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GOVERNORS OF ARIZONA

GOVERNORS OF ARIZONA

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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.

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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.

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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 2

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.

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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.

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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.

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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 proud, namely: Robert B., Howard C., and

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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 </