Floyd Williams died late last night at his temporary residence
near the waterworks. Mr. Williams was a member of the Modern
Woodmen. He was thirty six years of age and was well known
throughout the central states as a professional violinist.
He came here from Eldora, Iowa, a short time ago. He is
survived by a wife and child.
WILL WILLIAMS
October 7, 1909
Will Williams, who has been suffering for some time with
typhoid fever, succumbed to the disease and passed away
Tuesday morning. He was a resident of this valley for a
number of years and leaves a host of relatives and friends
to mourn his loss. He was married less than two years ago
to Miss Bertha Vensel. Besides his young wife he has two
sisters living here, Mrs. W.R. Bratton and Mrs. Edgar Brooks.
His brother, D.A. Williams, who until a few years ago lived
here, but who now resides at Fowler, California, has been
telegraphed for and was expected here yesterday. The funeral
will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the M.E. Church
South with interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
ALEXANDER D. WILLIAMSON
July 19, 1909
Alexander D. Williamson who had lived on this earth ninety years
and five months breathed his last on Saturday afternoon. He was
of Scotch descent and was born in Danville, Ky. He was a man of
gigantic frame and even time had not dimished the impression of
its massiveness.
His story is a sad one. He went to California in an early day,
probalby among the argonauts. Ten years ago he was left
entirely alone in the world save for a grandson and it would
have been a blessing to the old man if he had been taken or
had never been born.
Of whatever property he had, he had saved a little home and at
the request of the grandson he sold this and put the money into
a small printing establishment for the young man was a printer.
The shop was wasted in riotous living and the grandson set out
on a tour of the newspaper offices of the country, leaving the
old man to the care of acquaintances and his own wife on the
coast. The grandson, Harry Myers came to Phoenix where he found
employment as a linotype operator on the papers of this city
but his money was spent for liquor as fast as it was earned.
He wrote to the old man of his prosperity and was always
promising to send him money which was never sent. At last,
the old man decided to come to Phoenix. As soon as the
graceless grandson leanred that he was coming he left town
and has never been here since. He has not written to his
grandfather, although appeals have been made to him in his
behalf.
The old man on arriving in town went to the Alamo where his
grandson had been stopping, and Mrs. James Kay, proprietress
of it took him and since that time, five years ago, she has
contributed liberally to his wants. His case was made known
to the board of supervisors who allowed him $7.50 a month.
Though his situation was about as gloomy as could have been
imagined, he was never heard to compalin of the ingratitude
of his grandson, of his poverty or his health. He worried
once over a report some heartless busy body brought him that
the supervisors were going to withdraw their assistance and
that he would be sent to the poor farm. He feared the potter's
field. He was assured that he would have decent burial and
that the last of his earthly cares were removed. Members of
the printing fraternity and others have raised a small fund
which will be sufficient to get a grave in one of the
cemeteries where he will be laid today in a neat coffin.
GRAHAM WILLIAMSON
March 11, 1909
Word has been received here of the death of Graham Williamson
at his temporary home in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 4 of
apoplexy. Mr. and Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Carnal spent the
winters of 1907 and 1908 in Phoenix and made many friends
who will be saddened to hear of his death. He leaves a wife
and son, Alfred, who at present reside in Los Angles;
another son, William, a resident of Dakota, and two daughters,
Mrs. McHaffle of Missoula, Montana and Mrs. James Carnal of
Harve, to mourn his death. The deceased was a Knight Templar
and a member of the Presbyterian church. The remains were
taken from Los Angeles on March 9 by the widow to Havre,
Montana for burial. It was only last June that Mrs. Williams
took the remains of her youngest daughter, Mrs. F.A. Carnal
from Phoenix to Los Angeles, she having died of tuberculosis
at Buena Vista.
JAMES WILSON
March 13, 1909
At the advanced age of 90 years, James Wilson passed away at
the home of his son-in-law, J.C. Goodwin, yesterday morning at
10 o'clock. Death was due to old age and months ago it was
realized that there was no hope of his recovery. For the past
three days, death was expected at any moment.
