PATTON, James (Jas)

Arizona Silver Belt. (Globe City, Gila County, Ariz.), March 15, 1906 LAID TO REST Impressive Ceremonies Over the Body of the Late Jas. F. Patton Odd Fellows' Hall was filled to its capacity on Sunday last by an assembly present to honor the memory of the late Jas. F. Patton, whose funeral obsequies were performed under the auspices of the local lodges Knights of Pythias and Woodman of the World, of which deceased was a member. The casket bearing the body was draped with black broadcloth studded with silver mountings, its base being bedded and covered in a mass of flowers, the tribute of friends. An address was delivered by George J. Stoneman who dwelt effectively on the many virtuous qualities possessed by deceased in his daily communion with his fellow man, a eloquent tribute from one who knew him well. Appropriate hymns were rendered by the choir. An unusually large number of mourners accompanied the cortege to the city cemetery, where interment took place. Services at the grave-side were those prescribed in the ritual of the Knights of Pythias and of the Woodmen of the World. The grief of the widow and orphaned daughter was pitiful to behold and keen sympathy was plainly writ on the faces of the many present. Seldom has death claimed from our midst one who is and long will be as sincerely mourned. ~~~~~~~~~ Arizona Silver Belt. (Globe City, Gila County, Ariz.), March 8, 1906 DEATH OF JAMES F. PATT0N Occurred on Monday at Phoenix, After a Long Illness James F. Patton, one of Globe's oldest residents, died in the Sisters' hospital at Phoenix last Monday afternoon, after a iong illness of a complication of kidney and heart affections. A week ago there was an apparent improvement in his condition which encouraged the hope that he would recover, and news of his death was therefore a shock to Mr. Patton's many friends in this city. Mrs. Patton went to Phoenix more than two weeks ago on being advised of her husband's serious condition, and she was in almost constant attendance at his bedside untill the end. James F. Patton was one of the oldest citizens of Globe in point of residence, having come here when fourteen years of age, he was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and was forty-two years of age. For twenty-five years he was actively engaged in mercantile pursuits and had an extensive acquaintance in southeastern Arizona. Mr. and Mrs. Patton were married about twenty years ago, and besides the bereaved wife three daughters of the union survive, Miss Fannie Patton residing here with her mother, and Ethel and Flossie Patton who are attending school at Ada, Ohio. Mrs. Patton arrived from Phoenix last night with the remains of her husband, and was met at the depot by intimate friends and members of the lodges to which deceased belonged. The funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Odd Fellow's hall, under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World.