Clark Churchill

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Clark Churchill (born June 17, 1836 in Tioga County , Pennsylvania , † April 4, 1896 in Phoenix , Arizona Territory ) was an American lawyer , officer , landowner, businessman and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

Clark Churchill, son of Elizabeth Butler and Dr. Charles Churchill (* 1802) was born in Pennsylvania. Both of his parents were born New Yorkers . His childhood was overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . Churchill moved to the west coast of the United States in his youth . There he settled in San Francisco ( California ). He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1862 and subsequently practiced in San Francisco. In the early insistence of some of the most prominent citizens in California, he then went to Virginia City ( Nevada ) to where their large stakes concerning the ore deposit Comstock Lode responsible. In the following three years he campaigned for the concerns of these clients. During this time he married Margaretha Schmidt († 1890) on October 12, 1864. The marriage remained childless. Because of his notoriety in Virginia City, he was elected City Attorney in 1865 and 1866 . Churchill traveled through the Arizona Territory in 1877. He recognized the great potential for business and therefore decided to settle there permanently. He moved to Prescott ( Yavapai County ). Between 1884 and 1885, he led an unsuccessful legal battle against James Reavis as one of the important landowners in the Territory . Churchill pursued a military career in addition to his legal and business ambitions. Depending on the source, he held the rank of colonel or general . In the fall of 1880 he was appointed Adjutant General of the Arizona Territory - a post he held until April 30, 1883. Churchill then held the post of Attorney General of the Arizona Territory from 1883 to 1887 and from 1889 to 1891 . During that time he was President and Executive Officer of the Arizona Canal Company from 1882 to 1887 . Churchill moved from Prescott to Phoenix between 1887 and 1889. On a business trip to Phoenix in 1880, he was so impressed by the abundance of resources and fertility of the soil in the Salt River Valley that he decided to relocate there. Therefore, he drove the development of the area. In this context, the Churchill addition should be mentioned, which is now part of Phoenix. Churchill had a property built there, which at that time was one of the most magnificent and expensive in the west. After his death in Phoenix in 1896, he was buried there in Masons Cemetery .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Clark Churchill in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 17, 2016 (English). (Note: year of death that differs from the death certificate attached there)
  2. ↑ Polishing the Jewel: The "Arizona Republic" and the Growth and Development of Phoenix, 1920-1958 , ProQuest, 2009, ISBN 9781109193978 , p. 31
  3. ^ Margaretha Churchill in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved April 17, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ Marinacci, Michael: James Reavis (1843-1914) - The Man Who Stole Arizona , 1997
  5. ↑ a b Clark Churchill on the Adjutants General of Arizona website (with photo by Clark Churchill)
  6. ^ A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona , McFarland & Poole, 1896, p. 573
  7. ^ Journals of the eleventh Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona , Volume 11, 1881, p. 11
  8. ^ Laws of the Territory of Arizona - Twelfth Legislative Assebly - Also Memorials and Resolutions , 1883, p. 11
  9. ^ A b Journals of the thirteenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona , Volume 13, 1885, p. 11
  10. ^ A b Journals of the fifteenth Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona , Volume 15, 1889, p. 11
  11. ^ Opinions of the Attorney General , State of Arizona, Department of Law, 1956
  12. ^ Opinions and Report of the Attorney General , Department of Law, 1971
personal data
SURNAME Churchill, Clark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, officer, landowner, businessman, and politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Tioga County , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1896
Place of death Phoenix , Arizona Territory