Mr. Wilson was a native of New York state. He grew to young
manhood there and was present at the building of the first
railroad and saw the first train of cars run over it. from
New York he journeyed to what was then the far west, arriving
at Chicago when it was a city much smaller than Phoenix,
little more than a dry spot in a large marsh. He lived
there for some years, but eventually settled in Palatine,
Illinois which he called home for many years. He first came
to Arizona about twenty years ago staying for some little
time before returning to his Illinois home. Six years ago,
he again came here and since that time has made his home
with his daughter, Mrs. J.C. Goodwin.
The funeral will be this morning form the Goodwin home at
10 o'clock, Rev. Fisk of the Methodist Episcopal church
officiating with burial in Double Butte Cemetery.
Funeral, March 14, 1909
There was a large attendance at the funeral of James Wilson,
held from the J.C. Goodwin home yesterday at 10 o'clock. The
services were conducted by Rev. Fisk with interment in Double
Butte Cemetery.
From Cook Co. Ill, biographical record is Mr. Wilson's career:
"In Jan 1886 Mr. Wilson went west to Phoenix in the Salt River
Valley. After traveling over the country for a time he
selected a location and made several property investments.
He prospered in these and by earnest labor, rose from a humble
financial position to one of affluence. In early life Mr.
Wilson was an old time Whig."
MRS. ROBERT WILSON
April 20, 1909
Mrs. Robert Wilson died yesterday noon at St. Joseph's Hospital
after a long illness. She had not been in good health for years,
but had only been confined to her bed for about six weeks.
About a week ago she was taken from the family home, at the
corner of Central Avenue and Westmoreland Street to the hospital
where everything possible was done to relieve her suffering.
The funeral will be held in the First M.E. church on Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock. The deceased was 58 years old and with
her husband and children came here from Carthage Missouri
eighteen years ago. She was widely known and well liked.
W.H. WINDES
June 12, 1909
The funeral of W.H. Windes was held yesterday afternoon
from the family residence in Goldman's Addition in Tempe.
The services were conducted by rEv. W.H. Salyer and the
interment was made in the Double Butte Cemetery. Mr. Windes
died in Los Angeles, Wednesday of this week after an extended
illness. The remains were shipped to Tempe, arriving here
yesterday afternoon. The deceased is a brother of R.A.
Windes of this place and spent most of the winter before
last in Tempe.
QUAN WING
February 5, 1909
The body of Quan Wing, an insane Chinaman, was found floating
in shallow water over a sand bar in the Salt River yesterday
morning, by a Mexican, opposite the foot of Seventh Avenue and
not far from where the body of Mrs. Myrtle Brown was found a
few days ago. The Mexican when he first saw it thought it
looked like a gunny sack and approaching saw it was a human
body, attached a rope to it and towed it to the bank of the
river, then reported the find to the authorities. The body
was entirely nude.
Coroner Johnstone was notified, a jury was empanelled and the
body was brought to the undertaking parlors of Moore and
McLellan. Opinion differed at first as to whether it was a
Chinese or a Japanese and the Chinese who first viewed it
said it was not of their race. Later, Yellow Dick, Mayor of
Chinatown, said he recognized it as the body of Quan Wing
who had lived here for a quarter of a century. The jury
found a verdict of drowning but there is an entire absence
of knowledge as to when, where , or how, except that the
undertaker is of the opinion that the body had been in the
water less than ten hours. The place of its discovery
suggests the theory that the man had tried to cross the
river at the foot of either Seventh Street or Center Street,
sometime during Wednesday night.
Quan Wing, was well known in the community and has been
considered insane for years having been sent to the asylum
sometime ago, perhaps a year or two past and it is believed
he also spent sometime there previously. It was learned
yesterday that he escaped from the asylum a couple of days
ago but nobody seems to know where he was between that time
and his death.
It is said he has no relatives this side but that he once had
a brother here who was sent back to China during the
administration of the late Governor McCord, as U.S. Marshal.
It is also said that the deported brother was of questionable
mind, but that his mental weakness was not so pronounced but
that he was by adroit management delivered to the steamship
company for deportation without question, not being violent.
Yellow Dick says Quan Wing was about 57 years old.
