Hannah Prier

Notes:

Hannah Massey with seven children in the 1889 census for Whitman, WA.

Hannah Massey passed away during childbirth to twins. Only one survived, while the other is buried with Hannah. Her father, Allen Thomas Prier, deeded the land (north section of Galena Cemetery) to the City of Galena, as Hannah and her child were the first to be buried on this land.

Hannah married Richard Massey on 18 Apr 1877 in Stone, Missouri, USA. Richard (son of James H. Massey and Martha Ellen Anderson) was born on 15 Sep 1857 in Campell Twp, Greene Co., Missouri, USA; died on 22 Oct 1942 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Clara Bell Massey was born on 14 Apr 1878 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died on 10 May 1963 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
2. Guy Edwin Massey was born on 11 Oct 1880 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died on 26 May 1953 in Elm Springs, Washington County, Arkansas.
3. James Allen Massey was born on 1 Sep 1882 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died in Jun 1952 in Kansas City, Jackson, MO.
4. Clarence Ernest Massey was born on 26 Aug 1883 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Dec 1957 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
5. Laura Ophelia Massey was born on 14 Sep 1885 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died in Oct 1964 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
6. Robert Everett Massey was born on 6 Apr 1887 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died on 3 Feb 1960 in Greene County, Missouri, USA.
7. Sally M. Massey was born on 26 Dec 1888 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died on 11 Feb 1979 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.

Notes:

Civil war soldier. Pioneer settler. Secured land for his homestead in Stone, Mo in 1892.
Father: Wesley Prier (1796-1849), mother Hannah See (1797-1877).

married to Mary Jane Brown. "Allen Prier, after the death of his daughter Hannah Prier Massey, deeded twelve acres of land to the city of Galena for the Galena Cemetery..." part of the biography of Prier ancestors from the book "History of Stone Co MO Vol 1" by Stone Co MO Historical Society, page 590

Allen married Mary Jane Brown on 30 Jun 1850 in New London, Iowa. Mary was born about 1834 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died in 1908 in Maramos, Iowa; was buried in Rice Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Allen Thomas Prier in 1850 (?) in New London, IA on his father's farm, she was 14 he was 2?, so the birth date may be wrong. After the civil war they moved to Forsythe, Mo, then back to Iowa, then to Galena, Mo where he is buried. She later lived with her sons, Wesley and Iowa and died in the hills near Maramos and is buried in Rice Cemetery.