Mrs. Abrams
December 6, 1904
Arizona Republican Newspaper
News has been received in Phoenix that Mrs. D.A. Abrams
formerly of this city, died recently in Denver Colorado
after a long illness. Mrs. Abrams had many friends in
Phoenix where for years she was prominent in church work
and in social circles. Her husband and a daughter survive her.
ELIZABETH R. ALDRIDGE
February 3, 1904
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Aldridge, till a short time ago a resident
of this city died in Prescott on January 30. She was a pioneer
settler in Arizona coming here in 1867 when she settled on the
Agua Fria near Prescott with a former husband named John B.
Townsend. Mr. Townsend who was a government scout was killed
by Indians and she married Mr. Aldridge of this city. She
was fifty nine years old.
GEORGE ANDERSON
November 7, 1904
George Anderson, the bandit who was shot by Ranger Wheeler
during an attempted holdup of the Palace Saloon in Tucson a
few days ago, died on Friday of internal hemmorrhage and
blood poisoning. He claimned to have come from Locust Grove
Georgia and the chief of police of that town was notified.
Some are of the opinion that Anderson was an assumed name.
GUS ANDERSON
March 23, 1904
Gus Anderson, the Dane who was committed to the insane
asylum a week ago, died at that institution last night.
He was first arrested nearly two weeks ago on a charge of
insanity, which was dismissed after a hearing in the probate
court. He was next taken up on a charge of a disturbance of
the peace and after a brief confinement in the county jail
was again tried for insanity. The cause of death was spinal
meningitis. The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock this
morning at Mohn and Dorris. The service will be conducted
by Rev. Frank Bond of the Seventh Day Adventists. Anderson
has relatives living in Chicago.
R.G. ANDRE
July 3, 1904
The funeral of R.G. Andre who died Friday evening was held
from the home yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the
three different orders of which he was a member: The United
Moderns, the Woodmen and the Workmen. The services were
conducted by Rev. Fields of the ME Church, South. Immediately
after the service here the body was escorted to Phoenix where
it was met by the Phoenix Lodge, A.O.U.W who took charge and
the final services were held at their cemetery where the
interment was made.
Mr. Andre's death was so sudden and unexpected that it was a
great shock to his friends. Many had heard nothing of the
accident until after it was rumored that he was dead. The
full particulars of the accident which resulted so tragically
have not yet been fully learned but some of it is as follows:
He left here Thursday intending to take an extensive trip to
the eastern part of the territory expecting to be gone
several weeks. He intended taking the stage to Goldfield
on Thursday but for some reason missed it and did not leave
Mesa until Friday morning. Then he left on Fellow's Stage.
When the stage reached the Highland Canal about four miles
east of Mesa, the accident occurred. It is said that Mr.
Andre was lying on top of the load asleep and when the
stage struck a small chuck hole he fell and one wheel
passed over his body severely crushing his right shoulder.
The extent of the injury was not realized at the time and
a messenger was sent back to Mesa for someone to go out
after him. Phil Mets took a rig and went. The injured
man was brought to the hotel at Mesa and his wife and
Doctor Mouer of this place were notified by phone.
They went there immediately and brought him home.
He arrived here about four o'clock in the afternoon.
About half past six he had been walking up a flight
of stairs and he grew worse and Dr. Mouer was sent for.
He happened to be unavailable and Dr. Alexander who has
his office in the same building was in Phoenix. By the
time Dr. Charles H. Jones arrived Mr. Andre had passed away.
Mr. Andre was 57 years old and was born in France but was
raised and educated in Germany. He served in the German
army for a number of years and after coming to the United
States was employed in Baltimore at his trade. He came
west for the government in the early seventies where he
again worked at his trade making harness and saddles for
the troops stationed at Fort Grant. He afterwards joined
the regular army, serving for a considerable length of
time as a scout. He took a prominent part in many of the
Indian battles in this territory and was present at the
capture of Geronimo. After leaving the service of the
government he moved to Phoenix where for many years he
worked at his trade. After leaving there he came to
Tempe and since then has been closely connected with the
affairs of the town. He was always interested in the
welfare of the city and was a lodge man in true sense
of the word.
Recently he has taken a great interest in mining and held
several valuable claims in different parts of the territory
and it was on mining business that he was making the trip.
JUDGE WILLIAM H. BARNES
Arizona Republican Newspaper
November 11, 1904
Judge William H. Barnes died last night at his home in Tucson.
A telephone message received by Judge Street late last night
conveyed the infomration to Phoenix. It was also stated that
Judge Barnes had been in usual health until yesterday after
dinner he was seized with a sudden illness which became more
and more acute until death ensued.
Judge Barnes had recently returned from the east where he had
spent the greater part of his time for the last two years as a
representative of the Greene Consolidated Copper Company. He
was one of the foremost residents of the territory in which he
had lived for about twenty years. He came here from
Jacksonville, Illinois in 1885 having been appointed a member
of the supreme court of the territory by President Cleveland
in his first term.
Upon his retirement from the bench, Judge Barnes engaged in
the active practice of law and at once took a front rank which
he maintained until his death. Judge Barnes was born at
Hampton, Connecticutt, in 1843. He was taken to Illinois
when he was ten years of age. Having passed through the
public schools of Alton he entered Illinois College and then
the Univeristy of Michigan from which he graduated in 1865.
He began the study of law and was admitted to the bar at
Jacksonville. Judge Barnes was married to Miss Belle daily
who survives him. He leaves beside his widow, one daughter,
Mrs. J.H. Martin.
Judge Barnes was the second president of the territorial bar
association. He was a Mason and a member of the I.O.O. F.
and an Elk.
Funeral of Judge Barnes
November 12, 1904
Word was received from Tucson yesterday announcing that the
funeral services over Judge Barnes will take place at the
Masonic Temple there on Sunday afternoon. Interment will not
take place at that time. No doubt many members of the bar
there and other friends will attend the funeral.
MRS. WARREN BARNETT
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 28, 1904
Mrs. Warren Barnett of Mesa, died yesterday of pneumonia,
after a brief illness. She did not seem to be in danger at
any time and yesterday morning her condition was better than
it had been at any time since her illness. Her husband is
employed at the Tonto Basin dam site. It was though that he
might have started home. An effort was made to reach him
first by way of Globe but the telegraph office at that point
was closed before the message was sent. Then communication
was attempted by the telephone line of the Arizona Water
Company which has an irregular connection with the Thorpe
line. At a late hour the connection had not been made.
March 30, 1904
Mrs. W.L. Barnett whose death was announced in these columns
yesterday, died very suddenly and the community is horror
stricken at the heavy hand of death that has fallen without
warning. Mrs. Barnett was ill only from 9 o'clock Sunday
morning until the hour of her death, only about four hours
later. While she has not been in the best of health for
some time, having but recently recovered from a attack of
la grippe, she has been able to attend to her household
duties and seemed to have almost entirely recovered.
Sunday morning as usual she cooked breakfast and attended
to some chores. About 9 o'clock she took a spell of
coughing after which she grew terribly sick and although
everything possible was done for her relief she passed
away at 2 p.m.
At the time of her death, her husband was away from home,
having gone up to the Tonto dam site to establish a drug
store. Will Bowen was dispatched on horseback for the
site to notify Mr. Barnett. A telephone message from
there states that Mr. Barnett will reach Mesa tonight.
Mrs. Barnett was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M.M.
Gilbert and was forty two years of age. She leaves a
husband and two sons, a sister, Mrs. J.H. Barnett and
two brothers, W.M. Gilbert and J.L. Gilbert and a father
Dr. M.M. Gilbert. Mrs. Barnett was an ideal woman, a
loving mother and wife, esteemed by all who knew her.
The funeral will be held sometime today at the Methodist
Church. The hour will be decided upon when her husband
arrives.
Funeral, April 2, 1904
The funeral services of Mrs. Annie Barnett were held at
the family residence on Tuesday at 10 a.m. There was a
large attendance and evidence was not lacking to show the
very deep sympathy of the people to the remaining family
in their terrible sorrow. Rev. Blair of the M.E. Church
presided at the services. The pall bearers were Daniel
Hibbert, J.S. Peterson, Van Wright, Ben Radel, Ed Clark
and C.S. Hoover. Her husband W.L. Barnett arrived home
Tuesday night, having made the distance from the Tonto
dam in less than one day. He is heartbroken.
