MARY ELIZABETH LARREMORE LANGE
Mary Elizabeth (sometimes called Betty) was born on 11 January 1873 in Texas, the daughter of Lebbius T. and Sarah Milne Larremore. When the Larremore children misbehaved, she remembered, they were told they would receive a spanking from their dad at "2:00 next Wednesday."
In Carlsbad, New Mexico, on their way to Arizona in a covered wagon, Otto Augustus Lange met Mary Elizabeth. Otto kept track of the Larremore family and they both settled near Globe. On Christmas Day, 1888, 15-year-old Mary rode behind him on his horse the 12 miles into Globe where they were married. The first two of their ten children¯Sarah Agnes Eckert (25 March 1890) and Otto A. Jr. (21 November 1892)¯were born in a tent-home in Globe where Mary hid the children under the bed when Indians came around.
In 1895 the Langes and the Larremores moved to Yeager Canyon. Two more girls arrived: Mary Ellen Johnston on 12 June 1895 and Clara on 25 Janaury 1898. Sons Walter Rudolph (8 August 1899) and John Houston (7 July 1902) were born in Prescott. In February 1905 Mr. Lange acquired the ML Ranch near Sanders Station, and Hazel Frances (8 June 1905) who died in infancy and Charles Addison (20 February 1908) were added to the family. This ranch was sold in 1909, after which the P Bar Ranch south of Groom Creek was bought and sold. The Langes went back to Texas. On their return to Arizona in 1910, the GJ Ranch on the Verde River near Paulden was purchased, and in 1913 they repurchased the P Bar. Mary's last two children, Iola Alice Pike (26 September 1910) and Robert Elmer, arrived in Prescott.
Mary moved into Prescott for the school terms, and at various times she and the children lived in rented homes on Marina, Virginia, Sheldon, and Pleasant Streets. In 1928 they bought a house at 140 N. Mt. Vernon. According to her granddaughter Mona, Mary indulged in dipping a little snuff, a habit which began with being given snuff to deaden a toothache when she was 12 or 14 years old. A pioneer ranch wife, Mary was active in community affairs and her sons rodeoed during Frontier Days. Her sister May Wilson is also represented in the Rose Garden. Mary died on January 18, 1954 and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery.
Donor: Mona Lange McCroskey
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