Arlington Times, September 10, 1910
DEATH OF A. GIFFORD
While riding to Marysville in company with Loren Toles Tuesday evening, Sept. 6th, A. Gifford, a pioneer citizen of Arlington, died suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy. Passers-by assisted in taking the remains to a nearby building, Undertaker Moll bringing the body to the morgue later in the evening.
Funeral services were held from the opera house Thursday afternoon under Odd Fellow auspices, a large concourse being in attendance, including many out-of-town people, among them, Jas. Randall and Sam Furland, of Darrington, M. G. Conover, of Oso, Steve Saunders, Chas. Schaeffer, S. Wells and F. Smith, of Marysville, Robert Kinnear, Chas. Lowry and John Hamilton, of everett, and Wm. Whitfield of Snohomish.
The lodge service was read in and effective manner by A. J. Suttles and Judge Thacker, while a special choir composed of Messrs. John Wrange and Milo Robbins,and Mesdames Riley and Underwood, rendered touching music. Dr. Philip Graif of the Baptist church preached the funeral sermon, choosing for this text the words of St. James, "for what is your life?" It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time then vanisheth away." The address was exceedingly timely and appropriate, being filled, not only with messages of cheer but with weighty thoughts befitting the occasion.
The remains were followed to the grave by a long procession of Odd Fellows and friends, the pallbearers being: Sam Furland, Jas. Randall, Geo. Murphy, A. Butterworth, Wm. Quackenbush and C. L. Marsh. The remains were laid to rest beside those of his wife and were strewn with emblems of unfading memory.
Alfred Gifford was born in the town of Waterville, Maine, May 4th, 1846, of Quaker parents, and being of an energetic and enterprising disposition, he left his eastern home in 1865, at the early age of nineteen, and came by ship around the Horn to San Francisco, where he remained seven years, and then came to the little town of Snohomish in 1872, and the county of Snohomish has been his home ever since.
He was a laboring man and was in the employ of Ulmer Stinson,as teamster, curing the next ten years, performing his services faithfully and well. In 1882 he engaged in the logging business on the Pilchuck, near Snohomish.
In 1883 he married Mrs. Mary A. Conniff, at the town of Snohomish, where their daughter, Mrs. Cassie Gifford Thompson, was born. In 1887 he located on the present site of Arlington, having purchased a relinquished for the land upon which a part of our city now stands. By industry and thrift he accumulated considerable property, possessed a happy home, and was surrounded by many friends who admired and loved him; but during the hard times following the Cleveland administration, like the majority of those engaged in the logging and mill business at that time, he failed, losing nearly everything he possessed.
Hoping to retrieve his financial losses, in 1897 he joined the ranks of the gold seekers, and went to Alaska, but like thousands of others his efforts were a failure, and at the end of two years of toil and exposure, he returned to find his wife dead and the home he loved so well broken up. Those who knew him best, had known him from early manhood, and been with him through the strenuous years of struggle and hard toil of this then backwoods, country, knew how to sympathize with him then, and mourn his loss today, as people always mourn the death of a true and noble nature, and they are unanimous in paying tribute to his many acts of charity, for he never failed to respond to the cry of distress.
His early training and education was more than the ordinary, which his bearing and language clearly indicated. And all the years spent in the tough toil of the woods and camps could not conceal his fine personality and gentlemanly demeanor. He was one of the most industrious of men. As a husband, ever loving and kind as a father tender and solicitous. Said Christ of the industrious, "They have chosen the good part and it shall not be taken away from them."
Over a year ago he had a paralytic stroke from which he never recovered, and his death had long been expected; but occurring suddenly, as it did, it came as a shock and poignant sorrow to his family and the wide circle of friends which his companionable nature and gentlemanly qualities had bound to him with a tie that death cannot sever.
DEATH OF A. GIFFORD
While riding to Marysville in company with Loren Toles Tuesday evening, Sept. 6th, A. Gifford, a pioneer citizen of Arlington, died suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy. Passers-by assisted in taking the remains to a nearby building, Undertaker Moll bringing the body to the morgue later in the evening.
Funeral services were held from the opera house Thursday afternoon under Odd Fellow auspices, a large concourse being in attendance, including many out-of-town people, among them, Jas. Randall and Sam Furland, of Darrington, M. G. Conover, of Oso, Steve Saunders, Chas. Schaeffer, S. Wells and F. Smith, of Marysville, Robert Kinnear, Chas. Lowry and John Hamilton, of everett, and Wm. Whitfield of Snohomish.
The lodge service was read in and effective manner by A. J. Suttles and Judge Thacker, while a special choir composed of Messrs. John Wrange and Milo Robbins,and Mesdames Riley and Underwood, rendered touching music. Dr. Philip Graif of the Baptist church preached the funeral sermon, choosing for this text the words of St. James, "for what is your life?" It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time then vanisheth away." The address was exceedingly timely and appropriate, being filled, not only with messages of cheer but with weighty thoughts befitting the occasion.
