Adams County CO Archives Obituaries.....Hazzard, George W. July 27, 1911
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Rocky Mountain News, July 29, 1911 
NEWS READER FOR 50 YEARS DIES AT BRIGHTON FARM. 

George W. Hazzard Came To Colorado In 1859 And Worked In Gold Mines. 
Special To The News Brighton, Colo. July 27 - George W. Hazzard, who came to 
Colorado during the gold excitement of 1859 and settled on a farm in the Platte 
Valley near Brighton in August of that year, died of senility at 10:45 o'clock 
this morning. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 p. m. Sunday.

Hazzard was born at Benton, Wis., on December 7, 1837. In the spring of 1859, 
in company with his brother William, Andrew Hagus and Mr. Dornoloan, he came 
by "prairie schooner" to the new gold fields of the Pike's Peak country. After 
working in the placer mines around Central City and Idaho Springs for a few 
weeks, the boys hurried back to the Platte Valley near the village of Denver 
and settled on some of the most fertile quarter sections, which they held as 
homes for more than fifty years. Hazzard was a subscriber for The News for 
fifty years. He is survived by his wife, formerly Mary Blundell, whom he 
married on July 28, 1863; one son, Albert G. of Brighton; two daughters, Mrs. 
Dollie Swain of Goldfield, Nev., and Mrs. Emma Alter of Reno, Nev.

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