Partialy updated 11-09
History of Black Oak
Black Oak Cemetery is located in
Santa Cruz County was established on March 15, 1899.
Prior to the Gadsden Purchase the area now known as Canelo,
In 1904 area resident Robert Rodgers wrote and asked for a
A Post Office was established in CANILLE, ARIZONA on Aug. 22, 1904.
The Canille Post Office and was discontinued on April 30, 1924 and
When the Canille Post Office was in existence the Forest Service set
In 1880 and 1900 United States Census the area is listed under
In 1917 Mattie Riggs Johnson petitioned the Forest Service for a 10 acre
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It is said that we each have 3 deaths
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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.
Pioneer Cemetery
Surnames A - G
The following are Surnames starting with A thru G
Links to H thru O and P thru Z are at the bottom of his page.
Canelo, (Canille) Arizona, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, on Highway 83
It is almost 14 miles from the junction of Highways 82 & 83, about
1/2 mile from mile marker 18. After you have entered into
the Coronado National Forest
Before that it was part of Pima County of the Arizona Territory.
was called the Canela Hills for the light brown color of the hills.
Canela is the Spanish word for cinnamon.
Post Office to be called Canille. The spelling was his
as he did not know how to spell the Spanish word 'canela'.
Robert Rodgers was the first Post Master from 1904 - 1906.
then his wife Annie took over from 1906 - 1910. In 1910 Addie Parker
became postmaster. All three are buried in Black Oak Cemetery
all mail for the area residents went to the Elgin, Arizona Post Office.
aside a site not to far away from the Post Office for a Ranger Station.
The site was known as CANELA. Later that name was changed
officially to CANELO.
Elgin District.
In 1920 and 1930 Census the area was listed as Canille
allotment to be used as a cemetery. Her son, James Finley,
donated money to permanently endow the cemetery. In 1962 the
roofed chapel on the grounds was built. In 1971 the cemetery was
incorporated and is now governed by a board of directors that takes
care of the the maintenance and assignment of the plots. The
cemetery is free of charge for theose who lived in
the area prior to Dec. 1952 (a Pioneer) ,
or have relatives already buried at Black Oak.
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, Vaughn, & Sonoita
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.
~ Son of Jesse L. Adams & Lucy Haynes
~ Unmarked Grave ~
Allen, Lennie
Allen, Myrtle Hull b. 1915. d. 1975
Allen, Robert Ray, b. November 15, 1917, d. Aug. 13, 2003
Amend, Effie S, b. April 24, 1880, d. April 15, 1957, Nogales, AZ
~ Wife of William ~ Daughter of George Stoner & Emma
Anderson, Harry W. b. Feb. 11, 1913, Texas, d. Jan. 31, 2000
~ Husband of Margaret
Anderson, Ruth C, b. Aug. 10, 1893, Kentucky, d. Dec. 10, 1983
~ Wife of William H.
~ Maiden name Uichell
Anderson, William H. b. 1890 d. 1962
~ Husband of Ruth Uichell
Aria, Arthur F., b. Aug, 1925, Calif., d. 1984
Arthur, Frances G., b. Dec. 13 1913, d. Sept. 1979
~ wife of George
Arthur, George E., b. April 23, 1911, d. Oct. 1979
Balke, George H. Buster,
Caldwell, Cliff Mayes, b. July 29, 1922, d. Sept. 2, 1991
Dalton, Albern C., b. Jan. 22, 1881, Virginia, d. Nov. 28, 1952, Tucson
Eason, Alan Lee , b. June 8, 1964, d. July 11, 1995
Click here to go the Surnames that start with the following letters: *
Please e-mail me with any comments or information!
Also please write to me if you find any broken links!
(Linda Hummel Roslund)
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If you want to make a donation to the upkeep of
Black Oak Cemetery
Some of this Information is from Arizona Death & Birth records
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b. Jan 22, 1911, Clifton, Ariz., d. April 18, 1984, Arizona
~ Husband of Marian
~ Son of George Balke & Etta Casper
Balke, Marian, b. Aug. 15, 1914 d. June 10, 2003
~ Wife of Buster
~ Daughter of Carl & Mathilda Dalton
b. Aug. 5, 1925, Tanque Verde, Arizona
d. June 26, 2006
~ Husband of Barbara Randolph
~ Son of Osie Barkley & Nancy Smith
~ US Navy, World War II
Barnes, Ray Peter,, b. 1916, d. 1979
Barnes, Ronald R., b. 1951, d. July 2, 1972
Barnett, Eva Frances , b. April 15, 1864, Missouri, d. May 23, 1954, Tucson, AZ
~ Wife of James Barnett
~ Maiden name Jones
Becker, Helen. b. 1901, Ohio, d. in Sierra Vista, AZ
~ Wife of Royal 'Doc'
~ Daughter of Charles & Mary Dunlap
Becker, Royal H. 'Doc', b. Mar. 5, 1893, Ohio, d. June 1965, Arizona
~ Husband of Helen
~ Son of Peter & Amalia Becker
Benefield, Evelyn Ann, twin, June 17, 1953,
~ Daughter of F.C.Benefield & June Stoddard
Benefield, David Marshall, twin, b. June 17, 1953, d. Feb. 17, 1957
~ Son of F.C. Benefield & June Stoddard
Benham, Arthur, E., b. June 27, 1925, Oklahoma, d. April 1979
~ Son of George Beham & Ester Barnard
~ US Navy, WWII ~
Benham, Robert George, b. April 7, 1927, Oklahoma, d. Jan 20, 1990
~ Son of George Benham & Ester Barnard
~ US Army WWII ~
Benziger, Adelrick, b. Jan. 2, 1876, N.Y, N.Y,, d. May 29, 1956, Nogales, AZ
~ Husband of Elizabeth
~ Son of Adelrick Benzinger & Bertha de Santhein
Benziger, Elizabeth,b. Feb. 28, 1882, New York,
d. Nov. 11, 1958, Tucson, Arizona
~ Wife of Adelrick
Bidegain, Clorene Thomas, b. June 11, 1925, Central, AZ d. April 9, 2005
~ Wife of Pete Bidegain
~ Daughter of Ernest S. Thomas & Velma Cooms
~ Husband of Clorene Thomas
~ Son of Bernardo Bidegain & Jesusa Duvignau
Bosell, Kenneth, b. 1934, Michigan d. Oct. 12, 1954, Arizona
Brooks, J. Stayton, b. Nov. 2, 1917, Tempe, Ariz. d. March 9, 2005
~ Husband of Rose Wearne
~ Son of Ira Brooks & Lilian Stayton
Rose C. Brooks, b. Oct. 28, 1924, d. April 28, 2009
~ Wife of Stayton Books
~ Daughter of Nick & Ida Wearne
~ Husband of Merna Williamson
~ Son of Henry Brown & Margaret A. Hatcher
Brumbelow, Darlene Evelyn
b. July 15, 1930, d. April 4, 2005
~ Wife of Neil
Buckingham, E.L. 'Jack', b. April 16. 1900, d. June 1982
Bunnell, Elizabeth Wood, 'Betty' b. Dec. 8, 1904, Connecticut, d. June 1973, Arizona
~ Wife of Richard
Bunnell, Richard Day 'Dick', b. June 14, 1906, Connecticut,
d. Feb. 1984, Arizona
Burch, Grace M., b. April 29, 1905, d. Oct. 1979,
~ Wife of Frank Burch
~ Daughter of Irvin & Maud Douglas
Burden, Marsha, b. Aug. 2, 1945, d, Jan 27, 2008
Carrington, Charles Blake, b. 1881, New Jersey, d. 1963, Arizona
~ Husband of Jane Tapper
~ Son of Charles L & Ella Carrington
Carrington, Jane Tapper, b. Dec. 12, 1900, Sycamore, IL, d. June, 1979, Sonoita, AZ
~ Wife of Charles Blake
~ Daughter of William Richard Tapper & Mary Townsend
Carter, Carlton, L. b. Aug. 10, 1920, d. Dec. 15, 1971
~ Husband of Lanna Heavner
Carter, Lanna H., b. Oct. 4, 1913, d. July 23, 2006
~ Wife of Carlton Carter
~ Daughter of Louis Heavner & Sina Rector
Choat, Lillian H., b. April 24, 1894, d. Feb. 15, 1918, Nogales, Ariz.
