Information taken from Index cards for Pioneer Cemetery at Northern Gila County Historical Society.
Frank Armer had 10 brothers and sisters including James B. (known as Bud), Preston L. (known as Press), George Danforth, Tom, John Henry, Frank, Sarah Lucinda, Melinda, and Fred Howard, some of whom are also on Find-A-Grave
A former cowboy in Tonto Basin, Frank Armer was convicted of train robbery in 1894, along with Oscar Rogers, in connection with the Maricopa Train Robbery of the same year. Frank Armer was incarcerated in the Territorial Prison in Yuma, Arizona. He tried to escape three times from the penitentiary, unsuccessfully. While in prison, Armer developed tuberculosis, and was released in 1903. He returned to the family homestead near Payson, Arizona, where he died a few months later.
Information taken from Index cards for Pioneer Cemetery at Northern Gila County Historical Society.
Frank Armer had 10 brothers and sisters including James B. (known as Bud), Preston L. (known as Press), George Danforth, Tom, John Henry, Frank, Sarah Lucinda, Melinda, and Fred Howard, some of whom are also on Find-A-Grave
A former cowboy in Tonto Basin, Frank Armer was convicted of train robbery in 1894, along with Oscar Rogers, in connection with the Maricopa Train Robbery of the same year. Frank Armer was incarcerated in the Territorial Prison in Yuma, Arizona. He tried to escape three times from the penitentiary, unsuccessfully. While in prison, Armer developed tuberculosis, and was released in 1903. He returned to the family homestead near Payson, Arizona, where he died a few months later.
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