Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Barnett, James 1909
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Arizona Republican-August 21, 1909
Word was received last eveing of the death of James Barnett, 
an old character, who is known by nearly every Phoenix resident 
as a hermit who for the past fifteen or twenty years has lived 
by himself out on the desert in an adobe hut.  Among the 
several peculiar incidents which surround this unique character 
was the incident of a few years back when Barnett thought he 
had discovered a petrified man while digging for ore.  The 
petrified find was brought to Pheonix and placed on exhibition, 
drawing for a long time fifty cents a look.  The petrified 
figure was afterward found to have been made of cement. The 
exact nature of the malady which has attacked Barnett is not 
known, although it is supposed to be a series of complications 
brought on by old age.

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