Arizona, Prehistoric, Aboriginal, Pioneer, Modern. Volume III: The Nation's Youngest Commonwealth within a Land of Ancient Culture

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Prehistoric -Aboriginal
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THE NATION'S YOUNGEST COMMONWEALTH
WITHIN A LAND OF ANCIENT CULTURE
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BIOGRAPHICAL
VOLUME III
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLAJlKE PUBLISHING CQ.
1916
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HON. LOUIS C. HUGHES. ,
No man ever ea1·ned a more honorable title than that given to Louis C. H1,1ghes by the
people of .Arizona, among whom he is known as the "state bttilder." The na1ne has b"een
conferred upon him in grateful recognition of his many years of steadfast and faithful labor
along lines o:f state orga)'lizatio,n, improv􀆹􋥮n1ent, development and 1'eform and iu ap'preciation
of the constructive work he 11as accon1p1is1ted aloJlg pttblic and, semi-public lilies. His re,vard
has been the honor, esteem and gratitude oi the people he served and the privilege of
witnessing tb.e'gr-owth and continued development of the {,'1.'eat co1nm.on,vealth of Arizc;,na. He
was born in Philadelphia, PennsylvaJJ.ia, May 15, 1842, a son of San1uel a)ld Elizabeth
(Thomas) Hughes, both native.a of Wales., ,vhere they ,vere united in marriage and seven of
their ten children were born. Samuel and Elizabeth Rugl1es came to the United States in
1840, settling first in Philadelphia, re􀆺􋩩iloving to Pittsburgh in 1843.
JJOltiS C. liughes's pareJ1t;1 died ,vhen he ,vas two years of age and he ,va-s placed in a
Presbyterian orphanage, where lie remained until ten years of age, a11d was then indentured
\l'i􀆻􋭢b a Cl,Jvini1;1tic farmer family, where he ,vas trained to 11ard ,vork-the tlU'ee months
yearly district scliool laying a :foundation upon which to build for fut,ure a.cl1ievements. At
the opening o{ the Oi,ril ,var he was ,voTki.ng his w·ay through an academy in a country
vill1ge. This wa.s when slavery agitation ,vas at ,vhite heat. The Ol"phan bpy had read Uncle
To1n's Cabin, and takirig part in the school debates, :was a 1·dent for t11e ·n,eedo,n of black boys
and giJ:lfl. The call to 1,1,rms to save tbe Union found )1iin recruiting a company from an1ong
the country boys, and !lifter be had been t,vice refused enlistment on aecount of si.ze, he fiually
succeeded in being accepted in Company A, One Hundred a,nd First Pennsylvania -Volui1tee1:s,
l;erved two y,ars i n camp, :field and hospitals, and ,vas disi:harged on account of general
disability. A year thereafter he reenlisted and ,vas sergeant for a one hundred days'
Ganipaign in K;napp's Pittsburg Battery, to a,id in protecting Wasl1ingto,n city. Durh1g Jijs
irmy service the camp was his school and he utiliz·ed his spare hours in study. When first
clis<;.barged lie e11te1:ed a gove)'n1nent machine shop and rapidly acquired the tracle, the shop
men all helping tb,e "little boy ju blue," as be was caned. When he llad ,vorked b11t t1vo
year$ be was accepted as a journeyman, joined Machinists and Blacksmiths' Union No. 2 of
-Pittsburgh, and th!lre is ,v),ere he began to develop his altruistic spirit. The cause of freed.om
for the black ma:n UJd the Union of states settled, the cause of labor was l'ising above the
l101·izon. Returning i,oldierl filled the shops !Ind all other ave,nues 01 eniployn;ient, and labor
sa-ving machine17 had n1ade great strides dUJ'i,ng tbe ,var; an estrangement l1etweeu capital
and labor ,vas a new issue, and rumbUugJ> of discontent were hea1·d an1ong tl1e I.a.boring 1nasse!
every,vhere. Many remedies were suggested, cooperative societies, building and loan a.ssoc:ia­tions,
reduction of the hours of labor, \vith the hope of reducing the supply nnd increasing
tl1e demand for labor. In' tb:is ne,v field young Hughes ,vas a willing, active and aggressive
spirit. Pittsbutgh, a, center of iron and glass manufacturing, ,vas ripe for agitation, organi­zation
and labor reform at the close oi the war. Here ,vas a new :field, calling for self·
sacrificing ,vorkers, which found in 11in1 aggres!iv,e enthusiasm. The eigltt hour t11ove1nent
,vas crystallized into practical form in 1866, and, joining with t.he leaders, W. O'Neil .of Boston
and Jonathan Fincher of Philadelphia, be secured a petition of 􀆼􋱥everal thousand ,vorkingmen
·of Pittsburgl1, addressed to congress, for a la,v fixing eight hours for all goven11nent ,vork:
This ,vas sent to Senator Henry Wils!l, -0f Massacli.usetts, who fathel'ed and passed the bill,
th:e first eight h<>ur law in t.he United State$.
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During the same year he ag,itated and aided in organizing in South P1ttsbu1·gl11 the first
cooperative store on t)ie Rochdale plan west of the Allegheny m.ounta:ins. While taking a
course iu J\Ieadville Theological School, he counseled Father Upchurcl1 i n organizing the
Ancient Order of United Workmen, and became a me.1nber of Jeferson Lodge, No. 1, th.e
first in the United States. The order had as one of its purposes the federation of all trades
and labor union$, but i t saon drifted into a fta􀇓􍍥etnal insur1,nce organization. Xu 1868 he
delive:red an address on "Trades Unions, Their Cause, m.fluence and Present N·ecessity," before
the Interuatio11al Conventio.n of Machinists and Blacksmiths' Union of America and Great
.Britain, at Cleveland, Obio, predicting a destructive !lOnflict bet,veen the Pennsylvania Rail­road
a-ud labor. That conflict climaxed, inside of :five years, in the destruction of millions of
property in Pittsburgh and other points on its railroa.d system.
Mr. Hughes studied la,v in Meadville, overtaxed himself m his studies and Tefornt a(}tivity,
and ,vrecked h􀇔􍑳s liealth, ,vhich resulted in hls seeking rest and absence fron1 the fretting and
agitating multitude, and 1871 found him in Tucson, Arizona, the land of the fierce Apaches,
desert and sunshine, where he entered upon the practice of hls chosen profession. Soon after,
he was appointed probate judge and ex-oficio county superintendent of schools; ,vas district
attorney t,vo terms; ,vas attorney general; United States court commissianer; member of
board of ,vorld's fair commission at Chicago for .A,rizonl,; and delegate to the national demo­cratic
con¥entious in 1884 and 1892. In 1878 he established the .Arizoua Star, the first daily
paper in Arizona, of ,vhich he ,vas editor and publisher for thirty yeau. When th􀇕􍔠 Arizona
Press Assochi.tion ,vas organiied .in 1892 Mr. Hughes ·was elected its fu· st president. The birth
<+f the Star ,vas the date of the state building era of Arizona. With tne leverage of this
paper Mr. :S:ughes ,vaged ,var on graft, co):\"Uption and abuse of po,ve,.·, defended projects of
reform, advancement and progress nnd nccomplished \vork ,vhich touched the very fQundation
of the life of the state. h1 its colu:mns he inaugurated the policy of ren1ovi1 1 g the Apacl1e
Indians into Florida, thus e-ventua.lly terminating the Apache wa1·s. The building o'( ho111es
and promoting permanent settlement throughout Arizona, fouud practical and successful
encouxagement in the Star advocaey of establisl1ing building 1,nd loan associatio1s, the :first
of 1vhich ,vns organized in Tucson in 1887. He advocated also the c1:eation of a federal court
for the settle1nent of Mexican and private land grant titles and tl1is resulted in tlie inva,lida­tion
of claims to more than, twelve niiJlion, five bundrecl thousand a.er.es of land in Arizonii
and in the 1·eturn of this immense tr!liCt to the public do1nain. Single-handed i\lr. Hughes
battled against liceneed gambling in the territory, fought the saloon t.r􀇖􍙣c, supported ,voman
suffrage, ,vas a stanch advocate of the initiative and referendum, and for thirty years with
his paper ,vas on the firing line in every g1·eat political contest in the state.
Mr. Hugues was governor from April 1st, 1898, to April 1st, 1896. His administration
,vas signalized 1,y economy and retrenchment in the public service, by eliminating all
unnecessary en1ployes. When he ca,;ne into office the territorial trea1;1ury ,vas facing a deficit
of more than fitty thousand dollars. Jn 1898 the deficit ,vas reduced to less than three
thousand three hundred dollars; in 1894 there ,vas nearly sb;. thousand dollars in the trea.aury;
and at the close of 1895 the ten·itoria1 indebtedness had ·heen redu<red fifty thousan<l fonr
hundred and eighty-five dollars and seventy-slx cents, the first decrease in the indebi:.edness
for fifteen ,,ears. .Ancl this result with no increase of taxation. Upon his recon1me􀇗􍜱1dntion o. •
non-partisan bonrd of control ,vas created, composed of the governor, the auditor and a
citizen n1e1uber of the opposite political party, no:rto but the citizen member reeeiviDg com­pensation
for services. This Ja,w abolished the boards of eom1nissiouers of priso11, insane
asylun1, reforn1 school and railroad-n1aki11g a saving of more than t,veutr-01,e tl,iousand
dollars i11 salaries and mileage, ns the records sho,v. '£he cost per capita for administering the
tetritorial prison and insn,ne asylum was reduced t,venty-three per cent and reduction in rnain­tenance
,ras noticeable in all institutions. 1'he annual cost of maintaining the territorial
administration under Governor Hugl1es ,vns less thnn tv,o hundred thousand dollaTs, and for
the three years it did not reacl1 a total of six hundred thousand dolll\rs, notwithstanding that,
during tl1ose tlrree years, there were erected the normal achoo! buildings at Flagstaf and
Tempe, university dormitory at Tueson, and over thirty tho·usnnd dollars ex-pended in improve­rn.ent.s
on the insane asylum and pr\son buildings-more public buildings erected than under
any previous ad1ninistration. 'fhe parole la,v ,vas enacted and put into s􀇘􍡣ccessful 􀇙􍥰peration
by hin1: and of the many prisoners ,􀇚􍨬,J10 enjoyed its beneRts, but one Vlolated Ins paro1e.
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Convicts ,vheu􀇫􎬺:ver paroled wer.e required to work. Governor Hugl1es' maxi.in ,vas that sava.ges
could not be civilized, nor criminals reformed, ·without labor.
His pris,on policy aided much in the lal'ge reduction referred to in pri$on maintenance.
The Goi"ernor's three annual reports to the secl'etary of the interior and congres,S proved o'f
gJ"eat pub]jc value, as they cont􀇬􎱮ned much data on clin1ate and wealth resources of the
teFritory, ithe Indians ancl their needs,. and the m,01·al and progressive character and interests
of its diversified population. The information furnished therein ,vas the subject of mucl1
favorab"le. co'Jnme:n.t in the press of the country. There ,vere .iive tilousand copies af hte 1893
(l,Jld 1894 repo1·ts published, and S'O great ,vas the demand for the$e that of tlJ.e report of 1895,
con.tiJ;ining one hundred and nineteen pages, seventeen thousand five hundi:ed copies '>Vere issued
by th,e go.vernment and distributed . It scarcelJ need be added that these proved a valuable
advertis·i11g mediwn for the territory.
The federdi 1a,v calling for htese reports required the gove. rnox to gi􀇭􎵥e the general coli·
ditions nnd 1nake recon1mendations as to congressional legislation for the territory, ,vhich
opened a "'ide field 􀇮􎹡at was taken advantage of by the governor, the press conuneut beiJ1g
that more information had been published in tlJ.ese reports, and recommendations which ,vere
c1,ystallized into law, than by all the governors who ha.d preceded J1im. Recommendations
,ver􀇯􎼠 􀇰􏁮nade for appropiiation for irrigation of lands of the Indian reservations; setting apart
for allotment lands for Inruans wishing to take them in severalty, especially the Papago,
􀇱􏅉Ia1·icopa, Pima and the Ywna tribes; incrl)asing Indian industrial schools, educating n,nd
tra.ini11g Adzona Indian children in the territory, for the conservation of their health and to
enahle tbe111 to learn local industxia1 pursuits; transferring trial of Ind tans frOn\ terr-itodal
to United States courts, and sec11xing approp􀇲􏊷·ia􀇳􏍩ions to meet the expenses of such trials had,
and jail and penitentiary costs of Indian convicts; for creating for.est reservations at head·
waters of Arizo11a streams and water supply; and for setting-apart the "Petrified Fore,s,t'' as
a national park.
'l'he Governor u1·ged and secured the passage of a congressional act authorizing the
territory to lease scllool lands, a)ld placing the proceeds thereof in the public school fw1ds.
This la,v has been and is a source of large aJ1d1 increasing revenue to the schools of the
state. Re a1so encouraged t,he location of a National School of S. cience near the Grand
Canyon, $at cluster o! natural phenomena. Re 'llrged. man)' needed reforms, especially the
suppression of the liquor trafic, w)lich was sho,vn to be the greatest bane to the Indians­the
rniti1;1l cause <>f our ApacQe w-ars, the cause of over si,.'dy-five per cent o,f te1·ri½riaL taxa­tjon,
as ·well as the 1nany other accom.panying. evils. He urged upon congress its duty to
ArizoDa to suppress thi$ trafic. All of these recommendations went befGre the CO\lntry, com­mended
or condemned by the pr􀇴􏑳s, thus cr􀇵􏕡ating public opinion, mos.tly favoring these appeals.
During his term as ebancellor of the university that educational institution ra.pidly
increai,ed its nUlber o f students, especially from resjdents throughout tle terrj.tory. An
important factol' in thlit g1·owth was the aiding of those lacking the financial resources for
seeuri11g the benefits of the university, by employing them in v!l,riGu,s depl,rtment$ as assist-
1,nt:s, and allowing compensation ,for theu· services. The average number of those assist􀇶􏙮nts
is t,venty-five, most of whom rank well as students and graduates. This is but one of the
Yarious i1nproved conditions inaugurated during this pem.od.
In 1868 Mr. Hughes married Josephine Bra,vley, of 􀇷􏝉Ieadville, Penl\sylvania, daughter of
Jolu1 R . l3rawley, a ,veste1·n Pennsylvania farmer of large political connections and influence.
Jn nil of his labors, struggles a,nd acl1ievements, Mrs. Hughes entered into the fullest partner­ship,
and proved equal to eveTy emei:geney-developing the char,acterii,tics and qualiti,es of a
noble 11.eroine. In 1872 Mrs. Hughes opened l!;nd taught the fust public school !or girls in
Ar'izo11a. She has been active a)so in reUgious movements, holding the title of ''Mother of
l\:[ethodism" in the state, and has been one of t)le, most valuable workers in the cause of tem­J}
et·ancc in -the southwest, serving as territorial presid,eut of the Woman's Christian Te1nper­ance
Union for a nu1nber of years. She organized the first equal suffrage association in the
territo1·y and was elected its ih·st president, and her work: along all of these lines ha,s been
1\bly carried forward during her t,venty-six years of activity as assistant nianage1· and editor
,of the Arizona Daily Star. She is still actbre in all progressive 1·eform movements, a wonian
of con1p1'ehensive knowledge, broad experience and great wisdom, ·whose work l1as been a
"'01-t,hy supplement to that of her husband. 􀇸􏡉Ir. and 􀇹􏥲rs. Hughes have two children liviug, a
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daughter, M1·s. Gert1·ude Wpodw·ard, and State Senator John T. Hughes, of ,vho1n furtjier
mention is 1uade in this ,vork.
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Since the above ,vas ,vritten Governor Rughes haJ; passed on to "that undiscovered count:ry
from ,vhose bo11rne no traveler returns.'1 He ,vas laid to rest ,vitll all the honors that could
be paid l1i1n by civil and military authorities, by the lodge in ,vhich he held membership and
b y the people at large. Ali escort of uuiversi.ty cadets ,vent with the remains from the house
to the grave. At the cl1urch high testimonial of bis ,vorth was expressed by Rev. Henry Van
\7alk:enburgh and by Rev. George .Adtnns, D. D., of: Pltoeni.x, who b.ad formerly been his
pastor. Ris creed ,vas largely expressed i11 eight Jines of a little poem., which .b.e committed
to 01e1uory:
"1 Jive for those ,vho love me, •
For those who kno,v n1e true,
1ror the heavens tbnt smile above me,
And a,vait my spidt, too.
For the cause that needs assistance,
For the ,vrongs t)iat need t'esistaoce,
For the futw·e in tl1e distance,
And the good that I can do."
