Tombstone epitaph., 1922-02-19
JOHN SLAUGHTER DIES IN DOUGLAS.

iHe He"s ci tne uttll carry tnls morning al Douglas Of John H.. Slaughter. Cochise county pioneer. was received in Tombstone today.
 Death occurred some lime during the night following brief spell of ill. ness, cause Of death being given as apoplexy.
 Mir. Slaughter and wife have been living in an apartment in Douglas for the past three months. having moved to town from their ranch on the Mex. ican border at San Bernardino. where the large ranch. land and cattle hold ings of the Slaughters are located
 Although i'll for several years due to old age infirmities, his condition was not considered serious and last night he complained of a slight head ache. He son-in-law. Dr. w A Greene. was called and he remained with him until late in the night. leav. ing when MT Slaughter fell asleep. This morning on entering his bed room he was found dead. having pass ed away during his sleep.
 No funeral arrangements had been announced up 10 late this afternoon. although it is expected the body will be buried in Douglas in the family plot. a son. Willie who died about F years ago. being buried there.
 John H. Slaughter was born on plantation in Louisiana in the year 1S44. and was reared in the surround. ings of a Southern home, which he left at an early age to seek fortune and adventuer in the West He first landed in Texas where he saw an op- portunity offered for stock raising the cattle business and at the age of 1s possessed considerable herd
 While yet a young man the Civil war broke out and he was one of the first to enlist in the confederate army His career as q soldier was cut short by an unlimited furlough owing to serious illness. but immediately upon his recovery he enlisted with the Tex as Rangers and was made lieuten- ant. With this remarkable company he was active during much of the ser rice which made it justly celebrated and many of the members who served with him relate his stirring expert ences and daring deeds. During his career as Texas ranger he battied with uncertainties. twice amassing fortune and twice losing if all. vhe effect of this diversity was but to bring out the grit and determination i we'll known of John Slaughter In 1877 when gold and silver was first 1 discovered in Arizona the name of Tombstone was everywhere spoken. | John Slaughter was attracted to the | new field, and believing that greater {, opportunities existed here for wealth. 1 ho Arnv ss.es a,I stzl San Pedro valley which was his first l permanent camping ground in Ari- i zona. After inspecting the country | for suitable range he purchased land i in the southeast corner of the then territory, where he established the | San Bernardino ranch. which he still owned with its vast cattle holdings up to the time of his death.
 For years following the surround ing country and even portions of the ranch were never free from the bands of hostile Indians and the utmost wig ilance was necessary to prevent their uprising. a task which John Slaughter always accomplished. He struggled through this period, when a white mans life was always in danger, with a firm and fearless determination to hold his ground and that he succeed ed is shown by the passing of the red men and the building up of one of the prettiest ranch spots in Arizona. Of late depredations from Mexicans had to be contended with. and al though an aged man John Slaughter showed again the southern Slaughter blood and fearlessness when he coped with the situation as he did in the early days of the Indians. John Slaughter was chiefly instru- mental in the capture of the famous Apache chief, Geronimo, who sur rendered at the San Bernafdino ranch.
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