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April 3, 2013 SCOTT FROM PAGE 16 During WWII when Ben and Thomas joined the Army, Joe took over as ranch hand and cowboy. Joe took care of the windmills and vehicles that needed repair in the garage, sometimes pumping gas at their Shell Gas Station next to the Scott's store. Joe was also a very good blacksmith. In 1926, Joe homesteaded 80 acres in the Quartzsite area. He had one of the first houses in Quartzsite built of wood and built up high off the ground (being built close to the Scott Wash – all the Scott's remembered the great flood when about ½ of all the adobe buildings washed away in Quartzsite). Joe and Ruth did not have any children. Headstone Reads: PHILLIP G. SCOTT 1902 – 1980 Born: 4/13/1902. Died: 1/05/1980 at age 78. Buried: Plot 108 Mother: Angelita (Angela). Father: Wm. E. Scott. Siblings: 11 Wife: M. Leone. Born: 1902 Died: 1980. Buried: Plot 111 "Phil" worked with contractors on US Highway 60-70 and other highway construction sites around Quartzsite. His home was just east of Scott's home Ranch (west of 88 shades Trailer Park). He helped his mother with the maintenance of her home and helped Ben during the cattle roundup. Headstones read: IN MEMORY OF MOM AND DAD William Gonzales Scott April 5 1904 May 9 1988 Edna Frances Gray-Scott Feb. 4 1908 Nov. 27 1986 "YOUR FAMILY" Born: April 5, 1904. Died: May 9, 1988 at age 84. Buried: Plot 119. Mother: Angelita (Angela). Father: Wm. E. Scott. Siblings 11. Wife: Edna Frances Gray born: CA. 2/4/1908 in TX. Died: 11/27/1986. Buried: Plot 118. Their ashes are buried at the foot of William E. Scott. They had one boy: Billy (named after his Grandpa – William E. Scott. He lived in Quartzsite until in his later years.) and two girls: Beverly and Barbara both still living in California as of 2012. Wm. G. worked around the Quartzsite area for the Arizona Highway Maintenance Dept. His family lived a little east of the old Scott's store. It was often flooded when summer rains filled the Tyson Wash. They moved the house (using two trucks) west of the school house, which was then the Quartzsite Court House (now the 17 www.DesertMessenger.com counseling and rehab center). Headstone Reads: DAVID JOHN SCOTT BORN JUNE 13-1906 DIED JUNE 8-1970 Born: 6/13/1906. Died: 6/8/1970 at age 64. Buried: Plot 71. Mother: Angelita (Angela). Father: Wm. E. Scott. Siblings: 11 1st wife: Millie Otten (died in 1960). Together they had 2 girls: Merna Grashman–(lives in Blythe CA. -still owns the old Scott store and has a summer home in Beaver, Utah), and Davella –(died in 1983). 2nd Wife: Irene Mae Scott (Tom Well's wife's sister). Born: 9/17/1921. Died: 4/11/1960. Buried: Plot 74. David was in charge of the Saloon, Grocery Store and Shell Gas Station -which remains today on the north side of Main Street. Dave was a butcher and a sportsman. He had elk, deer and fish mounted in his bar that he had taken. Dave was also in Construction work. He had his middle name changed from Gonzales to John when he was in construction business – thought it would be better for business. Dave later wanted to name his first daughter's middle name to Gonzales, but Millie said no "because your middle name is not Gonzales now!" After 1940 he took over the store. One year the IRS showed up wanted to see the books "what books?" "Well how do you run the business?" " I take some money out of the register, Millie takes some out, whoever works here takes their pay, then I take what's left and restock the place." IRS finally took Grandma Scotts books for the previous 2 or 3 years and charged accordingly. Angelita (Angelia) Scott Tetzlaff(Spring Valley, CA): born 6/9/1908. Died Jan. 24, 1984 at age 76. Mother: Angilita (Angela). Father: Wm. E. Scott. Siblings 11. Namesake of mother – married a policeman Ray Tetzlaff. (Ray had 2 children from his first wife. Sally and Marilyn) and moved to San Diego, CA. Headstone Reads: BENEDICT G SCOTT US ARMY WORLD WAR II OCT. 28 1909 AUG 17 1993 Born: 10/28/1909. Died:8/17/1993 (S.S. Death Index- 8/27/1993) at age 84. Buried: Plot 117. Mother: Angelita (Angela). Father: Wm. E. Scott. Siblings: 11 1st wife was Virginia Passon. Step Daughter: Marjorin Greelee. SEE SCOTT PAGE 21 LIVINGSTON FROM PAGE 11 a large unfinished black rock building. We stopped by to offer a jar of honey so the occupants would know who owned the beehives. Were we ever surprised to find it was the Livingstons. They invited us to stay have a glass of cold water. On our way home, we marveled at what an intelligent and interesting couple they were. Mrs. Livingston had been a schoolteacher, but that had ended when she needed eye surgery. During surgery, the surgeon had a heart attack and the assistant finished the operation. The result was that she lost the sight in that eye. A second surgery was planned for the other eye, which she procrastinated, leaving her with very poor eyesight. She could no longer teach so they decided come to Quartzsite and use Joe's knowledge of geology to search for gold. He told us he was looking for an earthquake fault where the resulting irregular scar often oozed hot minerals and in the ensuing thousands of years, the rains would wash the gold down to the streambeds. Their little cabin was in a beautiful location where they had hand dug a well that had a wonderful stream of delicious cool water. When I asked about the black rock building, Joe said he and Mrs. Livingston had made their own forms and poured a cement base to set special rocks they had been collecting for years. In between dry washing for gold, the rock house was slowly coming along. As Mrs. Livingston's health begin to deteriorate, she kept busy in her beautiful garden and orchard while Joe worked the sandy washes for nuggets to trade at Scott's Store. On one of our trips to check on the bees, she waved for us to stop and then invited us to come see the inside of rock house. She was furnishing each room with a desert influence. I thought it was lovely beyond words. South of the house was a large reservoir / swimming pool. She had squeezed lemons from her trees and served our daughters and me glasses of delicious lemonade. She was a gracious host and was kind to our children, who enjoyed coming home with fresh fruit and vegetables from her trees and garden. They had a nephew who came out to stay with them and assisted Joe in caring for Mrs. Livingston. On one of our visits to check the bees, Mrs. Livingston was not feeling well. I asked her when they were going to move into the rock house. "Oh", she said, "I'm not going to move into the house. I fixed it up for Joe and his next wife. I don't know many good women who might want to live out in these hills, so I've been getting it ready so she will want to come and live here". After that visit, Mrs. Livingston lived only a short time. I later learned that Joe received special permission from Yuma County to bury her there in her beloved Livingston Hills. Quartzsite Radio KBUX 94.3 FM http://kbuxradio.com • Quartzsite's Favorite "CLASSIC HITS" • Local Information • Weather • 24 Hours Day / 7 Days Week! 928-927-5111 First locally-owned and operated music station in Quartzsite, Arizona. Proudly serving the communities of Quartzsite, Bouse, Brenda, Rainbow Acres, La Paz Valley and beyond, since 1988.