Bryan Co., OK; Biographies - Mariah Colbert - c416

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Mariah Colbert was my ggg grandmother. She was a daughter of Levi 
Colbert and Minto-Ho-Yo. Not a great deal is known about her, but 
fortunately Mariah's life is recorded in part through her daughter 
Frances Elizabeth Kemp. Mariah Colbert was probably born in 
Mississippi. Mariah married another prominent Chickasaw leader, 
Joel Kemp, sometime before 1842 at Old Doaksville, OK which was 
near the town of Idabel. They were the parents of ten children, 
six growing to maturity. Around 1852, the family moved to Panola 
County near the Red River. Mariah and Joel, two sons and four 
daughters are buried at the family grave near their home. Their 
known children were: Simon Burney, Joel Carr, Frances Elizabeth, 
Lillie, Mary Jane, Charity, Daisy, Laura, & Isabella Abigail. 
During the Civil War, when groups of 15 - 20 Rebel soldiers would 
stop by the house, and Mariah would cook a whole hog in the wash 
pot to feed them. They would eat everything and move on.