The /lag on the statehouse floated at half mast by ordel· of the governor and the state
ofices "'ere closed during tlie tirue of the funeral. These ,vere some of the out,vard
e;>q>ressions of gdef that came ,vith the passing of Governor Hughes. In the hearts of a..1
,vho kne"' hi1n sorro,v found its place but his memory ,vill be perpetuated and !us na1ne
honol'ed for years to con1e, for no oue discredits the great part ,vhich b,e played in building
this empire of the soutll\vest.
'MRS. JOSEPHl.i.􀈀􀁅E BRAWLEY HUGHES.
:.\J rs. ,rosepl1ine Bra\\'ley J{ughes, ,vife of ex-Goven1or L. C. Hughes, is entitled to most
honorable 1nenti911 in tl1e history of Ari7.ona because of the splendid "'ork 1vl1ich she hi\s clone
for h11n1anity in the fields of tetnperance, benevolence and 1·eligjous activity. Endo·wed by
nat\n·c ,vjth keen n1entality, she has ever ,visely used her talents for the benefit of 1nankind,
starting ,vith her own hon1e and reachjng out in 1, constantly broadening spl1ere of usefulness
to all ,vho need assistance.
􀈁􀅬lrs. Hugl1es ,vas bo111 near lfeadville, Pennsylvania, an<l spent lier girlhood upo11 a fnl'lu,
suppleincnting her early educ1ttional opportunities by study in the Edinboro Norinal Sellool.
Slie iirtcrw·ard devoted t,vo years to public.-aehool teaching i􀀄􀑮na ill July, 1868, gave her hand
in nnuTiage to L. C. F[ughcs, who in 1871 niaue Ilia ,vay to A.Tizona,, ,vl1ere the fo)lowing year
he ,vas joined b? }1is ,vifc. }.frs. Rughes 1nade the trip by rail to San Francisco, thence by
stean1er to San l)iego, after ,Yhich she trnveled five Jiunclred n1iles by stage to Tucson, carrying
lier little daughter in her arnis and traveling for five days ancl five nights ,vitliout hnlting
sa"'e to change horses, for at tl11it thne the Apaches 1vere 1no1t hostile a.1\d rendered t)'aveling
dangeroua. It required courage and endurance to 1na.ke the trip b11t those qualitiefl ,vere
charaet<>i·istic of A1·ii1ona's pioneer ,vo1nen aucl have proved one of the strong ele1nents in tl1e
fou11datio11 upon ,vhich the state l1as be􀉮n built. iVIrs. Hughes ,vae the tbh·d .A111erican ,vo1n1n1
to bcc•o111p it perinanent resident of 'fucson. Ifere she joined with lier husband in work for
th,1􀈃􀌠 benefit of the ne"' country and in 1873 was avpoiuted the Jirst 1vo1nan -public-school
teather in Arizona and established tl,e !itst public school for girl1 in the territory at a p(lriod
wlu􀈄􀑮n separate schools for boys iu1d,.girls ,vere 1naintained owing to t.he stro11g opposition For
to(·1h1cntio11. lfcr innllence fron1 the beginning or her residence here luis l>een stro.ngly a11d
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directly felt along many lines th􀈦􂙴t have greatly benefited the state. In 1875 she ,vas appointed
comm.is£.ione1· for .Arizona to the wo1nan's department- of th'e Centennial Exposition and the
follo,vu.1g year. journeyed pack to Pennsylva,nia, ti;aversin,g the same- route by which ,.slu􀈧􂜠 ]l,l,d
cpme at a time ,vllen the danger ,vas little lesa than ,vhen she fu·st made the journey to
'.rucson. The sheltered lives of Arizon,a's ,vomen today give them little indication of the con­ditioJ1S
met by tJ1e pio:nee:r ,vife and mother.
Every field o.f labor £01· the betterment of the co1n1nunity iu ,vhich she lived looked to. her
£01: assistance ,1,bic)1 ,..,as readily gi'ven. She has been active in religious n1ovements, holding the
title of '·Mother of 1\1.ethodism'' in tbe state. She was active in raising funds for the erection
of the first Protestant chuxcl1 in A1·izo11a,-the s.tructw·e no,v iu the cjty park-,vhich ,vas
constructed under the auspices of the Presbyterian botrd of mi􀈨􂡳sions. Upon the. arrival of
(;he Rei,. George II. Adams., the pioneer Methodist missionary of .Arizona, she took a most
helpful i:ntereat in organizing the Methodist church in Tucson and liberally contributed toward
the building of the brick house of worship then a t the corner of Pennington street and Stone
aveuue. lt is a ,veJI known fact that roa1 )y of A1·izona's u1ost valuable reforms origi.nated
,vithin its ,valls. "In this church temperance societies, adult an d juvenile, ,vere orgi;i.n'izecl
and Miss F.vances Willard p1·eached, prayed, lectured and organized the temperance forces
of Arizona in •the W. O. 'l'. U., of ,vhich Mrs. Hughes ,vas soon thereafter 1nade te1·1·itorial
pre&ident," assuming the responsibilities of manage1nent ancl the further development of
the ,votk. The Methodist church, i11 a s.pirit of broad Christianity, opened its doors to a.U
distinguished divines a11d reformers, and iuen of pro1ninence passing through Arizona addrei,sed
the public upon questions of education, religion a n d significant modern problems. Contini1ing
ber ,vork in tlie temperance ca.us.e, Mrs. l:Iugluis se'!'ved as president of the W. C. T. U. for
seveTal yea.rs, during ,vbich perioc. sh􀈩􂤠 was instrum ent.al i n secw·ing the passage of the
Sunday rest bill by the legislature in 1887. While e11gaged ill that ,.,ork she came to fully
recognize the power of the ballot in legislation and induced Mrs. La,ua M. Johns of Kansas,
a national organizer, to co1ne to Arizona and aid in organizing the sufrage sentiment, of
,vhich the .A1·izoua Daily Star ,vas a stahvart champion, intb a te.i·ritori.al association, at
,vhich tirne Mrs. Hugh.es "'lS chosen fo1· president. Wl1en she resigned the pl'esidency of tlie
W. C. 'l'. 11. to accept the presidency of the su1'l'l'age association of the state, she said: "Let
us secure the vote for ,vomen Jirst, then the victory for home and temper1,nce ,vill soon fol­low."
I n 1891, during the session of the constitutional conveutiou, there ,vas a strong effort
made to inco1·pol'ate an eq11al 1·ights pl'ovision, General Williaro Herring being tbe leader i n
the moveinent. Mrs. Hugl1 es, then tetTito.).·ial pTesident, and Mrs. Jol,ns, national organj1er,
were invited to present the sufrage ca.use, ,vhich they did in most able 1nanner, the entire
afte'l'noon being devoted to tlie diseussion of the que$tiou. Many adberei1ts ,.,ere won for
the cause, ,vhich, ho,v-ever, ,vas lost by a small vote. They after,va.rd entered stro1Jgly upon
tne ,vork o'f org.aniz:i:ng sufrage clubs in every county in Arizona a1Jd their e.forts made the
q\1estio;D of the women's right to the ballot a dominant one ,vheneve·r legislature convened.
It ,vas voted u.pon a t each succeeding session of the general assembly and in l!lOl passed
both houses but ,vas vetoed by Governor Brodie. The sufragists then l)ut forth rer1e,ved
efforts alon􀈪􂨠 the line of quiet educational ·work. Theirs ,vas a propaganda which stood fo1·
tl1e be!t interests of tl1e state and u'ltimately becan1e a la,v, so t}1at Arizona ,von)en no,v
exercise the franchise and their ballot ]\a.s been a, dominant force ju bringing a.bout 1nan.y
needed refot·1ns and imp1·ove111ents.
For twenty-fi,,e years 1\{rs. Hughes ,vas engaged "'ith her hu$ban4, ex-Gove.rnor J;. C.
Hugl1es, in the puhli<lation of the Arizona D11,ily Star in T1,1.caon. During an these years Mrs.
Hughes ,vo1·ked in c;onjunctiol1 ,vith beJ· ln1sband in advocating su.lJ'rage, prohibitiou. anti·
capital p,mishment ancl kindred refol'ms in ,vhic)l tliey '\vere jnterested through tbe colnn1ns
of the Star, using the newspa-per as a vehicle for carrying to the people of Arizona and the
south,vest the rea,1;ons for tl1e roolding of these reforms into th,e la,vs pf the common"•ealths
of the soutll\vest. During Mr. Hughes' term as gov-ei·nor of Arizona, irrs. Hughes had the
editorial and business management of the Star, being the only ,voma.n actively engaged in
the managen1ent ancl control of a da.ily newspaper jn .Arizona.
With all of her active public work Mrs. Hughes has been fu·st' and foremost a. devoted
wife and mother. She ha.(l three childxen: Gertrude, now the ,vife of :Professor Sherman M.
Woodward; John T. Hughes, member of· the state senate; and Josephine, wl10 diecl at the
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age of t,vo yea.rs. The family residence at No. 158 Cou1·t street, ,vhich has been their home
since 1875, is one of the historic landmarks of the, state. There hospitality has always
reigned supreme and no one has intered its doors ,vithout becomin,g cognizant of the air of
cultural progress and uplift. A contempora.1-y ,vriter has said: ".As one of the mother
builders of tl1e state for more than forty yea.rs Mrs. Hughes now rejoices in gathering i n
the sheaves of two generations of seed so,ving ,vhile looking with hope for greater achieve­ments,
and it is to such women _as M1·s. Hugl1es and her co,volke1·s, conscientious, competent
and cheerfully persistent, tliat 4-rJzona o,ves a vast debt of gni.titude, not only because of
their energy of purpose or faithfulness of zeal in so arduous an undertaking for the genera.I
good, but because of t}1e great unconscious in-fluence of their strong and admirable personali­ties,
which could not fail to aid i n n1olding ]Ublic sentinlent in favor of the nobler things
,vhich they sought to accomplish."
HON. GEORGE P. BDLL-1\.RD.
Hon. George P. Bullatd has 1·isen to ,a position -of prominence i n the legal profession
tln:ough the stages of orderly progression ,vhich chai-acterise constantJy developing powers
and acquired ability. He bas been actively identified with the practice of la.w in the
west since 1889 and i n Phoenix since 1894. A native of Portland, Oregon, he was bom
on the 14th of .April, 1869, a son of Lowell J. Bullard, "'ho wa.s born in Framingham,
1\'.[assachusetts.
In his infancy, George P. Bullard was tal;:.en to California, wltere he remained until
his fourth year and after,vard lived in Massachusetts until hvelve years of age. He
pw·sued bis studies in tl1e schools of Fra1ningham until graduated from the high school
and subsequently he spent some time in Chicago, Baltimore, Mo.rylij,nd, and New York city.
Fro1n his varied experiences ·01' liie he gleaned knowledge that l1as been of notable value
to him in judging character ancl interpreting motives. In 1886 he ,vent to Yuma, Arizona,
wl1ere his desire for legal training found gratilca.tion under the able instructio11 of }ljs
uncle, Samuel Purdy, Jr. In 1889 he was acbnitted to practice in the courts of Californja
and at once began the establiab1nent of a success[uJ Jaw practir.e in San Francisco. In the
meantime hls mother bad married C. D. Ralyea, and Mr. Bullard conducted his business
afairs unde1· his step-father's name. He formed a partnership with C . H. l{ing and the
:firm ,von success in the conduct of cases intrusted to thern, becoming well established i:ts
able members of the San Francisco bar. In 1894 Jifr. Bulla1·d returned to Yuma MJd during
the four months of his residence there he received an order fro1n the c·ourt permiitting hhn
to a.ssu_me his father's name. On removing to Phoenix in 1894 he opened an ofice and
ent,e:red upon the ge11eral practice of la,v, in ,vhich Le ,von ahnost immediate success. B'.is
ability ,vas recognized and many important litigated interests were intrusted to l1is care.
It ,va,s soon found that lie prepared his casei ,vith great thoroughness and precision, ·while
in presentation before the couJ"ts lie ,vas logical, forceful and convincing. He served as
deputy under the district attorney for one year ancl in 1900 ,vas elected to the office of city
attorney of Phoenix:, serving until 1904. He was assistant district attorney from 1904 to
1908 and district attorney from 1908 to 1911. Each year he advanced i n public regard as
he gave demonstration of his po,vcr to handle the work of the courts and his promi'uence
was further indicated in his selection as a democratic candidate for atto,·ney general of
Ari;r.ona in 1912, to ,vhich ofice he was elected and ,vltieb he ably filled for three years.
I n June, 1899, .Mr. Dullard was married to Mi$s J.{ate O. Fisk, a daughter of Heni.-y
Brockway Fisk, a native of the atate of New York. Mr. Bullard'li fraternal relatioJJS are
,vitb the Benevolent Protective Order of Elk! and the Woodmen of the Wor1d. He organized
the Maricopa County Automobile Olnb, cor1ceived the idea of an a.ru1ual nuto1nobile race
bet,veen Phoenix and Los Angeles, California, and is actiye in outdoor sports. He is a
1nember of the PJ1oenix Board of Trade, fo'r tb.rcc yea.rs ,vas director of tbe C6uutry Club,
is vice president o.f the State Good Roads .Aasociatiou and is au l1onorai:y 1nember of the
Lincoln M1!morial Associati.!)n. He i s one of the important factors in the u.pbuilding of the
south,vest nnd especially of his adopted state. He stands at a.Jl tiroe,s for progress and
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improvement and his labors are proving eJiectiv.e forces i n dem6nst,ating t0 the world that
the advantages and opportunities of fhe south,ves.t are equal to those found in other sei;tions
of the count1·y.
\VJLLl.AM V. WilTI1.0RE, M. D.
DI'. William V. \Vhitmore, ,vhose broad knowledge of the science of medicine and keeu
appreciation of the responsibilities which rest upon bim have made him· one of the most
capa'ble· ph􀆵􋔮.sicians and sm·geons in Tues0n, ,vas bo1·11 in Sagadahoc county, 1Iaine, April 16,
18'6􀀧􂜬, a son of Tho.mas P. and Esthe:r M. (Given) Whitmore. The fa.t)ler was a native of
Maine and of English ancesfa·y, ,vhile the mother was a native of Long Island and of Scotch­Irish
d.escent. On the pat.e1·nal side the Doctor tr,i,ces his ancestry back to o.ne of thu
May:fo,ver pai;senger􀆶􋘠 He acquired his early education in tl1e public schools of his native
county and in 1885 ,vas graduated from Bates College in Le,viston, Maine. He spent one
year i n the medicaJ clepa)·tment o:f Columbia. University and then entered the medical
department of tl1e University of California, receiving his degi·ee of l1. D. in 1890. He took
a, 0J1e yea'!' hospital- course in the county hospital at Los Angeles, adding the benefits of
practical e;xperience to hls iorler training, and then opened an ofice for the practice of
his profession at Wilmingt0n, nea1· Los Angeles.
AJter a year and a l1alf spent at that place Dr. vVhitmore ci,me to '.Pucson, ,vhere he
has been active in professional ,vork since April, 1892. He bas built up a very large
practice, hi$ extensive patronage con1.i11g to hlm as an e.xpressjon of the t1ust and confidence
1·eposed in ll'im by the general public. He is constantly broadening his knowledge by re:sem:ch
and investigation and keeps in touch ,vith the most advanced thought of his profession
through his member!lh.ip in variou$ n1ed.ical org-a,niza,tions, in all of ,vhich he has ga,ined
positions of distinction. He has been for three terms president of tbe Pima County Medical
Society, is past president of the .Arizo11a State Medical Association and ,vas delegate f1·0111
.Al'izona to the canvention of the American Medical Association held in St. Louis in 1910.
ln addition he has been for seven years a membe1· of tl1e board of state medical ex:aminl}rs.
He is one of the o,v.ners Qf the Rodgers Hospital at '£ucson.
Dr. Whitmore has been t,vice married. On .April 16, 1891, he "'e<lded Miss Lulu W. Hill,
,v.ho pal!sed away leaving one son, William V., Jr. 011 December 31, 1902, the Doctor ,vas
united in marriage to l\!liss Opal Le Ba1·on 1\'.IcGauhey, by ,vbon1 lie has a son, Paul G.
In addition to hi:s professional duties Dr. Whitmore is extremely interested in public
education and has do11e able and beneficial ,vork along that line. He served from ,1891 to
1899 as a member ef the board of regents of the Arizona Uoiversity, appointed by Goyerno1·
M. H. McCord. He w􀆷􋝳s reappointed April 30, 1914, by Governor Hunt and is no,v serving
as treasurer of the board. He is at p1·esent cl1airman of the boa1·d of education of Tteson
and has been a membev of that organization for many years. Beyond this Dr. Whitmore
has never sougbt nor desired public ofice. A constantly increa.sing patro11age 1nakes heavy
.demands upon his time and attention, and bis devotion to the -interests of his patients is
proverbial. He manifests a sense of conscientious obligation in all of liis professional work,
.and the excellent results which have attended his )1,bors are proof oi his a,bility.
