JUDGE WILLIAM H. BARNES
Arizona Republican Newspaper
November 11, 1904

Judge William H. Barnes died last night at his home in Tucson.  
A telephone message received by Judge Street late last night 
conveyed the infomration to Phoenix.  It was also stated that 
Judge Barnes had been in usual health until yesterday after 
dinner he was seized with a sudden illness which became more 
and more acute until death ensued.

Judge Barnes had recently returned from the east where he had 
spent the greater part of his time for the last two years as a 
representative of the Greene Consolidated Copper Company.  He 
was one of the foremost residents of the territory in which he 
had lived for about twenty years.  He came here from 
Jacksonville, Illinois in 1885 having been appointed a member 
of the supreme court of the territory by President Cleveland 
in his first term.

Upon his retirement from the bench, Judge Barnes engaged in 
the active practice of law and at once took a front rank which 
he maintained until his death.  Judge Barnes was born at 
Hampton, Connecticutt, in 1843.  He was taken to Illinois 
when he was ten years of age.  Having passed through the 
public schools of Alton he entered Illinois College and then 
the Univeristy of Michigan from which he graduated in 1865.  
He began the study of law and was admitted to the bar at 
Jacksonville.  Judge Barnes was married to Miss Belle daily
who survives him.  He leaves beside his widow, one daughter, 
Mrs. J.H. Martin.

Judge Barnes was the second president of the territorial bar 
association.  He was a Mason and a member of the I.O.O. F. 
and an Elk.


Funeral of Judge Barnes
November 12, 1904

Word was received from Tucson yesterday announcing that the 
funeral services over Judge Barnes will take place at the 
Masonic Temple there on Sunday afternoon.  Interment will not 
take place at that time.  No doubt many members of the bar 
there and other friends will attend the funeral.