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Arizona's
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State Centennial
Project--Documenting Black Pioneers in Territorial Arizona.
Descendants of all persons born in or living in Arizona
before statehood (February 14, 1912) are eligible for an Arizona Pioneer Descendant
certificate.
Biographical Sketches
of Some Notable Arizonans of African American Heritage
Even before
Arizona became a state, African American pioneers and entrepreneurs
were a vibrant part of its energetic, multicultural society. Below
is a partial list of African American pioneers who died in Arizona both
before and slightly after statehood. These entries were copied by
volunteers from early death certificates which can be viewed at http://genealogy.az.gov/ . Since death
registration was not uniform or mandatory until about 1908, many names
were undoubtedly missed. Some terms used to designate race were:
African, African-American, Black, Colored, Mulatto, Negro.
We apologize
in advance for any spelling errors or inadvertent omissions. If
you would like to submit a correction or an additional name for this
list, please contact the BFGHS webmaster.
Surname, First Name, Gender, Age, Died, County
(Unknown), (Unknown), male, 0, 2/18/1914, Yuma
(Unknown), (Unknown), male, 35, 7/2/1909, Maricopa
(Unknown), (Unknown), male, 40, 7/10/1914, Yuma
Adams, (infant), female, 0, 4/5/1910, Maricopa
Adams, Dolly, female, 1, 5/13/1912, Pima
Albert, Ada, female, 43, 9/17/1914, Greenlee
Allison, Lillian L., female, 0, 3/25/1913, Maricopa
Allison, William L., male, 31, 6/15/1914, Maricopa
Anderson, Steven, male, 56, 2/8/1911, Greenlee
Anderson, Thomas, male, 28, 3/30/1914, Cochise
Angel, Babe, male, 45, 8/25/1912, Maricopa
Armstrong, Hemsly, male, 49, 4/2/1907, Pima
Babbitt, Edith, female, 18, 9/19/1912, Maricopa
Barber, Clark, male, 85, 3/29/1914, Gila
Baucham, W., male, ?, 10/19/1908, Maricopa
Beeler, M. D., male, 62, 4/4/1913, Cochise
Bell, Miles N., male, 42, 10/17/1898, Maricopa
Bentley, Lewis, male, 64, 7/9/1914, Coconino
Bibb, Cora L., female, 25, 12/4/1910, Pima
Black, Osha A., male, 31, 2/13/1913, Cochise
Blank, Addison, male, 39, 4/5/1905, Pima
Bolton,
John W., male, 31, 12/26/1902, Maricopa
Booker, Elmer, male, 8, 4/22/1898, Coconino
Bowman, George L., male, 1, 9/6/1912, Cochise
Boykin, John C., male, 30, 1/29/1909, Maricopa
Bradley, Archie, male, 19, 8/2/1904, Maricopa
Brady, Minnie, female, 21, 7/22/1912, Pima
Bragg, Mammie E., female, 35, 7/9/1908, Pima
Brandy, Samuel H., male, 57, 6/18/1908, Cochise
Brenner, Eric, male, 14, 6/30/1912, Graham
Brinkley, A. B., male, 65, 3/21/1912, Maricopa
Brooks, John, male, 24, 5/24/1906, Pima
Brown, A. O. (Mrs), female, 24, 12/9/1904, Maricopa
Brown, Collins, male, 65, 10/3/1912, Maricopa
Brown, George, male, 31, 1/16/1909, Pima