~ School teacher
Chubb, John M. b. Michigan June, 16, 1875
d. Calif. Aug. 15, 1948
~ Husband of Margaret Smith
~ Son of John & Janette Chubb
Chubb, Mabel Janette, b. June 28 ,1910, Illinois, d. July 16, 1912, Sonoita, AZ
~ Daughter of John Chubb & Margaret Smith
Chubb, Margaret C., b. Ill. Oct. 8, 1874 d. Calif. Nov. 22, 1961
~ Wife of John
~ Maiden name Smith
Chubb, Stanley M., b. Ill. May 15, 1904, d. Calif. Aug. 4, 1968,
~ Son of John Chubb & Margaret Smith
~ wife of Stone
~ Husband of Sarah
~ memorial headstone
Conley, Judy K., b. 1945, d. Nov. 5, 2008, Utah
~ Daughter of Earl Conley & Sarah Heavner
~ Wife of Earl,
~ Daughter of Louis E. Heavner & Sina Rector
~ memorial headstone
Cookey, Don U., b. Aug. 9, 1918, d. Dec. 22, 1989
~ US Army
Cookey, Emma L. "Bobbie", b. Sept 6, 1920, d. Jan. 20, 2004
Cooper, Luella Pyeatt b. Nov. 22, 1911, d. March 1987
Cory, Joe Dotson, Infant, b. April 20, 1985,
Cross, Carolyn Sue Watts, b. Nov 24, 1952, d. May 28, 1977
~US Army
~ Husband of Lorina Rector
Dalton, Carl August. b. Aug. 27,1865, Nebraska, d. July 28, 1952, Tucson, Arizona
Dalton, Frank E., b. June 13, 1868, Minnesota, d. April 30, 1937, Nogales
~ Husband of Hilma Catherine
Dalton, Hilma C., b. 1878, Iowa, d. 1963
~ Wife of Frank E. Dalton
~ Maiden name Moberg
Dalton, Howard E., b. Aug. 18, 1907, California, d. Aug. 21, 1935, Rain Valley, AZ
~ Son of F. E. Dalton & Hilma Moberg
Dalton, Lorina Recor, b. Sept. 6 1883, Virginia, d. July 2, 1950, Nogales,
~ Wife of Albern Dalton
~ Daughter of William Rector & Daisy Sumner
Dalton, Mahtilda (Mathilda), b. Nov. 5, 1867, Sweden, d. Nov. 11, 1954, Phoenix
~ Wife of Carl A. Dalton
~ Daughter of Hans Sjoberg & Hanna Jonsdotter
Dalton, Raymond, b. June 24, 1915, Elgin d. 1981
~ Son of Albern Dalton & Lorina Rector Dallton
Daly, Brendon T., b. April 7, 1955, d. Aug. 5, 1992
Daly, Patrick J. 'Pat', b. March 9, 1919, d. Feb. 5, 2005
~ Husband of Nora
Davis, Amos, b. Feb. 10, 1900, d. March 5, 1975,
~ Husband of Etta
Davis, Charles E b. Jan. 18, 1879, d. March, 1972
~ Original homesteader
Davis, Etta Mae, b. Dec. 28, 1887, d. June 6, 1959,
~ Wife of Amos
~ Maiden name Casper
Davis, Louise H. b. 1880, d. 1963,
~ Wife of Charles
Deges, Lena, H., b. 1880, d. 1963
Delinger, Albert J., b. Nov. 30, 1916, d. Oct. 26, 1991
~ Husband of Geraldine
Delinger, Geraldine, b. Oct. 16, 1924, d. April 14, 1994
~ Wife of Albert
Dotson, Faith Ann, b. Nov. 29, 1956, d. Oct. 10, 1998
Dotson, Cory Joe, 4-30-85
Douglas, Irvin, b. Texas Feb. 16, 1863, d. June 29, 1954, Tucson, AZ
~ Husband of Maude
~ Son of Warren Douglas & ? Evans
Douglas, Lulu Belle Brizzee Stoddard, b. March 15, 1880, d. June 23, 1962
~ Husband of Blanch
~ Son of Irvin Douglas & Maude Jacobs,
Douglass, Ralph A., b. Oct. 30, 1916, d. June 28, 1968
Duncan, Lula F., b. Aug. 2, 1902, Tucson, AZ, d. Oct. 16, 1902, Tucson
~ Daughter of James W. Duncan & Lula Riggs
*First buried in City Cemetery in Tucson when the cemetery closed the interred were moved
Duncan, Lula K., b. June 8, 1881, Georgia, d. April 15, 1906, Tucson
~ Wife of James W. Duncan
~ Daughter of James Monroe Riggs & Elizabeth Hudson
*First buried in City Cemetery in Tucson when the cemetery closed the interred were moved
