The Ordway new era., 1921-08-19
| T. ENYART
FUNERAL HELD
| LAST SUNDAY

,uneral services lor the iate "A. II
,ort pioneer ditizen. and the Ark
.s valleys biggest flnancier and
~ man, was l;eld on Sunday after
at his farm residence west of
NAV The services took place at
rasidence at o'clock Sunday
ernoon and the body was taken to
ckv Ford for buriel at which place
mp o. e, lodge of which he was
oember had charge of the services.
the residence Rev. j. l.. Rains,
nor of the Christian church, de-
red the funeral Grafton and Mrs.
r. McKeeby and Mrs. Paul p
wlon with Mrs. Walter Plank,
hist sang sew eral selections. The
hearers were C. X. McCabe, John
Cowden. Wm. Auckland, w. w.
ieht e. A. Shaffer, w. N. Dennis,
Is Roth and r. r. Warren. and
,orary pallbearers were o. f. Com
ck. II. NJ. fosdick, Jack Moore.
lator Jack Crowley. John II. Vim
"A and Judge C. F.. Patrick. Flow
hearers werei Mrs. Il. Ed. Downey.
Mildred Edgar, Mrs. S. T. Hus-
r. Mrs. John c. Campbell, Mrs. Rex
a Thomas and Mrs. A. Nj. Ward.
The number who gathered to pay
fheir last respects to Mr.. Enyart made
fhe funeral concourse one of the
LARGEST that has ever gathered in the
Afkansas valley to pay tribute to Il
friend. The relatives and many
near friends were gathered i'll the
commOdiOus relidence and hundreds
ofpeople were on the lawn, gathered
.n1hr the house where they might hear
t6s funeral sermon preached by Mr..
n<lns ON the front porch of the resi-
dc1te After the service the people
81 bed thru the house in double file
view for the last time the face of
E man who had been among them
|ing all their residence in the val
for he had been here longer than
one else and had seen people
e and go and lived to see children
into manhood and womanhood,
to middle uge. The driveways
the highways about the place
filed with automobiles and
" people made up the funeral
ege which went to the cemetery
~ the body away.
b. Enyart is survived by q widow,
son and three daughters. besides
raj grandchildren and great
dchldren. The son is Frank b.
art of this city. The daughters
Mrs. Edd Whitney, of Ordway.
NJ. E. Barker. of Geneva, Nebr.,
Mrs. Clair Armstrong, of Balti-
b, Md. All tho members, with
Exception of Mrs. Armstrong,
present for the services.
Stones history of Colorado, Vol.
Is an historical account of A. F..
ws:
+. Enyart was son of H. w.
Mary Enya.t, and WIS native of
ouri. He acquired his primary
alton i'll the schools of the neigh
oood and when seventeen years
ge worked On the home farm.
ing himself with breaking mules,
Ing corn and ,otherwise assisting
testing an income from the land,
Us father had died when he was
cen years old. Thus early in
Mr. Enyart became acquainted
the serious side of life-the
ous task of making living for
Ell and others dependent on his
TRY for assistance.
1877 Mr.. Enyart came to Colo
bringing a drove of cattle with
and located near Rocky Ford on
rkansas river! In those pioneer
however, there was no town to
the site where Rocky Ford now
and the iron horse was
ger to the landscape. He took
preemption claim and soon be-
heavily Interested in the cattle
ess' but afterwards went to
AeSleo. whera he remained for
years, continuing along the
lines of occupation with good
until 19O2.s He always fol-
Inc most honorable methods
nsrefore soon gained the conf
Oh all who had business deal
1ith him. Possessing more than
aiy business ability and shrewd-
ae won snccesa and as the years
MS resources increased. so
" became one Of the most pros
men of his seetion.
pout 1902 he turned his attent-
,o u.her helds, taking up banking,
aghdy acquainting himself with
Meipiea underlying that busi-
IN 1907 he Iorganized, with
OF his friends, "a state bank in
which later acquired the
VI tne First National Bank
was III the fall IDf 1907, the fat
y. year, and WIS elected presi-
the institutio1. He has since
~ mat capacity. He has be-
recognized as In authority on
e in his section bf the state and
vice is often soSght by many In
ihVestmentp and other fin
70 him for finarfcial support he
his careful constdcratiom and is
eady to extend b helping hand
ne 10 convincedfof the honesty
purpose f0r vvy, skg, ~, :. :, -, -, Il