Partially updated 5-17
Black Oak is at an elevation of 1,571 meters, or 5,154 feet.
In 1920 and 1930 Census Canelo was listed as Canille
It is said that we each have 3 deaths
This is a partial listing of the headstones & burials
If you have information (or know someone who does)
I am in the process of adding photos of people and their headstones.
Click here to go to the page with the History of Black Oak Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery
Surnames H - O
Page 2
Canelo, (Canille) Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Arizona,
Approximately 9 miles south of Elgin, Arizona
on Highway 83
Degrees Minutes Seconds:
Latitude: 31-33'21'' N
Longitude: 110-32'47'' W
Decimal Degrees:
Latitude: 31.5559271
Longitude: -110.5464706
Longitude: 110-32'47'' W
Decimal Degrees:
Latitude: 31.5559271
Longitude: -110.5464706
In 1880 and 1900 it is listed under Elgin District.
The First when we die
The Second when we are laid to rest
And the Third when our name is never spoken again.
of people that lived or had lived in Canelo,
and surrounding areas including, Elgin & Sonoita
Many of these people I knew or my parents knew.
For some of the following people I have added the name
of the spouse and parents, also the place of birth
or death. I have found much of this information
on the Internet under Arizona Birth & Death records,
Social Security Death Index, World War I draft registration, and
United States Census.
about anyone buried in this cemetery. Please contact me!
My e-mail address is below
Click on the links, (Names in Red ) to see the picture of their headstone.
b. Aug. 3, 1925,
d. Nov. 9, 2003
~ Husband of Emma Jane ~ Married June 21, 1957
Harper, Emma Jane,
b. Dec. 1, 1917,
d. Jan 29, 2002
~ Wife of Bernard
Harper, Rocky Edward
b. Feb. 7, 1982,
d. June 2, 1986
Harrison, Robert Terry,
b. Dec. 6, 1930, Phoenix,
d. July 19, 1932, Santa Cruz County, AZ
~ Son of Bernie Harrison & Mary Muson
Harrison, Steve Terry
b. June 15,. 1867, Kentucky,
d. Oct. 31, 1939, Tucson, AZ
~ Husband of Hettie Cora
~ Son of Henry H. Harrison & Melvina Chandler
B. Jan. 26, 1892 Lochiel, Ariz.
d. Dec. 1, 1954, Huachuca Mts. AZ
~ Husband of Virginia Parker
~ Son of Lincoln Hathaway & Nellie Harrison
Hathaway, Virginia Parker
, b. Aug. 3, 1895, Parker Canyon, AZ,
d. July 26, 1951, Canelo, AZ
~ Wife of Jim (James) Hathaway
~ Daughter of James Parker & Emily Coggins
'Father'
, b. Feb. 21, 1884, Kewanee, IL,
d. April 21, 1951, Nogales, AZ
~ Husband of Sina Rector
~ Son of August Heavner & Alta Earl
b. Aug. 22, 1919 Roundhill, Viginia
d. Jan 6, 1997, El Paso, Texas
~ Son of Louis E. Heavner & Sina Rector
~ Memorial stone
b. June 1, 1885, Kewanee, IL,
d. Oct. 19, 1941, Elgin, AZ.
~ Wife of Louis E. Heavner Sr.
~ Daughter of Anderson Rector & Rosa Sumner
Heinritz, Edgar Wayne,
b. Dec. 13, 1925, Penn.
d. Feb. 21, 1982
~ Husband of Mary Lou
~ Son of Frederick & Gertrude Heinritz
~ QMS US Navy, World War II
Heinritz, Mary Lou,
b. May 9, 1928,
d. Feb. 20, 1996
~ Wife of Edgar
b. March 2, 1916, Nogales, AZ.
