Cochise County, Arizona
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Death of Dr.
Matthews
Dr. H. M. Matthews, coroner of Cochise county, died yesterday
about 10 o'clock, of pneumonia, from which he had been suffering
for several days.
Dr. Matthews was a native of Virginia,
where he was born in 1825 He came
to Arizona about 1872, with the army, as a contract surgeon, and was
for some time at Prescott and Mohave afterwards moving to San Carlos.
He came to Tombstone with the very earliest settlers, in 1879, and has
resided
here ever since, having been coroner for two terms. The deceased was a
member of Burnside post, G. A. K. A meeting of that post was held last
night, when a telegram was received from the wife of the
deceased, who lives at St Louis with two children, that she wished the
body sent to that place. An adjourned meeting of the post will be held
to-night, to take action in the matter.
Date: 1886-02-06; Paper: Tombstone Epitaph Prospector
Date: 1891-04-28;
Paper: Tombstone
Epitaph Prospector
The inquest of the
body of Dr.
Fetterman was held last night at the rooms of Chas Granville Johnston
and the verdict was a natural death. No autopsy was held on the body
and no evidence being introduced that he died by foul means no other
verdict could be reached. Why a coroner's inquest was not held at
Benson, where he died puzzles most people, and why an inquest should
have been held here without a post mortem examation being made is
another peculiar proceeding. Without an autopsy the inquest was a farce.
Date:
1891-08-04;
Paper: Tombstone
Epitaph Prospector
Died in Benson
Aug. 1st the wife of
Charles Shepperd.
Date: 1894-09-28;
Paper: Tombstone
Epitaph Prospector
Tuesday the infant
son of Mr. and
Mrs. J.F. Beatty of Benson died a short but severe illness and buried
the following day.
Date: 1894-02-20;
Paper: Tombstone
Epitaph Prospector
Ben Glidden a long
time resident of
Benson died yesterday at that place.
Date:
January 09,
1895 Paper:
Tombstone Epitaph Prospector
The infant child
of Mr. and Mrs.
David Crockel died at Benson yesterday. the parents have the sympathy
of all in their bereavement.
Date: 1898-11-24; Paper: Weekly Phoenix Herald
Louis Duval, a tombstone pioneer cattleman, died recently in California
where he had gone in search of better health.
The Angel of Death visited the home of Neill E. Ferguson yesterday. His
infant child died of an attack of tonsillitis.
The attending physician, Dr. Edmundson, was unable to save the child,
who was literally strangled by the tonsolitic attack.
The funeral, which occurred this afternoon at 2 o'clock, was largely
attended by the friends of the bereaved parents.
Cochise Review, Bisbee Arizona Monday Evening May 21, 1900
Death of Owen Morris. At the Queen Hospital, at 11 o'clock Tuesday
January 15. Owen Morris, 47 years of age, a native of Llangefni,
Anglesea, Wales, departed this life. He was a miner and had been in
Bisbee but a short time. He had lived for many years in Colorado and
Utah, but for the last three he lived and mined in Alaska. Acquiring a
"stake" there he revisited the scenes of his childhood last year and
returned to America about eight months ago. He was stricken with
pneumonia about a week before his death but it seemed to his friends to
be a mild attack. Tuesday he became worse and sank rapidly until death
ensued at 11 o'clock the same night. His funeral was held from the
undertaking parlors of Graham & Co. at 10 o'clock Thursday, the
17th. James Torpie, a miner, delivered a short, but impressive sermon
and read the service for the dead at the grave side
The Cochise Review Saturday January 19 1901
Date:
1901-09-28;
Paper: Tucson Daily
Citizen
Death of J. M.
Castaneda the Benson
Merchant
J.M. Castaneda of
Benson died at St.
Mary's hospital this forenoon at 11:30. Mr. Castaneda was brought to
Tucson last evening and was taken to the St. Mary's hospital last night
in a dying condition.
About two weeks
ago he was taken with
a bad attack of dysentery, but paid no attention to it. The case became
serious and his family decided to bring him to the hospital in Tucson.
Mrs. Castaneda, her daughter and son M.F. Castaneda were here at the
time of his death as was also Henry Castaneda who is a student at the
University.
Dr. Boldo attended
Mr. Castaneda
after his arrival here. The body was taken by the family to Benson on
the 2:30 train where interment will be made.
