Joe Ah Jow
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Joe Ah Jow (birth date and death unknow) was born in China.
He was enrolled in the Prescott, Arizona Sunday school of W.T. Otis who taught English to his Chinese students at the Prescott Congregational Church. Joe later became a caterer, restaurant owner and Arizona's first naturalized Chinese citizen. He was the Proprietor of the Chop House, next to Cob Hall on Montezuma Street, Prescott, in 1891. It was reported in March, 1899 that he had again taken the reins of the Kastner Hotel restaurant in his hands, "a guranteee that service and eatables will be first class".
Joe, who was well-known in Prescott and had resided here for several years, returned to Prescott in January, 1899 from a visit of a year or more in China.
He filed his certificate of citizenship in December, 1899.
Joe Ah Jow returned to China permanently in 1919.
Handwriting on photograph reads: "Joe Ah Jow kept a restaurant in back of Pete Kastners in early Prescott". Joe Ah Jow Restaurant, Prescott, Arizona is stamped on back of photograph.
Sources: Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner 8-26-1891, 9-2-1891, 1-4-1899, 3-22-1899, 12-20-1899; Weekly Journal Miner 6-19-1912; Sharlot Hall Museum Days Past "The Chinese in Territorial Prescott" 2-27-1999.
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