Henry Edward Armitage |
| Posted 2019-01-07 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, June 4, 1913, page 5 Sudden Death Of H. E. Armitage After A Brief Illness, He Succumbs To An Attack of Gastritis Sunday Morning (From Tuesday's Daily) The community was shocked on Sunday to hear of the sudden death early that morning of H. E. Armitage at his home on South Marina street. Early in that morning he had accompanied his daughter, Mrs. J. William Waara to her home and his return he did not retire but engaged in reading until after 10 o'clock when he was suddenly seized with an attack of gastritis or acute indigestion. His wife administered remedies which he had become accustomed to use, but the malady reached his heart, and in less than half an hour had had breathed his last. For many years he had been affected with a weak heart, but it had never occasioned any serious alarm until last Christmas when he suffered an acuta attack of gastritis. About ten days ago, he had three attacks during that week but they were of short duration and at no time was he confined to his bead. So unexpected was his demise that his wife was totally unprepared for the shock and she was prostrated when she realized that her life partner had been called to the Great Beyond. Henry Edward Armitage, was born February 12, 1849, at Yorkshire, England. He spent his early life in the county of his nativity, receiving a classical education at Bedford College. Serving an apprenticeship at Hull for six years, he was later appointed as second engineer by the English government in charge of the cable ship, 'Daria' in layting the cable in the West Indies, it being the same cable that was afterwards cut in the Spanish American war. Coming to America in 1872, he was imbued with the spirit of adventure and went west and engaged in buffalo hunting on the 'plains.' In the early days of Haynes and Dodge City, Kansas, then frontier towns, he was the organizer of the first 'Vigilantes' of law and order in the latter city. Later, he went to New Mexico and engaged in the sheep and cattle business from whence he moved to Colorado where he became interested in mining at Red Cliff and Lake City. As one of the leading citizens of that section he was elected as a member of the Colorado Legislature in 1889. After serving his term, he was engaged by an English syndicate for a mining exploration trip in Africa in which work he was occupied for a year. There he met and traveled with Cecil Rhodes Seldon, the famous hunter and later joined Lord Randolph Churchill and party at Salisbury, South Africa, from which expeditions he obtaines many valuable trophies. Soon after he returned from Africa, he came to Yavapai county to take charge of the Seven Stars property and has held responsible positions in the mining field throughout Arizona. He is survived by a wife and two Children, P. C. Armitage of Berkeley, California and Mrs. J. William Waara of this city. Deceased was a man of high ideal and unfaltering principles, that commanded the essteem and respect of his fellow citizens. He was a staunch Republican and at the time of his death, was secretary of the Republican County Committee. The Journal-Miner joins the community in extending sympathy to his bereaved family. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the family residence at 307 South Marina street. Transcriber's note: Mr. Armitage is buried at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. See Also: Arizona Gravestone Photo Project |
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