Geneva (Penrod) Hall |
| Posted 2009-08-12 by Sharla |
| (July 27, 1881 - February 10, 1957) Geneva Penrod was the Arizona native of the family, having been born in the Show Low area on July 27, 1881. She was the thirteenth and last child of William and Polly. From the age of six her childhood was spent in Pinetop. At age eighteen she married George Alfred Hall on December 25, 1899. A Christmas marriage was a good omen: They were to enjoy fifty-two years of life together. To their union were born eleven children, four boys and seven girls, all of whom are living except one girl Bessie, who died at the age of twelve on Roberts Ranch near Whiteriver. Geneva lost her husband June 5, 1951. She was a quiet woman, rather shy, but to her many children she was a brave and perfect mother. She suffered trials and hardships but was cheerful through it all. She died of a heart attack and was laid to rest by her husband in Taylor, Arizona, February 10, 1957, leaving a posterity of eleven children, 47 grandchildren, and 24 great-great grandchildren. The figures would be greater now. Geneva spent 28 years in Whiteriver on the reservation where for some time she was the only white woman, her husband being an officer for the tribe. They also ran a store at Pinetop, sawmilled and freighted, ran ranches and did all things that it took at that time in the ways of pioneering a new country. Author: Delbert William Adair Jr. See Also: Find A Grave |
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