d. Oct. 18, 2008, Tucson, Arizona
~ Wife of Alfredo Heredia
~ Daughter of Francisco Martinez & Ygnacia Castillo
b. October 27, 1909,
d. Feb. 20, 1984
~ Husband of Angelina Martinez
~ Son of Juan & Guadalupe Heredia
Heredia, Maria Refugia Yourgules,
b. May 19, 1921,
d. May 4, 1989
~ Wife of Thomas,
Heredia, Thomas C., b. Sept. 18, 1919 (1914?),
d. July, 1985
~ Headstone says 1919 - Social Security Death Index says 1914)
~ Husband of Maria
~ Son of Juan & Guadalupe Heredia
Hetler, Jeremiah 'Jerry',
b. Oct 2, 1842, Illinois,
d. April 28, 1920, Elgin
~ Husband of Mary E. McCleary
~ Son of Nathan Hetler & Catherine Culp
~ Unmarked grave ~
Hill, Adrian,
b. Feb. 22, 1922,
d. July 2, 2002
~ Husband of Rita Martin
~ US Army
Hill, Fay Marie
, b. Jan 28, 1900,
d. Feb. 23, 1973
Hill, Samuel Thompson
b. Aug. 24, 1882, So Carolina
d. Feb. 23 1961, Tucson, Arizona
~ Husband of Fay M. Hill
~ Son of John Livingston Hill &
Tallulah Riley
Hilton, Hettie Cora,
b. Jan. 24, 1875, Kentucky,
d. Nov. 14, 1952, Phoenix,
~ Daughter of Reuben Collie & Lucinda Smith
Hinson, Elizabeth L.,
b. Jan 25, 1876, Colorado,
d. June 6, 1957, Phoenix, AZ
~ Wife of Alenxander
~ Daughter of James Monroe Riggs & Elizabeth Drucilla
~ 'Mother'
Hiser, Frances Leigh,
b. May 1, 1932,
d. May 10, 1988
Hobart, Howard,
'Retired Navy'
b. Jan. 15, 1867, Maine,
d. July 4, 1944, Nogales, AZ
Holderbaum, Albert Ervin
Hutchinson, Alleen Fryer,
Hutchinson, Mary see Widen, Mary Hutchinson
Jackson, Esther H.,
Jacobs Grace, see Lowe, Grace
Johnson, William L.,
Knipe, Dorothy Stoddard,
Maake, Ilene, see Frazier, Ilene
Martinez, Angelina, see Heredia Angelina Martinez
Martinez, Andrew Aaron, age 20, d. Jan. 4, 2012
McRell, Donald W., b.July 29, 1906, Lancaster, Mass.
Moffit, Infant, d. Nov. 8, 1961,
Moore, Lottie see Honnas, Lottie
Neil, William, F
Ochoa, Alvessa, see Hummel, Alvessa
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'Papa Dutch',
~ b. Oct 21, 1907,
d. May 8, 1993
Holderbaum, Amanda Ellen,
b. Aug. 22, 1915,
d. June 26, 1997
, b. June 2, 1907,
d. May 1982,
~ Husband of Lottie
~ Son of Peter Honnas & Della Piercy
b. March 15, 1870, Nebraska,
d. March 13, 1949, Phoenix, AZ
~ Daughter of William H. Piercy & Amelia Zartman
b. Aug. 12, 1907, Elizabeth, Oklahoma
d. April 17, 1995, Arizona
~ Wife of Cecil
~ Daughter of Ed Moore & Ella Littleman
b. Nov. 8, 1931, Tucson, AZ,
d. Oct 6, 2006, AZ.
~ 'Ray'
~ husband of Mimi
~ son of Cecil Honnas & Lottie Moore
Hooker, Priscilla,
b. 1863, Syracuse, Indiana,
d. Aug. 2, 1932, Nogales, Arizona
~ Wife of Henry
Hopper, Jerry, “Dewgy”,
b. June 1, 1960, d. May 18, 1984
Houston, Edna L.,
b. Oct. 24, 1891,
d. Aug. 16, 1980,
~ Wife of Nathaniel
~ Maiden name Lawton
Houston, Nathaniel Lyon,
b. April 11, 1896, Salt Lake Cituy, Utah,
d. Oct. 4, 1948, Elgin, AZ
~ Husband of Edna
~ Son of Nathaniel Houston & Elanor Walsh
~ WWI
Houston, Nathaniel Lyon,
b. Jan 10, 1861, New York,
d. Jan 5. 1941, Patagonia, AZ
~ Husband of Eleanor Walsh
~ Son of James Houston & Margaret Gibson
b. Oct 23, 1910, Patagonia, Ariz.
d. Jan. 6, 1982, Tucson, Ariz.
