STEVENS, Lewis Alexander

Weekly Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Friday, March 8, 1878, page 3, column 3 Condition of Hon. L. A. Stevens. - We have no word from Mr. Stevens since 11 o'clock A.M., at which time he was worse. B. A. Hussey came up and took down Dr. McKee, Medical Director, and Dr. McCandless. We understand that his disease is inflammation of the bowels, and that his physicians are quite fearful that it will prove fatal. Drs. Thibodo, McKee, and McCandless are in consultation, and everything that medical skill can devise is being done. Just as we go to press, 4 p.m., we learn that Mr. Stevens is considered dying. All hopes of his recovery are given up by his physician. --------------------------- Weekly Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Friday, March 15, 1878, page 4, column 1 Local Intelligence - The funeral of the late Hon. Lewis A. Stevens as noted yesterday, will take place to-morrow at 2 P.M. from Rev. D. B. Wright's Church, on Marina street. The services at the Church will be conducted by Rev. Thos. R. Curtis, of the M. E. Church South. The friends of the deceased and of his family, are invited to join in paying the last sad offices of respect to the remains of the honored dead, whose memory will still be cherished in the hearts of all who knew him after his body shall have been consigned to the tomb. --------------------------- Weekly Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Friday, March 15, 1878, page 4, column 3 Funeral of Hon. Lewis A. Stevens Seldom, if ever, has Prescott witnessed so large a gathering of people as that which assembled at the Marina Street Church at 2 p.m. yesterday, to take part in the funeral rites of the late Hon. L. A. Stevens. Many knew and respected the deceased in life, and desired to do honor to his memory, were obliged, for want of room inside of the Church, to remain outside, where at the close of the in-door exercises they joined the long and mournful procession which marched to the City Cemetery, for all that is mortal of one whom all the people knew and loved was laid reverently beneath the ground with the solemn ceremonies of the Church, there is to remain until the trump shall sound the signal for the pale nations of the dead to come forth on the morning of the resurrection. On the arrival of the body at the Church, at 2 P.M., the pall bearers, consisting of a number of prominent citizens, old associates of the deceased, took charge and bore the coffin to a place in front of the altar, followed by the widow, and a number of mourning relatives and friends, who stood waiting outside, then filed in as long as there was room, and the services began by the reading of the burial service prescribed by the Methodist Church, by Rev. D. B. Wright, after which the Choir sang the hymn, commencing 'Why do we mourn departed friends' which was followed by a prayer by Mr. Wright and the Choir sang 'Why should we start and fear to die?' Rev. Thomas R. Curtis then arose and commenced, by way of introduction to the funeral discourse, by asking the question 'Why this great throng to the house of God today?' which he answered by saying 'Lewis A. Stevens is dead, the news has been flashed over the electric wire, and friends in California, Mississippi and Arizona mingle their tears for the departed After a few more remarks, eulogistic of the dead he announced his text which may be found in John XIV-2. 'If it were not so I would have told you' from which he preached an interesting discourse. The Choir then sang, after which the coffin was removed to the hearse, the procession formed and moved to the Cemetery where the remainder of the burial service was read by Mr. Curtis at the grave. -------------------------- Note: Hon. Lewis A. Stevens is buried in an unmarked grave at an unknown location in the Citizens Cemetery, Prescott, Arizona.