Benson: W.E. Dunton was killed by a cave in the Clay Mine
operated by Farley and Jenson in the Whetstone Mountains
about eight miles southwest of Benson at 9 o'clock this
morning. Bill, as he was familiarly called by his friends,
has been working for the above firm for a long time and
was considered a good miner, but accidents of this kind
happen some times to the best of miners. It certainly
was not carelessness on the part of the owners as they
are known to be good and careful men, as well as
practical miners.
W.H. DURYEA
December 21, 1903
W.H. Duryea, an Arizona pioneer who is well known by many
Phoenix people died a few days ago in Globe. Of him the
Silver Belt says: "W.H. Duryea was a native of New York state
but lived the greater part of his life on the Pacific coast
and in Arizona. He came to Globe in 1878 and had lived here
continuously since. After coming here he was interested for
a time in the Champion Mill and in 1879 or 1880 opened a
general merchandise store in the adobe building north of
Pinal Creek Crossing that was afterward occupied by G.S.
Van Wagenen and was burned down July 2, 1901. Besides a
sister, the deceased is survived by a brother Edward Duryea
of Roslyn N.Y. and a niece, Mrs. N. Depew living in
California. W.H. Duryea was a good citizen, of kindly
disposition, fond of anecdote and a man who will be long
remembered among the pioneer residents of Globe."
C.J. DYER
March 30, 1903
The flag on the city hall floated at half mast yesterday
out of the respect for the memory of C.J. Dyer, formerly a
member of the city council and acting mayor of the city.
The funeral will be held today at 2:30 o'clock at the
Catholic Church, the friends of the dead man meeting at
A.J. Bradley's undertaking parlors at 2 o'clock to escort
the body to the church. The members of the Grand Army of
the Republic and the Phoenix Fire Department in uniform
will attend. Interment will be in Rosedale Cemetery.
April 1, 1903
The will of C.J. Dyer was presented for probate yesterday.
It names G.H. Hirshfeld as administrator and provides for
the distribution of the personal estate of the testator
among Mr. Hirshfeld, E.J. Bonsall, G.C. Claygas and
Clarence Smith. It directs the sale of the real estate
and orders that a cut of the proceeds will go to Mr.
Hirschfeld who will receive $300 and Messrs. Bonsall and
Claygas $100 each. The rest of the money derived from
the sale of the real estate shall go to the brother of
the testator who lives at Jackson Michigan. Mr. Smith
one of the beneficiaries of the will is the well known
artist, a life long friend of Mr. Dyer who has spent a
part of the last two winters with him.
SAMUEL A. DYSART
November 7, 1903
Samuel A. Dysart died last night at his home north of the city.
The cause of death was peritonitis of which Mr. Dysart had
suffered since last Sunday. As early as Thursday night it
was believed that he could not survive. Mr. Dysart leaves a
family consisting of four sons and three daughters. The two
older sons are Dr. Frank Dysart who is now in the city and
Fred Dysart of Solomonville. The two younger sons are at
home. In the death of Mr. Dysart a good and a useful citizen
has passed away. He had been a resident of the city for nine
years. He came here from Lancaster, Mo. where he had been
successfully engaged in the practice of law for several years.
On coming to Phoenix he engaged in the abstract business.
For the last four years he has followed farming. Frank
Dysart of Solomonville is a younger brother. The funeral
will be held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Christian
church.
Funeral of Samuel Dysart
November 8, 1903
The friends of the late Samuel A. Dysart gathered in the
Christian church yesterday at 3:30 o'clock to look upon the
face of and to pay their respects for the last time to the
departed. The church was filled to overflowing. One of the
many sentiments was expressed from J.F. Wooldridge ,"I have
known S.A. Dysart for forty years and I love him like a brother."
