Updated 11/19/2023

Abtracts of some Obituaries
from the Morenci area 1895-1931

For a copy of the complete obit, please email Mary Teeter


  • BLAIR, Hal Curtis, s/o Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Blair; d. 24 July 1905; survived by parents and a sister. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.

  • BRADT, Peter J.; 09 March 1857-1895; m. 24 Apr 1881 Lucretia SMALLEY; preceded by daughter, Lena on 16 Dec 1892; survived by wife and daughter, Enna

  • BUTLER, Shirley (McCABE); April 1931 Orange, CA, 43 yrs.; w/o Alto BUTLER; surviving: hisband; sons: Vernell and Clifford; parents: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCabe; brothers: Clifford and Clark McCabe; sisters: Eva McCabe and Bernice Price.

  • CHAPPELL, James M.; d. 1930 age 89 yrs; survivors: son, Ralph; sister, Mrs. Fred Slater; brothers, Frank and Fred; grandchildren: Hubert and Kenneth, Gardiner and Leobess Chappell

  • GILLIS, Charles B.; 02 Apr 1823-??; m. Emma J. HOWARD in 1850; preceded by one child; survived by wife, father, Judge Gillis.

  • GILLIS, Elizabeth E., w/o C. B. GILLIS; d. 08 Jul 1897 Great Bend, Kansas, age 49yrs, 9 months 24 days.

  • GILLIS, Enos; 12 Jun 1815-1899; m. 1840 Eliza Ann SNEDIKER (d. 1847) m. 1849 Catherine WELLS (d. 1892); survived y daughter, Mrs. Frank Gallup; four grandchildren. Burial Boughton Hill Cemetery.

  • GILLIS, Ethel, d/o Darwin E. and Hattie E. GILLIS; of diphtheria; 17 Jun 1879, age 1 yr, 8 months, 16 days.

  • GILLIS, Ezra W.; 08 Oct 1816 - 1903; m. 11 Nov 1841 Emily GARLICK (surviving)

  • GOODYEAR, Jennie; d. April 1931, age 72yrs; w/o Daniel C. GOODYEAR; surviving: husband; son: Harley; brother: L. T. Spooner: sister: Laura Gallup; Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.

  • GREEN, Henry E.; 07 Nov 1849-29 Nov 1898; m. 26 Apr 1876 Ella PACKER; survived by wife and daughter, Marie GREEN

  • HAMLIN, Ida; 13 Apr 1931, 74 yrs; w/o Eugene HAMLIN; surviving: husband; son: Lewis; brother: Mine Bentley; sisters: Mrs. George Huff and Mrs. Melvin Michaels; one grandson.HANNA, John; d. 26 Nov 1929 or 1930, age 89 yrs; survived by daughter, Mrs. Stephenson. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.

  • HOWELLS, Sherman Harding, s/o J. E. HOWELLS, grandson of J. G. McCATHRON; d. 05 Feb *** in the Battle of Manila

  • JAMES, Miss Typhena; d. 1930 age 76 yrs; last survivor of 13 children; survived by nieces and a nephew. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.

  • KIME, George; d. 1930 age 68 yrs; surviving: his widow; daughters: Mrs. R. D. Harris, Mrs. A. A. Sheedy, Mrs. Homer Van Wagner, and Mrs. J. A. Carncross; son: William Kime; sisters: Mrs. Kate Pinard and Mrs. Minnie Milner; brother: William Kime; 10 grandchildren. Burial Oak Wood Cemetery.

  • LAYTON, Elizabeth (RAGAN), widow of John; 07 Jan 1809-1895; m. 12 Dec 1833; six children; two surviving.

  • METCALF, Josiah; 07 Feb 1837-16 Dec 1910; m. Mary H. Seeley 29 March 1859 (d. 24 March 1907); six children, all survive: Lozeil; Rosa Plummer; Lillian Walker; Otho Metcalf; Stella Powell; Ole Metcalf. 4 brothers; 2 sisters. Burial Porter Cemetery

  • MILLER, Lewis, s/o Wm & Lucy; 09 May 1843-22 May 1896; wife, Esther Jane Holland m. 15 Nov 1896; d. 08 Oct 1892; children: 3 girls; 3 boys; one died in infancy, one daughter dec'd 1893, surviving: Mrs. Elmer Porter, Lynn, Hugh and Debbie Miller

  • NEFF, Ida Ann, d/o Peter and Fannie SIEGEL; d. 22 Jul 1930 age 65 yrs, 11months, 19? days; m. John A. NEFF 22 Aug 1905 (d. 05 March 1930); survivors: two sisters: Alice M. RIHBARRY and Emily J. MASON

  • NEWELL, Sylvester; d. 07 Dec 1930; survivors: son: Lester A.; daughter: Mrs. Frank Spangler; 7 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; Burial Porter Cemetery.

  • OSGOOD, W. R.; d. 1930 age 65 yrs; survivors; widow, son: Glenn; brothers: Elmer; four grandchildren and several nephews

  • PIXLEY, Alden; (12 Apr) 1912 - (30) April 1931; 19 yrs; s/o Mr. and Mrs. Glenn PIXLEY; surviving: parents; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. Pixley and C. L. Blanchard. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.

  • RANDOLPH, Fanny (CUSICK), relict of Abraham; 10 Sep 1819-26 May 1896; m. 20 Sep 1840; ten children, 3 surviving.

  • ROCK, Mrs. Robert; d. 1930 in Oakland, CA; ashes buried in Oakwood Cemetery.

  • ROSS, Miss Carrie; 24 Aug 1883; of consumptions of the bowels, age 20 yrs.

  • SANBORN, William; April 1931, 70 yrs; surviving: wife, Mary SANBORN; daughters: Mrs. Charles Kline and Mrs. Florence Dobbs; brother: Frank Sanborn; 6 grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.

  • SCOFIELD, Silas A.; 05 Oct 1826-1903; m. 01 Jan 1850 Emily A. WAKEFIELD; six children; three surviving; preceded by: Andrew, Josephine and Vernon Scofield survived by wife, daughters: Mrs. F. E. Cawley; Mrs. M. E. Keyes and son: Ernest Wilber Scofield and eight grandchildren. Sisters: Mrs. P. A. Rae; Eliza Simmons; Adele Winchell; brothers: James A., Wm. N. and John B. Scofield

  • SMITH, Rollin; d. 1928 age 81 yrs; survived by widow; step-son, Kenneth Curtis and brother, Frank T. Smith; Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.

  • TAYLOR, Mina May (KAST), d/o Theodore and Frances KAST; 26 July 1872 - 02 May 1931, 58 yrs.; surviving: brothers: William O. Kast and Isaac Kast; half-brother: ***** (unreadable); half-uncle: Luther Kast; nieces and nephews.

  • TUCKER, Lester; s/o Edwin L. and Betsy F. (WALLING) TUCKER; d. (probably in 1931; no date listed) at Woonsocket Call, R. I.; Burial St. Johnsbury, VT.

  • VERITY, Judge O. E.; 08 Jan 1815-09 Nov 1889 Ottokee, OH; m. 28 Feb 1838 Celome SCOFIELD; survived by wife and two sons

  • WHALEY, Francis; 17 Dec 1846-April 1931, 84 yrs; s/o John and Mary Ann Whaley; m. Harriet WHITMAN; surviving: daughters: Mrs. Susan Allen and Mrs. John Huffman and granddaughter, Mrs. Irene Huffman