BLACK CANYON CITY MEMORIAL CEMETERY, Yavapai County, Arizona Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by Donna Carpenter & Roger Johnson< RoxNGems@aol.com > Location: Black Canyon City is located in the southern tip of Yavapai County in the Bradshaw Foothills, 26 miles north of the Phoenix City limits on Interstate 17. Take exit 242 and go left over the bridge. Turn right at the stop sign. Go approximately 1/4 mile and turn left. There is a road sign just before the turn. This cemetery is locked and, as always, please gain permission to enter. Local History Elevation: 2,000 feet. Climate: Summers are often over 100 degrees. Winters are mild. Population: 4,000 approximately. Black Canyon City Historical Names: King WOOLSEY, Jack SWILLINGS, Charles GODDARD, D. J. ALBINS, Ben WARNER, Jeff MARTIN The community has been known by several names: Agua Fria District, Goddard, Canon, Rock Springs, Black Canyon and present day Black Canyon City. References to Rock Springs by the military have been found dating back to the 1860's when cavalry troops stopped at this popular watering spot while traveling to Fort Whipple and Fort Verde during Territorial days. The canyons are natural passes through and to the upper plateaus and mountains. The Woolsey Trail in Black Canyon was named after KING WOOLSEY, an early settler who is credited with bringing in the first wagon in the mid 1860's. However, the best known trail became the Black Canyon wagon road and stage line. As early as 1872, a stage stop on the Agua Fria River and JACK SWILLINGS Ranch served the area. Stagecoach service between Phoenix and Prescott continued until 1917, much later than most other areas. The stage coach stop still stands. Stage stop owner CHARLES GODDARD, was appointed the area's first Postmaster in 1894 at his place on the southeast bank of the Agua Fria River. The Agua Fria Canon School was established in 1898. A few of the early day students still reside in Black Canyon City. Early documents and interviews with old timers verify that farming began in approximately 1872 by JACK SWILLING (who grew vegetables) and JEFF MARTIN (who grew alfalfa and vegetables). From 1931 until the late 50's, D.J. ALBINS raised a variety of crops including cotton, celery, maize and commercial flowers. Cattlemen frequently camped in Black Canyon City from 1912 to the 1930's while driving cattle down from northern Arizona along the Agua Fria to their final destination in Phoenix. Electricity was brought to Black Canyon City in the 1920's for the Kay Copper Mine (a tailing dump which can still be seen on a slope west of town). BEN WARNER supplied groceries and other goods to the mine and its 300 workers from a business he started in 1920, now known as the Rock Springs Store and Cafe. The Kay Mine ceased operation in 1929. By the 1960's, land development and highway construction replaced most of the agricultural areas. CREDITS: Thanks to the town Board of Directors, Clarence Byers and especially Ray Lewis for allowing Donna Carpenter and Roger Johnson access to their records. Also thanks to the Black Canyon Chamber of Commerce (602-374-9797) for the historical information supplied here. Surveyed April 5, 1998. RESIDENTS OF THE BLACK CANYON MEMORIAL CEMETERY LOT # SURNAME FIRST BORN