Samuel Cotton and Nancy Dickinson
This site centers around the Dickinson Family, Verde Valley Pioneers.
In 1875 the Dickinson family traveled from Humansville Missouri
to the Verde Valley Arizona by covered wagon.
Links to newspaper articles about our pioneer ancestors.
Dickinson family members that were lawmen in the wild west.
Dickinson - Smith - Moxcey
Genealogy information
Sarah Hawkins Alderson's grave to get a marker.
In April 2026 a marker will be placed on the unmarked grave of Sarah Hawkins Alderson.
Click here to view her biography.
QR Codes Added to Verde Valley Pioneer Graves.
QR Codes added to Verde Valley Pioneer grave sites in Cottonwood, Coolidge, and Glendale, Arizona. The QR Codes will display additional information about these people. Contact us if you know of a Verde Valley Pioneer that you feel we should do this for.
We can assist even if a Verde Valley Pioneers grave is not in the Yavapai County.
Click here to view recent newspaper article about this project.
Click here to view Cottonwood Cemetery Map
A revised edition of the Dickinson Family book is almost completed.
There is still time to add biography pages, stories, and photos.
We expect to publish in the Fall of 2026.
HELP
Do you have information or photos of descendants of Samuel and Nancy Dickinson?
We would love to add them to this site, please contact us.
Our current top priorities are photos of the following, but any photos are welcomed.
- William G Dickinson, son of Samuel and Nancy Dickinson and elected Coconino County Sheriff in 1915.
- Location of graves for James and Mariah Hawkins
We would appreciate if you would share them with us.
