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Joseph Champie

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Joseph Champie

Birth
Death
19 Sep 1898 (aged 4)
Humburg, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Yavapai County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
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Joseph is assumed to be the son of Charles and Elizabeth Champie as his headstone was found in the Humbug area where the Champies spent several years mining for gold. According to local legend he was stung to death by a scorpion in his diaper.
Joseph is assumed to be the son of Charles and Elizabeth Champie as his headstone was found in the Humbug area where the Champies spent several years mining for gold. According to local legend he was stung to death by a scorpion in his diaper.

Gravesite Details

Pug Dalton and some of his mining associates created a headstone as a marker for the baby at the request of the Champie family in the 1980's



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