of improved farm land fifteen
times, as great as in 1870. In the ten years
since 1890 the farmers have more than doubled
the area of their improved land, and have started
more new farms than all that had been estab-

Imple- Products

ments and not fed to

machinery, live stock.

$765,200 $6,179,397

697,285 6,980.642

196,580 1,045,970

88,811 614.327

20,106 277.998

In the last decade farm wealth increased
161.9 per cent, and the value of implements and
machinery increased even more rapidly. The
value of products not fed to live stock, as re-
ported in 1900, was 5.7 times as great as that
reported for all products in 1890. A part of
this great apparent increase is probably due to
the greater completeness and accuracy with
which products and their values have been
reported for the present census.

GENERAL AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS.

The surface of Arizona is divided into two
clearly defined regions. The line between them
extends from near the middle of the eastern
boundary, northwest to the canon of the Colo-

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

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rado. North of this line is a plateau with an ele-
vation of from five thousand to eight thousand
feet. This plateau is mainly a level mesa, except
where it is broken by the extrusion of groups
of volcanic mountains rising above seven thou-
sand feet, and in the San Francisco mountains
attaining an altitude of thirteen thousand feet.
The climate of this plateau is typified by that
of Flagstaff, which, in 1899, had a mean annual
temperature of forty-five degrees, or about
that of Maine, and a rainfall of nearly twenty
inches. This plateau descends abruptly along
the escarpment indicated on the map, to a much
lower region, consisting of broad valleys sepa-
rated by narrow, steep ranges, having a surface
varying in altitude from near the sea level to
three thousand feet. The climatic conditions in
this region are typified by those of Phoenix,
where the average temperature in 1899 was
sixty-nine degrees, or about that of New Or-
leans, and the rainfall five inches. On the
plateau, except in a few regions where volcanic
peaks increase the precipitation upon their
slopes, the rainfall is insufficient for .the suc-
cessful cultivation of crops, and the main agri-
cultural interest is grazing sheep and cattle. In
the low country the rainfall is insufficient for
this, and grazing is confined to certain favored
mountain slopes. In that part of the territory
the predominant industry, aside from mining,
is agriculture, based upon irrigation, and its ex-
tent is dependent mainly upon the supply of
water in the rivers and the facility with which
it can be carried to the land.

LIVE-STOCK INTERESTS.

The vast extent of the plateau on which flocks
and herds can be successfully grazed and the
limited irrigated area, as shown on the sketch
map, indicate conditions which give to live stock-
its dominant position. The capital invested in
agriculture, June i, 1900, was $29,906,877. Of
this amount $15,458,717, or 51.7 per cent, was in
live stock. For the United States, in 1890, the
value of live stock constituted only 13.8 per
cent of all agricultural capital.

CLASSIFICATION, NUMBER, AND VALUE OF LIVE
STOCK.

For the census of 1900 a new classification of
domestic animals has been adopted at the re-

quest of the various live-stock associations
throughout the country. Neat cattle are
grouped by age in accordance with their present
and prospective relations to breeding or to the
dairy industry. Horses and mules are classified
by age, and sheep by age and sex. The new
classification permits very close comparison with
the figures obtained at preceding decennial pe-
riods.

The following table gives the number of all
live stock on farms and ranges, the average
value of the same per head, and the number of
domestic animals not on farms and ranges. The
average value per head of horses and sheep is
greatly reduced by the cheap stock on Indian
reservations. Of the colts under one year, 56.8
per cent are reservation animals worth but $2.56
per head, while the average value for the rest
of the territory is $6.72, and for Maricopa, the
leading agricultural county, it is $16.41. The
reservations also report over one-half of the
horses in the territory one and under two years,
their average value being $3.23, as compared
with $11.70 outside of the reservations. Horses
two years old and over are worth $11.37 each
on the reservations, while for the remainder of
the territory the average value is $21.27, ancl ni
Maricopa county it is $40.97.

NUMBER AND VALUE OF DOMESTIC ANI-
MALS, FOWLS, AND BEES, JUNE i, 1900.

Not on
farms

Animals. Age, In years. On Farms and and rnga.

Ranges. Av.

No. Value, value. No.

Calves Under 1 135,181 $1,133,178 $8.88 322

Steers 1 and under 2 65,203 898.604 13.77 101

Steers 2 and under 3. ... 42.11* 743.845 17.6B 64

Steers 3 and over 30,577 666.953 21.81 49

Bulls 1 and over 20,437 483,411 23.65 14

Heifers 1 and under 2... 73,437 861,818 13.10 127

Cows kept for

milk. 2 and over 17,965 577.693 32.1* 673

Cows and heifers

not kept for

milk. 2 and over 357,719 5,901.964 16.50 888

Colts Under 1 18,976 82,610 4.35 170

Horses 1 and under 2... 22.283 152.878 6.86 111

Horses 2 and over 83.804 1,466.417 17.60 6,109

Mule colts Under 1 445 7,273 16.34 6

Mules 1 and under 2... 552 13,384 2426 7

Mules 2 and over 3.080 102,882 33.40 718

Asses and burros All ages 4,625 32,162 6.96 1,46*

Lambs Under 1 193,303 284.858 1.47 5

Sheep (ewes)....l and over 452,271 1,061,358 2.34 *0

Sheep (rams and

wethers). 1 and over 216,187 491,678 2.27 58

Swine All ages 18,103 80,687 4.45 712

Goata All ages 98,403 167,863 1.71 1,681

Fowls:

Chickens- 165,200

Turkey* . 6.043 I

Geete 840 f

Ducks 2.439.*

Bees (swarmsof) 18,991

80,798
66,603

Value of all live

stock $15,468,717

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

DAIRY COWS AND PRODUCTS.

The dairy interests are increasing in impor-
tance with every decade. In 1890 the milch
cows numbered 4,874; in 1900, 17,965. This is
an increase of 268.6 per cent. The total produc-
tion of milk in 1889 was 709,225 gallons, or 145
gallons per cow. In 1899 the total was 3,056,-
109, or 170 gallons per cow. The total produc-
tion of milk increased 330.9 per cent.

Dairy products to the value of $255.332 were
consumed on farms; the remainder of the total
value of $540,700 represents the products sold.

The total value of the various crops produced
in 1899 was $2.474,296. The total value of farm
products, including animals sold or slaughtered
for food, was $6,997,097. In this total are in-
cluded the products fed to live stock on the
farms of the producers. Deducting this from
the general total to avoid duplication, the gross
income of farms in 1899 was $6,179,397, which is
referred to in this bulletin under the general
designation of "Products not fed to live stock."

POOH CROPS OF 1899.

The effect of the reduced rainfall is plainly
manifest in the returns for cereals and pota-
toes, and is most evident in the statistics for
hay and forage. The failure of the irrigation
ditches in some sections to furnish sufficient
water to mature crops led the farmers to cut
many acres of cereals for hay which would
otherwise have been harvested for grain. The
acreage of cereals reported is, therefore, much
less than was sown for grain, and the average
yield per acre is also below that of the ordinary
year. The lack of water on the grazing plains
of the northern section caused an unusually
large movement of stock to the green and irri-
gated alfalfa fields of some of the lower coun-
ties, notably Maricopa. A great portion of the
alfalfa grown in 1899 in that county was cut
but twice, and some of it but once. The fields
sown to this crop were used in the latter part
of the year as pasture. The drought reduced
also the average yield of uncultivated grasses, of
which a large area was cut in the census year.

Coconino county reported four hundred and
five of the six hundred and twenty-six acres of
potatoes grown in Arizona in 1899. This was
64.7 per cent of the total. Potatoes in Coconino

are grown generally without irrigation, and the
effect of the drought is seen in the fact that
the average yield for the county was only thirty-
seven bushels per acre, while in 1889 the yield
in the same section was eighty-seven bushels.
The fields where potatoes were grown under
irrigation furnished a greater yield for 1899 than
ten years before. The drought reduced the
yield in Coconino and greatly modified the av-
erage production in the territory.

GENERAL REVIEW OF TABLES.

The production of cereals increased, outside
of the Indian reservations, no per cent. Includ-
ing the reservations, the acreage of hay and for-
age increased 231.4 per cent, and the tons har-
vested, 178.1 per cent. The value of garden
products, exclusive of potatoes and inclusive
of small fruits, was 345.9 per cent greater in 1899
than ten years before. The acreage of potatoes
increased 53.8 per cent, but the actual product
obtained was less in 1899 than in 1889. The
growing of grapes and orchard and subtropical
fruits has developed into an important industry.
The number of orchard trees of bearing age is
325.4 per cent, and the product 442.4 per cent
greater than in 1889. Of subtropical fruit and
nut trees the last decade records a marked in-
crease, and the products, which were very small
in 1889, have become a considerable item in the
farm income of 1899. The tables show an in-
crease in the number of fowls since 1890 of 182.4
per cent, and an. increase in the number of
dozens of eggs produced per fowl from 3.3 in
1889 to 4.7 in 1899.

Ostrich farming is a new and promising in-
dustry. A company targanized in 1898, near
Phoenix, with one hundred and four birds, now
owns the largest farm of African ostriches in the
United States.

FLOWKRS, PLANTS, SEEDS. AND NURSEBY STOCK.

In the semitropical climate of Arizona, where
all but the most delicate flowers and plants
thrive in the open without danger from frost,
it is not to be expected that commercial floricul-
ture should attain any considerable degree of
importance as an industry. Two floral estab-
lishments were reported in 1899, one in Cochise
and one in Santa Cruz county. In 1899 there
were under glass six hundred and seventy

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

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square feet of land, of which two hundred and
twenty square feet were devoted to the culture
of flowers and plants, and the remainder to the
forcing of certain classes of vegetables.

The rapid .development of horticulture during
the past decade has caused a corresponding in-
crease in the number of nurseries devoted to
the propagation of young trees. In 1899 three
nurseries were reported. These were presuma-
bly of recent establishment, as no sales were
given. In 1899 there were reported, in all. eight
establishments, covering fourteen acres of
land, and having a gross income of $2,914 from
sales for the year. Of these establishments,
only two made the raising of nursery stock their
principal business. The other six raised a few
trees and plants in addition to ordinary farm
products.

IRRIGATION STATISTICS.

Arizona has been inhabited at different times
by three races, each making use of irrigation in
agricultural operations. Of the first, or prehis-
toric, race very little is known. Evidences
abound that it inhabited Arizona for an ex-
tended period, and had vanished before the ad-
vent of the white man in America. In Maricopa
and other counties are found traces of this race,
and the present canals and ditches for irrigation
in many places follow closely the lines laid
down centuries ago. When the region was .ex-
plored by white men the agricultural Indians
were practicing irrigation of a primitive kind,
very much as do their present successors. The
white settlers have improved on these methods,
and population, agricultural development, and
wealth have advanced on lines parallel with the
artificial application of water to the cultivation
of the soil.

Of the 72,268,800 acres of land surface of
Arizona, only 1,935,327, or 2.7 per cent, were in-
cluded in farms in 1900, and only 254,521, or
0.35 per cent, were improved. Of the improved
land, 227,890 acres are located outside of the
Indian reservations. The importance of irriga-
tion is demonstrated by the fact that irrigated
land outside of the Indian reservations has an
acreage of 185,396, or 81.4 per cent of the corre-
sponding improved land. The progress of agri-
culture during the decade ending with 1900 is
attributable to the successful application of irri-

gation to the growing of hay and forage, cereals,
vegetables, fruits and other crops.

Within the ten years from 1890 to 1900, five
hundred and forty-five miles of canals and
ditches were constructed, at a cost of $1.508,469.
Out of this total, $512,000 was expended in
ditches into which no water had been turned be-
fore June i, 1900. Aside from this amount,
$250,000 is represented in canals which were
completed within the last few years, and which
utilize only a small quantity of the water ap-
propriated for them. The acreage under these
ditches, which in the near future will be brought
under cultivation, will undoubtedly be much
larger than the area now irrigated by all the
ditches constructed since 1889. In 1890 the
acres irrigated, outside of the reservations, num-
bered 65,821 ; in 1900 they numbered 185,396.
My the opening of new ditches and canals be-
tween 1890 and 1900, 26,297 acres were added
to the irrigated area. By the enlargement of
the canals previously constructed, and as the
result of more intelligent methods of water dis-
tribution, 93,278 acres were added to the pro-
ductive area of the territory. The total increase
in irrigated land in ten years was 1 19,575 acres.
Most of this land was public domain in 1890.
At a low estimate its present average value is
$30 per acre, or $3,587,250. Irrigation has
added this large amount to the farm wealth of
the territory. The relation of irrigation to the
various agricultural operations can be noted in
the following table:

ACRES AND YIELD OF ALL CROPS AND OF
IRRIGATED CROPS, 1899.

Total, Irrigated

Crops. and Unirrigated. Irrigated.

Acres. Bushels. Acres. Bushels.

