Find A Grave - Cochise County

Allen, Rex b. December 31, 1920 d. December 17, 1999
Singer, Actor. Born Rex Elvie Allen in Willcox Arizona. His parents were Horace Allen and Faye Clark. He was given his first guitar when he was 11 years old. He graduated from Willcox High School in 1938. He began singing and after finishing high school, he worked for a short time as a performer at a Phoenix radio station. He later began a rodeo bull riding career. He suffered an injury on a bull and soon went back to singing. He was hired by WTTM in Trenton, New Jersey in 1943. After he left...[Read More] (Bio by: Jane Eubanks)
Cause of death: Injuries suffered in an accident
Railroad Park, Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Claiborne, Billy b. October 21, 1860 d. November 14, 1882
Outlaw. It is unknown whether he was a native Arizonan or if he moved there from New Mexico as so many other of his kind had done. After the death of William Bonney he began to demand that he be called "Billy the Kid." Some reports claimed that he killed three men for laughing at his demand, but newspaper reports only account for him shooting one man who is not identified. He was arrested for shooting a man named James Hickey, but he was acquitted when it was proven that Hickey was armed and it...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Clanton, Billy (William Harrison) b. 1862 d. October 26, 1881
American Folk Figure. Billy Clanton was a reluctant combatant in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. When becoming knowledgeable about the intentions of his older brother Ike to foster a confrontation with city lawmen, he attempted to calm him then persuade him to leave town. Unsuccessful, he would stay and participate in the gunfight while witnessing his brother fleeing from the scene after starting the altercation before dying in a hail of bullets. The number of...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Cochise, Chief. Nino b. February 6, 1874 d. December 23, 1984
Grandson of Cochise, Son of Tahza, Nephew of Geronimo. Leader of the Apache Indians for 87 years. At age 92, missing 1 leg and having to have help into the saddle, he won a role to play his fabled Grandfather in a 1967 episode of the television series, "High Chaparral." Nino died at 110 years of age in Arizona. (Bio by: MB)
Tombstone Cemetery (Old), Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Cruz, Florentino d. March 1, 1882 (circa)
Western Outlaw. Cruz was a half-blood who was involved with cattle rustling, stage robberies, and other illegal activities with the likes of Ike Clanton, Curly Bill Brocius, Pete Spence, Frank Stillwell, and other enemies of the Earp brothers in Tombstone, AZ. On March 18, 1882, Cruz, Pete Spence, a gambler named Freis, Frank Stillwell, and another half-blood called "Indian Charley" were gathered in an alley behind one of Tombstone's pool halls. Morgan Earp was playing pool with his back to a...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Plot: Row 1
DiBiase, Mike b. December 24, 1923 d. July 2, 1969
Mike DiBiase is a legendary wrestler who is the adopted father of legendary wrestler "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. He is also known as "Iron" Mike DiBiase. He is a former NWA champion and a former AWA champion. He died in the wrestling ring from a heart attack when he wrestled against Man Mountain Mike. (Bio by: Adam J.)
Sunset Cemetery, Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Henderson, Zenna b. November 1, 1917 d. May 11, 1983
Teacher and Author. The daughter of Louis Rudolph Chlarson and Emily Vernell Rowley, she was born in Tucson, Arizona, where she lived throughout the greater part of her life. Earning her B.A. in Education in 1940 from Arizona State College, she became a teacher in the Tucson area. In 1943 she married Richard Harry Henderson although they were divorced seven years later. During World War II she taught children in France at a United States Air Force dependents' school and at a Japanese relocation...[Read More] (Bio by: Spaceman Spiff)
Saint David Cemetery, Saint David, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
GPS coordinates: 31.8665104, -110.2054825 (hddd.dddd)
Jewish Pioneers Memorial
Memorial erected in 1984 in the Jewish section of Boothill Graveyard to commemorate Jewish pioneers of the Wild West. The monument contains not only Jewish religious items but also Indian items and is decorated with a Hohokam symbol as well as a menorah. It was jointly supported by the Jewsih and the Indian communities and Judge C. Lawrence Huerta, a full-blooded Yaqui Indian, said: "A burial place is sacred to my people, and I wanted this place to be treated with the respect it once had. In...[Read More] (Bio by: David Conway)
Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Plot: Jewish section
Jones, Stan b. June 5, 1914 d. December 13, 1963
Songwriter, Actor. He wrote the 1949 classic western song "Ghost Riders in the Sky." Before Ghost Riders, Jones worked in a copper mine, fought forest fires and was a national park ranger in Death Valley CA. It was in Death Valley that Jones first met the famous director John Ford during the remake of the 3 Godfathers. A year later Ghost Riders was released, and Jones was in Hollywood visiting his friend, actor George O'Brien. O'Brien and fellow actor, Harry Carey Jr, arranged a meeting with...[Read More] (Bio by: Randy)
Julia Page Memorial Park, Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Kelly Jr., Emmett b. November 13, 1923 d. November 29, 2006
