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There is not a more prominent citizen and
official in Pima County, Arizona than A. J. Halbert who was born in St. Francis
County, Arkansas, July 2, 1842. He is at present clerk of the District Court of
Pima County and his conduct of the affairs of that office has been such as to
commend him to the good opinion of the general public, irrespective of party
affiliation. His father, James M. Halbert, was a successful farmer and a
prominent politician, holding for a number of years the office of Sheriff of St.
Francis County. He died with cholera in 1849. In Mississippi, opposite Helena,
Arkansas, our subject was left motherless at the age of sixteen months and his
father died when he was but seven years old. From that time on until he was able
to look out for himself, young Halbert had the usual hard luck of an orphan. He
had limited chances for an education and was obliged to take his lace among the
Negroes in the cotton field until the war broke out. At the fist call for
troops, in 1861, he enlisted in Colonel Marmaduke's Regiment, Hindman's Brigade
and was wounded in the battle of Shiloh the April following, a ball passing
through his thigh on the evening of the seventh. He was left on the battle field
but later was taken to the field hospital, where he remained about three weeks.
There on account of his wound he was discharged from that branch of service and
in the fall of that year re-enlisted in Dobbin's Regiment of Arkansas Cavalry,
with which he remained until cessation of hostilities. He was wounded the second
time near Helena, Arkansas and still again at Fayetteville, Ark. on Price's last
raid. However, these wounds did not prevent him from again enlisting and he
joined his regiment but did not surrender with the rest of the company. Instead
he started out to join General Kirby Smith, but later surrendered and made his
way to Arkansas where he was engaged in merchandising for a short time. He held
the rank of sergeant during the war and was a brave and faithful soldier.
In the year 1870 he went to California and located in Kern County where he
tilled the soil, and where he was later elected Supervisor of that county,
serving until 1879. He then came to Arizona and located at Tempe, where he still
makes his home. Mr. Halbert is actively engaged in farming, is the owner of a
small ranch and also some town property. He was Sheriff of Maricopa County one
term, also Supervisor one term and under Judge Bethune was made district clerk
of Pima County, August 1894 which position he occupies at the present time.
Mr. Halbert was first married to Miss Nannie Calvert who died in 1876. Three
children were born to them, only one now living--Nettie Miller. In the year 1888
Mr. Halbert married Miss Emma Criley and they have three children: Annie Walker,
A.J. Jr. and Nina L. --History of Arizona, 1896
John Heidel, owner of the Heidel Hotel and other valuable property of Tucson,
which city he has been a resident for the past fourteen years, was born and
reared in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a son of Conrad and Regina (Klingler)
Heidel, who came from Germany, when young and were married in the United States,
settling in St. Louis, Missouri. The father was a horseman, dealing in draft
horses.
Upon the completion of his education in the schools of St. Louis,
John Heidel immediately began qualifying for a business career and was for some
years employed in a wholesale grocery in his native city, where he resided until
1898. In the fall of that year he came to Tucson and engaged in the liquor
business until 1907. As his circumstances permitted he invested in local real
estate and now owns fifteen flats in Tucson which he is renting to good
advantage. In 1907 her erected the Heidel Hotel, which is one of the most
substantially constructed and best equipped buildings in the city. It is the
newest and most thoroughly modern hotel in Tucson and was first opened for
business in February 1908. Mr. Heidel conducted it with very good success until
November 1, 1910, since which time he has leased it. He has met with unqualified
success in the development of his interests here and is devoting his entire
attention to the management of his property. He is interested in the Gila Land
and Cattle Company as director and treasurer; owns stock in several corporations
and is deeply interested in the Arizona Fire Insurance Company.
Mr.
Heidel has been married twice. His first wife, who is now deceased was Miss Anna
Weider of St. Louis, and to them were born six children: Fred, Charles J.,
Carrie, Mamie, Lulu and Harry. The lady who now bears his name was in her
maidenhood Miss Emily Meel and she too is from St. Louis. To Mr. Heidel and his
second wife there has been born one daughter, Jeannetta. The family home is
located on University Avenue where Mr. Heidel has erected a beautiful modern
residence. --Arizona, the Youngest State, pg 584
One of Tucson's best known business men is Harry E. Heighton, who is
conducting a successful real estate and insurance business and is also noted for
his deep interest in matters relating to the community welfare.
He was
born in Marshalltown Iowa on the 7th day of October 1867, and is a son of John
Henry and Sarah (Cleaver) Heighton, the former of whom was a painter and
carriage manufacturer. Harry E. Heighton attended the public schools of his
native state and in July 1883, before he was sixteen years of age, he went to
California. He located first in Santa Ana, where two years later, he engaged in
the hardware business, which he carried on until March 1893, when he went to
Phoenix. There he entered the employ of the hardware and implement firm of Henry
E. Kemp and Company and when that concern failed he was appointed receiver for
it. At that time he gave the largest personal bond in Maricopa County, it being
placed at seventy five thousand dollars, which was signed by prominent Phoenix
business men. In 1896 he entered he employ of Talbot and Hubbard, with whom he
remained for two years, and then, in 1898 he engaged in writing life insurance
throughout the state, as the representative of the New York Life Insurance
Company.
On January 1, 1904 he entered into a partnership with A.M.
Franklin, under the firm name of Franklin and Heighton, as real estate and
insurance dealers. They were successful and the partnership was continued until
July 1, 1925, since which date Mr. Heighton has been alone, having bought Mr.
Franklin's interest in the business. He is also the secretary and treasurer of
the Citizens Building and Loan Association. In 1921 Mr. Heighton served as
president of the Chamber of Commerce and during that year inaugurated two very
important organizations, the Community Chest and the Tucson sunshine Climate
Club, both of which have done and are still doing effective and appreciated work
for the community.
On January 2, 1894 Mr. Heighton was united in marriage
to Miss Frances L. Clardy of St. Louis Missouri who died in 1927. To this union
was born a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Heighton Monroe, who lives in Tucson and with
whom Mr. Heighton now makes his home.
He is a member of Tucson Lodge No.
285, BPOE of which he is a past exalted ruler; is a charter member of the
Kiwanis Club of which he is treasurer; the Old Pueblo Club, the Tucson Golf and
Country Club. He is regarded as an expert accountant and in 1901 he installed a
system of audit and collection for the city which was in constant use for twenty
years. He is a man of forceful individuality , sterling character and agreeable
manner and during his residence here his integrity has never been questioned and
he stands today among the leading business men of this city. --
History of Arizona, pg. 179
Frank H. Hereford is a native of California, born in Sacramento, November 21,
1861 and the son of Hon. Benjamin H. and Mary (Jewell) Hereford, who were
natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Hereford emigrated westward with their parents
when children and were subsequently married in California. Benjamin H. Hereford
was a talented and brilliant lawyer and practiced his profession to some extent
in California. After removing with his family to Virginia City, Nevada, he then
became clerk of the court and held that office one term. from there he removed
to Hamilton, Nevada, was elected clerk and recorder and afterwards clerk of the
court, but subsequently removed to Pioche City, Nevada, where he was under
sheriff for a year. Returning to Virginia City, Nevada, he became secretary of
the Pacific Mining and Milling Company which position he filled two years. In
1875 he came to Tucson and here practiced law until his death in 1890. He held
the office of District Attorney for three terms and was a member of the House of
Representatives one term. His wife died in Virginia City, Nevada in 1866. To
their union was born but one child, Frank H., who secured a good practical
education in the public schools and later attended McClure's Academy in
California, Santa Clara College and finished in the University of Pacific at San
Jose.