Barley 16.270 458.776 16,064 4.W.3::8

Cornf 11.654 204,748 7,246 lHa.Sfin

Oats 1,641 43,248 1,602 42,711

Rve 15 190 IB 1»0

Wheat 24,377 440.252 24,137 436.682

Potatoes 626 33.927 139 14.860

Sweet Potatoes .... 51 4,299 4,299

Onions 47 6,966 43 6.293

Alfalfa 62,585 '137,270 62585 '137,270

Grains cut green for

hay 15,349 '20,487

Other hay 14,740 *20,074

Vegetables 2,145

Small fruits 79

Grapes 685

Orchard fruits 2,295

Subtropical fruits and

nuts 1.149

Other crops 1.309

11,202 '16,007

6.576 '12,501

2,145

79 '

685

2,295

1,149

1,220

'•• A large portion of the acreage of Unirrigated corn was in
the Indian reservations, and was In very small tracts near
water courses and springs.

• Tons.

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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

The total number of acres of irrigated crops,
as given above, is 137,233, while the total num-
ber of acres of land irrigated is 185,396. The
difference of 48,163 acres represents approxi-
mately the area of pasture land irrigated. It is
probable that a portion of the area upon which
crops were reported as grown without irriga-
tion, was really irrigated at some time during
the year.

In addition to surface water obtained from
rivers, Arizona possesses considerable quantities
of ground water, or so-called underflow, at depths
varying from forty to fifteen hundred feet. Sev-
enty-seven farms were wholly or in part sup-
plied with this ground water by pumping from
wells. In this way nine hundred and seventy-
four acres were irrigated. The use of wells to
augment the supply of water in the ditches, or
by pumping the water directly upon the land, is
becoming more general each year, and in sec-
tions where an artesian supply is abundant a
considerable area of land above the line of ditch
ultimately will be reclaimed and rendered pro-
ductive and valuable.

THE GILA VALLEY.

Arizona Bulletin, January 12, 1900.

Written by Andrew Kimball, Stake President of the

Mormon Church, Thatcher.

Fortified by the affidavits of the most respon-
sible men in the valley, the writer dares venture
once more on the billows of the great journalis-
tic ocean. The former stories related by me have
not only awakened considerable interest and
caused a steady immigration of many good peo-
ple to our valley, but has created some criticism
and in some circles are used as fireside jokes.
All I have to say about this is that those with
sufficient good judgment to come here and see
for themselves are ready to bear testimony to
the truth of every statement that has been made.
The Gila river heads way back in the mountains
east of us and just before it crosses the New
Mexico line its valuable fluid is diverted into
irrigating channels and commences its valuable
mission. Increased by the 'Frisco river and
other perpetual streams, by the time it gets to
the narrows above the more populous portion of

our valley you would not know that a stream
had ever been diverted from its banks.

Situated in the southeast of Arizona, our set-
tlements extend over the border into New Mex-
ico. There is considerable country intervening
between us and Mexico. Sixty miles below our
border settlement, Franklin, which, by the way,
is a very prosperous one, the valley widens out,
until when it reaches the writer's home it is fully
ten miles wide and still widens opposite Pima,
six miles lower down, and as the river extends
westward as far as the eye can reach there is
still valley. In search of a cut-off road home
from Northern Arizona last summer, Emil Mae-
ser, Heber Larson and the writer stood on some
cliffs about seven hundred feet high, overlook-
ing the Gila valley, and until then I was never
able to properly appreciate the vastness of this
agricultural region. Sloping towards this great
basin I saw for hundreds of miles back almost
the entire country pays tribute to the Gila; if
a cloud bursts or an inch of rain falls a hundred
miles away our canals are replenished.

The Gila river is perpetual; the more it is
appropriated the more it increases; in the dis-
tance of forty miles there are no less than
twenty-two canals, and below each dam, which
in low water seems to sop the last drop from the
river bed, each succeeding canal has a stream.
Matthewsville canal, fully thirty miles from the
first canal taken out of the river, has a better
stream than many above it, and does not need
to put the water on turns, while others are being
guarded very closely. There is an almost inex-
haustible supply of good water at forty to sixty
feet below the surface, which is secured by open
wells and pumps and windmills. The well at
the ice plant of C. Layton & Co., in Thatcher,
furnished, besides what is used in the factory,
a good irrigation stream, sufficient for a city
lot. By the aid of tanks and windmills every
family that can afford it may have a complete
water system at their homes. Our elevation is
a little less than three thousand feet above sea
level, while on either side of our valley are
mountains from five to seven thousand feet
higher, which are covered with saw timber. The
Graham mountain produces several irrigating
streams.

The slope of the valley is about right for con-

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

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venient irrigation, while down the valley there
is a fall of about ten feet to the mile.

The soil is of a rich sandy loam on the higher
lands and nearer the higher lands and nearer
the river a black sandy clay. Our deepest well
is still in soil, for it seems that the valley has
been washed in for generations. Flowing well
water has been encountered here. We have one
about three miles above Thatcher at Chlarson's
lumber yard, there is an artesian well which
flows fully twenty-five gallons per minute, and
is of the purest kind of water. Our canal sys-
tem is one of the best in the world. Why this
condition? Simply because our people have
adopted co-operation as the principle in their
management and not allowed large corporations
to monopolize the precious fluid and make of it
merchandise. In the Gila valley these condi-
tions do not exist. The farmer who cultivates
the land owns and controls all the water.

Surrounded by mining camps and govern-
ment posts and Indian reservations, everything
we raise can be sold. Compare the hollow of your
hand to the Gila valley and all the extremities
as the feeders and you have it. Not only an
oasis on the desert, but a supply house for a
great surrounding country of consumers. It is
needless for the writer to elaborate upon this
subject, when the reader can in this edition see
the illustrations and read of the millions of
wealth in mining camps all around us.

As to the phenomenal productions the writer
refers to outside statements. George T. Odell,
general manager of the Co-operative Wagon and
Machine Company in Utah and Idaho, and of
which Messrs. Philips & Kimball, of this valley,
form a part, made the following statements to a
"Deseret News" reporter after visiting this val-
ley last winter. Of course Mr. Odell thought
the writer had enlarged upon many items of
which he had written, and set out in his investi-
gations with the end in view of either proving
Mr. Kimball to be an enlarger on facts, or this
to be one of the grandest valleys on earth. He
first encountered the man who raised the thirty-
six-pound sweet potato, and in response to his
query the honest old farmer said: "Well, I reck-
on it would have been rather a large potato if we
had got all of it, but a large slice was cut off in

digging it." We found many farmers who raise
two crops of Irish potatoes every year on one
piece of land, one crop of small grain and a
crop of corn and squash the same year. "The
statements of these farmers," said Mr. Odell,
"so far outstripped Mr. Kimball's modest stories,
I was ready to believe most anything." When
he asked Bishop John Taylor, of Pima, regard-
ing these things Mr. Taylor replied: "I raised
fifty bushels of wheat on one acre of land and
afterwards planted it to corn and raised fifty
bushels on the same land in the same year."
"I had heard a great deal," said Mr. Odell, "of
the wonderful resources of the Gila valley, but
I can truthfully say, in the language of the
hymn, 'the half has never been told.' "