DuPont, Pablo Ramon, b. April 26, 1962, d. Jan. 4, 1987
~ US Air Force
Eason, Dave
Eason, Fred Purcell, b. July 19, 1933, d. Aug. 27, 2000
~ �And Under His Wings You Will Find Refuge. ~ Psalm 91
Eason, Harry Ward, b. April 23 1871, Pennsylvania, d. April 10, 1936, Bisbee, AZ
~ Son of David Eason & Mary Stech
~ Father of Jack B & Robert G. Eason
~ Homesteader
Eason, Jack Breslee, Dr, b. March 21, 1901, Pennsylvania, d. Oct. 14, 1993
~ Husband of Rose
~ Son of Harry Ward Eason & Helen
d. April 15, 1970, Douglas, Arizona
~ Son of David Eason & Mary Stech
Eason, Robert G. b. Feb. 11, 1907, Pennsylvania, d.Sept. 1980
~ Son of Harry Ward Eason & Helen
Eason, Rose Corbin, b., Sept. 8, 1905, d. Nov. 24, 1993
~ Wife of Jack
Eason, Ward Randall, b. Oct 30, 1934, d. Aug. 18, 2004
~ Lt. US Navy
Eddy, Earl C. Jr., b. Jan 15, 1927, d. May 23, 1977
~ US Army - WWII ~
Edmonson, Roy Dale, b. March 10, 1915, d. Feb. 23, 1978
~ Husband of Sarah
~ US Navy ~
Edmonson, Sarah E. b. Dec. 24, 1910, d. Jan 4, 2002
~ Wife of Roy
Eichelberger, Connie Yvonne Cobb
~ b. Feb. 19, 1942, d. Oct. 9, 1987
Enzenberg, Orion J., b. Jan 30, 1897, Tucson, d. Jan 31, 1984
~ Husband of Oscea
~ US Army WWI ~
~ Son of Maximilian Enzenberg & Marjory Fleming
Enzenberg, Oscea O. Greenlee, b. April 20, 1893, Kansas, d. April 18, 1989,
~ Wife of Orion
~ Daughter of John M. & Florence Greenlee
Eunos, Helene Y., b. 1921, d. 1980
Evans, Clair, b. May 26, 1914, d. Feb. 15, 1997
Evans, Helene, b. Jan. 21, 1921, d. April, 1980,
~ Wife of Clair
Everhart, Charles L. b. Feb. 1, 1880, Ohio, d. Jan, 8, 1957, Nogales
~ Husband of Cora Greenlee
~ Son of Adam Everhart & Amelia Quidor
Everhart, Cora E. Greenlee b. Jan. 18, 1883, Iowa, d. Dec. 1979
~ Wife of Charles
~ Daughter of John M. & Florence Greenlee
Everhart, Frank H., b. 1882, d. 1942
Everhart, Jack Chapman, b. Nov. 10, 1915, Elgin, AZ. d. Oct. 21, 2000
~ 'Loving Husband and Father'
~ Husband of Lucille Lowe
~ son of Charles L. Everhart & Cora E. Greenlee
Everhart, John C. b. Dec. 13 1948, d. Jan. 10, 2006
Everhart, Judy Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1945, Arkansas, d. Nov. 4, 1956, Arizona
~ Daughter of Jack C. Everhart & Lucille Lowe
Everhart, Lucille Lowe, b. Aug. 26, 1918 d. July 24, 1999
~ Wife of Jack
Farr, Jack A., b. March 26, 1951, d. Aug. 10, 1980
Faurot, Helen R., b. May 30, 1890, Pennyslvania, d. Aug. 1982
~ Wife of Walter
Feldmann, Lloyd John , b. Nov. 12 1914, Wisconsin d. April 23, 2000
~ Husband of Mildred Scott
~ Son of William J. & Florentine Feldmann
~ 2nd US Merchant Marine World War II ~
d. Dec. 26, Sierra Vista, Arizona
~ Wife of Lloyd John Feldmann
~ Daughter of Glenn Scott & Goldie Crone
d. Jan. 10, 1963, Kodiac, Alaska
~ Husband of Berta
~ Son of Lloyd Feldmann & Mildred Scott
~ US Navy ~
Feldmann, William Grant, b. Dec. 16 1932, d. Dec 1, 1974
~ Son of William J. Feldmann
Feldmann, William J., b. April 16, 1890, Wisconsin d. Aug. 27, 1967, Sonoita, AZ
~ Son of William & Anna Feldmann
Finley, Jack , b. Jan. 22, 1922, Tucson, AZ, d. Sept. 4, 2005
~ Husband of Jo Ann
Finley, James L., b. Nov. 22, 1890, Tucson, Arizona, d. July 30, 1970
~ Husband of Margaret Igo
~ Homesteader
