the site of the massacre. With small children and economically in need, Emma Lee sold the ferry to the LDS Church for 100 milk cows in 1879. She was helped by a Civil War veteran, Franklin French. French was a wandering gold prospector. Life with Franklin French On August 9, 1879, Emma Lee and French married, in Snowflake, Arizona. They found a home near Holbrook, Arizona. Afterwards, they moved to the White Mountains. The White Mountain Apaches rose up in 1882 and killed 150 settlers that night. Emma was warned just before the attack on her ranch and was able to escape with her children and some ranch hands. She heard the shooting of the livestock and saw the smoke from the burning buildings. Later, French sued the government for $10,000 for the loss of the ranch, but the land was resurveyed and was found to be on Apache land. In 1887 she and Franklin moved to Winslow, Arizona, and established a dairy ranch. At that time, the Santa Fe railroad was being built. Many times, the railroad would send a special train to bring Emma to help take care of the railroad workers injuries. She was known as "Dr. French", although she had no official medical title. She helped multiple women, including Navajos and prostitutes, give birth. In 1888, her daughter, Victoria Lee, committed suicide. In 1892, her son Ike confronted a man who was trying to seduce his wife and was murdered by the man. Death On November 17, she was fixing breakfast when she said "I don't feel too well" and suffered a heart attack. A crowd of businessmen, Navajos and prostitutes kept vigil outside her home as she lay in bed dying that night. Her funeral was one of the largest held in Winslow. The Santa Fe railway stopped their trains as a tribute to her. Her tombstone is in the old cemetery in Winslow, Arizona, marked as "Dr. French". See also Lee's Ferry and Lonely Dell Ranch References Further reading External links Page about her on the website of one of her descendants 1836 births 1897 deaths Mormon pioneers People from Winslow, Arizona People from Uckfield English Latter Day Saints English emigrants to the United States Place of death missing People from Holbrook, Arizona