Lucy Ann (Peyton) Whipple |
| Posted 2018-07-22 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona Saturday, May 31, 1941, page 9, column 2 Death Claims State Pioneer Prescott, May 30 - Mrs. Lucy Whipple, 83 years old, a pioneer of Arizona and the West, who crossed the plains in a covered wagon in frontier days, died this morning at a local hospital. Mrs. Whipple, a native of Kentucky came to Utah with her parents when a young girl. Her first husband, George Kincade (sic Charles Kincaid), who she married in Minersville, Utah, was killed by Indians there shortly after the birth of her first son. Later she married William Supers and lied for some time at Pioche, Nev., before moving to this county in 1880 and settling in a ranch in the Upper Verde district. In 1890, she moved to the Thumb Butte district. Surviving are four sons, George Kincade, and Charles and William Supers (sic Subers) of Prescott, and John Supers (sic Subers) of Phoenix, and three daughters, Lucy, Margaret and Nellie Supers. ------------------------------------------------ Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona Tuesday, June 3, 1941, page 50, column 5 Final Tribute Paid Pioneer Prescott, June 2 - Funeral services were held this afternoon from the Ruffner Funeral Home for Mrs. Lucy Kincade, Supers (sic Subers0, Whipple, 83 year old Arizona pioneer, who died at a local hospital Thursday. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery. Mrs. Whipple, a native of Kentucky, came across the plains in a covered wagon with her parents when she was a child, the family settling in Minersville, Utah. She was married there, her husband being killed by Indians shortly after the birth of their son. Later she remarried and moved to Yavapai county in 1880, settling in the Upper Verde district and later, in 1890, removing to the Thumb Butte area, near Prescott, where Mrs. Whipple remained for more than half a century. She is survived by four sons, George Kincaid, Charles A. Supers (sic Subers) and William Supers (sic Subers) of Prescott and John Supers (sic Subers) of Phoenix, and three daughters, Lucy, Margaret and Nellie Supers (sic Subers) of this city. See Also: Arizona Gravestone Photo Project |
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