Carolyn Root (Day) Beach was born on McCormick Street in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory, on December 18, 1902, the youngest daughter of Warren and Bridget L. (Gordon) Day.  Her father was a physician who came to Arizona in 1873 at the request of General George Crook and served as post surgeon at Ft. Verde until 1876.

Mary Louise (Evans) Bashford was born February 16, 1850 in Ohio and came to the Arizona Territory from Fayette County, Pennsylvania.  She joined her sisters, who had already established themselves as society leaders in Prescott, Yavapai County.

Henrietta “Etta” Francis (Parker) Bashford was born on August 30, 1858, in Minnesota, the daughter of George Riley and Emily Parker. The Parkers came to the Arizona Territory in the late 1860s with their three youngest children, leaving behind two married daughters in Minnesota. The family settled in Peeples Valley where they owned a ranch.

Elizabeth Anne (Shanberger) Barrington, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Heckert) Shanberger, was born on February 9, 1849, in Maumelle, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Prior to the Civil War, her parents owned a prosperous plantation in Maumelle. During the War, the family fled to Texas, and then returned to Arkansas after the hostilities had ceased.

Marie Flavee (Warlop) Leffingwell Baron, daughter of Joseph and Leona Warlop, was born in Wervik, West Flanders, Belgium, on May 8, 1879. She was a twin and the youngest of sixteen children.

Mary Ann Monica (Peck) Banghart was born in Vaughan Township in Upper Canada on May 22, 1833, to Washington and Mercy Mary (Wilcox) Peck. On March 26, 1850, she married George W. Banghart in Westminster Township of Middlesex County in Canada West.

Mamie (Cannon) Hyde Azbill, daughter of Robert B. and Anna Cannon, was born on June 3, 1890, in Middle Verde, Arizona. Her mother died during childbirth, and the baby only weighed three pounds. Because the baby was seen as too weak to survive, Robert didn’t name her. Employees working at the Cannon goat ranch took over caring for the baby and her older sister and two brothers. In the beginning, the caretakers referred to the baby girl as “Cridally” until she was later named Mamie.

Mary Alice (McLay) Atkinson was born on December 25, 1852, in Scotland. She and her husband, Robert Atkinson, came to the Arizona Territory from Massachusetts in 1870. They brought with them their only child, Minnie, who is also represented in the Territorial Women’s Memorial Rose Garden as Minnie (Atkinson) Seaman.

Emma Mary Martha Andres was born August 18, 1902, in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona Territory, the daughter of Matthew and Anna (Waldhart) Andres. Following her high school graduation, Emma went to work in her father's tobacco store at 125 N. Cortez, stripping tobacco and making cigars.

Anna Mary (Waldhart) Andres was born March 5, 1879, in Bergenz, Switzerland to Joseph and Anna Waldhart and came to Colorado at the age of three. She married Matthew Andres in Central City, Colorado, on July 26, 1898. Their son Joseph was born in 1900 and daughter Alice in 1901, while they lived in Colorado.