Brown, Harry, male, 28, 2/21/1905, Maricopa
Brown, Jessie, female, 25, 6/6/1910, Graham
Brown, Jos. B., male, 55, 5/10/1910, Cochise
Brown, Rosalee, female, 32, 12/9/1909, Pima
Bruce, Jessee, male, 30, 3/2/1905, Pima
Brunswick, George W., male, 22, 6/9/1910, Maricopa
Bryant, Joe, male, 65, 6/12/1902, Pima
Bryce/Brice, William, male, 21, 6/20/1902, Maricopa
Budd, (infant), female, 1, 1/24/1911, Cochise
Burgess, Mt. Vernon, male, 42, 3/19/1912, Pima
Burngee, Joseph L., male, 41, 11/7/1908, Pima
Burr, Jamie, female, 27, 2/4/1908, Cochise
Cagle, Lola de Fennis, female, 0, 12/9/1913, Cochise
Carlton, Loyd O., male, 27, 4/4/1905, Maricopa
Cary, William, male, 55, 10/21/1912, Maricopa
Charlton, William, male, 37, 1/9/1910, Maricopa
Clark, Frank, male, 1, 9/10/1909, Cochise
Clark, Fred, male, 27, 12/17/1910, Maricopa
Clark, Joseph, male, 41, 11/9/1909, Maricopa
Clark, William Breckinridge, male, 77, 9/13/1909, Graham
Clemons, Louis, male, 30, 10/10/1914, Pima
Clippers, Edward, male, 26, 11/22/1907, Pima
Cobey, Lizzie, female, 44, 4/15/1914, Gila
Cobrell/Cabrell, James "Sheeney" , male, 38, 2/10/1899,
Maricopa
Cole, Fannie E., female, 32, 9/18/1901, Maricopa
Coleman, Ada (Mrs), female, 25, 3/17/1900, Maricopa
Collier, Willie, male, 1, 1/7/1910, Maricopa
Collins, Mabel, female, 27, 5/16/1912, Pima
Condol, Cassie/Carrie, female, 36, 4/9/1902, Maricopa
Cook, Elias, male, 83, 11/2/1909, Maricopa
Cook, Elias Bilt, male, 40, 9/14/1914, Maricopa
Cook, Eva F., female, 27, 7/2/1894, Maricopa
Cook, William Thomas, male, 27, 10/15/1909, Maricopa
Crockett, Lillie M., female, 24, 10/2/1894, Maricopa
Crump, Hazel Julia, female, 1, 5/31/1910, Maricopa
Crump, Ruth, female, 0, 1/28/1909, Maricopa
Crump, T., male, 61, 2/18/1902, Maricopa
Crumpton, Charles, male, 29, 8/13/1909, Pima
Curtis, Malinda, female, 46, 10/28/1910, Maricopa
Cushman, William W., male, 36, 8/12/1912, Cochise
Davis, Alexander, male, 22, 5/17/1910, Yavapai
Davis, Louisa, female, 24, 9/17/1895, Navajo
De Costa, Louis, male, 67, 4/14/1912, Maricopa
DeLooch, Earl S., male, 21, 11/4/1908, Maricopa
Dixon, James, male, 30, 2/11/1914, Pima
Dixon, William, male, 21, 7/20/1895, Maricopa
Dorsey, Horace A., male, 52,
11/1/1914, Maricopa
Dorsey, Ralph, male, 38, 10/21/1912, Maricopa
Dorsey, W. H., male, 35, 6/9/1905, Maricopa
Duke, Bose, male, 36, 10/2/1907, Cochise
Easton, Victor Bales, male, 1, 12/21/1910, Maricopa
Eichison/Elchison, Hugh, male, 27, 3/18/1905, Maricopa
Ellis, Harry, male, 39, 11/1/1909, Pima
Ellison, (infant), male, 1, 10/20/1908, Gila
Estes, Frank, male, 38, 4/5/1914, Maricopa
Eubanks, John Warren, male, 38, 2/27/1911, Maricopa
Fanklin, A. J., male, 27, 1/10/1914, Maricopa
Ferguson, Janie, female, 44, 7/2/1908, Cochise
Fields, Andrew, male, 27, 2/10/1914, Cochise
Fields, Mary Belle, female, 12, 10/2/1909, Gila
