The Life, Times & Family of Orson Pratt Brown

Orson Pratt Brown's Half-sister
Daughter of Phebe Abigail Abbott Brown Fife and Colonel William Nicol Fife
Wife of Joseph Layton

CYNTHIA ABIGAIL FIFE LAYTON

Born: July 22, 1867 at Ogden, Weber, Utah
Died: December 14, 1943 at Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona (76)
Buried: 17 December 1943 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona

Compiled by Lucy Brown Archer

CYNTHIA'S PARENTS

Father: Colonel William Nicol Fife

Mother: Phoebe Abigail Abbott Brown Fife
Mother: Phebe Abigail Abbott Brown Fife

William Nicol Fife was from Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, born on 16 Oct 1831. Fife married Phebe Abigail Abbott Brown, widow of Captain James Brown of Company "C" of the Mormon Battalion, on 9 October 1866 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Fife was an architect. He designed the Ogden City Tabernacle among many other buildings.

Phebe, William, and William's other wives and families, lived in the Ogden, Utah area until 1880, when they moved to eastern Arizona. Fife started up the Oak Grove Ranch north of Tucson, Arizona, near Thatcher. He was not content there.

Brothers Snow and Moses Thatcher came through Thatcher and advised the Fife's to go to Mexico. Brother Thatcher called for volunteers to establish and build the colonies in Mexico. Orson answered the call. Mr. Fife was to sell out and move down to Mexico with his families. Fife sold his ranch and returned to Ogden, Utah after the murder of his first wife Diana Davis Fife on September 12, 1884. Phebe stayed with her son Orson to help settle the Mormon colonies in Mexico. One of Fife's wives that returned to Ogden with him was Phebe's sister Cynthia Abbott Fife (1839-1910, married 1867).

Phebe Abbott Brown Fife at the home of her son Orson c. 1895
Phebe Abbott Brown Fife, sitting on porch at the Mormon Colonies home of her son Orson P. Brown
and his wife Martha Diana Romney Brown, and two of their children, c. 1895.

Phebe and William Fife apparently had 3 daughters, one died at birth and another from smallpox. Only their daughter Cynthia Abigail Fife lived to maturity. Cynthia married Joseph Layton, son of Christopher Layton (1821-1898)and Caroline Cooper Layton (1836-1912).

Cynthia's mother, Phebe Abbott Brown Fife, was a pioneer in Illinois, Utah, Arizona and Mexico. Phebe had lived with her son Orson for many years in Mexico and lived her last years with her daughter Cynthia Fife Layton in Arizona. She died January 9, 1915, in Thatcher Arizona, at 84 years of age.

Cynthia's siblings through Phebe Abbott Brown and Captain James Brown, all born at Ogden, Weber County, Utah are:

1--Stephen Abbott Brown, b., 22 August 1851. He died 22 December 1853. -Child.

2--Phoebe Adelaide Brown, b. 24 October 1855. She married Henry Theodore Snyder in 1876 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Phoebe Adelaide died 11 June 1930.

3--Orson Pratt Brown, b. 22 May 1863. He married five wives:
(1) 10 October 1887, Martha Dianna Romney
(2) 28 March 1897, Jane Bodily Galbraith
(3) 15 January 1901, Elizabeth Graham Macdonald
(4) 2 September 1902, Eliza Skousen
(5) 18 March 1919, Angela Gabaldón.
Orson Pratt Brown died 10 March 1946, in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Cynthia had two younger siblings through Phebe Abbott Brown Fife and Colonel William Nicol Fife, all three girls were born in Ogden, Weber, Utah, they are:

1. Infant girl Fife - died at birth c.1869.

2. Child girl Fife - born c. 1871; died from smallpox as a small child c. 1873.

Cynthia Fife Layton
Photo courtesy of Leona Layton Kiessig

Events involving Cynthia Fife, the half-sister of Orson Pratt Brown,
taken from stories Cynthia dictated to her granddaughter, Leona Layton Kiessig, on April 21, 1942.

Submitted by Leona's daughter Marlene Kiessig Biesinger

"At the age of 13 years I came to Arizona with my parents, three brothers, John Fife, Walter Fife, and Orson Brown. We left Utah in 1880, arrived in Pima in January 1881 and were three months on the way. We lost a pair of mules on the Buckskin Mountains and it was three months before we found them.

