MRS. D.W. SPARKS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 9, 1904
Mrs. D.W. Sparks died last night at the family home on
North Seventh Avenue after an illness of about two years.
She had been critically ill for several days and early in
the evening it became evident that she would not survive
the night. The end came almost painlessly. The funeral
will take place tomorrow but the hour has not yet been
decided upon.
Mrs. Sparks was born in Galena, Illinois, April 23, 1845.
She came here with her husband and children fifteen years
ago from Wyanett Illinois. She leaves beside her husband,
three children, Mrs. W.E. Defty, J.L. Sparks and R.W.
Sparks. She was a Christian woman and for a long time
had been an efficient member of the Church of Christian
Science.
CHARLES P. SPINGLER
Arizona Republican Newspaper
June 1, 1904
Charles Peter Spingler died at his residence on North Third
Street yesterday morning. He came here from San Francisco
about six months ago suffering of tuberculosis. The funeral
was held yesterday afternoon, interment being made in
Rosedale Cemetery. Mr. Spingler is survived by a wife,
Anna Franklin Spingler but no children.
E.S. STEPHENS
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 17, 1904
Douglas -- On last Thursday afternoon occurred the death of
E.S. Stephens of Agua Prista. For two years prior to his
death he was passenger agent and customs agent for the
Nacozari Railroad Company at that place, where he also
had a Mexican curio store. Before coming to Douglas he
was for several years agent for the Texas and Pacific
Railroad at Midland Texas afterwards holding the position
of assistant general manager of that road in El Paso.
After leaving El Paso he held responsible positions on
the Sierra Madre Road in Mexico until he came to Arizona.
Mr. Stephens was known as a very competent, efficient and
experienced man and was extremely popular wherever he was
known. He had been ill with pneumonia only a few days.
EMANUEL STOVER
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 1904
News has been received of the death in Tucson last evening
of Emanuel Stover, formerly a resident of this valley and
well known here. Mr. Stover was 82 years old and has been
in feeble health for some months. The body will be brought
here for interment arriving Sunday morning accompanied by
his son, Joseph Stover, and a daughter Mrs. Mary Samuels,
both of whom live in Tucson. The funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon. Other children are Mrs. John Isaac
of this city, Mrs. A.J. Hoskins of Conchilla, Cal.,
Mrs. Minnie Franklin of Los Angeles and Robert Stover
who is now in the vicinity of Cape Nome Alaska, though
all formerly resided here. Mr. Stover was a native of
Strausburg, Virginia, a town settled originally by his
grandfather and other associated with him. He moved to
this valley with his family about fifteen years ago.
O.V. SULLIVAN
Arizona Republican Newspaper
April 5, 1904
O.V. Sullivan who died Saturday evening at the residence
of his uncle, Captain A.G. Scott at No. 800 S. First
Avenue, came to Phoenix with his mother February 14th
seeking relief for a throat trouble contracted by exposure
while conductor on the Kanawha and Michigan Railroad. He
was a citizen of Charleston and a native son of West
Virginia. Mr. Sullivan was a son of Captain Scott's
oldest sister and D.M. Sullivan who died in January
last and who had been quite prominent for many years
in West Virginia politics being elected and serving as
state secretary of agriculture from 1890 to 1893 and as
Agricultural Institute instructor from 1893 to 1895.
Funeral services will be held at the Merryman undertaking
parlors this Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock under the
auspices of the K of P lodge. Religious services by the
Rev. Halsey.
James Tannehill
November 24, 1904
Arizona Republican Newspaper
James Tannehill died yesterday morning at 1 o'clock at
his home three miles north of the city on the Black
Canyon Road. He succumbed to complications attending
old age as he had passed his eighty seventh anniversary.
He was a native of Ohio and came here from Iowa in November
1898, making his home with his children. His children are
Messrs. John T., Charles E. and J.E. and Misses Mary and
Ella Tannehill. Clyde Evans of the Phoenix Oil Company is
a grandson also of the dead man.
Mr. Tannehill was quite well known and respected by all.
The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the Presbyterian Church. The service will be conducted by
Rev. Lapsley A. McAfee and interment will be made in the
family lot in Loosely Cemetery.
J.F. THOMPSON
Arizona Republican Newspaper
March 1904
The funeral of J.F. Thompson who died on Thursday afternoon
will take place this morning at 9 o'clock from the Catholic
Church. The members of the A.O.U.W. Lodge are requested to
be at the church at that time. The lodge will not participate
in any way in the services but it is desired that the members
be present at the last rites of a brother.
T.N. Tilford
November 18, 1904
Arizona Republican Newspaper
A telephone message was received at the office of the
sheriff's office at Prescott notifying the office here
of a murder which had been committed at Mayer the night
before and the flight of the murderer probably in this
direction. There were no details of the crime and at
that time none had been received in Prescott. It was
only known that a man by the name of T.N. Tilford had
been shot and killed by a man by the name of T.F. Averill.
It was added that it had been reported that the murder had
been committed in cold blood and that Tilford was unarmed.
The Republican last night telephoned to the office of the
sheriff at Prescott for additional information. Not much
more had been received there in the meantime. It was
understood that the men had been gambling in one of the
saloons of the place earlier in the night and had engaged
in a fierce quarrel. They separated and about midnight
met in the street when Averill shot Tilford and fled.
Nothing was known at Prescott of either of the men, how long
they had been at Mayer or what their occupations were. It
is the supposition of the officers that Averill fled in a
southerly direction, probably with the idea of reaching
Mexico but telegraph and telephone messages have been
sent in every direction.
Averill is described as being about thirty six years of age
and about five feet ten inches in height. His weight is
from 180 to 190 pounds. He has light hair, was smooth
shaven, have light blue eyes, florid complexion,is square
built and erect. At the time of his flight he was wearing
khaki trousers and high topped tan shoes.
PETE TOUHEY
Arizona Republican Newspaper
January 7, 1904
A traveling hobo, Pete Touhey met with a terrible death
on the Maricopa train on Tuesday evening. He had been
employed as a plumber during the construction of the
dormitory last fall. Tuesday evening he ,in company
with several fellow travelers, boarded a train at this place.
At Petersen's switch to avoid detection by the train
crew, they all got off and when the train started again
one of them got left and started on down the tract on
foot. A few miles from the switch he found a hat and
putting it in his pocket he went on. Some miles further
on he was horrified to find the body of his friend. It
had been terrible mangled and in the moonlight made a
ghastly spectacle. He dropped the victim's hat beside
the body and taking no time for investigation, ran the
remaining distance to Maricopa. Here he notified O.C.
Smith who went to the scene and brought in the remains
on a hand car. The inquest will be held there and
probably the body will be buried at that place, as no
trace of any relatives can be found.
The supposition is that the man was riding on the rods,
as he was in that position when he left the switch and
in some manner slipped and fell. As he was on a car near
the engine, almost the entire length of the train passed
over his body.