DIED Comment ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 298 ADAMS Belle S 02-21- 1914 8-24-1986 Sunrise Funeral Home Prescott Valley 281 ATKINS Ella Cale 1888 3-5-1979 by WEM 398 AVIS Frank M 11-5- 1900 11-4-1973 Vet - US Navy 71 BELLIVEAU Joseph 03-25- 1914 4-23-1980 "Faithful to their God & Country" Ref: Edward 606 BIGGEN Donald no d.o.b. Feb. 1988 spouse Mabel / kin: Don Jr. 102 BLACH Irma Hazel 07-11- 1929 9-15-1969 "You go with Our Love" First Daughter/Sandy HUTCHINS/Maricopa Co. 587 BROSEMER James Raymond 07-20- 1920 11-4-1994 MM1 US Navy WWII 377 BUCK Nellie L. 03-28- 1900 2-19-1989 "We love you, but God loves you more" ref: June WILLIAMS 161 BUTLER Rose J. 02-04- 1936 10-3-1997 580 CAUCHY Peter A. 09-21- 1904 8-7-1994 US Army WWII 647 CAUSER Almena 05-04- 1928 7-3-1985 Ref: Floyd MILLER 625 CETTO Clement John 12-21- 1919 5-2-1987 US Navy WWII 227 CLAIBORNE Alan Robert 04-07- 1948 2-24-1992 US Navy Viet Nam 410 CURRELL Charles E 06-01- 1915 2-22-1971 "Together Forever" m.2-5-1938 228 DAVIS Leena J. 10-02 -1905 4-4-1988 "Beloved Sister" 186 DAVIS Leonard V. "Grady" 03-12- 1904 8-29-1977 168 (178?)DAWSON Robert E. 1900 1977 EM1 US Navy WWI (Prescott Town) 250 DAZEY Sarah K. 09-15- 1911 12-2-1980. "Now in the arms of our Lord Jesus" "Beloved Wife & Mother" 251 DAZEY Everett "Bud" 09-28- 1913 5-29-1990 "rest in Peace" 257 EDWARDS, Jr. James 08-31- 1916 2-19-1995 m. 4-15-1942 to Ethyl M. "Together Forever" cremation 539 ELMORE Jeannette R. 1905 1972 2 Stones original says b.1905 Military stone says PFC US Army WWII 1910-1972" Ref: Frank REYNOLDS 461 ELPHINSTONE "B" (Robert?) no d.o.b. Dec 1970 Elphinstein 302 FLEMING Samuel Edward 08-22- 1938 3-20-1975 CWD US Navy Viet Nam 334 FLEMING Smuel M. 1914 May 1989 "Father" 333 FLEMING Myra P. 1918 May 1990 "Mother" ??? FULLER H. E. 11-07- 1914 12-9-1982 Not in original Cemetery Book 422-b GILLUM Harold N. 02-04- 1915 11-16-1981 "Beloved Husband & Father" Paradise Valley 122 GREENWALT Denise "Dee Dee" 09-03- 1956 2-20-1993 by Ted? 380 GRUBER Ruth E. 09-23- 1904 5-19-1996 "Devoted Friend" 422-a HAMOR-Hammer Albert unknown unknown Marker shows no dates 125 HEAD Amanda D no d.o.b. April 1993 by Frank HERD?/Chapel of the chimes, Glendale, AZ 32 HEER Joseph 11-17- 1894 9-26-1977 b.Stuttgart, Germany, d.Flaggstaff, AZ "Death is swelled of in victory ICOR:15.54" Architect 411 HENNESSEY Randy N. 10-31-1972 12-4-1972 Next to Charles E. CURRELL grave 418 HINER Merl 1901 1990 "Wife & Mother" 419 HINER Chester I. 1888 Jan. 1972 "Husband & Father" son Leroy J 476 HITTSON Earl 02-04- 1903 11-21-1969 550 HOFFMEYER Dorothy F. 1922 Jan 1988 "Beloved Mother" 551 HOFFMEYER John L. 1916 Sept. 1988 "Beloved Father" 487 HOLADAY Robert L. "Bob" 1927 Jan 1987 US Army WWII . Transferred from Gillum to Noa HOLIDAY 572 HORNE Helen 1908 Jan 1976 Ref: Jack 286 HURLBURT Charles 1906 1983 crematory-same lot 286 HURLBURT Hilda 1914 1995 crematory-same lot w/spouse 588 ISAACSON Willard A. 1913 1978 wife: Sally O. 616 JACKA Jerry Adolph 04-27- 1898 4-18-1983 PVT US Marine Corps WWI 337 JIRAN Charles R. "Chuck" 01-24- 1914 9-8-1975 SSGT Army Air Forces Memorial on grave references Chuck being a cowboy. Cactus covers most of it. Has horseshoes on grave. 