HARRY E. vVOOTTON. '
One of the enterprising, p1·ogre$sive and successful youJ\g l>usiness n1en af Bisbee is
Harry E. Wootton, proprietor of a large liardware, plumbing, heating and tinning establish­n1ent.
He ,vas born in St. Paul, Nebraska, December 1, 1881, a son of vVilliam T. a11d
Cassie N. (Etchison) Wootto11, the fo)·mer a native of Elgla';-i.d and the latter of Iowa.
The fathe:r is well kno,vn in railroad ch,cles af 1YfcCook, Nebraska, having been identified
\vitli that line of work for the past t,venty-five years. ·He and his wife, l1a􀆸􋡥e five cltildren:
Jennie E., ,vho married F. E. Whitney, of 1\'!eGook, Nebraska; Harry E., of .this review;
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Nao1ni E., who is chief bookkeeper in the Nebraska l'.elepl1on.e Oon1pally's o:fice at Lincoln;
Carrie 1\fay, who married Alvin C. Roland, of McCook; and Lee R., ,vho lives a t homE:.
Harry E. Wootton acquired his educatio,11 in the ])Ublic schools of Nebraska a,nd before
he \va·s t,venty-t,vo yeru·s of a.ge bnd served an apprenticeship in a railroad tiu shop, ,vhe.re
be reinained for four years. -After he begn11 his independent career he ,vorked at his trade
in various places, but in February, 1905, came to Cochise county, Arizo)la, a,nd located in
Douglas. He has follo,vod his trade in that city and in Courtla.nd and Bisbee fot· the
1>ast seven years b11t has his principal business inte1·ests in the. last na,med place. When Ii􀀃􀍦
first came here he fonned a pai,tnership with. M. '.Nlai:11la11d and they embarked in the
pltuubing and lJeating business, continuing their ass-ociation until i91.2, when !lfr. Wootton
purchased his partner's interest. Since that time he has conducted the enterprise alone and
,tnder his able managen1ent his patronage l1as increased steadily, the ,,oJume of business
done being no"' th1·ee times the OTiginaJ amo,u1t. t[r. V\/ootton is a keen and able business
man, capa.b]e of coping successfully ,vith modern couditions and sta.ni:lards and basing his
succcJ>s upon such dependable. qualities as industry, perse,•erance and deter1nination. Be
has ,vorked earnestly and persistently i11 bttilding up ltis trade to its present size and
well clesei:ves the high place ,v]1ich h e bolds in business ch·cles. E(e o,vus beaide his lia-rdwa.re,
plurubiug a.ncl heating establislunent much valuable residence property in Bisbee iind son1e
profitable ranch property in Sulphur Springs valley.
On Nove111ber 28, 1912, Mr. Wootton ,vas united in marriage ·to i\lf.iss ''iola E. Huddy,
a native of Tomlistone, Arizona, and a daughter of Daniel and ¥ary (Hoar) E:nddy, who
were born iu England. I n t,heir fn1nily ,vere four children: \(iola, E., now Mrs. WoottO'n;
lUbel, ,vbo married Charles Phillips, of Pearce, .A.rizol1a; Gladys, "'ho is attending school;
and Ruth, ,vJ10 is also pursuing lter studies.
:ilir. ,voottou is libe1-al in his political views, voting for 1nen and 1neasures rat11er than
for parties. Re is a devO\lt m4?mber of the Episcopl].l church aiid fraterna1ly has extensive
connectio11s, being a me1)1ber of the Denevole11t Protective o.-aer of Elks, the Knigltts of
Pythias, the lndepeurleut Order of Odd Fello,vs and the Ancient Order -ot United Work,neu.
ile possesses untiring energy a11d his clo!Je applicatio11 to business and his e.xce. llent manage­n1ent
have brought lti111 the suceess which is 11is today.
GEORGE DADBITT.
lt is tbe eu.terprise and charflcter of the individual tl1at enriches the comrnouwealth.
The gro,vth of a ao111n1unity depends upon not so 1nucl1 its rnachiuery of gover1nne11t nor
on the ruen ,vho l1old tire on1ees as upon the eforts of the business men, \vlto recognize and
utilize natural resources antl see the opportunities for business develop1nent. Pro1ui11ent
in t,his conne:etion il George B1ibbitt, ,vbo 1tt a pioneer period in t.l1e clevelopn1ent of Flagsta·ff
cauH• to this state anti has sinee been connected \l•ith 1nercantile and stock-raising interests.
􀉗􅜺:lr. Babbitt \'as boru Octobor 11, 1860, at Pittsfield, Berkshire county, '.Massachuletts,
and ,vith his parents re1novecl to Cincinnati, where lie pursued )1is education iu the Jesuit
College,, Jeaviug that institution at the age of eighteen years. For tln·ee yea.rs thereafter
lie ,vas in the en1ploy of R. C, Dun & Con1pnny and li􀉘􅡴ter secured ii clerkship in the grocery
store of Z. B. CotHn. He then engaged in the grocery business on l1is owu ueeount h1
()Onnection "·ith Jiis l>rothers in Oinci1u1ati, where bo i:emained until 1S87', ,vben the
opportunjties of the soutb,vest provE'd an irresistible at,traction and 1,c 􀉙􅥲rrived i11 Fhtgstatf,
where t,vo of his brothers had pl·ececled hin1.
Duriug tl1e early years of his residence here Mr, Ba!Jbitt joined his financea to those
or his brothers in the couduct of a m1ttle business, but at that veriod, o,ving to conditio11s
wbieh generally existed, the cattle inclust1·y \VlLS not pro-ving profit11ble. .J\.ccordingly
ho tunH:d his attention in other clirertions, beco111ing bookkeeper foi· P. J. Brennan, a
rnt•tchant. and t.hu!I engagocl. until he wiui able to open a snutll store of l1i.s 01,rn. 'l'his ho
afte1·,vard ('OnsoUdated ,vith his hrother David's stoi·e nnd they bought O\lt the establisll­n1cnt
of 1,inu & Cnn1eron. 'fhe business hr1s stet:i-di'ly developed until the firrn has tho
large1t department store in northern .Ari:1;011u if not i11 the state ;i.nd Geoxge Babbitt is
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now g1v1ng ,nuch of l1is attention to the 11utnageroent and oversight of the grocery depart­ment,
which he 4as made most attractive, it being one of the roost p1:ofitable features of
the business. .At the same tilue he is givi11g supervision to his own e.xtensive interests
in the shee-p ihdustry, o,vning several tbollsanu head of sheep, ,vhicb are pastured not far
from Flagstaff. He is !i􀈤􂑥ewise an extensive real-estate o,vner, h9ldi11g important property
interests in both .A1sizo11a a11d California.
O n the 20th of June, 1887, i\{r. Babbitt ,vas united in n1a1-riage to i\fiss Philomena
Wessell, of Cinch111ati, ,vhose father ,vas a luni:ber merchant there. Tlieir children ai·e:
Bertran) H., "'ho is engaged iU- the cattle a,nd sheep business; Marguedte; Herbert, also
dealjns- in \!attle and sl;l.eep; George; and Eunice. All yet reside ,vith theiJ· parents.
T)1e religious faitli of the fai11iJy is that of the Catholic church ancl Mr. 'Babbitt is
conr1ected w\Jh the I{nights of Columbus. He is a very charitable man and tlte poor and
nocdy never appen1 to bim in :vain, for be is co1,til1uaUy exte11diug a helpii;ig hand wherever
11$Sista,11c-e is needed. In 1nanner he is quiet and unassuming, but is regarded a-s one of
the ruost powerful fucto1·s i n deinocratic politics, seeking along legitimate lines 􀈥􂕯o secure
tl\e success of 1,\s party, in the principles of wltich he 1irmly believes. Re ,1tas n111yor of
Flagsta.f and ,va'S the fu·st county treas1u·er follo,ving tlle organi2ation of Coconino county.
He "'as appointed to that offic-e and later ,v,as elected for another tenn. He l1as also been
chairman of the board of county supervisors for four years, ,vas a trustee of the fu·st board
of the reforn􀈦􂘠 school and ,vhen tl1at institution ,vas convei:ted into a normal school continueu . .
as trustee and ha-s been largely instrumental in its management and in the development
oi the school and its ,verk. He takes gre!\t interest in this and devotes n1ulb. time thereto.
Other oficial hono1·s have been offered .bim time aud time again but he prefers not to enter
too deeply into po1itica.l activity, although he recognizes fully tl1e obligations a11d duties
af eitiie.nsbip ancl i n every possible ,vay fw:thers the ,vel[are and upbuild:ing of city ·nud
state. His busiuess interests place him a111ong the most active and pro1ninent residents of
no1·thern _,\rizona and hi.s wo1,k has been an eleu1ent in shaping its history.
JOHN P. CULL.
John P. Cl).11 is one of the prosperous i·eprei;entatives of cornmecial interests in Douglas
i􀈧􂝮nd Courtland. ,vbere for eight years he has owned and operated general 1nercantile stores.
He was. born ju Ca-liiorni.a i.n 1873 and is a sou of S. T. and Miuerva Gttll, to ,vltom there
wete born ele·ven children, ejght still living, om· sllbject bei ng tl1e sixth in order of bi.rtl1.
The early years of John P. Cull ,vere pMsed in Jus native state, ,vhere be acqui1·ed a
com11on school education and subsequently devoted his energies to agri.cu.ltural pul'su.its. In
1897 lie came te Arizona, first locatiug in Wille-ox, ,vhence he later remo'Ved to Bisbee a.nd
there h.e engaged in genera} n1el'cha11dising ,vitb a 􀈨􂡉Ir. Anderson, under the firn1 name of
.Ander1on & Cull, For six years he gave 11.is undhri.ded attention to tlie development of the
b11sine.ss, in "'bieh l1e m·et ,vith a good measure of success. In Janua1·y, 1-908, he disposed
of his interei,t ii1 the esta.bli$l1me.11t and ren1oved to Co1ut.land, ,vhere he purchased a half
block of land in the business district ancl erected thereon five sto1·e roo1ns and a .hotel and
also e.$ta.b1ished the general 1nei:ca11tile store he is still conducting. There are t,vo other
similar conce,i·us in the to'\·n, but as he cn1-ries a large and "'ell assorted stock, is reasonable
in his p1·ices and is most considerate of his custon1ers, be enjoys a large patronage, his
being 011e of tl1e thriving eom,n!rcial enterprises or that vieinity. He i(:I a stockholder in
the \fine.rs & lferchants Bank of Bisbee, and has other financial iltterests in that city. In
1914 l\!r. Cull established his present grocery store iu Douglas, ,vhicb is one of the leading
1stablisluilents of its kin.d there, a.ucl he carries a full and select liue of groceries. He
now niakes his home iJ1 Dougla.s. •
Iu 1904, 1\1!1·. Cull "'as n1arrie,1 to 1\-liss °NCinnie Henninger, a native of I{ansas, ,vho ,vas • reared in California, ,11l1ere she 1·e111oved with her pa,rent.<i in ,early childlloecl. The fan1ily
later settled in Bi.sllee, in ,vhich city her parelts still reside, the father o,vning and operating
a cigar fa .ctory the1•e.
1\·fr. Cull belongs to the l(nigl\ts of Pythias fraternity, in ,vhicll lie has held all of the
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cl1airs, and he is also a. member of the Benevolent. Protective Order of Elks. His allegi1ince
iu n1atters politic he accords to the deurocratic party, considering its policy to be best.
adapted to subserve the highest interests of the majority. The success '\Vhicb bas attended
the efl'orts of Mr. Cull is the result of intelligently 01·gan.ized methodi a,nd well d.efiuerl
pm·pose. He eonaucts his business along progressive lines a:nd is ahvays more than ,vi!lins
to keep abreast of n1odern imp1·ovements. In 1uatters of cith;enship be is public-spirited,
eirtending his inclorsemeut to every ,vorthy euterprise and assisting in promoting all n1ove­merits
the adoptio,11 of ,vhieh he feels ,vjll adva11ce the ,vell be'ign' of the cen1mu'nity at
large and contribute toward tlie moral, intellectua.l or material clevelopment o:f its residents.
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JOHN R. SLAUGRTE􀇟􍽴t.
History is still in the making in the south,vest. vVbile Indian oceu1)1u1cy Qates ba<:k
to a period beyond tl1e kno"•ledge of men and Mexican residence in the territory is aln1ost
of equal antiquity, it bas not been until ,vitbil1 comparatively recent yeaa·s that the Anglo­Saxon
race has invaded this district for the purpose o'f pennanent occupancy. It i s true
that the trail to southern California led across Arizona and that here and there ,vere a
f􀇠􎀬,v settle1·s, but 􀇡􎅡alf a century at l􀇢􎉳st ,vill cover the pe1·iod of actual settlements and de·
velopment along the great lines of agriculture and commerce. 􀇣􎍯o one is mo1·e deserving of
mention a1nong the builders of t]ie state than John H. Slaughter, who has coJ1tested ,vith
the Indians for o􀇤􎑣cupa.ncy of the ricl1 valleys 0£ southern. Arizona and is nUJ11bere<i among­
the first ,vho 11ave given practical demonstration of the possibilities of the state for agri·
c11ltural developn1ent. He is no,v ,veil kno,vn as the proprietor of the Sa,n Bel'l1ardino ranch
of forty thousand acres lying partly in Cochise county. He ,vai,i born on a plantation in
Louisiana and in early childhood accompanied his pareuts on their removal to Texas, a􀇥􎕱quir·
iug his education in Lockhatt, that state. When sixteen years of age he becaJne actively
engag<•d in the cattle and ranch busil1css in Texas, continuing there until 1878.
In the meantime Mr. Slaughter ,va.s marl'ied. It ,vas in 1871 that lie wedded M.jsa
AdeliDe Harris, a native of Texas, and a. daughter of Lesia! and Isabelle Harris, both o(
whom died in the Lone Star state. Of the four children born of that marriage 'hvo died
in infancy and W. J. passed a,vay in 1911 nt the age of thirty-three ye(l.rs, leaving but one
survivor by that marriage, Adeline, the ,vifc of Dr. v\'l'illia.m Arnold Greene, of Donglas, .A1·i·
zona. -The wife and mother passed a,vay in l 878 at Phoenix, Arizona, and t,vo years later
Mr. Slaughter married M.iss Cora V. Rowell, a natjve of Missouri and a daugllter of A. C. antl
Mary Ho,vell, natives of l(entncky a11d :M:issouri respectively, the former being a relatil•1•
of Daniel Boone. They ,vere matricd in Missouri and resided in that state uutil after tho
Ci'vil ,var. During the period of hostilities o,ving to the presenee of the t,vo armies in tbf•
district in ,vhich they lived they lost all of their holdings. In 1865 they removed to 1\fon­tana
,vhere they re1nained for several years and after,vaxd went to Nevada and later to
Ne,v Mexico. ln 1879 they arr'ived in Arizona, settling nea.r Tombstone ,vbere the fathel'
died in 1890. The mother survives and no,v maJ,es ber home ,vith Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter
on the San Bernardi110 ranch. 1\IIrs. Slaughter ,vas one of five ch.ildren of ,vho1n t,vo are
living, her brother being J. A. Ho,vell, of Douglas, Arizona.
