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Grandma Annie Phelan had a boarding house in Kingman, I think around
1900, have never been able to find anything out about location etc.
My mother said it was called the Phelan House. I think I have the
date pretty close as I know my mother's parents lived in Kingman
when they were first married then she was born in Williams in 1902.
Uncle Jim had a slaughter house and butcher shop in Kingman, there
is still a canyon named Slaughter House Canyon where his slaughter
house was located and the building he had his shop in is still in
Kingman and in good condition. The house Uncle John lived in was
across from the court house, I think he ran the business for Uncle
Jim. (I know Ed worked for him in Williams, I have a copy of an old
newspaper with an add and also a mention of my mother's birth.) When
I was probably in my 30's the house was auctioned off and moved. It
was a two story house, painted white and was right next to the
Bonelli House that I believe is a little museum now. One of Uncle
John's daughters died as a child and was buried in Kingman but that
cemetery was destroyed and turned into a football field, have no
idea what happened to the graves etc. Amy Neal, who was a member of
an old family there, told me that all the pallbearers were children
and she was one of them.
by Annie's g-granddaughter, Barbara Ohlwiler
According to another
g-grandnephew Jim Grivich - Annie used to regale the family with
tales of how she met Wyatt Earp in the wild west! |