Mr. Castaneda was
65 years of age and
has been in the Territory for forty years and at Benson twenty years.
He was a proprietor of the Virginia Hotel at Benson and also kept a
large store there. He is widely known all over the Territory and his
loss will be deeply felt by his many friends.
Date:
1904-08-15;
Paper: Prescott
Morning Courier
The body of P.
Delchanty, a prominent
citizen of Benson who died suddenly at that place three weeks ago
was exhumed yesterday
and an autopsy
held by Drs. Caven of
Bisbee, Johnson of Tombstone, and Apwell of Benson. The autopsy was the
result of the sensational talk which had been indulged in at Benson,
intimating and in some instances charging that Delebanty's death was
due to poison administered by Dr. McCorkle, formerly of Benson. Dr.
McCorkle was the attending physician when Delebanty died. A few days
later, he filed a will of Delebanty, which bequeathed to McCorkle's
daughter $10,000. When the will was presented for probate, it was
refused by Judge Goodbody because of its irregularity.
It is claimed that
the will had been
tampered with, and of this fact there seems to be little doubt. those
who have examined the will say that the "ten" thousand
bequeath to Dr.
McCorkle's daughter
had been originally written "two" thousand dollars.
The doctors could
not determine
definitely if poison was present in any of the vital organs, because of
the advanced state of decomposition, and recommended that the vital
organs be sent for an expert analysis, which was done.
American, Douglas,
Aug. 8.
Date:
1905-06-01;
Paper: Tucson Daily
Citizen
Temple's Injuries
Fatal Passed Away
at the Hospital
The remains of
George E. Temple were
taken to Benson this afternoon. Temple died last evening at the
hospital as a result of his injuries sustained Tuesday morning at Bowie
when he was run down by an engine. His injuries necessitated the
amputation of the left leg. He stood the operation well and
seemed on a way to recovery yesterday afternoon.
Early In the
evening however, his
condition took a tragic as sudden turn, for the worse and at 7:30
o'clock he died.
At his bedside at
the hospital were
the mother, a. sister and two brothers. H. J. Temple, superintendent of
the Cananca railroad and C R. Temple, who recently resigned as agent at
Douglas.
Temple was
employed as foreman at the
coal shutes at Bowie. On the day or his Injuries he had gone to the
shutes before, breakfast He was returning home for his
morning meal when he was run down by the engine.
He was 26 years
oil. His remains were
sent to Benson from which place funeral services will be held.
William
Wright, a well known miner,
was killed about 9 o'clock last Thursday night beneath half a hundred
tons of ore and dirt which caved without warning from the roof of a
working in which he was employed on the 800 level of the Spray Mine.
Arizona Silver Belt. (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.), February 8, 1906
M. DURKINS
FUNERAL WAS LARGELY ATTENDED
Pioneer Miner Laid to Rest In Evergreen Cemetery Services at
Catholic Church,
The mortal remains of Michael Dunkin were laid to rest yesterday
afternoon, services being conducted over them by Rev. Father Muerer at
St. Patrick's Catholic church. The services were largely attended, many
old friends of the departed coming a long way to pay their respects.
Among them were a number or old acquaintances from Tombstone and
Cananea. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
The sincerest regret was expressed in many places in southern Arizona
when news of the death of Mike Durkin was received. He had a big heart
and a manly soul. His ideas of life were along the right lines. He
combined the rugged honesty of the pioneer mining men of Arizona and
their characteristic good fellowship. His friendship was true as steel.
As a husband and father he was idolized; as a citizen he was always
active for the best interests of the community inwhich he happened to
be.
Old friends, and there are many in this part of Arizona who knew him
for twenty years and more, recall many instances where Mike Durkln went
far out of his way to do a favor, and cite cases where his charitable
heart often worked inconvenience to himself. His word was as good as
gold dust in hand. When he died a clean soul winged its way into
eternity to join one that he cherished in life and had deeply mourned
in death.
Among those who attended the funeral from Tombstone were William
Tomilson, Mrs. Hollan. Mr. and Mrs. M. Feeney and James Hagen. M. W.
McGuire also attended from Cananea.
J. J. Gorman and Harvey Henderson accompanied the remains to this city
from Nevada. They want to express their appreciation of the kindnesses
and thoughtfulness of old friends of the deceased at Tombstone and this
city before and after their arrival here with the body.
The Bisbee Daily Review May 3 1908
Fell Sixty Down Bisbee Mine Shaft Joseph Beir, A Miner, Meets a
Horrible Death, Lived Two Hours With A Badly Crushed Skull
BISBEE, April 3. After lingering two hours, Joseph Beir died at the
Copper Queen hospital yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, as the result of
a fall an incline sixty feet long on the 1000 foot level of the L. S.
& P. mine. Death was due to a fractured skull. His people, who live
in Calumet, Mich., have been notified of his death and asked as to the
disposition of the remains.
The deceased had been in this section for three years and was well
known the mining men of the district. He was 23 years of age and until
a few days ago had been running the dinky accident occurred while he
was assisting in moving machinery.
While prying with a lever his foot slipped and he was precipitated to
the foot of the incline. He was carried to the hospital in an
ambulance, but died within two hours without regaining consciousness.
Bier's partner, who to this section with him, and who has been in the
same loft, only four days ago for Calumet and reached that city on the
day of the deceased was a member of Fraternal Brotherhood lodge No. 452
Daily Arizona Silver Belt April 4, 1908
Date:
1912-11-06;
Paper: Tucson Daily
Citizen
Resident of Benson
Dies of Meningitis
Philip L. Wiseman
died at St. Mary's
Hospital Monday, for several years he has been a clerk of the Mansion
House at Benson. He was 23 years old and unmarried. His death was due
to meningitis.
His brother, Louis
J. Wiseman of
Havden, will take charge of the remains and they will be sent to his
former home at Baltimore by the Parker Undertaking Company.
Date:
1915-02-15;
Paper: Tucson Daily
Citizen
W.W. Mangal died
at Benson
J.Weybolt of the
Parker undertaking
establishment, has been in Benson where he went to make arrangements
for sending the remains of W.W. Mangal to Dodge City, Kansas for
interment, Mangal died Friday in Benson.
Date: 1915-05-10;
Paper: Tucson Daily
Citizen
Mrs. Grissinger's
Funeral Was Held
Monday Morning
The funeral of
Mrs. Hazel I.
Grissinger of Benson, was held this morning from Parker's Chapel to
Evergreen Cemetery. The services were conducted by Rev. Henry Van
Valkenburgh, pastor of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Grissinger died at
Benson. She was 23 years of age and is survived by her husband, Walter
H. Grissinger, and three children.
Date:
1920-05-09;
Paper: Tucson Daily
Citizen
Pioneer Resident
of Arizona Dies
Charles F. Moss, a
former Tucsonan, a
resident of Arizona for the past quarter of a century, died at
his home In Benson, Thursday. Moss has been a
resident of Benson
for a number of
years, having large
interests there, including an Ice plant and business property. In
addition to his holdings he gave his attention to the Standard Oil
company, being the local agent.
Interested in
public improvements, he
was a great advocate of road construction.
With him at the
time of his death
were his wife and three children. the funeral services of the well
known pioneer was held in Benson Saturday.
Date:
1921-05-01;
Paper: Tucson Daily
Citizen
Miss Anna
Martinez, daughter of Darla
Martinez, a cattleman who lives 14 miles west of Benson, died Monday,
the 18th after a long illness.
Funeral services
were held here for
her Tuesday afternoon, Rev. Father Collymore of Sacred Heart Church at
Tombstone, conducting the services.
Clifton E. Wharton
The body of
Clifton E. Wharton, who died at Hotel Dieu Monday, will be sent to San
Simon, Ariz., Saturday morning and interment will be there on Saturday
afternoon.
El Paso Herald El
Paso, Texas October 18, 1918
(transcribed as
written by D. Donlon)
COL. DICKER'S
FUNERAL.
Omaha, Neb., Jan.
2.—The funeral of the late John J. Dickey occurred near Benson today.
He was one of the oldest and most popular telegraph officials in the
country. Fifty Western Union officials, from all over the country,
attended the services.
Arizona Journal
Miner Jan 2 1903 Page 1 column 3
Mrs. Amenda Morgan
The body of Mrs.
Amenda Morgan, who died in a local hospital Tuesday, was sent to
Willcox, Ariz., for interment, Wednesday morning.
The Houston Daily
Post Mailable Edition Houston, Texas April 26, 1917
(transcribed as
written by D. Donlon)
Area Deaths
John Haciner, 74
John G. Haefner,
637 Ninth St., died Monday evening at 8:30 at Cochise County Hospital.
He was 74.
Mr. Haefner, a
resident. of Douglas for one month, was a retired railroad man, coming
to Douglas from Long Beach, Calif. He was a veteran of World War I.
He is survived by
his wife, Helen Tippett Haefner, and one sister Mrs. Clora Rust, Long
Beach.
Rosary services
will be held tonight at 7 at Brown-Page Chapel. The American Legion
will furnish the honor guard. Visitation hours will be from 5 to 8 p.
m. today.
Brown-Page
Mortuary is in charge of local arrangements.
Mrs. Edna Clark, 72
Mrs. Edna Clark,
934 16th St., a resident of Douglas for 41 years died suddenly At
Douglas Hospital at 3 a.m. today. She was 72.
Mrs. Clark was
stricken in her home early this morning and died shortly after her
arrival at the hospital.
She was born in
Dayton, Ohio, Jan 14, 1895
She is survived by
three sons Frank of the Douglas address Ray, Tucson, and Leonard,
Englewood, Calif; three brothers, Raphael Fleming, Springfield, Ohio;
Francis, Chicago, and Charlie, Texas.
Also surviving are
two sisters Mrs. Hazel Flora, Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. Florence
Leatherman, Springfield.
Funeral services
are pending at Brown-Page Mortuary in Douglas.
Con Conroy Dead.
Con Conroy, one of
best known old time prospectors of this region died at the Cananeas
last Friday from pneumonia.
He was the
discoveror of several well known and valuable properties and an
experienced prospector. Con was a favorite everywhere, and possessed
that characteristic of the prospector, great liberality. He will be
much missed in Bisbee, where he has a host of friends. He is buried In
the mountains whose treasures he has so successfully assisted in
discovering
Cochise Review
Bisbee July 2, 1900
DEATH OF CHRIS
JOHNSON.
Western Character
Thrown from a Horse and Killed.
Williams, Arizona,
July 13. Chris Johnson, widely known over the Pacific slope for the
past twenty years as a gambler, mining man and striking western
character, was accidentally killed today at Kingman, Arizona, by being
thrown from a horse. Chris was riding at a stiff gallop when the reins
broke. The horse leaped away throwing him on the ground, breaking his
neck.
Johnson owned a
great deal of promising mining property at Chloride where he has been
operating for the past four years.
Cochise Review
Bisbee July 14, 1900
A telegram was
received here last Saturday from Butte, Mont., conveying the sad
intelligence of the death of Ed Perrow at that place, says the Bisbee
Orb. He was employed in one of the mines there and was caught in a
cave, badly crushing him, from the effects of which he died, Perrow
left Bisbee about six months ago, going to Butte He leaves a young
widow in Butte and a father and brother here.
Date: 1900-01-11;
Paper: Weekly Republican
Fort Huachuca Man
Succumbs In Texas
BISBEE, Feb. 7—
<AP>—W. C. Shaw, proprietor of the Fort Huachuca Garage, died
Sunday in EI Paso, according to advices received here. He had been operating
the garage for 17 years. His wife survives.
Funeral services will he conducted here at 3 o'clock tomorrow from the
Masonic Temple. Shaw was widely known
in Southern Arizona.
Arizona Republic
Phoenix Wednesday Morning February 8, 1939
ON THE WAR PATH – Robert Hardie Shot from Ambush –
the President Informed
A Tombstone Ariz. dispatch says: The body of Robert
Hardie, a well known lawyer of Los Angeles, as brought in here Sunday
from Chiricahua mountains, where he was killed by hostile Apaches
Saturday afternoon.
His companion, Dr. Francis Haynes, of
Philadelphia, had his horse shot from under him, but escaped by
mounting his companion’s horse. The Indians fired
from ambush. Both men came here for their health
two weeks ago.
The coroner’s jury appointed a
committee to draft a statement, which will be wired to President
Harrison, reciting the facts of the killing and of the recent outrages
committed by a band of Apaches numbering about ten.
Vernon Courier
(Lamar County, AL), June 5, 1890 Submitted by Veneta McKinney