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Simon Pouquette

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Simon Pouquette

Birth
Escots, Departement des Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Death
5 May 1927 (aged 54)
Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Burial
East Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Arizona Death Certificate
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Prescott Evening Courier
5 May 1927
Simon Pouquette

SHEEPMAN DIES IN CAR CRASH
S.Pouquette is instantly killed when car leaves trail; asleep at wheel

Wickenburg AZ, May 5
Simon Pouquette, prominent sheepman of Wickenburg and Flagstaff, was instantly killed early this morning when the car he was driving left the road about six miles from here, on the Prescott highway, plunged into an embankment throwing Pouquette from his seat to the ground, breaking his neck. He was driving alone at the time of the accident.
According to occupants of another car, Pouquette's car was traveling at a slow rate of speed when it suddenly swerved from the road.
The victim was enroute to his home in Wickenburg from Flagstaff and is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel.
He is survived by his widow and six children, the oldest of whom is 18.

Father: Jean Pecheu Pouquette 1834-1889
Mother: Charlotte Casaubon Candau 1832-
Arizona Death Certificate
___________________________
Prescott Evening Courier
5 May 1927
Simon Pouquette

SHEEPMAN DIES IN CAR CRASH
S.Pouquette is instantly killed when car leaves trail; asleep at wheel

Wickenburg AZ, May 5
Simon Pouquette, prominent sheepman of Wickenburg and Flagstaff, was instantly killed early this morning when the car he was driving left the road about six miles from here, on the Prescott highway, plunged into an embankment throwing Pouquette from his seat to the ground, breaking his neck. He was driving alone at the time of the accident.
According to occupants of another car, Pouquette's car was traveling at a slow rate of speed when it suddenly swerved from the road.
The victim was enroute to his home in Wickenburg from Flagstaff and is believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel.
He is survived by his widow and six children, the oldest of whom is 18.

Father: Jean Pecheu Pouquette 1834-1889
Mother: Charlotte Casaubon Candau 1832-


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  • Maintained by: Janet Bowie
  • Originally Created by: Sharla
  • Added: Jul 13, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54886446/simon-pouquette: accessed ), memorial page for Simon Pouquette (6 Oct 1872–5 May 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54886446, citing Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Janet Bowie (contributor 46797070).