In 1877 he came to Tucson and began the study of law but one year
later entered the mercantile establishment of Lord and Williams, remaining with
them two years. From there he went to Tombstone and became general agent for the
firm of J.D. Kiner and Company, stage lines, with which firm he continued until
twenty one years old. Afterward he went to Prescott Arizona, then the capital of
Arizona, and became the private secretary of F.A. Tritle, Governor of Arizona
and for two years held the office of private secretary though much of his time
was given to mining matters in which Governor Tritle was largely interested.
After this he spent a few months traveling in Old Mexico and the East; and
later became Deputy County Clerk of Pima County, which office he had the entire
charge of for one year. Refreshing his mind in his law studies, he was admitted
to the bar July 8, 1886 and formed a partnership with T.S. Stiles, who was
afterward elected to the Supreme Bench of the State of Washington. Following
this Mr. Hereford was associated with his father in the practice until the
latter's death, having acted as deputy district attorney during his father's
term. On the 7th of July 1890 he was appointed to succeed his father in the
office of district attorney and at the expiration of his term resumed the
practice of law. On the 12th of May 1891 he was elected a delegate to the
constitutional convention and on the 8th of November 1892, was elected District
Attorney of Pima County and at the expiration of his term returned to the
private practice of law. For one year he was attorney for the Southern Pacific
Railroad and has represented the San Pedro Cattle Company, the San Simon Cattle
Company, the Canada Del Oro Mines Ltd. of London; Tucson Mining and Smelting and
numerous other corporations. He is engaged quite extensively in mining. For four
years he was director in the Consolidated National Bank of Tucson and is still a
stockholder. --History of Arizona, 1896
Joseph Sexton Hopley was born in Ireland October 24, 1851. He came to America at
the age of fourteen and lived in Philadelphia until he was eighteen. In December
1869 he enlisted in the U.s. regular army and was assigned to the Fourth United
States Cavalry and in the following year he was sent to Texas. He served in
various parts of the country for fifteen years under Colonel R.S. McKenzie and
rose to the rank of first sergeant of his troop. He took part in Indian wars
throughout the west and became familiar with frontier life in this section where
he often rode for two hundred without seeing a single habitation. In 1880 Mr.
Hopley's duties brought him to Arizona and four years later he made a permanent
location in the state. He received his honorable discharge from the army in 1885
at Fort Lowell and he began his business career as a dairy farmer operating a
farm near that place. He later ranched in Pantano, thirty miles east of Tucson,
where he was interested in cattle ranching and for eight years he also carried
the mail between Pantano and Greaterville operating a mail stage and express
line.
In 1898 Mr. Hopley abandoned stock raising by reason of drought and
he lost nearly five hundred head of cattle. He then came to Tucson where from
1899 to 1900 he served as deputy sheriff under Mr. Wakefield. He was afterward
for eight years a member of the city police department and during that time was
elected for four terms to the office of city marshal. In 1908 he became under
sheriff with John Nelson and served six years. He is now serving as chief
probation officer of Pima County.
Mr. Hopley married Mrs. Clara H. Thayer
and to them has been born one daughter, Lucy May who is now attending high
school. --Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913
Dr. Ira Erven Huffman, mayor of Tucson and one of the most able and prominent
physicians and surgeons in Pima County was born in Ripley County Indiana, March
13, 1870. He acquired his early education in the public schools and received his
M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Drake University of Des Moines, Iowa being a member
of the class of 1901. After graduation he located in Paton Iowa and was made
district physician of Greene County. The years between 1902 and 1906 he spent in
Beaver, Utah and there he also came into prominence as city physician. In the
latter year he removed to Tucson and has since taken an active interest in
professional and public life. He has secured a liberal patronage and is a member
of the American Medical Association and of the Arizona State and Pima County
Medical Societies. In 1913 Dr. Huffman with seven associates, all physicians,
purchased the Rogers Hospital and changed the name to the Arizona Hospital. Each
physician has his own special work and they are now able to care for fifteen
patients at a time. It is the only hospital within the city limits of Tucson and
has been incorporated. There is a training school for nurses in connection with
the hospital and six nurses are now employed.
Dr. Huffman was elected
mayor of Tucson in December 1910 and reelected in 1912. During his
administration streets have been paved and graded, public parks have been
improved and the price of electric light reduced.
Dr. Huffman was married
September 1, 1910 to Miss Edith Gillmor, a native of Iowa and they have one son,
Ira Erven Jr. born December 5, 1912. --Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 754
Fred G. Hughes was born at Cheltenham,
England, March 30, 1837 and while a child was brought to the United States by
his parents and passed the earlier part of his life in the city of New York,
receiving his education in the public schools of that city. At the age of
sixteen he left home and struck out for the Golden State and upon his arrival
there first went to mining near old Hangtown. After about a year's stay he began
prospecting on the Feather, Scott and Klamath Rivers and while in the latter
country he had his first taste of Indian War with the Rogue River Indians. In
1857 he returned south and settled at New York Flat, in Yuba County, mining at
that place during the summer and winter, and at Rabbit Creek, a camp about
thirty miles above there during the spring. In January 1860 in the excitement
upon the discovery of the Comstock he struck camp and went to the new El Dorado
then known as Washoe. While in that country je joined the noted Ormsby party in
their campaign against the Pi Utes. This was a party composed of lawyers,
business men, young clerks, etc. who had gone to Washoe in the excitement and
who had organized for military operations against Winnemucca and his tribe of pi
Ute Indians for having killed two brothers named Williams on the Carson. This
expedition was intended to wipe the Indians off the fact of the earth; but out
of 103 men composing the party over two thirds were left dead along the banks of
the Truckee and among them some of the most noted men of California. This affair
is misnamed the "Washoe massacre." It was nothing of the kind. The whites were
hunting a fight, got it and got badly whipped. Mr. Hughes afterward joined Jack
Hays, the Texas ranger in his campaign against this same tribe, wherein they
made short work of them and ended the war. The outbreak of our civil war found
him at New York Flats placer mining and a candidate on the Douglas Democratic
ticket to represent old Yuba in the Legislature. It was during that political
campaign that Lincoln made his first call on California for 1500 men, which was
to be known as the California Column. The militia company of which Mr. Hughes
was a member was accepted as one of the companies of the column and he
immediately withdrew as a candidate for political honors and joined his company
to go to the front.
It was with the California Column that he came to
Arizona and after serving with it until the end of the war, he determined to
make Arizona his future home. His life here is known to almost every one. He
crossed the Colorado River in December 1861. At that time not a soul, other than
Indians, resided between Tucson and the Colorado River on the west and Tucson
and the Rio Grande on the east and aside from the almost abandoned overland road
which crossed the territory from east to West, Arizona was virtually a "terra
incognita" dominated by the Apache Indians. The few forts in the territory had
all been abandoned to the Confederates at the outbreak of the rebellion and they
in turn had abandoned them to the Apaches. The overland mail of Wells,
Butterfield and Company had been driven off and abandoned to theses same Indians
a year before and no attempt had been made to re-establish it. Every tribe in
Indians of note in both Arizona and New Mexico were on the warpath. The Apache,
the Kiowa, Navajo, Cheyenne and Comanche all had their scalping knives ready to
raise the hair of any whites they might encounter. Tucson at that time was a
little hamlet in the desert occupied by about half a dozen Americans and a few
Mexican families and the town was surrounded by an adobe wall some six or seven
feet high to protect its inhabitants from the incursions of the Apaches, who as
before said, held complete sway over the whole Territory.
At this time
the Confederate troops of General Sibley held possession of the town and the
mission of the California Column was to drive the Confederates from both Arizona
and New Mexico and re-establish Uncle Sam's authority therein.
It was a
strange condition of affairs which confronted both the Union and Confederate
troops for while their hands were turned against each other the hands of the
Apache were turned against both.
It did not take long to establish Uncle
Sam's authority in Arizona and New Mexico. The column occupied Tucson on the
20th day of May 1862 and by the 1st day of August of the same year every town,
hamlet, and fort in both Arizona and New Mexico were again under the protection
of the U.S. government.
In those days it used to take forty days to get a
letter or paper from San Francisco. The battle of Val Verde was fought on the
22nd day of February, 1862, a little over three hundred miles from where the
California Column of which Mr. Hughes was a member, was at that time, yet the
first news received of that battle was upon their entry into Messillo, New
Mexico about the 1st of August. There were some Confederate papers found which
had been left behind, giving an account of the battle.
After ridding the
country of the Confederates the troops were ordered to turn their attention to
the Indians. A portion of the column was ordered against the Apaches and another
portion was ordered up the Rio Grande to operate with Kit Carson's regiment
against the Navajo. The Navajo at that time were considered the most powerful
and wealthy tribe in the West, but in a few months they were subdued and
prisoners on the Bosque Redondo reservation in New Mexico.
About this
time, a party under an old mountaineer, Joe Walker, had discovered some placer
gold mines where the town of Prescott now stands, and the Federals were ordered
there for the double purpose of protecting the miners from the Indians and also
to prevent them from organizing Confederate Companies in their rear and it was
known that all of Capt. Joe Walker's company were in sympathy with the Southern
cause.
At this time the Government had appointed civil officers to come
out and form a Territorial government for Arizona. These officers were to meet
the troops further up the river and were to accompany them to the new El Dorado,
and there establish their headquarters. The troops left Fort Craig October 16,
1863 and proceeded to old Fort Wingate in the Navajo country. The new officials
failed to arrive and November 17th as the season was growing late, the troops
decided to move without them. The expedition was composed of about forty wagons,
three fourths of which were ox teams. The winter proved to be severe and
December 18th they had reached the base of the San Francisco Mountains. The oxen
had been giving out for several days and it had become a necessity to either
destroy a portion of the stores or cache them. The latter plan was adopted and
Mr. Hughes was left with a dozen men to guard the cache until the expedition
could go on to their destination, establish their post and return with relief,
which occurred about a month later. The relief expedition brought with them all
their mules and the night they arrived the Indians attacked the camp and
stampeded every hoof of the stock. The relief party were compelled to retrace
their steps on foot to Chio Valley where they had established the post, and they
finally brought the ox teams out and relieved the cache guards. Mr. Hughes
finally reached Fort Clark, the newly established post about the 1st of March
and from then until the close of the war was engaged in scouting and fighting
Apaches.
At the close of the war he settled on some land on the Rio
Grande just above Fort Craig. The Indians were still very bad, and he found
ranching under such difficulties anything but profitable. It was while he was
living there the settlers laid off on his land the town of San Martial and he
was duly elected the first alcalde of the district.
While serving as
alcalde at this place in 1868 the settlers had a fight wit the Apaches at a
place called Canada Alamosa, about twenty five miles below Craig, in which the
Indians were signally whipped. A few days after this fight Loco one of the
Apache chiefs came into San Martial and wanted to make peace. Not having
authority to treat with the Indians Mr. Hughes arranged to take him down to Fort
Craig the next day, where he could treat with the commander of the post. Loco
had brought with him half a dozen squaws who understood the Spanish language
which was spoken by a majority of the citizens of San Martial who were Mexicans.
As nearly every family had lost some of its members by the hands of these
Indians they began to talk about hanging the party of Loco, and the squaws who
understood the Spanish language which was spoken by a majority of the citizens
of San Martial, who were Mexicans. As nearly every family had lost some of its
members by the hands of these Indians they began to talk about hanging the party
of Loco, and the squaws understanding their talk, became frightened and fled to
the mountains again. The next morning Mr. Hughes took their trail and followed
them into the Magdalena Mountains and found some two or three hundred Indians
camped there under the afterward noted Chief Victoria. The Indians were
surprised to see him ride into their camp alone. To this act is attributed the
reason the Indians ever afterward had so much confidence in Mr. Hughes. He had
no trouble in making arrangements with them to meet him on the lains near Craig
a few days afterward when he took them into the fort and they made a treaty with
the commanding officer.
From that time the Apache tribes all over New
Mexico and Arizona began to come in and ask for peace and shortly afterward all
the tribes except that of Cochise, were on their various reservations. It was
not until the fall of 1872 that the whites were able to get that old chief to
lay down his arms and partake of Uncle Sam's hospitality.
Mr. Hughes is
credited with being instrumental in bringing about the meeting of Cochise and
General Howard which resulted in the treaty and setting apart of the Chiracahua
reservation for them. Captain Jeffords and Mr. Hughes were placed in charge of
them as an independent agency. This was done that they should not be hampered
with the red tape of Territorial officials in their endeavors to keep these
Indians in peace.
Mr. Hughes remained with these Indians until the winter
of 1876 when becoming tired of civilizing Apaches, he left them and went to work
at placer mining in the Santa Rita Mountains, now known as Greaterville. While
at Greaterivlle mining the Chiricahua Indians broke out again and Mr. Hughes was
called upon by the Government to assist in bringing them in and removing them to
the San Carlos reservation. Although this was one of the most difficult and
dangerous undertakings of his life, he made a complete success of the
undertaking, although others who had no more to do with it than the Queen of
England claimed and got the credit. Owing to the red tape modus operadi at
Washington Mr. Hughes became disgusted and after the close of the Indian war
went to mining in the Santa Ritas. The town of Greaterville is the result of one
of his discoveries, also the Omega Copper Camp. He has also, in the meantime,
held many offices of trust, having been elected four terms as a member of the
Territorial Legislative Council and twice as president of that body.
--History of Arizona, 1896
Samuel Hughes is of
foreign nativity, his birth occurring at Pembrookshire, Wales in April 1829, and
his ancestry is traced to the ancient Britons. His father, whose name was also
Samuel, brought his family to America in the year 1837, and shortly after his
advent settled on the banks of the upper Schuylkill River, in Pennsylvania,
where he engaged in dairying. In 1839, however, the family removed to Western
Pennsylvania, locating on a farm about one and one half miles from Allegheny
City. Here the mother died in 1843 and the family received another severe blow
by the serious injury of the father, which left him a cripple for the remainder
of his life. In 1844 they removed into Allegheny City, the children being under
the guardianship of General William Robinson. The oldest son dying soon after
their removal, Samuel devoted his entire time to help support the rest of the
family, his first employment being as driver of a canal boat mounted on trucks,
over the Allegheny Mountains, for the wage of six dollars per month. This was
the first money earned by young Hughes, and while it was no great amount, he was
justly proud of it because it was honestly earned by the sweat of his brow. On
his return from a trip, General Robinson expressed a desire to have him go to
school, but this he would not accede to unless proper provision was made for the
support of the remainder of the children, then eight in number, he agreeing to
take care of himself if such arrangements could be made. This being
impracticable, he and his brother William secured employment in the spinning
department of Blackstock's cotton factory, he receiving $1.25 and William
seventy five cents per week for labor thus rendered, their combined expenditures
amounting to $1.75 for board and ten cents for washing per week. It was in such
a severe school of experience that Samuel Hughes embarked on life's commercial
sea. The diligence with which young Hughes performed the duties devolving upon
him attracted the notice and favor of the proprietor, Mr. Blackstock, who
induced him to enter that part of the factory devoted to blacksmithing and he
there familiarized himself with all the details pertaining to that trade.
In 1846, owing to a strike of the workingmen of the factory, he was thrown
out of employment but with his characteristic energy and a desire to do whatever
his hands found to do in the way of honorable toil, he secured employment in a
confectionery and bakery establishment and there remained until the end of the
strike, when he resumed his old position in the machine shop of Mr. Blackstock's
factory.
For some time he was engaged in mechanical work, but eventually
became a cabin boy (in 1848) on board a steamboat at $15.00 per month. In 1849
he made his first trip to New Orleans, and while returning from his second trip
there to Cincinnati cholera carried off 47 of the deck passengers attached to
his vessel. He continued steam boating until 1850 when his youthful ambition was
fired by glowing reports from the gold fields of the Pacific slope and while at
St. Joseph, Missouri, he started for California.
It was in the month of
April that the start was made and sixty six wagons comprised the train. In
payment for his trip across the plains and mountains Mr. Hughes contributed his
services as a cook, an art he had acquired during his career on steamboats.
After the start a division in three equal parts was made in the train, and the
one to which Mr. Hughes was attached required that he should walk instead of
ride--a far different experience than riding in a palatial steamer. The Carson
was the route selected and when sixty miles from Hangtown, now Placerville, he
met a man who offered him a half ounce of gold per day for his labor. Accepting
this proposition, he remained at Hangtown until the following October and the
went to Sacramento, where he remained until the next spring. For the purpose of
opening a restaurant he then went to what is now Yreka, Siskiyou County,
remained there until the spring of 1852, crossed the Siskiyou Mountains to
Oregon and was one of the first to discover Rich Gulch at Jacksonville. While
more or less trouble was experienced by the miners from Indian depredations, Mr.
Hughes experienced none, his treatment of them being kind and fair and for these
reasons he was held in high esteem by them. A local war between the whites and
savages was finally terminated, Mr. Hughes, as interpreter, acting as mediator.
Returning to Yreka, he opened a hotel but later was called upon to participate
in another raid upon the Indians at Evans Creek.
In 1852 he purchased the
Mountain House at the foot of the Siskiyou Mountains, on the California side and
kept the stage station for the California and Oregon stage line. He there
remained until May 1856, when he returned to the Shasta Valley and soon
thereafter became interested in the stock business. Owing to ill health he was
compelled to seek a more congenial climate, finally coming to Arizona and
finding a home at Tucson. The admirable climate soon built up his shattered
health, while the kindness and liberality of the citizens soon persuaded him to
make this his permanent place of resident. Specimen ores brought in by
prospectors soon led him to believe that valuable deposits of the precious
metals existed within the territory, and with this idea in mind he embarked in
prospecting and kindred pursuits and has continued such work to the present time
with marked success. Incidentally, he has also been connected with other
enterprises, and for years was known as the "Tucson Butcher" the name being
acquired from his extensive meat market which he operated with his usual
success. Merchandising also occupied his time and attention to a considerable
extent as did also fulfilling contracts secured from the government and other
sources.
Of late years, he has been much interested in the development of
the resources of Arizona and methods that bring his beloved land to the
attention of those seeking homes find in him a warm advocate. Besides being one
of the organizers and president of the Santa Cruz Bank, he is also interested in
various other financial institutions. --History of Arizona, 1896
Thomas Hughes was born
with the heritage of a good name; his parents, although natives of Wales were
for many years honored and respected citizens of this great Republic, yet Mr.
Hughes owes the success that has crowned him not to his parents but to his own
exertion and to his superior attainments.
He was born in Allegheny City,
Allegheny County, Penn., and is mainly self educated. When about eleven years
old he went to Kansas, the scene of border warfare at that time, and was a
witness of all the trouble between the free state and pro slavery men. For about
three years he worked at the machinist's trade with Kimball Brothers of
Lawrence, Kansas and then as the Civil War broke out he enlisted as a private in
Company D, First Regiment Kansas Volunteers, May 16, 1861. This was Jim Lain's
old company and was the first organized in Kansas under the Lincoln call for
75,000 troops. Mr. Hughes served three years and two months with this regiment
and was wounded in the right side at Wilson Creek August 10, 1861, but followed
the army in its retreat to Rollo and St. Louis, Mo., fearing death if captured.
He was in the hospital at Rollo and St. Louis for three months. Mr. Hughes
participated in all the campaigns of the Army of the Tennessee, including
Donnelson, Fort Henry, Shiloh and two battles of Corinth and campaigned through
Central Mississippi in the winter of 1862 and 1863 with Grant and Sherman.
During the Siege of Vicksburg he was very severely wounded in the left elbow. He
enlisted in Company B., Seventeenth Kansas Volunteers in July 1864, and was
mustered in as first sergeant. This regiment was in the campaign against General
Price in his last raid in Kansas in the summer and fall of 1864. This regiment
was enlisted for one hundred days only and our subject was mustered out with his
regiment in December 1864.
He assisted in organizing six regiments of
soldiers from rebel prisons to fight the Sioux and on the 1st of March 1865, was
appointed by the President 1st Lt. of Company G, Fifth Regiment U.S. Volunteers
and commanded this company from that time until mustered out November 1866 at
Fort Kearney, Nebraska.
Mr. Hughes was in the war against the Indians all
this time and participated in the disastrous Powder River expedition of 1866
under General Connors. In this they lost their outfit, were severely handled by
over 10,000 Sioux and suffered untold hardships during the retreat without food
or sufficient clothing. This retreat lasted for six weeks in northern blizzards
on the Upper Powder River.
Again Mr. Hughes was called into service at
1st Lt. and Regimental Quartermaster of the Eighteenth Regiment Kansas Cavalry,
this being caused by the breaking out of the Indians in Western Kansas. Some of
the hardest fighting of the war was performed by the Eighteenth Kansas during
the summer and fall of 1867 under the command of General Custer. In the several
battles with the Indians in which he participated the most severe was of three
days duration when his command of 250 men lost forty two killed and wounded. The
Indians had over 3000 warriors. Mr. Hughes was brevetted major, lt- Colonel and
Colonel of Kansas Volunteers July 26, 1866 for meritorious services in the War
of Rebellion and against the Indians. He was mustered out December 24, 1867 at
Fort Harker, Kansas.
Mr. Hughes came to Arizona as early as July 1868,
and here was annoyed and bothered by the Indians to such an extent that ranching
with him was but a farce for many years. On his ranch, near where Crittenden
Station now is, twenty two men were killed and in the last encounter, out of
four he was the only one to escape. Selling his ranch in 1882 he engaged in
business in Tucson with W.E. Stevens, a nephew of Hiram S. Stevens, and for five
years the firm title was Stevens and Company. This was from 1882 till 1887. Then
from 1887 until 1893 the firm was Hughes, Stevens and Company but at the present
time it is Thomas Hughes Hardware Company.
In the year 1884 Mr. Hughes
was elected treasurer of Pima County and in 1889 was made Territorial Auditor,
serving as such until the latter part of June 1893.