384 JOHNSON Betty L Swift 05-22- 1922 9-20-1989 548 KARLINSKY Harold 07-09- 1916 11-10-1991 350 KARN Flora 07-10- 1904 4-26-1979 "Beloved Wife & Mother" 349 KARN W.F. "Worth" 1898 9-6-1982 "Beloved Husband & Father" "Just Restin" 391 KENNEDY Mella R. 1884 Dec 1971 Ref: Glenn RICKETS 538 KENTCH Marc L. 08-01- 1896 5-25-1976 348 LOGAN Harold Wayne 07-17- 1906 9-6-1982 "Forever in our hearts" m.9-5-1926 193 MALLER Daniel William 08-11- 1917 3-1-1995 "In loving Memory of Dan" 589 MANAROLLA John J. 1913 July 1984 515 MARSH Naomi C 09-16- 1939 4-13-1996 Ref: Jim WELSH 575 McCONDRA John A. "Jack" 02-14- 1885 7-9-1972 374 McCULLOUGH Daisy L. 09-30- 1901 3-31-1987 375 McCULLOUGH Loney L. 11-17- 1895 3-9-1988 372 McCULLOUGH Melvin J. Sept. 1926 Apr 1981 "Father -Gone but not forgotten" 274 McHENRY Elsie M. 03-22- 1920 7-20-1982 586 McKENZIE E. Wilbur 1910 Dec. 1989 "Beloved Husaband & Father" 304 MERRIOTT Gertrude 04-25- 1919 4-20-1996 103 MILLAY Ferol H. 11-05- 1902 4-29-1971 "Beloved WIfe & Mother" 28 MILLER Ernest John 1907 1978 Ref: Selma MILLER 29 MILLER Selma Jennie 1916 1990 415 MILLER Ernest R. 07-26- 1907 3-25-1971 Ref: Bessie M MILLER 180 MINTER Violet L. 1901 1981 Spouse of Herman 181 MINTER Herman B 1900 Jun 1978 Spouse of Violet 390 MULVIHILL Ace H. 1900 1988 389 MULVIHILL Anna H. 1903 Nov. 1987 Ref: Winefred BLACK 532 MUNDAY O.W. "Bill" 09-25- 1903 8-3-1984 .....Love 130 NIVISON E. Louise 03-26- 1924 1-29-1985 621 NORRIS Mabel A. 1900 1987 In one plot w/spouse 621 NORRIS Harry L. 1893 1990 In one plot w/spouse 285 OCHS Mary K. 1902 Nov. 1991 "Beloved sister & aunt" 129 PARIS Maynard G. "Butch" 07-23- 1944 7-10-1994 "Just Restin" 407 PETERS, Sr. Edmund J. 11-02- 1909 10-11-1973 "Pap" 619 PIEKOSZ Eleanor I. 06-17- 1920 1-21-1995 "Beloved Wife" 620 PIEKOSZ Michael J. 09-15- 1914 2-16-1985 "Beloved husband" 69 POORE June R. 1891 Oct. 1977 70 POORE Edwin J. 1889 Oct. 1977 618 POWERS O.P. 05-17- 1906 6-18-1983 106 PUCIATA Jozef 07-30- 1916 3-31-1975 Ref: Tessie (New Jersey) 67 REED William H. 04-16- 1908 10-29-1980 m.10-4-1973 to Bessie M. 68 REED Bessie Mae 10-30- 1911 3-9-1997 m.10-4-1973 to William H. 417 REMELEY Paul no d.o.b. March 1975 Ref: Karen WOOD?/ 381 RHINEHART Naomi J. 05-21- 1921 6-30-1987 "Devoted Friend" 649 RICE Mildred Leona 09-03- 1916 3-31-1994 Ref: Pat CLAIBORNE 335 SATRIANO Anne E. 10-11- 1923 6-14-1991 "Beloved sister & Friend" 486 SCROGINS Roy 12-23- 1900 12-3-1975 "Beloved Husband" 485 SCROGINS Lora 08-14- 1904 7-1-1981 "Beloved Wife" 277 SHARP Lydia Michelle 05-17- 1978 4-4-1982 "Darling Daughter" 430 SHELTON James D. "Jim" 12-30- 1923 2-11-1990 "Just Restin" 124 SMITH Ida B. 1913 Jan 1985 516 SMITH Ernest Gordon 1907 Jan 1989 m.6-1-1945 spouse Margaret 123 SMITH Donald F. 1912 July 1985 daughter Betty E SHUSTER 42 SMITH Lorain unmarked Sept 1994 info per Clarence Byers 41 SMITH Wesley SMITTY" no d.o.b. Sept. 1994 Large painting of Indian on horse next to grave. Also a stone arc at head of grave with a triagle painted on it. (Mason?) 63 SNYDER Clyde W. 1883 1970 276 STROUD, Jr. Perry L. 1939 1982 376 WALKER Edward H. 06-26- 1915 9-21-1976 "Our Beloved Brother" 447 WARGO Helen 03-05- 1912 8-17-1996 "Loving wife & mother" 62 WILLIAMS Roger Leon 08-16- 1925 6-22-1987 US Marine Corps WWII 511 WILLIAMS Lloyd no d.o.b. 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