Flawellan, Nettie, female, 30, 2/1/1913, Pima
Flores, Juan, male, 20, 4/10/1901, Pima
Ford, John, male, 39, 8/3/1912, Maricopa
Ford, Wm. H., male, 25, 11/9/1909, Maricopa
Gammage, Richardson, male, 2, 5/28/1914, Greenlee
Gardner, Lucile, female, 36, 1/7/1909, Cochise
Garrett, John, male, 52, 1/8/1904, Pima
Gaskins, William A., male, 34, 3/5/1907, Pima
Gates, Thomas, male, 48, 9/17/1901, Pima
Gifford, John W., male, 28, 10/17/1914, Gila
Giles, Hollie, female, 29, 4/6/1914, Cochise
Givens, Gertrude, female, 29, 4/26/1914, Pima
Goin, Thos., male, 72, 11/12/1906, Mohave
Gordon, Arabella, female, 1, 2/17/1909, Graham
Gordon, Howard, male, 27, 1/13/1907, Pima
Gould, Julia Mary, female, 3, 5/14/1902, Pima
Grace, Horace J., male, 35, 7/17/1908, Pima
Graver, Adlade, female, 28, 6/28/1912, Maricopa
Green, Daisy Ray, female, 8, 6/25/1902, Maricopa
Green, Mary, female, 68, 9/18/1912, Maricopa
Green, Worthen, male, 0, 10/18/1906, Maricopa
Greenlow, (infant), female, 0, 4/28/1914, Maricopa
Gretchan, Albert, male, 25, 1/13/1910, Maricopa
Griffin, Wilbur, male, 24, 11/16/1912, Cochise
Groce, Ida, female, 28, 11/30/1906, Pima
Gwen, Louisa, female, 25, 12/1/1909, Cochise
Harris, Bell, female, 42, 1/11/1911, Cochise
Harris, Edward, male, 45, 9/2/1914, Gila
Harris, Gertrude, female, 24, 12/5/1907, Cochise
Harris, James, male, 0, 6/20/1894, Apache
Harris, Nettie, female, 40, 3/8/1913, Gila
Harrison, Lucretia, female, 10, 3/28/1901, Pima
Harrison, Luke, male, 47, 5/8/1901, Pima
Harvey, Ed, male, 35, 1/7/1913, Yavapai
Harvey, Lula M., female, 24, 3/30/1912, Pima
Hayes, Josephine, female, 39, 11/12/1904, Pima
Hayes, Will, male, 26, 5/24/1908, Cochise
Haywood, Delons, female, 2, 4/1/1912, Pima
Haywood, Paul L., male, 28, 3/21/1913, Pima
Henderson, Murray, male, 32, 2/4/1911, Maricopa
Hendren, Charles F., male, 32, 4/20/1907, Pima
Henison, Willie M., male, 29, 5/26/1914, Greenlee
Henry, Charles, male, 47, 3/25/1905, Pima
Higgins, R. H., male, 50, 2/25/1911, Pima
Highwarden, Harry, male, 31, 8/31/1908, Pima
Hill, (infant son of T. E., male, 0, 8/16/1907, Pima
Hill, (infant), female, 0, 8/30/1904, Pima
Hill, (infant), female, 1, 5/9/1901, Pima
Hill, William, male, 30, 12/10/1899, Maricopa
Hill, Willie, male, 36, 10/17/1914, Cochise
Hillman, Tom, male, 28, 2/11/1911, Pima
Hines, Ed, male, 1, 2/12/1894, Maricopa
Holt, Daisy C., female, 16, 1/16/1904, Maricopa
House, Monte Joseph, male, 35, 8/18/1904, Pima
Howard, William, male, 48, 5/24/1904, Pima
Hudson, W. H., male, 53, 12/11/1912, Yavapai
Hughes, Bob, male, 50, 1/23/1913, Cochise
Hughes, P. J., male, 29, 9/7/1909, Maricopa
Hume, Edwin, male, 49, 2/12/1894, Maricopa
Humphreys, Eliza, female, 32, 7/17/1910, Pima
Humprey, Liza Marie, female, 1, 3/2/1909, Pima
Hutchinson, Henry, male, 50, 5/3/1908, Cochise
Jackson, Leroy, male, 36, 11/24/1913, ?
