Marriage, Family and Divorce
In March 1869, Behan married 17-year-old Victoria Zaff in San Francisco, the girl's home town. The couple moved back toPrescott, Arizona Territory where John had been working, and on June 15, 1869 they had their first child, Henrietta. Henrietta died at age four on March 6, 1877. Behan was elected to the Territorial Legislature twice, first from the 7th Arizona Territorial Legislature, which met in Tucson on January 8, 1873 for a six to eight week legislative session. Henrietta died in 1877 of scarletina at age seven. The couple's son, Albert Price Behan (d. January 27, 1949) was born in Prescott on July 7, 1872.
While living in Prescott with this wife and children, Behan served as sheriff of Yavapai County from 1871-73. He was elected to the Seventh Arizona Legislative Assembly, representing Yavapai Country, in 1873.
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