Entertainer. The son of Emmett Kelly Sr. and Eva Moore, he was a circus clown that followed in his father's footsteps. He was a Navy veteran serving in Okinawa and Iwo Jima during World War II. Encouraged and trained by his Dad, he donned the "Weary Willie" costume and make-up that his father created. Emmett Jr. signed with Eastman Kodak to appear in their New York World's Fair pavillion. This four year employment with...[Read More] (Bio by: Number1)
Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
KoKo b. 1940 d. 1967
Show Horse. KoKo "The Miracle Horse of the Movies" was Rex Allen's personal equine. The studio's making westerns always stipulated the performer would furnish their own horse and wardrobe. The chocolate chestnut horse with a white mane and tail was a Morgan purchased at age ten from famed Hollywood trainer Glen Randall who continued to train the equine until his death. KoKo was buried in Malibu Canyon on a small ranch...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Railroad Park, Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Maddern, Clarence b. September 26, 1921 d. August 9, 1986
Major League Baseball Player. A right-handed-hitting outfielder, he played for the Chicago Cubs in three games in 1946, 80 in 1948 and 10 in 1949 and for the Cleveland Indians in 11 games in 1951. He missed three seasons because of military service in 1943-45, when he earned battle stars. An infantryman, he participated in the Battle of the Bulge. He had a .248 lifetime batting average with five home runs. His minor-league stops included Bisbee of the Arizona-Texas League, Vancounver in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Evergreen Cemetery, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Mason, Julius Wilmot b. January 19, 1835 d. December 19, 1882
Civil War Union Army Officer. Graduated from the Western Military Institute in Kentucky, and served as an Engineer and Militia officer in Towanda, New York before the war. Entered the Regular Army upon the outbreak of hostilities with the South. being appointed as a 2nd Lieutenant on the 2nd United States Regular Cavalry, On August 3, 1861 he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and transferred to the 5th U.S Cavalry. Commanded the 5th Cavalry in General Wesley Merritt's Brigade, Cavalry Corps during...[Read More] (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Fort Huachuca Cemetery, Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
McLaury, Frank b. March 3, 1848 d. October 26, 1881
Western Outlaw. Born in 1848 in Korthright, New York, To Robert McLaury and Margaret McLaury. Frank McLaury was the 8th of 11 children. Frank McLaury was killed in the Gunfight at the OK corral in 1881.
Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
McLaury, Tom b. June 30, 1853 d. October 26, 1881
Folk Figure. Born in Kortright, New York the tenth of eleven children of attorney Robert Houston and Margaret Rowland McClaughry. In 1855 the family moved to Belle Plaine, Iowa where the siblings attended a local common school. In 1878, he and his brother Frank moved to Hereford, Arizona, where they built an adobe and settled down. The 1880 US Census, Pima County, listed the brothers as Frank, age 31, head of the house, with the occupation of "Stock Raiser." Tom, age 27, also listed as "Stock...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Moore, Lester d. 1880
Wells Fargo agent. Cause of death is as described on his epitaph: Here lies Lester Moore, four slugs from a .44, no Les, no more.
Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Plot: Row 6
Ringo (Ringgold), Johnny (John Peter) b. May 3, 1850 d. July 13, 1882
Gunfighter, Outlaw. Johnny Ringo was rather an ordinary western outlaw until writers and Hollywood created a fiction character, at best a facsimile, barely resembling the actual lawbreaker who wandered the southwest. The subject of many books, some even considered non-fiction, his actual exploits pale compared to his after-death journey where he became a legendary cowboy whom writers romanticized to the point that he was considered one of the deadliest and fastest guns of the old west. Some...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Johnny Ringo State Historical Landmark, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Slaughter, John Horton b. October 3, 1841 d. February 16, 1922
Western Lawman. He was a rancher and a Texas Ranger when he enlisted in the Confederate Army at the start of the Civil War. Enlisted in Nov 1863 as a pvt in Company E, 36th Woods Cavalry, Texas before moving on to the unit that is currently listed. Mustered out May 15, 1865. Serving in the 3rd Frontier Division, Texas State Troops, he earned the reputation of a fearless fighter, skilled with firearms. After the war, he formed the San Antonio Ranch Company with his brothers and in the 1870s...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Calvary Cemetery, Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Plot: F-082-7
Spence, Orizoba b. 1847 d. April 7, 1876
Indian Campaign Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the United States Army in Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for action on October 20, 1869 at Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona. His citation reads "Gallantry in action." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Fort Bowie Post Cemetery, Bowie, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

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