JERRY BARTON
Arizona Republican Newspaper
June 12, 1904
Another of the old time Arizonians is gone. Jerry Barton
died at the hospital at Tucson recently. He had lived in
the territory from the earliest times. He was locally famous
for many things but his reputation rested mainly upon the
forceful blows he could deliver with his fist. It is said
that he killed three men in the territory by striking them
and he had a doubtful record of having killed six men in a
saloon fight in Texas.
Some years ago he had a quarrel with a man in Tombstone and
struck him in the head and he fell like a log. When he was
picked up his neck was found to be broken. He was tried for
this homicide, convicted and sentenced to a term in Yuma.
Soon after his discharge from the penitentiary and his
removal to the northern part of the territory a reminiscent
reporter of the Republican went into his past life and into
his striking record. In the course of time the gaze of
Jerry Barton fell upon the article and he sent word to the
reporter that he was coming to Phoenix as soon as he could
arrange his affairs to do so. He thought, he said, that he
could strike as hard as ever, at any rate, if he should
meet the reporter he would see if his biceps had lost any
of their power.
It is said that all of the men who died at his hands had
their necks broken. There was never a fracture of the
skull, indicating that the blow had been delivered with
extraordinary force. The blow seemed to have been a
peculiar one, like those which prize fighters discover
and cultivate though none of them have ever discovered
one so deadly as that of Barton's. He was a man of
wonderful physique but when he died he was a wreck, a
condition partly due to age and in part to the violence
with which he had lived.
JOHN H. BAUMAN
Arizona Republican Newspaper
July 12, 1904
John H. Bauman, receiver of the land office at Tucson,
died on Sunday. For several days before his death he was
so ill that all hope of his recovery was abandoned. The
news of his death was received by Acting Governor Nichols
in a letter from George J. Roskruge. The matter of
choosing a successor to him is already being discussed
in the southern part of the territory.
Mr. Bauman was a sufferer of tuberculosis. It was on
account of that disease that he came to the territory
several years ago. He settled in the northern part of
the territory taking an active part in republican
affairs in Coconino County. He was living in the eastern
part of that county when it was divided. His home was at
Holbrook and he held many positions of trust and
responsibility in the new county of Navajo. He was
appointed receiver of the Tucson land office about
seven years ago to succeed Judge E.R. Monk, who had
held the office during the last Cleveland administration.
Mr. Bauman was a native of Indiana. He leaves a wife
and family and one of his sons is engaged in business
at Tucson. Whatever arrangements for the funeral that
may have been made, are unknown here.
C.C. BEAN
Arizona Republican Newspaper
February 3, 1904
The editor of the Prescott Journal-Miner received a telegram
Monday afternoon from Mary M. Bean in New York containing the
following brief announcement.
"Curtis Coe Bean died at his home here this morning in the
77th year of his age. "
Colonel C.C. Bean, as the subject of the above was well
known in Arizona and was a historical character. He came
to Prescott during the early sixties and resided with his
family here until the late eighties. He was a veritable
pioneer among the pioneers of Arizona. He was first engaged
in contracting business with the army and was engaged like all
the early settlers in many a brush with the Indians.
He was the owner of the Copper Basin Mining properties and
sold them to Phelps, Dodge and Company and during the more
recent years has been engaged in mining in the southern part
of this territory. He was a man of wonderful vitality and
energy, optimistic to the greatest degree and a man beloved
by all who knew him.
In politics he was a Republican and served one term as
delegate to Congress form this territory.
He was not only a good citizen but it was in his home where
his character showed up to the greatest advantage, his
devotion to his "wife and babies" as he always referred
to them, being proverbial. A biographical sketch of the
deceased would fill a volume. He leaves a wife and four
daughters.
MRS. MAY BECKER
Arizona Republican Newspaper
January 24, 1904
Mrs. May Becker, aged thirty seven died yesterday at the
family home on Illinois Street and the funeral will be
held Monday afternoon at 2 'clock at Bradley's parlors.
Beside her husband, Mrs. Becker leaves three girls and a
sister to mourn her death. The family came here about a
year ago, Mrs. Becker then being ill of a lung infection.
Mrs. Bellya
November 18, 1904
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Mrs. Josephine Bellya died last night at 11:30 o'clock
at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Chapman,
no. 213 East Van Buren Street, of pneumonia. No
arrangements for the funeral were made last night and
it was not decided whether it would be held on Saturday
or Sunday. Mrs. Bellya was well advanced in years and
was well known, having lived in this city the greater
part of the time for the last twenty years.
GUY BENNETT
Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 15, 1904
Word was received here last night that Guy Bennett died
at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Oceanside California
where he had been spending the summer with other members of
his family. He suffered a very severe sick spell some years
ago and though never fully recovering he has been able to be
out most of the time since then. About a month ago he was
taken suddenly worse and his daughter Mrs. E.J. Bennett of
this city was summoned to his bedside.
Mr. Bennett was a pioneer in the territory having lived for
a great many years in Yavapai County and owning a large stock
ranch there. For a number of years past Phoenix has been
his home and the Bennett Addition to the city is named after
him as he owned the property when it was platted into city
lots. No details have been received concerning his death
or the arrangements for the funeral.
Funeral of Guy Bennett
October 18, 1904
The funeral of the late Guy Bennett took place yesterday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence of E.J. Bennett on
North Center Street. It was of a semi-private nature, only
the relatives and immediate friends of the family attending.
The pall bearers were Messrs. Walter Talbot, William Pickerell,
H.J. Jessop, Frank Cox, J. Elliott Walker and Dr. Ancil
Martin. Interment was made in the E.J. Bennett's lot in
the Masonic Cemetery.
The dead man had led a very active and most useful life,
achieving more than usual success in every way. He was a
native of western New York and followed the frontier in its
westward march from the central states, participating all
along the line in its industrial development.
He was born sixty nine years ago on the 12th of October and
while yet young moved with his father's family to Aurora,
Illinois when that state was considered in the far west.
Still later he moved to Missouri living in Springfield, West
Plains and other places for many years. At one time he was
extensively engaged in the milling business at West Plains.
He moved to Lawrence Kansas about the time the construction
of the Santa Fe railroad began. At Lawrence he went into
partnership with Colonel H.L. Moore and opened a wholesale
grocery and supply store. The firm for some years afterward
continued its business there and also maintained a store at
the railroad front, moving it up as construction proceeded.
This business was followed till the railroad was completed
into New Mexico when the firm sold their mercantile
interests to L.B. Putney, who continued the business till
his death when the management was transferred to a son of
Mr. Putney, who still conducts the business in Albuquerque.
In the early 1880's Mr. Bennett bought his well known stock
ranch at Juniper in Yavapai County and in 1883 or 1884 moved
his family there. That continued to be the family home for
over ten years and the property is still a part of the family
estate and is under the charge of a son, Lyman Bennett.
Some eight or ten years ago Guy Bennett bought what is now
known as the Bennett addition to Phoenix and moved his
family here about seven years ago, Phoenix having been their
home since then. His residence in Bennett Addition was
among the first of the large number of nice houses that
now make one of the prettiest residence portions of the
city. Mr. Bennett had been ill of an affection of the
kidneys for many years and for this reason he had lived
in California most of the time for the last three years
his death occurring at Oceanside as previously published.
Of his immediate family, he leaves a wife, three daughters
and two sons. The daughters are Mrs. E.J. Bennett and Miss
Drew Bennett, of this city, and Mrs. D.M. Barringer of
Philadelphia. The sons are Thomas D. Bennett of this city,
and Lyman Bennett of Juniper. The dead man also had three
sisters, all residents of this valley and three brothers
who live in the east. The sisters are Mrs. William Christy,
Mrs. I.M. Christy and Mrs. O.H. Christy.
