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This list of cemeteries in Arizona, listed by county, includes currently operating, pioneer, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or noteworthy.
Anson Pacely Killen Safford [Note 1] (c. February 14, 1830 – December 15, 1891) was the third Governor of Arizona Territory. He was also a member of the California State Assembly from 1857–1858. Affectionately known as the "Little Governor" due to his 5-foot-6-inch (1.68 m) stature, he was also Arizona's longest-serving territorial governor.
Safford (Western Apache: Ichʼįʼ Nahiłtį́į́) [3] is a city in Graham County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 Census, the population of the city is 10,129. [4] The city is the county seat of Graham County. [5] Safford is the principal city of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Graham County.
In 1975, Gila Printing, owned by Louis F. Long, sold the Graham County Guardian to Robert G. Gentry, who had published the Eastern Arizona Courier of Safford since 1967. [9] Gentry merged the two papers together to form the Eastern Arizona Courier and Graham County Guardian and then sold them in 1983 [10] to Wick Communications. [11]
The Hugh Talley home was built of frame and stucco and constructed in a U-Plan with gable roof. [6] Listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 1988, reference: #87002580. [12] The William Talley House – built in 1928 located at 219 11th Street. William Talley became Safford's first licensed contractor and built his own ...
Adamsville was one of the first two towns formed in Pinal County, Arizona. The town was located at an elevation is 1,450 feet, on the south bank of the Gila River, west of Florence, Arizona. It was named for its original settler in 1866, Fred A. Adams. [3] In 1900 the Gila River overflowed and wiped out most of the town.
Cordelia Adams was born on February 27, 1865, to Emily and John Adams in Willow Creek, a town near Lampasas, Texas. [1] She was the youngest of five children, a sister named Saphrona, and brothers James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. [1] John Quincy Adams had been a Confederate soldier and lost his land in Texas due to the war.
In some masonic jurisdictions, a masonic funeral is a rite afforded to Master Masons in good standing with their Lodges. [1] Under extenuating circumstances satisfactory to the Master of their Lodges, Masonic funerals may also be conducted in memory of Fellow Crafts or Entered Apprentices who received their degree less than one year prior to their death, or to Master Masons who were suspended ...