Mary Jane Prier

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• Name: Mek

Notes:

In the 1880 census of New London, Henry County, Iowa, page 357B

Mary married Richard Massey on 15 Apr 1891 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. Floyd Glenn Massey was born on 26 Sep 1892 in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, USA; died on 23 Sep 1989 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
2. Zella Massey was born on 27 Apr 1895 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died on 7 Jun 1984 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
3. Piercy Adolph Massey was born on 20 Feb 1898 in Galena, Stone, Missouri, USA; died on 28 Jun 1967 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
4. Carroll Victor Massey was born on 18 Aug 1903 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; died on 23 May 1958 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA.
5. Kenneth Keith Massey was born on 14 Apr 1906 in Greene County, Missouri, USA; died on 19 Aug 1921 in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.

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.