El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-15
COL. WILLIAM ROY
Deceased Was Known Throughout
the Southwest


Colonel VIM. Roy who will be re-
,embered by all old timers OF Ill faso
n,ssed away at NogaIes. Arizona on
tho Doth of last month. or MS dea'h
the Oasis of October 9th sald:
Sunday morning the entire .oni
,,,,n;tv we're shocked and panied at
learning of the sudden ana -
deatb of Colonel VIM. Roy OF the nrih
- ~ a. Jitcomb. which occurred IN
- onnartrnents at the MonteZuma no
,sJ Saturday evening at 10 O'CLOCK;
...During the entire day deceased nad
t,asen in excellent health ana spirils
nd hut a few minutes before ms
J.a.h tv,o of his clerks. Messrs- BIS
81 md Williams. had visited his room
=, borroy = gun to go hunting the next
Jay AS they were about eaNihs ne
rallied them upon their ahlici PaeSu
tunting excursion and Joklhsly au
monished them TO bring back suniciehl
zane to go around a ie"
tor the occupants of the next rooiii
,e.,.,rd a fall i'm his room, and upon IN
,astigstion rhe colonel was tounu
ICING upop the floor dead He haa
s,identJy got up for a match Win
which to light his pipe, as the pipe
f-eshlv filled with tobacco was IN Ms
hand when he was seized with an at
tack of apopleXy and died INSTANT!
neceased was about sixty-fve years Oh
ace and had resided in Nogaies apou'
twelve years 80 .,.,s
Colonel Roy. was born IN the stale
of New York. in 1885. and at the tilhe
of his death was about 90 years Oh ase-
a, an early age deceased went west
- ~ the outbreak OF the Mormon
var in Utah. in 1855. he enlisted In the
Tentb United States regulars. ana
sarved under General Albert sidney
Johnson i'm that campaign, aIter
rhich he served with his command III
New Mexico and California. and was
wounded with an arrow IN nBhl win
Indians His term of enlistement eX-
airing in 1861. he returned to Indiana
70 engage i'll business. but the OUT
break of the civil war called MIN a'
once to arms He rendered MS ser
vices to Governor Oliver T. norton
the great war governor OF Indiana
who commissioned him captain III
the Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer IN
fantry regiment. which command ne
assisted in organizing, and with
,,bicb no went TO the field as captain
of 4 company In the rank and nle OF
ais company Captain Roy numbered
no less than seven nephews, all VI tue
same name In 1862 he was promoteu
90 the rank of major. and in 1858 the
arr, of the service to which his resi-
ment was assigned was changed anu
the command was thereafter deslenat-
Cd as the First Indiana Heavy Artn-
Iery regiment. In the same year Coi-
oneI Roy was promoted TO the RANK vi
colonel. and while holding
That rank was in command of the regi-
meut at the siege of Port HUDSON anu
in Ranks disastrous Red River cam
naisn. In the assault upon Port Huu-
son On June 2lst. 1868. Colonel Roy
regiment aud its commander were coni-
,,ended in general orders and dis-
matches for bravery and gallantry- Col
,neI Row was afterward brevetted bri-
eadier general for brave and merltor
ious services at the siege OF and assault
upon Port Hudson and in the Red NV
or campafgn' The fact that he had
won the generals star and was entitled
to wear IL was not generally KNOWN
II became known to the writer only
when making up Coionei
Rows appIication for admission into
tbe military order OF the loyal legion
of the United States. with whlch or
panization deceased identified himself
some five years ago.
After the civil war Colonel Roy set
tied at New Orleans. Louisiana. where
ne resided many years, anu was 'eiy
in business and political
life. He represented Louisiana as
delegate in several national republi-
can conventions. was superintendent
OF streets and port warden, In charge
of the wharf and dock system. and
was department commander In the
Grand Army of the Republic.
In April. 1865. Colonel Roy married
Miss Juliet Holmes at Baton Rouge.
I Louisiana His wife died July 13. 1888.
and he never married again
Some fifteen years ago Colonel Roy
settled in FL Paso and was in business
here and in New Mexico and Chihua-
hua several years. About twelve years
ago he went to Nogales, and with Mr.
ritcomb. which is now known far and
wide as the leading business house In
Nogales. He was prominently identi- |
fed with every movement for the ad-
of Nogales. and for his |
services received recognition |
by the appointment as aide-de-camp |
with the rank of Northumberland. |
upon the stan OF Governor Hughes.
Deceased had but two or three weeks \
since returned from Europe where he |
had spent the summer for his health. |
having been greatly benefited by the |
voyage.
Deceased leaves two daughters. Mrs. |
Joseph Hogan or FL Paso. and Mrs. |
James Plunkett OF the City of Mexico. |