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John West Markham

Posted 2018-05-11 by Judy Wight Branson
Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Thursday, April 23, 1959, page 2, column 2

Yavapaian 50 Years Dies Here

Yavapaian for 50 years and a good friend of Will Rogers, John W.
Markham of Seligman, died in a Prescott hospital April 21, at the
age of 82.

He had entered the hospital on March 13 from Seligman, in which area
he had been residing since 1909.

Born Oct. 30, 1876 in Oklahoma, he attended school with Will Rogers
near Weber Falls, Okla. In ------ when Markham was --- Seligman he
received a ---- from the humorist.

Markham came to Arizona from New Mexico around 1903, going to live
at the H. Ranch near Ash Fork. He held interest in the OO Ranch.
(Unreadable)

Surviving him is a nephew, Dr. John Markham of Arvada, Colorado.

Funeral services will be conducted -------- at 3 p.m. at the -------
Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Norman C. Yetman of the Methodist Church
here.

Interment will be in the family plot at the Mountain View Cemetery

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