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Iowa Ivess Prier
1878 - 1942 (63 years)
Generation: 1
1. Iowa Ivess Prier was born on 15 Dec 1878 in Henry County, Iowa (daughter of Allen Thomas Prier and Mary Jane Brown); died on 12 Aug 1942 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; was buried in Galena Cemetery, Galena, Stone, Missouri.
2. Allen Thomas Prier was born on 22 Jul 1830 in Virginia, USA; died on 25 Feb 1893 in Galena, Stone, 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 590Allen 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]
3. Mary Jane Brown was born about 1834 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died in 1908 in Maramos, Iowa; was buried in Rice Cemetery. 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.
Children:
- Hannah Prier was born on 16 Aug 1853 in Henry County, Iowa; died on 24 Oct 1890 in Stone, Missouri, USA; was buried in Galena Cemetery, Galena, Stone, Missouri.
- Mary Jane Prier was born on 9 Jul 1865 in Henry County, Iowa; died on 29 May 1927 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; was buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene, MO.
- Alice Avovina Prier was born on 30 Nov 1868; died in 1943; was buried in Rice Cemetery, Stone, MO.
- 1. Iowa Ivess Prier was born on 15 Dec 1878 in Henry County, Iowa; died on 12 Aug 1942 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; was buried in Galena Cemetery, Galena, Stone, Missouri.