On the 3rd of
November 1874 he was married to Miss Helena Martinez, and nine children blessed
this union, seven sons and two daughters: Annie, Thomas E., William Samuel,
Arthur, Ralph, David, John, Louis and Helena. On the 17th of September 1893 Mrs.
Hughes was killed by an adobe wall falling on her. Aside from his mercantile
interests Mr. Hughes is engaged in mining and has met with fair success. --History of Arizona, 1896
Eugene S. Ives, lawyer and statesman, was born in Washington
D.C., November 11, 1859. He acquired his early education in the public schools
of that city and was later graduated from Georgetown College with the class of
1878. He afterward pursued his studies in Austria and France, holding today the
degree of A.B., A.M., Ph.D. and LL.B., the latter having been received in
Columbia College of Law in 1880. He practiced his profession in New York City
until 1895 and then came to Tucson where he has since remained.
On the
15th of June 1889 Mr. Ives wedded Miss Anna M. Waggaman, a native of Washington
D.C. and they have seven children, Annette, Cora, Helen, Miriam, Ennals, Eugene
and Eleanor. --Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 690
Royal A. Johnson, is the efficient Treasurer of Pima County,
Arizona and a resident of Tucson. He is a product of Whiteside County, Illinois,
born in the year 1854, and was a resident of that county until 1860 when he
accompanied his parents to Colorado. Three years later he moved with them to New
York City and made his home there until 1871, when he went to Europe and spent
two years in England and France. In the year 1873 he returned to the United
States and in the latter part of that year he went to Venezuela in connection
with the construction of the Caracas and La Guaria Railroad and there remained
seven months. After returning to the Empire State he entered his father's law
office with the intention of practicing that profession in New York, associated
with his father, but during the great excitement attending the Hayes-Tilden
election he became imbued with a desire to mingle in politics and in the latter
part of 1877 he secured the appointment as clerk of the United States Senate
Committee on civil service, which played so prominent a part in Hayes'
administration. When the control of the Senate passed into Democratic hands Mr.
Johnson resigned his position and entered the Columbian Law University, at
Washington, D.C., graduating in 1881 with the degree of LL.D. The year previous
to this the Republicans again secured control of the United States Senate and
Mr. Johnson was appointed clerk of the Committee on Pensions, one of the most
important committees in the Senate. While holding this position Mr. Johnson was
offered the law clerkship of the Interior Department, but declined the same to
come to Arizona, believing that this Territory presented a great field for a
young man. Soon after locating in Tucson he was offered and accepted the chief
clerkship of the Surveyor-General's office under General Robbins, intending
ultimately to resign and practice law. After the death of General Robbins,
President Arthur appointed Mr. Johnson Surveyor-General, which position he held
until the Cleveland administration, after which he retired from office and in
connection with ex-Governor Wolfley, purchased the Arctic Ice Company Works at
Tucson.
In the year 1888 he was elected Chancellor of the University of
Arizona but after his second appointment as United States Surveyor-General in
1889, the Attorney- General of the United States rendered a decision to the
effect that he could not hold both offices and he resigned the Chancellorship.
After the election of President Harrison, General Johnson was once more
appointed Surveyor-General for Arizona. The principal work of importance in the
office of Surveyor General of Arizona has always been in the private Land Grant
Department, and at this work General Johnson has particularly distinguished
himself. Not long after his first term an effort was made to float the Presidio
Grant over the city of Tucson, which caused consternation to property holders.
By energetic and intelligent work the Surveyor-General was able to unravel the
mysteries and uncertainties surrounding this case and caused the claimant to
abandon his original intentions. In many cases General Johnson went into the
field in person with the claimants and by practical demonstration showed them
the futility of their absurd claims to enlarge boundaries, but his principal
work has been the showing up of the famous Perlta Grant fraud, which was forged
for the purpose of securing five million acres of our forest lands,
conservatively estimated to be worth at least $1000,000,000. Several years were
spent by him in this work, and evidence was secured from Spain, Mexico and
elsewhere, showing forgery and fabrication of papers with great cunning and
General Johnson's report to Congress is regarded as the ablest private land
grant report ever made on Mexican Claims and completely wiped out the fraud that
hung as a heavy cloud over the titles of the four counties, Maricopa, Pinal,
Gila and Graham. He held the position of Surveyor-General until March 4, 1893,
the day President Cleveland took his seat and afterwards gave his time and
attention to his ice factory and to stock raising.
In the fall of 1894 he
was elected Treasurer of pima County and this office he is now filling. Mr.
Johnson's ice factory has a capacity of manufacturing ten tons per day. He is
also engaged in mining and is interested in a number of mines. He was one of the
organizers of the Phoenix "Republican" and a stockholder and he is also a
stockholder in the "Daily Tucson Citizen."
On the 14th of February 1877,
he married Miss Frances Morrison, of Brooklyn New York. --History
of Arizona, 1898
It is always a source of inspiration to
read of the lives of men who through their own efforts have risen from an
impecunious position to one of affluence and yet in so doing have maintained
their honor intact and enjoy the respect and esteem of their fellow citizens.
Such a life is that of Manuel J. King who owns five ranches in Pima County,
where he is extensively engaged in the cattle business. He was born in Alameda
County California on December 17, 1867 and is a son of Andrew J. King who was
one of the pioneers of that state. The father located in California in 1848 and
for some years thereafter engaged in prospecting and mining but subsequently
turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, developing land in Alameda and
Contra Costa Counties.
Manuel J. King was reared at home and given the
advantages of a common school education. After laying aside his textbooks he
assisted his father in the cultivation of the ranch at San Leandro, remaining at
home until he was about nineteen. In 1886 he came to Tucson Arizona and went on
the range as a cowboy with the baboquivari Land and Cattle Company in the Sasabe
Valley. He was ambitious and enterprising and from time to time invested in
cattle. These he would later sell at an advance and invest again following this
method until he had accumulated enough money to establish a ranch of his own. In
1896 he took up a tract of government land on which he made the necessary
improvements and then invested the remainder of his capital in cattle. Careful
management and the exercise of intelligence and good judgment in the direction
of his undertakings brought the usual reward and each year witnessed an advance
in his career. As the years passed he increased his herds and extended his
holdings until he now owns five ranches, which aggregate two thousand acres.
Three of these are located in the Baboquivari Mountains and the other tow in the
Sasabe Valley and are used for cattle ranges while during a part of the season
his cattle are turned out upon the public domain.
In 1896 Mr. King
married miss Margaret Corra, a native of Mexico and to them have been born five
children: Margaret, Mary, John, Joseph and Walter. The family resided on one of
the ranches until 1907 when Mr. King erected a comfortable residence on South
Stone Avenue in Tucson an removed to that city in order to give his children
better educational advantages. He is still operating his ranches, but he is also
directing his energies along other business lines and in 1910 in company with
W.B. Coberly established the Tucson Iron Works which they sold in 1912 to the
Steinfeld Company. --Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913
Samuel L. Kingan, attorney-at-law, Tucson, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1867. He passed his early life in that city and was educated in its public schools. Mr. Kingan took his law course in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated, and he was admitted to practice in 1889. Two years later he came to Arizona, and he has since been the senior member of the firms of Kingan & Dick and Kingan & Wright. During the years of his residence here Mr. Kingan has built up an excellent practice and has become prominent in legal circles, having been successful in the conduct of some highly important cases, in both the local and United States Court. Mr. Kingan is a Republican, and while he has never held a political office, he has always taken an active interest in public affairs. He was one of the Pima County delegates to the Constitutional Convention, and served on the Judiciary, Schedule, Mode of Amending and Miscellaneous Committees. He is a member of the Masonic Order and belongs to the local lodge. He married Miss Mary Tucker, of Illinois, in 1889, and to the union was born one daughter, Mary. --1913, Who's Who in Arizona, pages 154-155.