I now quote from observations of Prof. Mc-
Clatchie, superintendent of the experiment sta-
tion at Phoenix, and professor of agriculture
and horticulture in the University of Arizona,
as reported in a Phoenix paper: "He brought
back with him, as trophies of his trip, specimens
of apples grown in the Gila valley. They were
of extremely large size and unusually fine in ap-
pearance and flavor, especially the Ben Davis
variety. All that is necessary to raise a crop
is to put the seed in the ground and turn on the
water at proper intervals. From forty to sixty
bushels of grain are raised on an acre. The
summer heat in the Gila valley is not as intense
as it is in the Salt River valley, the highest tem-
perature last summer being about one hun-
dred degrees. The Gila valley is certainly a
most interesting country. I found they raised
a fine quality of wheat, and I was surprised to
find in the town of Safford four large flouring
mills. When the Enterprise canal is completed
the area under cultivation will be increased fully
one hundred per cent. The mountains are cov-
ered with timber from which all the lumber
needed is secured. Springs of water bubble out
from the canons and will furnish, if utilized, an
abundant supply of pure and cool water for
domestic purposes. The people living in the
Gila valley are thrifty and hospitable. They live
quiet, retired lives and appear to enjoy them-
selves in an old-fashioned way, truly pleasant
to behold. There are no paupers among them ;
all appear to have plenty."

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PORTRAIT 'AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

MARICOPA & PHOENIX & SALT RIVER
VALLEY RAILWAY.

When the attention of capitalists was directed
to the importance of developing the resources
of the Salt River valley, and their investments
began to yield valuable returns, it \vas clearly
recognized that a railroad into the valley was an
immediate necessity. The Southern Pacific
road, which was completed through the terri-
tory in 1880, was almost forty miles distant, yet
it furnished the only available transportation
facilities. No sooner was the need recognized
than the means of building were provided. The
then financial agent of the Southern Pacific
Company, N. K. Masten. of San Francisco, in-
duced Francis Cutting, of the same city, the
founder of the Cutting Packing Company, and
Sidney M. Smith, also of San Francisco, to be-
come interested with him in the building of a
road that would meet the necessities of the time.
The task was by no means an easy one. The
fact thai this section was far from the base of
supply rendered the undertaking an expensive
one, yet the projectors did not lose faith in ulti-
mate success, and continued perseveringly until
finally the road was completed, July 2, 1887.

On the organization of a company, N. K.
Masten was chosen president, he and his two as-
sociates previously mentioned becoming the
principal owners of the road. As the valley de-
veloped to a degree previously undreamed of,
and as Phoenix also showed a remarkable in-
crease in growth and business importance, the
road shared a corresponding success and pros-
perity. Indeed, the operating of the road un-
doubtedly contributed largely to the develop-
ment of the region, and the present high
standing of the valley as an agricultural and
horticultural center may be attributed in no
small degree to the road itself. Lasting credit
is to be given to the men whose determination
and enterprise made possible the development
of one of the most fertile sections of the south-
west.

The increase of the volume of business trans-
acted by the road rendered advisable the exten-
sion of its line, and in 1895 a branch was built
from Tempe to Mesa.

The completion of the Mesa branch made the
line forty-two miles in length. The motive

power comprises three first-class Baldwin loco-
motives. Employment is furnished to a large
corps of men in the company's shops at Phoe-
nix. In equipment the company equals others
that are older and greater in extent. From the
establishment of the road, it has been the com-
pany's policy to aid the residents of the valley
in every way possible, and they have endeavored
to keep the freight rates on shipments of prod-
uce at as low a point as possible, in order that
the profits for the farmers may thus be larger
than otherwise. Immense shipments are made
to Southern California over the road. The day
has passed when all shipments are incoming.
Now a policy of exportation has been estab-
lished that gives every indication of placing
Arizona in a high position for the value of its
products, secured through the energy of its peo-
pie.

GILA VALLEY, GLOBE & NORTHERN
RAILWAY.

The building of this road marked an era in
the progress of eastern Arizona. The survey
was made in 1892, but the work of construction
did not begin until February, 1894, when it was
actively prosecuted by the following officers:
William Garland, president; E. A. Cutter, vice-
president; A. C. Laird, secretary and treasurer;
George B. Fox, chief engineer — all of whom
also served as directors, together with Julius
Lieberman and J. E. Solomon.

The point of inception of the road is Bowie,
which lies in the southeastern part of the ter-
ritory, on the Southern Pacific Railroad, east
of Tucson. From there the track runs up into
Cochise county, in a northwesterly direction,
through Solomonville, which was named in
honor of J. E. Solomon. Thence it follows the
bed of the Gila river to Safford, from there to
Thatcher and Pima. and finally to Geronimo.
which for two or more years was the terminus
of the road. However, finally the consent of
the Apache Indians was secured to build a line
across their reservation to San Carlos, and work
was immediately begun on the extension, which
was completed up the valley of the San Carlos
river to the mouth of Aliso creek, and over the
Pinal summit to the town of Globe, one of the

PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.

1027

present prosperous mining camps of the terri-
tory.

It is the hope of the officers of the road that
in the near future the line may be extended to
the rich mining districts of Tonto basin, com-
prising the timber belts of the Mogolian moun-
tains. When this plan is executed, the value
and importance of the road will thereby be still
further enhanced.

SANTA FE, PRESCOTT & PHOEXIX
RAILWAY.

There is no enterprise within the limits of
Arizona that is more peculiarly the fruit of Ari-
zona capital, energy and brains than the road
of which F. M. Murphy is president. Conceived
and consummated in the face of obstacles that
would have daunted many, it was nevertheless
brought to a successful completion, and has
since been operated successfully. The road
starts at Ash Fork, on the Santa Fe Railway,
and from there cuts through the very heart of
the territory, from north to south, a distance of
one hundred and ninety-seven miles, and termi-
nates at Phoenix, where it connects with the
Maricopa & Phoenix road, joining the Southern
Pacific. The fact that it forms the link between
the Santa Fe on the north and the Southern
Pacific on the south renders it indispensable to
the development of the territory.

When once the mammoth project had been
planned, not even the financial depression of
1893 was allowed to retard the work. The
track and bridges were constructed from Ash
Fork to Prescott between August, 1892, and
May, 1893; from Prescott to Skull valley, be-
tween January and April, 1894; and from Skull
valley to Phoenix, between August, 1894, and
March i, 1895. In the laying of the track steel
rails were used, spliced with heavy angle l>ars,

and on sharp curves steel pressed railbraces
are used. In the construction of bridges the
material used was principally California red-
wood and Oregon pine. The same difficulties
confronted the engineers in the building of this
road that have been found throughout the entire
west, but these were surmounted in a way cred-
itable to the skill of the engineers. The machine
shops of the company have been located at Pres-
cott, while both there and in Phoenix are to be
found large engine houses and storehouses.

The first president of the road was D. 13. Rob-
inson, one of its projectors and builders. In
time the secretary and general manager, Mr.
Murphy, was elected to the presidency, and has
since officiated in that capacity, his co-laborers
;s directors being D. M. Ferry, Detroit, Mich.;
L. W. Bowen, Detroit; Simon J. Murphy, De-
troit; N. K. Fairbank, Chicago; G. W. Kret-
zinger and Jay Morton, Chicago; Robert Mc-
Curdy, Youngstown, Ohio; and E. B. Gage, of
Prescott.

Tributary to this road is the Prescott & East-
ern, which runs southwest from Prescott to
Mayer, in the heart of the Big-Bug mining re-
gion, and where is also to be found one of the
largest deposits of onyx in the world. The
building of this road has given an important
impetus to mining in the region through which
it passes, and its utility has been proved beyond
a doubt. Another branch road runs from Con-
gress Junction to the mining regions at Con-
gress, while still another extends from Jerome
twenty-six miles into the Jerome mining dis-
trict. By means of these branches already in
operation, together with others that have been
projected, the road reaches every important min-
ing and agricultural region between the north-
ern and southern portions of Arizona, and is
therefore one of the greatest factors in the de-
velopment of the territory's resources.

INDEX BIOGRAPHICAL

PACK

Abel!, Wilbur 859

Adams, J. C 28

Aguirre. Mrs. Mary 341

Ainsworth. Gen. C. 1' 183

Akers, Hon. C. H 61

Akers, James W 279

Alexander Brothers 914

Alsap, Hon. J. T 171

Andersen, Peter 714

Andrews, Frank E 519

Anewalt, Henry P 337

Arballo, Ramon B 740

Arbuckle, Henry 373

Armbruster, William 745

Atkinson, George W 885

Austin, Linzy C 698

Austin, William S 698

Babbitt, David 934

Bacon, William 908

Baehr, Rudolph 473

Bailey, Alonzo 24

Baker, Hon. A. C 41

Barkley, Hon. S. Y 215

Barnes, Judge W. H 27

Barnett, C. W 348

Barry, William E 899

Bashford, Hon. Coles i f4

Bashford, William C 344

Bassett, Josiah S 919

Bauer, Charles 344

Baxter, Mrs. Mary H 311

Beck, John 427

Beebe, Nelson P 428

Bell, William 458

Bennett, Alma H ' . . . . 428

Benson, William H 924

Bent, Charles 255

Berkholter, C. M 874

Bernard, Hon. A. C 349

Bicknell, M. 0 432

Biles, Fred E 506

Birchett, Joseph S '. . 776

Birdno Brothers 926

Blair, Robert 567

Blake, Judge John 631

Blakely, Judge W. G 169

Btauvelt, Harrington 768

UliiiiK-r, Hon. F. L 244

Bogan. John W 527

Boido, Lorenzo, M. D 225

Bollen, R. T 244

Bonne, Max C 739

Booker, D. L 280

Bowers, Mrs. Anna 859

Bradley, A. J 782

Branen, William F 323

Brannen. D. J., M. D 465

Bray, Gorham A 772

Breakenridge, William M 379

Breathitt, Col. J. B 362

Brichta, Augustus C 755

Brichta, Bernabe C 327

Brickwood, John T ,. 881

Bright, S. E 442

Brill, Frederick 1 310

Brinkmeyer, Henry . 765

Brockman, Thomas M 762

Brockway, G. M., M. D 380

Brookner, William W 341

Brooks, Judge H 175

Brown, John N 571

Brown, Hon. Samuel 143

Brown, William H 603

Brown, William T 50

Bruce, Hon. J. W 925

Buehman, Hon. Harry 985

Bullard, George P 357

Burbage, William H 283

Burgess, Capt. J. DeW 321

Burmister, Robert H 93

Burtch, L. A. W., M. D. . . 388

Cadwell, Fred E 753

Campbell, Clinton 730

Campbell, George H 809

Campbell, Hon. John G 363

Campbell, Hon. Joseph 982

Campbell, Samuel S 926

Cartter, Judge H. H 242

Castaneda, Jose M . . . : 903

Chalmers. Louis H 243

Chamberlain, T. W 723

Charouleau, Pierre 704

Cheyney, Hon. G. W 113

Christ, Gen. George 99

Christ, George, Jr 7O.3

1029

Christy, Capt. G. D 533

Christy, Capt. I. M 441

Christy, Shirley A 419

Christy, Col. William 35

Clancy, John C 328

Clark, Ben R 645

Clark, Col. C. S 162

Clark, David 749

Clark, George C 710

Clark, John 822

Clark, Vernon L 368

Clark, William H 317

Claypool, S. B., M. D 952

Clay son, George H 728

Cleary, W. B 109

Clifford, Harry 810

Coggins, Major L. W 892

Cole, N. B., M. D 384

Coleman, J. W., M. D 231

Collins, George U 917

Collins, Lewis W 338

Collins, T. S., M. D 310

Connell, Judge C. T 343

Connolly, Rev. T. M 772

Cook, Rev. Charles H 559

Cook, Edward H 030

Cook, William W 75

Cool, Dr. G. W 376

Cooley, Lewis W 720

Cooper, William F 105

Corbell, Charles A 702

Corbett, Hon. J. B 119

Corbett, J. Knox 741

Cordiner, A. C 840

Cornwall, Hon. Adamson 547

Corpstein, Peter 800

Cottrell, A. W., M. D 203

Cottrell, J. J 933

Coughran, Capt. J. W 873

Coughran, William H 80

Cox, Frank 144

Cox, Joseph H 309

Creighton, William 841

Crepin, H. E., M. D 938

Crouch, Hulbert B 894

Grouse, Judge C. W 232

Crowley, John F 822

Culver, Judge W. H 708

Cummings, Hon. C. L 851

Cummings, Whitfield T 730

Cummings, William X 937

1030

INDEX— BIOGRAPHICAL.

