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John F. Mahony, Sharlot M. Hall, & John Duke & dog next to Pauline Weaver's memorial stone

SHARLOT MABRIDTH HALL (b. October 27, 1870, d. April 9, 1943) moved from Lincoln County, Kansas to Arizona in 1882. She moved twelve miles southeast of Prescott, Arizona at Lynx Creek, with her father, James Knox Hall, her mother, Adeline Susannah Hall, and her brother, Edward "Ted" V. Hall.

Sharlot became a poet, a writer, a journalist, an associate editor of "Out West" magazine, and served as Arizona's Territorial Historian from 1909-1912. In addition, she became the first steward and curator of the Arizona Governor's Mansion in Prescott, which she eventually turned into a Museum beginning in 1928. Today, she is the namesake of the Sharlot Hall Museum.

JOHN DUKE (b. November 12, 1845 - d. January 23, 1935) was the long-term proprietor of the St. Michael's Hotel, and one of Prescott's most prominent citizens of his era.  He was a veteran of the Indian Wars, having served in Kansas and Nebraska before being stationed at Fort Whipple, after which he stayed on in Prescott.  In the early 1930s, he became Color Bearer for the United Indian War Veterans organization.  He is buried in the IOOF Cemetery in Prescott.

JOHN FITZGIBBONS MAHONY (b. August 14, 1849 - d. April 25, 1940) was a veteran of the Indian Wars, serving in New Mexico.  He was discharged at Fort Verde in 1870.  He later became City Engineer for Prescott, and prominently operated a number of area mines.  He became Arizona Commander of the United Indian War Veterans organization in 1925, and served as its National Commander from 1934-1935.  He is buried in the IOOF Cemetery.