Arizona citizen., 1875-02-13

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 county, and twice elected Co tine Legisla l tive Council of Arizona. He does not seek
 nor care for political honors. Is married
 but has no children.
 l Hon. JOSE NJ. REDoNDo. of Yuma county
 was born in Sonora, Mexico, March I9
 1920. Arrived in California February L 1919. Has been citizen of the United States since 1854. Came to Arizona in 1859. | Was elected councilman for Yuma county | in the first legislature of the Territory but did not serve. Was elected and served in the Lower House of the Seventh Legisla- tive Assembly, (One preceding this). Has been a mem Der of the board of supervisors of Yuma county for seven years. His oc- cupation embraces that branching, stock
 raiser, liquor merchant and general dealer
 in real estate.
 Hon. WILLIAM ZECKENDORF, of Pima
 county, was born June ), 1912, in the king
 dom of Hanover, Germany. Was educated
 in the city of his birth, and became more
 or less proficient in the several languages
 in addition to German-of English,
 French, Hebrew, and of the branches of
 Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Physic,
 Mathematics, Geography, Astronomy,
 Music, Drawing ,etc. He made some prep
 aratiOnS to enter the University of Col
 tingen 10 engage Tn theological studies, but
 for want of means, this purpose was never
 carried out. He emigrated to the United
 States when fourteen, arriving in New
 York November l3, S56,where he remain ed six months visiting the public schools.
 His brothers being engaged in merchant diSing in New Mexico, and at their request he went to that TerritOry-the trip to San ta Fe occupying three months. Since then he has been most of the time (and is now), a part tner with his brothers in mercantile pursuits in Santa Fe and Albuquerque up 10 1868, and since 1869 in Tucson. in I;62, he served as lieutenant and assist in the First New MeXi- can regiment in the United States. service, ri, f l,o inx Oft hn in, the battles of Valverde, SOcOrrO and GlOri- eta. During his residence in New Mexico and Arizona, he has shared in number of battles with the Indians, and had many narrow escapes, such as fall to the lot of nearly all frOntiersmen. Having great faith in the richness of Arizona, he has determined to make 1t his permanent home.
 MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
 Hon. J. T. ALsAP, of Maricopa county, was born in Fran EfOrt, Kentucky, Febru- ary 2S, lS30. Al the age of two, his parents to Ohio, and at ten to Indiana near Fort Wayne, and he with them of course. At the latter place remained un- til seventeen, when he studied medicine with Dr. John Cole Morton, at Marion, Ohio. Then he returned to Indiana, re- mained about one year; thence went to Illinois and practiced medicine a year thence to Missouri, where he traded in stock and also practiced medicine. Ar rived in California in the latter part of 1853, where he was Stock-trader, mlner and farmer until late in 1863, when he came to Arizona and where he has since continu- l OuSly resided. Was first Territorial Treas | urer and resigned the place on the removal of the capital from Prescott to Tucson in lS6.. In 1868, was elected to the legislative l council for Ytvapai county, and was PreS l ient of the Council Was elected in Yava- pal again in 1870, and in 1873 was Secretary of the legislative Council. In 1874, was | elected to the House in Maricopa county, and was unanimously chosen Speaker of he session just closed. Upon the Organi- zation of MaricOpa county in 1871, he was | appointed probate judge and has held the office continuously until January l, l|75 i Was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1871, and has practiced law eyer. since, Has also been cultivating a farm in Salt | liver valley for the past four years,
 Hon. LEVI BAsHFoRD, of Yavapai coun- V, was born in Putnam county, New York, n lS23-then regarded as far west. He re- ,eived an academic cducatlOn at the Gen see Weslyan Seminary, at Lima, New York, after which he engaged in mercan- ile pursuits in Lyons. Emigrated to Cali Ornia in l849, via Panama, from which alter place he sailed in the snip Won Hum bOldt, with 365 persons on board, and vas lO2 days In making the passage to San Francisco. Returned 10 his native State n 1853, and in 1855 went to Oshkosh, Wis onSin. In. 1857, was elected director Of he Chicago & Northwestern Railway. In S63 was appointed Surveyor-General Of Arizona, and U. s. collector of internal avenue for the Territory in 1866. Has been argely engaged in merchandising in Pres ott tor about ten years and Is so engaged Iow.
 Hon. SAMUEL H. DRACHMAN, of Pima Ounty, was born November g, 1S40, in 'iotrkow, county or Kwiawski, Russian 'oland. He was educated in Poland in he Polish, Russian, German and Hebrew anguages, Arrived in inc United States )ecem Der 2, is56 Resided ID the city of lew York four years in Charleston, $.
 , three years; In Norfolk, Va, one year; l Columbia, $. C., two years in Phila- elphia, Pa, six months, and arrived in ucson Srptem Der 1, lS67, and has resided ere a mum Der of years, during which time e has been engaged in merchandising. fever held public office until member I f the Eighth Legislative Assembly of .riZOna.
 Hon. Fl. GOLDBERG, of Yuma county, as born in Pietercovia, county of kOlaVs- y, Russian Poland, in the year 1919. Was iucated in the Polish and Hebrew lan- uages. Lived in Germany and Great nited States in 1859. Is merchant by and has done business in New E ork, Louisiana, California and Arlzona- le latter being his present residence. e has held the position of councilman of le town of Yuma.
 Hon. WILLIAM J. O'NEIL, of Yavapai )unty, was born September 30, 1880, in the ,unty of Wicklow, Ireland. Attended .hool from an early age to that of fifteen ears, when he was apprentlced to the
 ercnntile buSineSs in Dublin for four