Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-02-19
Charles "A. Overlook
Dies Suddenly at Home
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! On December 1, 1909 Overlook was
appointed United States marshal by
Former President William Howard
Taft for the territory of Arizona. His
business interests in addition to the
lumber business, included the cattle
Industry, the retail butcher business,
real estate and brokerage activities,
mining and journalism. He was one
| of the organizers of the Bisbee Re-
view and one of the founders of the
/ Tucson Citizen in which he was "a
| Estockholder at the time of his death.
He was always a heavy property
owner in Douglas.
| Mr.. Overlook was active in the fra
ternal life of the city being a 32nd
degree Mason, Knight Templar
and Shriner. He was also a member
| of the Douglas Lodge of Ell1s.
Immediate relatives surviving him
are his wife, three brothers, w. H.
| Overlook of Kent, Washington Alfred
Overlook of Bangor, Maine, and L. j.
Overlook, Of Bisbee; two sons, Lowell
Overlook of B:sbee and Alton over
lock of Los Angeles, and daughter
in-law, Mrs. Nell overlook of Douglas
widow of the late Harry Overlook of
this city.
A pioneer and a builder, C. A. Ov-
erloclz WAS always a leading and
greatly admired citizen of Douglas.
His faith in the city was unfailing,
his friendly nature ever foremost and
his loyalty to all who knew him eter-
nal. A keen sense of nunor tenn
ba a1..
ways enjoyed an exchange of jokes
and a lively, jovial conversation. AS
one prominent citizen of Douglas de-
clared last night, 'the people of this
city have lost a friend and his clos
est friends have lost a brother
In politics, Overlook was a staunch
republican yet he counted just as
many democrats among his close
friends as he did those of his own
party. One of his favorite pastimes
of recent years was to mingle with
some of the old timers still left III
the city and to discuss the interest
ing incidents of the early days Of
Douglas.
Arizona owes to charles Alton Ov-
erlock the foundation, organization
and business and civic development
of one city, many years in labor in
the advancement of important busl-
ness enterprises throughout the state
and from 1910 to 1915 able and con-
spicuously efficient service in the Of
flee of United States marshal
spirit of enterprise and initiative |
marked his activities during the I
thirty four years of his residence in
Arizona, and he was a man whose |
worth as a citizen and as an official |
is widely and gratefully acknowledge
ed.
Mr.. Overlook was born September
26, 1859, in Bangor, Maine, and ac-
ouired his education in the public
schools of that city. In 1877, at the /
age of eighteen, he went to Boston
and there learned the carpenters
trade, which he followed in that city
for four years, going to Portland,
oregon, in 1881. He worked at his
trade there for one year, coming to
Arizona in 1882 and engoging in car
pentering in Tombstone. In 1883 he
abandoned this occupation in favor
of the cattle business running his
stock on a range in the sulphur
spring valley, 25 miles southeast OF
Tombstone. In 1892, he established
himself in the retail butcher business
a large enterprise, which
in 1895 he sold. He then went to
Bisbee and there remained until 1900,
when he disposed of all his business
interests and located the town site OF
Douglas, building the first house and
developing the first water in the
After the preliminary work was
completed he turned his attention to
the advancement of commercial, in
dustrial and general business inter !
ests in the city, he himself organic
ing in 1901 the Douglas Lumber COM
pany and conducting it along lines /
of progress and expansion for a NUM-
ber of years 1t was about this time :.
that he also secured the postoffice
for Douglas, becoming the first posi- !
master, and after the incorporation |
Of the city was made mayor. 1t is
seldom that any community owes SO
much to the brains, energy and ag-
of a single individual,
for Mr.. overlook literally founded |
the town and forced it's progress
along material, educational and po- /
litical lines.
In 1907, he disposed of the business
conducted under the name OF the
Douglas Lumber company and with
his son Harry started real estate
and brokerage enterprise, which, by
his business ability and we'll directed
efforts he made a prosperous ana t
profitable concern.
In 1909, Mr.. Overlook left the city
which he organized, having been APP /