The remains were followed to the grave by a long procession of Odd Fellows and friends, the pallbearers being: Sam Furland, Jas. Randall, Geo. Murphy, A. Butterworth, Wm. Quackenbush and C. L. Marsh. The remains were laid to rest beside those of his wife and were strewn with emblems of unfading memory.
Alfred Gifford was born in the town of Waterville, Maine, May 4th, 1846, of Quaker parents, and being of an energetic and enterprising disposition, he left his eastern home in 1865, at the early age of nineteen, and came by ship around the Horn to San Francisco, where he remained seven years, and then came to the little town of Snohomish in 1872, and the county of Snohomish has been his home ever since.
He was a laboring man and was in the employ of Ulmer Stinson,as teamster, curing the next ten years, performing his services faithfully and well. In 1882 he engaged in the logging business on the Pilchuck, near Snohomish.
In 1883 he married Mrs. Mary A. Conniff, at the town of Snohomish, where their daughter, Mrs. Cassie Gifford Thompson, was born. In 1887 he located on the present site of Arlington, having purchased a relinquished for the land upon which a part of our city now stands. By industry and thrift he accumulated considerable property, possessed a happy home, and was surrounded by many friends who admired and loved him; but during the hard times following the Cleveland administration, like the majority of those engaged in the logging and mill business at that time, he failed, losing nearly everything he possessed.
Hoping to retrieve his financial losses, in 1897 he joined the ranks of the gold seekers, and went to Alaska, but like thousands of others his efforts were a failure, and at the end of two years of toil and exposure, he returned to find his wife dead and the home he loved so well broken up. Those who knew him best, had known him from early manhood, and been with him through the strenuous years of struggle and hard toil of this then backwoods, country, knew how to sympathize with him then, and mourn his loss today, as people always mourn the death of a true and noble nature, and they are unanimous in paying tribute to his many acts of charity, for he never failed to respond to the cry of distress.
His early training and education was more than the ordinary, which his bearing and language clearly indicated. And all the years spent in the tough toil of the woods and camps could not conceal his fine personality and gentlemanly demeanor. He was one of the most industrious of men. As a husband, ever loving and kind as a father tender and solicitous. Said Christ of the industrious, "They have chosen the good part and it shall not be taken away from them."
Over a year ago he had a paralytic stroke from which he never recovered, and his death had long been expected; but occurring suddenly, as it did, it came as a shock and poignant sorrow to his family and the wide circle of friends which his companionable nature and gentlemanly qualities had bound to him with a tie that death cannot sever.
Arlington Times, September 10, 1910
DEATH OF A. GIFFORD
While riding to Marysville in company with Loren Toles Tuesday evening, Sept. 6th, A. Gifford, a pioneer citizen of Arlington, died suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy. Passers-by assisted in taking the remains to a nearby building, Undertaker Moll bringing the body to the morgue later in the evening.
Funeral services were held from the opera house Thursday afternoon under Odd Fellow auspices, a large concourse being in attendance, including many out-of-town people, among them, Jas. Randall and Sam Furland, of Darrington, M. G. Conover, of Oso, Steve Saunders, Chas. Schaeffer, S. Wells and F. Smith, of Marysville, Robert Kinnear, Chas. Lowry and John Hamilton, of everett, and Wm. Whitfield of Snohomish.
The lodge service was read in and effective manner by A. J. Suttles and Judge Thacker, while a special choir composed of Messrs. John Wrange and Milo Robbins,and Mesdames Riley and Underwood, rendered touching music. Dr. Philip Graif of the Baptist church preached the funeral sermon, choosing for this text the words of St. James, "for what is your life?" It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time then vanisheth away." The address was exceedingly timely and appropriate, being filled, not only with messages of cheer but with weighty thoughts befitting the occasion.
The remains were followed to the grave by a long procession of Odd Fellows and friends, the pallbearers being: Sam Furland, Jas. Randall, Geo. Murphy, A. Butterworth, Wm. Quackenbush and C. L. Marsh. The remains were laid to rest beside those of his wife and were strewn with emblems of unfading memory.
Alfred Gifford was born in the town of Waterville, Maine, May 4th, 1846, of Quaker parents, and being of an energetic and enterprising disposition, he left his eastern home in 1865, at the early age of nineteen, and came by ship around the Horn to San Francisco, where he remained seven years, and then came to the little town of Snohomish in 1872, and the county of Snohomish has been his home ever since.
He was a laboring man and was in the employ of Ulmer Stinson,as teamster, curing the next ten years, performing his services faithfully and well. In 1882 he engaged in the logging business on the Pilchuck, near Snohomish.
In 1883 he married Mrs. Mary A. Conniff, at the town of Snohomish, where their daughter, Mrs. Cassie Gifford Thompson, was born. In 1887 he located on the present site of Arlington, having purchased a relinquished for the land upon which a part of our city now stands. By industry and thrift he accumulated considerable property, possessed a happy home, and was surrounded by many friends who admired and loved him; but during the hard times following the Cleveland administration, like the majority of those engaged in the logging and mill business at that time, he failed, losing nearly everything he possessed.