We arrived in Pima, there were several men fixing to go to the Chirachahua Mountains to freight. Father decided to go with them, so we lived at the foot of the Chirachahua Mountains the first year in our wagon boxes. Plenty of snakes, lizards, rustlers, and murderous Apache Indians and everything else that goes with a new country was there. Father was taken up with that part of the country, and we made our home there. It was very lonely, our nearest neighbor being 5 miles away, Mr. Riggs Ranch.

I had no chance of schooling nor religous training until I was married. I was married in Safford September 2, 1886 to Joseph Layton. We lived in Safford a short time as he was running his father's grist mill or flour mill when we were married. From Safford we went to St. David where Father Layton had a cattle ranch. We lived there about 8 months when we moved back t Safford to the mill again. Our oldest son, Joseph Christopher Layton Jr., was born at this time [14 September 1887]. We built a nice brick house in Thatcher and moved there. We were there but a few months when we took up a piece of land in Layton (Graham County, Arizona), which was named after President Layton, who was my husband's father. President Christopher Layton was the first president of the St. Joseph Stake.

We sold our house in Thatcher to Richard Layton, my husband's brother, and moved to Layton. Our oldest girl was born there, Glenna, who later died when she was three years of age. She died on February 7, 1892.

We later traded that piece to Father Layton for his ranch in St. David, (Arizona) and moved there again. Edna was born [24 January 1891].

We moved back to Thatcher and ran a store. Glenna died at this time, a sweet and beautiful child. We built another nice home and lived in it for 6 years. Walter (Leona's father), Iretta, and Caroline were born in this home. We traded it for a piece of land a a two-room house in the west part of Thatcher. Had lived there 3 months when my husband died of apoplexy [hemorrhage into the brain - a stroke], leaving me with five small children. The oldest, Joe, was 9 years old. Caroline, the youngest, 6 months. Our home was nothing but a shell, but it was home. We were very lonely and when night came I would put the children in the buggie and go to Aunt Selina's to sleep [Joseph's older sister Selina C. Layton Phillips and her family had lived with Cynthia and Joseph when they moved to Thatcher in May of 1888, while they were building a new brick house]. We did that for some time until my father [William Fife] came to live with me.

We built two bedrooms in the back of the house and made it a little more comfortable. The little farm brought us in a living, until the children got larger and it took more to keep them.. I took in washings, had boarders, went out to work for 50 cents a day papering and cleaning houses. We put a porch on the house and fixed it up a little on the inside. Had lots of sickness, but the Lord was mindful of us and helped us many times.

My mother, Phebe, came to live with us from Mexico. She was almost helpless with rheumatism for years, and she died January 9, 1915, at the age of 84.

I worked in the Hunt & Allreds Store for awhile, then went to work in the Big Six off and on for 19 years. Before mother died I built another room and had my house fixed very comfortable. The children and I worked very hard while they were getting their schooling. I built 2 homes after my husband died.

For many years I was a worker in the Church; first, a counselor in the Ward Primary, and at the same time was teacher in the Sunday School when I had boarders. I was put in the Relief Society as counselor to Ella Burdinow in 1901, then to Sister Olive Kimball. I was president Nov. 6, 1906, in the Thatcher Relief Society for 4 years and was also Stake Primary President at the same time. I was a worker in the primary for over 20 years. Resigned from them on account of poor health. I enjoyed my labors very much and realized what good I received from them.

My son, Walter Layton and family of two girls and a boy, (Leona, Marvel & Bevan) and also his wife Maida [Cluff], were living in Fort Grant in the year 1922. He was working for the industrial school as a guard for the State of Arizona. One day he was detailed to go out with a group of boys when one of the boys asked him to sharpen his axe, as they were clearing a piece of land. He sharpened the axe and another boy came up and asked him to sharpen his axe. At that time, George Fralick, a 17-year-old, came behind Walter and hit him in the head twice with the axe. George atempted to escape but was lassoed by another guard and taken to camp. Walter died December 20, 1921 in Safford and was buried beside his father and sister in the Thatcher cemetery. George Fralick was sentenced to hang, but the case was appealed because it was proven that he was demented. He was therefore sentenced to the Florence Penitentiary for live, for first degree murder. He tried to kill a guard at the penitentiary and was sent to the asylum, an institute for the insane. He later escaped and hasn't been heard of since.