~ Wife of Gene,
~ Daughter of Ramon Ochoa & Felipa Moreno
~ memorial stone
b. Iowa, Aug 24, 1874
d. Feb. 21, 1935, Nogales, AZ
~ 1st postmaster at Sonoita, Ariz. 1912 - 1914
~ Wife of Ed Hummel
~ Daughter of Christian & Christine Leibfritz
~ no headstone
b. Ironton, Ohio, 1866,
d. April 9, 1943, Sonoita, AZ
~ Husband of Clara
~ Son of John & Rosa Hummel
~ (no headstone)
b. Ohio, Oct. 2, 1894, Cincinnati, Ohio,
d. April 15, 1974, Tucson, Arizona
~ Husband of Alvessa
~ Son of Louis Hummel & Emma Yockey
~ memorial stone
b. Oct. 25, 1906, Illinois
d. Nov. 23, 1964
~ Daughter of Dr. Edward Hutchinson & Annie
~ Sister of Buel Hutchinson
b. Sept 14, 1898,
D. Sept. 19, 1961, Illinois
~ Husband of 'Kit'
~ Son of Dr. Edward Hutchinson & Annie
b. April 27, 1930, Illinois
d. March 30, 1975, Sacramento, CA
~ Husband of Kirsten Loft Rasmussen
~ Son of Buel Hutchinson & Katherine Warfield ‘Kit’
b. May 31, 1928, Copenhagen, Denmark
d. March 8, 2013, California
~ Wife of Ned Hutchinson
~ Daughter of Axel Georg & Else Margrethe Rasmussen
b. April 14, 1901,Illinois
d. Aug. 4, 1980,
~ Wife of Buel
~ Daughter of John & Mary Warfield
b. Nov. 27, 1905,
d. Sept. 1980
Jackson, Leslie Bernerd,
b. Jan 19, 1902,
d. March 31, 1981
Jacobs, May W,
b. March 25, 1869, Wisconsin
d. July 12, 1952, Elgin, AZ
~ Sister of Grace Lowe
~ Daughter of Lyman Jacobs & Nancy Clark
b. Jan. 5, 1879, New Jersey,
d. Dec. 4, 1954, Nogales, AZ
~ Wife of George
~ Daughter of William & Abbie Emery
Johnson, Ann,
b. July 22, 1908,
d. Jan. 7, 2005
~ Wife of William
Johnson, Esther,
b. Oct 19, 1846, Ohio,
d. Oct. 17, 1932, Vaughn, Arizona
~ Wife of George
~ Maiden name Russell
Johnson, Mattie Riggs,
b. Oct. 6, 1872, Colorado,
d. Jan 26, 1939, Tucson, Arizona
~ Wife of Charles
~ Daughter of James M. Riggs & Elizabeth Hudson
b. Nov. 9, 1906,
d. Aug. 1, 1995
~ Husband of Ann
Jones, Dona May,
B. April 4, 1935,
d. Oct 8, 2002
~ Daughter of Herman Crawford & Lanna Heavner
~ Beloved Wife, Mother, and Grandmother ~
b. May 10, 1887, Fairhaven, Mass.,
d. July 7, 1963
~ Wife of Frederick Knipe
Knipe, Frederic O. Jr. ,
b. Dec. 15, 1914 Rincon Mountains, AZ,
d. March 18, 1969
~son of Frederick O. Knipe & Dorothy Stoddard
Krom, Vicki L. Orr, b. 1963,
b. Feb. 1, 1963,
d. Nov. 30, 1996,
~ Daughter of Wayne Orr & Betty Lou Crowley.
Kurc, Daniel A.,
b. Sept. 28, 1936,
d. Jan. 13, 1998
~ AE2 US Navy
Kurc, Mitchell, R.,
b. Nov. 23, 1934,
d. Aug. 1982
~ US Navy
b. June 4, 1882, Stanfold, Quebec, Canada,
d. February 4, 1963, Nogales, Ariz.
~ Son of Ed. T. LeGendre & Helene Desroches
~ Memorial Headstone
b.Texas, Sept. 11, 1901, Canyon, Texas
d. Sept. 21, 1975, Glendale, Ariz.
~ Wife of Edward
~ Memorial Headstone
Lieurance, William F..
b. Sept. 17, 1914, California
d. Dec. 25, 1960. Tucson, Arizona
~ Husband of Dorothy
~ Son of Artemes Lieurance & Lenore Seisert
Lindsey, Dorothy Dean,
b. Jan. 17, 1928
d.Sept. 12, 2003
~ Daughter of Howard Lindsey & Eunice Parker
~ "Our Beloved Betsy"
b. Aug. 7, 1896, Sunnyside, Ariz.
d. June 6, 1991, Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ Wife of Howard
~ Daughter of William A. Parker Jr. & Eva Launders
Lindsey, Helen L.,
b. Jan 26, 1920,
d. July 9, 1966
Lindsey, Howard A.
b. May 22, San Diego, California 1918
d. May 2001, Tombstone, Arizona
Son of Howard W. Lindsey & Eunice Parker
Lindsey, William E.,
b. Sept 24, 1925,
d. April 14, 2007
~ Son of Howard W. Lindsey & Eunice Parker
Lowe, A.T (Alonzo).,
b. July 11 1879, Arkansas,
d. June 23, 1940, Elgin, AZ
~ Husband of Grace Jacobs
Lowe, Grace Ramona,
b. May 31, 1889, California,
d. June 5, 1967
~ Wife of A.T. Lowe
~ Daughter of Lyman Jacobs & Nancy Clark
Lowe, James Wiley,
b. July 22, 1916,
d. May 1991
~ US Army, WWII~
Lowe, Robert A.