It was in the year 1877 that J. H. Slaugbter removed fl'em Te,xas to tl1e territory of
.Arizona. During ltis career in Texas he battled witl1 uncertainties, -t,vice an1asaed a fortune
and twice lost all. The effect of bis adversity ,vas but to b,ring out his strong deterrninil·
tipn and develop bis unconquerable spirit. These qualities have made him in time a p1·01ni­nent
figure in the development of the south,vest. Jn 1877 ,vlien gold was discovere<l in
.Arizona and the name of 'roinbstone becarne eve1·ywhere kno,vn, M1·. S1!1ughter ,vas attracted
to the new country and, believing tbat greater opportunities for wealth existed l1ere drove
his cattle ov-erland to the San Pedro valley, which wa! bis first permanent e&mping grounrl
in .Arizona. One of the princely possessions of the state and the admiration. of all who see
it is the San Bernardino .ranch of which ?i-{r. Slaughter is the proprietor. It is located on
tl1e international line severiteen miles east or' Douglas and contains almqst forty thous1nd
acres lying on both sicles of the line dividing the United States and .?,fei.-i.co. His choice of
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this loca.tlou "ras 1nade after inspecting the, country for a suitable range. Fox about fifieen
yea,rs after loca.ting tboreon tlie sun·ou11ding couJ1try and e·ven· portions of the ranch ,vere
never free fron1 hostile Indians and the utmost vigilance ,vas .necessary to prevent their
up1·ising. l1i:. Slaughter struggled through this period with finn and fearless determination
to hold tlte g1·quud and that lie succeeded is sllo,vn )>y the p.ilsing of tl1e red men and the
building up of one of the most beautiful and attractive districts in the great south,vest.
l'be greater part of the ranch i s valley land w'ith many hundred acres tUlder irxigation fram
numerous artesian wells having an immense tlo,v of water, 1nany of them yielding as high
as four liundred gallons per minute. '!'hie i s one of the greatelt ei.-amples .of irrigation
development in ArizoJ1a,. lfr. Slaughter deserves great credit for ,vhat he has accomplished
in transfor1ning seemingly arid lands into 1·ichly pr.oductive fields. He wa:s the discoverer
of the artesian flo,v,s on his ra􀈊􀩣ch at1d bas so cultivated his property that his fields are now
producing 1-ich and abunda.nt crops of wheat􀈋􀬠 barley, corn and all kinds of vegetables. The
pJace also gives indicat:ion of becoming one o·f the .fauey fruit producing c.enters of Arizona
,u1d Mr. Slaugbter hi!$ already begun the "'Ork of deYelopment along tl1at line. Th:is ma,m­inoth
ranch i s practicaUy er1olosed by fences. lt ,vas once kuo"'P. as an old Spanish land
.grant at:1d wa!l acquire() by Mr. Slaughter in lSSS, since which time practically a'll the im·
proveruents biu•e been 1nado upon it. It is a historic s,pot, l1aving been one of tl1e noted
stations 011 tbe old oYerht.nd 'trail ,vl1i<!h peop1,e traveled to a11d fron1 California before ,he
days of rafu·oa,Sl bru]ding in the south,vest. Since his arrival in Cochise county in. 1877 Mr.
Slaughter has been engaged extensively in the cattle business, h11,ving a magmt),cent range
for his stock and producing ,aome of the finest cattle raised in the southwest. Moreover
his business enterprises have extended in considerablo 1ne,isure to the more i1nportant
couunercial and industrial concerns of Douglas. Rec is st.ill a stockholder i n a number of
its leading a:nterprises and has been largely inst1·umental in advancing the gro,vth and
progress of the city. Re beca1ne one of the owners of tl1e town site of Douglas and is
still a stockho,lder i n tl1e Bank of Douglas ;tnd the First Nationa.J Bank or Tombstone.
There is au interesting military chapter i n the life record of Mr. Slaughter. While
he ,vl),s yet a young wan the Civil wai; broke out and 110 wa.s one of the fi1·st to enlist in the
Con.fede)·ate arn1y. His career as a soldier was cut short by an unlimited furlougli, owing
to a serious illness, but hnmediately upon his recovery he enlisted with the Texas Rangers
and was made a lieuten1,nt. With this r􀈌􀱡a1·kabl􀈍􀴠 company he was aetive during much '
of tl1e service and those who were on duty under hi1u frequently relate stories of his s t i r -
1·ing &X'.peiiences and da1•ing deeds. For some years after co;mmg to Arizona J1e had t o
be continuously alert to suppress tb:e red men who ii 11ot l1eld i n check would have taken
all of his stock. Iu the yeax 188'ij he 1vas escort to the late Generl!.1 Lawton, then a cap·
tain of the U,nited States anny, in the capture of tlte fa1nous Apache, Chief Geronimo who
later su1Tendered on the San Bernardino ranch. Ou various latex occasions ?vir. Slaugl1ter
directed expeditions of the United States troops through southern A,rizona and New Mexjco
:1,s no man better l,."ne\v the lurking places ·of t11e Inilians or better understood their cun­ning,
their haoits and their modes of ,varfa.re. He was also ,vell kno,v:n to the Indian.s and
it wa.s old Geronimo, J1imself, who proclaimed. that no life sl1ould ever ,be taken 011 the
􀈎􀹡an Bernardino ranch. Therefore ,vhlle lives were beifg sac1'ificed on every side by the
Apache c!iief no raid was ever made on M1·. Slaughter's rancb.
Suell experiences have long passed into history, and ,vh,ilc many Indians are still resi­dents
or Arizona they have .i·ecognized tl􀈏􀽥e supl'emacy of the white rnoe and are Jiving peace­n
bly upon tl1eir reservatjous, selling their pottery, blankets and otber wtltes to the white
settlers "'110 are fast taking up permanent abode in the state. l\!f:r. Slaughter ,vas also
r·onnected ,vith the suppress.ing of the rul!il of violence and crinte an101g the ,vhite 1·ace,
i1aviJ:ig been elected sherill' of Cochise i:ounty on the democratic ticket in 1887. He ·sorved
i1l that capac. ity for t,vo terms-ter' m.s wbieb have gone do,vn in the history of Arizona as
reinarkable for the great good accompliab.ed. During his ten years in office be brought to jus­tice
many desperadoes who had been operating over the county and many attempts were made
to entrap Jun1 and take his life but in every case he outgeneraled theJll. 1-ir. Slaugbte1· has
al,vays been solicitous for the ,velfare of Cochise county, has. done mueh for its upbuilding
uud development, has been foremo$t in rid,ding 'the country of outlaws and cattle thieves and
thereby encouraging tlle stock-raising business, and llas ever been ready to assist those upon
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,vhom the hand of adversity has fallen. None grudge him his success because it has been
so ,vol·tb.ily ,von and beca1,1se his life ha-s been of such value and "'orth to the state of bis
adoption. Aside fro1n his service as sheriff of Cocl1 ise county h e served for oue term in
the legislature, being elected by the largest vote cast for any candidate on either ticket.
Such is his personal popularity that he could tu1doubtedly have lia-0. other office bad he
so desired, but he prefers to concentuate his energie·s upon tbe great San Bernardino ranch
and in this connection the value of his service cannot be over-estimated, indicating tJ!early
as it does what may be acco1nplished along agricultural and horticultunil lines ,vheu 1rr1-­gation
transforms the al'id Tegions into product􀇍􌵶ve frelds.
John J. Newell, serving iJ1 an efficient, able and conscientiou .s ,va-y a s <1eputy sherif
of the to,vn o'f N􀇎􌹯o, ,vas born in Ireland in 1874 and is a son of Micl1ael and 􀇏􌼱1nry (Kane)
Ne,vell. The parents came to the United States ,vhen the subject o:f this revie\;v ,vas 011ly
t,vo 1nonths old and settled in Illinois, ,vhere tl1e father farrned ror a nun1ber of years.
He has uo,v retired from active life and he and l1is ,vife l'eside i n West Point, Illillois. 1n
their family ,ve1·e eight chlJdren: Kate, ,vho maJ·ried Joh.n O'Day, of Lafayette,. Colorado;
Pa.trick H .. , a resident of West Point; )i[ary, ·who 1narried Alexander Clan1pitt, of vVest
Point; Ellen, the deceased \\•ife of John Kruger, of Hau1ilto11, Illinois; \Vinnie, ,vho 111arried
John Hughes, of Bisbee, Arizona; 1'I. F., of Stillwell, Illinois; Thon1as '\V., or the sa1ne city;
and John J., of this revie\\•.
John J. Ne,vell gre,v to miinhood upon his father's farm in Illinois, attending the
district schools until l1e ,vas ·t,venty years of age. At that tilne he cirr1e west and settled
in Bisbee, Cochise county, whe.rc be ,vas e111ployed in the s1nelter ,vorks of the Copper Queen
Mining Company. He speut two years t,here und then ca1ne to Naco, ta.king up govern1nent
land u,pon the site ,vhere the to,vn no,v stands.• He ,va.s a;lso conuected for tt􀇐􍁲ree years ,vith
the C(l,nanea Consoli.dated Copper Con1pany as clerk in tbe fo1·\varding ofice, but at the end
of that time gave his entire attention to the develop1 nent of his ranch for a. number of
years. It ,vas, however, later purchased by th􀇑􍄠 to,vr 1 site com1>any and laid ont into tbe
to,vn of Naco. liir. New·ell then abandoned farmi.ng and tu rued l1is !l,ttentign to business
pursuits. He ha.s l1eld public ofice in the city for severa.l yea.rs, h􀇒􍉶ving been elected to,v:n
111a1·shal a11d being afterward appointed deputy. s).leriff. He still l1olds the latter pos· ition
ancl lias 111ade a very creditable official record, displayi1)g ·tbe utmost iidelity and con­sci11ntiousness
in the discharge of his du.ties.
i1:r. Newell ,vas married in 1901 to Miss Jern1ie C11rtis, a native of Uta,h and a daugh.ter
of H. A. and Martha (\v'hiternan) Curtis, ,vho ,vent to Utah i1l th.,e early days, joining
the ?.formou colony tltere. :i\lir. and 􀇓􍍬lrs. Newell havo three clti1dren: Thoma.s, Jack and
Cbitr1ottc.
Mr. Ne"'ell gives his allegiance to the democratic party and is one of the leaders in
the local organization, being a 1ue1nbel' of the clentocratic central com1nittee. His ira,te􀇔􍑮nal
connections are ,vith the Benevolent P1·otectiYe Order of Elks. He is well kno,,•n in Naco,
"'here he l1i.s resided since the foWJdation of the city and where be has 1.>ee11 nn active fo{<:e
in develop1.nent 'for n1any years. Re is respected in business circles as a 1uan of t􀇕􍕰pl'ight
aud straightforward principles and is honored also as 1111 able oficial.
JUDGE ERNEST W. LEWIS.
Ernest W . Le,vis served as one, of the judges of the supreme cou,1-t of Al·izona, uncler
appojntment of President Taft, and is no\v engaged in the practice of la,v in Phoenix,
bei11g 1·ecognizcd as one of the leadjng representatives of the AlizGna bar. Throughout
his life he has been connected ,vith the p1·ofessi.on ,vh ich has al"rays been 1·ecognlzed as
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munity a.nd one which has Joug been considered a s conserving publie \velfare by h1rthering
the ends of justice and mailrtaining individual rights.
Judge Lev,is is a un,tive of .(ndia.na county, Pennsylva11ia, his birth having there
occurred on th.e 27th oi Decembei;, 1875. His pa.rents were George R. and Nancy (Ma,cLane)
Le,vis, v,ho were also natives of the J{.eystolle state, but in tlie eaTly '80s they removetl
westward, becoming residents o:f St. Paul, :h!linnesota.
Judge LEnvis ,vas but a little lad \•hen the family ,vent to St. Paul, and in the schools
of tha't eity he pursue(l h i s education until gra.duated froni the high school. He after,vard
had the beneJlt of irlstruction in the University of :tvlinnesota, in ,vh, ich he prepare.cl for tlte
biir ancl was aclmitted to practice in ,\1·izona iu 1900. He has since been an active member
oi the profession in this state. No drea r y -novitiate a,vaited him not,vithstltnding the fact
th.at advaincement at the bar is proverbially s'low. Re rapidly ,vorked his ,vay up"•ard, his
s,tcccss being the result of his careful training and the painstaking ancl COllScientious ma1, 1:ner
111 \\•hicli he prepa1:ed his cases. His ability 1vas recognized in presidential appointment on
the 15th of .May, 1909, ,vheu :President Taft named him as associate justice of the supreme
court o;f · Arizo11a, i n ,;vhich capacity he reni(lined ·upon the· bench until the admission of
the 􀈕􁕴tate into the Union. .!;.is decisions indicate strong mentality, careful ana.Jysis, a
thorough knowledge of the la,v a.nd an unbiased j11clg1ne11t. The ju.dge, on the be.ueh fails
more frequently, -pethaps, from a defieiency in that broadmindedness ,vhich comprehends
the details of a situation quickly and that insures a con,plete self-coutr-ol unde􀈖􁘠 even tl1e
most exasperating conditions, than from any other cn,use; a1xd the judge ,vho niake.s his
succes! in the cliscb,arge of his multitudiuO\IS duties is a man of ,vell-1·ounded cha1·acter,
finely bal!tnced in intellect a.nd of splendid intellectual attaiilments. Tb1,t Jl,ldge Le,vis is
tegarded as such a judst is a tlllifoi·1nly accepted fact. Tlie reS'pect entertained :for him is
j.uclicatecl in the fact that prior to his service upon the bench upon the advice of the supren1e
cou1·t the governor ap,1>oi11ted hin1 to edit the Arizona legal reports and all the volumes from
No. 2 to No. 10 are his work. lie is now practicing in partnership with 'rhomas Armstrong,
J1·., under the style of .A.r1ustrong & Lewis, this being one of the prominent legtil fun1s of
A.ril/.ona.
Ou the 1'7th of February, 1902, Judge Le,vis ;vas united in Jnarr.iage to Miss Ethel May
Orme, of Phoenix, and they l1ave three children, 01·me, Sylvia MacLane alld llobel't Porter.
Judge Le·wis is a n1e)lber of th.e Masonic fraternity, con1rectea ,vi:th the blue lodge, chapter,
co[lJ.l1andery aud the Mystic Shrine. E:e and his fauli1y attend St. John's Episcopal church
and are pro,ninent in the social e:i:roles of the city, the hospitality of the best homes being
freely accerded the1n. Judge Le,vis has ,visely used the time and taleuts ,vith ,vbich nature
endo,ved 'him, ,vith the reStLlt that his advancen1ent h.a-s been continuous and he is publicly
segarded as the peer of .A.rizo.ni\'s .a,b'lest legi'>ts and jurjsts.
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GEORGE P. S.ilil'SON, M. D.
D .. George P. Sa.mpson, discharging his professional duties ,vith a sense of conscientious
obliga.tion because of his thorough -understanding of the responsibilities wh,ich devolve upon
hin1 as a 1ihysician aud !U.,!'geon, ltas ,von for himself a foremost place in the ranl!:.s of the
medical fraternity i n his section of Arizona. He has practieed successfully in ,vinslo,v
sh1ce 1°899, and the public has attested its faith in ltis skill and 1.bili.ty b y according him a
lit)eral patronage.
The Doctor was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1854, and acquit·ed his early education in
the J?Ublic schools of his natj.ve province. Having deter1nined to stu.dy medicine, lie. entered
the medical department of the University of Cincinnati and ,va.s graduated with the degree
of M . .D. in 1880, after ,vbich he spent three years as an ann: y su1•geon in Wyo·millg. At the
end of that time he came to .Ari,zona as physicj.an for tbe Navajo Indians and then engaged
in priva,te practice in Colorado for some time, retttrning to Arizona, in 1899 and settling
in Will$.low, where he has since resided. He has gained recognition as one of the able and
succes1:;ful physicians and sur􀈗􁝥eons there and by his labors', his high professional n,ttn,in­ments
and his sterling characteristic.'> has justified the respect and confidence in which he
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is held by the medical fraternity and tlte locru public. He is a 1nen1ber of the Railw.ay
Hospital Association and consulti11g Stu·geon for the Saitta Fe Railroad. He is also a m-ember
of the .American Medical Association and the Arizona State Medical SociQty. He has been
ve􀇟􍽹y active along lines of public service, deing all in his power to promote t'}.1e developmaut
llld gro,vth of the city in ,vhich he i:e.sides, and as superintendent of the county board of
11ealth did practical, farsighted and beneficiitl ,,,ork for a number of years.
In 1880 Dr. Sampson was united in xnatTiage to M.iss Nellie Cofin, of Leavenworth,
l.:nnsas, and they have become the parents of t,vo sons. Fraternally Dr. Sampson is
afiliated with the Benevolent P1'0tect,ive Order of Elks and his political allegiance is given
to the democratic party. He ,v1s instrumental in getting the high-school built and opened
in Winslow in 1910. TJ1e cause o[ prohibition has founcl in him a 1nost active ,vo,rker, his
being one of the few· counties in .Ari7,0na to go clry, and be served as chail'man of the centra,l
county comn1ittee 0f his party. E:e has ahvays taken a very 1)roruincnt vurt in politics and
never ,vithholds bis support from any enterprise ,YJ1icb he believes will pi;ove of public
benefit. He keeps in touch with the most ad,·ance<l thought of his professio11, continually
broadening his knowledge througli iilclividual research and investigation until his a.b,ility
places hiln in the foremo.st ra1lks of the 111edical fraternity in Winslo,v. He enjoys a large
patronage, is I progressive citizen and one "'hose position in the co111munity i s enviable,
. us the expressio11 of public opinion regn.rding ltin, is altogether favorable.