Poem

by Cynthia Abigail Fife Layton

"I dedicate this to....My Children"

Tonight you give me roses and kiss me a last adieu,
Tomorrow they all wither and I will be gone from you.
But as long as the world has roses, as long as love shall be,
I shall think of you forever and all that you have been to me.

An Account of an Indian Attack on John Fife
as recorded by his half-sister, Cynthia Fife Layton:

Submitted by Marlene Kiessig Biesinger

In the year of 1880 my father, mother, three brothers and myself arrived in Arizona from Ogden, Utah and settled in Sulphur Spring Valley at the foot of the Chirichahua Mountains in Oak Grove. We lived for one year in a tent and slep in our wagon boxes. Then father built a frame house which we thought was pretty nice.

At that time the country was full of rustlers who made their living by stealing what they wanted and killing all who opposed them. Within a short time after our arrival the rustlers were all killed. I remember very distinctly when the last five were hanged in Tombstone. That finished their crime wave.

After the rustlers were all killed, then came the dreaded Indians who were of an Apache tribe, who gave us a lot of trouble. One time they were on their way to Mexico, and they came upon a house in the mountains seven miles from us where two old people lived. They began firing and the old man and woman ran to the rocks thinking it would be safer for them there as they were afraid the Indians might burn the house. They hid in the rocks, not knowing but what they would be killed. The old lady had a basque on with a ruffle on the bottom, and when the Indians had gone she found two holes in the ruffle. Upon being able to return to their home uninjured, they were very happy to find that neither had been harmed nor had their home been burned.

Another time my brother John was hauling a timber that was used in the mines in Tombstone. He and two other men went to the mountains to get this timber, when seemingly behind every tree there was an Indian. The Indians began firing, killing the two men who were with brother John. John ran into the hills and through some brush. The Indians kept firing and chasing him. He killed two Indians in a thicket of breush and lay behind them for protections until the other Indians set fire to the brush. He stayed in the thicket until he could stand the smoke no longer, so he offered a prayer that he might be saved, then ran through the fire and smike and was shot three times by the Indians. He was bleeding through these wounds but he managed to get close by a nearby camp where he felt he was safe. He fell from loss of blood before he reached the camp, but was close enought that someone saw him and went after him.

The next day his family and the neighbors went up to the mountains and brought him home. There was a young man at the ranch who had just finished medical school, and with the help of fifteen men to hold him on the table, the bullet was cut out of his groin. He is living today in Salt Lake City, and still thrills at the telling of his experience. He had two spans of mules with him. The Indians killed one span for meat and packed the others with the meat and salt. The mules were not used to being packed and they got away and came home. [A span of mules constitutes as few as two mules harnessed together and as many as can be tied together in one team.]

Members of the U.S. Tenth Regiment "Buffalo Troops" visited Arizona c. 1916-1917 under the command of General John J. "Blackjack" Pershing
http://www.buffalosoldiers.com/Generations.htm

Buffalo Soldiers in Arizona

Written by Cynthia Fife Layton
Submitted by Marlene Kiessig Biesinger

"At another time we had a company of soldiers come to the ranch at night who were suppose to be after the Indians. They were lost from their pack train and hadn't had anything to eat all day. They were negro soldiers from the 10th cavalry. They asked if we could feed them. We put on a boiler of coffee, ran out of bread and made up a whole sack of 50 pounds into biscuits. They were so hungry they couldn't hardly wait to be served in turn. We fried a whole pig. We were all night doing it. They slept the balance of the night and paid us well.

The last raid of Geronimo passed near our home on their way to Mexico. Five of them came near the house but saw we were prepared for them as we had with us a group of six men who had been traveling in the mountains, but hearing that the Indians were on a raid, decided to stop with us a few days until the Indians had passed on. The Indian scouts went back to report to the main body of about 75 who passed on. The Indian scouts went back to report to the main body of about 75 who passed back of our house. They stopped about a half mile from the house on a hill. We thought they were preparing to attack us. The men got on the house and through their field glasses could see the Indians looking at us through theirs. We were happy when when we saw them turn and move on.

