Charles and Martha Dickinson
Martha Priscilla (Burford) Dickinson 1863–1931
Birth 1 Feb 1863 Cedar County, Missouri, USA
Death 15 May 1931 (aged 68) Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona
Burial Cottonwood Cemetery Cottonwood, Arizona, USA Plot Section C
MARTHA PRISCILLA BURFORD was born in Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, on February 1, 1863. She married Charles Dickinson, the son of Samuel C. and Adeline (Green) Dickinson, who was born in Iowa on August 23, 1853. Martha and Charles went to live in Cove, Oregon. During their 8 years there they became the parents of: Mary Rowena Dickinson, born on October 13, 1880 (Mrs. James Godfrey Van Deren); David M. (died young) and Dovie May Dickinson, both born August 7, 1882; and Archie Leroy Dickinson, born on February 25, 1886/7 (husband of Ellen Pearl Dickinson). When the family returned to the Verde Valley area, Charles went to work in Jerome for 7 years. Charles Dickinson bought a little farm from Mrs. Hattie Munds near Cornville and the family lived there for about 8 years. Children born near Cornville are Winifred Adeline “Minnie” Dickinson, born on September 2, 1895; George Arthur Dickinson, born on February 28, 1897 (husband of Maude Evelyn Cobert); Ruth Dickinson, born February 22, 1900 (Mrs. Powell); and Esther Irene Dickinson, born on October 26, 1902 (Mrs. Riley Lee). The Dickinson family moved to Clemenceau where Charles worked for the UVX from 1920 to 1923. He worked as the townsite carpenter. Charles went to California for a much-needed rest and died in Ocean Beach on December 5, 1926. He is buried in the Cottonwood Cemetery, plot C 430. Martha P. (Burford) Dickinson was living in Scottsdale when she died in Phoenix on May 15, 1931. She is buried near her husband in plot C 428.
Credit to Bill Cowan with research by Glenda Farley
