Mariah Stair was born a few years after the Civil War on September 24, 1868 in Floyd, Scott Co, VA in the heart of the Applician Mountains. Her name is Mariah Stair from the Census, but Margaret or Mayer in Cooley family history, and Mae Elizabeth in her obituary and now Lizzie in 1900 census.
Scott Co. is a coal mining area and dirt poor. She was one of 10 children. Apparently she and her older brother were farmed out to another family when the 1880 census was taken (she was 11 and her brother 13). Two of her brother's died in the coal mines (David and Cary). Many of the children left Virginia and settled in Hunt Co, TX or other near by states.
Mariah moved to Texas before 1886 and settled in Greenville, Hunt Co, TX. She married in 1897 to William Thurman, some 18 years older. Apparently she and her husband ran a hotel near the railroad. Her daughter, Lois, married young (age 16) to Herbert Cooley who was workingon the railroad. Later Cooley's job moved west to Oakland.
Thurman died in 1917, so by 1930 Mariah also moved west to Cedar Hills, Washington Co., OR and married a much younger Myron Colvin. Later she ended up in Nevada City near her daughter and died and is buried there in 1956 under the name Mae E Colvin.
Scott Co. is a coal mining area and dirt poor. She was one of 10 children. Apparently she and her older brother were farmed out to another family when the 1880 census was taken (she was 11 and her brother 13). Two of her brother's died in the coal mines (David and Cary). Many of the children left Virginia and settled in Hunt Co, TX or other near by states.
Mariah moved to Texas before 1886 and settled in Greenville, Hunt Co, TX. She married in 1897 to William Thurman, some 18 years older. Apparently she and her husband ran a hotel near the railroad. Her daughter, Lois, married young (age 16) to Herbert Cooley who was workingon the railroad. Later Cooley's job moved west to Oakland.
Thurman died in 1917, so by 1930 Mariah also moved west to Cedar Hills, Washington Co., OR and married a much younger Myron Colvin. Later she ended up in Nevada City near her daughter and died and is buried there in 1956 under the name Mae E Colvin.
Mariah Stair was born a few years after the Civil War on September 24, 1868 in Floyd, Scott Co, VA in the heart of the Applician Mountains. Her name is Mariah Stair from the Census, but Margaret or Mayer in Cooley family history, and Mae Elizabeth in her obituary and now Lizzie in 1900 census.
Scott Co. is a coal mining area and dirt poor. She was one of 10 children. Apparently she and her older brother were farmed out to another family when the 1880 census was taken (she was 11 and her brother 13). Two of her brother's died in the coal mines (David and Cary). Many of the children left Virginia and settled in Hunt Co, TX or other near by states.
Mariah moved to Texas before 1886 and settled in Greenville, Hunt Co, TX. She married in 1897 to William Thurman, some 18 years older. Apparently she and her husband ran a hotel near the railroad. Her daughter, Lois, married young (age 16) to Herbert Cooley who was workingon the railroad. Later Cooley's job moved west to Oakland.
Thurman died in 1917, so by 1930 Mariah also moved west to Cedar Hills, Washington Co., OR and married a much younger Myron Colvin. Later she ended up in Nevada City near her daughter and died and is buried there in 1956 under the name Mae E Colvin.
Scott Co. is a coal mining area and dirt poor. She was one of 10 children. Apparently she and her older brother were farmed out to another family when the 1880 census was taken (she was 11 and her brother 13). Two of her brother's died in the coal mines (David and Cary). Many of the children left Virginia and settled in Hunt Co, TX or other near by states.
Mariah moved to Texas before 1886 and settled in Greenville, Hunt Co, TX. She married in 1897 to William Thurman, some 18 years older. Apparently she and her husband ran a hotel near the railroad. Her daughter, Lois, married young (age 16) to Herbert Cooley who was workingon the railroad. Later Cooley's job moved west to Oakland.
Thurman died in 1917, so by 1930 Mariah also moved west to Cedar Hills, Washington Co., OR and married a much younger Myron Colvin. Later she ended up in Nevada City near her daughter and died and is buried there in 1956 under the name Mae E Colvin.
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