Alice Irene (Greenleaf) Byrne and her twin sister, Ione, were born on November 23, 1886, in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona Territory, daughters of Clara Belle Parton and Melville George Greenleaf.  The Arizona Sentinel dated November 27, 1886, gave the birth announcement as “Melville Greenleaf’s wife presented to her husband, a pair of charming baby girls on Tuesday morning, last.  The Sentinel joins with the many friends of the proud parents, in wishing them joy and many happy returns of the day.”

Nellie May (Trent) Bush was born on November 29, 1888, in Cedar County, Missouri, the daughter of Mary Smith and William Amos Trent. She moved with her parents to Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona Territory, at the age of five.

Ella (Johnson) Johnston Burns was born on March 17, 1856, in Elm Grove, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, the daughter of Lloyd L. and Mary (Percail) Johnson.  On August 25, 1874, she married rancher James Bower Johnston in Austin, Minnesota. Their children were Margaret Barney Johnston (December 5, 1876) and James Clinton Johnston (June 28 - September 23, 1878). When the 1880 census was taken, the family was living in Waterloo, Lyon County, Kansas.

Ida (Fries) Budd was born April 21, 1867, in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Albert and Dorothera (Van Rosenthal) Fries. Her father was a noted amateur horticulturist. Ida, the last child, was born late in her father’s life.  She learned from him the botanical names of all plants, as well as how to plant, nurture and graft.  Ida retained her interest in horticulture all her life. She was not sent to college but learned piano, china painting, Battenberg lace making and poetry writing.

Marguerite (Shull) Buckley, daughter of Isabelle (Sageman) and John Thomas Shull, was born on August 25, 1891, in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory. She and her brothers and sister grew up in the home built by her father at 225 S. Cortez Street. John Shull chose that location for the house because his wife so admired the big Arizona white oak tree on the property.

Mary (Seago) Brooke was born January 17, 1898, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of William and Georgia Mallard Seago. She graduated from Newcomb College, the women's college of Tulane University. Mary married Hilliard T. Brooke in 1924 in Prescott, where he was undergoing tuberculosis treatment at Fort Whipple. He later became a mayor of Prescott, a state legislator and owned what became Peterson, Brooke, Steiner and Wist Business Supply.

Marcella Brinkmeyer, daughter of Henry and Ina (Muzik) Brinkmeyer, was born in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory, on July 3, 1897. Henry Brinkmeyer was a baker and prominent businessman in Prescott. At the time of Marcella’s birth, the family was living in her father’s hotel, the Brinkmeyer Hotel, on N. Montezuma Street.

Louise Marie (Lebsch) Brinkmeyer, daughter of Louis and Margaret Ann (Fugmann) Lebsch, was born May 23, 1906, in Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory. The family moved to Prescott early in the 1920s.  Due to rheumatism, her mother became an invalid in 1923.   She met Henry Herman Oscar Brinkmeyer, Jr. while working as a beautician next door to the Brinkmeyer Hotel. “He used to bring me a bowl of soup for lunch just about every day,” said Louise. “You know, I never paid for even one bowl of soup.”

Ina A. (Muzik) Brinkmeyer was born on Christmas Day 1869 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Joseph and Josefa Muzik. She came from Minnesota to Los Angeles, California, in 1890 with girlfriends to work in a boarding house. However, they heard that things were booming in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory, so they traveled there to work in a restaurant.

Emily (Muzik) Brinkmeyer was born in Minnesota on December 21, 1880, the daughter of Joseph and Josepha Muzik. Emily is listed as a student living with her parents on the 1895 state census at Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minnesota.  She married Frank G. Plummer, a Prescott contractor and builder on July 9, 1900, in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory.  According to the Arizona Republican July 13, 1900: “Mr. Plummer has just completed the erection of the residence intended as a gift to his bride, on Marina street, south, next door to the Bones mansion.” The couple had a son, Paul Ashton Plummer, born on July 27, 1902.  Frank died suddenly in November 6, 1904, and was buried in Citizens Cemetery.