Elizabeth McPherson

Died April 14, 1946

FUNERAL TODAY FOR PIONEER AT TOMBSTONE CHURCH

Tombstone — Mrs. Elizabeth McPherson, 78, resident here since 1888, died Sunday night in a Douglas hospital following a lone illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Episcopal church.

She is survived by a daughter Mrs. Lorine Jenkins of Los Angeles; a foster daughter, Mrs. Ann Adams of Dragoon; two sons, William A. McPherson and Milton E. McPherson of Bisbee; five sisters, Mrs. Maggie Lambert of Oakland, Calif., Mrs. Annie Davis of Venice, Calif., Mrs. Edith Pacheco of Concord, Calif., Mrs. Edna Morse of Phoenix and Mrs. Nellie L. Dalgleish of Bisbee, and six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

She was born in San Francisco June 22, 1867, and came to Charleston in 1885. Two years later she married Joseph H. McPherson and has resided in Tombstone since that time. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hughes, lived in Bisbee for many years. Her husband, at the time of their marriage, was engaged in hauling ore by team from Bisbee to he railroad at Charleston. He was later one of the first supervisors of Cochise County.

Her brother, the late Ed. Hughes, was county assessor for several years before he became state tax commissioner, which position he held for years.

Douglas Daily Dispatch April 17, 1946

Transcribed by Wilola Follett.