PAGE

Cuber, Alois L ?j6

Curry, Michael E 629

Dake, Charles A 501

Dalton, James 567

Dameron, L. D., M. D 389

Davis, Edwin L 551

Davis, Hon. George R 96

Davis, T. B., M. D 394

Davis, William G 533

Davis, W. J., M. D 646

Dawes, W. C 498

Delahanty, P. J 775

Demarest, F. C 501

Denier, Andrew 458

Dennett, John, M. D 560

Dennis, John T 383

Detweiler, John S 328

Dial, Henry 441

Diaz, Abraham 557

Dietz, Frank 324

Divelbess, L. E 891

Doan, Judge F. M 228

Dobson, Wilson W 545

Doe, Edward M 358

Doe, George H 719

Donau, Hugo J 502

Doner, John B 813

Doran, Hon. A. J 457

Dorris, Caswell D 521

Dorris, J. W 542

Dougherty, Joseph 585

Downs, Rev. Frank W 522

Drake, Hon. C. R 923

Duffey, Merritt L 583

Duffield, William, M. D 390

Duffy, Frank J 413

Duncan, Hon. J. F 295

Dunlap, Hon. Burt 877

Dutton, Hon. A. A 176

Dwyer, John F 534

Ealy, A. E., M. D 394

Edmundson, C. L., M. D 396

Edwards, Arthur J 403

Egger, Jesse T 689

F.lias, A. M 694

Elliot, William V 453

Elliott, Harry W 440

Emanuel, A. H 347

Ktx. Hon. Henry W 465

Evans. John 934

Farley, Patrick J 80 i

1-Vcny, John P 350

PAGE

Fenner, H. W., M. D 400

Fife, Walter T 939

Fifield, Joseph S 723

Finley, Hon. J. B 214

Fish, Edward N 491

Fish, Joseph 364

Fisher, Frederick G 677

Fleishman, Fred 668

Flinn, Charles L 286

Forbes, S. J 707

Fourr, William 610

Frankenberg, Ernst G 839

Franklin, Hon. B. J 102

Franklin, Hon. S. M 235

French, F. M 944

Fuller, Reuben W 684

Fulton, Harry 652

Funston, C. M 684

Gaddis, Hon. O. D. M 494

Gage, E. B 862

Gage, George N 672

Gallagher, George H 943

Galpin, M. J 61 1

Gamble, George B 354

Gann, George 336

Gant, James L 615

Gant, Valentine 609

Ganz, Hon. Emil 222

Gardiner, John J 353

Gardner, J. 1 620

Gebler, Theodore 649

Geddes, Samuel J 600

Geer, Hon. O. L 369

Geimer, J. F 337

George, H. L 553

Gerwien, H 897

Gibson, Jack 590

Gillespie, William A 938

Gillett, Ben T 702

Giroux, Joseph L 678

Goff, Norris 662

Goldman, Charles 606

Goldschmidt, Leo 676

Gordon, Peter 693

Gosart, A. J 682

Gosney, E. S 658

Goss, Homer '. . . . 605

Gould, A. J., M. D 940

Gould, Peter 676

Gray, Col. Gilbert D 594

Gray, Harry 624

Gray, Henry J 357

Gray, Col. John 600

Gray, Josiah H 616

Green, Noah 599

Greenhaw. Hosea G 597

PAGE

Greenlaw, C. A 989

Griebel, Frank 606

Griffith, Hon. W. M 57

Grindell, Thomas 315

Griswold, Albert J 409

Grossetta, Anthony V 656

Grubb, David 586

Guthrie, James E 324

Hadley, Elwood 487

Hagan, W. F 257

lialderman, Benjamin F 716

Hale, Edward 729

Hale, Hon. O. R 58

Hall, C. J 733

Hancock, Judge W. A 189

Harbert, Josiah 445

Hardy, Dr. Joseph 401

Harmon, Judson A 703

Harper, Harvey J 830

Harper, Ira 709

Harris, John C 742

Harris, S. M 318

Haskell, J. E 554

Hawes, T. Ashby 713

Hawkins, Eugene T 252

Hayden, Charles T 871

Hayden, R. L 788

Hayes, F. W 820

Hays, Charles W 301

Head, Adoniram J 727

Henderson & Houlahan 944

Heney, Ben 888

Hereford, Hon. F. H 900

Hermann, Michael 882

Herr, Judge L. C 370

Hesser, Thomas J 405

Hibbert, David T 893

Hicks, Judge C. P 193

Hill, Henry 701

Hill, LeRoy F 735

Hirst, Charles T 715

Hitchcock, Harley C 95

Hodnett, John J 255

Hoff, Hon. Gustav 151

Hogan, E. B 946

Holladay, Leonidas 953

Hooker, Col. H. C 49

Hoover, J. B 860

Hornmeyer, George H 836

Houston, Andrew J \ . 912

Hubbs, Harvey 638

Hughes, John T 912

Hughes, Hon. L. C 22

1 lughes, Hon. Samuel 67

Hulet, John R 865

Hunt, Alexander C 252

INDEX— BIOGRAPHICAL.

