Apache County,
Arizona
Obits
Prescott Morning Courier
1906-06-12
Jesse N. Smith for 25 years a
prominent Mormon of Northern Arizona died at Snowflake a few days ago.
Arizona Weekly Journal
Miner 1891-07-08
Joseph C. Kay of Taylor, In the
western portion of this county, died in a very peculiar manner a week
or ten days since. His bowels became constipated and refused to act for
seven or eight days but seemed to give him no trouble, as he was as
cheerful and lively as usual. But one afternoon, while in the co-op
store at Snowflake he was taken with a severe pain in the chest, which
rapidly grew worse in spite of every effort to alleviate it. In a
short time his body and one side of his face began to swell and
continued to do so until he burst open along the back bone, fully
eighteen inches. After death ensued he burst again clear across the
stomach. Those who were present, describe his suffering as something
terrible to witness. —St. Johns Herald.
Tucson Daily Citizen
Holbrook Aug. 30 William A Barnes of Springerville,
Apache County, died in a hospital here as a result of a gunshot wound
in one hip while in camp en route from Springerville to Snowflake.
Barnes was shot
accidentally when a companion, Charles Shim, allowed a rifle to fall
from their wagon white unloading effects in preparing to make camp.
Date: 1896-07-15; Paper: Arizona Weekly Journal Miner
Mrs. Marshall, a resident of the Verde Valley near Cottonwood, died
recently, age 28 years.
Date: 1921-02-05; Paper: Tucson Daily Citizen
First Preacher in Arizona Dies
Rev. James C. Bristow, 87 said
to have been the first ordained minister to conduct services for an
English -speaking congregation in Arizona, died at his home near Middle
Verde last Saturday morning. Mr. bristol, who came to America as as
pioneer in the Baptist Church in 1875, held his first service under a
clump of cottonwood trees near where his home was located. Sunday
morning, October 3, 1875. Ever since that time it has been the custom
of his congregation to have 'tree meetings' once a year at the place.
Living descendants of Rev. Bristow are said to number 93. Three hundred
persons attended the funeral, coming from all points up and down the
Verde River. All schools in the vicinity of Middle Verde were closed
during the burial ceremonies which were conducted by Rev. Mr. Gordon, a
Baptist minister from Nogales.
Date: 1898-07-28; Paper: Weekly Phoenix Herald
A SUNDAY SUICIDE.
Moritz Rosenberger
Dies by Own Hand.
Cause for the Act not Apparent Though Supposed To Have Been
a Love Affair.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning Moritz Rosenberger committed suicide
by shooting himself in the forehead with a 38-caliber Smith &
Wesson revolver. Though the young man had threatened the night before
to
take his own life it was thought to be an idle remark and little
attention had been paid to It. He was very fond of the gambling table
and for the most part was considered lucky in his operations. Lately he
had been losing some, but was not In the condition of embarrassment and
had he been he need not have suffered, as he had numerous friends to
whom he could apply for assistance.
Yesterday morning about 9 o'clock he was seen In the Palace saloon and
seemed to be In his usual spirits and asked a friend to take a drink
with him. An hour or so later the stage driver on the Black Canyon road
brought word to town that he had discovered the body of a dead man
lying beside the ditch under a cottonwood tree near the road that runs
east and west by the Christy ranch. The body lay about 200 yards west
of the junction of this road with the Black Canyon road.
Coroner Johnstone was informed and empaneling the following jury went
out to the place where the body lay. R. Grisby, Ernest Ford, S. J.
Darby, W. A. Moeur, George Bellis and John Bassett
After viewing the remains they adjourned to meet this morning at 10
o'clock. The body when found was still limp, the dead man lying on his
back, his feet close together and across which lay the weapon from
which was fired the fatal shot The bullet entered but did not leave the
head, thus making but one wound on the surface.
The face was somewhat powder burned and the right hand badly and the
left hand slightly burned and he had tied a handkerchief over his eyes
to hide the view of the weapon. He had evidently held the barrel of the
weapon in his right hand and pulled the trigger with the left hand.
That the young man had fully made up his mind .to commit suicide is
further evidenced by the fact that the evening previous he gave the
address of his sister to Max, a clerk at the New York store. Max asked
him why he gave it to him and if he was going away. He replied that he
was going to leave the country. Little was thought about it as Moritz
was quite; a traveler and but two or three weeks since had returned
from a trip embracing nearly all the cities throughout the north. He
had also been trying to secure a long bladed knife the evening before
and a knife of that description was found on the body.
The verdict of the coroner's jury aside form the formal opening and
closing was as follows:
"After hearing the evidence adduced upon our oath we find and say, that
the dead body which we inspected on the Isaacs road one mile north of
Phoenix was the body of one Moritz Rosenburg a native of Bavaria, aged
about 31 years and that he died July 21th, 1898, about 10 o'clock a.
m., and that he came to his death from the effects of a pistol shot
having been fired by his own hands with suicidal intent There is still
another story to the effect that he was greatly infatuated with a woman
who sings in one of the Washington Street Saloons and that of late
their relations had not been pleasant as formerly.
This story however is denied by some of his friends and there is
no evidence of it save idle gossip.
Mr. Rosenberger come here from New Orleans about six years ago and most
of the time since then he has been employed in the Palace Cigar store
where he has made many friends and was uniformally pleasant and
agreeable. He was about 31 years of age and a native of Bavaria though
he had lived a great part of his life in America. He leaves a mother,
two brothers and a married sister, Mrs. Max Schneider, to whom a
telegram was sent yesterday asking instructions. A reply was received
last night requesting particulars and authorizing the embalming of the
body which had been
turned over to W. A. Davis. Further Telegraphic instructions are
awaited from the relatives who are believed to be quite wealthy.
WESLEY ADAIR (also referred to as John Wesley Adair) a private in
Company C of the Mormon Battalion, was born Feb. 18,1820,
in Pickens County, Alabama. Became a member of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about 1842. Gathered with
the Saints at Nauvoo and acted as one of the minute men there, being
driven out with the rest of the Saints in the spring of
1846. Arriving at the Missouri River he responded to the call of
the United States and became a member of the famous Mormon
Battalion and suffered the hardships incident to that notable march of
infantry. He joined the Saints in Utah in 1848 and moved to Arizona in
1880, living for a time at Showlow, Navajo County. His life was
spent on the frontiers and he was a hard-working man, always full of
faith in the Gospel and died May 5, 1903, 83 years old, at
Nutrioso, Apache Co. Arizona.
(Deseret News
May 27, 1903, page 3.)
Douglas,Deena Kaye 4-26-1958
3-7-2009 Cremated
A memorial service was held Saturday, March 14, in Springerville,
Ariz., for Deena Kaye Douglas.
Douglas, 50, died Saturday, March 7, in Eager, Ariz.
She was born April 26, 1958, to Dean Davies Battishill and Ethel
Estelle Hill in Silver City. She was a bank teller and proud to be a
real estate agent for five years.
She raised two sons and was married to Ken Douglas for 32 years.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Douglas is survived by her husband of Eager; sons, Matthew Wayne
Douglas of Florence, Ariz., and Allen Ray Douglas of Eager; her mother
of Albuquerque; brother, Robert Battishill of Garland, Texas; and
sisters, Margaret Provencio of Albuquerque and Vickie Dickerson of
Artesia.
Donations may be made to any Alzheimer’s research foundation
Arrangements were under direction of Burnham Mortuary, Eager.
(Submitted by Virginia Stanbrough)