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Mariah Smith 1810- after 1874/before Nov 1886

Maria(h) has been one of my brick walls for 15 years. She was born about 1810 in Massachusetts. She married Reuben Parker in Stamford, Bennington, VT in May 1824. She died sometime after she sold land in Chickasaw, Iowa in 1874, and before her son went into prison in Nov. 1886. 1850 census:  Stamford, Bennington, Vermont 1860 census:  Stamford, Bennington, Vermont According to documents of her sons, the family left Vermont during the Civil War to get away from the war.  They lost one son in the war, and another was seriously injured.  They moved to Wisconsin, and then to Iowa.  Reuben moved back to Vermont and died there in 1870.  His will mentions his beloved wife Maria.  Maria and four children are in Chickasaw county Iowa in 1870. I don't know what happened to Maria and her youngest child Ada or Adeline Parker after 1874. Now for the back story.  In Stamford, Reuben and Maria lived next to or very near Lyman Harrington and his wife P...

Ada Parker (about 1854-??)

Ada aka Addie aka Adaline Parker born about 1854 in Stamford, Bennington, Vermont daughter of Reuben and Mariah Parker 1860- living in Stamford, Vt with parents 1870- living in Dresden, Chickasaw, Iowa with mother, 2 brothers, and a sister 1880-  have not found her after 1870 or her mother after 1874 (Mariah sold land in Iowa to her son in 1874) If you have any further information about Ada, please contact me.