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James Pennington, familiarly known as "Old Pennington" was one of
the pioneers of Arizona. The Pennington family consisted of James Pennington,
his wife and five children, three daughters and two sons. They moved from
Tennessee into Texas and from thence pushed westward through New Mexico into
Arizona and settled upon the Sonoita near Fort Buchanan in the year 1857 or
1858. During the time of the abandonment of the country by the Americans "he
occupied," says Ross Browne, "a small cabin three miles above the Calabassas,
surrounded by roving bands of hostile Indians. He stubbornly refused to leave
the country; said he had as much right to it as the infernal Indians and would
live there in spite of all the devils out of the lower regions. His cattle were
stolen, his corrals burned down, his fields devastated; yet he stood it out to
the last. At times when hard pressed for food, he would go out in the hills for
deer, which he packed in on his back at the risk of his life." Frequently in his
absence his daughters stood guard with guns in their hands, to keep off the
Indians who besieged the premises.
About this time, Miss Lucera S.
Pennington was married to a Mr. Paige and was living with her husband in a
canyon where she was captured by a roving band of Indians, together with a
little girl about ten years of age, said to be a Mexican and who it is said
afterwards became the wife of the late Charles A. Shibell of Tucson. Mrs. Paige,
not being able to keep up with the Indians on their trip over the mountains, one
of them ran a lance through her and threw her over a bluff upon a pile of rocks
and supposed he had killed her, as was his intention, but after several days and
nights of suffering, she succeeded in getting to where she was recognized, cared
for and saved. Her first husband was afterwards killed by Indians. She lived for
several years in the vicinity of Camp Crittenden which was established later
near Fort Buchanan and her father teamed and ranched some on the Sonoita. In
1869 Old James Pennington and his son Green were ambushed and killed by the
Apaches and both were buried at Crittenden. Another son named James was killed
later by the Apaches. The remainder of the Pennington family moved to Tucson in
1870 and it is said returned to Texas, all except Mrs. Paige who met William F.
Scott at Tucson and married him. She raised a family of two daughters and one
son and died in Tucson March 31, 1913 and was there buried.
Old Man
Pennington, the head of the family was described as a man of excellent sense,
but rather eccentric; large and tall with a fine face and athletic frame, he
presented a good specimen of the American frontiersman. One of the principle
streets in Tucson is named for him. --History of Arizona, Vol II,
Thomas E. Farish, 1915, pg 199
One of Tucson's
important and prosperous industries is the City Laundry Company of which James
H. Plunkett is president and manager. Under his wise supervision, the business
of this concern has grown steadily through the years and is now of the leading
laundries in this section of the state.
Mr. Plunkett was born in Seneca
Falls, Seneca County, New York on the 16th day of January 1861, and is a son of
Thomas and Mary (Martin) Plunkett. He received his educational training in the
public schools after which he engaged in railroading, being employed in the
mechanical department of various roads for a number of years.
In 1882 he
came through Arizona and at that time formed the favorable opinion of this state
which later led him to establish his permanent home here. In the course of his
meanderings he went to South America, where he spent several years, before
deciding to settle down in a desirable locality.
In May 1904 he came to
Tucson as foreman of the Southern Pacific boiler shops. Later he was sent to
Cuba, where he installed machinery on a railroad at Camaguay, a job which
engaged his attention for one year. On hi return to Tucson he did some work at
the City Laundry Company with the result that he acquired a large financial
interest in that concern, of which he is now the executive head. He is a good
business man, with which he combines a wide and accurate knowledge of mechanics
which has stood him in good stead, and he has had the pleasure of seeing a
steady increase in the volume of business which has come in recognition of the
high quality of work turned out by this laundry.
On April 28, 1889 at El
Paso Texas Mr. Plunkett was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Roy and to them
have been born four children: Mary, who is the wife of Edward Ott; Hattie, who
is a sister of Charity and is known as Sister Mary Rosella; Rosella, who is the
wife of Herbert Hill, and James Roy, twenty years old who is attending business
college.
Mr. Plunkett has shown a good citizen's interest in local public
affairs and in 1913 served as a member of the city council in which capacity he
stood squarely for the best interests of the community. He is essentially a self
made man, having made his way in the world without assistance and showing
himself an intelligent and discriminating man in everything with which he has
been connected. His record as business man and private citizen has been a
commendable one and he has well merited the success which as come to him.
--History of Arizona, pg 543
Sylvester W. Purcell, one of the prominent attorneys of Tucson and Probate Court Judge of Pima County for two terms, was born at Baxter Springs, Kansas, May 3, 1870. The Purcells came to America in 1664, and located in Virginia. Their descendants are numerous in the Southern States, especially Virginia and Kentucky, of which last named state Judge Purcell's father and grandfather were natives. His brother, Dr. W. B. Purcell, practiced for many years in Tucson. His mother, Mary Walden Purcell, was a native of Virginia, and his grandmother, Eliza Clay Walden, was a first cousin of Henry Clay. In 1880 the family removed to Denver, Colo., where Judge Purcell attended the public schools, and also took up the study of law. With a few other law students he organized a class of which he was president, and the school was conducted in the Maish building of the University of Denver. In 1894 Dr. Purcell and family moved to Texas, where Judge Purcell continued his studies, and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state in 1895. The following year he came to Tucson, where he has since been engaged in practice. He was elected Probate Judge in the year 1897, assuming office January 1st, 1898. At the expiration of his first term he was nominated by acclamation and re-elected. Judge Purcell is attorney, counselor and financial agent for several large corporations doing business in Arizona and Western States, and is personally interested in important mining properties in the southern part of the state. As an attorney he is considered among the foremost of Arizona. He is a good judge of law as well as of men, and conducts all business with a strict regard to a high standard of professional ethics. As a Democrat he takes a prominent and influential part in political affairs and is active in public life, and above all a booster for his home city, Tucson, and for Arizona. --1913, Who's Who in Arizona, pages 176-177.
Mr. Rollin R.
Richardson, the gentleman referred to, came to Arizona from Franklin Pa. about
twenty years ago and settled on the banks of the Sonata, three miles north of
Crittenden. Mr. Richardson has the most attractive ranch on the river, as all
attest, in which the finest fruit in the county can be gathered. There are about
eight acres in this Arizona Garden of Eden where the apples are of the juiciest.
