1942: Feb 11 NOGALES HERALD (FRONT PAGE)
DEATH CALLS FOR A.M. CONARD
Prominent Sonora Mining Figure Succumbs In Magdalena, Son(ora)
A.M. Conard, 77, a figure prominently lined with mining and land development in Northern Mexico for nearly half a century, died at his home in Magdalena, Sonora, yesterday afternoon at 8:15 o'clock following a bronchial congestion.
Funeral services will be held here at 2 o"clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Nogales cemetery.
A native of Oak Grove, Missouri, where he was born in 1865, Conard came to California when he was nine years old and at the age of 21 moved to Kingman where he engaged in mining for several years.
In 1892, Conard moved to Nogales where he operated a soda and bottling works for a while before returning to his mining activities in Sonora with the old Hayes Consolidated Mining and Lumber Company in the Pinito Mountains region.
He married a member of a prominent Sonora family. Francisca Valencia of Guaymas and later organized the Sonora Copper Co., of which he was president.
RETURNS TO U.S.
Political uprisings in Sonora forced him to return to the United States in 1913, residing in Los Angeles until 1935 when he returned to the Altar district with his son, Albert, to resume mining activities. In Los Angeles he engaged in subdivision of Mexican lands.
Recently he was engaged in mining near Magdalena.
About a month ago he suffered a severe cold from which he never fully recovered.
His death removed another leading figure from the list of American pioneers who helped develop the Northern Mexico mining industry.
Surviving him are his widow, a son Albert Conard, Jr.,, of this city: a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, Calif., and two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland, and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, California.
The Caroon Mortuary is in charge of the funeral arrangements. The body will lie in state in the mortuary until the time of burial.
1942: Phoenix Evening Gazette: 9 Feb 1942
PIONEER MINING FIGURE DIES
MAGDALENA, SONORA, MEXICO.
Feb 9 – (AP) – A.M. Conard, 77, a figure prominently linked with mining development in northern Mexico for nearly half a century died at his home here Sunday morning following a bronchial congestion. Funeral services will be held in Nogales, Arizona, Wednesday.
A native of Oak Grove, Mo., Conard came to Arizona when he was 21 years old and engaged in mining around the Kingman areas for several years before moving to Nogales where he operated a soda and bottling works.
A few years later he engaged in Sonora mining with the old Hayes Consolidated Mining and Lumber Company, in the Pinito Mountains. Later he organized the Sonora Copper Company. Political uprisings in Sonora forced him to return to the United States in 1913. After residing in Los Angeles until 1935, he returned to the Alter district in Sonora to resume mining activities.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, Calif., a son, Albert Conard, Jr., of Nogales; two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, California."
1942: Feb 11 NOGALES HERALD:
SERVICE HELD FOR A.M. CONARD
Funeral services were held here at 2 o'clock for A.M. Conard, 77, at the Carroon Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Mons, Louis Duval of the Sacred Heart Church officiating.
Interment was made at the Nogales cemetery.
A native of Oak Grove, Missouri, Conard spent nearly half a century in mining and land development activities in the State of Sonora, Mexico. He came to Arizona when only 21 years old and later settled in Nogales for a few years, operating a soda and bottling works.
RETURN TO U.S.
Political uprisings forced him to return to the United States in 1913, but he returned in 1935. The years he spent in the United States were devoted to work on Mexican land.
He died Sunday morning from a bronchial congestion at his home in Magdalena, Sonora.
He is survived by his widow, a son, Albert of this city, a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, California, and two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, Calif."
DEATH CALLS FOR A.M. CONARD
Prominent Sonora Mining Figure Succumbs In Magdalena, Son(ora)
A.M. Conard, 77, a figure prominently lined with mining and land development in Northern Mexico for nearly half a century, died at his home in Magdalena, Sonora, yesterday afternoon at 8:15 o'clock following a bronchial congestion.
Funeral services will be held here at 2 o"clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Nogales cemetery.
A native of Oak Grove, Missouri, where he was born in 1865, Conard came to California when he was nine years old and at the age of 21 moved to Kingman where he engaged in mining for several years.
In 1892, Conard moved to Nogales where he operated a soda and bottling works for a while before returning to his mining activities in Sonora with the old Hayes Consolidated Mining and Lumber Company in the Pinito Mountains region.
He married a member of a prominent Sonora family. Francisca Valencia of Guaymas and later organized the Sonora Copper Co., of which he was president.
RETURNS TO U.S.
Political uprisings in Sonora forced him to return to the United States in 1913, residing in Los Angeles until 1935 when he returned to the Altar district with his son, Albert, to resume mining activities. In Los Angeles he engaged in subdivision of Mexican lands.
