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Martha (Bowers) Pemberton

Posted 2018-04-07 by Judy Wight Branson
Weekly Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory
Friday, May 14, 1880, page 3, column 2

Sudden Death -

Mrs. Pemberton, a very estimable lady who resided about two miles
west of Prescott, died very suddenly yesterday.

She was enjoying her usual good health apparently and prepared
dinner for her husvand and others, as ordinarily was her rule, and a
few moments before 12 o'clock summoned them to the meal. She took a
bucket and repaired to the branch a few yards distant for water but
did not return.

The men folks, after waiting a few minutes suspected something was
wrong, whey they went out and discovered her in a semi-unconsious
state, laying upon the ground. They conveyed her to the house, but
she gradually grew worse, and in two hours was a corpse.

Her ailment was congestion of the brain. She was said to be an
industrious and excellent woman.

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Weekly Arizona Miner, Prescott, Arizona Territory
Friday, May 14, 1880, page 3, column 2

Two funerals in Prescott in one day is a thing uncommon since the
subjugcation of the Indians, however, such was the case today.

Mrs. Pemberton and the little child of Mr. Guild were laid away in
their earthly beds this p.m.

Transcriver's note: Mrs. Pemberton's place of burial is not known.




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