Besides all this a very home like abode is situated and here Mr. Richardson and
family are spending their summers and winters. Mr. Richardson does not market
the orchard product; it is too good to part with even at a profit. His friends
are welcome within the gates, however.
Mr. Richardson and his partner
have 5,000 acres of patented land on the Sonata which extended three miles south
of Rollins , a town site laid out by the Rollin Town site Company in which Mr.
Richardson is interested. Mr. Richardson said that a tangle had caused the
Columbia smelter at Rollin to be closed down in October but that matters had
been fixed up whereby the Messrs. Eames had retired and a nephew of C.P.
Huntington would assume the management. It was possible improvements looking to
be increased capacity would be introduced.
In Mr. Richard's opinion
Washington District, southeast of Crittendon would be the most important in the
southern section. The Duquesne camp, properties of the Washington company has
grown to considerable proportions and as the company has the means the
probabilities are that they are ready to add new machinery when it is required.
There are fully 120 people in Duquesne camp. There is a fair road of twenty
miles out of Crittenden to the camp and district and a stage runs between the
railroad and camp. Tucson is the supply point though Nogales is not asleep to
the situation. Only a trail exists between the district and Nogales but they
ship via Crittenden out of the border town.
"Between cattle shipping and
mining we are comfortably situated and our section will look up gradually," said
Mr. Richardson. The gentleman will be here today. --Unknown,
February 10, 1898
Dr. Mark A. Rodgers, of Tucson,
Arizona, although young in years, is thoroughly equipped for the successful
practice of this most noble of callings, has the confidence and esteem of his
brethren and is building up a desirable practice as a result of his superior
attainment. He was born in the east, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
February 5, 1866 and in that place secured a good high school education. A
desire for a professional life and a love for the study of medicine caused him
to select that as his chosen calling and when twenty years old he entered the
medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, from which
institution he was graduated in 1890. Soon after he began practicing in his
native city and for thirteen months was resident physician of Allegheny General
Hospital. Still later he became Chief Chemical Assistant and Asst. Gynecologist
to Dr. R. Stromburg, Sutton, Gynecologist of the Hospital of Pittsburgh and that
position he filled for two years. Here he became thoroughly familiar with
Adominoscopy and Gynecological surgery and soon had a very large practice in
this line for himself. Dr. Rodgers has written a great many papers on this
subject and reported some very difficult and successful operations. He was a
member of the Allegheny County Medical Society and Secretary of the Pittsburgh
Obstetrical Society, also Fellow of the Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine.
In the year 1895, in the month of June, Dr. Rodgers came to Tucson Arizona
seeking a milder climate for his health and satisfied that he had found what was
wanted, decided to make his permanent home here. He has built up a fine practice
and stands at the head of his profession in Arizona. --History of Arizona, 1898
The sons of Old England are well
represented in Arizona and among them none hold a more conspicuous place than
does General George J. Roskruge, whose determination and perseverance mark him
as a true Englishman. He was born at Roskruge, near the town of Helston,
Cornwall, April 10, 1845. At the age of fifteen he obtained a place as messenger
boy in the law offices of Grylls, Hill and Hill of Helston, and on the 12th of
August 1860, he entered the 7th Company of the Duke of Cornwall's Rifle
Volunteers, serving ten years, during which time he distinguished himself as a
rifle shot, being the winner of many company, regimental and all-comers' prizes.
On the 31 day of August 1868, he was selected as one of the "Cornish Twenty" to
complete with the "Devon Twenty" in the fourth annual match for the Challenge
Cup, and for the two years prior to his resignation from the volunteer service
he wore the "Three Stars" for being the crack shot of the company.
In
October 1870 he emigrated to the United States, going directly to Denver,
Colorado, where he was given employment by Lawrence n. Greenleaf and his
partner, Gardner G. Brewer. After remaining in Denver for about two years, he
with about twenty other adventurous spirits, determined to visit Arizona and
after surviving perils of flood, droughts, famine and Apache Indians, reached
Prescott in June 1872. In November of the same year he engaged with United
States Deputy Surveyor Omar H. Case as cook and packer and was with Mr. Case
when running the 5th standard parallel north from Partridge Creek to the
Colorado River. The following spring, he, as chainman, served with deputy Case
and the following year, 1874, he spent several months in the field with United
States Deputy Surveyor C.B. Foster and on returning from the field he prepared
the maps and field notes for transmission to the surveyor general and it was on
account of the neat and correct manner in which these were executed that induced
the then surveyor general of Arizona, Hon. John Wasson to tender to General
Roskruge the position of chief draughtsman in his office, which position was
accepted and filled by him with credit to himself and the appointing power until
June 1880, when he resigned and entered into business as a surveyor, receiving
appointments as United States deputy land and mineral surveyor.
General
Roskruge has served four terms as county surveyor of Pima County; three terms as
city engineer of Tucson; one term as member of the Board of Regents of the
University of Arizona; in 1888 was elected vice-president and in 1889 as
president of the Tucson Building and Loan Association. On the 1st of July 1893
he accepted the position of chief clerk in the United States surveyor general's
office and upon the resignation of the surveyor general in 1896, was by
President Cleveland appointed surveyor general, the position he now holds.
In 1870 when he, with a companion, left New York for Denver and not having a
large surplus of cash, they laid out $1.50 in cheese and crackers, which
provision, with the addition of a ten cent loaf bought at Omaha, lasted five
days until they got to Denver and their first meal in that city was made off the
remnants of the cheese and crackers. Whilst in Denver, during the month of
February 1871, the General being out of work and funds, borrowed a dollar from a
friend and with it purchased tickets good for seventeen loaves of Graham bread.
On this kind of food he existed for ten days, and shortly after entering
Arizona, being camped at Volunteer Springs, now Belmont on the A& P R.R., he
with three companions, after partaking of a breakfast consisting of twelve
potatoes, these potatoes being the last of their provisions, started to walk to
Prescott, and three and one half days after, on Sunday morning, reached Mr.