Recently he was engaged in mining near Magdalena.
About a month ago he suffered a severe cold from which he never fully recovered.
His death removed another leading figure from the list of American pioneers who helped develop the Northern Mexico mining industry.
Surviving him are his widow, a son Albert Conard, Jr.,, of this city: a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, Calif., and two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland, and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, California.
The Caroon Mortuary is in charge of the funeral arrangements. The body will lie in state in the mortuary until the time of burial.
1942: Phoenix Evening Gazette: 9 Feb 1942
PIONEER MINING FIGURE DIES
MAGDALENA, SONORA, MEXICO.
Feb 9 – (AP) – A.M. Conard, 77, a figure prominently linked with mining development in northern Mexico for nearly half a century died at his home here Sunday morning following a bronchial congestion. Funeral services will be held in Nogales, Arizona, Wednesday.
A native of Oak Grove, Mo., Conard came to Arizona when he was 21 years old and engaged in mining around the Kingman areas for several years before moving to Nogales where he operated a soda and bottling works.
A few years later he engaged in Sonora mining with the old Hayes Consolidated Mining and Lumber Company, in the Pinito Mountains. Later he organized the Sonora Copper Company. Political uprisings in Sonora forced him to return to the United States in 1913. After residing in Los Angeles until 1935, he returned to the Alter district in Sonora to resume mining activities.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, Calif., a son, Albert Conard, Jr., of Nogales; two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, California."
1942: Feb 11 NOGALES HERALD:
SERVICE HELD FOR A.M. CONARD
Funeral services were held here at 2 o'clock for A.M. Conard, 77, at the Carroon Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Mons, Louis Duval of the Sacred Heart Church officiating.
Interment was made at the Nogales cemetery.
A native of Oak Grove, Missouri, Conard spent nearly half a century in mining and land development activities in the State of Sonora, Mexico. He came to Arizona when only 21 years old and later settled in Nogales for a few years, operating a soda and bottling works.
RETURN TO U.S.
Political uprisings forced him to return to the United States in 1913, but he returned in 1935. The years he spent in the United States were devoted to work on Mexican land.
He died Sunday morning from a bronchial congestion at his home in Magdalena, Sonora.
He is survived by his widow, a son, Albert of this city, a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, California, and two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, Calif."
1942: Feb 11 NOGALES HERALD (FRONT PAGE)
DEATH CALLS FOR A.M. CONARD
Prominent Sonora Mining Figure Succumbs In Magdalena, Son(ora)
A.M. Conard, 77, a figure prominently lined with mining and land development in Northern Mexico for nearly half a century, died at his home in Magdalena, Sonora, yesterday afternoon at 8:15 o'clock following a bronchial congestion.
Funeral services will be held here at 2 o"clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Nogales cemetery.
A native of Oak Grove, Missouri, where he was born in 1865, Conard came to California when he was nine years old and at the age of 21 moved to Kingman where he engaged in mining for several years.
In 1892, Conard moved to Nogales where he operated a soda and bottling works for a while before returning to his mining activities in Sonora with the old Hayes Consolidated Mining and Lumber Company in the Pinito Mountains region.
He married a member of a prominent Sonora family. Francisca Valencia of Guaymas and later organized the Sonora Copper Co., of which he was president.
RETURNS TO U.S.
Political uprisings in Sonora forced him to return to the United States in 1913, residing in Los Angeles until 1935 when he returned to the Altar district with his son, Albert, to resume mining activities. In Los Angeles he engaged in subdivision of Mexican lands.
Recently he was engaged in mining near Magdalena.
About a month ago he suffered a severe cold from which he never fully recovered.
His death removed another leading figure from the list of American pioneers who helped develop the Northern Mexico mining industry.
Surviving him are his widow, a son Albert Conard, Jr.,, of this city: a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, Calif., and two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland, and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, California.
The Caroon Mortuary is in charge of the funeral arrangements. The body will lie in state in the mortuary until the time of burial.
1942: Phoenix Evening Gazette: 9 Feb 1942
PIONEER MINING FIGURE DIES
MAGDALENA, SONORA, MEXICO.
Feb 9 – (AP) – A.M. Conard, 77, a figure prominently linked with mining development in northern Mexico for nearly half a century died at his home here Sunday morning following a bronchial congestion. Funeral services will be held in Nogales, Arizona, Wednesday.
A native of Oak Grove, Mo., Conard came to Arizona when he was 21 years old and engaged in mining around the Kingman areas for several years before moving to Nogales where he operated a soda and bottling works.
