View Effie's Arizona death certificate.
An impressionest artist, Effie was among the earliest artists residing in the Arizona Territory. With her husband as pioneer settlers at Pearce, Effie lived and painted there from 1896 to 1941 after which she moved to Douglas. There she established an art studio at the Gadsden Hotel from 1941 to 1951 where she painted and taught her young art students.
Effie's paintings were exhibited in galleries as far away as Philadelphia and were acquired by, among others, American politicians and European nobility. By her 80th birthday she was known as "The Dean of Arizona Women Artists."
Many of the paintings which were shown at the Douglas Art Association Gallery's February 2012 showing (in honor of Arizona's 100th anniversary celebrating the admittance as the 48th state)had not been exhibited publicly since the 1930's when Effie Anderson Smith was recognized internationally for her colorful impressions of the Grand Canyon and many other familiar Southern Arizona desert vistas.
Effie resided at the Arizona Pioneers Home in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona from 1951 - 1955 where she died. She was buried with other relatives in Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott.
Effie and Andrew took out a marriage license at the city hall in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona on August 1, 1895.
Great great nephew Steve Carlson writes:
"The third grave [in Pearce cemetery] is that of Effie's mother, Martha Adelia Coulter Anderson, who we believe died in Deming NM where Effie was before coming to Arizona, but we believe the body was eventually moved to Pearce sometime later. We know Effie and 2 siblings were in Deming for several years, but eventually sister Carrie moved to the midwest, and brother George died in Deming around 1911, so it may have been then that Effie had her mother brought over to Pearce. They had money then, but we just don't know."
A great website done by her grandson can be found at
http://effieandersonsmith.com/web/bio.aspx
An impressionest artist, Effie was among the earliest artists residing in the Arizona Territory. With her husband as pioneer settlers at Pearce, Effie lived and painted there from 1896 to 1941 after which she moved to Douglas. There she established an art studio at the Gadsden Hotel from 1941 to 1951 where she painted and taught her young art students.
Effie's paintings were exhibited in galleries as far away as Philadelphia and were acquired by, among others, American politicians and European nobility. By her 80th birthday she was known as "The Dean of Arizona Women Artists."
Many of the paintings which were shown at the Douglas Art Association Gallery's February 2012 showing (in honor of Arizona's 100th anniversary celebrating the admittance as the 48th state)had not been exhibited publicly since the 1930's when Effie Anderson Smith was recognized internationally for her colorful impressions of the Grand Canyon and many other familiar Southern Arizona desert vistas.
Effie resided at the Arizona Pioneers Home in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona from 1951 - 1955 where she died. She was buried with other relatives in Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott.
Effie and Andrew took out a marriage license at the city hall in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona on August 1, 1895.
Great great nephew Steve Carlson writes:
"The third grave [in Pearce cemetery] is that of Effie's mother, Martha Adelia Coulter Anderson, who we believe died in Deming NM where Effie was before coming to Arizona, but we believe the body was eventually moved to Pearce sometime later. We know Effie and 2 siblings were in Deming for several years, but eventually sister Carrie moved to the midwest, and brother George died in Deming around 1911, so it may have been then that Effie had her mother brought over to Pearce. They had money then, but we just don't know."
A great website done by her grandson can be found at
http://effieandersonsmith.com/web/bio.aspx
View Effie's Arizona death certificate.
An impressionest artist, Effie was among the earliest artists residing in the Arizona Territory. With her husband as pioneer settlers at Pearce, Effie lived and painted there from 1896 to 1941 after which she moved to Douglas. There she established an art studio at the Gadsden Hotel from 1941 to 1951 where she painted and taught her young art students.
Effie's paintings were exhibited in galleries as far away as Philadelphia and were acquired by, among others, American politicians and European nobility. By her 80th birthday she was known as "The Dean of Arizona Women Artists."
Many of the paintings which were shown at the Douglas Art Association Gallery's February 2012 showing (in honor of Arizona's 100th anniversary celebrating the admittance as the 48th state)had not been exhibited publicly since the 1930's when Effie Anderson Smith was recognized internationally for her colorful impressions of the Grand Canyon and many other familiar Southern Arizona desert vistas.
Effie resided at the Arizona Pioneers Home in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona from 1951 - 1955 where she died. She was buried with other relatives in Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott.
Effie and Andrew took out a marriage license at the city hall in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona on August 1, 1895.
Great great nephew Steve Carlson writes:
"The third grave [in Pearce cemetery] is that of Effie's mother, Martha Adelia Coulter Anderson, who we believe died in Deming NM where Effie was before coming to Arizona, but we believe the body was eventually moved to Pearce sometime later. We know Effie and 2 siblings were in Deming for several years, but eventually sister Carrie moved to the midwest, and brother George died in Deming around 1911, so it may have been then that Effie had her mother brought over to Pearce. They had money then, but we just don't know."
A great website done by her grandson can be found at
http://effieandersonsmith.com/web/bio.aspx
An impressionest artist, Effie was among the earliest artists residing in the Arizona Territory. With her husband as pioneer settlers at Pearce, Effie lived and painted there from 1896 to 1941 after which she moved to Douglas. There she established an art studio at the Gadsden Hotel from 1941 to 1951 where she painted and taught her young art students.
Effie's paintings were exhibited in galleries as far away as Philadelphia and were acquired by, among others, American politicians and European nobility. By her 80th birthday she was known as "The Dean of Arizona Women Artists."
Many of the paintings which were shown at the Douglas Art Association Gallery's February 2012 showing (in honor of Arizona's 100th anniversary celebrating the admittance as the 48th state)had not been exhibited publicly since the 1930's when Effie Anderson Smith was recognized internationally for her colorful impressions of the Grand Canyon and many other familiar Southern Arizona desert vistas.
Effie resided at the Arizona Pioneers Home in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona from 1951 - 1955 where she died. She was buried with other relatives in Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott.
Effie and Andrew took out a marriage license at the city hall in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona on August 1, 1895.
Great great nephew Steve Carlson writes:
"The third grave [in Pearce cemetery] is that of Effie's mother, Martha Adelia Coulter Anderson, who we believe died in Deming NM where Effie was before coming to Arizona, but we believe the body was eventually moved to Pearce sometime later. We know Effie and 2 siblings were in Deming for several years, but eventually sister Carrie moved to the midwest, and brother George died in Deming around 1911, so it may have been then that Effie had her mother brought over to Pearce. They had money then, but we just don't know."
A great website done by her grandson can be found at
http://effieandersonsmith.com/web/bio.aspx
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