Frazier, Carrie S., b. Sept 12, 1881, Pennsylvania, d. Dec. 1973, Arizona
~ Wife of James
~ Daughter of Samuel J. Swigart & Elizabeth Rupert
d. April 18, 2009, Tucson, AZ
~ Wife Of Sam Frazier
~ Daughter of Martha Hesson & John Henry Maake
Frazier, James Garfield, b. Feb. 2, 1881, Missouri, d. Dec. 29, 1955, Phoenix, AZ
~ Husband of Carrie
~ Son of Jesse Fraizer & Etta Reddish
~ Husband of Ilene Maake
~ Son of James Frazier & Carrie Swigart,
Fricker, Chester Paul, b. July 5, 1940, d. May 11, 2008
Frye, Sam, March 20, 1915, d. Feb. 27, 1980,
Fryer, Martha, b. October 11, 1853, Illinois, d. Dec. 5, 1931
~ Wife of Joseph R. Fryer
~ daughter of Josua Strodfe & ? Morgan
~ Wife of Reagan,
~ Daughter of Albern Dalton & Lorena Rector
~ Husband of Hettie Lee
Gaskill, Leonard, b. Dec. 14, 1927, d. July 12, 2005
~ Husband of Billie Anna Douglas
~ USMC
Gates, John W., b. April 13, 1914, d. July, 1983
~ Husband of May
Gates, May A.., b. Sept. 2, 1916, d. July 17, 2006
~ Wife of John
Goff, Jonathan William, b. 1906, d. 1977
~ Our Love Always
Goodin, Homer. J., Jan. 13, 1872, Illinois, March 21, 1908, Fort Huachuca, AZ
~ Son of Joseph & Margaret Goodin.
~ Original homesteader
*First buried in City Cemetery in Tucson when the cemetery closed the interred were moved
Gordon, David Crockett, b. Aug. 22, 1926, d. April 23, 1993
Gordon, Victoria, Warfield, b. 1959, d. 1986,
~ Grandaughter of Buel & Kit Hutchinson
Grant, Alexander T., 'Father' b. 1876, Scotland , d. 1966
~ Husband of Elizabeth Wilson
Grant, Alexander T. Jr. 'Son & Father' b. 1905, d. 1999
Grant, Elizabeth S., 'Mother' b. 1882, Scotland, d. 1966
~ Wife of Alexander T. (Sr.)
~ Maiden name Wilson
Grant, Gordon W. 'Son', b. July 14, 1908, New York, d. Jan. 10, 1934, Canille, AZ
~ Son of Alexander T. Grant & Elizabeth Wilson
Grant, Herbert J, b. Feb. 1, 1910, New Hampshire, d. June 10, 1935
~ Son of Alexander T. Grant & Elizabeth Wilson
Grant, Isabell, M. ~ 'Wife & Mother' b. 1909, d. 1999
~ Wife of Alexander T. Jr.
Grantham, Joann Ruth,b. Oct. 25, 1938, Nogales, Ariz., d. Oct. 29, 1938, Noglaes, Arizona
~ Daughter of Westley Grantham & Virginia Anderson
~ The Littlest Angel ~
Grantham, Virginia, M., b. Aug. 5, 1918, Vaughn, Ariz., d. Aug. 28, 1984
~ Wife of Westley
~ Daughter of William H. Anderson & Ruth Uichell
Graves, Elizabeth Neil, b. 1874, d. 1961
Graves, Leroy Smith, b. Jan 1, 1891, d. April 7, 1977
Greenlee, Marie, b. 1902, d. 1995
~ Daughter of John M. & Florence Greenlee
~ Sister of Cora Everhart & Oscea Enzenberg
Grennan, Robert Lyle, b. Aug. 10, 1912, d. May 20, 1996
~ Husband of Sally
~ Memorial stone
Grennan, Sally, b. May 22, 1913, d. Jan. 1, 2004
~ Wife of Robert
~ Memorial Stone
H thru O
P thru Z
Please type �Black Oak Cemetery� in the subject line.
this cemetery, or ask about a future burial write
to this address:
P.O. Box 4691
Huachuca City, AZ 85616
on the internet, California Death records, Tubac Historical Society,
Social Security Death Index, Ancestry World Tree, Sonoita Bulletin,
United States Census, Arizona Place Names by Will C. Barnes,
Arizona Post Offices by Alan Patera and John Gallager, and Arizona
Territory Post Offices and Postmasters by John & Lillian Theobald.
Hidden Treasures of Santa Cruz County by Betty Barr
