Mariah (Frazier) Drinkwater (1835 - 1877)

Born 3 Apr 1835 in Maine, United States

Wife of Thomas Jefferson Drinkwater — married 3 Apr 1852 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1877 at age 42 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Daughter of Samuel J. (1811-1863) and Elizabeth Frazier (1808-?) of Bangor Maine.

U.S. Census, Maine

1850 - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine

Samuel Frazier, 39, laborer, Canada

Elisabeth Frazier, 42, Canada

Elisabeth Frazier, 20, Maine

Maria Frazier 15, Maine

Nathaniel Frazier, 12, Maine

Wm Frazier, 10, Maine

Matilda Frazier, 8, Maine

Nancy Frazier, 4, Maine

Archibald Owens, 48, Canada^[1]

1860 - Bangor, Penobscot, Maine

Jefferson Drinkwater, 40, laborer, Maine

Mariah Drinkwater 25, Maine

Lizzie Drinkwater, 6, Maine

Charles Drinkwater, 3, Maine

Edward Drinkwater, 1, Maine

Nathaniel Frasier, 23, Maine

Nancy A Frasier, 14, Maine^[2]

1870 - Bangor, Maine

Jeff Drinkwater, 49

Maria Drinkwater 34

Eliza Drinkwater, 16

Charles Drinkwater, 13

George Drinkwater, 11

William Drinkwater, 8

Lillie Drinkwater, 3

Samuel Drinkwater, 5/12^[3]

Thomas married Maria Frazier on 3 April 1852 in Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, married by George W. Snow.^[4]

The couple had ten children between 1853 and 1873. Three daughters and one son—Harriet, Sarah Etta, Mabel, and an infant son—died young. Mariah, infant son, and Mabel all died in 1877 within seven months of each other.

Jefferson Drinkwater, Mariah, Lizzie, Charles, and Edward lived in Bangor when the 1860 census was taken.

The family lived in Bangor when the 1870 U.S. census was taken. Thomas had his "own schooner."

Children

1. Harriet M Drinkwater, b. 1853, d. 1853, died young
2. Elizabeth Drinkwater 1854-1915 m. Frank Brackett, had one son who had no children
3. Charles Drinkwater, 1856-1945, had one one daughter who had no children
4. George Edward Drinkwater, b. 1859
5. Sarah Etta, b. 1860, d. 1866, died young
6. William, b. 1862
7. Lillian, b. 1870
8. Samuel, b. 1871
9. Mabel F Drinkwater, b. 1873, d. 1877, died young
10. Infant son, b. 1877, d. 1877

Sarah Etta - the daughter of Jefferson Drinkwater and Mariah (Frazier) Drinkwater (1835-1877) - was born in 1860 in Bangor, Maine.^[5]

Death & Burial

Mariah was only 42 years old when she died in 1877.

Burial Mt Hope Cemetery Bangor Maine

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VS-GD8 : 22 December 2020), Maria Frazier in household of Samuel Frazier, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Year: 1860; Census Place: Bangor Ward 7, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M653_447; Page: 101; Family History Library Film: 803447. 1860 U.S. Census, Maine
3. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: Bangor, Penobscot, Maine; Roll: M593_552; Page: 230A. 1870 U.S. Census, Maine
4. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-T4VN : 28 November 2018), Jefferson Drinkwater and Maria Frazier, 03 Apr 1852; citing Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Birth Record

• Familysearch: Maine Marriages 1771-1907 Maria Frazer to Thomas Jefferson Drinkwater April 3, 1852 Bangor Maine

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 November 2020), memorial page for Maria Frazier Drinkwater (3 Apr 1835–9 Jun 1877), Find A Grave: Memorial #245584526, citing Bangor City Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Bob (contributor 47155955).

• Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019. Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection. 20:10, 9 December 2021 (UTC)