Daughter of--
Charles Henry Allen and
Nancy A (nee Mitchell) Allen
Special linage note:
Nancy A Mitchel / Allen Nancy was born on the Trail of Tears to Reese T. Mitchell and Rachel Hildebrand / Mitchell. She is the ggggrandaughter of Nancy Ward, 5th grandaughter of Chief Moytoy. (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moytoy_of_Tellico ). She has passed our Cherokee lineage down through the decades.
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Marriage--
At age 16, on 2 Nov 1873, Mary Isabella Allen married Orin Campbell Tarr.
Children--
The children of this marriage were (list is work in progress)--
Thirza May Tarr Mann Cottingham 1874 – 1922
(spouse#1--Frank Mann);
(spouse#2--Isaac Robertson Cottingham)
George Rufus Tarr 1877 – 1939
{spouse--Grace Lee Quesenbury Tarr)
Viola Kate Tarr Denny 1879 – 1938
(spouse--Chester Arthur Denny)
Myrtle Bell Tarr 1880 – 1881 (died infant)
Charles Harry "Dodge" Tarr 1882 – 1957
(spouse--Edna Elizabeth Gray Tarr )
Lydia Tarr 1884 – 1900 (died young)
Orin Thomas Tarr 1887 – 1975
(spouse#1--name unknown, per Tarr family members -dht);
(spouse#2--Musie Mears Tarr);
(spouse#3--Emma Sarah Collins Eslick Tarr Radar)
Frank James "Jim" Tarr 1889 – 1974
(spouse--Nola Ruth Hardy Meadows Tarr)
Cloyd Fay Tarr 1891 – 1970
(spouse#1--Catherine Anne Thremuth Tarr);
(spouse#2--Ida Belle Dewitt Horner Tarr)
Unknown-name Tarr 1893 – 1900 (gender & name unknown)
Walter Leroy Tarr 1894 – 1956
(spouse--Wilmetta Lois Faith McDaniel Tarr)
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Residences & Occupation--
Mary was only about five feet in height, and her spouse over six feet in height. Although small in stature, she raised a large family. She lived in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and through the US Civil War, WW I. She was a homemaker, mother, and farmer's wife.
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Death & Burial--
Orin and wife Mary died just 18 days apart from the flu in Jan 1923. They are buried in the same cemetery.
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Daughter of--
Charles Henry Allen and
Nancy A (nee Mitchell) Allen
Special linage note:
Nancy A Mitchel / Allen Nancy was born on the Trail of Tears to Reese T. Mitchell and Rachel Hildebrand / Mitchell. She is the ggggrandaughter of Nancy Ward, 5th grandaughter of Chief Moytoy. (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moytoy_of_Tellico ). She has passed our Cherokee lineage down through the decades.
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Marriage--
At age 16, on 2 Nov 1873, Mary Isabella Allen married Orin Campbell Tarr.
Children--
The children of this marriage were (list is work in progress)--
Thirza May Tarr Mann Cottingham 1874 – 1922
(spouse#1--Frank Mann);
(spouse#2--Isaac Robertson Cottingham)
George Rufus Tarr 1877 – 1939
{spouse--Grace Lee Quesenbury Tarr)
Viola Kate Tarr Denny 1879 – 1938
(spouse--Chester Arthur Denny)
Myrtle Bell Tarr 1880 – 1881 (died infant)
Charles Harry "Dodge" Tarr 1882 – 1957
(spouse--Edna Elizabeth Gray Tarr )
Lydia Tarr 1884 – 1900 (died young)
Orin Thomas Tarr 1887 – 1975
(spouse#1--name unknown, per Tarr family members -dht);
(spouse#2--Musie Mears Tarr);
(spouse#3--Emma Sarah Collins Eslick Tarr Radar)
Frank James "Jim" Tarr 1889 – 1974
(spouse--Nola Ruth Hardy Meadows Tarr)
Cloyd Fay Tarr 1891 – 1970
(spouse#1--Catherine Anne Thremuth Tarr);
(spouse#2--Ida Belle Dewitt Horner Tarr)
Unknown-name Tarr 1893 – 1900 (gender & name unknown)
Walter Leroy Tarr 1894 – 1956
(spouse--Wilmetta Lois Faith McDaniel Tarr)
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Residences & Occupation--
Mary was only about five feet in height, and her spouse over six feet in height. Although small in stature, she raised a large family. She lived in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and through the US Civil War, WW I. She was a homemaker, mother, and farmer's wife.
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Death & Burial--
Orin and wife Mary died just 18 days apart from the flu in Jan 1923. They are buried in the same cemetery.
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