Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Guy 1904
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Arizona Republican-Oct. 15, 1904
GUY BENNETT
 Arizona Republican Newspaper
October 15, 1904

Word was received here last night that Guy Bennett died 
at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Oceanside California 
where he had been spending the summer with other members of 
his family.  He suffered a very severe sick spell some years 
ago and though never fully recovering he has been able to be 
out most of the time since then.  About a month ago he was 
taken suddenly worse and his daughter Mrs. E.J. Bennett of 
this city was summoned to his bedside.

Mr. Bennett was a pioneer in the territory having lived for 
a great many years in Yavapai County and owning a large stock 
ranch there.  For a number of years past Phoenix has been 
his home and the Bennett Addition to the city is named after 
him as he owned the property when it was platted into city 
lots.  No details have been received concerning his death 
or the arrangements for the funeral.

Funeral of Guy Bennett
October 18, 1904

The funeral of the late Guy Bennett took place yesterday 
afternoon at  4 o'clock at the residence of E.J. Bennett on 
North Center Street.  It was of a semi-private nature, only 
the relatives and immediate friends of the family attending.  
The pall bearers were Messrs. Walter Talbot, William Pickerell, 
H.J. Jessop, Frank Cox, J. Elliott Walker and Dr. Ancil 
Martin.  Interment was made in the E.J. Bennett's lot in 
the Masonic Cemetery.

The dead man had led a very active and most useful life, 
achieving more than usual success in every way.  He was a 
native of western New York and followed the frontier in its 
westward march from the central states, participating all 
along the line in its industrial development.

He was born sixty nine years ago on the 12th of October and 
while yet young moved with his father's family to Aurora, 
Illinois when that state was considered in the far west.  
Still later he moved to Missouri living in Springfield, West 
Plains and other places for many years.  At one time he was 
extensively engaged in the milling business at West Plains. 
He moved to Lawrence Kansas about the time the construction 
of the Santa Fe railroad began. At  Lawrence he went into 
partnership with Colonel H.L. Moore and opened a wholesale 
grocery and supply store.  The firm for some years afterward 
continued its business there and also maintained a store at 
the railroad front, moving it up as construction proceeded.  
This business was followed till the railroad was completed 
into New Mexico when the firm sold their mercantile 
interests to L.B. Putney, who continued the business till 
his death when the management was transferred to a son of 
Mr. Putney, who still conducts the business in Albuquerque.

In the early 1880's Mr. Bennett bought his well known stock 
ranch at Juniper in Yavapai County and in 1883 or 1884 moved 
his family there.  That continued to be the family home for 
over ten years and the property is still a part of the family 
estate and is under the charge of a son, Lyman Bennett.  
Some eight or ten years ago Guy Bennett bought what is now 
known as the Bennett addition to Phoenix and moved his 
family here about seven years ago, Phoenix having been their 
home since then.  His residence in Bennett Addition was 
among the first of the large number of nice houses that 
now make one of the prettiest residence portions of the 
city.  Mr. Bennett had been ill of an affection of the 
kidneys for many years and for this reason he had lived 
in California most of the time for the last three years 
his death occurring at Oceanside as previously published.

Of his immediate family, he leaves a wife, three daughters 
and two sons.  The daughters are Mrs. E.J. Bennett and Miss 
Drew Bennett, of this city, and Mrs. D.M. Barringer of 
Philadelphia.  The sons are Thomas D. Bennett of this city, 
and Lyman Bennett of Juniper.  The dead man also had three 
sisters, all residents of this valley and three brothers 
who live in the east.  The sisters are Mrs. William Christy, 
Mrs. I.M. Christy and Mrs. O.H. Christy.

Guy Bennett's Will
November 11, 1904

The will of the late Guy Bennett was filed in probate court 
yesterday and in it his sons-in-law, E.J. Bennitt and D.M. 
Barringer are named as executors.  The will disposes of 
property valued at about $50,000 consisting for the most 
part of a ranch in Yavapai County and city property in 
Phoenix.  The will provides in the first place for the 
payment of the debts of the testator, and then leaves 
the bulk of the remaining property to his widow.  The 
children, however are remembered.  Each one is curiously 
bequeathed some article of personal property, for 
instance, a horse, a watch, or some old silver and 
after that there is a more valuable gift of real estate.

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