Mrs. Gilland mother of James and Robert Gilland, died yesterday
morning at the Art Meredith home a little this side of Mesa, at
eight o'clock. Though well advanced in years, she has been in
fairly good health until a few days ago and her death was very
sudden and unexpected.
The funeral willl be held this afternoon at three o'clock from
the M.E. Church South and the interment will be made in Double
Butte Cemetery.
Gilland Funeral
July 10, 1909
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Gilland was held yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock from the M.E. Church, South, Rev. Triplett
officiating. The pallbearers were J.E. Redden, J.F. Hendrix,
J.B. Pine, Eli Sears, W.R. Lewis and W.s. Austin. The
interment was in Double Butte Cemetery.
Mrs. Gilland has been a resident of Tempe for a good many
years and is well known in this vicinity. She was born in
Kentucky on September 26, 1830 but moved to Missouri while
yet in her teens. In 1884 she was married to William T.
Gilland. They resided in Jackson County Missouri until
the spring of 1884 when they moved to Arizona. Mrs.
Gilland has been a constant resident here since that time.
She leaves four sons--James and Robert, residing here, Ed,
living in Pleasant Valley and Peter, living in Oklahoma.
ARTHUR GLASON
July 6, 1909
Arthur J. Glason died at his home in Eugene Oregon Wednesday,
June 23 at the age of 38 years. He spent three winters in
Tempe in the hope of regaining his health, and during that
time made a host of friends all of whom will regret his
untimely death.
At the age of 21 he enlisted as fireman in the Engineering
Corps of the Battleship Oregon on her last cruise to the
Orient in 1902. His fidelity and devotion to duty advanced
him rapidly in the ranks and at the time of his honorable
discharge in 1906 he held the rating of Chief Petty Officer,
First Class.
WILLIAM GLYNN
December 11, 1909
The many friends of William Glynn will be shocked to learn to
his death which occurred at half past 6 o'clock Thursday
evening. Mr. Glynn came to Mesa to make a permanent home
here three weeks ago and went to work in the Riggs Blacksmith
Shop as he was a first class blacksmith and a scientific
horseshoer. He leaves a wife and one child here and two
children of a former wife in New York. He was a man of
sterling qualities and was respected and loved by all who
knew him. He had been ill only a week of pneumonia. Notice
of the funeral will be given later. The sympathy of the
entire community is extended to Mrs. Glynn in her bereavement.
A.J. GODFREY
March 23, 1909
The death of A.J. Godfrey, an old timer of this section,
occurred at the Soldiers Home in Sawtelle, Los Angeles County,
Calif. on the 12th of this month. Mr. Godfrey came to Arizona
in the early fifties and was well known, especially around
Tombstone. He came to Phoenix in 1893 and invested in real
estate. About seven years ago he suffered a stroke of
paralysis and was shortly afterwards sent to the Soldiers
Home. He was a member of the infantry and fought through
the war between the North and the South. He was a native of
Monroe, Michigan and was 67 years old. Mrs. Godfrey reached
Los Angeles on the 13th of the month, just after he died.
She returned to Phoenix Saturday after the funeral and will
continue to make the Salt River Valley her home.
ANTONIO GONZALES
December 12, 1909
Delirious with drink, Antonio Gonzales ran out into the
street last night and attempted to stop a heavy wagon drawn
by two horses owned by the Wakelin Grocery Company. He was
knocked down and thrown under the wheels.
Will Davis, a brother of Wayne Davis, was driving the team
down Second Street near the M&P tracks. He was trotting
along at a fair rate when the Mexican ran out suddenly
from the shelter of the Poro Rico Saloon. He grabbed at
the horses heads. It was just growing dark and Davis was
surprised and could not interpret the actions of the man.
He did the best he could to swerve the team about to keep
them from running over the Mexican. The latter fell
beneath the wheels which passed over his head. He was
taken to the police station and Dr. Beauchamp was called.
He was unconscious but later woke up and gave the
information that he was employed by the government about
five miles from town, then lapsed into unconsciousness again.
KENNETH GOODMAN
August 19, 1909
While working with a surveying party on the Navajo reservation
some seventy five miles from Gallup N.M. Tuesday, Kenneth
Goodman, the young son of C.W. Goodman, superintendent of
the U.S. Indian School at Phoenix was struck and killed by
lightning.
A meager report of the tragedy was received in a telegram to
Mr. Goodman at the Indian School. As the superintendent has
been out of the city for a week, the telegram was opened by
Mrs. Goodman and the terrible news learned. The telegram was
sent by Superintendent Paquette of the Ft. Mojave School on
the reservation. It simply stated that Kenneth Goodman had
been killed by lightning and asked for instructions in regard
to the disposition of the body. The telegram was received
about 3 o'clock yesterday morning.
Superintendent Goodman started out on a trip last week to
Clifton and Morenci and wires were sent to both places. He
was finally reached at Morenci and wired that he would return
to Phoenix at once. He will arrive here Friday morning on the
7 o'clock train.
William B. Freer, one of the teachers at the school, was sent
to Gallup to bring back the body. As the scene of the tragedy
is many miles from Gallup and in a wild country it is not
certain when he will return but probably Friday or Saturday.
Kenneth Goodman graduated from the Phoenix High School last
June. It was his intention and the desire of his parents to
pursue advanced studies in some university but he thought he
would do some preliminary work before entering. For this
reason he joined the surveying party on the Navajo reservation.
Goodman funeral
August 20, 1909
The funeral of Kenneth Goodman who was killed by lightning on
the Navajo Indian reservation will be held from the home of
Superintendent Goodman at the Indian School Saturday afternoon
at 3:30. The service will be conducted by Rev. Orville P.
Coats, pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Supt. C.W. Goodman, father of the boy will arrive in Phoenix
today from Morenci, where he was when he received the news
of the death of his son. Mrs. Goodman and two of the children
are now here. Another son, with Miss Emma Shannon of Los
Angeles will be here from that city today. The two other
boys, who have been at Iron Springs, will come down from
there Saturday morning with Mr. Coats, who is also there.
F.R. GOODWIN
January 18, 1909
F.R. Goodwin of Kansas City, a temporary resident of Phoenix,
died yesterday morning at 5:30 o'clock at 1512 East Jefferson
Street. Mr. Goodwin came here last winter for the benefit of
his health, suffering from a lung affection. He was a talented
accountant and held the position of auditor of the American Can
Co. in Kansas City. So greatly were his services appreciated
by the company that even when he came west in search of health,
no successor was appointed, the position being held open for
him whenever he should be able to return to it, and it was a
position also of considerable trust. During last winter he
found employment in the office of the Lightning Delivery more
for the occupation of his time than anything else. Last summer
he returned to Kansas City for a few months, coming back to
Phoenix about three months ago, accompanied by his mother. He
was 29 years old and not married. The body will be taken to
Kansas City by his mother for interment leaving this evening.
Mrs. Goodwin will be accompanied by Mrs. Jasper Dobbs, the
former being quite depressed by her bereavement.
MR. GORMLEY
June 25, 1909
Mr. Templin of the firm of Stewart and Templin, has received a
letter from relatives in Indiana announcing the death in
Maricopa, California, a week ago Wednesday of Mr. Gormley,
well known here as a baseball umpire. He came from the same
place Mr. Templin did, and was a professional ball player
in the east until he lost his health, after which he did the
work of an umpire for some time before coming here for his
health a couple of years ago. While here, he served as
umpire in the local games and with entire satisfaction to
the players, proving one of the most popular umpires
Phoenix ever had. He left here for the east, broke down
again and not long ago, went to Maricopa Cal.