1031

I' AGE

Hunt, Hon. G. W. P 70

Hunter, Charles W 309

Hunter, Hon. T. T 425

Hurley, D. E 957

Hurley, P. T 781

Ijams, Hon. E. T 306

Irvine, Edward 453

Irvine, J. A. R 525

Ivy, Hon. James P 440

Jackson, Judge B. F 179

Jackson, Eugene S. L 735

Jacobson, P. J. C 488

Jerome Dairy, The 534

Jessop, Dr. Henry J 401

Jewell, Harrison 779

Jimmie, L. W '.847

Johnson, Benjamin F 251

Johnson, Joel E 886

Johnson, Seth J 716

Johnson, William D .;84

Johnston, W. S 804

Johnstone, Hon. C. W 04

Jones, Edward E 914

Jones, John B 374

Jones, Hon. John S 558

Jones, S. S 952

Jones, Hon. Wiley E 148

Judia, John F 63

Katz, Henry 574

Kay, William H 886

Kellner, Ernest F 553

Kellner, William O 664

Kelly, George H 681

Kelly, W. N 689

Kersey, R. W 655

Kimball, Andrew 477

King, Frank M 624

Kinney, Alfred . . 32

Kirtland, William 612

Kloss, Rev. Daniel, D. D. ..... 833

Knight, John 285

Knoblock, Andrew J '. 623

Knowles, James H 584

Korrick, Sam 868

Kuencer, O. F 598

Langston, Judge J. H 130

La Prade, F. T 585

La Tourrette, John 604

Layton, Charles M 538

PAGE

Layton, Judge N. G 194

Lewis, Gen. R. Allyn 141

Lewis, William R 690

Lindley, W. E., M. D 263

Lines, Joseph H 671

Logan, Judge J. A 803

Long, Hon. R. L 186

Lovell, Judge W. -M 156

Lovin, Henry 957

Low, W. S 90

Lowry, James R 842

Luhrs, George H. N 497

Lutgerding, John A 845

McAllister, Alexander F -36$

McCallttm, N. P 756

McCourt, L. V 891

McCowan, Prof. S. M 198

McCurdy, W. J. N 158

McDermott, Daniel 746

McDougall, John A 54

McDougall, Roderick 336

McEwen, C. C 759

McFall, Benjamin F 370

McGrath, Thomas 318

Mclnernay, Murray 43

McKay, Hon. Alexander 222

McKinnon, Judge W. A 302

McNally, J. B., M. D 219

McNamara, Mrs. Bee L 241

Macdonald, Wallace A 439

Macmanus, Ignacio 887

Maeser, Prof. Emil 483

Mahoney, O. L., M. D 402

Mahony, John F 766

Maier, Bernhard 248

Mann, Hiram C 435

Manning, Gen. L. H no

Marlar, James D 768

Marshall, S. S 954

Martin, Charles T 291

Martin, George 451

Martin, George W 785

Martin, Col. J. H 200

Masten, Louis C 332

Matas, N. H., M. D 405

Maxwell, James C 819

Merrill, John S 986

Merrill, Philemon C 393

Merrill, Philemon C 375

Messinger, Marcm W 120

Messinger, Victor E 664

Meyer, Conrad 745

Meyer. John J 771

Michelena, Pedro 765

Middleton, Eugene 697

Millar, R. T 248

Millay, Hon. Jerry

Miller, Albert

Miller, Christian

Milliken, James J

Mills, Ernest M

Mills, Mrs. Ernest M...

Miner, Ricardo E

Minty, Gen. R. H. G. . .
Mognett, Francis M. . . .

Mognett, Mrs. F. M

Mohn, Peter

Monier, Quintus

Montgomery, John

Moody, William

Moody, Judge W. A...
Moore, Hon. J. M. W. .
Morford, Hon. N. A...

Morgan, Henry A

Morgan, Hon. William.
Morris, Hiram B., Jr. .

Morrison, Fred W

Morrison, Hon. R. E. ..

Morrow, Thomas

Morten, Niels

Mulvenon, Hon. W. J. .

Munds, John L

Munds, William M

Murphy, Frank E

Murphy, F. M

Murphy, Judge J. M . . .

Murphy, Hon. N. O

Murray, David L

Myers, Philip J

172
276
760
292
399
399
84
142

387
387
27:

852
641
788

431
868
298
272
207
867
38
99
487
749
270
795
367
375
61
911

471
848

Nash, Prof. John F 848

Nash, Robert 64

Nathhorst, Charles E 557

Nelson, F. W ,782

Nelssen, Peter 663

Newell, William M 750

Newton, H. P 515

Nichols, George W 829

Nichols, Judge W. F 667

Nielsen, Jack 908

Noble, John 919

Nonnamaker, Clarence B 262

Noon, Hon. A. H 406

Noon, Capt. J. J 137

Noon, Owen 241

Norton, James C 197

Norton, John H 133

Norton, John R 761

Novinger, Simon 589

Ochoa, Esteban 675

Odermatt, Francis A 414

Ohnesorgen, William 968

1032

INDEX— BIOGRAPHICAL.

