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Rhode Island Jew Is Dead At His Ranch John F. Ashworth, better known as "The Rhode Island Jew," Happy Jack, Little, Jack, a dry farmer of the Sulphur Springs valley near the Fort Huachuca turn-off on the Hereford-Ramsey Canyon road died at his home early today as a result of infirmities caused by his advanced age of 72years. Little Jack was a man of more or less mystery in Arizona, not because of anything in his life that he attempted to conceal but because of the lonesome life which he led on his ranch. He had been a resident of Arizona for the past 25 years, miner, storekeeper in Ramsey Canyon when the Hamburg, mines were booming, later catering to dance crowds at the Berner resort and more recently conducting a general merchandise store, at the crossroads where many a smile was forced by a sign on his store which read: "Dry Farmers' Babies Nursed While You Wait'. Ashworth last week went to Tombstone and made arrangements for disposition at his property and otherwise completed the business which would make the closing up of his estate an easy matter. He is survived by two nieces in the east. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, and burial will be on his ranch, under direction of the Palace Undertaking Company, as requested by himself before death. Obituary supplied by Ed Francis, local historian. Also provided is the information that Jack was born in England and came to the States in 1873. He reported a height of 5 feet 1 inch and weight of 123. |
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Rhode Island Jew Is Dead At His Ranch John F. Ashworth, better known as "The Rhode Island Jew," Happy Jack, Little, Jack, a dry farmer of the Sulphur Springs valley near the Fort Huachuca turn-off on the Hereford-Ramsey Canyon road died at his home early today as a result of infirmities caused by his advanced age of 72years. Little Jack was a man of more or less mystery in Arizona, not because of anything in his life that he attempted to conceal but because of the lonesome life which he led on his ranch. He had been a resident of Arizona for the past 25 years, miner, storekeeper in Ramsey Canyon when the Hamburg, mines were booming, later catering to dance crowds at the Berner resort and more recently conducting a general merchandise store, at the crossroads where many a smile was forced by a sign on his store which read: "Dry Farmers' Babies Nursed While You Wait'. Ashworth last week went to Tombstone and made arrangements for disposition at his property and otherwise completed the business which would make the closing up of his estate an easy matter. He is survived by two nieces in the east. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, and burial will be on his ranch, under direction of the Palace Undertaking Company, as requested by himself before death. Obituary supplied by Ed Francis, local historian. Also provided is the information that Jack was born in England and came to the States in 1873. He reported a height of 5 feet 1 inch and weight of 123. |
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