b. 1913,
d. 1994
Lowy, Dorothy K. Parker,
b. Dec. 12, 1911,
d. Dec. 16, 1977
Maloney, George E. ,
b. Oct. 15, 1908,
d. July 1984
~ Husband of Jewel Parker
b. April 22, 1916, Tombstone,
d. March 27, 1984, Arizona,
~ Wife of George,
~ Daughter of James A. Parker & Anna Shields
Marsh, Bonnie
b. 1970,
d. 1983
~ Son of Dan Martinez
Matlock, Evalena
b. Sept. 18, 1912,
d. March 8, 1991
~ Wife of Mack
~ A Cowboy's Sweetheart~
Matlock, Mack Arthur,
M., b. Aug. 10, 1910,
d. March 16, 1980
~ Husband of Evalena
~ Born a Cowboy
Mayson, Aurel M. “Pastor,
b. July 16, 1908,
d. Oct. 1981
Mayson, Viginia, b. Sept. 30, 1911,
d. March, 1980
Mayo, James L. "Slim"
b. June 19, 1912, Ethel, Mississippi
d. May 16, 1998, Sierra Vista, AZ
~ Husband of Katherine "Kay" Hollans
~ Son of James LeRoy Mayo & Minnie Wilson
~ U.S. Army, World War II
Mayo, Katherine Hollans "Kay"
b. Aug. 6, 1917, Deluth, Minn.
d. Oct. 30, 2004, Sierra Vista, AZ
~ Wife of James "Slim" Mayo
~ Daughter of Charles Hollans & Zelma Moyer
McCarty, John Anthony,
b. Jan 16, 1873, Kansas
d. Aug. 23, 1949, Patagonia, AZ
~ Husband of Rhoda Swigart
~ Son of John McCarty & Ellen McGraven
McCarty, Rhoda,
b. March 5, 1870, McVeytown, PA,
d. March 17, 1946, Elgin, AZ,
~ Wife Of John McCarty
~ Daughter of Samuel Swigart & Elizabeth Rupert
d. November 21, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona
~ Husband of F. Marion Hathaway
~ Son of George B. McClellan & Ann Callahn
~ U.S. Navy, WWII, Pacific
b. June 26, 1926, Nogales, Arizona
d. Oct. 15, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona
~ Wife of Gene McClellan
~ Daughter of Jim Hathaway & Virginia Parker
McDaniel, Robert Elmer,
b. July 24, 1891,
d. Dec. 7, 1968 ,
~ Army WWI
McGregor, Florence Riggs
, b. 1877, Arizona,
d. 1955
~ Wife of Rob. R. McGregor
~ Daughter of James M. Riggs & Elizabeth Hudson
McGregor, Rob R.,
b. Jan. 10, 1872, Pennsylvania,
d. April 2, 1942,
~ Husband of Florence
~ Son of Thomas McGregor & Jennie Woodburn
~ Infantry, Spanish American War
McIntyre, John A.,
b. Nov. 4, 1890,
d. March 29, 1986
McKay, Nancy,
b. March 8, 1918,
d. Sept. 1994
McKay, Roy W., b. Sept. 17, 1920,
d. Feb. 25, 1992,
~ Army WWII, Korea
McKay, Yenita R.,
b. 1920,
d. March 26, 1964
McLoy, Della, Stoddard,
b. May 4, 1915,
D. Feb. 28, 2000
~ Wife of Ira McLoy
~ Daughter of Harry Stoddard & Lulu Belle Brizzee
d. July 19, 1985, Diamond Springs, CA
~ Son of Harry McRell & Anna Madsen
~ Husband of (1) Rosalind Prevost (2) Maxine ?
~ Retired Army
~ Son of Ken Moffit & Alice Stoddard
~ Unmarked grave~
Moore, Nancy Ella,
b. April, 1873, Arkansas,
d. Feb. 14, 1948, Tucson
~ Daughter of Robert Littlefield & Emily Golbert
Morgan, Monta Carol,
b. June 29, 1929, San Francisco, Calif.
d. September 20, 2013, Tucson, Ariz.
~ Wife of Howard
~ Daughter of Reagen Gardner & Hettie Lee Dalton
Morrison, Charles E.,
b. Dec. 24, 1909,
d. Oct. 15, 1963,
~ USNR WWII
Musgrave, Prudence,
b. 1846,
d. July 14, 1923
~ Husband of Bennett
~ Maiden name Walker
, b. Aug. 28 1868, Ohio
d. Dec. 1, 1928, Fort Huachuca, AZ
~ Husband of Elizabeth
~ Son of Henry Neil & Elmira Towns
Orr, Betty Lou,
'Mother'
b. 1941,
d. 1973
~ Wife of Wayne.
~ Maiden name Crowley
Ortega, Rosa'Mother'
b.@ 1880, Safford Arizona
d. 1926, Arizona
~ Wife of James Ortega
~ Maiden name Carrion
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Please type ‘Black Oak Cemetery’ in the subject line.
located near Elgin, Arizona
this cemetery, or ask about a future burial write
to this address:
c/o G. Moss
79 Mustang Ranch Road
HCI Box 25
Elgin, AZ 85611
