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Pierrepont Constable (P.C.) Bicknell

Posted 2017-11-20 by Judy Wight Branson
Arizona Daily Journal-Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory
Friday, April 1, 1904

The funeral of the late P. C. Bicknell will take place tomorrow
afternoon at three o’clock.

This is in accordance with instructions received today by Dr. W. E.
Day from a brother of deceased.
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Arizona Republican Newspaper, Phoenix, Arizona Territory
Friday, April 1, 1904

News has been received from Prescott that Pierpont C. Bicknell died
yesterday in the county hospital at that place after an extended
illness. Though Mr. Bicknell has lived in Yavapai County for many
years, he was formerly a citizen of Phoenix, and few men were better
known among the old timers in this valley. He was, though, an
Arizonian in the broadest sense of the word, his personal interest
in Arizona affairs not being confined to any particular section. He
traveled all over the territory at one time or another, was well
informed respecting its early history and was considered an
authority as to its physical resources. He gave particular
attention to the mining industry, and there was little going on in
the way of mineral development that he was not apprised of.

He was a newspaper man by profession, though his later years were
devoted to correspondence for various papers, both at home and
abroad, which correspondence was mainly devoted to recounting the
development of the mining industry. His special pride was the Grand
Canyon of the Colorado in the vicinity of which he found much of
interest in a mineral way and was largely concerned in the
development of promising properties there.

He had no immediate family and had the faculty of being at home
where ever he chanced to be. His nearest relative in Arizona was a
cousin, P. Minor of this city, his native state being New York.

Financially he had his ups and downs, as did all the early settlers
and he will be remembered not so much for his achievements in that
line as for his pleasing friendship and his fidelity to every trust.
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The Prescott Morning Courier, Prescott, Arizona Territory
Saturday, April 2, 1904, page 3, column 3

Funeral Notice -

The funeral of the late P.C. Bicknell will take place from Logan's
undertaking parlors at 3 p.m. to-day.

Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend.

Transcriber's note: Mr. Bicknell is buried in an unmarked grave at
the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona.




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