A few years later he engaged in Sonora mining with the old Hayes Consolidated Mining and Lumber Company, in the Pinito Mountains. Later he organized the Sonora Copper Company. Political uprisings in Sonora forced him to return to the United States in 1913. After residing in Los Angeles until 1935, he returned to the Alter district in Sonora to resume mining activities.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, Calif., a son, Albert Conard, Jr., of Nogales; two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, California."
1942: Feb 11 NOGALES HERALD:
SERVICE HELD FOR A.M. CONARD
Funeral services were held here at 2 o'clock for A.M. Conard, 77, at the Carroon Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Mons, Louis Duval of the Sacred Heart Church officiating.
Interment was made at the Nogales cemetery.
A native of Oak Grove, Missouri, Conard spent nearly half a century in mining and land development activities in the State of Sonora, Mexico. He came to Arizona when only 21 years old and later settled in Nogales for a few years, operating a soda and bottling works.
RETURN TO U.S.
Political uprisings forced him to return to the United States in 1913, but he returned in 1935. The years he spent in the United States were devoted to work on Mexican land.
He died Sunday morning from a bronchial congestion at his home in Magdalena, Sonora.
He is survived by his widow, a son, Albert of this city, a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, California, and two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, Calif."
DEATH CALLS FOR A.M. CONARD
Prominent Sonora Mining Figure Succumbs In Magdalena, Son(ora)
A.M. Conard, 77, a figure prominently lined with mining and land development in Northern Mexico for nearly half a century, died at his home in Magdalena, Sonora, yesterday afternoon at 8:15 o'clock following a bronchial congestion.
Funeral services will be held here at 2 o"clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Nogales cemetery.
A native of Oak Grove, Missouri, where he was born in 1865, Conard came to California when he was nine years old and at the age of 21 moved to Kingman where he engaged in mining for several years.
In 1892, Conard moved to Nogales where he operated a soda and bottling works for a while before returning to his mining activities in Sonora with the old Hayes Consolidated Mining and Lumber Company in the Pinito Mountains region.
He married a member of a prominent Sonora family. Francisca Valencia of Guaymas and later organized the Sonora Copper Co., of which he was president.
RETURNS TO U.S.
Political uprisings in Sonora forced him to return to the United States in 1913, residing in Los Angeles until 1935 when he returned to the Altar district with his son, Albert, to resume mining activities. In Los Angeles he engaged in subdivision of Mexican lands.
Recently he was engaged in mining near Magdalena.
About a month ago he suffered a severe cold from which he never fully recovered.
His death removed another leading figure from the list of American pioneers who helped develop the Northern Mexico mining industry.
Surviving him are his widow, a son Albert Conard, Jr.,, of this city: a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, Calif., and two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland, and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, California.
The Caroon Mortuary is in charge of the funeral arrangements. The body will lie in state in the mortuary until the time of burial.
1942: Phoenix Evening Gazette: 9 Feb 1942
PIONEER MINING FIGURE DIES
MAGDALENA, SONORA, MEXICO.
Feb 9 – (AP) – A.M. Conard, 77, a figure prominently linked with mining development in northern Mexico for nearly half a century died at his home here Sunday morning following a bronchial congestion. Funeral services will be held in Nogales, Arizona, Wednesday.
A native of Oak Grove, Mo., Conard came to Arizona when he was 21 years old and engaged in mining around the Kingman areas for several years before moving to Nogales where he operated a soda and bottling works.
A few years later he engaged in Sonora mining with the old Hayes Consolidated Mining and Lumber Company, in the Pinito Mountains. Later he organized the Sonora Copper Company. Political uprisings in Sonora forced him to return to the United States in 1913. After residing in Los Angeles until 1935, he returned to the Alter district in Sonora to resume mining activities.
He is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, Calif., a son, Albert Conard, Jr., of Nogales; two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, California."
1942: Feb 11 NOGALES HERALD:
SERVICE HELD FOR A.M. CONARD
Funeral services were held here at 2 o'clock for A.M. Conard, 77, at the Carroon Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Mons, Louis Duval of the Sacred Heart Church officiating.
Interment was made at the Nogales cemetery.
A native of Oak Grove, Missouri, Conard spent nearly half a century in mining and land development activities in the State of Sonora, Mexico. He came to Arizona when only 21 years old and later settled in Nogales for a few years, operating a soda and bottling works.
RETURN TO U.S.
Political uprisings forced him to return to the United States in 1913, but he returned in 1935. The years he spent in the United States were devoted to work on Mexican land.
He died Sunday morning from a bronchial congestion at his home in Magdalena, Sonora.
He is survived by his widow, a son, Albert of this city, a daughter, Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Oakland, California, and two brothers, Ebbie Conard of Oakland and A.H. Conard of Red Bluff, Calif."
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