Emily Lucetta (Blackburn) Bones |
| Posted 2017-12-21 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, February 15, 1932, page 1, column 7 Mrs Bones Is Taken By Death (Contributed) The Creator again stepped into the ranks of Arizona's wonderful pioneers and took another of His nobelwomen, when death summoned Mrs. E. L. Bones at her home, 232 South Marina street. Truly, one of Arizona's greatest women, for she braved with a smile, the hardship no only of early day pioneer life, but withstood, with gallant fortitude the loss of her mate, James E. Bones, affectionately known to the early pioneers as 'Jim,' who was killed in a mine accident on his Grubstake Claims, in the Mount Union district, in 1895, leaving her with three sons, the oldest being but twelve, the second eight and the third three. Prior to the father's death, he operated in those early days the Bones Fast Freight and Passenger Stage line, running from San Bernardino to Prescott, via the famous Ehrenberg route, crossing the ferry at Blythe and continuing on to Prescott by way of the American Ranch road of today. It was at Harvey's station, one of the famous stopping places on the desert, operated by her step-father, Isaac Hawley, that he met his bride, and brought her to Prescott, where she has lived continuously since 1881. Before even a railroad was dreamed, these two pioneers helped to build this country, which is today enjoyed by the younger generation. In a copy of 'Central Arizona, for homes, for health and for wealth,' published by Wm. P. O'Neill, at Prescott, Arizona, by the Hoof and Horn print, 1887, appeared the ad 'James Bones, Grocer, Prescott, Arizona. This store was located approximately where the Palace hotel building now stands. Each of their lives was a part and parcel interwoven and intertwined with the mountains and hills of Yavapai, which they dearly loved. Perhaps no other pioneer had a more romantic historic background than Mrs. LaSetta Blackburn, in San Bernardino, California, 1859, finishing the course of her active interesting life in Prescott, Sunday, February 13th, at 2:45. Her love for her children and her family was the supreme motive of her life. Struggles, vicissitudes, accepting the good with the struggles she managed to keep her home and her children together, until they were able to care for themselves and take from her shoulders some of the responsibility. Faith in herself, her Master, kindness, generosity and helpfulness to others and the belief in the ultimate good to come, led her to carry on in a period when life was a struggle for the hardiest. 'When history is recorded, the life of the woman who lived in Prescott fifty one years, will shine brightly in the annals of Arizona,' was the tribute paid to her by a well known pioneer of this section. Four children were born to her, three surviving and who were with her through her illness, William H., Perry Leroy and Chas. J., a daughter, Alice May died in infancy. Two grandchildren, Charles and William have made their home with their grandmother, Mrs. Nell Starkey, a niece, formerly of Prescott, but who now resided in San Bernardino, has been here during the illness and death of Mrs. Bones. Funeral services will be announced later and will depend upon the weather condition. Transcriber's note: Mrs. Bones is buried at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. See Also: Arizona Gravestone Photo Project |
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