A. M. Given Dead

Ex-sheriff A. M. Given died suddenly at Big Pine Tuesday afternoon.  
His health had been poor for months, but it was not supposed to be 
in such critical state.  Locomotor ataxia and dropsy were the 
causes of his unexpected death.  The funeral occurred from the Big 
Pine Methodist church Wednesday afternoon.  Rev. J. F. Price gave 
a brief sermon, and the Masons then too charge and conducted the 
interment at the cemetery with the rites of the craft.  Mr. Given 
was a member of Winnedumah Lodge, No. 287, of this place.

Arthur M. Given was a native of Iowa and a graduate of that State 
university.  His first acquaintanceship of Inyoites dates from his 
advent into Candelaria, where he and W. A. Ingalls were merchant 
partners thirty years ago.  He succeeded S. G. Sneden in business 
here, remaining until his election as Sheriff of Inyo County in 
1895.  He was re-elected four years later.  At the expiration of 
his term he moved from Independence to Big Pine, purchasing and 
subdividing a valuable property there.  In the last few years most 
of his time has been spent in Los Angeles and San Diego, from 
whence he returned this summer.

Probably no better accountant than Mr. Given has ever been in the 
country.  In more general lines, he had more than ordinary ability, 
his college training being supplemented by special study along 
chosen lines.  His personality and qualities won many friends from 
the time he first became acquainted here, and that he should have 
failed physically in recent years has been a matter of much regret, 
as is his death.

He leaves a son, Paul, who lives in Bishop with his mother, Mrs. 
Lena T. Given.

His mother, aged 81 years, is still living in Iowa.  A brother is 
in British Columbia, two sisters are in Iowa, and another sister 
is the wife of Consul-General Swalm, representing the United 
States commercial interests in Uruguay.  This sister was the first 
woman editor in Iowa, and her husband was for years the editor of 
the Des  Moines Times.

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, October 28, 1909 

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo GenWeb, July 10, 2004