W.A. Gill died yesterday afternoon at his residence on West
Washington Street. He was thirty six years old and came here
five years ago from Pittsburgh, Pa. At one time he conducted
a fruit store and ice cream parlor on West Washington Street.
Being ill, his sister joined him here about two years ago to
care for him and nurse him. He was a member of the Order of
Maccabees and Independent Order of Foresters. The funeral
will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian
church.
CAPTAIN GILBERT D. GRAY
February 8, 1903
Captain Gilbert D. Gray died at his residence in the Capitol
addition yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. He had been in ill
health all winter, not having been strong for some years and
suffering occasional severe illnesses of various kinds
attending advancing age and an active life. Tuberculosis
finally developed a few months ago and for the last
two weeks he has been confined to the house, though to
his bed only for three days. He was conscious but little
of the time after Friday noon.
His immediate relatives are beside his wife, an aged mother,
who lives with his sister in Glenwood, Missouri, another
sister in Fort Madison, Iowa, a son, James M. Gray of this
city, and two daughters, Mrs. S. Palmer of this city and
Mrs. Emma Leyhe of Marshall, Missouri.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at
the residence, the interment later being private. The
funeral will be under the auspices of the Grand Army post
of this city of which he was a member.
Captain Gray was born in Ohio, sixty two years ago and went
to Iowa when a young man, later moving to Missouri, where
he lived till he came to phoenix about ten years ago. When
the Civil War broke out he enlisted in an Iowa regiment
was rejected on account of his small stature. Later he went
to Missouri, and securing authority to recruit a company, did
so, being himself commissioned a second lieutenant. He was
promoted during the course of his service to the rank of
captain. He was wounded in the leg at the battle of
Vicksburg and though he never left the field his wound
in later years gave him considerable trouble.
He participated with his company in the following battles,
besides numerous smaller engagements: Siege of Corinth,
second battle of Corinth, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills,
Vicksburg and Missionary Ridge. He has taken an active
interest in affairs since coming to this valley politically
and otherwise and on January 1st completed a term as
justice of the peace of this precinct.
JACOB K. GREEN
September 8, 1903
The funeral of Jacob K. Green was held yesterday morning at
10 o'clock. It was attended by a large number of relatives
and friends, the young man having been well known and popular.
He has lived in this valley for the last fifteen years or ever
since he was a ten year old boy and for the two years preceding
the date of his illness in July he was employed in McKees store.
He resided at 537 North Sixth Avenue. Interment was made in
the A.O.U.W. cemetery.
MAX GREENBAUM
November 13, 1903
The funeral of Max Greenbaum who died at the Sisters Hospital
on Wednesday morning took place yesterday afternoon according
to the Jewish rites. There was one more than ordinarily sad
thing in his death. He came here several weeks ago suffering
of a liver trouble of which it was quite certain he could not
get well though his death was not regarded as imminent. Three
weeks ago his brother, a traveling salesman for a San Francisco
house came and remained with him until early Wednesday morning
when he was summoned to San Francisco by an urgent telegram.
He left on the train for the north and in less than five hours
his brother was dead. Max Greenbaum was a former resident of
Phoenix having been in the employ of Goldman and Company for
six years.
CHARLES GREENLEAF
December 6, 1903
Charles W. Greenleaf, bookkeeper and gamekeeper of the Cabinet
Saloon in Tucson was found dead at the room of R.E. Rogers on
North Church Street at 12:45 Thursday and the following
particulars are furnished by the Star. From the condition
of the body at the time of the discovery the unfortunate
man had been dead for some hours. He was last seen alive
at 2:30 o'clock on the morning of his death.
Mr. Greenleaf had not been well for some time past and had
lately been in the habit of taking morphine injections to
quiet himself and induce rest. The last injection taken
was more than his weak heart would stand and the long sleep
was the result. Charles W. Greenleaf had lived in Tucson
about six years and ill health had driven him to drink.
When he first came to Tucson he did not drink at all but
lately he hand had several periods when drink had the upper
hand, all caused by the despondency of disease.
He was a man well liked by Tucson people who knew him and
had many friends in the territory. Before coming here he
lived at Tombstone and at Phoenix. At the former place he
was operator and express agent at Phoenix. He was an expert
accountant and while in Tucson was in the employ of a number
of gambling houses. He roomed at the Kibby house and there,
as elsewhere, was well liked. He left there two days ago
and did not return. He had a sister living at North Berwick
Maine and she has been notified of the sad affair.
LOUISE GREGORY
December 21, 1903
Louise, the five months old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Gregory, of Yuma died yesterday morning. A telegram was
received yesterday morning by Mr. and Mrs. M.T. Russell,
apprising them of that sad fact. The telegram brought to
them the first intimation of the illness of the baby. On
Saturday Mr. Gregory wrote them of her illness but the mail
was delayed yesterday morning and the letter was not delivered
until after the telegram had been received.
The child had not been sick long. The ailment was a
complication of kidney troubles. The body will be brought
here this morning and the funeral will be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell, No. 577 North Fourth Avenue. Mr. Gregory is the
secretary of the territorial prison. Mrs. Gregory visited
her relatives in the city last August.
John Griffin
April 1, 1891
A man by the name of John Griffin was found dead midway
between Camp Hattersley and Captain Keating's French Creek
placer camp March 30.
He had started to go across the trail from French Creek to
Camp Hattersley with a companion. When about half way he
was taken suddenly very sick, and his partner went on to
Hattersley, and Captain Keating and R.C. Markley returned
with him in a rig in which to take the sick man to camp but
when they arrived he was dead. They took him to Keating's
French Creek camp and sent a runner to Tip Top after Justice
of the Peace Simpson, who arrived yesterday morning and
summoned a coroner's jury and held an inquest. The verdict
of the jury was that deceased had died of heart failure.
On his person was found papers showing that he had been color
sergeant in the Queen's Calvary. He also had an order for a
gold medal for gallant service while serving in South
Africa which he had never presented. Deceased was 50
years old and a native of the Isle of New Jersey. He
was a stranger in the locality where he died having
worked at Keating's camp only two months. The funeral
took place at the camp yesterday morning, Colonel F.C.
Hatch reading the burial service of the Church of
England.
CAPTAIN HIEL HALE
March 30, 1903
Captain Hiel Hale died at his home in Los Angeles last
Sunday evening of heart failure. He was a veteran Union
soldier, having served throughout the Civil War in the
Twelfth Iowa Infantry, first as a private and later
promoted to the rank of captain for bravery.
MRS. R. HAMPSTON
August 13, 1903
Mrs. Rae Hampston, a woman 25 years old was found dead in
her bed at Poland, Sunday about 11:30 o'clock. A coroner's
jury rendered a verdict that she came to her death from an
overdose of laudanum.
Her husband is a miner and left Poland on Sunday for Congress
to secure work. On Sunday evening Mrs. Hampston went into the
store of the Poland Extension Company and asked for a bottle of
laudanum. The manager of the store asked her for what purpose
she wanted it and she stated that she intended to make a
solution of it, with which to bathe her feet, which were
swollen and painful. On this representation the poison was
sold to her and nothing more was seen of her until at the hour
above stated on Monday morning when she was found dead, the
indications being that death was painless and without a struggle.
The empty bottle which had contained the laudanum was found
under the pillow and every indication was that she had taken
the drug with suicidal intent, although there was no known
cause why she should desire to end her life as far as the
Journal Miner could learn. Mr. Hampston was in Prescott when
the telephone message announcing her death was received last
evening and on the receipt of the news he immediately returned
to Poland.
