RAMOS, Mary

Arizona Weekly Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory Wednesday, July 14, 1876, page 3, column 2 In many respects Mrs. Mary Ramos, wife of Cornelius Ramos, who died at the ranch of S. O. Fredrick, a mile above town, on Friday, July 7th, 1876, was a remarkable person, and a well written history of her eventful life would constitute a volume of thrilling interest. She was born in Texas, in August 1819, and her parents belonged to the Austin Colony. Without attempting to give even an outline of her life, which would constitute its chief interest, up to the time of her leaving Texas, it will be enough to say here that she emigrated to Arizona in 1861; came to Prescott in 1864, and was soon married to her surviving husband, Cornelius Ramos with whom she lived until the time of her death. Mrs. Ramos was noted for her great kindness and generosity and hundreds of the early settlers in this portion of Arizona can attest her noble generosity and kindness of heart, in dividing with the hungry and distressed. She kept the first boarding house in Prescott, and was never known to refuse any one a place at her table, whether they had the means to pay or not. Her life, as a Christian woman, and a member of the Methodist Church, during her long residence here, has been of the most exemplary character, and among her last reque3sts, was one that she might be permitted to partake of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, which was accordingly administered to her by Chaplain Gilmore of Fort Whipple; after which she gave some instructions to her husband, as to making good on some monied obligations she was under to the Church, when she bid farewell to all her friends, and passed away to that land, let us hope, 'when the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.' If there was a Christian in Prescott, 'Mary' was one. Many of the old residents who knew and appreciated her worth, followed her remains to the Citizen's Cemetery, on Saturday, where they were buried with the solemn ceremonies of the Methodist Church, which were read by Rev. E. W. Wiley. ------------------------------------