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CH.AJ3;LES .AL'1'0N OVERLOCK,
Ai·izona o,vcs to Charles Alton Overlock the foundation, organization and business and
Q.i,·ic development of 0110 city, many years of la.bor in the advancement of iroportap.t busi·
ncss enterprises tlu·oughout tl1e state and from 1909 to 1914 able and conspicuously eJficie,1t
eervice in the ofice of United S.ta.tes marshal. A spirit of enteJ·prise and initiative ha.'3
marked his activities during the thirty-four years of his residence in Ari'1,ona, and he is
a man '"hose ,vorth as a citizen and as a.n ofi.cial is widely and gratefully acknowledged.
1'.fr. Overlock ,vas born Septen,ber 26, 1859, in Bango1·, Maine, a.)1.d acquired his educlil>·
tion in the publie schools of that city. In 1817, at tl1e age of eighteen, he ,vent to Boston
aud there leiu·ned the carpenter's trade, ,vl1ich he followed in that city for fou1· years,
going to Portland, Oregon, in 1881. He ,vorked at his trade there fo1· one year, coining to
Arizona. in 1882 a.lid cugaging in carpentering in Tombstone. In 1883 he abandoned this
occupation in favor of the cattle business, running his stock on a. range in the Sulphur
:ipring valley, twenty-five 1niles southeast of Tombstone. In 1892 he established himself
in tl1e retail butcher business, conducting a la1,ge enterprise, ,vhich in 1896 he sold. He
then went to Bisbee and there rems.med until 1900, ,vhen he disposed of all J1is business
interests and located the town site of Douglas, building tbe fir.st house and deYeloping the
first water in the community. .Afte1· t11e preliminary work was completed he turned his
attention to the advancement of commercial, industrial and general business interests in tl,e
city, he himself organizing in 1901 the Douglas Lu1nber Company and co11ducting it fl.long
lines o f progress and expansion for a number of years. It was a.bout this time that lie al130
secured a postofice for Douglas, becoming tl1e ftrst postmaster, and after the il1corporation
of the city was made n1ayor. It is seldom tJiat any community o,ves so 1n1tch to the brains,
energy and aggressiveness of a single individual, for Mr. Overlock literally founded the
town and forced its progress along material, educational and political lines. Jn 1907 he dis·
posed of the business conducted under tbe name of the Douglas Lumber Compiuy and ,,vith
hls son Harry 13tarted a real-estate and brokerage enterprise, wl1ich by his business ability
and well directed efforts he made a prosperous and profitable concern. In 1909 Mr. Over­lock
left the city which be organized, having been appointed by President Taft United
States marshal for the territory of .Arizona, ·with residence in Tucson. vVhen the te1·ritory
was admitted to the Union in 1912 the fede;ral oficio.le serving as United States marshal
and United States attorney had to be reappointed, but M;r. Overlock received no opposi­tion.
His Inst appointment dates from May 1, l912, and he served until J!'ebrual'y, 1914,
,uscbarging l1is duties tbly and to the general satisfaction .
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.A revie,v of !Y!r. Overloek's career would be incomplete without mention of his close
connection ,vith mining inte1·ests in the state and the work he has done in the promotion
of this imp.ort'ant industry in Arizona. He has b􀆛􉭥en identified with mining for t,venty
years and has been connected during that time with some valuable enterprises, holding very
rlch mining property· at the present time. He is ptesident of the/Progressive Mining Com·
pany, operating in the Ono Blanco district, a.nd about 1901 sold a mine ,vhicb he o'Wned in
Bisbee for eig,btY- thousand do11ars. This, however, does not complete the list of hil busi­ness
interests, for journalism in Arizola c. o.nuts him among her prominent representatives:
He ,v-as one of the organizers of the Bisbee Review, a daily paper, and one of the founders
of the Tucson Citizen,. in which he is still interested as a stockholder. In 1915 he erected
at the conrer of Fif• teenth street and G avenue in Douglas a b11siness block in which he
and his son Lowell &re now engaged in the grocery and feed business. All of his business
intirests are capably conducted, for M,:: Overlock possesses the true organizing and initia­tive
power, a faculty for coordinating forces and a determination which carries forward to
suecessful completion whatever he undertakes. Southern Arizona has profited a.Joug many
lines b y his able wo.rk and numbers him today among the greatest of the promoters of her
n1ore advanced civilization.
At Tomb,stone, Arizona, February 21, 1885, Mr. Ovei-loek married Miss Anna Driscoll
and to them ,vere born three 1;1ons. Harry E. married Miss Nellie Farrell, of Harsl1a.\v,
A:rizona1 and is now in the United Sta'.tes customs serYice at Douglas. Alten· Jif .. is a mer­chant
of Douglas. Lowell W. attended Cornell Univer􀆜􉱩ity and is no,v enga.ged in the
grocery and feed business with his father at Dougias.
Mr. Overlock is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner and also belongs to the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, having many friends in fraternal and social circles
tbroughout the city. In an analyzation 9f his career it ,vill be seen that hard work and
persistency 0£ purpose have been salient features in his career and form the basis of his
present success. He is a typical man of the age-alert and enterprising and with marked
fertility of resource-and he is leaving the impress of .his individuality upon the history
of Arizona's gro,vth and imp1·ovement.
R, R. BAILEY.
R. R. Ba-iley is one. of the well known and prominent real-estate and investment
men of Phoenix. He ,vas born iu Herman, Nebraska, in 1882, and after acquiring a. public
school education enteFed the Uliivet·sity of Wisconsin, from ,vhich he ,vas graduated. H􀆝􉴠
then turned his attention t o real-estate inter.eats in connection with the Lund Land Com­pany
of M.i:nnea1ielis, ,vith whjch he remained for five years. He was afterward on the corn
exchange in 1l'Iinneapolis for one year, and rlnring his operation in the real-estate field before
coming to Arizona he handled Mexican lands on an extensive scale. In i\iarch, 1912, the
Roosevelt Irrigated Land Company was organized ,vith i\{r. B.iiley as the president and
:S:. '£. Weldo;n as secreta1:y and trea.surer. They conducted a general land and real-esta,te
business, specializing in handling farm and fruit lands. Prior to the organization of the
present co1npa11y the firm of .Bailey & 􀆞􉹲reJdon handled tl1e Chandler lands il'l tl1e Sa.It River
'(Talley: In one year the Roosevelt Irrigated Land Company bal sold property to the value
ef about t·wo million dollars. The-y liad agents all over the United Stat.es, l)eing represented
by bet,􀆟􉽥een forty and fifty 1nen, 1vith t,vo hundred subagents. In this ,va.y the property
wa:1 introduced to the public j,n all sections of the country, the interests, the resourees and
the p<!Ssibilities of .Arizona, and especially of the Salt River valley, being exploited and the
development of the state being gr􀆠􊁴tly enhanced thereby. In 1913 the Roo.sevelt Irrigated
Land Company ,v-as absorbed by tbe .Arizona Securities & Investn1e.nt Compa11y, -.vhich ,vas
Grga.nized in 1913, aud of which Mr. Bailey was one of the oficers a.nd general manager
u􀆡􊅴til January, 1915. He still continues in tbe general 1·e.al-estate and investment business
and he also improves raw land for sale. He likewis·e owus ranch preperty ,vhich he is
develpp:ing, no,v farming abottt sev􀆢􊉮nteen hu1)dred acres.
In Toledo, Ohio, M r . Bailey ,vas united in ui,rri.1ge to i){iss Nell Alice Causey. He
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belongs to the Benevolent Pr·otective Order of Elks and is a man of soei1l, genial nature
who· gains friends ,vherever he goes. His extensive ope1·ations io real estate have Til,lde lum
widely lo-10,vn in various sections of the country, e·specially thJ'oughout the ,vest, and he
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COLONEL EPES RANDOLPH.
The f0Uo,1•ing short r<istun<i ot the professional career of Colonel Epes Randolph is
published in this, the history of e·vents and of the inen ,vho have 1nade the events :in
A.1·izona, fron1 1540 to 1915, ·without 1nonetary remunerati-011 ,vhatsoever. The records of
n1en and ,vonu: 1n appe-ari.ng herein are of those, each of ,vho1n is or has been an integral part
of the history of Arizona and necessarily sl1otild appear iu OTder to 1nak:e a complete histoxy.
Colonel Randolph ·,vas born in Lunenburg county, Virginia, and is a son of vVillian1
Eston and Sarah L1􀇢􎉶vinia ('Epes) Bandolph, both natives of that state, the fa;ther born i11
ClaTke county and the mother in Lunenburg county. Colonel Randolph began his con­nection
,vith .railroading in 1876 aud had various identifications throughout the south until
1885, ,vorking i n the interests of tl1e Alaban1a Great Southern, tlte Chesapeake, Ohio & Souih­,
vestern and the: Kentucky Central Railways, his field of opetation embTaci.ng the states of
J{eutucky, Tennessee, .Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and 'fex.as and parts of the republic
o.f 1'.[exjco. He served as assisto,nt, locating, resident a11d division engineer .
In 1885 Colonel Randolph ,vas appointed chief engineer of the Kentucky Central Rail­ro1td,
,vith he1tclquarters at Covington, Itentueky, and he. served Rt the san1e tune as chief
engineeT of the Cincinnati Elevated l􀇣􎍡aihvn.y, Transfer & Bridge Con1pany. Fox the latte1·
con_cc1·n he eonstnicted a double tntck railway, bigh"•ay and foot,va.y bridge, ,vith elevated
approaches, across the Ohio river, connecting the to,v11 of Co,1ington ,vitl1 t!te city o.f
Cincillllati, a.nd as an etnploye of the l(entucky Centrul he had c,barge of all maintenance,
construction and reconstruction work. Ear1y i n the year 1890, the Ohio river bridge having
been sucess{ully con1pleted aud the Kentucky Central road sold to the Louisville & Nashville
Co111pany, Colonel llandolph ,vas transferred to Lexi. ngton and made cliief eugineer a11d
superintendent of the Ne,vport Ne,vs & i\{issjssippi Valley Company, the Ohio & Big Sa.ndy /
Railroad Company and the Kentucky & Soutlt Atlantic RaUi:oad Co1n,pa11y, all Huntington
properties. He served these rail,vays until the summer. of 1891, ,vhen he ,vas sent to
Louisville and inade chief engineer and general superintendent of tlte Chesapeake, Ohio &
Southwestern and the Ohio Valley Rail,vay Con1panies, these also being Huntington proper­ties.
He remained in this ofice until about the n1icldle of the year 1894 and wa!l- then co111-
J)clled to resign on account of ill health. Re spent one year .afteJ·,vard. iri the ,vest, doing
no work of any kind ,vith the e¼ception of giving p.r-0fessional advice to such con1panies as
he ,vas then serving as co11sult'ing engi11eer.
In addition to Uie rail.way c-0nnections above outrlined, Colonel Jlando.lph eng,aged in
6cneral practice as a consulting engineer front l 885 to l 895, serving in that capacity various
raihvay companies a-11d municipalities. His ,vork at this ti,ne ,vtis chi􀇤􎑦fly bridge consttuc­
􀇥􎕩ion, foundation and superstructure, and an1ong other engineering projects of in1portance
be designed and supervised the cor,struction and erection of a bridge across the Oliio river,
connecting LouisvHle, Kentucky, "'ith Jeffersonville, Indiana. The compnny ,vhicl\ Jind
charge of the operations ,vas a local one, kno,vn as the Ea/lt End lmproveu1e11t Con1pai􀇦􎙹y,
bltt tho bi·idge upon its completion ,vns sold to the Chesapeake & Ol1io ilnd the Bi􀇧􎜠 Fou,.
Railroad Companies. In August, 1895, iV{r. :Randolph returneli to railway ,vork as superin­tendent
for the Soutliern Pacific Co1npany, with charge of􀇨􎡡all of its liu.es in Arizona a11d
Ne,v Mexico and with headquarters at 1'ucson. He held t'his important position until
August, J.901, ,vhcn he re1noved to Los Angeles, California, to accept the position of vice
president and general manager of the Los -i\l)gele.s Ra-il,vay Con,pany and the Pacific Electric
Raih1ri􀇩􎥹y Company. :Fle remainecl there three years, locating, bliilding and operatiug durilig
tl1at tin1e so1ne seven hundred miles of electric lines.
In the fall of 19()4 Colonel Randolph returned to 'fucaon as president of the Gila Valley,
Globe & Northern Ruihvay Co1npany ancl also of the Maricopa & Phoenix and S.alt River
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Valley Railroad Company, in .Arizona.. He accepted the sa1ue position also in the Cnnanea,
Yaqui River & Pacific Raib·oad Company, in Mexico, all of these G'Oncerns being Rarrhnan
properties. Iu June, 1909, the Ql.nanea, Yaqui River & Pacific ,vas abso1·bed by the Soutl1ern
l'acific Railxoad Cornpany- of i\l!exico itnd Colonel Randolph ,vas 111ade vice presitlent and
general 1nanager. In February, 1910, the Gila, Valley, Globe &; Northern Raih1•ay Go1npa11y
and the, Mari<iopa & Phoe11ix aud tire Salt Rivel' Valley Railroad Con,p\lny were n1erged into
oue c0ucern1 under the uan1e of the Arizona Eastern Railroad Co1npany, with the Colonel_
as vice pres􀊘􉡤dent and .general manage!' of this lihe aiso. In October, 1911, lie ,vas elected
presid.ent ot both eoJnpanies, positions ·which lie still ltolcls. Re is also jntereste.cl i), the
Consolioated Natio.J1al Ba1,1k of Tucsol1 and iri J.905 ,v11,; elected president of the Califoruia
Develop1i1ent ConipaJ'ly, centrolling a large irrigation project in the Colorado desert in the
state of California, and in Lo,ver California il1 the r-epublic of Mexico. T:,e concern now
irrigates so1ne three hundred and fifty thousand acre􀊙􉤠 of Janel a:nd ,vhen a1. 1 of its. "'erk is
001npleted will l1ave six ln:indred thousa,nd acres under ·irrigation. The handli11g of this
vast enterprise iJ1vol ved tl1e closing of a crevasse ancl the turning of the "'aters of the
Colo1·a.do river b1-ck into their origi11al chru:u1eJ after they had !lowed into Salton Sink for
t\vo years and created there a lake forty 1niles in length by fifteen 1niles in ,vidtli, -with a
ma􀊚􉩩iq1,nm depth of one hunclred feet. The Colo.ra.do river at the poiut of the crevasse is
oue hundred and t,venty feet nbove sea level; the botto111 of Salton basin t1vo l1undrcd and
eighty-five feet belo,v sea level. Colonel Randolph still l1olds the ofice of president of the
California Development Con1pany.
In January, 1886, ,vhile a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, Colonel Randolph ,1·a.s united
in tll!\-rriage to Miss Eleanor Taylor, of Winchester, Kentucky. His. ,vork has been i1uportant
in the liisto·ry of .ATizo,na's advancen1ent and growth, for it l1as closely toucbecl those projects
and enterprises upon which the stability of the com1uon,1reiilth rests to a great extent.
JUDGE A. C. BAR-ER.
Judge .I),.. C. Baker, ex-chief justice of tlie sup1·e1ne cottrt. of .Arizona and now su'clcess·
fully engaged in the prii'ate practice of la'" h1 Phoenix, with his son as a p!trtner, ,vas
born Feb1·ua,ry 15, 1845, in Girard, Russell county, A.labam,1. His. father, the Hon. Bcnja1uin
H. Baker, ,vho ,vas a lieutenant qolonel of the Sixth Alaba1na Rifles during tl10 Cil'il ,vaT,
died ;in J.864. Jn the pdvate schools of the south, Judge Baker pursued his c<lncation and
􀊛􉭵up1>len1ented his litera.ty traini11g by preparittiou for the bar, l>eiug ad1nittcd to practice
at 'l'uskegee, Ahib(in,a, in 1868. He openea au o, fice at Crawford, that state, ,vhcre ]10
1·e1nained for three years and then rcn1oved to the Pacific coast, settling at S;,111 Diego, Cali­foTnia,
,Yh.e1·e be continue(l hi,; professional 11ctivities until 187(1. The foJIG,viJ1g year v1as
spe11t in J􀊜􉱯os Angeles, atte1· ,vhich he resided in San li'rancisco for tl1ree yeaJ·s.