Hoping to retrieve his financial losses, in 1897 he joined the ranks of the gold seekers, and went to Alaska, but like thousands of others his efforts were a failure, and at the end of two years of toil and exposure, he returned to find his wife dead and the home he loved so well broken up. Those who knew him best, had known him from early manhood, and been with him through the strenuous years of struggle and hard toil of this then backwoods, country, knew how to sympathize with him then, and mourn his loss today, as people always mourn the death of a true and noble nature, and they are unanimous in paying tribute to his many acts of charity, for he never failed to respond to the cry of distress.
His early training and education was more than the ordinary, which his bearing and language clearly indicated. And all the years spent in the tough toil of the woods and camps could not conceal his fine personality and gentlemanly demeanor. He was one of the most industrious of men. As a husband, ever loving and kind as a father tender and solicitous. Said Christ of the industrious, "They have chosen the good part and it shall not be taken away from them."
Over a year ago he had a paralytic stroke from which he never recovered, and his death had long been expected; but occurring suddenly, as it did, it came as a shock and poignant sorrow to his family and the wide circle of friends which his companionable nature and gentlemanly qualities had bound to him with a tie that death cannot sever.
DEATH OF A. GIFFORD
While riding to Marysville in company with Loren Toles Tuesday evening, Sept. 6th, A. Gifford, a pioneer citizen of Arlington, died suddenly from a stroke of apoplexy. Passers-by assisted in taking the remains to a nearby building, Undertaker Moll bringing the body to the morgue later in the evening.
Funeral services were held from the opera house Thursday afternoon under Odd Fellow auspices, a large concourse being in attendance, including many out-of-town people, among them, Jas. Randall and Sam Furland, of Darrington, M. G. Conover, of Oso, Steve Saunders, Chas. Schaeffer, S. Wells and F. Smith, of Marysville, Robert Kinnear, Chas. Lowry and John Hamilton, of everett, and Wm. Whitfield of Snohomish.
The lodge service was read in and effective manner by A. J. Suttles and Judge Thacker, while a special choir composed of Messrs. John Wrange and Milo Robbins,and Mesdames Riley and Underwood, rendered touching music. Dr. Philip Graif of the Baptist church preached the funeral sermon, choosing for this text the words of St. James, "for what is your life?" It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time then vanisheth away." The address was exceedingly timely and appropriate, being filled, not only with messages of cheer but with weighty thoughts befitting the occasion.
The remains were followed to the grave by a long procession of Odd Fellows and friends, the pallbearers being: Sam Furland, Jas. Randall, Geo. Murphy, A. Butterworth, Wm. Quackenbush and C. L. Marsh. The remains were laid to rest beside those of his wife and were strewn with emblems of unfading memory.
Alfred Gifford was born in the town of Waterville, Maine, May 4th, 1846, of Quaker parents, and being of an energetic and enterprising disposition, he left his eastern home in 1865, at the early age of nineteen, and came by ship around the Horn to San Francisco, where he remained seven years, and then came to the little town of Snohomish in 1872, and the county of Snohomish has been his home ever since.
He was a laboring man and was in the employ of Ulmer Stinson,as teamster, curing the next ten years, performing his services faithfully and well. In 1882 he engaged in the logging business on the Pilchuck, near Snohomish.
In 1883 he married Mrs. Mary A. Conniff, at the town of Snohomish, where their daughter, Mrs. Cassie Gifford Thompson, was born. In 1887 he located on the present site of Arlington, having purchased a relinquished for the land upon which a part of our city now stands. By industry and thrift he accumulated considerable property, possessed a happy home, and was surrounded by many friends who admired and loved him; but during the hard times following the Cleveland administration, like the majority of those engaged in the logging and mill business at that time, he failed, losing nearly everything he possessed.
Hoping to retrieve his financial losses, in 1897 he joined the ranks of the gold seekers, and went to Alaska, but like thousands of others his efforts were a failure, and at the end of two years of toil and exposure, he returned to find his wife dead and the home he loved so well broken up. Those who knew him best, had known him from early manhood, and been with him through the strenuous years of struggle and hard toil of this then backwoods, country, knew how to sympathize with him then, and mourn his loss today, as people always mourn the death of a true and noble nature, and they are unanimous in paying tribute to his many acts of charity, for he never failed to respond to the cry of distress.
His early training and education was more than the ordinary, which his bearing and language clearly indicated. And all the years spent in the tough toil of the woods and camps could not conceal his fine personality and gentlemanly demeanor. He was one of the most industrious of men. As a husband, ever loving and kind as a father tender and solicitous. Said Christ of the industrious, "They have chosen the good part and it shall not be taken away from them."
Over a year ago he had a paralytic stroke from which he never recovered, and his death had long been expected; but occurring suddenly, as it did, it came as a shock and poignant sorrow to his family and the wide circle of friends which his companionable nature and gentlemanly qualities had bound to him with a tie that death cannot sever.
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