FRANCELLE EUGENIA ROBSON
May 20, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Mrs. Francelle Eugenia Robson, wife of the late Charles I.
Robson, died at her home in Mesa, Monday morning, and the
entire community is in mourning for it would be hard to find
one who was so universally respected and loved as was "Aunt
Cell" as she was lovingly called by nearly all of her
acquaintances and especially the younger generation. Heart
disease and dropsical trouble were the immediate cause of
her death but these were aggravated and brought into life
through the sorrow caused by the death of her daughter
Zula, who sad death occurred on the 21st day of January
last.
Mrs. Robson took her death to heart and grieved over her
departure until she became sick herself, broken down in
spirit and weakened in body, although she was naturally
of a cheerful and happy disposition.
On the 8th of March last she had an attack of lumbago,
but partially recovered to move around in the house and
a couple of times to walk out and with assistance get
into a buggy for a ride. But last Sunday she was attacked
with asthma and dropsy and from that time to the day of
her death she was unable to help herself, yet her mind
was bright and clear even up to the moment of her death.
Although she evidently realized that the end was near, a
cheerful smile and witty remark disarmed the fear of
those waiting on her as to the nearness of her end.
Mrs. Robson was a pioneer, both of Utah and of Mesa
Arizona. She was the daughter of Francis M. Pomeroy
and Irene Haskell and was born at Nauvoo, Ill. on the
24th of September 1846, the year of the exodus of the
Mormons from that city. Soon after she was one year
old her bright smile was seen in Salt Lake City where
she had been brought with her parents with the first
company of emigrants that crossed the plains following
the pioneers, her father, Francis M. Pomeroy, having
been one of the 143 pioneers that broke the road from
the Missouri to Salt Lake City. The family settled in
Salt Lake where she lived until womanhood, when she
married Charles Innes Robson, in the Endowment House
on the 21st day of February 1870 and settled in Sugar
House Ward where she lived until 1877. With the
pioneers of Mesa she moved to Mesa Arizona where she
went through the hardships attending the opening of a
new country and always did her full share of the
public work of the community. After district No.
4 was organized, she was the first teacher to take
charge of the school, teaching in her own house,
where she lived until the day of her death. She
was the secretary of the relief society of Mesa
from its organization until called to act as the
secretary of the Stake Relief society, which
position she filled until called to act as counselor
in the Stake presidency of the Relief society, which
office she held until her death. At the organization
of the Woman Suffrage organization she was unanimously
selected as president and being naturally a leader she
took pleasure in the work.
She attended the jubilee celebration of Pioneer day in
1897 as a guest of the committee and was presented with
the badges of the jubilee. She remained in Utah and
Idaho the rest of the summer coming home in October.
She was the mother of four children two of whom, Frank
and Zula preceded her to the beyond. Isabel Pomeroy
and Mrs. Pearl Hill remain to mourn her loss. The sad
news has been telegraphed to Mrs. Pearl Hill at Clifton
and she is en route to attend the funeral which will be
held in the tabernacle at 2 p.m., the date of which will
be determined on her arrival.
The Funeral
May 25, 1902
The funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Francelle E.
Robson were held in the tabernacle Wednesday afternoon at
2 p.m. The house was filled with the friends of the
deceased, who came to pay their last tribute in this
life to one they had learned to love. Bishop Warner H.
Allen presided at the meeting and President C.R. Hakes,
H.S. Phelps and Bishop S.C. Sorensen of Lehi were the
speakers.
HENRY C. ROGERS
March 9, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Henry C. Rogers, of Lehi as well known as any man in the
county and as greatly loved and respected as any man in
Arizona, died at 10 o'clock yesterday morning of a stroke.
He had been in good health the day before and had been
about town. The stroke fell on him at 9 o'clock at
night. The funeral will take place at 2 o'clock this
afternoon at the tabernacle at Mesa.
Mr. Rogers was 68 years of age and was a native of New
York. At an early age he embraced the Mormon faith and
set out on that long journey through the wilderness.
He participated in all the privations of the first
emigrants to Utah and witnessed the persecution of his
people at Nauvoo and elsewhere along their journey
through the wilderness. He stood high in the church
and was respected in civil life. He held many positions
of trust in Utah and at one time was a sheriff of one
of the southern counties of the territory.
He was one of the pioneers of the Mesa country and did
as much as any other man toward its upbuilding. He has
been foremost in every enterprise in the community in
which he lived and he was one of the most energetic
workers in the church.
Funeral
March 10, 1902
The funeral of Henry C. Rogers took place at Mesa yesterday
afternoon. Among those from Phoenix who were present were
Sheriff Stout and J.E. Walker. It seemed as if all the
south side had turned out. The great tabernacle in
which the services were held was inadequate to contain
the crowd.
The principal address was delivered by Brigham Young who had
known Mr. Rogers for many years and had worked with him in
the church both in this territory and in Utah.
Mr. ROMERO
October 9, 1902
Arizona Republican Newspaper
W.B. Houston and H.S. Houston two brothers who make their
headquarters in the vicinity of the San Bernardino ranch
arrived in Bisbee late yesterday afternoon and gave an
account of the killing of a Mexican near College Peak
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock says the Review of Tuesday:
H.S. Houston arrived by stage from Naco about 4 o'clock
and W.B. Houston came in on the train last evening. Both
men tell about the same story which in the main is to the
effect that H.D. Houston had on Monday morning killed a
Mexican and that the body was on the way to Bisbee where
it will arrive this morning. Mr. Houston was seen last
evening by a Review reporter and told the following story
of the affair:
"Myself and brother, H.S. Houston, and a man named Taylor
had been on a round up in that vicinity and were keeping
an eye on Slaughter's pasture, where several head of Mexican
cattle had been placed by parties unknown and which we were
watching on the request of Mr. Slaughter, when he left for
Los Angeles.
"Monday morning we were riding in the vicinity of the big
draw, about five miles from the ranch when we saw four men
riding toward the pasture. My brother said he thought
they were Mexican officials and that he would gallop over
to them and see. He left us and rode ahead and Taylor and
myself followed on behind. When he had gone about four
hundred yards from us I saw his rifle smoke and his horse
fall. We hurried up and he said the outfit had opened
fire on him and he had recognized Burt Wayne and a man
named Williams.
"One Mexican was in the party and the second shot my brother
fired he killed him. Several shots were fired on both sides.
"I saw the dead body of the Mexican and from the description
of Romero I am satisfied that is the man killed. My brother
saw Romero in the Tombstone jail and is positive the man
killed is the Mexican murderer and outlaw.
The body was not take into Douglas, the nearest point, for
the reason that the Houston brothers and the justice of the
peace are not on good terms."
The arrival of the dead body will be awaited with a great
deal of interest this morning. Several residents of Bisbee
will be able to identify Romero. The rangers were not
present when the shooting occurred, as first reported.
The men were coming direct from Mexico when first seen and
the incidents leading up to the killing are as stated
above. Romero is an escape from the Tombstone jail,
being under sentence of death for the murder of a barber
in Bisbee some months ago.