Since 1879 he bas been nurnbered among tho leading citize11s of PJ1oenix and has ever
1uaintained a fo􀊝􉶷·emost -position as. a rei:h·esentatiYe of the legal profession in the ett]lital
city. Re -practiced alone for sevenil ye:irs, enjoying a conatantly increasing clientage and
the11 iJ1 1887 became senior p􀊞􉹲rtuer of the finn of Boker and Bennett. A J:n·ie general
pxaetico ,vas: soon establii,hed, connec_ting hhn ,vith n1t1ch of the importa.ut litigation helfl
in the courts. In the T11eantir11e, fro1n 1882 until 1884, ,Tudge Raker ha.cl served as (jistrict
1\tto1·ney and for fom· years ,v:as city attorney, ,vhile for a like pe1·iod h e ,vas assistant
United St-ates attorney, His f1une !I$ an 11ble h1.1vyer $pread, a11d in 1893 President Cleve­land
appointed him chief justice o'f the supreme court of Arizona. He proved himself the
J?Cer o-f the abl.e me11bers ,vho have sat upon tlte bench of the court of last resort in tbis
state. 'flie successful lawyer aJlCl the cou1petent jnclge must be. a mitn of ,,,ell balanced
intellect, th1>roug.hly fa.mi liar ,vjth th .e la\v aJ1d practice, of con11)J·ehensive general· i11 forn1a­tion,
possessed of an a,nalyticuJ. mind anll a self-coutrol tha.t ,vill enable hin1 to JosP his
indi vi;ilt1allty, his personal feelings, his prejudices an, d his peculiarities of disposition in the
dignity, hnpartiality and equity of the office to whicl1 life, property, right and lil>ertr 111ust
look for protection. Possessing these qualities, J'uclge Baker j:ustly 111eri\ed the J1igh hono1·
,vl1ic)1 was C.Ollferred upon hiln by his ele1'lltion to the supre1ne court. Since his rctiren1ent
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from the bench he has given l1is attention to the private practice of hnv a,nd has admitted
his son to ii partnership.
In Yinna, Arizona, Judge Baker ma,rriea :hi[iss Mary Jesus Alex:an,der, a i:laughte,r of
H. N. Ale."1'.ander, attoi-ney for the Southern Pacific 1·ailroad. The children of this marriage
a1·e Mary, Alexander and Robert. Judge Baker's aiJpointment under the democratic admin­istration
indicates his political preference. His gen􀇸􏡡al disposition and social q􀇹􏥡alities have
macle him popular, and, pFofessionally a.ud personally pro.minent, he ranks ,vith the di$­tinguished
1nen of the state wh.o have given t o the citizenship of Arizona its high standard,
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ALEN DOYLE.
One of the ,vell known resdents of Flagstaff is Allen Doylti, a pioneer settler of' the
state ,vho penetrated into this region when the various forts ,vere ma1u1ed by state soldiers
,vho ,vere forced to protect American interests fJ·on1 the depredations and hostility of the
red men. He ha-s kno\'ll every phase of frontier life a.nd is still today connected with
the wilder parts of the country in that he is acting as guide to tourists ,v110 desire to visit
the broad open plains and the vat·ious beauty spots which are nature's handiwork i n the
southwest.
Mr. Doyle ,vas born in Detroit, Michigan, in 150, and was only five years of age "'hen
left an orpban. There were t,vo sons in the family, his brother being no,v deceased, ·while
the three daughters are living. Upon the death of his parents Allen Doyle ,vent to Cleve­land
to live ,vitb an uncle, ,vho i n tu1•n sent him to a family by tbe name of Sidley, living
on a fann about forty miles from Cleveland. His educational opportunities ,vere exceedingly
limited, for his services were demanded in various kinds of ,vork. He re1uained ,vith the
Sidley f1.mily until he reached the age of seventeen yeai:s, "'hen. he started west,vard,
traveling by ,vay of Chicago to C.Ouncil Blufs, Iowa, ,vhich was then the railroad ter1ninus.
He ,vas tJ·ansfcrred to Omaha by the Wells-Fargo six-horse team ferry across the MissouTi
river. He eventually reacl1ed North Phitte, Nebraska, ,1•l1ere ended the Union Pacific R'ai1°
road. He entered the employ o·r Casemnn Brothers, who had a raill'oad contract a,1d did
teaming for them until the road ,vns co1npleted in May, 1869. He aftcr,vard ,vent to
Cheyellne, Wyoming, by ,vago11 l-tain, and in July of the same year started for Arizona,
traveling by stage to Denver, Colorado, where lie and his companions -,vere info1·n:1ed that
tl1e lndinns ,vere very hostile in the regien bet,veen Denver and Santa Fe, and that the
conternplatecl trip across the country "-'Ould be impossible.
Because or this iufor1nation M·r. Doyle returned to Cheyenne, ,vh.e1:e he ente1;ed the
e1nploy of J. \V. lllil!, tben kno,vn as the cattle king of the northwest. Re continued in
thiit connection. until 1870, when he a.gain started south, largely ear11il)g hi1;1 living l:ly
l1unting bufalo and selling the liides. Jn company ,vith four others he started out with
horses and ,vagons but later traded the horses £or one yoke of oxen at l,as Animus, Colo­raoo,
a11d in Trinidad bought another yoke of oxen, ,vhich in Santa J?c ,vere tl'aded for ...­burros.
At that place the travelers ,vere ,varned to proceed only by night, as the Mexicans
on tlle border "'ere in the l1abit of ltilling and plundering everybody and then laying tlte
blame on the Indians. The trjp ,vas a very hard one froI;l Rio Grande to Camp Verde, a
distance of fo􀇺􏨱1r hundred tniles, during whicl1 they never sa,v n ,vhite man. When they
arrived at Ca1np Verde they w·ere out of provisions and Mr. Doyle ,vent t o the comu1ander
of U1e fort who ,voulcl hardly believe that a party of five tnen had been able to trn.vel
tl1rough thal. dangerous country ,v)ihout bci11g 1uoleated l>y lndiana unt"iJ lie learned that
they had travcle.rl 1nostly by nigl1t. In those days the troops ,vere brought in fro1u the
, Pacillc coai.t to the <lift'erent forts. They ,vere shipped by ocean steamers to the 1noutl1 of
the Colorn.do river and there transferred to river boats a11d landed at Fort Y111na and
Ehrenberg, .Arizona. They thc>n 111urcl1ecl nc1·oss the del'!ert to the -different forts in tbe
interior. Tl1ey "'ei·e given five daya' ri1tions fron1 the con11nan<ler of the fort, after which
tht-y proceeded to Fort ,vhipple nnd later to their destination-l'resc:ott.
l n :Prescott Mr. Doyle wns e1nploycd as a miner in the War Eagle 1uine o,vned by
Jacks.on Brothe1·s but later left that position to engage jn teanting ,vith p,i-ek trains ancl
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eventually he, turned bis attention to the cattle business. He drove thl'ee hundred head of
cattle from Prescott to the 1uountl1ins south of Flagstaf, \vbere he arrived al>out 1881.
Eventua)]y he disposed of his cattle and of late years has become k:110,vn as one of the
most reliabie guides of the south,veat, tak/ng tourists on extended trips through the ,vild
country surrounding ll'lagsta.lf and the Gra11d Canyon. It is a most beautif:ul, pieturesque
country from the old Jiomes of the prellistoric cliff d,vellers to the various points of the
desert and other most interesting .sections. of the south\vest.
In 187e Mr. Doyle was marri􀇑􍅤d to Mjss Sarah .Allen of Prescott, her father, John AlJen,
havin,g b.een a r,ancher of Nebraska and of Kansas. Three childJ:en have been born of this
1nar1·iage: Burton, -·who is employed by the Flagstaf Lumber C<nnpany; Lee, ,vho is ,vith
the fl.rm of Babbitt Brothers; and Lena, at home.
The family are members of the Presbytel'ian chul'ch, and Mr. Doyle gives h:is political
allegiance te the republican party. He and bis family occupy an attractive home and it
is most .hospitable. As one of the early pionee􀇒􍊷·s of the state he is largely familiar with its
J1 istory. He is acquainted ,vith every phase of J.udian life and the life of the ranchman,
together with the settJement of the fl'ontier and has lived to se.e a wo,nd.erful development
tlu·oughout th:is section of the country. He is extremely modest but when he can be
frevailed upon to talk hiluself, he relates mo.st interesting incide11ts of the early days
and af e-i.:peri􀇓􍍥es which form the preliminary chapte1·s of Arizona's history. l One of Mr. Do_yle's most trying experience.a happened when ·he ,vas a teamster in tl1e
employ of C8$eman Brothers. .A.t that time tltere ,vas 110 la,v in the country and the men
often took the la,v · into their o,vn l1and.s, as -the following will sho\v. One of the team­sters,
after ha\ting visit(}d the loeal ,vhiskey tent too often, l,mu.sed himself by shooting
iit the others to see ,ho,v close be could sloot without hitting tltem. Wlti.le he did not kill
anyone, the others, who ,vere one hundred in number, decided to hang him. As there ,vere
no trees on the desert, tl1ey raised the tongue. o.f a ,vagon, and having ovel'p0-,vered the
man, told lrim ·what they .intended to do. He immediately sobered up and tried to pe1·­suade
t.hem that, having killed nobody, the punishment was too severe. His pleadiT1gs,
ho"•ever, were not heeded by the 1nob, but be.fore they could accomplish the baug;i11g one
big teamster drew both his .guns and, standing by the eide of the doomed man, told the
n1ob that he "'ould oppos.e the ha,nging ,vith his life. Gradually t,velvc others came to
his assistancE\J including Ml'. Doyle, and they finally persuaded the others to let the man
go, providing he left camp and never returned. To accomplish this in the face of one
hundred enr0iged men took nerve and coolness.
CHARLES 0.AKMAN ELLIS.
Charles Oakman Ellis, now serving as mayor of Douglas, and holding_ a prominent
and important position in financial circles as cltshier of the Bank of Dot1glas, "'as b.oi-n in
Mar.inette., WiSG-Ol!iin, November 23, 1873. He is a son of Cha1·Ies J. a.nd Martha J.
(Oakes) Ellis, both natives of Maine. In their family were fow- children: Frances, the
,vife af George 0. Fo,vler, o( Delavan, Wis<;onsin; Charles Oakman, of this revie'w; Sydney
C., of Green Ba-y, Wisconsin; a-nd Ho,vard C., of Chicago.
Chal'les 0. Ellis acquired his educ1J,tion in the pub-Ii<: and high -sehoals of Marinette and
at the age of sixteen years lea1';ned bookkeeping, an occupation in ,vhich he engaged until
he ,vas twenty-one. At that tirne he ca1ne to Arizona, settling in Prescott, where he
began his bani􀇔􍐠 ctreer, bec.omj_ng identified with the Prescott National .Ball.k. He proved
alert, enterprising a.nd resourceful nnd made 1·apid progress through tl1e various de}>il-rt­ments
of banking, .resig-n.ing aftel' seven yea1·s as assistant cashier. Coming to Douglas
in 1902, he organized the Bank of Douglas and was elected its cashier, a Jiositi.on •;vhich he
has since held. The other ofice􀇕􍕳s are: J. S. Douglas, president; W. H. Brophy, vice presi­dent;
and F. H. Fisher and E. C. Piper, assistant cashiers. The i,i1titution was organized
,vith a capital stock of t,venty-:five thousand <lollars, which was increa:1ed to tbirty-1ive
thausand in 1904; to fifty thousaJ1d in 1906; and to one hundred tbousand in 1915. Mr.
Ellis is one of the leading factors in its continued gro,vth a.ricl development, and his po,v-er
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iu finau('ial circles is ever increasing. Re is also ,1, director of the Doug\as I1r\>estment
Co1npa11y. His business judgn1eut h1\s co111e to be J1ig}1ly regarded, for lie understands
the banking business in principle and detai, l and is .a progressive, sh1·e,v.cl a11d farsighted
fillancier.
11:fr. Ellis ,vas marriecl in 1897 to }.fiss Charlotte Wheeler, a native of l\ilississippi and
a daughter of James A. and Ma1-garet ( t>1·ice) \,Vheeler, both deceased. Mr. a,nd Mrs. Ellis
have 011<: daugbter, Marga1·et, ,l'ho "'1U:i born in 1907.
Mr. Ellis gives his allegiai1ce to the repub)ican party and he is no,v acce1>tably aerv'it1g
as 111ayor of Douglas, being elected ou the platform of the Good G-over11111ent League in
1914. Bis religious vie,vs are in accord ,vith tl1e· doctrines of the Presbyterian church. Ile
has to a great extent confined his attention to the a.tl'airs of the bank, "'Orkiug early (tntl
late for its upbuilclillg and developu1ent and 1uaking it oue of the st1·ong llna.ucia.l institu­tions
in the state. To hin1 Dougla1;1 o"•es the foundation aud gi·owth of a conceru which
is an iu1portaut elerneut iu its ,vt>,alth nnd its financial activity and is glad to 1>1\y the debt
in widespread l1onor, estecu1 a11Cl goochvill.
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13. A. ] >nekiird, ,vho is president qf the 'F'irst Nationa-l B􀊯􊽵uk of Bisbee, and is conduct·
ing ,i lnrge cattle ranch iu Mexico, has beco1ne one of the representative business men of
Cochise c·ounty. He has been a resident of Arizona for inore than thirty-five years, dnring
,vh-ich tinte l;e bas been identified w0i tl1 the mining and ranghing interest1:1 of Cochise cotu\ty.
ln the develop1neut of his undertakings lie has follo,ved "'ell deflned plJt11s of action, achiev­ing
the success thnt generally re,viu·ds capi,ibly orgnnized 1:nethods when intelligently and
syste111u tically e.xercised.
}[r. Packard is a native of Cattara11gi.1S co\lnty, :Ne,v York, his bil'tb luivi.ng occnrred
in Portville in l84'7. His fathe1· \·as a. fa1·n1er and lu111ber1nil·n o·f. the Empi1·e state, ,vl1cre
he and tho n1other pi.lS!\cd their entlre lives. They both lived to a r\pe old age, as did the
paternal gnn1dmother, \\•ho had passed the b1tnd1·ed a11d seventh an\1iversary of her birth
\Vheu she died. She ,vas tl1e 111other of thirteen children, all of ,vhom lived to attain n1atu1·­ity,
and five of lies sons fought ror the Union cause during the Rebellion . •
An only child, D. A. J>,\ckard ,vas rearecl at hotne and given bette1· adv1tntage th1u1 fell
to the lot of t]1e average youth of that period. He co11tinued to resi<le i n Ne,v Yotk st-ite
until 1860, ·when he co.Lue to the south,vest uud 01 11arch 26 of that year located in Toml,)­stone.
\,V hen he fir><t ca1ne to .Arizona 110 identified himself ,vith 1u.iuing intel'ests, aod
for t,vo ycnrs o,vned and operated the Stone1vnll silver mine. At the e􀊰􋁰pir1,tiou of that
l,i1ne he disposed of it 1tnd, investing the proceeds i n a· n1,11cb, turned his att'entio)l to the
1attle business, ,vhich he hns ever since follo,ved. His priucipal interests are no\v in 1'1:exic.o,
wl1erc he o,vns a )111ndre<l thousand acres of land, 011 ,vhich he ii; n1.ngi11g seven thousand
cattle. Be a.lso 01v11s three hundred and t,venty acres of highly improved and cultivated
land at 'rempe, lhi1;1 state, "'hicb is stocked ,vith registered Hereford cattle. He I.I.as one of
the frnest resi(1encP properties in Douglns and is a heavy stockholder in the First National
liank of ]3isbce, of wl1ich he has been1 president since 1908. This institution ,vas orga.ni:i:ecl
in 1906 ,vjtb a capitil stock of fifty thou!(and dollars, ,vbiclL amount ,vas increased to a
hundred tho,1sa1Hl in 1\:(1.y, 1908. As its oficials have fl.hvays been 1neu of recognized busi­neas
ability nn<I tho1·011ghly tested integrity tl10 enterprise ha􀀇􀜠 tbrhred from the beginning,
aud it is no,v ranked ns 0110 of the strongest luancio.l i11stitutions iu .Axizona. T. l􀊱􋄮. Pollock
is the present vice pl'e.siuent. ,vl1ile '.ID. W. Grn:ves holds the ,position of cashier.
· i\lr. Packard ,vas 1n1rriecl in New York in 1879 to l\i!iss Ella Le,vis, a, native Qf tl,at
,tatc, "'here she passed a,vny in 1899. To thc1u ,vere born three children: Gertrude, ,vho is
tlie wife ,of :?.{ax B. Cottrell, of Ton1pc, Arizona., and has tw·o children, Burdette lYI. and
Louise P.; .Ashley B., teller of the Ji'ir$t National Bank of Douglas, who ma.Tried 1'Iiss Rn.cbel
\'Villia.ms, of Clinton, Ne,v Yot'k; and Dorothea, ,vl10 attended the .Arizona Jv.Iusica,l Scl1ool.
AJI of the chilrlren received collegiate educations and are ,vell qual'Hied to meet the responsi­bilities
and duties of life. On the 6tl of June, 1902, Mr. Packard was married to his pres-
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ent \vife, ,vho was in her maidenhood Miss Charlotte ,vood. She is a native of Kansas City,
Missoui·i, but ,vas rea1"ed in Tucson, .clrizona, "'here she removed with her parents in cl1j]d­hood.
The family attend the Episcopn1 ch,urch, and his political allegiance :i\j[r. Packard accords.
to the de1nocri\t.ic party. E:e has served for fou.r terins in the ·upper house of tbe Ariz-ona
legislature, most ably representing his constituency in that body. :Qiligent and enterpris­ing
i n matters of business and as a citizen public-spirited and progressive, Mr. Packard
stands high in the esteem of the people of Cochise county, an1ong ,vhom he numbers many
friends who accord l1i1n the stanch loyalty ever e,.1,ended to men of honoi,:able purpose and
commendab1e principles.
Although :nearing "th1·ee scores yl)ars and ten," J.1r. Packard's 1·emarkably ,vell pJ·e­served
physical condition p-ermits him to retain the same close supervision and management
of hls extensive interests that ,vould be expected of a man twenty years his juruor, while
tbe same alert lnentality and 1·eady grasp of afairs that l1ave been prominent characteristics
of bis, sho,v no impairment wJ1atever. He is one of the fe,v real ''.old tuners" in Arizona's
iustory who remains in "the harness!'
J.AlVIES E. DRANE, 1"I. D.
Since June, 1896, Dr. James E. Drane has been engag. ed in general practice in Mesa
as a physicia1,1 and surgeon. He has succeeded in bn-ilding up an ex:tensi,re and represeuta.tive
1>.at1·ona-ge and enjoys a high professional reputation. 􀇦􎘧'he doctor "'as born in l\rlissouri on
the 18tl1 of .August, 1872, and is a son of Jarnes E. and l\,Iary Hart (Sha,v) Drane, the
{orn1er a farmer by occupation.
Dr. Drane attended the -pubtic scliools ancl later took an academic cotri-se in the M.issou.ri
Viilley College. He took up his professional studies in the University J.1edical Coll<ige of
lCans􀇧􎝳s City, Missouri, front ,vhich he ,vas graduated in 1896, and in June of that year,
n1ade 1ds ,vay t-0 Mesa, .Arizona, ·where be has since oeen successful as a pl1ysician ·and
surgeon. His services aTe in great demand as he is ca. refu.l .in !Ji$ ,􀇨􎡯ork. He is seldon.1 at
fa1,tlt in diagnosis and his Jong experie11ce permits him after coming t o a safe conclusion
to act decisively in the 1nost con1plicatcd cases. His ability has found recognition in tl1e
size of his practice.
In 1901 Dt. Drane ,vus ui:iited in ma.rriage to 1\11'.iss Edith R . .Abell and to this union
,vere born three cltild1·en, Jan1es, _La"'rence, i\iary ,Jane, deceased, and Jean 1\riuriel. The
Doctor is connected professionally with the county and state n1eclical societies and the •
• Ameriean,Med:ical Association. Re is ,velt known in fraternal circles, being a 1ne1nber of
the blue \odge of 1\[asons, the Independent Ordef of Odd Fellows and the J{nights or PytJtias.
In politic􀇩􎤠 he is a detn<><!rat, and l1i.s religious ·fiith i s that of the Episcop,il chtu·ch .
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M. J. Brophy i's ene of the ,veil kno,vn citizens and business 111en of Bisbee, ,vhere lie
has resided for tliirty-t,vo years. He ,vas born in lreland in 1859, and there passed his
boyliood and youth, ob.tainil1g hi.s educatioJl in the nationiil schools. He is the eighth in
􀇫􎭲rder of birth_ in a :f.amily of nine, six of ,vhom are still living and ,vith the excepti9n of one
sister, ,􀇬􎱬lto is a resident of India, all are citizeus ot the United States. The p!1rent.s died
in Ireland during the early childhood of our subject, ,1-}10 \'l;\S thus tl1ro,v-n upon his own
resou1·ces \vhen little 1nore than a lad.
In 1882, :i'fr. Brophy took passage. for the United States, ,v-itl1 San Fra,ncisco, California,
as his destina.tion. He was t,here employed in a. mercantile house f-0T a year, and at the
expiration of that time came to Arizona, first locating in Tombstone. In 1884 he ren1oved
to Bisbee, ancl for t\vo years tb􀇭􎵲rea.fter ·was e:mployed in the 1nmes of the Copper Queen
Consolidated i\Iining Company. 13:e next was given a clerkship in one of the compa11y's
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stores, ,vhere he e1.1,rly manifested such efi.ciency a1d t1·ust,vortb:iness that he was promo.ted
to the position of assist!-nt n1anage:r, and is no,v serving in the capacity of manager of their
storei; in the Bisbee district. Mi-. Brophy hes worked diligently, judiciously investing his
savings in mining and realty interests in Arizona, California and New Mexico, and he owns
a :fine residence on Oak avenue, Bisbee, as well as other business and residence property.
Mr. Brophy was maried i n 1901 to Miss Sabina Flanigan, a native of San Ftancisco,
California, and a daughter of Ed,vard and Margaret (Wallace) Flanigan. The father, who
was born in Ireland, came to America ,vith his parents when a child of four years. The
n1other, however, is a nativ.e of tl1e U11ited State􀆵􋔬, but is of Scotch lineage. To them were
born eight .children, Mrs. Brophy being the second in order of birth, five of ,vhom are
living. }.fr. and l\frs. Brophy have sl" children, as follows: Mary, Helen, Anna Clare,
Sabina, Paul and James.
The parents are communicants of the Roinan Catholic church, and fr.a􀆶􋙲rnally Mr.
Brophy is afiliated ,vith the Knights 0£ Columbus. He supports the republican party but
has never aspired to ofici-al honors. He is a ml,n of good judgment, honorable methods
and commendable business principles, a11d such success as hacs come to him is the· result of
earnest efort and close application and is in every ,va.y highly deserved.
GEORGE H. N. LU.HRS.
George H. N. Luhrs, proprietor of tlie Conunercial Hotel at PhoeJ1ix, bas been an inter­ested
,vituess of the g:ro·wth and development of .Arizona for more than £01· decades. He
first visited in 1874 and in 1878 returned to Phoenix, which was then a tov,n of small
proportions, typical of the southwe1t with it1 adobe buildings and othe1· evidences of
pioneer settlement. Since 1886 he l1as been p1·ominently kno,vn as a hotel proprietor at
the capital and hiB business has grown ,vith the development and improvement of the ·city.
Mr. Luhrs is numbered tHnong the ,vorthy citizens t11at Germany has furnisied to
thjs state, and since his arrivi,l in the new· world he has never had occasion to regret his
determination to come to .America, for he has found the opportunities ,vhich he sought,
and in their utilization has made stea.dy progress to",ard the goal of prosperity. The year
1867 witnessed his arritral in the new world, at which time he located in California. He
"'as a wa.gonmllker and for a t;ilne follo,ved his trade. In 1869 he an:ived in Arizona,
settUng at ,vic.kenburg, ,vhere. he 􀆷􋝶v!\I! employed by a stage couipany, and in 1878 he took
up his abode permanently in Phoenix, ,vhich he had previously visited in 18'1-¼. In 1886
he built the Commercial Hotel, a t,vo-story building, part brick a))d pnxt adobe and opened
it for business. In 1887 an addition was built, thus increasing the size of the building
which ,vas originally forty by sixty fe13t. In 1910 another addition ,va,s built, and still
later, i n 1911, additio11s were made, giving· the property its present dimensions, three
stories and occupying an entu·e quarter of a block. The hotel contains m.ore than one
hundred roon1s, a11d the arrangement .is such as to provide exceptionally light and com­modious
roon1s, ,vhose ,vell kept condition hal;I ahvays been a feature of the Commercial
Hotel. i\fr. Julu·s has developed tlris hotel into one of the best kno,v11 in the state ,vith
a large and high class patronage. •
In 1883 Mr. LtLbrs returned to Germany and the following year ,vas married i n his
native land to Miss Catharine i\fargaret DodenlioO:. l'hey have become parents of four '
children: Arthur Ole-veland, ·who is no,v manager of the Commercial Hotel; Ella. Louise;
Emma; and George H. N., Jr.
Mr. I,ul11·s gives his political allogiance to tl1e republican party, in ,vhdse princip,lei; he
firmly believes. He is a very prominent :figure in Masonic circles in Phoenix:, holding 1ncm­pership
in the lodge, the Royal Arch cliapter, the Commandery, the S.cottish Rite and the
Mystic Shrine. He ,vas the first n1an to join the Blue. Lodge in Phoenix and served as
its master in 1883. Re ,vas also the first to join tl1e chapter. At the present )vt·iting
Jie is treasurer of the local lodge, the chapter, con11nandeTy aud J.\ifystic Sl1rine, is past
gra􀆸􋡵ul high priest of the grand chapter of Arizona and is a 11ast grand' con11na,nder of the
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important one and that his confreres reg:ard him as one of the valued representatives of
the order. He has a, very ,vide acquaintance ·with the 1\'lasons throughout the state who
recognize that his Hie has exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft, ,vhich is based on
mutual helpfulness and brotherly kindness.
J. M. MON'r.ANO.
Varied business interests engage the attention of J. M. 1\fontano, who is one of the
pl'Osperous a-1􀅫􆭤d enterpxising citizens of Cochise county. He is a native of England1 born
in 1853, and is a son of Publius and MaTy 􀅬􆱦fontano. The father was born in England and
the mother in Italy. They had six. children who attained maturity and of these three sons
are still living, t,vo of ,vhom make their hon1e in England, as does also tbe mother, ,vho
has attaine.d the venerable age of ninety yeaTs. The father is deceased.
ThEl ea,rly life of J. M. 1"Ionta110 ,vas passed in the paTental home, his education
being obtained in the national schools. In 1875 he decid1rd to try his fortune in Ameri<:a, so
took passage for t)le United States, first locAting in San Francisco, Californin,. He made
his home in that city for three years and at 1he expiration of that period accepted a clerk·
ship in a mercantile store in San Diego. In 1882 he became associated with an Italian com­pany
in the opernrtion of a ,vboJesale and retail liquor business in Portland, Oregon, but
t,vo and a half years later returned to San Diego, where he resu1ued clerking. His ne.:<,.1;
r􀅭􆵭mdval ,vas to Phoenμ:, Arizona, at ·which point be successfully conducted a general mer­cantile
establi13hment until 1893, and dul'iug that tiine made some judicious invest1nents in
property. Disposing of hls store he ,vent en the road as a traveling salesman for a time,
follcnving which he engaged in the general mercantile business at Fai.rba.nk, Cochise county.
He was connected with the commercial activities there for eight years and at the end of
that time closed out his interests and 1·e·1noved to Courtland, ,vhere he opened a wholesale
and retail feed store and also handled coal and ice. He directed his business with foresight
and sagacity, meeting with a 􀅮􆹯ood measme of success, and as the years passed ,vas able
to extend the scope of l\is activjties by establishing a livery stable and transfer line. In
1914 he removed to Tombstone, where he is no,v engaged in a ein1ila1· enterprise, doing the
largest businel!S of the kind in the pla-ce. He is both a wholesale and i-etail dealer in hay,
grain and coal and conducts a transfer line. He o,vns a fine home at Los Angeles and other
valuable property in California.
Mr. Montano was mar􀅯􆽩ied in 1882 to Miss }:Cary Sherman, ,vhose uncle fo;·merly owned
mueh of the !and on which the city of San Diego, California, was fou.nded. Her father
pasi;ed a􀅰􇁶vay in Phoenix, .AJ:izona, but is surv;ived by her mother, ,vho now resides in Los
Angeles, a.nd by three of their six children. In order of birth they are as follo,v-s: Mrs.
H.B. St. Olair, of Phoenix; Mrs. i.fontano; and Matt, who resides in San Diego. Of tl1e three
cltildren bo1·n to Mr. 8.1\d 1!11'S. J\II.onta.no but one is living, James T ., ,vho resides i n Los
Angeles. He is a. member of the Masonic fraternity, belo1ging t o the blue lodge at Tomb­stone,
,vhile he ha.s taken some of the degrees in the Scottish Rite at Los Angeles.
I n 1·eligious faith tne family are Episcopalians and politically Mr. Montano supports the
republican party. He has never had occasion to regret casting his lot in the United States
ns he has. here found the opportunity h.e sought and is numbered among the substantial
citizens and prosperous business n1en of l1is community .
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.Althot􀅱􇅧gh one of the 1rore re!)ent additions to the legal circles of Arizona, such was the
reputation which Le,vis T. Carpenter had previously won in his practice in Texas that he
had not long been a resident of .Arjzona be:fore he ,vas· appointed to the responsible position
of assistant attorney general. He ,vas born in Savannah, Tennessee, i n 1872, and is a rep­resenta.t.
ive of old southern 'famllies, lris parents being T. W. and Ellen (Djekson) Carpenter, •
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,vho were also natives of Tennessee. In the paternal line he co1nes of Scotch-D·ish ancestry,
the family, ho,vever, being founded in An1erica in 1-776, while the -great-grandfathet espol,Uled
the cause of the colonists and served in the Re,,01utiona1·y ,var. T. W. Carpenter was the
ov,ner of a plantation in Tennessee, and on leaviug tl1at stat;e in 1879 he removed to Cor­si
􀉵􇕡ana, Texas, ,vhere lie purchai;ed a farn1 ,vhich he occupied to the time of his death. 'E(is
,vido,v still SUJ·vives.
Le,vis T. Carpenter supplemented hjs early education by a course in Trinity University
at Wnxahachie, 1'exas, from ,1•hich he gradua te.d "'ith tl1e class of 1893. His academic
training ,vas follo,ved by a couree in the l.1>\V departineut at the Ufliversity o·E 'fexas, from
whieh .he ,vas graduated iu 1895. He at once entered upon the active practice o[ his proJes­sion
and the follo,ving year ,vas elected county attorney of Navarro county, tha.t state. Re
continued in active practice for sinren ye!.lrs a11d tlleu Teu1oved to ))alias, T'exas, ,vhere lie
re111ained for eight years, securing a- large and distinctively representative clientage that
connected bi 111 \vith ;n1uch of the in1vorta ut litigation tried in tbe cou.rt.s of l1js district. ln
.August, 1911, he cani.e to Arizona and establishe5'1 l1is home in Phoenix, where Lie has since
remained. .AJi·cacly lie has bccou1e an important factor iJ1 shaping the interests, of tl1e city
and the coru1non,vealtb. l-Iis deep i21t,erest in politicl! as a $\􀉶􇙰pporter of the dentocratie po,1·ty
led liitn to take active pnrt in advancing its .interests 11nd i n 1912, after tlie ·nccession of the
den1ocratic administration, he ,vas appointed a􀉷􇝳sista.nt attorney ge.neral of ..AJ·izona. Ou
Dece1nber 24, 1913, Mr. Qi.rpenter ,vas appointed collector of intexnal revenues in Ne,v
􀉸􇡲rex:ico and Arizona, resigning at that ti1ne the position of assistant attorney general.
:hir. Carpenter has been 111arried t,vic.e. In M1irclt, 1897, lie ,veddecl Miss Callie Jol1nso11,
of Corsicana, '.l'exas, who died in A.ugust, 1899, leaving a daughter, Ellen. For his second
wife 1\Ir. Carpenter chose 1\'lLss 11ary 'fen11>leto11, of Corsican.a. They ,vere n1arried on the
21st of No1'en1ber, 1906, and l1avc two children: Thoinas and .Ma1·y Louise. l1r. Cai-penter
is a. )Jason and also au J􀉹􇥬lk, ancl J1a!I n1a11y friends in those crga,nizatio.ns. His religious
belief i s that of the Presbyterian church ,1.nd these associations indicn,te ·n1uch of the nat1u·e
of hi$ principles and the rules w h icl1 goven1 hi:s conch1ct. ills liie connnencls him to the
confidence and respect of all antl liis ability has -plaeecl him in a pron1iuent position a1nong
Arizona's representatives of tbe bar.
F. H . REDEV\11LL, 1\i. D.
,Vhile cngageil i n the general practice of medicine in Phoenix Dr. ll'. H. Rede,vill is
specializing to a conside1·able extent in treatment of djseases of the nose and throat. His
preparatiorJ Jor tbe pro[ession ,vas thorough and comprehensive, for he supple1n: ented ltis
collegiate trair1ing in America by hospital practice and later by study ab1·oad. A 11ative
of Virginia Cit.y, Nevada., be ,vas bor11 May 29, 1879, a son of .Augustus and Ne1lie (Clark)
Redewill. 'l'he fath􀉺􇩲r "'US associated ,vith public business in connection with Uancroft.
