Gideon Brooke |
| Posted 2019-01-07 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Arizona Weekly Citizen, Tucson, Arizona Territory Sunday, November 13, 1881, page 4, column 8 The remains of Hon. Gideon Brooke, who died at San Francisco recently, arrived at Maricopa yesterday. They will be shipped to Prescott for final interment. --------------------------------------- Arizona Weekly Citizen, Tucson, Arizona Territory Sunday, November 13, 1881, page 3, column 6 Prescott Paragraphs - The remains of the late Hon. Gideon Brooke arrived last evening being conveyed by Mr. John T. Shull from Maricopa. To-day, at two o'clock the remains will be buried. The funeral was largely attended by many friends. ------------------------------------- Weekly Arizona Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Wednesday, November 18, 1881, page 3, column 3 Hon. Gideon Brooks The remains of this good man were laid away in their last resting place to-day beside those of his old partner in business, Jacob Lynn, who preceded him to the home of man beyond the stars. Rev. J. J. Wingar officiated at the burial. Gideon Brooks was born at Washington, D. C., in 1819, consequently at the time of his death had attained to the age of 62. He was an old Californian, who came to Arizona in 1863 with the first pioneers who crossed the Colorado river. He resided on Lynx Creek five years, where he engaged in placer mining. In 1868 he came to Prescott, and commenced business at the Plaza stable, from which place the procession formed this afternoon and marched to the cemetery and paid a parting to a good citizen and an honest man. He was a member of the Eighth Legislature, and made a good record by always casting his vote in the right direction. He served this, his county, several terms as County Commissioner, and in all his acts, public and private, received the hearty approbation of the public. He was truthfully an honest, upright man, and a gentleman in the full sense of that term, and was universally respected. Requiescat in Pace. Transcriber's note: Mr. Brooke is buried at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. See Also: Arizona Gravestone Photo Project |
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