Mrs. Stilley is a step-sister of Ezra Meeker of Oregon Trail fame and her acquaintance with him dates from the time two families crossed the Oregon Trail.
Leaving Ohio in the spring of 1854 as a seven-year-old, in company with a great number of othe families, Mrs. Stilley set out for the west with her parents Nancy North Burr and David Solomon Burr. Jacob Meeker was a member of another immigrant train, en route west to join his son, Ezra, who had traversed the trail two years before. The two trains were about a day apart. Cholera, supposedly contacted by Mrs. Stilley's father while preparing for burial the body of one of their comrades, caused the death of Mr. Burr. On the same day, the wagons following stopped to prepare a grave for Mrs. Jacob Meeker, who died from the same disease. These two graves, a few miles apart along the Oregon Trail near the Nebraska/Wyoming border, mark the last resting places of the mother of Ezra Meeker and the father of Mrs. Stilley, In the forward train was the bereaved wife. In the following one rode Jacob Meeker, the bereaved husband. The two spouses met later and were married at Fort Steilacoom. Thus Mrs, Stilley became the step-sister of Ezra Meeker.
On September 6, 1862 Mariah Angelina Burr married Jeremiah Stilley. The couple settled first in the Puyallup Valley and eventually ran a hop farm near Buckley, WA. In 1900 they took a homestead in the Okanogan Valley where they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1923. Their children were:
John Stilley b. 16 Sep 1863
Sarah A. Stilley b. 20 Jan 1865
Ruth Stilley b. 4 Sep 1866
Harriet Stilley b. 8 Mar 1868
Nancy Stilley b. 18 Jul 1870
Kate Emily Stilley b. 14 Aug 1872
James Stilley b. 4 Apr 1875
Jacob Redding Stilley b. 13 Jun 1877
Maria May Stilley b. 16 May 1880
Emma Stilley b. 15 Jul 1882
Lavina Stilley b. 10 Dec 1884
Elizabeth Stilley b. 30 May 1887
(Info given by Dennis Larsen)
Leaving Ohio in the spring of 1854 as a seven-year-old, in company with a great number of othe families, Mrs. Stilley set out for the west with her parents Nancy North Burr and David Solomon Burr. Jacob Meeker was a member of another immigrant train, en route west to join his son, Ezra, who had traversed the trail two years before. The two trains were about a day apart. Cholera, supposedly contacted by Mrs. Stilley's father while preparing for burial the body of one of their comrades, caused the death of Mr. Burr. On the same day, the wagons following stopped to prepare a grave for Mrs. Jacob Meeker, who died from the same disease. These two graves, a few miles apart along the Oregon Trail near the Nebraska/Wyoming border, mark the last resting places of the mother of Ezra Meeker and the father of Mrs. Stilley, In the forward train was the bereaved wife. In the following one rode Jacob Meeker, the bereaved husband. The two spouses met later and were married at Fort Steilacoom. Thus Mrs, Stilley became the step-sister of Ezra Meeker.
On September 6, 1862 Mariah Angelina Burr married Jeremiah Stilley. The couple settled first in the Puyallup Valley and eventually ran a hop farm near Buckley, WA. In 1900 they took a homestead in the Okanogan Valley where they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1923. Their children were:
John Stilley b. 16 Sep 1863
Sarah A. Stilley b. 20 Jan 1865
Ruth Stilley b. 4 Sep 1866
Harriet Stilley b. 8 Mar 1868
Nancy Stilley b. 18 Jul 1870
Kate Emily Stilley b. 14 Aug 1872
James Stilley b. 4 Apr 1875
Jacob Redding Stilley b. 13 Jun 1877
Maria May Stilley b. 16 May 1880
Emma Stilley b. 15 Jul 1882
Lavina Stilley b. 10 Dec 1884
Elizabeth Stilley b. 30 May 1887
(Info given by Dennis Larsen)
Mrs. Stilley is a step-sister of Ezra Meeker of Oregon Trail fame and her acquaintance with him dates from the time two families crossed the Oregon Trail.
Leaving Ohio in the spring of 1854 as a seven-year-old, in company with a great number of othe families, Mrs. Stilley set out for the west with her parents Nancy North Burr and David Solomon Burr. Jacob Meeker was a member of another immigrant train, en route west to join his son, Ezra, who had traversed the trail two years before. The two trains were about a day apart. Cholera, supposedly contacted by Mrs. Stilley's father while preparing for burial the body of one of their comrades, caused the death of Mr. Burr. On the same day, the wagons following stopped to prepare a grave for Mrs. Jacob Meeker, who died from the same disease. These two graves, a few miles apart along the Oregon Trail near the Nebraska/Wyoming border, mark the last resting places of the mother of Ezra Meeker and the father of Mrs. Stilley, In the forward train was the bereaved wife. In the following one rode Jacob Meeker, the bereaved husband. The two spouses met later and were married at Fort Steilacoom. Thus Mrs, Stilley became the step-sister of Ezra Meeker.
On September 6, 1862 Mariah Angelina Burr married Jeremiah Stilley. The couple settled first in the Puyallup Valley and eventually ran a hop farm near Buckley, WA. In 1900 they took a homestead in the Okanogan Valley where they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1923. Their children were:
John Stilley b. 16 Sep 1863
Sarah A. Stilley b. 20 Jan 1865
Ruth Stilley b. 4 Sep 1866
Harriet Stilley b. 8 Mar 1868
Nancy Stilley b. 18 Jul 1870
Kate Emily Stilley b. 14 Aug 1872
James Stilley b. 4 Apr 1875
Jacob Redding Stilley b. 13 Jun 1877
Maria May Stilley b. 16 May 1880
Emma Stilley b. 15 Jul 1882
Lavina Stilley b. 10 Dec 1884
Elizabeth Stilley b. 30 May 1887
(Info given by Dennis Larsen)
Leaving Ohio in the spring of 1854 as a seven-year-old, in company with a great number of othe families, Mrs. Stilley set out for the west with her parents Nancy North Burr and David Solomon Burr. Jacob Meeker was a member of another immigrant train, en route west to join his son, Ezra, who had traversed the trail two years before. The two trains were about a day apart. Cholera, supposedly contacted by Mrs. Stilley's father while preparing for burial the body of one of their comrades, caused the death of Mr. Burr. On the same day, the wagons following stopped to prepare a grave for Mrs. Jacob Meeker, who died from the same disease. These two graves, a few miles apart along the Oregon Trail near the Nebraska/Wyoming border, mark the last resting places of the mother of Ezra Meeker and the father of Mrs. Stilley, In the forward train was the bereaved wife. In the following one rode Jacob Meeker, the bereaved husband. The two spouses met later and were married at Fort Steilacoom. Thus Mrs, Stilley became the step-sister of Ezra Meeker.
On September 6, 1862 Mariah Angelina Burr married Jeremiah Stilley. The couple settled first in the Puyallup Valley and eventually ran a hop farm near Buckley, WA. In 1900 they took a homestead in the Okanogan Valley where they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1923. Their children were:
John Stilley b. 16 Sep 1863
Sarah A. Stilley b. 20 Jan 1865
Ruth Stilley b. 4 Sep 1866
Harriet Stilley b. 8 Mar 1868
Nancy Stilley b. 18 Jul 1870
Kate Emily Stilley b. 14 Aug 1872
James Stilley b. 4 Apr 1875
Jacob Redding Stilley b. 13 Jun 1877
Maria May Stilley b. 16 May 1880
Emma Stilley b. 15 Jul 1882
Lavina Stilley b. 10 Dec 1884
Elizabeth Stilley b. 30 May 1887
(Info given by Dennis Larsen)
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