That night we knew there were still some Indians close around, as the dogs made such a fuss. The men took turns guarding all night. Next morning we found a red handkerchief and feathers nearby. We lived in dread until we knew all renegade Indians were captured. We had a detachment of soldiers sent to the ranch for our protection. After the scares were over, we had 15 negro soldiers who would come and stay two weeks at a time, then 15 more would come and relieve them. They were a happy company of soldiers and we enjoyed their protection very much. They seemed to be perfect gentlemen and were still guarding the ranch when I left to be married [Sept 1886 - this comment does not seem to jive with the chronology of events - more reseach to be done here]. "

[January 8, 1885 - Alexander F. Macdonald, Christopher Layton, and John W. Campbell, arrived at Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico to rent or buy land on which to locate such families of Mormons as were electing to remain polygamists or wanted a new start in a new colony outside of the United States.

January 20, 1885 - Alexander F. Macdonald and companions returned to Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico from an exploring tour to some of the valleys lying on the east slope of the Sierra Madre Mountains and found several families of polygamy exiles who had arrived from the United States.]

[Orson Pratt Brown and his future brother-in-law to be, Joseph Layton, would soon cross paths in Safford............

From "Sketch of the Life of Elizabeth Hannah Williams Layton", Page 7-8: "In June of 1885 [Christopher Layton's] wife Elizabeth and her five children moved from St. David to the mill at Safford, this is their story of terror and courage. "[Christopher Layton] sent his sons, Joseph Layton, Heber C. Layton, and James "Al" Albert Layton to move Elizabeth and the children from St. David to Safford. The first thing they did was to gather fresh horses from the range. They were to have four hourses to a wagon and three wagons to load their belongings. The community all turned out to give a helping hand, and a farewell party was held in the empty house and they danced until two o'clock in the morning. Then they started on their trip. The party included five children. Grace Drucilla Layton or "Drucie" (12), Lottie Jane Layton, Leslie Layton, and the twins, Lillian Layton and Luella Layton, who were born in St. David and were only four months old.

It was a long uphill drive to the summit. When they arrived there they found two men, one at an operating station giving warning of the Indians being on the rampage, and one with a gun on his shoulder watching. The boys fed and watered the horses and drove on into Benson.

When they arrived there they found that all the women and children had been taken to Fort Bowie for protection from the Indians. They drove down the divide into Sulphur Springs Valley and then on 15 miles and stopped at a ranch where they wanted to stay all night but eveyone had left because Indians had watered their stock there that morning. They were compelled to drive on into Willcox, which was a drive of 24 hours from St. David.

They arrived at two A.M. and stayed the rest of the night and rested the teams. The men at Willcox tried to persuade them to go on to Bowie for protetion, since Bowie was only 40 miles and Safford was 60 miles over mountain courntry. They decided against going to Bowie and all started off at daylight for Monk's Ranch. The men there were surprised they hadn't met Indians because two women had been killed that morning. Mr. Norton came to the wagon saying, "My God, Madam, it's suicide! If you can't stay, then take the road to Bowie."

They left Monk's Ranch and went on to Tin Ranch. The boys said the horses would not go farther but Elizabeth persuaded the boys to drive until the horses gave out to reach Tin Ranch. It took more talking and coaxing to persuade the boys to consent to Joseph driving them on in. Either of the boys would consent to stay if Joseph would stay with them, but Elizabeth said, "No, Joseph will drive me and these children into Safford, and if necessary you boys could jump on a horse and ride for your lives in case of an Indian attack." Elizabeth then sat in the front seat with Joseph, with a six-shooter in her hand watching. At times she was obliged to get in the back to feed her babies. Drucie then took her place watching. All at once, while Elizabeth was in the back of the wagon she heard Joseph empty his six-shooter. Of course she thought this meant massacre for all of them, but to her great relief she found Joseph had been shooting at a deer that was crossing the road. so they reached Safford in safety.]

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Christopher Layton 1821-1898

Christopher Layton
Father of the Groom

Joseph Christopher Layton
The Groom

Caroline Cooper 1836-1912
Mother of the Groom
Caroline Cooper Layton

Cynthia and Joseph married: 2 September 1886 Safford, Graham, Arizona

[During this time Cynthia prepared for her marriage to Joseph Layton in Safford, Arizona. She married him on September 2, 1886. The ceremony was performed by Joseph's father, Christopher Layton, founder of Layton, Utah and Layton, Arizona, and sent by Brigham Young to be the first Stake President in Arizona.]

"I [Orson] labored in the Mutual and Sunday School and did everything that I could to make myself worthy of service among my fellows and in the Gospel.

In March 1887 Apostle Moses Thatcher returned from the colonies in Mexico and told how the conditions financially were so distressing with the people in Mexico, and asked for volunteers of young men who were willing to serve and labor and build roads and dig ditches and become members of the colonies in Mexico.

There were as I remember, about twelve or fifteen young men who volunteered to come to these colonies, along with them, myself. When I asked Apostle Thatcher how soon he wanted us to leave he laid his hand on my shoulder.

"Just as soon as you can arrange your affairs," he said. "Get ready and go; and I promise you in the name of Israel's God that his blessing and Spirit and protection will be with you and that this will be the greatest blessing that could ever come to you to have volunteered this service for it is a service in the work of the Lord." And he sent me on the way rejoicing.

I began to dispose of what little I had and came to Sulphur Springs Valley where my mother was. She desired to come with me and together we journeyed to the colonies, arriving there on the thirtieth day of May, 1887."

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This dream so impressed me that on Monday morning I went to President Ivins who was in El Paso and I told him Salazar and his rebels were going to drive the people out of Mexico and I related to him my dream and the impression that I had received.

He said, "O, I guess you are mistaken. I have not had any impression in regard to this matter."

At this same time I wrote a letter to the President Junius Romney to this effect:

I feel impressed to say to you that Salazar and his rebels are going to demand the arms and ammunition of the colonists and will then drive them out into the United States. It seems to me the best policy to follow would be to deliver them the old arms and old ammunition and keep the new guns and ammunition that I have sent for your protection. I feel sure that the people are going to be driven out of their homes. I have received communications from Senator Smoot stating that he had just visited the Secretary of State and the President in regard to our critical condition and that if we did anything that might bring on international complications in Mexico, the American government would not give us assistance or protection.

This seems to me that our policy as to defending our interests and protecting our homes makes the conditions unendurable and we will not be able to do so."

The following day I received a letter from my sister, Cynthia Layton, in Thatcher. It said my mother was very sick and desired very much to see me; that she felt she might die at any time. I showed this letter to Brother Ivins.

He said, "I think you had better not go just now."

Then on Friday morning's mail I received another letter from my sister Cynthia, requesting my immediate presence in Thatcher, Arizona; that my mother was much worse. I showed this letter to Brother Ivins and asked him what I should do.

He said, "Well, I think you had better go."

I said to him, "Brother Ivins, things in the colonies are in a terrible condition and I don't feel like deserting my post but if you say go, I will go and if anything happens while I am gone, you can wire me. At any rate, I will be back here next Monday morning.

I arrived at Thatcher Saturday at noon and found that my mother's condition was somewhat improved. She had received a wire I was on the way. On a Sunday afternoon while I was in Thatcher I was privileged to speak in meeting. While addressing the assembly I briefly related the critical conditions of the Saints in Mexico and asked the people of that community for their faith and prayers for the preservation of the lives and property of the people in Mexico and I was inspired to say that not only did we need their faith and prayers but also their materiel help, for at this time I knew the people would be having to leave because of Salazar and his red-flaggers.

After meeting was over I was asked to go and administer to one of our sisters who had previously lived at Morelos. On my return from that sister’s home I met President Kimball with a telegram from President Ivins.

It read: "Conditions serious return immediately."

When asked by President Kimball what I thought it meant, I said, "It means that our people have been attacked and are being driven out of Mexico by those bandits."

[Chrisptopher Layton wrote: "On May 19, 1888, my daughter Selina C., her husband, Edward Phillips, and their family of five children arrived from Utah. They were accompanied by my son Chauncey W. Layton, and had been five weeks on the journey with teams. They brought their furniture and provisions with them, also scrapers and farm implements. They lived with my son Joseph Layton and his wife Cynthia [Fife Layton] for a few weeks while they built a brick house." Page159-160

[Chauncey's wife, Josephine LePage Raddon (1878-1947), is the niece of Samuel LePage Raddon (1858-1948), early founder of Park City, Summit, Utah and editor for 67 years of The Park Record Newspaper.

