WISDOM, Andrew Thomas

In Bisbee Daily Review July 08, 1911 Page 3 Image 3 THOMAS A WISDOM, AGED VETERAN, DIES TUCSON, July 7.--Andrew Thomas Wisdom, a pioneer Arizonan, and a soldier in the famous California column of union troops which swept over California, Arizona and New Mexico during the Civil War, engaging the rebel troops from Texas in several battles, died yesterday from a stroke of apoplexy, and arrangements for the funeral will be made by Negley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which the deceased had for many years been a member. John Wisdom, a brother, arrived here this morning from Wickenburg, and is waiting for advices from other relatives in Michigan and Kansas before proceeding with the funeral. Mr Wisdom, the deceased, was 72 years of age, and for several years prior to his death had been employed as carpenter at the Southern Pacific shops. He first came to Arizona 49 years ago, traversing the territory from Yuma to New Mexico, with the California Column in 1862. He fought in the engagement with the Confederates near where the ruins of Fort Lowell now stand, and also took part in several brushes with the rebels in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico.