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William Newton Staley

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
27 Nov 1919 (aged 83)
Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
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W.M. Staley, [sic] one of the old-timers here, died at the county hospital, of old age, Friday night. He was 82 years old.

Mr. Staley was a mining prospector during most of his life. He owned several mining claims, for which four or five years ago he was offered a considerable sum; but, though he often decided to sell, he always changed his mind before any transfer was actually made.

The body was taken to the Flagstaff Undertaking parlors and yesterday Ervin E. Scharff, a San Francisco attorney, arrived to attend to the funeral arrangements and to look after the estate. Mr. Scharff said that the deceased is survived by a widow, a son, Henry W. Staley, a daughter, Mrs. Martha A. Garfield, all of San Francisco, and another daughter, Mrs. Annie M. West, of Pasadena. The estate is valued at about $2,500.

Mr. Scharff said that Staley was one of the pioneers of San Francisco. It was he who built the boulevard from the end of the car lines to the Cliff House. His son came here two years ago to visit his father, and induced him to go back with him for a short visit to his family.

The burial was yesterday afternoon, Rev. O. S. Baum officiating. The Coconino Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona, Friday, December 5, 1919
W.M. Staley, [sic] one of the old-timers here, died at the county hospital, of old age, Friday night. He was 82 years old.

Mr. Staley was a mining prospector during most of his life. He owned several mining claims, for which four or five years ago he was offered a considerable sum; but, though he often decided to sell, he always changed his mind before any transfer was actually made.

The body was taken to the Flagstaff Undertaking parlors and yesterday Ervin E. Scharff, a San Francisco attorney, arrived to attend to the funeral arrangements and to look after the estate. Mr. Scharff said that the deceased is survived by a widow, a son, Henry W. Staley, a daughter, Mrs. Martha A. Garfield, all of San Francisco, and another daughter, Mrs. Annie M. West, of Pasadena. The estate is valued at about $2,500.

Mr. Scharff said that Staley was one of the pioneers of San Francisco. It was he who built the boulevard from the end of the car lines to the Cliff House. His son came here two years ago to visit his father, and induced him to go back with him for a short visit to his family.

The burial was yesterday afternoon, Rev. O. S. Baum officiating. The Coconino Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona, Friday, December 5, 1919


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