BICKNELL, Pierrepont Constable (P.C.)

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. ----------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------- 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.