Andrew Jackson Halbert
2 Jul 1842 - ABT 1906
diedTucson, Arizona, USA
bornKentucky, USA
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BiographyRancher.Came to Tempe in 1879.
During the Civil War, he was a volunteer in the Confederate Army and served in Johnson's Regiment. He was wounded at Shiloh on
7 April 1862. After the war he moved to Bakersfield, California, where he raised cattle and served as sheriff.
When he moved to Tempe, he brought in horses from the Palo Alto horse farms near San Francisco, and raised some of the first fine trotters and saddle horses brought into the Salt River Valley. He was elected to a number of offices in Maricopa County, including recorder, sheriff, and supervisor, and also served on the school board. He helped raise money to buy land for the Teachers College in Tempe and held positions in Tempe as zanjero and postmaster. Was a member of the survey party that identified potential dam sites on the upper Salt River, c1889. He was a member of Silver Star and the Odd Fellows Lodge.
Lived on 6th Street, between Forest and Willow (College).
Maricopa Great Register, 1882
BIO-Miller
BIO-Miller, Winchester
Old Settlers Collection, THM
Tempe CD, 1892
Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe
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