H.W. Etz
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 113

H.W. Etz has for thirty one years been identified with 
the commercial interests of Benson where he is engaged 
in the meat business with two of his brothers.  He is a 
native of Kansas, born in 1859 and a son of William and 
Helena Etz.  The father passed away in Kansas during the 
childhood of our subject, who is the eldest in a family 
of six children, five of whom are still living.  The 
mother married again and in 1889 removed to Arizona, 
making her home in Benson until her death in 1912.

H.W. Etz was reared in his native state where he received 
his education.  Soon after attaining his majority he came 
to Arizona and for a time was employed in a meat market at 
Tombstone.  In 1882 he removed to Bisbee, where he 
established a butcher shop, which he conducted for 
two years.  At the end of that time he returned to 
Tombstone, remaining there until 1885 when he came to 
Benson and founded the market he has since conducted.  
He owns a large cattle ranch eighteen miles north of 
Tucson since 1883 and owns an interest in a thousand 
acres of land near Benson, six hundred of the tract 
being under irrigation.  He also owns his place of 
business and residence and a fine home in Los Angeles, 
California.

In 1899 Mr. Etz was married to Ada M. Nye who was born in 
Illinois, whence the family removed to Colorado, where the 
father died.  In 1884 she accompanied her mother to 
Arizona.  She is one of a family of five children and 
in turn has become the mother of five children: Helen, a 
high school graduate and a musician, now the wife of 
William Grover of Los Angeles; George H., a graduate of 
the Manual Art School of Los Angeles; Agnes M., a 
graduate of the Los Angeles Business School; H.W. Jr., 
a member of the senior class in the manual training 
school; and Alva Nye, a student in the grammar school 
at Los Angeles.



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