Black Oak Cemetery
Canelo / Canille, Santa Cruz County
Page 3 - Surnames P-Z



The links to surnames A - G and H thru O are listed at the bottom of this page.

Black Oak Cemetery is located in
Canelo, (Canille) Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, on Highway 83
It is almost 14 miles from the junction of Highways 82 & 83, about
1/2 mile from mile marker 18. After you have entered into
the Coronado National Forest

In 1920 and 1930 Census Canelo was listed as Canille
In 1880 and 1900 it is listed under Elgin District.

Click on the names in red to see the persons headstone
Means that there is a picture of the person included.

Click here to go to the page with the History of Black Oak Cemetery

Partially updated 3-09

Parker, Addie M, b. March 14, 1885 Texas, d. Oct. 20, 1946, Tucson,
~ Daughter of Bennett Musgrave & Prudence Walker
~ Wife of William A. Parker Jr.
~ Postmaster of Canille postoffice starting 1910
Parker, Anna S., b. July 26, 1885, Missouri, d. May 17, 1944, Nogales, AZ
~ 'Our Mother'
~ Wife of James A. Parker
~ Daughter of William Shields & Maggie Forest
Parker, Etoile F. , b. Dec. 10, 1885, Texas, d. Nov. 1978
~ Mother ~
~ Wife of John L. 'Jack' Parker
~ Maiden name Frierson
Parker, James Arthur 'Jim' , b. June 16. 1867, Arizona d. Dec. 18, 1954, Elgin
~ Husband of Anna S. Parker
~ Son of William A. Parker & Eva Landers
Parker, John L. 'Jack', b. July 17, 1889, Lochiel, Arizona. d. 1960
~ Husband of Etoile
~ Son of William A Parker & Eva Landers
Parker, Robert James, b. Jan. 5, 1956, d. Feb. 9, 1992
Parker, Robert Lee 'Bob' , b. June 7, 1935, Arizona, d. June 12, 1957, Douglas, Ariz.
~ Husband of Mary Elizabeth
~ Son of Jeff Parker & Lucille Richards
Patrick, John F., b. Oct. 19, 1880, Missouri, d. Aug. 21, 1937, Tucson
~ Husband of Fannie
~ Son of Jack Patick & Sarah E. McCray
Pershall, Beulah Pine, b. March 15, 1913, d. March 18, 1982
Pruett, Ben T. b. Sept. 23, 1911, d. Dec. 1985
Pyeatt, Henry , b. Jan 4, 1861 Texas, d. March 2. 1942 , Arizona
~ 'Rancher & Stockman'
~ Husband of Mary Ollie Kelly
~ Son of James Benton Pyeatt & Margaret Jane Warren
Pyeatt, Ethel Kay, b. Oct. 3 1903, d. Feb. 1976
Pyeatt, Joseph b. Oct. 5, 1916, d. Feb. 7, 1985,
~ Army WWII
Pyeatt, Mary O. . b, Oct 29, 1870, Texas, d. Dec. 18, 1949, Tombstone, AZ
~ Wife of Henry,
~ Daughter of John Maurice Kelley & Sarah Davis
Pyeatt, Rhett, b. 1956, d. 1974
~ Son of Ron Pyeatt Dot Lennon
Pyeatt, Roland 'Buster' b. April 18, 1906, d. Feb. 10, 1993
~ Husband of Rose Ritchy
~ Son of James Henry Pyeatt & Mary Ollie Kelly
~ Buster,
Pyeatt, Ronald R., b. June 16, 1933, d. Jan. 3, 2006
~ Son of Roland 'Buster' Pyeatt & Rose Ritchy
Pyeatt, Rose M. 'Mother', b. 1912, d. 1969
~ Wife of Buster (Roland)
~ Maiden name Ritchy

Ramsey, Polly L., b. 1910, d. 1977
~ 'Mother - Wife'
Ramsey, Troy L., Jr. b. July 25, 1915, d. Oct. 1, 1988
Riggs, Elizabeth D., b. Sept 27, 1846, Georgia, d. April 12, 1905, Arizona
~ Maiden name Hudson
~ 'Mother'
*First buried in City Cemetery in Tucson when the cemetery closed the interred were moved to different cemeteries.
Riggs, John D., b. Sept. 21, 1874, d. Jan 4, 1918
Roath, Helen B., b. April 2, 1881, Pennyslvania, d. Nov. 2, 1958, Canelo, AZ
~ Wife of Willard Roath
~ Daughter of John Brisee & Mary Howell
~ Mother of Jack B. & Robert G. Eason
Roath, Willard T., b. 1876, Colorado, d. 1959
Robbins, Barbara Miller, b. March 7, 1916, d. Feb. 7, 1998
Robbins, Laurence Shattuck Jr., b. Sept. 12, 1907, d. Dec. 19, 1999
Rodgers, Anna Eason, b. March 19, 1861 Pennsylvania, d. March 27, 1955, Tucson
~ Wife of Robert
~ Daughter of John Eason & Mary Steck
~ Postmaster of Canille Post Office - 1906 - 1910
*First buried in City Cemetery in Tucson when the cemetery closed the interred were moved to different cemeteries.
Rodgers, Robert A., b. Sept 20, 1860, Corsica, PA, d. Nov. 12, 1947, Tucson
~ Husband of Anna
~ Son of Mark Rodgers & Rebecca Corbit
~ 1st Postmaster of Canille Post Office 1904 - 1906
~ Original homesteader
*First buried in City Cemetery in Tucson when the cemetery closed the interred were moved to different cemeteries.
Roest, Elizabeth M. b.Dec. 18, 1912, d. June 1971
Rowley, Jean Flora b. Nov. 13, 1922, Nogales, AZ d. April 10, 1997
~ Daughter of James Frazier & Carrie Swigart
Ruback, Leonard M., b. Nebraska March 4, 929, d. Calif. June 23, 1994
~ Husband of June Stoddard

Sabow, James E. b. Aug. 5, 1939, d. Jan 22, 1991
~ Husband of Sally Townsend
Sanders, Gilbert C. b. Jan 27, 1910, d. Dec. 11, 1969
Sanders, Kathryn M b. April 29, 1919, d. March 19, 1966
~ Wife of Gilbert
Sanders, Kay M., d. 1979
Schenck, Margaret, b. Nov. 22, 1893, d. March 12, 1966
~ Wife of Roy Schenck
Schenck, Roy W., b. June 22, 1884, Iowa, d. June 16, 1940, Tucson
~ Husband of Margaret
~ Son of Charles Schenck & Lettie Gould
~ WWI
Schmitt, Alice Hastings, b. Nov. 22, 1918, d. March 11, 1987
~ Wife of Robert
Schmitt, Robert Mikkelsen, b. Jan. 18, 1917, d. Oct. 15, 1992
~ Husband of Alice
Schock, Leslie Franklin, b. Jan. 19, 1919, d. July 20, 1979
Schock, Raymond Leslie b. Jan. 11, 1952, d. Aug. 6, 2006
~ Husband of Janet
~ Son of Les & Lou Schock
~ US Army
Schock, Nellie Irene, b. June 22, 1885, Clarinda, Iowa, d. Oct. 11, 1943, Elgin, AZ
~ Wife of Raymond L.
~ Daughter of Henry Pike & Eva Richards
Schock, Raymond D., b. Aug. 14, 1908, d. Sept 8, 1996
Schock, Raymond Leroy, b. Dec. 13, 1880, d. Aug. 1967
Schorr, Glenn J. b. March 7, 1941, Philadelphia, PA, d. Feb. 15, 1992, Tucson, AZ
~ Son of Wag Schorr & Marie Gibbons
Schorr, John E., b. April 30, 1944, Philadelphia, PA, d. March 23, 1985, Denver, CO.
~ Son of Wag Schorr & Marie Gibbons
Schorr, Wagner �Wag�, b. Aug. 3,. 1911, Baltimore, MD, d. Dec. 4, 2001, Tucson, AZ
~ Husband of Marie
~ Son of John E. Schorr & Catherine Graeber,
Sharples, Mary Elaine, b. June 19, 1922, d. Nov. 12, 1981,
~ wife of Philip Price Sharples,
~ Mother of Joan Phoebe & Windton Scott Warfield
Shields, Orville J., b Dec. 28, 1915, Patagonia, AZ, d. Oct 13, 1930, Bisbee, AZ
~ Son of John C. Shields & Janie Teague
Schrader, Helen, b. March 27, 1928, d. May 27, 1997,
~ Wife of Charles
SilvaI, Brett Matthew, B. 1960
~ Infant son of Sharon Spencer & Daniel Silva (no headstone)
Skutt, Frank, b. June 25, 1859, Michigan, d. Feb. 25, 1950, Prescott, AZ
~ Husband of Lena
~ Son of Andrew Skutt & Amy Hays
Skutt, Lena, b. July 12, 1859, Minnesota, d. Sept. 18, 1928, Rain Valley, AZ
~ Wife of Frank Skutt
~ Daughter of H. J. Dalstrom & Ellen Carlsen
Smith, D. Scott, b. Dec. 31 1953, d. Feb. 16, 2001
~ Husband of Rebecca Jo
Smith, Viginia Y., b. Dec. 5, 1914, d. March 14, 1990
Speed, Ernest b. July 30 1855, Madisonville, KY, d. March 8, 1941, Elgin, AZ
~ Husband of Minnie
~ Son of Robert C. Speed & Laura Summers
Speed, Minnie E., b. 1860, Kentucky, d. 1914
~ Wife of Ernest Speed
~ Daughter of William & Sarah Morton
Spencer, Alonzo Franklin 'Jokey', b. June 26, 1937, Tucson, AZ
d. Jan 10, 1997, Elgin, AZ
~ Husband of Dawne Schofield
~ son of 'Slim' Spencer & Dora Lowe
Spore, Martha L., b. Dec. 5, 1911, d. Feb. 10, 1997
Stoddard, Evan, son of Rodney & Peggy

Stoddard, Emory, b. May 19, 1903, d. Sept. 1981
~ Son of Harry L & Lulu Belle Brizzee
~ husband of Olive
Stoddard, Harry L., b. Dec. 24, 1869, Vermont, d. May 31, 1941, Tucson, AZ
~ son of Lyman Stoddard & Rhoda Douglas
Stoddard, Herald, age 5-1/2,
b. Aug. 1, 1929, Elgin, AZ d. Jan. 20, 1935 Nogales, AZ
~ Son of Emory Stoddard & Olive Douglas ~
~ A Grand Little Feller ~
Stoddard, Nolan Dick, 20 y. 7 m. 19 d., d. Sept 22, 1962,
~ Son of Emory Stoddard & Olive Douglas
Stoddard, Pauline, Infant,
b. Feb 12, 1933, d. Feb. 17, 1933
~ Daughter of Shirley Stoddard & Rose Markle ~
Swanson, Ben b. Jan 5, 1885 in Sweden, d. June 11, 1935, Tucson, AZ
~ Husband of Alice

Telles, Ralph , b. March 25, 1920, d. Feb. 4, 2003
~ US Army, WWII ~
Telles, Ralph Lawton, b. Nov. 28, 1953, d. Jan 24, 1954
~ Son of Ralph Telles & Evelyn Houston
Thomas, Everett Francis, b. 1900, d. 1960
Thomas, Louise Knipe, b. Dec. 5, 1910, Washington D.C., d. Sept. 9, 1951, Tucson, AZ
~ Daughter of Frederick O. Knipe & Dorothy Stoddard
Townsend, Elizabeth B, b. June 21, 1904, d. Feb. 17, 1989,
~ Wife of Robert ~
Daughter of Adelrick & Elizabeth Benziger
Townsend, Robert C N. , b. Dec. 17, 1914, d. June 20, 1995
Turney, Ida Speed, b. July 17, 1879, Kentucky, d. Dec. 3, 1962,
~ Wife of Mark C.
~ Daughter of Ernest Speed & Minnie Morton
Turney, Mark C., b. Feb. 25, 1884, Texas, d. Sept 9, 1951, Pima County
~ son of H. B. Turney & Mary Jane Wood

Valenzuela, Constancia b. 1888, d. 1930, 'Mama'
Valenzuela, Jesus b. 1886, d. 1966, 'Papa'
Varner, Lillian, 80 years 28 days born in Kansas, d. March 8, 1970
~ Wife of Robert
~ Maiden name Starvelt
Vermillion, Iva Varner, b. Sept. 29, 1912, Douglas, Ariz. d. 1960
~ Daughter of Robert Varner & Lillian Starvelt

Watts, Ernestine, b. Sept 2, 1931, d. Nov. 18, 1997
Watts, Chester b. April 16, 1926, D. Sept 5, 2001
~ US Navy WWII ~
White, Lucille b. July 15, 1902, d. June 1977
~ Wife of Van Buren ~
White, Van Buren b. Jan. 14, 1903, d. Aug. 1969,
~ husband of Lucille M.
Williamson, Jonse W 'JACK'., b. May 10, 1868, Missouri, d. June 2, 1951, Nogales, AZ
~ Husband of Rose Mayer
~ Son of William D. Williamson & Melvina Bledsoe
~ Original homesteader
Williamson, Rose, b. June 6, 1879, Kansas d. June 4, 1944, San Rafael Valley, AZ
~ Wife of Jonse W. 'Jack' Williamson
~ Daughter of F.S. Mayer & Margaret Cobb
Wood Henry, b. March 6, 1871, Texas d. 1975
Wood, James Henderson, b .April 1, 1954, d. Nov. 22, 1998
Wood, Mack Owen, b. Sept. 4, 1925, d. Aug. 2, 2004
~ Husband of Edna May Williamson
~ Son of Henry Wood & Myrtle McDaniel
Wood, Myrtle b. Aug. 17, 1894, Texas, d. July 26, 1982
~ Wife of Henry ~
Wood, Warren H., d. b. July 19, 1921, Nogales, AZ , d. Aug. 26, 1943,
~ Husband of Maxine Brown
~ Son of Henry Wood & Myrtle McDaniel
~ Sgt. 411th Bomb Sq. A.C.

Young, Pauline R., b. March 20, 1887, Brookville, Pennsylvania, d. March, 1975
~ Wife of Arthur B. Young
~ Daughter of Robert Rodgers & Annie Eason
Young, Sigfried R., b. April 23, 1913, Arizona, d. June, 1982,
~ Air Force, WWII, Korea, Vietnam
~ Son of Arthur & Pauline Young

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Please e-mail me with any comments or information!
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(Linda Hummel Roslund)

If you want to make a donation to the upkeep of
this cemetery, or ask about a future burial write
to this address:

Black Oak Cemetery
P.O. Box 4691
Huachuca City, AZ 85616

I gathered most of the information not on the tombstones from the following: Arizona Birth & Death Records, World War I Draft Registration Records, Social Security Death Index, California Death Records, Tubac Historical Society, Sonoita Bulletin and the United States Census, Arizona Territory Post Office & Postmasters by John & Lillian Theobald

Thank you to the following people who have helped me:
Patti Ashcraft, June Grimmett, Ed LeGendre, Donnie Lewis Martin,
Eloise Walsh, Rodney Stoddard, Debbie Bickford, Bill Laux, Marci Cooper,
& Raul Amado Jr.

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