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Joseph Roach

Posted 2026-02-10 by Jo Brown
SUDDEN DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN PIONEER
Joseph Roach, an old timer in this section died Sunday evening at the Fashion lodging house.
Roach, who had been working on the railroad near Bellemont for some time past, came to town
about two weeks ago. Last Saturday he complained of not feeling well and went to his room to
lie down but nothing was thought of the matter, as he had been imbibing somewhat freely since
he came to town. Sunday evening he came down stairs for a few minutes, and just as he started
to ascend the stairs he dropped over dead. A coroner's jury was empaneled by Judge
Rounseville, and after hearing the testimony of several persons, the jury returned a verdict that
death was caused from heart failure. Roach was a Canadian and came to northern Arizona
about twenty years ago and has made his home in Williams most of the time since. He was
about fifty-five years of age and had no relatives in this country so far as known. Undertaker
Button interred the remains in the local cemetery Tuesday afternoon.


The Williams News
December 30, 1911





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