HOSFORD, Charles Barrett (Charlie)

The Prescott Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, March 4, 1935 Mining Man of Octave is Dead Congress Junction - March 4 – Special - The death of Charles B. Hosford at Upper Weaver mining district near Octave Thursday has cast a shadow of sadness over the whole community. It has been some 38 years ago since Charlie drifted into this part of the country and every since he has been busily engaged in mining and in taking up claims. He has several fine specimens of placer gold that he had nearly worn out in dragging them from his pockets to show the prospective customer we have the gold there and two, and get it. He will be remembered by a large number of people who attended the state fair each year for he always had a likely placer gold exhibit of nuggets, sands, gravel, and quartz. He never married as far if anyone knows and preferred to remain single, always batching alone. Charlie was a good locator if anyone came into the district to take up some virgin ground Charlie always claimed it by prior right or some other unheard of argument. His name appeared but little in the county recorder's office in doing assessment work that he held on and on and seem to get away with all his imaginary work. Years ago before he came to Arizona he was engaged on the Mississippi river as a raftboatman. The writer remembers a raft boat named after him a lot about 1879 or 1880 – C. B. Hosford. His brother-in-law was C. F. Curtis, and was a very wealthy lumber man whose home is at Clinton, Iowa, and at this place resides Charlie's only sister, Mrs. C. F. Curtis, widow of Mr. Curtis. He was born September 4, 1860, at Clinton, Iowa. Burial was in Wickenburg yesterday. Thus another old minor has panned his last pan.