Alturas-Blaine County ID Archives Obituaries.....Puckett, Richard A. (Dick) July 14, 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Christine Storey chrissy_7@q.com July 22, 2010, 10:34 pm Alturas County, Hailey, Wood River News-Miner DEAD AND GONE Is one of the best men that ever rambled o'er the Pacific Coast- "Dick" (Richard A. ) Puckett. From Joe Oldham and Sheriff Gray, who have known him since his boyhood days, we learned that the deceased was born in Atlanta, Georgia; That he came to California early in the 50's; that his business has always been mining, either in placers, or of late years after silver. He started into this line in the palmy days of Yreks, California, and at that place, struck for Oro Fino, in Northern Idaho, in 1861; thence to Florence; then to Montana; over to Virginia City, Nevada, Tuscarora, Boise and into the Wood River last year. Dick had passed through every phase of mining life- rich and poor as fortune called the turn... About six or eight years ago he married Mrs. Chapman of Boise City, and he has been a devoted husband and father (to her boy)-Eddie) ever since- both of whom were at his bedside when death called him hence, at an early hour yesterday morning. He died aged 44 years, and for one who has employed his thousands of laborers in mining not his like can be found-that is, one who has fewer enemies. In Nevada, we know, he was chief among ten thousand, and many will be true mourners when they read of his early demise. Dropsy of the liver and heart was the cause which led to this sad result. The funeral procession is a very large one and is forming at his late residenceas we go to press. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/alturas/obits/p/puckett2346nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/idfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb