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the brand was the 7H. Referred to as the H's. |
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Men known to have worked for the San Simon Cattle and Canal Co. at the turn of the 20th century. 7H Wagon Bosses or Managers Blevins, Timothy - 1903 - 1908 Cochran, Oscar - 1898, 1902 Duncan, John - 1891. Letter from J. W. Walker to Chas. Chenowth in 1944 states that when he arrived "John Duncan was running the San Simon". Scott White may have been wagon boss part of year. Reminiscence of Ailman states so. Duncan, J. W.- 1889. His name at top of list, and was foreman in 1891, though Jess Henley also on payroll in 1889 Henley, Jess - 1887. Though he drew only $30 like the others, was the only hand to work all year. He may have been earlier too. Henley, Jess - 1890, 1900, 1901, 1903 - through the summer. Lucy, B. C. - 1897. Paid $40 'til Dec. when went back to $30 and Cochran took over. Stratton, G. W. - 1888, "Dec. 17th '87 --- took charge of ranch". Lucy, B. C. - 1897. Paid $40 'til Dec. when went back to $30 and Cochran took over. Wheeler, Joseph J. - 1909 or 1920. 1918 entry says he earned "12 mos. @ $100". When Parramore pulled out of Arizona because of the onrush of homesteaders, Joe Wheeler bought the brand and the remnant herd and moved them to his place on the Natural Tank near the mouth of Skeleton Canyon. 7H Cowboys Allen, J. T. -1889 Anderson, John - 1898 Anderson, Tom - 1895 an alias of Bob Christian, Blackjack's bro. anon. - "2 Mexicans, fence crew" -1898 Bassett, Jack - 1888 Baxter, T. E. - 1889 Bell, Young - 1900 -1902 Bennett, Jim - 1898 Bex, Henry - 1920 Bickford, M. - 1897, blacksmithing in 1898 Birchfield, Walter ‚ 1887 Blevins, Joseph -1910 [kin to Tim?] Blevins, Timothy P.-wagon boss ca. 1903 -1908 Bolin, Frank - 1919 Boschke, Guy - 1897 Boyd, Ephraham - 1900 Bradford, Bill - 1919 [hay crew] Britton, Ferd -1896, 1902 Bruin, J. W. - 1889 Bull, Dexter -1918 [relationship to John?] cousin Bullard, William "Bill" - 1900 Burns, G. W.- 1889 Burns, James 1887 Burgan, H. H. - 1888 Caldwell, Joe - 1888 Calionette, Dan - 1920 Capehart, Tom - 1894 or 1895 [possibly an alias for Harvey Logan] Case, Sam - 1902 Cator, Eugene - 1889 Chancellor, James - 1900 Chenowth, Charles - 1897-8 Chenowth, Howard - 1897 Chenowth, John Augustus "Gus" -1887 [hired w/team for plowing] Chesser, Walter - 1898 Clark, Ben -1889 Clark, G. L. -1887 Click, Betram H. "Bert" -1918-1920 Click, Charley -1919 [hay crew, Bert's uncle] Cochran, Bob -1887 Cochran, Oscar W. , wagon boss -1898 -1902 [maybe thru 1909] Collins, John -1897 Corbin, Philip - 1898 Cornforth, Harold -1919 [hay crew] Cox, Alonzo - 1898 Cox, Thomas M.- 1910 Craig, Jim - 1898 Crockett, Wilce "Davey" - 1896 -1900 Cullin [or Cullen], Ed -1897, cook [killed at Steins holdup] Cunningham, Ben - 1889 Danley, John L. - 1919 Daugherty, Louis - 1889 Davis, Gould - 1889, 1910 Davis, Joe - 1898 Davis, R. T. - 1897 Decataur, Eugene - 1898 DeLong, William "Bill" - 1887, 1889 Dennis, Joe "Sandy"-1898 Dewey, Charles - 1902 Dickson, John William "Billy", or "Shorty" - after 1918 Dillard, Thomas - 1889 Dobson, E. C. -1919 -1920 Duncan, Bob - 1897 Duncan, John W. - 1886, wagon boss 1891, at Horse Camp 1894 Driskel, Lee -1888 Eaton, Frank - 1920. killed by lightening Edwards, Edgar - 1920 Edwards, F. E. - 1897 Elliott, John W.- 1900 English, Herb - 1897 Epley, John - 1898 Evans, George W. - 1888 -1889 Flores, Clabe W. - 1889 Franklin, George - 1910 Franklin, Sci [Si?] - 1888 Franks, ? - Freeman, D. - 1889 [special contract, range detective?] Gardner, Tom -1889, windmiller Gee, Fletch B. - 1898 Gibson, Jim - 1897 Gooch, Charley - 1920 Good, Charles - 1897 Graves, R. P. - 1897 Haas, John - 1898 Harris, John A - 1889 Hazelwood, G. W. - 1889 Hennessey, Wiliam L. "Billy" - 1896 -1808, 1902 Henley, Jesse, N. - 1886 -1902, & before? Foreman most of that time. Hill, Henry - 1900, windmiller Hillers, O. H. - 1919 Hodge, Bob - 1902 Hoch, Albert - 1997-98, 1900 -1902, windmiller Hoffman, Walter 1897, alias Hovey, or Fatty Ryan Holland, Ed - 1888-89, shown as "Howell" in 1888 Hutchins, Bee - 1902 James, Ray - 1919, hay crew James, William "Bill" - 1919 Jones, J. N. - 1889, contract well-digger, fencer Jones, Ed - 1898 Jordan, J. D. - 1902, also sp. "Jerdon", pronounced that way Keith, Jim - 1902 Ketcham, Marton - 1897 Kimmich, Ed - 1889 King, W. A. - 1889 Lacy, Frank - early 'teens Lambert, Jim - 1920 Lassiter, Jack - Lawhon, Joel H.- horsebreaker, ca.1900 Lawrence, William -1889 Lemmons, Ed - 1910 Lemmons, John A. - 1910, Ed's bro. Lewis, Joe S. "Coots" -nephew of Parramore Lieseman, George -1897 Leith, W. T. - 1919 Logan, Bob - 1889 Lucy, B. C, - 1897-98 Lundgren, Rag - 1887, 1897-98, also sp. "Lumgren", "Londgreen" McCabe, Jim - 1889 McCarty, Edward W. "Will" - 1902 McCauley, John - 1900 , McGinty, Robert McKenzie, Dan - 1889 McNarie, [for McNary?] - 1889 Maddox, Holmes - 1896 -1901, had worked for JHP in Texas Maloney, Sam F. "Jack" - 1902 -1907, cook some of that time. Jack Maloney was Sam'sbrother Martyr, J. Robert "Bob" - ca. 1909 Mauser, Lawrence - 1910 Mentins, Neal - 1897-98 Merchant, Lige - 1890's, son of Clabe Merchant, Will - 1890's, son of Clabe Miller, Gail - 1910 Miller, Sam - 1920, bro-in-law to Joe Wheeler Mitchell, Rudolph W. - 1897-98 Montgomery, George - 1897 Morris, William - 1888 Munchus, J. W. - 1888 Munnie, Tom - 1897 Negiller[?], John - 1889, "sent out by Merchant" Noland, Albert F. - after 1909 Noland, Martin "Bear" - after 1909 Oglesby, William -1887 Overton, George - 1898, Owens, Tom 1889 Page, Robert - 1902, misspelling of "Pague?" Parks, Charley - 1897 Parramore, Dock Dilworth - from ca. 1900 intermittently to 1920 Parramore, W. W. - 1919 Patterson, A. F. - 1920 Peary, Ben - 1898 Pearse, [Pierce or Pearce?], Frank - 1897 Perkins, John - 1897-98, paid extra for "brakin horses" Phillips, George - 1898 Poteet, Francis - 1910. died from flu 1918, buried on my ranch (fin) Pruitee, Joseph D. "Dad"- 1889 Quarells, Louis - 1888 Quinn, W. W. - 1888-89, 1897 Ray, Frank - 1897 Read, Theodore - 1919 Reed, Henry - 1898, fence crew Reed, Walter -1905, 1906 or 1907 Robertson, A. H. - 1920 Roberson, Dickie - 1920 Rose, Denies [Dennis?] - 1897 Sanders, Jeff - 1888 Sanders, P. W. "Pug" - ca. 1910 Sanford, Frank- ca.1902 Scarborough, Ed - 1897 Scarborough, George - 1897 Schran, Walter - 1902 Shahan, 0scar - 1920 Shepherd, Harry A. - 1888-89, 1897 Shugart, Walter "Bill" - 1898, 1900, 1902, ca.1910 Smith, J. C. - 1889 Spartin, Bob - 1897 Speed, Fred - 1898 Steel, John - 1897-1898 Steen, J. H. - 1919 Stickles, Will - 1902 Stone, J. P. - 1920 Stratton, G. W. - "Dec. 17th, 1887 took charge of the ranch" [?] Stratton, Tom - 1888 Suggs, W. M. - 1888-89, shot returning from raid on Morman Colonias Surrell [for Sorrell?], Frank - 1919, hay crew Swinderman, John - 1897 Taylor, Hugh - 1887-89 Taylor, Joe - 1897 Taylor, Steve - 1902 Thomas, A. M. - 1919 [hay hand] Thomson, Lee - 1920 Upsher [Upshaw?], Ed - 1902 Upsher, George - 1902 Vinredge, John - 1898, fence crew, also known as Vinadge, or Cush Walker, George W. - 1887, 1896, 1910 Walker, Joe - 1887 [bro. of GWW] Walker, J. W. "Hugh" - 1891, 1897-98 Walker, Tump - 1902 [may be any of the other Walkers] Walker, Solon - 1889 Wallace, James A.- 1900 Wallus [for Wallace?], Tex - 1920, hay hand Washburn, R. S. - 1918, blacksmithing Welch, Wiley - 1902 Wells, Ed -1889 Wheeler, Joseph J. "Joe" or "Jodie" - 1909-1920, wagon boss Wheeler, W. G. "Gus" - 1919 -1920, Joe's bro. White, Judson "Comanche" - 1888-89 White, Scott - in the 1890s Williams, Ed - ca. 1897, alias of "Blackjack" Christian Willow, Joe - early 'teens Wilson, Jesse -1920 Winn, Sam - 1898 Wisnon, Gus - 1902 Woulf, Bill - 1897 Wright, John - 1897 NOTE: Square brackets - these words/phases were added as comments of Fin Richards, who knew them or knew of them. |
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