W. H. Kirkland who raised the first American flag in 1856 in the town of Tucson was born in Petersburg, Virginia, July 12, 1832, and emigrated to Arizona shortly after the Gadsden Purchase, eight or nine years before the organization of the Territory. He and his wife were the first white couple married in Arizona, being married in Tucson May 26, 1860. In 1863 and 1864 he spent a good deal of time around Walnut Grove mining and ranching about which time he purchased the ranch located by Pauline Weaver and there engaged in stock raising. Later he settled in the Salt River Valley where Mrs. Wayne Ritter, his daughter, was born in Phoenix on August 15, 1871. She was born in the second house which was built in the city of Phoenix. Kirkland died in Winkleman Arizona January 19, 1911, at the age of 78 and was survived by a wife and seven children. --History of Arizona, Vol II, Thomas E. Farish, 1915, pg 200
Julius Kruttschnitt, Jr., manger of the
American Smelting and Refining Company at Tucson is recognized as one of the
prominent young business men of the city, holding high rank in the profession of
mining engineering. He was born in New Orleans, May 7, 1885, a son of Julius and
Minna E. (Kock) Kruttschnitt, who were also natives of the Crescent city. The
son pursued his education in the preparatory school at Belmont California and
after entered Yale University from which he graduated in 1906 completing a
course in mining engineering. He afterward entered the employ of the Arizona
Copper Company as a mining engineer at Morenci, Arizona. In 1909 he became
connected with the American Smelting and refining Company, which he represented
in Mexico for two and a half years. At the end of that time the development
department was established with headquarters in Tucson and he was placed in
charge at that city and still fills the position.
On the 24th of
September 1907, Mr. Kurttschnitt was married to Miss Marie Pickering of San
Francisco and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick M. Pickering, the former a
real estate dealer of that city. The children of this marriage are Marie Elise,
Barbara and Julius. --Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913
This gentleman has inherited the sturdy characteristics which
have brought success to many of German origin and is now the capable and
efficient assessor of Pima County, Arizona. He was born in Tucson, Arizona, May
24, 1868 and is a son of Alexander and Zenona (Molina) Levin, the father a
native of Germany and the mother of Sonora, Mexico. The parents were early
settlers of Tucson and the father followed the occupation of a brewer. His death
occurred September 29, 1891.
During his youth Henry Levin had good
educational advantages and for some time attended the Newton Collegiate
Institute of Newton, New Jersey in Sussex County. Later he took a year's course
in the Lawrence Business College of Lawrence, Kansas and after returning to
Tucson became clerk in a general merchandise store. After this he accepted the
position as deputy postmaster at Nogales, Arizona, held that position for one
year and then resigned to accept a place as bookkeeper in a store owned by Juan
Bojoquez at Nogales. For two years he held that position and then resigned to
become a partner with his father in the brewery business at Tucson, remaining
thus connected until a short time before the latter's death. He then became
interested in the commission, real estate and brokerage business, met with fair
success in this and was thus occupied until in 1892, when he was elected city
assessor and collector of licenses of Tucson, Arizona. This position he held one
term and was elected to his present position in 1893. Reliable and competent,
Mr. Levin's services were appreciated by the people and he was re-elected in
1894. This position he is now holding. In the month of January 1896, in company
with R.G. Brady, Mr. Levin engaged in the broker business, dealing in cattle,
real estate, mines and insurance. --History of Arizona, 1896
Joseph H. Lines, at the head of one of the largest
mercantile enterprises in Pima was born in Goshen Utah, October 4, 1870. He is a
son of Henry and Emily (Weech) Lines, natives of England, now residing in Pima.
The father removed to Utah during the Civil War and the mother arrived in that
state with her parents some time later. In their family were eight children:
Joseph H. of this review; Emma, deceased; Mary, wife of William E. McBride of
Pima by whom she has seven children; Samuel E. of Pima; William A., also of Pima
who is married and has four children; Milton who resides with his wife an three
children in Morenci; Alvin who makes his home in Pima and John G. who with his
wife and children resides in Pima.
John H. Lines remained with his
parents until he was married at the age of twenty one and afterward he worked at
different occupations for a number of years. In 1897 and 1898 he engaged in
teaching and in the latter year was sent on a mission for the Mormon Church. Two
years later he returned to Pima and taught in the public schools. He then turned
his attention to business pursuits, clerking in mercantile establishments for
three years and then working for his brothers in the dairy business in Clifton
and Morenci. Returning to Pima, he joined his brother, Milton Lines, in
purchasing a small merchandise store which had been established by D.H. Weech,
one of the pioneers in the valley. Joseph H. Lines took charge of the business
and has been the head of the concern since that time. After a short time William
a. Lines, another brother, purchased an interest in the business and the firm
name is now Lines Brothers & Company, H.J. Anderson being also a stockholder. It
has had a prosperous and successful career and the stock which was originally
valued at four thousand dollars has increased in value to nine thousand. Milton
and William A. Lines are stockholders in the Citizens Bank of Thatcher, a branch
of which has been established in their store with Joseph H. Lines as local
manager. In addition he owns one hundred and sixty acres of ranch land.
On October 6, 1891 Mr. Lines married Miss Sarah E. Ferrin, a native of Utah and
a daughter of Jacob S. and Jenetta A. (McBride) Ferrin. The mother crossed the
plains to Utah as a member of one of the handcart companies, walking all the way
from Missouri. The father accompanied her a part of the way but died on the
journey. Mr. and Mrs. Lines have twelve children: Freda E., who resides at home
and is employed at the Lines store; Cora, deceased; Rowena, who is attending an
academy in Thatcher; Charles H., Lavena and Lavona, twins, Walter and Milo all
attending school; Alice; Maggie, deceased; Cleve and Claude. --
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 771
William M. Lovell, is classed among the prominent legal lights of Tucson Arizona
where he has resided since the year 1882. He is a product of Blue Grass soil, his birth
having occurred in Muhlenburgh County, Kentucky, November 5, 1836 on a farm. In
the year 1852 he crossed the plains to California with his parents and in the
year 1862 was graduated from the University of the Pacific, Santa Clara County.
In that county his parents reside at the present time.
Young Lovell
remained on his father's farm in California until 1858, when he went to Frazier
River, British Columbia, during the gold excitement and followed mining until
the following autumn. Returning home he then entered the university from which
he was subsequently graduated in 1862 as above stated and then began the study
of law with Judge Lawrence Archer. In the spring of 1863 he went to Austin,
Nevada Territory and engaged in the practice of law with Al Hereford, now
deceased. Later in 1864 he returned to San Jose California where he began
practicing. In 1865 he formed a partnership with his preceptor, Judge L. Arthur
and continued with him until November 1882. While practicing in San Jose he
served as deputy district attorney for six months and then was appointed to the
position of district attorney, filling a vacancy and held that office eighteen
months. So well did he discharge the duties of this position that he was soon
after elected district attorney and re-elected to that position, thus serving a
number of years. As before stated, Mr. Lovell located in Tucson in 1882 and
early in 1883 he formed a co-partnership with B.H. Hereford. In 1885 the latter
was elected district attorney of Pima County and Mr. Lovell served as his
deputy. In 1888 he was re-elected and the firm was dissolved, Mr. Lovell
continuing his practice alone. Two years after this he was elected district
attorney of Pima County and served two years and in 1892 he was elected to the
Legislature to represent his district, serving one term. In 1894 he was again
elected district attorney which position he holds at this time.
