Henry Schoshusen
28 Feb 1853 - 10 Oct 1919
bornGermany
diedTempe, Arizona, USA
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BiographyFreighter, farmer, and meat market owner.Came to Tempe in 1899.
Was a freighter in Territorial days, and continued to drive heavy cargoes of merchandise and machinery while running cattle and farming until the old-time teams were put out of business by the automobile. When a flood of the San Pedro River wiped out his
cattle and farm land near Mammoth, he moved to Florence, acquired another cattle ranch, opened a butcher shop in town, and did freighting on the side.
Lived at 507 E. 8th Street, Tempe in 1923.. Widow lived there in 1925, 1929, '31, '32.
OSB 49; OSB 50; OSB 66
Federal census, 1880, 1900
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Tempe CD, 1918, -23, '25, '29, '31, '32
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
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