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Alice E. (Postle) Pemberton (b. 1870 – d. 1945) was born February 17, 1870 in Yavapai, Arizona and died March 30, 1945 at the Arizona Pioneers’ Home, Prescott, Arizona. She was the daughter of Robert David Postle, Sr. (b. 1834 – d. 1871) who was born in England, and died April 9, 1871 in Prescott, Arizona and Hannah Isabelle Shivers (b. 1851 – d. 1881) who was born in Missouri. Her parents were married September 10, 1867. The September 21, 1864 Arizona Miner indicates: “Messrs. Postle, Brown and Co. have taken up for ranching purposes the old site of Fort Whipple. The ranch consists of about five hundred acres.” Old Fort Whipple was approximately 18 miles north of Prescott, Arizona.

Alice was educated at Prescott schools and Tempe Normal. She taught for a number of years in Miller Valley. She married Samuel Bender Pemberton November 26, 1908 in Yavapai, Arizona. He was born May 13, 1864 in Missouri and died May 21, 1936. The 1920 Census shows them as owners in the Granite Mountain Precinct of Yavapai, Arizona. Her Prescott Evening Courier obituary shows that she and her husband established a ranch in Williamson Valley, Arizona (north of the city of Prescott). Alice had one sibling, Robert “Bob” D. Postle, a Chino Valley, Arizona rancher. He died December, 1939.

Sources: Sharlot Hall Archives Surname Folder, Family Search, Arizona Miner, September 21, 1864, 1920 United States Census, obituary, Prescott Evening Courier, March 30, 1945.