Jackson, William A., male, 1, 7/14/1908, Pima
Jenkins, Pennie, female, 73, 10/30/1906, Pima
Jenkins, Phelix, male, 24, 12/23/1913, Cochise
John, Edward, male, 40, 3/16/1912, Yuma
Johnson, C. C., male, 39, 6/9/1914, Pima
Johnson, Chessie, female, 35, 6/13/1908, Cochise
Johnson, George, male, 55, 9/24/1909, Yavapai
Johnson, Hellen, female, 1, 12/5/1905, Pima
Johnson, J. E., male, 57, 5/15/1903, Maricopa
Johnson, Louis, male, 1, 7/7/1902, Pima
Johnson, Matthew, male, 37, 4/2/1909, Pima
Johnson, Sam, male, ?, 4/16/1903, Maricopa
Johnson, Toni, male, 65, 11/6/1912, Maricopa
Johnson, W. H., male, 50, 9/12/1906, Pima
Jones, Charles, male, 33, 7/17/1910, Yuma
Jones, June, female, 84, 1/20/1912, Maricopa
Jones, Oscar H., male, 1, 4/16/1909, Gila
Kay, Frances, female, 71, 5/28/1914, Pima
Kennedy, Alford, male, 62, 3/6/1912, Pima
Kilgro, Gladis, female, 22, 6/26/1910, Pima
King, Archie, male, 62, 3/11/1898, Coconino
King, Mary, female, 80, 11/9/1909, Cochise
Kline, Nehemiah, male, 70, 8/22/1903, Pima
Krump, Johnnie, male, 23, 2/22/1905, Maricopa
Landrum, W. H., male, 42, 4/24/1902, Maricopa
Larkin, James, male, 62, 9/3/1905, Cochise
Laurie, Annie, female, 69, 8/9/1907, Maricopa
Lawrence, Henry, male, 37, 3/9/1908, Maricopa
Lawson, William, male, 30, 7/21/1914, Navajo
Lee, Mary, female, 38, 10/26/1900, Maricopa
Lee, Samuel, male, 20, 2/2/1907, Maricopa
Lee, Samuel E., male, 39, 11/4/1912, Maricopa
Leva, Procopia, female, 85, 3/19/1912, Gila
Lewis, Georgia, female, 37, 8/26/1909, Maricopa
Lewis, Thomas, male, 23, 2/4/1911, Maricopa
Liddell, Inez, female, 19, 7/6/1905, Pima
Liddell, S. N., male, 31, 12/4/1910, Gila
Linscom, John, male, 56, 4/24/1912, Gila
Liverpool, Clifford, male, 24, 2/19/1911, Maricopa
Lowe, Prince Del, male, 1, 2/6/1911, Yavapai
Lyde, Edward, male, 21, 5/19/1909, Maricopa
Maroney, Perry Lee, male, 31, 6/19/1910, Pima
Martin, Oscar, male, 51, 10/9/1910, Pima
Massey, David H., male, 40, 6/8/1912, Yavapai
May, Eugene, male, 35, 3/25/1907, Pima
Maya, John, male, 72, 1/6/1906, Pima
Mays,
Isaiah, male, 67, 5/2/1925, Maricopa
McClame, Fred, male, 39, 5/29/1914, Cochise
McClatchie, Clarence, male, 21, 11/29/1912, Maricopa
McConnell, Minnie, female, 33, 7/24/1914, Maricopa
McDonald, (Unknown), male, 45, 6/1/1893, Yavapai
McDuff, Ellie, female, 80, 7/23/1914, Gila
McMillan, Oliver, male, 60, 6/18/1910, Yuma
McQuilty, George, male, 23, 5/24/1908, Cochise
Meaux, Charles L., male, 33, 2/4/1907, Pima
Miles, Thomas, male, 40, 3/4/1914, Yavapai
Millem, Mary Elizabeth, female, 51, 8/17/1912, Maricopa
Miller, Edward E., male, 26, 7/22/1906, Pima
Miller, Mary, female, 74, 8/3/1901, Maricopa
Minor, William, male, 2, 9/3/1908, Pima
Montoya, Dora, female, 1, 10/14/1906, Mohave
Moore, Daisy, female, 31, 5/14/1902, Maricopa
Moore, J. P., male, 38, 9/18/1904, Pima
Moore, Todd B., male, 45, 1/24/1911, Maricopa
Mullins, W. B., male, 79, 2/27/1913, Cochise
Murphy, C. W., male, 50, 12/9/1907, Maricopa
Newman, Mike, male, 61, 7/21/1908, Coconino
