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Mariah (Burr) Stilley 1847 - 1923

Mariah (Burr) Stilley was born on August 24, 1847 to Nancy Ellen (North) Meeker and David Solomon Burr, and had siblings Lynas J. Burr, Samuel Thury Burr, and Sarah Eunice (Burr) Lenover. She married Jeremiah Stilley in September 1862, and had children Sarah Ann (Stilley) Fallis, James Burr Stilley, Jacob Redding Stilley, and Lavina (Stilley) Hottell. Mariah Stilley died at age 76 years old in 1923 in Sumner, Pierce County, Washington United States.

Mariah (Burr) Stilley

August 24, 1847

1923

Sumner, Pierce County, Washington, United States

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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
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August 24, 1847

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1923

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Sumner, Pierce County, Washington United States
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Mariah (Burr) Stilley lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.

The average age of a Burr family member is 74.

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In 1847, in the year that Mariah (Burr) Stilley was born, on July 1st, the first official postage stamps were issued in the US (not in the world - that was the UK). They were a nickel and a dime and showed Ben Franklin and George Washington.

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In 1873, at the age of 26 years old, Mariah was alive when on May 27th, German archaeologist and businessman Heinrich Schliemann found what he said was "Priam's Treasure" - confirming the existence of ancient Troy. The find in Hissarlik Turkey is still disputed as being a part of Troy.

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