He was brother to Carrie, Mrs. John Henry "Rimrock" Thompson, famous local sheriff.
He was born in Indiana, attended school at Vevay, Indiana and DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., then moved to Globe. When war with Spain was declared, he enlisted in the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders, and served with credit in Cuba. He participated in the Battle of San Juan Hill and other notable engagements. In December of 1900 or 1901, he went to the Philippines and accepted a position as school teacher, and for a time before his death, had supervision over the schools of the district. His death occurred after a brief illness from cerebral hemorrhage.
He was a charter member of Manila lodge of Elks, and so when he died, they had his remains embalmed and held an impressive service by the Rough Riders Association in Manila. The body was then shipped to Globe, with the Manila lodge defraying all expenses.
He died in Manila, Luzon on July 5. Services were conducted at the Elks lodge, with the Globe band playing and a choir singing. One of the pallbearers was George W.P. Hunt, who would become Arizona's first state Governor in 1912, and W.A. Davison, a Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider. After the service, a cortege was formed, preceded by the band playing a dirge, wending its way to the Globe cemetery. Each Elk member cast a spray of ivy into the grave. A cornetist sounded taps.
(Source: Arizona Silver Belt, Sept. 25, 1902, p. 1; Library of Congress)
He was born in Indiana, attended school at Vevay, Indiana and DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., then moved to Globe. When war with Spain was declared, he enlisted in the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders, and served with credit in Cuba. He participated in the Battle of San Juan Hill and other notable engagements. In December of 1900 or 1901, he went to the Philippines and accepted a position as school teacher, and for a time before his death, had supervision over the schools of the district. His death occurred after a brief illness from cerebral hemorrhage.
He was a charter member of Manila lodge of Elks, and so when he died, they had his remains embalmed and held an impressive service by the Rough Riders Association in Manila. The body was then shipped to Globe, with the Manila lodge defraying all expenses.
He died in Manila, Luzon on July 5. Services were conducted at the Elks lodge, with the Globe band playing and a choir singing. One of the pallbearers was George W.P. Hunt, who would become Arizona's first state Governor in 1912, and W.A. Davison, a Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider. After the service, a cortege was formed, preceded by the band playing a dirge, wending its way to the Globe cemetery. Each Elk member cast a spray of ivy into the grave. A cornetist sounded taps.
(Source: Arizona Silver Belt, Sept. 25, 1902, p. 1; Library of Congress)
He was brother to Carrie, Mrs. John Henry "Rimrock" Thompson, famous local sheriff.
He was born in Indiana, attended school at Vevay, Indiana and DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., then moved to Globe. When war with Spain was declared, he enlisted in the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders, and served with credit in Cuba. He participated in the Battle of San Juan Hill and other notable engagements. In December of 1900 or 1901, he went to the Philippines and accepted a position as school teacher, and for a time before his death, had supervision over the schools of the district. His death occurred after a brief illness from cerebral hemorrhage.
He was a charter member of Manila lodge of Elks, and so when he died, they had his remains embalmed and held an impressive service by the Rough Riders Association in Manila. The body was then shipped to Globe, with the Manila lodge defraying all expenses.
He died in Manila, Luzon on July 5. Services were conducted at the Elks lodge, with the Globe band playing and a choir singing. One of the pallbearers was George W.P. Hunt, who would become Arizona's first state Governor in 1912, and W.A. Davison, a Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider. After the service, a cortege was formed, preceded by the band playing a dirge, wending its way to the Globe cemetery. Each Elk member cast a spray of ivy into the grave. A cornetist sounded taps.
(Source: Arizona Silver Belt, Sept. 25, 1902, p. 1; Library of Congress)
He was born in Indiana, attended school at Vevay, Indiana and DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., then moved to Globe. When war with Spain was declared, he enlisted in the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as Roosevelt's Rough Riders, and served with credit in Cuba. He participated in the Battle of San Juan Hill and other notable engagements. In December of 1900 or 1901, he went to the Philippines and accepted a position as school teacher, and for a time before his death, had supervision over the schools of the district. His death occurred after a brief illness from cerebral hemorrhage.
He was a charter member of Manila lodge of Elks, and so when he died, they had his remains embalmed and held an impressive service by the Rough Riders Association in Manila. The body was then shipped to Globe, with the Manila lodge defraying all expenses.
He died in Manila, Luzon on July 5. Services were conducted at the Elks lodge, with the Globe band playing and a choir singing. One of the pallbearers was George W.P. Hunt, who would become Arizona's first state Governor in 1912, and W.A. Davison, a Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider. After the service, a cortege was formed, preceded by the band playing a dirge, wending its way to the Globe cemetery. Each Elk member cast a spray of ivy into the grave. A cornetist sounded taps.
(Source: Arizona Silver Belt, Sept. 25, 1902, p. 1; Library of Congress)
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