Banghart's in the Little Chino Valley, where they were provided with a square
meal, being the first food that had passed their lips in eighty four hours.
He is 52 years of age, above medium height, and turns the scales at 130 lbs.
This lack of avoirdupois may well be attributed to his having to so often "take
up another hole in his belt." --History of Arizona, 1896
George J. Roskruge, pioneer, champion rifle shot of the
southwest, civil engineer of commanding ability and unusual accomplishments and
the father of Masonry in Arizona was born in Roskruge, near Helston, Cornwall
England, April 10, 1845. He is truly a self-made man, for he began his business
life at the age of fifteen as a messenger boy in the law offices of Grylls, Hill
and Hill of Helston. On April 12, 1860 he entered the Seventh Company of the
Duke of Cornwall's Rifle Volunteers and served ten years, during which time he
came into prominence as a remarkably accurate rifle shot. He won many company
and regimental prizes and on August 31, 1868 was selected as one of the Cornish
Twenty to compete wit the Devon Twenty in the fourth annual match for the
challenge cup. For two years prior to his resignation from the volunteers he
wore the three stars which marked him as the champion rifle shot of his company.
Mr. Roskruge has maintained his skill through the many years of his active life
and his shooting forms one of the important interests of his life today. He is
the National Rifle Association secretary for Arizona and secretary and treasurer
of the State Rifle Association. He served as president of the Pacific Coast
Rifle League during the year 1914 and secretary-treasurer of the Tucson Rifle
Club.
Mr. Roskruge left his native country in 1870 and crossed the
Atlantic to America, locating in Denver Colorado. He was there employed for two
years by Lawrence N. Greenleaf and Gardner G. Brewer but at the end of that
time, in company with sixteen others, determined to visit Arizona, which was
then a wilderness. After successfully overcoming the perils of flood, drought
and famine and the hostility of the apaches, the little band reached Prescott in
June 1872.
He began his life in Arizona as a cook and packer for Omar H.
Case, deputy U.S. surveyor who was then running the fifth standard parallel
north from Partridge Creek to the Colorado River. Mr. Roskruge assisted him as
chainman and in this way became connected with a profession in which he has
attained a position of distinction and eminence taking his place among the state
builders of Arizona. During 1874 he was in the field with U.S. Deputy Surveyor
C.B. Foster and later prepared the maps and field notes for transmission to the
surveyor general. He served as chief draughtsman until 1880 when he resigned the
office, having been appointed U.S. Deputy land and Mineral Surveyor. He was
afterward for four years county surveyor of Pima County, for three years, city
engineer of Tucson and on July 1, 1893 was appointed chief clerk in the U.S.
Surveyor General's office.
In May 1896 Mr. Roskruge was united in
marriage with Miss Lena Wood, a native of California who was reared and educated
in that state. --Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 200
The judge began life in the town of Florence, Boone County,
Kentucky and when he was still a child his parents moved to Monroe County,
Missouri, where he grew to manhood.
After receiving a good education he
decided that the profession of law should be his chosen calling and in early
manhood entered the office of an able lawyer, where he read for two years, and
was then admitted to the bar. In order to become more familiar with the law, he
attended the law college at Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from that institution
with honors.Aftre this eventful episode he located in Moberly, Missouri in 1875
and there engaged in the practice of law for ten years, becoming one of the
leading attorneys of that part of the State. In 1885 he was appointed by
President Cleveland United States Attorney for Arizona and after coming to this
Territory was an incumbent of that position until 1889, when he resigned. At the
time of his resignation he had been continuously in office for twelve years,
having been repeatedly elected to various positions of trust. In 1880 he was
elected State Senator of Missouri and held that position for four years, his
district being composed at first of Howard, Randolph and Monroe counties and
afterwards of Randolph, Macon, Adair and Schuyler counties.
His district
was one of the most populous and wealthy in the State. He declined to make an
effort for re-nomination for State Senator and became a candidate for Attorney
General of that state but was beaten in the convention for the nomination.
During the time he was U.S. Attorney he resided in Tucson and when he
resigned said office he entered upon the practice of his profession in that city
and at once secured a fair share of the legal business and took rank as one of
the ablest attorneys of the Territory.
In April 1893, President Cleveland
appointed him a member of the Supreme Court and as such he became judge of the
District Court of the Second Judicial District and as such he now resides at
Solomonville, Graham County, where he holds the U.S. courts in his district.
Judge Rouse married Miss Louisa Moseley, a native of Monroe County,
Missouri. They have only one child living, a son. He was born August 14, 1877
and graduated from the University before he was eighteen years old.
--History of Arizona, 1896
It is a pleasure to
review the career of a man whose efforts have been crowned with distinction and
whose life has been honorable and praiseworthy. He is now mail contractor and a
successful cattle raiser of Tucson of which city he has been a resident for many
years. Mr. Samaniego is a native of the State of Sonora, born July 26, 1844, and
the son of Bactello and Sevelle Samaniego, both natives of Sonora. The father
was a merchant and followed this occupation most successfully until his death.
The mother is still living, and although eighty-five years old is fairly well
preserved for that advanced age. Of the four children born to this estimable
couple two survive at the present time. Mrs. James A. Lucas of Silver City, New
Mexico is the daughter.
M. G. Samaniego was educated in St. Louis
University, Missouri and was graduated from that institution in 1862. When the
war broke out he was employed as interpreter for the Confederates of the Texas
Rangers for several months and afterward went to New Mexico, where his mother
was living and clerked in a store on the Rio Grande. As early as the year 1869
he removed to Tucson, Arizona--making his journey in wagons--and has made his
home here for the most part since. While a resident of New Mexico he was engaged
in freighting, and in 1868 he lost a fine train of five wagons and forty eight
mules, all being captured and taken by the Indians. For two days he and his men
fought the Indians, but as their ammunition gave out they were compelled to give
up. They made their way by night to the nearest town, thirty miles distant, and
thus were not captured. The same year Mr. Samaniego lost another train and
stock, all stolen by the Indians, and this was a severe blow to him. However, he
continued freighting and in connection conducted a store in Chihuahua. After
coming to Tucson he resumed freighting and government contracting, met with
excellent success and prospered right along until 1881, when he lost another
train at Cedar Springs. This was in charge of his brother, Bartolo T. Samaniego,
who, with all his men, except was killed by the Indians.
At that time our
subject was carrying supplies to the forts and he continued in this business
until 1882, when he sold out his contract and engaged in cattle raising. This he
has followed ever since. He owns two fine cattle ranches and is interested in
another. He also owns several thousand head of cattle and a great many horses
and employs three or four men all the time. Mr. Samaniego runs the stage line
from Tucson to Ora Blanco, with a connection to Nogales and he also has the mail
contract to Oro Blanco and Monmouth and from Arivaca to Lassa. Aside from this
he owns considerable city property and is wealthy and influential. He owns the
land that first supplied Tucson with water and is interested in nearly every
water project in the country. Mr. Samaniego is one of the fortune men who
obtained redress from the government for depredations done by the Indians,
receiving $11,000 for the last train he lost.
He represented Pima County
several terms in the Territorial Legislature, was the first assessor elected in
that county and has served two or three terms as a member of the Board of
Supervisors. He was one of the first members of the Board of Regents of the
University, holding the office of Treasurer of same and was president of the
Arizona Pioneer Society for two terms.
In 1885 the Indians made a raid
within fifteen miles of Tucson and captured a boy from a ranch. Mr. Samaniego
gathered together thirteen men, all Mexicans except the present sheriff, R.N.
Leatherwood, and started in pursuit. After a ride of about four and a half hours
with a running fight they recovered the boy and took him to Martinez ranch.
There they re-organized and with a force of about nineteen men started again in
pursuit of the Indians. At last they overtook the same Indians just as they were
making a raid on the ranch of an Italian and thus saved the whole family. They
also captured twenty head of stock from the Indians. This was the last raid made
by them. Mr. Samaniego has had many thrilling experiences and can relate many
thrilling adventures. He has been twice wounded by the Indians, but generally
returned these wounds with interest. The day after his brother was killed,
October 2, 1891, our subject boarded a train for Wilcox to take charge of his
brother's body and while passing Dragoon Summit raised the window and fired at
some Indians, who happened to be Indian soldiers, but this Mr. Samaniego did not
know. He was arrested on arriving at Wilcox for shooting at them, but through
the influence of a friend was released in about fifteen minutes. Soon afterward
he saw the Indians crossing the line with his brother's clothes, his wagons,
stock to the number of about 400 head, which shows what good Indian soldiers
were at that time.
Our subject was married in 1868 to Miss Dolorres
Aguirre, a native of Chihuahua. He is a member of the Pioneers and
Spanish-American Society. --History of Arizona, 1898
As a branch of human endeavor the profession of law is one of the most momentous and important of callings, and the man who takes upon himself the practice assumes the weightiest responsibilities that the confidence and trust of his fellow men can put upon his shoulders. It brings into play the most brilliant talents, the most extensive knowledge, the strongest sentiments, moral, spiritual, material, and its power for good or evil is vast and invincible. As a young man whose honor is above criticism, and whose ability places him in the front rank of the Arizona bar, may be mentioned Judge T. D. Satterwhite. He is a native of Columbia, S. C., born September 19, 1851, and is of French-Irish origin. His ancestors on the paternal side came to America with the Huguenots and settled in South Carolina. There the father of our subject, John Alexander Satterwhite, was born. The mother, whose maiden name was Mary Woodward, was also a product of the Palmetto State. When our subject was three years old his parents moved to Texas and there the father and mother died a few years later. He remained in that state for six years and then moved to Gilroy, California, Santa Clara County, and there young Satterwhite received his early education. He afterwards engaged in ranching in the same county and continued in this business for some time. He was three times elected city clerk of Gilroy, which office he retained until 1881. During his incumbency he applied himself to the study of law. Afterwards he came to Arizona, and in 1883 he began the practice of his profession, in which he has been eminently successful. In 1886 he was a candidate for county judge on the Democratic ticket but was defeated with the rest of the ticket. This court was soon abolished and Judge Satterwhite was appointed judge of the probate court of Pima County, by Governor Zulick; this position he held for two years. In 1893 he was appointed by Governor Hughes as a member of the Territorial Board of Equalization for the first judicial district of Arizona, and was an incumbent of that position for two years. In 1895 he was appointed attorney general to fill a vacancy and in March following was appointed and confirmed as attorney general for the full term. In 1893 he also held the office of United States commissioner. All these offices came to him unsought, except that of the county judgeship. The judge is a brother of the late Senator Satterwhite, of California. His wife was Miss Alice M. Clark, of Oswego, New York. This gentleman's integrity and unquestionable uprightness have won for him the esteem of his clients and the respect of his associates. --A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona, Published by McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896, p. 444-445
Although he was born in Bavaria, Germany, June 22, 1843, and there made his home
until fifteen years old, Mr. Thomas L. Schultz is in every essential a loyal
American citizen and has identified himself with the interests of his adopted
country as far as it has been possible for him to do so. His parents, Ludwick
and Helen C. (Peternant) Schultz, were natives of Germany and the father was
professor in the military academy and an officer in the Bavarian army. His death
occurred in 1850 and the mother's in 1851. Their three children were named as
follows: Carl H. of San Jose, Cal., is a professor of the university there; and
Caroline H., who resides in Germany. Theodore L. Schultz, the youngest of the
family, like the great majority of German youths, was given the advantages of
the common schools of Germany and as he was apt and ready and willing to apply
himself, he acquired a good practical education, amply sufficient to fit him for
the ordinary duties of life. When but fifteen years old he determined to seek
his fortune in the United States and a few weeks later landed among strangers in
New York City.
In the fall of 1860 he went from there to Nashville,
Tenn., and there attended school for a few months, after which he enlisted in
the Confederate army, Second Tennessee Infantry and later was in John H.
Morgan's command. He served until the close of hostilities and in 1864 received
his commission as captain of secret service in Regular Army. He was captured at
Nashville in 1862, again in Ohio when with Morgan and still again in Cincinnati
and when the war closed he was still in prison. In May 1865 he was released and
returned to Nashville, where he remained until January 1866 and then left with a
company of ex- Confederate soldiers to join Maximilian in Mexico. He was
captured at New Orleans, February 10,1866 and put on parole not to leave the
United States. After this he went to Lake Charles, La., and taught school until
1867, when he made his way to Chicago where he clerked for James Geary, retail
jeweler at the corner of Madison and Dearborn Streets for a number of months. In
November of the same year he returned to Nashville and bought a stock of goods,
opened a store at Eagleville, thirty five miles from Nashville and was in
business there until 1869. From there he removed to Portland, Ala., and sold
goods until 1874 when in February of that year he went to California and was
there engaged in sheep business in Los Angeles County. Not satisfied in the
Golden State he returned to Alabama in 1878 but left for Louisiana the following
year and was engaged in merchandising in that state until 1881.
Soon
after he made his way to the Pacific coast again and in 1882 came to Tucson,
Arizona where he engaged in mining. In 1887 he moved to Salt River Valley, where
he has since made his home. Mr. Schultz has been engaged in the real estate and
brokerage business ever since and has done a great deal for the growth and
development of the valley.
He was married in California in 1874 to Miss
Ellen M. McMahon, who is a most worthy member of the Christian Church. Mr.
Schultz owns considerable property in Tempe and the Valley and makes a specialty
of closing big deals in land. He also deals quite extensively in cattle.
--History of Arizona, 1898
There are few names
of more prominence in Pima County, Arizona than that of Charles A. Shibell, the
most efficient county recorder. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 14,
1841 and partly educated in the public schools of that city, but later finished
in Iowa College. In 1860 he crossed the plains to California with a good sized
company and stopped at Sacramento where he was employed as clerk in a general
store. In 1862 he turned his face to the south and arrived in Tucson Arizona May
20 of that year, making the trip as a teamster for the government. He was with
the command that captured Tucson on that day and then went with this command to
the Rio Grande, where he remained until January 1, 1863, afterwards returning to
Tucson. Here he was in the employ of the government until January 1, 1864,
Tucson being the headquarters for the command troops, and handled supplies from
Ft. Yuma to Tucson, a distance of 300 miles. In the spring of 1864 the troops
were ordered to the Rio Grande to be mustered out, their term having expired and
Mr. Shibell remained at Tucson.
In the month of June 1864, he went to
Cerro Colorado Mine, about seventy five miles southwest of Tucson and was there
engaged in mining for about a year. In May of the following year he went to a
place called Sonoita River about thirty miles south of Tubac, and remained there
until the early part of 1867. While there he was attacked by Apache Indians and
two or three of his men were killed. On account of their constant depredations
he was obliged to leave that place and in 1867 he came to Tucson. Soon after he
made application and became inspector of customs for the district of El Paso,
which position he retained until 1869. After this he kept a station twenty six
miles northwest of Tucson, known as Desert Station, and was thus occupied until
the latter part of 1872, when he embarked in the transportation business between
Tucson and Yuma.
In the latter part of 1874 he became interested in
politics and on the first of January of the following year was appointed deputy
sheriff under W.S. Oury and was an incumbent of that position for two years.
Later he was elected sheriff, was in office two terms and then, upon retiring in
1881, engaged in the hotel business, which he conducted as proprietor of the
Palace Hotel until 1883. The two years following this he was engaged in
merchandising and in 1887 was again appointed deputy sheriff, this time under
Eugene O. Shaw, and was thus occupied until January 1, 1889.
In the fall
of that year he was elected county recorder and is now discharging the duties of
that position in a very able manner and to the satisfaction of all concerned.
There are few men who have acquitted themselves in office more creditably or who
are more worthy of respect than Mr. Shibell. He is one of the pioneers of this
part of Arizona and has witnessed most of its wonderful development.
Mr.
Shibell's first marriage occurred in 1868 and four children were born to this
union: Mary A., Lillie M., Charles B. and Mercedes A. In 1877 Mr. Shibell
married Miss Nellie Norton and the following children have been given them:
Lionel J. and Orpha. Mrs. Shibell is a worthy member of the Episcopal Church.
--History of Arizona, 1896
Albert Steinfeld
is a native of Hanover, Germany, born December 23, 1854. He came to America with
his parents when eight years old and received a thorough education in New York
City, where he made his home until 1871. For two years he was employed in the
wholesale dry goods house of George Bliss and Company, and later with Eldridge,
Dunham and Company, now Dunham, Buckley and Company, first in the office and
later in the hosiery department of said concern. From there he went to Denver,
accepting a position in the dry goods house of his uncle, Charles Ballin, but
made his way to Tucson in January 1872, entering the employ of his uncles, A.
and L. Zeckenorf.
In 1878 he was admitted as a partner in the present
firm and has since had the management of the business at this point. He is a
very popular man in the community where he has been known from boyhood up, and
particularly amongst the business men who hold him in very high esteem. He has
held many positions of public and private trust and is at present president of
the Chamber of Commerce and Vice-President of the Board of Trade.
Mr.
Steinfeld was married on February 15, 1883 to Miss Bettina V. Donau of Denver,
Colorado and they have three children, Lester A., Irene and Harold.
--History of Arizona, 1896
Albert Steinfeld, president of the Consolidated National Bank of Tucson, has
been connected with banking and financial institutions for a number of years,
but it is only during the past three years that he has become actively
identified with actual banking business. Having had many years of experience in
the mercantile business as the president and general manager of the large
concern which bears his name, he is in a position to know the financial wants
and needs of the public. Mr. Steinfeld has been a stockholder in banking
institutions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, El Paso and other cities of the
Southwest. He has also been a member of the board of directors of these
institutions and was influential in their affairs. Three years ago he was
elected president of the Consolidated National Bank, the oldest and largest bank
in Tucson, and has since given his entire attention to the bank, his son and
brother-in-law, H. J. Donau, having assumed charge of the mercantile house of
Albert Steinfeld & Co.
Albert Steinfeld is a native of Germany, having
been born in Hanover, December 23, 1854. His training and education have been
obtained mainly in this country, however, as the family removed to New York City
when Albert was but eight years of age, and he received a liberal education in
the public schools. In 1869 he obtained a position in a large dry goods house,
retained the same about two years and then came west. He located first at
Denver, where he was employed by his uncle in the same line, but in January of
1871, he proceeded to Tucson, which has since been his home. Here he at once
became connected with the house of L. Zeckendorf & Co., controlled by his
uncles, Messrs. A. and L. Zeckendorf, and after several years of faithful
service, was admitted to the firm and for years was resident partner and
manager.
Mr. Steinfeld, being an alert and courteous business man, soon
became immensely popular in commercial circles in and about Tucson, was elected
president of the Chamber of Commerce and later vice president of the Board of
Trade when it supplanted the Chamber of Commerce, and has long been recognized
as the head of mercantile interests in the vicinity.
Mr. Steinfeld has
long been identified with the various large industries in Southern Arizona, and
no man has been in closer touch than he with the development of its resources,
not only of enterprises with which he is directly or indirectly connected, but
by sound advice and assistance afforded in numerous ways to others. The present
firm of Albert Steinfeld & Co. is one of the greatest in the state, in general
merchandise, and their stock is complete and of excellent quality. The relations
existing between the firm and their employees are most admirable. Mr. Steinfeld
is prominent in Masonic affairs, with which he has been connected for many
years. He was married February 15, 1883, in Denver, Colo., to Miss Bettina V.
Donau, daughter of Simon Donau, of San Francisco, formerly a manufacturer of San
Francisco, who died in Los Angeles several years ago. --1913, Who's Who in
Arizona, page 221.
Hiram S. Stevens was born in Western Vermont on March 20, 1832 and came to Arizona in 1855. When a youth of 19 he enlisted as a U.S. soldier and came to New Mexico in Company I, First United States Dragoons. On being discharged from the service in 1855, he came to Arizona where he resided continuously up to the time of his death. At first he was a sporting man, then afterwards a trader and speculator and in 1874 he was counted one of the richest men in the Territory. At this time he was elected Delegate to Congress. The story told of how his election was accomplished is illustrative of the wild and woolly way of doing things at that time. The gambling fraternity was a very numerous and influential citizenship of Arizona. R.C. McCormick served several terms in Congress and in seeking reelection was supported by the administration which was a hard force to overcome. Stevens was equal to the occasion. He took twenty five thousand dollars from his campaign fund and sent his agent to all the prominent gamblers in the Territory saying" Bet one thousand; bet two thousand; three thousand; according to the influence of the man and his following on Stevens being elected and if you win, return to me the amount which you have wagered, keeping your winning." In this way he enlisted the active support of the sporting fraternity of Arizona. He served two terms as Delegate to Congress, several terms in the Territorial Legislature and two terms as Treasurer of Pima County where he died on March 24, 1893. --History of Arizona, Vol II, Thomas E. Farish, 1915, pg 198
The Tucson Post prints the following: "Stone
Avenue was named for John F. Stone. Just how or why he came to the country no
one now living seems to know. He was a man of considerable means and of
magnificent physique. Of powerful build and wearing a heavy black beard he stood
distinguished among his fellow men. A rich gold vein had been discovered in
Apache Pass and upon this he built a small reduction mill. While en route to
Tucson with the proceeds of the first month's run, he was killed by Indians in
Dragoon Pass about 1500 yeads east of the old stage station. The driver of the
stage, two soldiers and two other civilians were killed at the same time.
Sometime in the early 1860's he built the first house on Stone Avenue. It was
situated on the southwest corner of Stone Avenue and McCormick Street and is
still standing."
Mr. A.F. Banta, in the Apache County "Observer" gives
the following account: General Stone as he was known in New Mexico was
Adjutant-General of New Mexico under Governor Henry Connelly, appointed Governor
in 1861. After the battle of Apache Canyon, the defeat of the Texans under
Sibley, and their expulsion from the territory via Fort Bliss, Stone resigned
the Adjutant-generalship and came down to Albuquerque where in partnership with
a name named Ewing and opened the Union Hotel, situated facing the east wall of
the old Catholic Church and on the east side of the church plaza in old
Albuquerque. When the writer left Albuquerque in 1863 for Arizona, Stone and
Ewing were still running the Union Hotel. --History of Arizona, Vol
II, Thomas E. Farish, 1915, pg 206
Charles E. Walker, cashier of the Consolidated National Bank, was horn in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1880. He is the son of John W. Walker, a contractor of that place, and Sarah Elizabeth Voss Walker. His father was a captain in the Civil War. Mr. Walker was educated in the public schools, and for some years was engaged in railroad work. For five years he was treasurer of the Southern Pacific de Mexico Railroad, and was also general purchasing agent for the same company. He has been connected with the Consolidated National Bank since March, 1910, when he accepted a position as assistant to President Freeman, but in December of the same year he was appointed to his present position, cashier. He is also a director of this bank and a director of the Arizona Eastern Railroad. He is a member of the Masonic Order, in which he has received the 32nd degree, of the Mystic Shrine, and of the Elks. Mr. Walker was married in 1903 to Miss Alice Seward, also a native of Indiana, and a member of the Seward family of national reputation. Mrs. Walker is a descendant of the Irvin family, which figured prominently in the revolutionary war, and her great-great-grandfather was an officer in the Revolutionary War. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have three bright interesting children, Frank S., Elizabeth V., and Charles E., Jr. --1913, Who's Who in Arizona, page 222.
Albert L. Waters, of
Tucson, has been identified with various important business enterprises and his
sound judgment has made his opinions valuable on questions of policy and
control.
Mr. Waters was born in Michigan, March 2, 1869 and acquired a
high school education in that state. In 1890 he received the degree of B.S. from
the Michigan Agricultural College and three years later was graduated in mining
engineering from the Michigan College of Mines. He came to Arizona in 1895 and
became connected with the Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company at
Globe and later with the Phelps-Dodge Company there. He started as a common
laborer but rose steadily, mastering the details of work and management of each
department with which he was connected and resigning after two years as
superintendent of the smelting plant. He afterward spent a number of years in
Mexico where he was connected with mining and in this way he broadened his
interests and developed his business ability. Mr. Waters in 1913 was managing
the Twin Buttes Mining Company including its railroad and the Mineral Hill
Consolidated Copper Company.
In 1898 Mr. Waters married Miss Maude
Shanley of Globe and they have two children: Alice T. and Albert L. Jr.
--Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 595
Dr. William V. Whitmore, whose broad knowledge of the science of medicine and
keen appreciation of the responsibilities which rest upon him have made him one of
the most capable physicians and surgeons in Tucson, was born in Sagadahoc County
Maine, April 16, 1862, a son of Thomas P. and Esther M. (Given) Whitmore. The
father was a native of Maine and of English ancestry, while the mother was a
native of Long Island and of Scotch-Irish descent. On the paternal side the
Doctor traces his ancestry back to one of the Mayflower passengers.
He
acquired his early education in the public schools of his native county and in
1885 was graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He spent one year in
the medical department of Columbia University and then entered the medical
department of the University of California receiving his degree of M.D. in 1890.
He took a one yearhospital course in the county hospital at Los Angeles, adding
the benefits of practical experience to his formal training, and then opened an
office for the practice of his profession at Wilmington, near Los Angeles.
After a year and a half spent at that place, Dr. Whitener came to Tucson,
where he has been active in professional work since April 1892. He has built up
a very large practice, his extensive patronage coming to him as an expression of
the trust and confidence reposed in him by the general public. He is constantly
broadening his knowledge by research and investigation and keeps in touch with
the most advanced thought of his profession through his membership in various
medical organizations, in all of which he has gained positions of distinction.
He has been for three terms president of the Pima Medical County Society, is
past president of the Arizona State Medical Association and was delegate from
Arizona to the convention of the American Medical Association held in St. Louis
in 1910. In addition he has been for seven years a member of the board of state
medical examiners. He is one of the owners of the Rodgers Hospital at Tucson.
Dr. Whitmore has been twice married. On April 16, 1891 he wedded Miss Lulu
W. Hill who passed away leaving one son, William V. Jr. On December 31, 1902 he
was united in marriage to Miss Opal Le Baron McGauhey, by whom he had a son Paul
G. --Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg. 13
Tenney D. Williams, assistant cashier of the Consolidated National Bank, was born in 1884 at San Jose, California, and was educated in the public schools of that city and Stanford University. At the University he took a special course in English and finance. His father is publisher of "The Evening News," San Jose, and Mr. Williams' first position was in the newspaper field. He continued in this work until 1909, when he came to Arizona, where he took up bank- ing as a regular occupation. His first position was as collector for the Consolidated National Bank, then bookkeeper, until by successive steps he reached his present position, to which he was appointed January 1, 1913. His grandfather, W. C. Davis, and his uncle, Herbert B. Tenney, were both organizers of the Consolidated National Bank, and early pioneers of Arizona. The former came to Tucson before the building of the railroads through this section, having come across the Santa Fe trail with a team of mules. Mr. Williams is a Mason and member of No. 4 F. & A. M., and in politics a Republican. --1913, Who's Who in Arizona, page 224.
Hon. J.S. Wood, who is now nearly sixty eight years old was born in Virginia,
that grand old mother of states, January 1, 1829, in Albemarle County to the
union of Milton and Jeanette (Field) Wood, both natives of the same state. For
many years the father was a merchant of Charlotte, Virginia and was a soldier in
the War of 1812, holding the commission of lieutenant. In the year 1842 he
removed to Missouri and located in Saline County, where he took up a large tract
of land and engaged in agricultural pursuits. There he remained until his death,
in 1860. The mother of our subject died in 1893. Milton Wood was an influential
and prominent citizen and held many responsible positions. He was active in all
military gatherings, was a major in the State Militia of Missouri and was
inspector of troops during the Mormon trouble. He was well known throughout the
state of Missouri during the early days. To Mr. and Mrs. Wood were born ten
children, seven sons and three daughters, eight of whom survive at the present
time.
Of these our subject is the second in order of birth. He reached
mature years in his native state, attended the public schools, and later, after
coming with his parents to Missouri, engaged in merchandising in the town of
Marshall, where he was in business for one year. In 1849 he crossed the plains
to California and after this long and hazardous journey on pack mules, engaged
in mining at Woods Creek, which received its name from him, and which is well
known throughout the country. One year later he re-crossed the plains to
Missouri, bought many cattle and drove them across the plains to California. He
did not escape entirely free from trouble with the Indians but had a number of
skirmishes, had one man killed and a number of horses shot. Mr. Wood dealt in
stock after reaching California, with headquarters at Sacramento and there
remained until 1857, when his family joined him, making the journey to
California by way of the isthmus. He afterwards made a location in California,
where he had a stock ranch and about the year 1860 was elected sheriff of his
county in California, serving four years. Following this he conducted a large
wheat ranch of a thousand acres for several years, and in 1874 came to Arizona,
locating in Tucson, where he has since made his home.
A few months after
his arrival here he was appointed Probate judge by Governor Safford, and at the
same time was engaged in merchandising, which he continued for two years. He
afterwards served two terms as County Treasurer of Pima County, and with the
exception of four years since 1874 has served as Probate Judge, thus making an
official career of twenty one years here and four as sheriff in California,
twenty five in all.
Judge Wood is still hale and hearty and has ever been
noted for native abilities and force of character. He is well known throughout
the Territory.
The Judge was first married to Miss Virginia Spedden of
Baltimore, Maryland and to them were given three children, two now living:
Estella and Ella. His second union was with Miss Sallie A. Marshall, and they
have six children, John M., in business in San Diego; Lena; Robert L.; Sallie;
Herbert and Leon. Mrs. Wood is a devout member of the Presbyterian church and a
most estimable woman.
While a resident of California Judge Wood was
engaged in teaming, freighting from Sacramento to Virginia City and keeping from
five to sixteen mule teams on the road. He can relate many interesting incidents
connected with his numerous trips across the plains and while freighting and it
is quite a pleasure to listen to him. --History of Arizona, 1898
Reared in an atmosphere where interest centered upon
activities for the benefit of mankind, Gertrude Hughes Woodward naturally
entered upon such work and her influence has long been a potent factor in
advancing those things which work for progress, improvement and higher ideals.
She was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in July 1869, a daughter of Governor
L.C. and Josephine B. Hughes, both of whom have been active workers for
Arizona's growth. She was brought by her mother to Arizona in 1872 and was
reared amid early pioneer conditions. After attending St. Joseph's Academy at
Tucson she continued her studies in Snell's Seminary for Young Ladies at
Oakland, California, spending two years there, after which she entered Linden
Hall Seminary, a Moravian institution at Lititz, Pennsylvania. Following her
graduation in 1888 she remained for a year's post-graduate study and later
became a student in the New England Conservatory of Music at Boston devoting
four years there to the study of music, dramatic art, physical culture and
languages being graduated with the class of 1894. She returned to Tucson to
accept the professorship of dramatic art, English History and physical culture
at the University of Arizona, being the first woman instructor appointed a
member of the university faculty. She remained in that position for four years
and in 1898 she became the wife of professor Sherman Woodward, a member of the
university faculty, who continued work in Arizona for a time and was then
tendered and accepted a more advanced position as a professor of hydraulics and
electrical engineering in the University of Iowa.
In 1911 Mrs. Woodward
went abroad accompanied by her two children, Miriam and Ronald, that they might
have the benefits of European travel. Mrs. Woodward was reared in a home where
the deepest interest was felt in all the vital problems and questions of the
day. She has also worked for suffrage and for temperance. --
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913 pg. 645
Louis Zeckendorf was born in Hanover, Germany, April 6, 1838, and came to this
country in 1854, where he joined, at Santa Fe, New Mexico his brother Aaron. Shortly
afterward was started the firm of A & L. Zeckendorf, from which small beginnings
the present vast commercial enterprise has grown. In 1866 a branch house was
started at Tucson. In 1872 Aaron Zeckendorf died and the business was continued
by Louis and William as Zeckendorf Brothers, until 1878 when William Zeckendorf
retired and the same was continued by the present firm of L. Zeckendorf and
Company. During all these years of commercial life this firm has always met all
business obligations at their maturity, a condition seldom equaled in a business
career of so many years. Panics and failures have struck the country at various
times, business has had its ups and downs, but this concern for its forty two
years of business career has withstood the tempest like the rock of ages.
Louis Zeckendorf was married December 23, 1870 to Miss Mathilde Z.
Leventrill of South Carolina. They have one son, Arthur Louis. Mr. Zeckendorf is
a Mason and a member of Enterprise lodge No. 206 since 1865 and resides in New
York City.
L. ZECKENDORF & COMPANY
In measuring the resources of a
country it is well enough to speak of its mining and agricultural interests,
ect. but there is one true barometer to which we turn, and which will surely
indicate the pulse of the people. No sooner does the Aeronoid barometer indicate
the varying conditions of the atmosphere, than does the mercantile barometer
point out of the true state of the country. In judging of the condition of a
locality one naturally looks to the best instrument to be found and this would
lead to the one that has been tried and proved true, to the one that has seen
the longest service. In looking around for a representative mercantile concern,
we are immediately referred to the well known and renowned firm of L. Zeckendorf
and Company, established in Santa, New Mexico in 1854 and in Tucson since 1866.
Here, from a small beginning has now grown one of the largest and most prominent
commercial enterprises in the Southwest. They carry a stock of general
merchandise consisting of almost any and everything required in this section of
the country. They sell at both wholesale and retail and distribute their goods
over Southern and Central Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. These vast sections of
country are visited regularly by representatives of the concern and no city of
hamlet, however large or small, exists in this district but what does more or
less business with this concern. Through buying all their goods in large
quantities, direct from factories and first hands, they are enabled to
distribute them again not along in competition with other large jobbing centers,
but in many instances it is a positive advantage for the trade, to draw their
supplies from them, both on account of the prices and the time saved in delivery
of same. Their business is divided off into departments, much after the fashion
of the modern department store seen in our large Eastern cities and the
management of each department is under a competent and trustworthy manager, who
is held responsible for the result of same. The principal departments consist of
shelf and heavy hardware, agricultural implements, paints and oils, tin and
hollow ware, groceries an provisions, dry and fancy goods, clothing, gents'
furnishing goods, boots and shoes, furniture, carpets, wall paper and shades.
On entering the main store, corner Main, Pennington and Pearl Streets, one
is at once surprised at the vastness and large supplies of goods carried in each
department and one asks how it is possible to dispose of such quantities of
goods in a town the size of Tucson. When one learns, however, the territory
tributary to Tucson and takes into consideration the trade that depends on
supplies from this point and this firm in particular, it is easily explained.
The main store is 85x188 feet, one story and basement. The space from floor to
ceiling is 20 feet about midway. A gallery with shelves encircles the entire
space so that no room is lost and every available space is utilized by the
various lines of goods carried. The front part of the store is designated for
retailing, and the back part for wholesaling. Convenient rooms for shipping,
receiving rooms and also offices are distributed in the building. On the
opposite corner a building 65 x 150 contains the furniture department. This is
under the separate management of Mr. E.W. Bowers. In this store is carried a
large line of furniture and upholstery goods, carpets, oil, cloths, linoleum,
mattings, rugs, shades, pictures, oil paintings, wall papers, all to suit the
taste and purse of almost everybody. They also have an upholstery room in the
back part of this building where they manufacture mattresses and do all kinds of
upholstery work. Joining the depot on the Southern Pacific Railway track they
have a large one story and basement warehouse 50 x 150 feet where they carry all
goods in original packages and from where all wholesale orders are shipped
direct to their numerous customers. The warehouse is enclosed by a large corral
150 x 200 where under large sheds are carried hay and grain, farming and mining
machinery, also hides, pelts and wool. Strangers, not acquainted with the volume
of business handled by this firm seldom realize the enormous business
transactions consummated here. They also handle, as above stated, hides, pelts
and wool and are the only concern in Southern Arizona who handle same in car
load shipments to Eastern tanneries and markets. The firm consists of Louis
Zeckedorf, who resides in New York and attends to the business there, and Albert
Steinfeld, of Tucson who has the entire business here under his supervision.
--History of Arizona, 1896
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