Arizona republican., 1903-03-24
The End Had Been Expected Since
 Las' Saturday
The Browning of Busy ss5vhich Added Much to the Salt River Valey-Th, 5 z9endd War Record of the
 Dead. His Business Ac1 5nents and His Prominence and Usefulness n the Oh, :-For Twenty Years He Had Been One of the For 2st Citizens of the Valley.

Colonel William Christy died last night q little after Il o'clock, and at the same time there passed away one of the most prominent and highly respect cd and Influential men in the territory. He had been in iIl-health for lons asthma with which he had been aGlict- ed many years. I-atterly there had been an affection Of the stomach, and for two weeks he had been confined to his home.
 He was treated for the stomach trouble on Saturday and almost imme- diate!y the heart seemed to be affected. The heart action grew worse and about i o'clock yesterday after noon he sank into Unconsciousness from which he did not rally. It could not be said whethe, the final attack was paralytic or ape plectfc. The relatives in the city and the country were summoned, for it was evident that he would hardly live out the night. Early in the evening there vas an apparent improvement, but the patient was still in a coma. So that the Improvement afforded little hope. Early iH the night tine symptoms immediately preceding death began to be manifest and they steadily grew more and more pronounced until the end came
 At midnight no arrangements for the funeral had been made.
 Colonel William Christy was born in TrumbuH county, Ohio, February 14, 1S41. but having at the age of thirteen moved to Iowa he remained there until
 
 Christy came Of q family of good old Scotch stock, the sturdiness of which has been made manifest throughout the generations. His earliest occupatioa' was school teaching. but when at the age of twenty the civil war broke out he entered the service and fought through to the close. Ir 1862 he became second lieutenant of the Eighth Iowa cavalry. lie was promoted at various times until when he was mustered out he held the rank cf lieutenant coi- 0nel of his regiment He participated in the battles of Shiloh, the seize of Ccrirth and the battles of Iuka and Corinth and a half dozen other engage nlents and was several times severely wounded.
 He entered into the banking business in 1S67, when he became cashier Of Sigler's bank at Osceola. Ia, with which he remained until 1872.
 In that year he had his first political experience and was elected state treas urer of Iowa, receiving a majority oi GS.oo0, leading the presidential candi- date. General Grant, by 5.000. At the close of his term Of office four years later he became director and cashier of the Merchants National bank of Des MoineS.
 On account Of il health, in 1882, Col. Christy found it necessary to resign his various positions in Iowa ad seek :: more genial climate. He came to ATi- zora and settled near Prescott, where he remained one year, then coming to Phoenix. lie secured large agricultural interests and became connected with the management of the system of north side canals. He was a little later tha moving spirit in the organiza tion of the Valley bank, of which he remained the president to his death. Most of the farmers Of this valley. if they were asked who has done the most for it's development, would reply that Colonel Christy was the chief benefactor. He succeeded in the introduction Of much capital into the valley for the develop ment of irrigation and agricultural en-