Elizabeth Jane (Wells) Scholey, the daughter of Sara Elizabeth (Johnson) and David O. Wells, was born in White Oaks, New Mexico, on June 25, 1884. She traveled to the Arizona Territory with her family in 1888, a three-month journey in a covered wagon. In June, they arrived at the Willard Ranch in the Verde Valley, Yavapai County, where her older sister, Ila, was nursed back to health from typhoid fever that she contracted on the way. 

Edith Marie (Foster) Scholey, daughter of Agnes Winterholer and Arthur A. Foster, was born on August 23, 1908, in Jerome, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory. She graduated from Prescott High School in 1926 and attended the University of Arizona. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1930 with a major in mathematics and a minor in geology, specializing in the geology of northern Arizona.   A petite woman, Edith was the first woman to be on the university rifle team.

Leonita, “Nita” (Gilardi) Savoini, daughter of Eliseo and Margherita (Mariani) Gilardi, was born in Bre, Lugano, Switzerland, on October 30, 1905. Both parents were of Italian descent. 

Nita’s father prospected in the Arizona Territory as a young man and then returned to Switzerland, where he met Nita’s mother.  After Eliseo and Margherita married, Eliseo left his wife and baby Leonita to return to Arizona.

Lillian Belle (Welty) Satathite, the daughter of Willie (Rhodes) Welty  and James W. Welty, was born on February 17, 1884, near Barksdale, on Cedar Creek in Texas. The Welty family moved to Socorro County, New Mexico, about 1900. There Lillian married William J. Satathite, a rancher, on January 18, 1906.

Florence John (Herndon) Russell was born in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory, February 12, 1889, the daughter of Florence (Wilson) and Judge John C. Herndon. She graduated from Prescott High School in 1910.

On May 25, 1912, she married David Wentworth Russell, who was at that time an attorney. They had a son, John Herndon Russell, who was born June 5, 1914, and died in 2006. The couple also lost an infant daughter, Patricia Mary, (1917-1918).

Mary (Ward) Ruffner was born on June 13, 1888, in Benton, Illinois, the daughter of Lulu B. Ward. She was raised by her widowed mother and a maiden aunt. She had two siblings, Helen and John.

"She claimed to have been an indifferent student," her son Lester “Budge” Ruffner wrote in a birthday tribute to her in 1933, "yet in the world of music she possessed a talent far above average. . . It demanded that her family, mother, aunts, uncles and cousins pool funds for her advanced training."

Helen Margaret (Born) Royer was born on March 14, 1902, in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory, daughter of Margaret Barney Johnston and Charles Born Jr. She grew up in Prescott and lived at 418 Weaver Street (now Goodwin Street). She was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church where she was baptized, confirmed and married.

Marie (Burdick) Roper was born on August 8, 1875, in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Ellen and William Burdick. Her father was a jeweler by trade who had been born in New York.

Marie married Dr. Ralph Jay Roper a native of Illinois on November 26, 1899, in Orange County, California. The Ropers came to Prescott, Arizona the next day. Dr. Roper was born in Illinois, the son of John J. & Eraminta (Paine) Roper. Ralph had become a dentist. He had graduated from the University of Michigan Dental School.

Annie J. (Moore) Roberts was born on March 15, 1862 in Enterprise, Clarke County, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Mary (Page) and Joseph F. Moore. Her formal name was Julia Anne Roberts, but she went by Annie.

She was fourteen years old when she married George W. Roberts on December 28, 1876 in Clarke County, Mississippi. In 1877, they moved by covered wagon to North Marshfield, Coos County, Oregon.

Virginia “Virgie” Allen (Hite) Robbins was born on December 6, 1887, in Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas, the daughter of Fannie Fern Fitzsimmons and Marion Francis Hite. Her mother, Fannie, passed away in 1897.