Joseph Lefebvre
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913

Joseph Lefebvre, a well known business man of Pirtleville, 
has passed the greater part of his life in Cochise County, 
although he is a native of California, his birth occurring 
in San Francisco in 1872.  The family removed to Arizona in 
1886, locating in Tucson, where the father established a 
bakery and laundry, which he conducted with good success 
for more than twenty years.  In 1909 he disposed of his 
business and lived retired until his death.  For two years 
after his retirement he lived in Paris France but returned 
to America on the 29th of September 1912 and made his home 
with our subject in Douglas until he passed away on December 
29th of that year.  He is survived by his wife who is seventy 
three years old and maker her home with her son Joseph, whose 
twin brother Henry is a foreman in the C & A Smelter in Douglas.  
They are the only children.

The education of Joseph Lefebvre was acquired in the public 
schools of his native city, where he passed the first 
fourteen years of his life.  He remained at home until he 
was eighteen and then started out for himself.  He began 
his business career as a laborer with a railroad construction 
crew but applied himself to his work with diligence and 
intelligence that won the recognition of his superiors.  
He was promoted from time to time until he became foreman 
in which capacity he served the El Paso and Southwestern 
Railroad for seven years and was identified with the CA 
Smelter Company for a similar period.  In 1910 he 
established a general mercantile store at Pirtleville, 
a suburb of Douglas, under the name of Joe Lefebvre and 
Son.  Disposing of his store in 1913, he is now engaged 
in building flats for rent.  He has acquired extensive 
mining interests in Mexico and some property in Cochise 
County, including his beautiful residence on Pirtle 
Avenue and is numbered among the substantial citizens of 
Douglas.

In 1893 Mr. Lefebvre married Miss R. Gallardo who was born 
and reared in Tucson, as were also her parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Benjamin Gallardo, of whose marriage there was born 
another daughter, Frances, the wife of A. Moscoso, of Los 
Angeles.  Mr. and Mrs. Lefebvre have four children: Charley, 
born August 2, 1895; Josephine, born November 11, 1900; 
Ernest, Born June 1906 and Albert born May 16, 1912.




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