Since coming to Phoenix ten years ago, Mr. Dysart has not
sought public notoriety, but has devoted himself quietly to
his business and to his family. When a resident of Lancaster,
Mo. he was one of the leading attorneys of the northern part
of the state and was an influential factor in state politics
but failing health drove him to a milder climate and he
voluntarily retired to private life.
He was for more than a quarter of a century an active and
honored member of the Christian church and for several years
past has been chairman of the official board of the church
in Phoenix.
Mr. Dysart served in the Union Army during the war until
severely wounded in the battle of Pea Ridge Arkansas from
which he never fully recovered.
The pall bearers were: J.F. Wooldridge, A.P. Walbridge, J.E.
Tannehill, M.V. Warren, Joseph Cope, and James Hauxhurst.
Mr. Dysart was sixty years and twenty three days old at the
time of his death and his death occurred on the eighty fourth
birthday of his mother who survives him. His father, Milton
Dysart was a pioneer Presbyterian preacher in Iowa almost
fifty years ago and is said to have been a very able man and
profound bible scholar. The Dysart, Tannehill and Resor
families were intimate neighbors in those early days on the
frontier and the close friendships formed by the pioneers
are still maintained by their descendants in far off Arizona.
Besides his wife, eight children are left to mourn his death.
One son, Vernon is in business in St. Louis, another Fred in
Solomonville, another, Lewis is a physician in the hospital
of the Copper Queen Company in Bisbee, the oldest daughter,
Winifred was married to Ralph Murphy a couple of years ago
and resides in the valley, while the second Zella is one of
the brightest teachers in the Phoenix schools. Another son,
Arthur will graduate from high school next year and Nat, the
youngest boy and Mildred, ten years old are attending school
in the Osborn district.
ARTHUR L. ELLISON
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 6, 1903
Arthur N. Ellison a little son of Mr. and Mrs. B.R. Ellison
who live on a ranch about a mile east of the Indian School
was drowned about noon yesterday in a pond used for watering
cattle in the pasture.
The boy was a little less than two years old, just large
enough to toddle around by himself. He was very fond of
watching the cattle and shortly before he was drowned a
neighbor boy saw him following the cattle that were moving
toward the pond. He had been absent from the house but a
few minutes when the family sat down to dinner and missed
him. Almost the first thing thought of afterward was the
pond and hastening to it his little hands were seen sticking
up and his dress floating on the water which was only about
two feet deep. He was taken out immediately but was dead
when found and all efforts at resuscitation were unavailing.
The funeral will be held this morning at 9 o'clock at the
family residence and will be conducted by Rev. L.J. Hedgpeth.
Interment will be made at one of the cemeteries near the
Crosscut canal.
WILLIAM EMMETT
December 26, 1903
William Emmett, a brakeman on the road between Benson and
Nogales, died at Nogales on Wednesday of injuries received
in falling from the top of a car the day before. The
accident happened about six miles north of Nogales. It
was found that his skull had been fractured. It is a
common saying among railroad men that accidents seldom
happen to beginners in that dangerous vocation, the reason
probably being that new men are more careful of themselves.
This was Emmett's second run and it is said that he was
without previous railroad experience.
S.R. EPLEY
September 21, 1903
This afternoon the last friendly offices for the dead were
performed over the remains of S.R. Epley, a pioneer of Globe
district, who with his brother A.T. Epley, familiarly known
as Uncle John arrived here in the fall of 1875 before there
was any semblance of a town and Globe has been his residence
continuously since. S.R. Epley or "Dick" Epley as he was
called, had been in California since the latter part of June
having gone there in quest of health but his condition
gradually growing worse, and having a premonition of death
he decided to return to Globe earlier than he had planned.
Martha Evans
November 11, 1905
Mrs. Martha J. Evans died quite suddenly yesterday at
the home of her son Elliott Evans, two miles north of
Six Points and a half mile west. The funeral will be
held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the family home and
all friends are invited to attend. Mrs. Evans was in
her eighty third year and had lived here about eleven
years. She leaves two children here.