Olcott, A. W.. M. D 410

Olney, George A 270

Olsen, Elling 724

O'Neill, Capt. W. O 87

Orme, John P 335

Orme, Lindley B 179

Orme, Lindley H 642

Orndorff, R. B 736

Overlook, L. J 704

Overton. W. F 284

Owen, W. S 452

Owens, James T 709

Parker, Frank H 220

Parker, George R 286

Parker, Hon. P. P 83

Parkinson, Edwin J 954

Pascoe, Benjamin F 289

Pascoe, Elmer E 780

Pascoe, Thomas A 54

Pearce, James 754

Pearce, Jesse 780

Peck, A. L 776

Pemberton, Hon. T. W 42

Pendergast, Charles 583

Peters, Dr. S. J 413

Petersen, Charles 44

Petersen, Hon. Niels 619

Peterson, Charles 436

Peterson, J. G 280

Phelan, J. C 484

Phelps, Hiram S 290

Pickrell, A. J 141

Plath, O. E., M. D 415

Porter, Benjamin F 128

Porter, James N 261

Poston, Hon. C. D 893

Powers, E. A 972

Powers, Freeman T 756

Powers, Hon. R. C 123

Pratt, W. S 979

Price, Hon. Hugh H 170

Price, Col. J. E 48

Price, Samuel W 856

Price, W. Y 907

Priest, James T 563

Prina, Z. C 641

Pritchard, Rev. J. G 505

Pulliam, T. E 257

Purcell, Judge S. W 226

Pursley. James C 635

Q
Quetu, Rev. Alfred 945

Randolph, Epes 28

Ransom, J. W 968

PAGE

Rath, John J 147

Rawlins, Charles L 204

Redden, James E 74

Redfield, Leonard D 754

Reid, William 767

Reilly, Judge James 155

Renaud, Henry 856

Reynolds, C. T. 256

Richardson. David A 331

Richmond, F. O., M. D. C 420

Riordan, T. A 866

Robbins, Mrs. Oona Mae 269

Robbins, W. C., M. D 269

Robertson, Judge P. C 183

Robinson, Gen. H. F 157

Robinson, James C 767

Rodgers, M. A., M. D 416

Roemer, Hon. Stephen 151

Rogers, Hon. H. C 547

Rohrig, William 878

Roskruge, Gen. G. J 207

Russell, Frank E 929

Rynning. Lieut. T. H 526

Sachs, Wolf 785

Samaniego, Hon. M. G $77

Sampson, Amasa B 275

Sandoval, A 213

Sandoval, P 213

Sanford, Hon. E. M 79

Sanford, Judge J. M 165

Sawyer, Edward A 24

Scarborough, J. C., M. D 422

Scherrer, George 894

Scholefield, George P 579

Schuckmann, William 655

Schuster, Adolph 898

Scorse, H. H 646

Scott, Walter G 227

Scoville, H. Percy 816

Scribner, M. D 835

Seamands, John L 316

Sears, J. M .*. 258

Secrist, Franklin P 305

Shattuck, L. C 847

Sheffield, Thomas N 807

Sheldon, Henry E 808

Shibell, Charles A 23

Shill, Charles G 787

Sidow, William 839

Silva, Alexander 830

Simpson, Ernest H 474

Sines, George W 819

Sirrine, Warren L 821

Skinner, Edward M 713

Slack, Joel R 657

Slayton, Charles W 814

Sloan, Judge R. E 31

Smith, Adam A 951

Smith, George H 787

Smith, George J 913

Smith, James 951

Smith, Hon. J. Y. T 448

Smith, Hon. M. A 980

Smith, Cap P 855

Smith, Thomas 527

Smith, William C 786

Smith, Hon. W. T 216

Sorenson, Sorcn C 979

Soto, P. B 262

Spainhower, John V 7-jJ

Spaulding, Edgar A 809

Stearns, C. M 834

Steinfeld, Albert 127

Stephens, Varney A 264

Stevens, C. W 826

Stevens, Daniel C 531

Stewart, Cassius N 881

Stewart, Ivy V 796

Stewart, Joseph A 887

Stone, I. Bruce 861

Stoneman, George J 236

Storm James P 799

Stout, Samuel S 545

Stratton, Hon. E. 0 296

Straw, Albert J 76

Mreet, Hon. Webster 47

Strong, William H 835

Stroud, Col. H. E., M. D 421

Sturgeon, James E 623

Sturges, C. M 962

Sturmer, R. S 80

Sutherland, S. W 800

Swanger, M. F 593

Sweet, F. A., M. D 53

Tarbell, C. B 629

Taylor, Charles N 626

Taylor, John 759

Thomas, Hinson 630

Thomas, William 681

Thomas, William E 631

Thompson, Edward F 693

Thompson, J. H 374

Thurmond, Philip M 96

Tidwell, E. L 958

Tifft, Henry H 981

Tomlinson, Joseph B 461

Tovrea, E. A 435

Treadwell, Erwin D 235

Trippel, Dr. Alexander 975

Trippel, Hon. E. J 841

Tritle, Hon. F. A 101

Tritle, F. A., Jr 89

Tritle, Harry R 106

Tullgren, Martin 920

INDEX— BIOGRAPHICAL.

1033

PAGE

Tuthill, A. M., M. D 683

Tuttle, Edward D 361

Tuttle, Mrs. Louise G 637

Tyroler, Adolph, M. D 551

U
Underwood, Hon. H. D 525

Vail, Hon. J. A 472

Vail, Zachary T 899

Van Gorder, Harry S 636

Van Tuyl, John 632

Vasquez, Ramon 635

Vest, Julian ' 312

Villaescusa, F. J 740

Waddill, William R 520

Wakefield, Lyman W 971

Walbridge, Alfred P 573

Walker, Asa C 512

Walker, Hon. J. Elliott 516

Walker, J. Ernest f)6i

Walls, John R., M. D 422

Ward, Willis M 528

PAGE

Warnekros, P. B 572

Watrous, James S 918

Wattron, Frank J 467

Watts. Major J. M 791

Watts, Joseph R 380

Weatherford, J. W 568

Weaver, Benjamin H 687

Weaver. Mrs. Caroline E 687

Webb, W. T 987

Webster. George 221

Weech, Hyrum 447

Welborn. Henry M 560

Welker, J. R 520

Wells, George W 462

White, Hon. Scott 124

Wickersham. David W 447

Wien, Amos H 291

Wightman. H. P 461

Wightman, L. E., M. D 247

Wilky, George 1 965

Wilky, Henry H 541

Wilky, Mrs. Sophia 541

Wilky, William H 537

Willard, Charles D 468

Willard, Wallace B 807

Williams, Alfred B. 508

Williams, Judge E 161

Williams, Hon. E. M
Williams, Robert J
Williams, Judge S. K
Williams, W. W
Williamson, Ike
Williscroft, George R
Wilson, George H
Wilson, Dr. J. V
Wilson, Joe W
Wilson, William A
Wise, Charles T
Wolcott, F. N
Woods, C. W., M. D
Woods, Hon. H. M
Woods, J. X

Woods, William P

Woolf, Hon. J. W ;.

Worthen, B. L
Wright, Judge Anthony
Wylie, Col. Winired. M. D.

I'.MJK
671
251
3"
53^
989
552
727
426
568
546
507
534

5f)4
548
5:1
825
446
480
184

Zabriskie, Col. J. A 650

Zeckendorf, Louis 73

Zeek, William M 506

Ziegler, Peter B 225

Zuck. Hon. F. M.. .661

INDEX— HISTORICAL.

INDEX--HISTORICAL

Acquisition by United States. . 092

Agricultural Conditions 1020

Agriculture 904

Aztecs 991

Capital City, The 1000

Copper 903

Commonwealth Mine 1005

Copper Queen Mine 1016

Coronado 092

Dairy Cows and Products.... 1022

Early Explorers 991

PAGE

Establishment of Territory... 992

Farms . 1020

Flowers and Seeds 1022

Gila Valley 1024

Gila Valley, Globe & North-
ern R. R 1026

Internal Wealth 998

Irrigation Statistics 1023

Live-Stock Interests ... .. 1021

M. & P. & S. R. V. R. R. . . . 1026
Oldest City in United States. . IOO1

PACK

Origin of Name Arizona 991

Ostrich Farming 1022

Prescott 1003

Purchase of Arizona 992

Salt River Valley 1008

Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix

R. R 102;

Statehood 998

United Verde Copper Mines. 993
Water Supply 995

INDEX— HISTORICAL, COUNTIES.

PACK

Apache 1003

Name • — Size — Rivers —
Mountains — Timber — Ir-
rigation—The Stock Busi-
ness— General Farming.

Cochise 1004

Name — Climate — Moun-
tains — Soil — Copper
Mines — Wolframite Mines
— Stock-Raising.

Coconino 1006

Formation — Lumbering —
Wool-Growing — Raising of
Stock — Grand Canon —
Painted Desert — Climate —
Scenery — Lowell Observa-
tory.

Gila 1007

Location — Mining — Lum-
bering — Agriculture —
Railroads — Prosperity.

PAGE

Graham 1007

Situation — Towns — Rivers
— Soil — Fruits — Altitude
— Climate — Settlement.

Maricopa 1008

Size — Fertile Soil — Mesa
Land — Citrus and Decidu-
ous Fruits — Alfalfa King of
the Southland — Sugar-
Beets and Sorghum — Dairy
Industry — Cattle Business.

Mohave 1010

Formation — Size — Irriga-
tion Canals— No Frost in
Lowlands — All Varieties of
Deciduous Fruits — Mining
the Leading Industry.

Navajo 1010

Location - • Topography -
Reservations — Towns.

Pima ion

Taxable Wealth — Increase in

PAGE

Wealth — Development of
Copper Mines — Large Ship-
ments of Cattle.

Final 1012

Prosperity, Organization, Ir-
rigation— The County Seat
— Ruins of Casa Grande —
Mining.

Santa Cruz 1014

Smallest County in the Ter-
ritory— Mining the Chief
Industry — Nogales a Bi-
National City — Altitude and
Climate.

Yavapai 1014

Natural Advantages — Rail-
roads— The "Boom"-
Cities.

Yuma 1015

Location — Area — Topog-
raphy— Yuma's Reputation
for Unbearable Heat.

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