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John and his wife Rebecca have been married for 27 years and have seven children. They love hiking, camping and enjoying the outdoors with their family.
John is an Eagle Scout and strives to carry out the principles of the Scout Law.
John is a seventh-generation Arizonan. He was raised in St. David, a Cochise County community his ancestors helped settle.
I am a seventh-generation Arizonan. Arizona is in my blood. Nineteen of my thirty-two 3rd-great grandparents are buried here.
Six of my 3rd-great grandparents settled in Cochise County during the Apache Wars shortly after the U.S. Army established Ft. Huachuca in 1877. They settled along the San Pedro River, just five miles west of Cochise Stronghold and just twelve miles north of Tombstone. For the most part, my ancestors lived in peace with the Apache Indians - and with Wyatt Earp!
Another line of my family began their Arizona journey in 1855, when John and Caroline LeSueur, emigrated to the United States from Jersey in the Channel Islands. John passed away just seven years later, but in 1879 Caroline moved to St. Johns, Arizona with her two sons.
Her son, John Taylor LeSueur, my 2nd-great grandfather, went on to serve in the Arizona Territorial Legislature and became Mayor of Mesa in 1912, the year Arizona became a state.
The most recent family arrival in Arizona occurred more than a century ago. In the early 1920s, one of my great-grandfathers, Esker Mayberry, was traveling from Texas to California when his car broke down in Bisbee–then Arizona’s third largest town. He quickly found work at the Copper Queen Mine, met his future wife, and decided to stay. After a few years in the mine, he opened a barbershop and raised his family in Bisbee. Since then, all of my great-grandparents, grandparents and parents have proudly called Arizona home.
Arizona isn’t just where I live–it’s a part of who I am. My love for Arizona has shaped my employment choices. I want to preserve our State for my children and grandchildren. It is the greatest state in the greatest nation on earth!
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