......" In April, 1891, I sold my store to my son Joseph, but I bought it back in about a year." Page 162
....."I traded property in February, 1897, with my son Joseph, and moved into his house. I was enough better that I could walk around out of doors some each day. I remodeled the house somewhat. My son Charles M. and his family arrived from Utah on March 17 and moved into my old house....

Children of Cynthia Fife Layton and Joseph C. Layton

Joseph Christopher Layton

Born: September 14, 1887 at Thatcher, Graham, Arizona

Married: Lou Irene Hall Evans on September 17, 1907

Died: June 26, 1962

Glenna Selena Layton

Born: April 26, 1889

Child:

Died: February 12, 1892

(named after Joseph's sister Selena)

Edna Cynthia Layton

Born: January 24, 1891 at St. David, Cochise, Arizona

Married: Dr. Byron Jones on April 16, 1912 at Thatcher, Graham, Arizona

Died: August 20, 1971 at Arcadia, L.A., California

William Walter Layton

Born: October 3, 1892 at Thatcher, Graham, Arizona

Married: Maida Elizabeth Cluff on June 12, 1912

Died: December 19, 1921

(These are Leona Layton Kiessig's parents.)

Iretta Layton

Born: October 28, 1894 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona

Married: Alma Vining Tate on June 7, 1917 in Utah

Died: February 8, 1985

Phoebe Caroline Layton

Born: September 23, 1896 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona

Married: Thomas Clarence Naylor on October 4, 1916 at Salt Lake City, Utah

Died: March 15, 1966 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

(named after both her grandmothers, Phebe Abbott Brown Fife and Caroline Cooper Layton)

Cynthia's Husband, Joseph Layton dies.

Christopher Layton wrotes: "In May [1897] I was again confined to my bed, and on the tenth I felt very uneasy and as if something was wrong with my son Joseph Layton, who had been under the doctor's care at Safford for several days. Although I asked questions about him, the answers were evasive, but the next morning they told me he was dead. The funeral services were held at Thatcher, Brothers William Packer and Benjamin Peel being the chief speakers. He was interred om the Thatcher Cemetery." --Christopher Layton book 1966, Page 175

Orson and Cynthia's mother Phebe Abbott Brown Fife is very ill.

From: Biography of Orson Pratt Brown, Page 52 :

He said, "I think you had better not go just now."

He said, "Well, I think you had better go."

It read: "Conditions serious return immediately."

When asked by President Kimball what I thought it meant, I said, "It means that our people have been attacked and are being driven out of Mexico by those bandits."

Phebe Abbott Brown Fife died in Thatcher, Graham, Arizona and was buried January 9, 1915.

Cynthia's father, William Nicol Fife, died at Providence, Cache, Utah on 21 October 1915 (or according to the Church Historian, "this pioneer of Nauvoo, Ill., and of Utah, died at Providence, Utah, on 24 February 1909" Page 274). Fife is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery Lot 12 Block1 Plat "A".

Cynthia Abigail Fife Layton died 14 December 1943 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona at age of 76 and is buried in Thatcher, Graham County, Arizona.

Cynthia and Joseph's Photo Pedigree

Photo Pedigree for Cynthia Fife Layton and Joseph C. Layton
Photo identified above as Phebe Abbott Brown Fife has a striking resemblance to the photo on the left below.

Phoebe Howe Coray Abbott
1763-1842
Mother of Stephen Joseph Abbott

Phebe Abigail Abbott Brown Fife 1831-1915

Phebe Abbott Brown Fife
1831-1915
Daughter of Stephen Joseph Abbott

Thatcher, Arizona Cemetery

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/az/graham/cemeteries/thatcher.txt

As you come into Thatcher proceed to Stadium when coming from either direction. Turn towards the South or turn towards Mt. Graham. Proceed as far straight as can go until the road curves by the baseball fields. There is a hill and a road going to the top. Spanning the road is a sign that says Thatcher cemetery.

