Gila County, Arizona
Obits
Tombstone Epitaph Prospector
1898-11-06
James
Morris, a pioneer of Gila Valley died last Monday at Safford.
Arizona Weekly Journal Miner
1868-02-22
Mail service upon the Gila route has
been stopped. The contractor, Mr.
Tomlinson, having died, the executors of his estate have taken
off the stock, believing they were not bound to keep up the service
after the death of Mr. Tomlinson. The estate was losing money in the
operation, so we have been informed.
Tucson Daily Citizen 1912-03-24
Gila Valley Pioneer died near Safford
Safford March 23, H.H. Tippetts, a resident of the
Gila Valley for the past 31 years, died Saturday morning, March 16, at
the home of his son in law George W. Quinn, on the Solomonville road.
At the time of his death Mr. Tippetts
was 69 years of age. He came to the Gila Valley with his family from
Idaho in 1881 and they have made their residence here every since. On
March 31, 1908, his wife died.
Arizona Weekly Journal Miner
1892-04-27
A telegram from Globe says: Judge J.D. McCabe, district attorney
of Gila County, died suddenly Saturday night at his residence in Globe,
of hemorrhage of the stomach. He was in usual health until evening and
Saturday afternoon argued an important law case. He was taken suddenly
ill after supper and died aboit 8 o'clock.
Tucson Daily Citizen 1904-05-05
Edward
Tewksbury, the last of the principals in the Tewksbury-Graham
war of 1889, died in the Gila county Hospital April 28. He had been a
paralytic for a long time and his death was hastened by pulmonary
consumption. He left a wife and three children. In 1892, Tom Graham,
the last member of that family who participated in the war, was shot
from an ambush and killed near Mesa. Ed Tewksbury was arrested, charged
with the crimeand indicted. After a sensational trial at Phoenix,
during which the widow of Graham attempted to shoot Tewksbury and
threats of lynching him were made, Tewksbury was found guilty on
evidence that was whooly circumstanctial, and by many considered
insufficent. On an error the court set aside the verdict and Tewksbury
secured a change of venue to Pima County. After a trial in which the
jury disagreed, and confinement in the Tucson jail for upwards of a
year, the charge against Tewksbury was dismissed and he was given his
liberty. The reason for dismissal was that the case had been a very
expensive one and there seemed to be no prospect of securing conviction.
Date: May 16, 1894 Paper: Arizona Weekly Journal Miner
Patrick Shamley, a veteran of
the civil War died at Globe recently age 57 years.
Warren Weekly Jan 3 1890
Randiezaz, an Apache Indian,
was hanged on the 27th at Globe, A. T., for the murder of Lieutenant
Mott last March.