Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-07
DID MUCH FOR THIS COUNTY
 AND NATION
HIGH TRIBUTE PAID BY FRIEND TO THE LATE ALBERT E. McGILL, IN VENTOR AND MUSICIAN WHO DIED HERE.
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 On the 24th inst, in Mountain View cemetery near this city, the mortal remains of Albert E. McGill were laid away by sorrowing relatives and kind friends. The occasion and some cir cumstances attending it remind me that life and character like his arc worthy to be better known in the gen cral community ir which he had for the last eight years lived and opcrat- ed, and I believe the duty dcvolvcs upon me to supply this better knowl- edge.
 have intimately known the dc ceased for a good number of years, and I know his virtues, his qualities and his accomplishments much better than a short sketch will permit me to describe them.
 Physically. he was handicapped for good portion of his life by poor health. which finally forced him to seek relief in Arizona's climate, and forced him permanently from the fields where his talents could be use fully and prohtably employed.
 Intellectually, he was far beyond the average Of men. Although he had never attended the higher institutions of learning in the country, he had fine education. and highly cultivated mind. It could be said of him that he was a living encyclopedia of scien- fife. Of technical, and of literary in formation. It seemed impossible to put a question to him along any of these lines without receiving a prompt intelligent and reliable answer.
 He was a genius in mechanics, and had several useful and valuable in ventions to his credit The most inn portant one of these was the "Alwin folding go-cart,' which he conceived invented and perfected. The inven- ton practically revolutionized the method of transporting the American baby. and brought relief to hundreds of thousands of American mothers. and at the same time created an Am crican industry, which gave business and employment to thousands of people. A good portion of the royal ties and returns from this invention went 10 the development Of the min cral resources of Navapai county. which should make the invention and the inventor of local interest here.
 Among h;s accomplishments was 2 thorough knowledge Of music. Tn its practice, he was a good pianist, a fnc organist and a superior violinist In the last. he could have distinguished himself had he continued it. but when he went into mechanics and into busi- ness, he practically abandoned music,
 And yet, with all these gifts and ac- complishmcnts, he was so modest and retiring that only those who knew him intimately knew that he was re- sponsible for anything of importance From his own lips I doubt if any, in dividual in Arizona knew that he evel invented anything. that he was mu- sician of any kind, or that he was an authority on many of the subjects that interest mankind.
 He was modest and unobtrusive. even to fault. As a special example of this. he was member in good standing of a Chicago Masonic lodge for a number of years, including the term of his residence in Arizona, and if he ever made the fact known to a local member of that order, l ncve: heard of it.
 But it was in his social life and in his home life that he was at his best. He was a genial and an entertaining companion to those he knew we'll lie never wilfully did a wrong or an in justice to anyone, and it was always his disposition to throw over the human defects of others the mantle o' charity. He was in the home model husband and a kind and helpful fath- CT. and a real pleasure and comfort to his family. He bore his last suffering with patience and gentleness and without complaint, and he passed out of mortal life as gently and as calmly as he had lived in it for nearly half century. Taken altogether, he Wa on earth one of Gods noblemcn.
 D. ]. SULLIVAN.
 Prescott. Arizona, Feb. 2. 1917. |
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