Edith was born on September 17, 1884, in Leadville, Colorado to parents Samuel Christy (Chris) and Alice Madora Robertson.

[1] Chris and Alice were married on October 19, 1880 and had traveled by wagon train from St. Joseph, MO via Leadville, CO to Tombstone, Arizona Territory.

[2] They arrived in Tombstone on December 25, 1880 having traveled 1,000 miles in two months and three days and remained residents of Cochise County until their deaths.

Following Chris' death, Edith and her minor siblings were declared wards of the court and moved back to the family home in Tombstone in 1899.

[5][6] Edith matriculated to the University of Arizona in fall of 1901 and completed classes in the newly formed Commercial Department.

In 1906 she moved to Douglas, Arizona to join her husband Norman who had gained employment in the machine shops at Q smelter.

Beginning in 1907, she lived in the mining camps of Sierra de Cobre, Cananea, Mexico with her husband while he was a master mechanic.

[5] In 1912, she divorced from Norman Barr on grounds of desertion and moved back to Tombstone from Los Angeles with her two children Norma and John and resided in the Old Homestead purchased from father’s estate.

Edith Macia, United States census, 1920; Tombstone, Cochise, Arizona; page 3B, line 85, enumeration district 2.

[15] Edith received a federal appointment under Calvin Coolidge as postmaster (or postmistress) of Tombstone on January 9, 1928 after submitting her winning exam.

Her occupation was recorded as post mistress (code: 9976) Edith Macia, United States census, 1930; Tombstone, Cochise, Arizona; page 1B, line 76, enumeration district 2-65.

Edith's husband was part of the executive planning committee for Tombstone's 2nd annual Helldorado Days festival held October 16–19, 1930.

She hosted a visit of former US Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock and air mail pilot Earle Ovington at the Tombstone Post Office on October 18, 1930.

(Earle L. Ovington) First Air Mail PilotThe Appraisal Department of H. E. Harris wrote back to Edith stating the cover was interesting and would perhaps fetch a better price if made available for sale locally in Arizona.

[5] On March 28, 1937, Edith's son John Barr died at a Los Angeles hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident.

Edith had first encountered Communism during her days in Tombstone, AZ, when rebel copper miners staged a series of strikes in 1917.

Upon taking the trunk home and having it opened by a locksmith, she found six elaborate dresses made by hand in France during the 1890s.

[29] In November 1956, she was listed as a citizen of Orange County (Placentia, CA) in support of the reelection of Republican US Congressman James Utt.

In October 1963, she purchased and moved to 944 Apache Drive in the Pinecrest Historic District of Prescott, AZ in order to be closer to her daughters.

[7] Edith is honored in the Territorial Women’s Memorial Rose Garden of the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott.