GENUNG (DR.), Mabel Amanda

Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Thursday, August 29, 1953, page 1, column 3 Dr. Mabel A. Genung, Pioneer Prescott Resident, Is Dead Dr. Mabel A. Genung, sister of Mrs. Grace Chapman, and daughter of Charles B. Genung who came to the Rich Hill district prior to the existence of Prescott, died Tuesday at Good Samaritan hospital in Phoenix. Dr. Genung was born in Prescott, June 13, 1875, after her parents settled in Peeples Valley, five years before her birth. She attended Prescott schools and lived with Capt. and Mrs. Bucky O'Neill during her high school days. She took medical training at Los Angeles Medical college where she received her degree in surgery and medicine at a time when very few women were allowed in the profession. She practiced for 25 years in San Francisco and move to Peeples Valley, and then to Phoenix. While a young woman, she represented the Woodsmen of the World in a tour through eastern portions of the United States. Funeral services will be in charge of Dr. Charles Franklin Parker at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Ruffner chapel. Burial will be in Mountain View cemetery. Friends may call at the Funeral Home between 6 and 8 p.m. Friday. Dr. Genung was the second oldest of the four children of the pioneer couple, all are now over 70 years of age. Dan Genung lives in Tucson; Ed Genung at Peeples Valley at the homestead site, although the family home burned down approximately a year ago; and Mrs. Chapman who was county recorder here for 31 years, in Prescott. Other survivors are Mrs. Hester Passmore, 1505 Kile St., and 10 nieces and nephews. Dr. Genung's mother was Ida Smith, daughter of Dr. Smith of Banning, Calif. and she came with Genung to Walnut Grove in 1869 where they made their home until the moved to Peeples Valley. The family were truly pioneers and Genung was at one time Indian agent at Camp Date Creek where he knew General Crook. His cross cattle brand was one of the first recorded in Arizona. While a young man he became interested in Masonry and brought the charter of the local Azatlan lodge, the first in the state, from San Francisco by relay ponies. Due to an Indian attack, he placed the charter in his leather belt for safekeeping, and it still bears water marks where his perspiration seeped into it. ------------------------------- Arizona Republic (Phoenix AZ) Friday, August 30, 1957, p 9 Dr. Genung, Prescott Native, Dies At 82 Prescott--Funeral services for Dr. Mabel A. Genung, M.D., 82, who died Tuesday in Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, will be at 10am tomorrow in the Ruffner Funeral Home here. Born in Prescott, Miss Genung had lived most of her life in Arizona. For a number of years, she had lived in Peeples Valley. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Grace Chapman of Prescott, who was Yavapai county recorder many years, until her retirement, and two brothers, Don, of Tucson, and Ed of Peeples Valley. [Courtesy: Mesa Public Library, AZ]