Tbe 1nothcr was a daughter of Anson Cl.ark, a prou1inent Nevada pioneer, ,vho o,vnecl the
iron works n11d s,nelt.er at Nevada City. Entei;-ing into active connection ivitb the piino
t.rada Augustns Rede,vill became oue of the 'best kno,vn ·sales1neu of the ,vest and eve11t11ally
establishod a u1usic house in Phoenix, ,vhich is today the oldest tnd largest in the ci,ty.
Dr. Re<lc,\•ill "'nS educate(l in the pttbLic schools and in the Uuiversi􀉻􇬠 of Oaliforuia,
fro1n which he wou the Bachelor of Seience degree 1,1pon g1·11duation \vitll the ela.s,s of 1902.
Ho nfterwnTd atte11ded the Jo),ns Hopkins U11i\l'ersity as 1 student in tl1e mc<liciil deptu·t-mcnt
and cornp)t>iecl l1il'! course there by gra-0uation with the elass of 1908. lfe then put
his theoretical k11owlcdgo to practical test in actual experience in the Roo&evelt Hospital
at Ne,v York city, re1naining in that i,nstitut,ion for a year. lie subsequently spent a
year in stnc1y in Cormany, gaining intirnate knowledge of the aclvanced methods of scien­tific
ptn.ctice of some of the most clistinguished physiciap: s and surgeons of the old ,vorld.
On 1·etnrning to this co11ntry, Dr. Redewill practiced for a brief period in New York
city, but in 1908 \\'1/nt to Phoenix and {or a yeaT thereafter followed l1is profes;iion as a
partner of J)r. ,,1iJey. ,􀉼􇰭-hile ho follo"•s ge11eral practice, he specializes largely in su1·gery
and in trcn tn1cnt of cliscases of the nose a11d tln·oat. He 110.s studied along those -particu-
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Jar lines; developing skill and ability tJ1at elables him to successfully cope ·wibh the intri­cate
problems that continually confront the physician. Anything that tends to bring to
man the key to the complex mystei·y ,vhich we call life receh,es his en.rnest eonsjderi\tion
and his reading 􀉓􅍡a,; 1,reen broad an<l val'ied.
On the 18th of Api-il, 1􀉔􅐱11, D-r. Rede,vill was 1narried in Paris, France, to- Miss Helene
Munn, a talenred friend of his sister. She ,vas bon1 in Bowling Green, Ohio, a daughter
of Edward and Mart'ha (Simon) 1\,fwm. Her father, now· deceased, was prominent in potiti­cal
circles ii Ohio, and "'as a large lando,vner and banker of that state. The daughter­at
the time of her mar1·inge ,vas studyin,g voice and piano in Paris. She is also a gradu­ate
of the State University a.t Ann Arbor, Machigip1, and of the School of Music, and she
speaks .6.ve dill'erent li,nguages. Dr. and 1\/Irs. Rede,vill have tw·o children, Martha Lavina
and Francis Hamilton1 Jr.
'£he parents are very prominent in the social circles of the city a.nd Dr. Rede,vill is
,veil known a:, a n1ember of tl1e Elks Lodge and of the alumni association of Johns Hop·
kins Univer.sity. He also belongs to the National Geographic Association and in strictly
professional lines is 􀉕􅕯ou.nected ,vitb the Ma1:ico.pt, co11nty and .Arizona State a11d the Ameri­can
:Medical Associations and the National .Association for the Prevention of Tubercttlosis.
:S:e thus kelps ii1 touch ,vith the most advanced ,vork being clone by representative n1en1-bers of the profes,sion, a.na in his practice is accomplishing excellent 1·esults.
JOHN TOWl\TER.
The enterpr.ising to,vJl of Naco o,ves a . great deal o[ if;$ -progrcass, gr(:nvtl.1 a,nd present
prosperity to John To,vner, "'ho live() upon tlie to"'ll site before the first house ,vas built
in the coinrounity and who has. been un active factor in tl1e develop1nent of 1·epresentative
bllines& intei-est!l si11ce that thne. Raving lived in ATizona since 1894, he is fa1niliar ,vith
many phases of its gro,vth, for his residence here l1as covered a period o.f. e,,olution which
is itnportnnt in the history of the state.
lfe "'as bol'n jn I,ivingston county, Illin.ois, and ,vben lie "'l\S still ,,ery young ll'tQYecl
,vitb. J1is ptirents to Olathe, l<.ansas. There the father engaged in farn1ing for ruany
years, dyil;1.g in ;J.910. The 1notlter still n1akes her hoiue on the fru·n1 in Olathe. ln tl1eir
family "'ere eleven children: Epln-a.ii11, living h1. 01atl1e, "'ho is married a.nd has six childJ·en;
Rhoda, tl1e ,vife of William Furry, of Olathe, l(ansas; Jo11n, of tl1is review; Warren, of
Tyrone, Oklah.on1a; Henry, ,of· Idahe; v\7illiam, of Missouri; Frank, ,vb_o resides in ()kla­homa;;
􀉖􅙯ora, who lives ,vitb her n1ot.her; Loren, a resident of Califoruia; and Nathan and
Benjamin, both of ,vho1n live in Oklahoma.
In the itcquire1ne:nt of a n education JoJ1n To,vner attended pu\)lic school iu Kansas,
laying aside his books at the nge of seventeen years. After t,l'o years be ,vent to ,vestern
Kan.sa.s and there took up one bund1·ecl and sixty acres of ln..nd, upon ,vhich, after proving
his title, he engaged in tl1e cattle businei,s. One of tl1e 1nost import1i11t branches of Iris
activity at this tune ,vas the <lapturi11g of the ,vilcl l1qrses ,vbich roa1ned upOJ1 the prairies,
􀉗􅝮nd in this he was fairly successful. He d·ivided ltj& •attel\tien bet,veen stock-raising and
general farming, developing his land along progressive lines a11d 111eting ,vi.th a gratifying
measure of prosperity until his crops "'ere destroyed by the drought. This "'as so injurious
to his business b.1terests that he sold his land in Kaneas a,nd went to Ne"' Mexico, settling
in Albuquerque, where l1e engaged in sellit1g cattle fo.i; tb.1·ee years. At the end of that time
he turned his attention to conti:acting aud f,10,ight.ing bet\•een ]'ort Thomas a,nd Globe,
baulilig the first load of freight fro,n Naco to Nacosari. For a time he was also interested
in 1·ailroad ,vork, but in 1894 l1e left Ne,v Mexico and went to Fort Tho1uas, having 1naclc
bis home j,n Arizona since tl1at time. He moved to Naco before the first to,vn surveys ,vere
made and bl!ga,n freighting into 1\l[exico on a. one hundred mile trip to Nacosari. This busi­n!l$.S
engag1d his attention for twe years and "'hen he aba1doned it l1e ,vent to Cananea,
j\,fexico, ,vhere :for a short time he engaged in freigl1ting. La,ier he helped to build the forty
n;i.ile cut-off bet'.\reen Le,vis Springs and Forrest by ,vay of Naeo. He rerui-ned to this city
after a. shoii time and did other important 1·ailroad work. Since 1906 he has been "'ater
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distributor in Naco, furnishing a,lJ the "·ater consu1ned in the city. In 1914 he embarked
in the general merchandise busilJess an, d "ras appointed postmaster in that year to serve
four years.
Mr. To,vner ,vas married, in Augus.t, 1892, to Miss Ettie Vil'interu1ute, a nat).ve of
Kallsas and a daughter of Cicero and Missouri A. (Hays) Wintermute. Her fatl1er engaged
in ranching for ,:nany years, but has no,v i:etired from active life, and he aud his ,rife
make their home i11 Olathe, Kansas. In their family were three c)iild.-eu: ]'rank, ,vbo
lives in Oreg.on; Ettie, t,vin to 􀇔􍐺:rank and th.e ,vife of Mr. 'ro,vner; and i\{y1tle, who mar­ried
G. H. Sloa,n, of Olathe, Kansas. !fr. and Mrs. To,vner have one son, Je1,se W.
Fl'ate1·nally Mr. Towner is a member of the Masonic order, liaving belonged to that
orga.nization for t,venty-five years. He is con11ected also ,vi.th the Ali.cient Order of United
Workmen, His po}jtical adl1erence is giyen to the democratic pa,rty, and he is an active
and stalwart worker in its 1·anks, having been for three years a meniber of the democratic
central committee. He is alert and enterprising, possessing the progressive spirit of the
west, accomplishing in business circles what be un!dirtakes and, there(ore, occupying a lii. gl1
place in the esteem and regard of his associates .
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SA1'IUEL L. KL􀇕􍕇G.AN.
Samuel L. Kingan, one of the most able and successful attorneys in Tucson, was
born in Pitt,!lburgh, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1867, and his pai-ents, San1uel and Mary
(Matl1e,vs) Kiu. gan, ,vere likewise natives of the lteystone g't,ate. JIi. s grandfather, John
Kingan, located in Pittsbu1·gl1 in 1796, having come to this country from westet:n Scotland.
The fa1lily is of Scotch-Irisl1 ancestry. The Sllbject of this revie,v acquired his early educa­tion
in the public aJd high scllools of his nati\"e city and later entered the law department
of the University 6f Michigan. For several years after his a<lmission to the bar he ,vas
engaged in the Ja,v book business .
Mr. Kingan came to 'l'ucson in 1900 and openecl an ofice here, ,vinni.ng success 1·ap.iclly
as }1is ability becatne kno,vn. He engages in geueri􀇖􍙬l practice and lus broad underst!u1ding
of the principl, es of civil and comn1on la,v ,vell qualify hjn1 for the conduct of important
litigated interests. Eacl1 year of .his residence liere has ·adcled to his pro1ninence iu profes­sional
circles, and the force of his ability and legal acumen led to Jtis selectiou as one of the
five members from Piiu.1, county who served in the constitutional convention ,vhich dre,v
up the state constitution under ,vhich .Arizona ,vus adn1itted to the Union.
Mr. Kingan ,vas 1latTied in 1889 to Miss Mary T1tcker, a. native of Illinois, and they
have one daughtex·, Mary. He is a. thirty-second degree Mason. In the city ,vhere they
reside Mr. and Mrs. K:ingan have gained a ,vide and favorable acquaintance and are J1ighly
esteemed and respected by their many friends. I
ALFRED PAUL .
.Alfred Paul is one of the enterprisin􀇗􍜠 citizens and extensive property o,\"ners of Douglas,
to,vard the progress and development of ,vbich h" bas contrib11ted by l1is ent11usiastic
cooperation in all public ,novemcnts inaugurated fox tl1e betterment of the community.
He is one of the diligent and highly desirnbl􀇘􍠠 citizens Gennany l1as furnished the south­,
vcst, but despite l1is European birth and parentage is thoroughly American in his ideas.
His natal year was 1·a1s, and he is tl1e only child born to Alfred and AlbertiJ1e Paul.
About 1880, the family e1nigrated to the United States, first locating in Colorado City,
Texas. After a bric{ residence there they removed to ICingston, Ne,v Mexico, ·w]1ere the
father follo,ved 1uining ·for two yea.rs. Fl·om there he ,vent to Silver City, Ne,v 1fexico,
and after working in tbe mines near rinos Altos for a tilne be r.e,noved to Bisbee, Arizona,
in 1885, ,vbere he ,vas employed in the 1nines for some years and then \·ent to Madagascar.
The rnother is no,v decease(), having paased a.,l'ay on the 28th of January, 1911 .
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.As he \1'3.S a child of only t,vo years wb.cn 'he accon:ipanied bis parents on their re1noval
to the United States, Alfred Paul has passed the greater part of his life in Arizona. His
early advantages ,vei·e very meager and "'tlen little m, ore than a child he became seU­dependel).t.
He ,vork:ed his "'ay through school as best he could, acquiring but a limited
education, but he is a close observe1· a.nd in the school of e􀇢􎉰pericnce won the knO"'ledge
that ranks hint with the representative business men of the comn1tmity. In 1891, at the
tender age of thirteen years, 110 beca.me a ,vage earner,• his first employn1ent beii􀇣􎍧g in the
rnines of the Co11pe1· Queen Consolidated Mining Company at Bisbee, ,vb.ere he ,vorked for
eighteen months. At th! en􀇤􎐠 of that thne, in 1893, he went to Park City, Utah, and for
six months thereafter ,vorked in the mines of the Anchor !11'ining Company, operated by
l{eith & Kern. Re was ne"J>."t e:mpl9yed for a short ti􀇥􎕥e in the Bullien Beek silver mines at
Elqreka, Utah, following whieh he worked for a year in the electric copper refinery at Ana­conda,
!11ontana. Ftom there he -<vent to Idah.o and ,vorked in the Frisco mine for -fifteen
months, and then ca,ne to Globe, Arizona, wl1ere for a time he ,vas employed in one of the
Coppe1· Queen mines. Having accumulated a small capital he subsequently retu1·ned to
Bisbee ai1d engaged in mercantile business but at t}le end of eight 1uontbs disposed of his
store and once more ,vent to ,vork in the Copper Queen mines. Later h e entered the
employ of the Calumet & Arizona Mining 􀇦􎙭mpany, holding the position of £Jreman for
two years while in their service. In 1900 h e took up one hu:ndred and so."ty acres of land, a
portion of which no,v forms the present site of the town of Douglas. After the faun.ding
of the to"'n he platted and subdiyided his tract, meeting with success in the sale of his
land. Re still has extensive realty interests here ancl is a stockholder in many of the public
utilities, including the g-as and electric light plants and the street car line. He is one of
the prominent stock dealers and ranchers of Cochise couuty and peTsona.lly owns a. sixteen­thousand-
a.cre ranch nine miles east of Douglas, his brand being the T6. He is also interested
in large raucliing properties in Sonora,, Mexico. He has an jnterest in the Gadsden Hotel and
in various ul,i.ni1)g companie.s in Cochise C0\1nty, and is a s.tockliolder in the I:lank of Douglas.
Mr. Paul is a man of practical ideas and good judgment in matter.s of business, as is evidenced
by the success he has attained in the development of his interests.
On the 5th of June, 1902, 1\l[r. Paul was united in marriage to Miss Mabel S,vain, a
native of '!ombstouc, Arii!:ona, an.d a daughter of Juclge. George Vv. and 􀇧􎝉Iartha. s,vain.
She is the fourtl.t in 0i;der ef birth in a fan1i,.ly of eigbt cbildren and was reared and educated
in l1er native city, being graduated from the high school ,vith tbe class of 1899. Her father,
who i,a.ssed ,away in 1911, ,vas one of the pi. oneers of Tombstone, ,vhere he located in 1877,
having c;rossed the plaJns with an ox team. Re ,vas one. of the early representatives of
the lega,l profession \11 tl1a.t city, ,vhere during the pioneer days he held the ofiue of district
prosecuting attprney. Mrs. Swain is still living as are five of their children. To }'{r. and
1.1:rs. Paul have been bol·n two children: Winifred A., who was born in March, 1903, and
is now attcndi11g school; and .Alf1,ed :Ray, born on the 12th of October, 1908.
The family a1·e afiliated ,vith the Episcopal church, and fraternally Mr. Paul is c<ru­nected
with the Benevolent Pxotective Order of Elks and the Masonic order. He votes the
democratic ticket but does not ,figure pi·o1ninently in local politics, althqugh he takes an
active interest iu all municipal affairs and is one of the public-spirited and progre.ssive
citizens of the to,vn. iifr. Paul has worked hard {rOl ·early youth an.d ,veil lnerits the
sμcces·s ,vhich has come t o l1im, largely as the result oi his foTesight and sagacity as ,vell
as his intelligently directed activities.
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.AUGUSTUS HAIGJ.,ER.
Augustus Haigle1', a ,veil kuo,vn rel],1-esta,te dea1er and prominent business n1an of
.8i.sbee, has lived in Arizona :,ince be ,vas t,venty years of age but "'as born in North Caro­lina
in 1872. His pa.rents were Felix and Sallie (Sa11derson) Haigler, also natives of North
Ca:rolb1a and of German desceJ1t. He ls the only child born to their union.
!l:J:r. Haigler ,vas reared upon his father'$ fann, acquil·ing his education in the district
nnd pllblic sclieols of North Carolina. At the age of si􀇨􎠧'ieen he began his independent
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career, worb.-ing at yai·ious occupations for two years, a,fter ,vhicb he went to '\-:Vashington,
and remained in that ·state for 011e year. Ile went .from thel'e to California a􀉜􅰱1d after a
sbort tin1e ca1ne to i\.rizona, ru·riving in this stntc ,vluin he was twenty years of age. He
settled in Pl1oe11ix and fer e.ight yeaTS ,vas in tl1e e111ploy o[ th<.> Phoe11ix Bakery, coming to
Bisbee at tl1e end of that time as a clerk. He later turned his attention to mercan