Nichols, (infant), male, 0, 2/8/1913, Gila
Nichols, John, male, 65, 12/12/1912, Coconino
Niles, Anna, female, 14, 2/28/1914, Cochise
Nowell, Frank, male, 28, 3/12/1901, Pima
Owen/Owens, Daniel J., male, 30, 2/1/1902, Maricopa
Owens, Jennie, female, 67, 4/4/1913, Cochise
Patterson, Edward A., male, 43, 3/11/1909, Pima
Penn, William, male, 27, 5/26/1914, Navajo
Perchaner, William, male, 35, 8/10/1906, Pima
Perkins, (infant), male, 1, 5/28/1912, Cochise
Perkins, James, male, 39, 8/16/1903, Maricopa
Phipps, Pearl, female, 19, 11/26/1909, Coconino
Pipkin, Thomas H., male, 48, 7/17/1906, Maricopa
Pogue, Mary Christiana, female, 8, 10/20/1912, Pima
Poque, Fannie, female, 40, 5/3/1905, Pima
Porter, G. W., male, 31, 4/11/1905, Pima
Postre, Joseph, male, 26, 2/28/1907, Pima
Proctor, Clarence
L., male, 36, 3/27/1900, Maricopa
Pugh, Harvey, male, 33, 11/26/1905, Pima
Quant, (infant), female, 0, 11/30/1908, Pima
Radden, James, male, 32, 4/9/1901, Maricopa
Range, Edd, male, 46, 2/13/1913, Cochise
Renfroe, James, male, 31, 3/21/1902, Maricopa
Rennie, Mattie, female, 30, 5/3/1899, Maricopa
Richardson, Mahalia, female, 48, 8/25/1910, Maricopa
Richardson, Thomas, male, 40, 12/1/1912, Pima
Richey, Hugh, male, 26, 8/4/1912, Pima
Rideout, Conrad, male, 55, 7/1/1906, Pima
Riley, Andy, male, 20, 7/29/1912, Maricopa
Rivers, Frank, male, 26, 6/21/1914, Santa Cruz
Roberts, Earnest, male, 26, 9/14/1910, Pima
Roberts, Mabel L., female, 2, 4/4/1900, Maricopa
Robinson, Jessie, male, 28, 1/9/1910, Maricopa
Robinson, Joe, male, 36, 1/1/1909, Graham
Robinson, Stewart, male, 34, 3/11/1894, Maricopa
Robinson, Tom R., male, 50, 11/7/1908, Cochise
Robinson, Wanda, female, 66, 4/9/1907, Pima
Rogers/Roberts, John A., male, 35, 11/15/1908, Maricopa
Rolland/Rowland, Mary A., female, 16, 9/25/1900, Maricopa
Ross, Henry, male, 55, 12/28/1912, Greenlee
Rosser, (infant), female, 1, 3/12/1912, Maricopa
Rout, Richard, male, 44, 9/20/1905, Pima
Ruse, Albert, male, 32, 1/3/1907, Pima
Scott, Eugene, male, 35, 3/1/1907, Maricopa
Scott, J. A., male, 34, 12/23/1905, Maricopa
Scott, J. W., male, 52, 1/7/1905, Cochise
Scovall, Edward, male, 40, 12/30/1913, Cochise
Seagraves, Walter, male, 26, 12/3/1909, Pinal
Shanks, Estella, female, 50, 7/2/1909, Yavapai
Shirley, Frank, male, 61, 5/6/1926, Maricopa
Shirley, Mary E. (Mrs), female, 34, 7/22/1894, Maricopa
Simms, Brinart, male, 43, 10/15/1912, Pima
Simms, Frankie, male, 1, 10/1/1910, Gila
Simpson, Josephine, female, 35, 6/16/1914, Maricopa
Slearns, John, male, 0, 3/1/1894, Maricopa
Smalley, Bessie, female, 3, 8/12/1914, Gila
Smith, A. J., male, 0, 1/14/1895, Coconino
Smith, Berton, male, 38, 10/23/1910, Maricopa
Smith, Ellen F. (Mrs), female, 37, 5/2/1909, Maricopa
Smith, George, male, 62, 11/7/1907, Coconino
Smith, George B., male, 40, 2/10/1909, Maricopa
Smith, Joseph, male, 0, 4/6/1912, Maricopa
Smith, Lovey/Lovie, female, 36, 7/28/1902, Maricopa
Smith, Mary, female, 72, 7/2/1914, Greenlee
Smith, Thelma, female, 1, 1/25/1910, Maricopa
