Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-02
AN HoNoREp PIONEER.

The death of Captain J. H. Tevis in Tucson on Wednesday removed from the Territory it's oldest pioneer, a man who came to the Territory long before this political subdivision had been cut from New Mexico. He was captured by the Apache Indians, and acted as a nurse to old Cochise's fam fly before the beginning of the civil war, and was with the Indians when the overland stage line was estab- lished through the Territory, and left old Cochise then and went with the stage company. Before the Southern Pacific railroad was built through the Territory he located at what is now Bowie station, on the SouTnern Pacific and dug a well and was running a sta tion on the road leading from Fort Bowie to the Gila valley when the rail- road was built, and at this point Cap tain Tevis has resided continuously since, with the exception of a short time when he was running the old San Xavier Iotel in Tucson.
 Captain Tevis lived to see Arizona become Territory and lived to see it become one of the richest mineral sec tions of the Southwest; he saw all the horrors of Indian warfare and was one of the first white tuen to engage in baftla r.,;tb the hostile Apacba. af fha head of a ranger company which ex- isted prior to the establishment of a civil government in Arizona; he was one of the most valued advisers of General Miles, when that gallant off cer was commander of the department of Arizona, and directed the chase of old Geronimo through the mountains of Southern Arizona and Northern So nora, and it was Captain Tevis who was last to bid good-by to the willy old chief when he was brought. with his band from the Sierra Madres, after his surrender, to be shipped from Bowie station to the Everglades ofFlorida.
 Captain Tevis was an uncompromis- ing Democrat and determined in his views, and led many hot political bat ties in. this county, the last being only a little more than a year ago, when he stood at the head of the Hearst forces in this county and carried the day for his favorite, and then appeared at the  Territorial convention to continue the fight for an instructed Hearst delega- tion from Arizona, which he secured over determined opposition of many prominent Democrats of the Territory
 Captain Tevis represented Cochise county in the sixteenth Arizona legis lature and made an admirable record and became the representative of Gov ernor John Irwin in all matters of legis lation in which the executive was talk ing particular interest.
 Arizona never contained a more typical Westerner than was Captain Tevis. He was generous at all times and no one ever called on him fo deserved assistance without getting ; liberal response. He spent larg' amounts Of money in the developmen Of mining property in the Chiricahui mountains, made some sales from tim to time, and put all the receipts bacl into the rocks, with the hope, eve present in the breast of those who be come interested in mining, of agail finding another property that would b attractive to capital. Success or fail ure, however, Captain Tevis was al ways of the same sunshiny disposition having a good and encouraging wor for all His death will be especially
 cause of sorrow to the pioneers, wh labored by his side in the reclamation and civilization of Arizona.