He was
married in 1863 to Miss Mildred L. Welch of San Jose California and they have
four children: Gussie O., Laurette F., a lady commissioner to the World's Fair;
Lawrence Archer, chief clerk in Wells-Fargo Express at Phoenix and Ira W. Mr.
Lovell's parents, Joseph and Laurette (Campbell) Lovell are natives of Kentucky
and on the maternal side of Scotch origin. Grandfather Michael Lovell was born
on Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. --History of Arizona, 1896
Charles H. Meyer was a German and settled in Tucson in 1854. From 1875 he served several times as City Recorder. His court was unique; every man, when first brought before him for any misdemeanor, he would treat leniently, sometimes giving him a lecture but for the second offense, he usually imposed a heavy fine and in addition would send the offender to the chain gang. If the prisoner demurred to the sentence, the judge would generally double the time on the chain gang saying, "Well, I give you thirty days more on the chain gang for contempt of court." By this methods he kept Tucson an orderly city during his terms in office. He had the first drug store in Tucson, which he conducted for many years. One of the principal streets of the city , Meyer Street, is named for him. He died in Tucson, September 7, 1903 having been a resident of the town for forty seven years. --History of Arizona, Thomas Edwin Farish, Vol. 2 1915, pg. 240
Among the worthy residents of Phoenix, Arizona Territory, it is but just to say that Mr. Moss occupies a conspicuous and honorable place, for he has always been industrious and enterprising, and as a result has met with well merited success. He is a member of the Phoenix council and a blacksmith who thoroughly understands his calling. Mr. Moss was born in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, September 15, 1852, to the marriage of Francis Moss and Carrie Smith, both natives of Germany. The parents came to this country when young, were married here, and the father followed the trade of blacksmith in Wheatland, Wisconsin, until his death in December, 1895. He held the position of Supervisor for a number of years. Mrs. Moss is still living and makes her home in Wheatland. Frank B. Moss grew to manhood in the last named city, secured a thorough education in the public schools, and when about sixteen years old began learning the blacksmith trade. He began as an apprentice in Kenosha, with Head & Sutherland, and was thus occupied for a few years, after which he went to Virginia City, Nevada, where he worked at his trade and ran a wood yard for a number of years. In 1878 he came to Tombstone, Arizona, where, in connection with his trade, he drove a team for some time. The country was very wild at that time, Indians were numerous and hostile, and although he was shot at twice by the savages he escaped uninjured. He traveled for the most part by night to escape them. Later he went to Harshaw, Pima County, Arizona, and opened a blacksmith shop which he ran until 1880, when he located at Phoenix. There he followed his trade for some time. In 1885 he embarked in business on his own account and has carried it on very successfully up to the present. He is one of the representative men of the city and may be counted a pioneer. Mr. Moss owns considerable real estate in Phoenix as well as a nice home, and is quite deeply interested in gold mining. He also owns 160 acres of ranch land on the Gila river, with its water rights. In the month of May, 1894, he was elected to the city council and he has held other responsible positions, being chief of the fire department in 1892. He takes a deep interest in all that pertains to the welfare of his section and is a most valuable citizen. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F., the A. O. U. W. and Woodmen of the World. On the 3Oth of May, 1885. he was married to Miss Ida M. Harriman, a native of Wisconsin, and they have three interesting children: Edmund Earl, Ralph and Ernest, the last two twins. --A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona Published by McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896, p. 450-451
Professor Sidney Carleton
Newsom, one of the best known educators in Arizona, now connected with
educational interests of Tucson as city superintendent of schools, was born in
Cherokee, Colbert County, Alabama, October 26, 1863, and is a son of Charles
Edward and Mary Towns (Ligon) Newsom. His father was a graduate of the
University of South Carolina and was also a college professor, being connected
with the Masonic College at Macon Tennessee. The son acquired an excellent
education as a preparation for his important life work, for after completing the
usual course in the public schools of Macon, Tennessee, he attended the Indiana
State Normal School. He received his A.B. degree from Harvard University in 1895
and was graduated from the University of Chicago with the degree of A.M. in
1898. He began his independent career as superintendent of schools at Marion,
Illinois and later became principal of the Houston Texas high school. From there
he went to Indianapolis Indiana where for five years he did able work in a
similar position. He spent three years in the Philippine Islands as Division
Superintendent of schools and in this way he broadened his knowledge and came in
contact with other standards and methods.
Professor Newsom came to
Arizona in 1904 and spent four years as head of the English Department in the
State University, after which he accepted the position of city superintendent of
the Tucson schools. During his residence in the Philippines he devoted a great
deal of his time to writing and is the author of a series of textbooks, nine in
number. He has also compiled three editions of the English classics for the
Macmillan Publishing Company.
Professor Newsom was married in 1898 to
Miss Levona Hamlin Payne, a native of Franklin, Indiana who is well known in
social circles of Tucson and has served as president of the Woman's Club.
--Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 649
Estevan Ochoa was a New Mexican by birth. In his early youth he went to Kansas
City, where he obtained employment and acquired a fair knowledge of the English
language. He started in business on his own account at Mesilla New Mexico. He
made a success of the enterprise and thereafter started a number of branch
stores in both New Mexico and Arizona. The firm of Tully and Ochoa, of which he
was a member was one of the largest mercantile establishments in Tucson. In
Bourke's "On the Border with Crook" is an account of his visit to Tucson in
which he has this to say of Estevan Ochoa:
"This rather undersized
gentleman coming down the street is a man with a history--perhaps it might be
perfectly correct to say with two or three histories. He is Don Estevan Ochoa,
one of the most enterprising merchants as he is admitted to be one of the
coolest and bravest men in all the southwestern country. He has a handsome face,
a keen black eye, a quick business-like air with very polished and courteous
manners.
During the war, the Southern leaders thought they would
establish a chain of posts across the continent from Texas to California, and
one of their first movements was to send a brigade of Texans to occupy Tucson.
The commanding general--Turner by name-- sent for Don Eestevan and told him that
he had been informed that he was an outspoken sympathizer with the cause of the
Union but he hoped that Ochoa would see that the Union was a thing of the past,
and reconcile himself to the new state of affairs and take the oath of the
Confederacy and thus relieve the general from the disagreeable responsibility of
confiscating his property and setting him adrift outside of his lines.
Don Estevan never hesitated a moment. He was not that kind of man. His reply was
perfectly courteous as I am told, all the talk on the part of the Confederate
officer had been. Ochoa owed all he had in the world to the Government of the
U.S. and it would be impossible for him to take an oath of fidelity to any
hostile power or party. When would General Turner wish him to leave?
He
was allowed to select one of his many horses and to take a pair of saddle bags
filled with such clothing and food as he could get together on short notice and
then with a rifle and twenty rounds of ammunition was led outside the lines and
started for the Rio Grande. When Union troops reoccupied Tucson, Don Estevan
resumed business and was soon wealthy again.
He died on October 27, 1888
at his home in Las Cruces New Mexico. --History of Arizona, Vol II,
Thomas E. Farish, 1915, pg 203
Prominent among Tucson's
professional men and one who has been long identified with the moral and
material advancement of the city, is F. A. Odermatt, the leading dentist, whose
offices are located in the handsome post office block. Mr. Odermatt was born in
Buochs, in Canton Unterwalden, Switzerland, June 17, 1848, and lived with his
parents there until about four years old. In February 1852, his father and
family emigrated to the new world and arrived in New Orleans where they remained
but a short time. From there they went to St. Louis and thence to Springfield,
Illinois but only remained in the latter place a short time, when they returned
to St. Louis. Mr. Odermatt, Sr. was engaged in the mercantile business, and
prior to the war enjoyed a successful business career in the cities named, but
California seemed to offer greater opportunities and so in 1863 he took his
family to San Francisco. It was in this city that our subject resumed his
education, began in St. Louis and Springfield and he entered St. Ignatius'
College. After a period of study there he entered St. Thomas' Theological
Seminary at the old Mission Dolores in 1865 where he devoted his time to Latin
and Greek up to 1867. In February, 1867 accompanying Archbishop Allmany of San
Francisco, he sailed for Europe to finish his education, and in May of the same
year entered the College of Einsidlen, an old and famous institution of learning
of Switzerland. He remained there nearly two years, when he became so seriously
ill that the college physician advised him to give up his studies and return
home as soon as his condition would permit undertaking the long voyage.
He returned to San Francisco in the early part of May 1869 and after a few
months rest he recovered from his illness and decided to take up the study of
dentistry. Having chosen his profession, he entered the service of the late Dr.
C.c. Knowles, a leading dentist of the Pacific Coast and remained there a period
of ten years after which he began practice for himself, opening a dental
laboratory on the corner of Post and Kearney streets. During a period of three
years he enjoyed a lucrative business and executed work for the leading men of
the profession at that time. His success in this line elicited a large number of
press testimonials to his skill.
In October 1882 he decided to make the
Territory of Arizona his home and arrived in this city during that month. He has
been here ever since, has led all others in his profession, is married and is
happy in the possession of a bright son and daughter and a charming wife.
Mrs. Odermatt, nee Senorita Carlota Flores, is a granddaughter on the
mother's side of the late Don Carlos Yorba of San Juan, who once owned large
tracts of land and immense herds of cattle, horses and sheep, and almost the
entire Santa Anna Valley of southern California. On her father's Senor Jesto
Flores, side she is closely connected with the famous Godoy family of Santiago,
Chili, the grandmother being a sister to Senor Miguel Godoy, once Balmeceda's
Ambassador to France.
Mr. Odermatt's residence is one of the most
elegantly appointed homes in the city. Of an artistic turn, Mr. Odermatt devotes
his leisure hours to sculpturing, his superior work eliciting praise from the
press and public. The "Daily Star" has said, "Dr. F.A. Odermatt of this city is
a sculptor of no mean abilities. He recently carved out of wood a most beautiful
model of the old San Xavier Church and the same will be placed on exhibition in
Dr. Martin's drug store for a few days." The "Arizona Enterprise" of Tucson,
dated July 7, 1892 was no less enthusiastic in the following article, "Dr. F.A.
Odermatt, besides being one of the most skillful dentist west of the Rocky
Mountains, possesses a high order of merit as a sculptor. He has recently
devoted his spare time to an artistic design in plaster that would do credit to
any experienced professional, and he has succeeded in giving the most realistic
expression to human physiognomy appropriate to the character his design
represents. Had his talents been directed toward this branch of the arts, he
would surely have achieved a world-wide fame. Dr. Odermatt is the most expert
'filigree' wood worker in this city."
The grandfather of Dr. Odermatt,
Zumbuehl (his mother's father) was a noted sculptor of Canton Underwalden,
Switzerland, his works being mostly in alabaster. --History of Arizona 1896
Charles R. Osburn was born in Iowa City
Iowa in 1880, a son of R.R. and Susan M. (Wligus) Osburn who were natives of New
York and Ohio respectively. After living at different periods in Illinois and
Indiana they became residents of Iowa and there the father who had in early life
learned the printer's trade, continued in that line of business.
Mr.
Osburn was given the advantages of public school and business college training
in Iowa and after thus qualifying for the practical and responsible duties of
life he entered the employ of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
at Cedar Rapids, where he remained for three years. He then became connected
with the Northern Pacific Railway in the passenger department at St. Paul where
he acted as rate clerk and chief clerk of the advertising department.
Mr.
Osburn came to the southwest in 1906 at which time he took up his abode in
Tucson. He taught at an Indian school in Tucson and was also pastor of the
Baptist Church at Glendale, Arizona at one time. He resigned to become clerk of
the board of control and was appointed secretary and citizen member of the board
on the 1st of March 1912. --Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913
Nabor Pacheco has practically spent his entire life in
Tucson in which city he was born on the 12th of July 1863, a son of Refugio and
Paula (Cruz) Pacheco. The father was born in the town of Ignacio, Sonora, Mexico
but was brought to Tucson in infancy and was here reared and educated. Tucson
was the birthplace of the mother. Being endowed with good business ability,
Refugio Pacheco met with success in his business affairs. In matters of
citizenship he was progressive and enterprising, possessing the powers of
organization and resourcefulness which stamped him as a leader in the community.
Although he was only thirty six years of age at the time of his death, which
occurred in 1873, he had acquired valuable tracts of land in and around Tucson
and was numbered among the representative citizens of Pima County. He took a
very active interest in political affairs. In his family were seven children, of
whom five are still living: Nabor, being the eldest, Mateo, Manuel, Jesus M.,
and Refugio. On both the paternal and maternal sides our subject is of pure
Spanish ancestry his lineage being traced back to Spain.
Nabor Pacheco
attended school in Tucson and upon the completion of his education began farming
and cattle raising on land left him by his father, owning a tract of about one
hundred and sixty acres near the city. For about thirteen years he held official
positions and for two and one half years had charge of one hundred men employed
at Tucson Farms near the city. He is today one of the substantial citizens of
Tucson and has valuable realty interests.
It was in this city that Mr.
Pacheco was married to Miss Carmen Monteverde and to them have been born the
following children: Nabor Jr., Henry, Powleta, Richard, Ameda, Viola and Raquel.
--Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913
Olva Clayton
Parker, the proprietor of a well appointed undertaking establishment in Tucson
and otherwise connected in an important way with business interests of the city,
was born in Henry County, Tennessee, January 28, 1860. His parents afterward
removed to Anna, Illinois where he was reared and educated and where, after
laying aside his textbooks, he became a clerk in the money order department of
the post office. He came west to New Mexico journeying by stage from Kansas City
and arriving in Las Vegas, April 20, 1879. For four years he was connected with
cattle ranching in that section and also took part in the Lincoln County War,
joining a company organized by general Lew Wallace. He served until the close of
hostilities, a period of one and one half years and afterward fought against the
Indians at Silver City, finally retiring from military life as senior major, New
Mexico National Guard.
Mr. Parker came to Arizona in 1896 and spent two
years in the undertaking business in Phoenix, after which he opened a similar
establishment in Tucson. He carries a fine line of caskets and funeral supplies
and a liberal patronage is accorded him, for his prices are reasonable and his
integrity above question. He has other extensive business interests here, being
president of the Hart-Parker Company, brokers and investors, a director in the
Arizona National Bank of Tucson, and also in the Cochise Copper Company. He
erected the Citizens Building in Tucson which he rented to the company for ten
years.
In 1894 Mr. Parker married Miss Honerene M. McDonald, a native of
Kentucky and they have three daughters: Malvene and Grace, both of whom were
born in Las Vegas, New Mexico and Edith Virginia, whose birth occurred in
Tucson. --Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 609
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