Smith, Will, male, 40, 5/10/1910, Yavapai
Steels, Robert, male, 72, 5/21/1910, Navajo
Stevens, Mabel, female, 21, 9/13/1909, Maricopa
Stewart, Alonzo, male, 24, 4/2/1904, Maricopa
Stoney, William Henry, male, 2, 8/4/1914, Cochise
Talley, Ernest, male, 34, 2/22/1913, Gila
Taylor, Cedric, male, 6, 4/12/1907, Pima
Taylor, Katie, female, 25, 2/21/1911, Pima
Taylor, Thomas, male, 34, 11/19/1904, Pima
Taylor, Walter, male, 38, 9/13/1907, Graham
Taylor, William, male, 35, 1/3/1908, Cochise
Thomas, A. J., male, 47, 12/12/1903, Maricopa
Thomas, George, male, 45, 10/16/1914, Maricopa
Thomas, James G., male, 27, 5/26/1912, Yavapai
Thomas, Louisa, female, 0, 6/12/1905, Cochise
Thomas, Ezekiel L., male, 34, 11/29/1903, Pima
Thompson, Ed, male, 32, 1/8/1894, Maricopa
Thompson, Isaac, male, 54, 4/7/1905, Pima
Thompson, Omar, male, 20, 2/3/1906, Maricopa
Thompson, Rosetta, female, 40, 5/7/1902, Maricopa
Thornton, C. Donnie, female, 42, 2/11/1913, Cochise
Tibbs, Henry, male, 43, 2/25/1909, Cochise
Trent, James Thomas, male, 1, 5/3/1904, Maricopa
Trent, Ruby Howard, female, 12, 8/10/1907, Pima
Tucker, W. E., male, 40, 11/12/1912, Maricopa
Turner, Sadie, female, 18, 5/19/1909, Pima
Tyree, Charles, male, 21, 8/9/1895, Maricopa
VanCurrin, Adelaide, female, 53, 2/14/1908, Pima
Vaughn, John, male, 21, 10/8/1905, Pima
Wade, Mary (Mrs.), female, 25, 8/7/1908, Pima
Wallace, W. A., male, 45, 5/18/1906, Pima
Ward, Leon, male, 1, 5/7/1910, Maricopa
Washington, Anna L., female, 1, 11/12/1907, Maricopa
Washington, Gauil, male, 60, 2/23/1893, Yavapai
Webb, Herbert Jr., male, 5, 11/23/1907, Pima
Webster, James, male, 26, 2/26/1900, Mohave
Wesley, Henry, male, 33, 8/27/1914, Gila
West, Carmen, female, 8, 10/31/1906, Pima
Westbrook, George W., male, 50, 2/11/1900, Maricopa
White, Aaron, male, 50, 2/18/1914, Pima
White, Ellie, male, 42, 12/21/1912, Cochise
White, Hazel, female, 1, 1/3/1909, Cochise
White, Robert, male, 1, 10/9/1909, Maricopa
White, Sherman, male, 1, 7/22/1900, Maricopa
Williams, (infant), female, 0, 3/27/1907, Pima
Williams, A., male, 50, 7/7/1893, Mohave
Williams, Charles, male, 58, 8/15/1908, Maricopa
Williams, Cornelius, male, 1, 9/8/1903, Graham
Williams, George, male, 60, 9/29/1908, Coconino
Williams, John, male, 30, 10/2/1909, Gila
Williams, Lela, female, 32, 1/3/1911, Pima
Williams, Lola Jane, female, 23, 1/23/1910, Gila
Williams, Pearl I., female, 28, 9/13/1912, Pima
Williams, Rand, male, 38, 5.24.1908, Pima
Wilson, Fay, female, 30, 3/7/1912, Cochise
Wilson, Joe, male, 0, 5/7/1900, Maricopa
Wood, John M., male, 40, 11/10/1906, Pima
Woodley, Baby, male, 15, 8/10/1907, Pima
Wooldridge, William, male, 40, 6/5/1907, Maricopa
Worshaw, James, male, 18, 11/21/1910, Cochise
Wright, Ben, male, 26, 9/5/1912, Maricopa
Wright, Gertrude, female, 24, 10/12/1904, Maricopa
Wright, Gilbert, male, 33, 1/3/1911, Pima
York, (Unknown), female, 3, 7/21/1901, Maricopa
Young, (infant), male, 0, 11/11/1891, Gila
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