This cemetery list was copied by the Thatcher LDS 3rd ward youth organization. There are about 150 unknown graves in this cemetery. People in the valley may know who they are. If you would like more information or have questions about the cemetery please contact clonts@zekes.com

FIFE, PHEBE (ABBOTT BROWN) MAY 18, 1831 JAN 9, 1915

LAYTON, ADAM LEROY MAR 5 1892 JUN 30, 1964

LAYTON, AGNES A. NOV 19 1867 NOV 5, 1943

LAYTON, ALEX APR 21 1886 MAR 30, 1954

LAYTON, ANN E. HORNE NOV 8 1867 MAR 13, 1946

LAYTON, CHA JUL 13 1861 NOV 10, 1933

LAYTON, CHARLES MARTIN MAY 18 1888 APR 8, 1966

LAYTON, CHESTER H. 1914 MAY 16 1978 PFC US ARMY WWII

LAYTON, CHRISTOPHER ATHOL AUG 8 1901 JUL 25, 1952

LAYTON, CHRISTO AUG 13 1921 AUG 13 1921 SON OF J.M. & MURREL R.

LAYTON, CYNTHIA FIFE JUL 22 1868(7) DEC 13, 1944(3)

LAYTON, DELBERT G. MAY 22 1896 AUG 2, 1897

LAYTON, DELLA MATILDA CURTIS MAR 29 1884 NOV 25, 1964

LAYTON, DELMAR C. AUG 19 1908 AUG 30 1908 SON OF H.C.L. & A.A.L.

LAYTON, EDMOND CURTIS JUL 4 1911 JAN 23 1988 US ARMY WWII

LAYTON, EDMUND DEAN SEP 13 1962 JUN 16 1989

LAYTON, ELIZABETH W. SEP 16 1858 AUG 9 1945 WIFE OF CHRISTOPHER LAYTON

LAYTON, EMMA MELINDA FOOTE MAY 1 1894 DEC 11 1990 "LINA"

LAYTON, FRANCIS E. NOV 8 1910 MAR 15 1934

LAYTON, GAIL REX DEC 16 1934 JAN 7 1948 SON OF REX P. & ER?? LAYTON

LAYTON, GLEN J. JUN 15 1921 MAR 17 1984

LAYTON, HEBER NOV 2 1867 APR 20 1957

LAYTON, HENRY MAY 18 1910 FEB 25 1990

LAYTON, JERRY F. JUL 30 1911 DEC 15 1950

LAYTON, JESSE M. DEC 27 1884 JAN 4 1947

LAYTON, JOSEPH JUL 28 1864 MAY 10 1897

LAYTON, JOSEPH C. SEP 14 1887 JUN 26 1962

LAYTON, JUNIUS LEWIS MAR 15 1906 JUL 8 1923

LAYTON, KENNETH G. JUL 7 1949 JUL 7 1949

LAYTON, LAURA E. MAY 24 1894 JUL 16 1957

LAYTON, LAURA F. DEC 19 1902 JUN 14 1990

LAYTON, LAVETICE MAY 23 1913 MAY 23 1913

LAYTON, LELAND JAN 22 1899 SON OF R.G. & A.H. 11 MONTHS OLD

LAYTON, LEO AUG 17 1943 AZ PVT 134 INF 34 DIVISION

LAYTON, LESLIE J. FEB 16 1909 SEP 26 1971

LAYTON, LOU IRENE MAY 25 1884 AUG 3 1973

LAYTON, LOUISA ALVARADO AUG 25 1931 AUG 22 1988

LAYTON, LULA J. LEWIS APR 22 1873 NOV 19 1946 WIFE OF OSCAR LAYTON

LAYTON, MALON BRUCE MAR 18 1903 FEB 15 1972

LAYTON, MALON BRUCE FEB 18 1972

LAYTON, MARTHA FEB 18 1910 FEB 18 1910 DAU. OF J.M. & MURREL R. LAYTON

LAYTON, MARY ANN MCMASTER APR 28 1863 MAR 5 1943

LAYTON, MARY LUCILLE MAR 25 1899 JUL 12 1957

LAYTON, MAX T MAR 3 1912 JUL 7 1979

LAYTON, MURIEL DEC 4 1889 FEB 19 1956

LAYTON, NELLIE CLARIDGE MAR 8 1884 APR 19 1948

LAYTON, OSCAR CLYDE AUG 26 1894 NOV 20 1946

LAYTON, OSCAR G. MAY 12 1873 NOV 26 1952

LAYTON, REBECCA CLARIDGE SEP 6 1892 FEB 20 1972

LAYTON, REX A. APR 11 1913 JUN 20 1986

LAYTON, REX LEWIS AUG 7 1909 JUL 19 1910

LAYTON, RICHARD G. MAR 21 1860 DEC 19 1942

LAYTON, RICHARD G. JR. DEC 27 1890 AUG 29 1970

LAYTON, RICHARD MURDEN APR 7 1957 JUN 1992 FOUND JUNE 1997

LAYTON, ROCHELLE 1961 1962 DAU OF CLYDE & Maxine

LAYTON, SARAH ELIZABETH YOUNG SEP 20 1887 DEC 18 1949

LAYTON, WALTER OCT 3 1892 DEC 19 1921

LAYTON, WILMVRTH W. SEP 4 1896 APR 4 1950 WIFE OF ELMER I. ROBINNATTE

LAYTON, WINNIE C. MAR 19 1890 SEP 10 1983

Sources:

PAF- Archer files = Captain James Brown +(7) Phoebe Abbott > Orson Pratt Brown
Colonel William Nicol Fife + (2) Phoebe Abbott > Cynthia Fife.

PAF- Archer files = Captain James Brown Jr. married Stephen Joseph Abbott's widow Abigail Smth ; Stephen and Abigail are the parents of Phoebe Abigail Abbott + (2)Colonel William Nicol Fife > Cynthia Abbott + Joseph Christopher Layton. Cynthia is Orson Pratt Brown's half sister because Phoebe Abigail Abbott was mother to both of them.

Pioneer Families of (Oak Grove Ranch) Grant County, New Mexico
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nma/hisgrant.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~nma/grrnh1935.htm

"A History of The Hooker-Shelley Families and The 916 Ranch ", Written by LaVerne McCauley & Terrell T. Shelley. Published by Gateway, Inc., 1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202. Copyright 1987 by LaVerne McCauley & Terrell T. Shelley, Library of Congress Card Number 86-83273 487 pages and includes many pictures of the people and places of Grant County New Mexico that have been written about in this publication. For information about the availability of this book only, please contact the authors: Terrell T. Shelley 916 Ranch Cliff, NM 88028
For queries about book contents and requests, contact Beverly A. Taylor only.

New Mexico In The 1870's From Pioneer Families of Grant County By LaVerne McCauley & Terrell T. Shelley.

http://www.mycochise.com/1890greatregf2k.php- 1890 voter registration for William Nicol Fife, age 59, from Oak Grove Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona Territory, age 59

"Sketch of the Life of Elizabeth M.[Matthews] Layton", Page 7-8

http://www.mycochise.com/characters.php

http://www.e-familytree.net/f4471.htm

http://www.e-familytree.net/F55/F55040.htm

/Abiel ABBOTT b: Abt 1727

/James ABBOTT b: 9 Mar 1753 d: 2 May 1830

| \Abigail FENTON b: Abt 1729

/Stephen Joseph ABBOTT b: 16 Aug 1804 d: 17 Oct 1843

| | /John CORY b: Abt 1740

| \Phoebe Howe CORY b: 1766 d: 9 Sep 1842

| /Thomas SMITH b: 7 Mar 1677 d: 1743

| /Thomas SMITH b: 31 Oct 1711/1715 d: 15 May 1822

| | \Hannah CAMP b: 6 Jan 1677

| /Hezekiah SMITH b: 23 Sep 1755 d: 15 May 1822

| | \Ada L. RAYMOND b: Abt 1720

| /James SMITH b: 14 Jan 1777 d: 26 Aug 1858

| | | /James MOREHOUSE

| | \Abigail MOREHOUSE b: 22 Dec 1759

| | \Abigail BAXTER

\Abigail SMITH b: 11 Sep 1806 d: 23 Jul 1889

| /Stephen HARDING b: Abt 1755

\Lydia HARDING b: 31 Jul 1781 d: Oct 1806

\Prudence GUSTIN b: Abt 1757

CYNTHIA ABIGAIL FIFE LAYTON

Born: July 22, 1867 at Ogden, Weber, Utah
Died: December 14, 1943 at Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona (76)
Buried: 17 December 1943 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona