Boley, Okfuskee, OK – The Marzett Family

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Wiley and Laura Marzett

     Wiley and Laura Marzett married in the year of 1875 in Magnolia, Alabama. 
Wiley Marzett was one-third Indian and part Irish. He was 5'6" tall, had curly 
hair, smoked a pipe, and chewed tobacco. He was a farmer and a very industrious 
man.

     Laura Marzett was one-half Indian. She was an intelligent, proud, spry 
lady. She wore fine clothes - bonnets and skirts starched. She switched when she 
walked. She had long curly hair. She smoked a pipe, liked to fish, piece quilts, 
cook and enjoy her children.

     To them nine children were born - eight sons and one daughter. George, 
Perry, Jordan, June, Roy, Lonnie, Clifford, Claud, Cora, Maud.


June and Clara (Wesson) Marzett

     In 1905, June Marzett and Clara Wesson were joined in holy wedlock in 
Magnolia, Alabama. This union was blessed with thirteen children - five sons and 
eight daughters.

     In 1912, June and Clara, along with his parents Wiley and Laura Marzett and 
a host of other relatives and friends, left Magnolia, Alabama by train. They 
journeyed to the settlement of Boley. It is here they made their home.

     The homesite of June and Clara Marzett is two miles west and one mile south 
of the city of Boley. On this site the family farmed for a living. And a good 
living it was too. Their farm yielded them food for the table, food for sale, 
and food for friends. The farm also yielded them a rewarding way of life.

     In addition to helping her husband as every good wife does, Clara used her 
talents in the gentle art of healing. She was a licensed Midwife. She is 
credited with the delivery of more than 2,000 babies, many on them in the 
township of Boley, and Okfuskee County as well as California, and Alabama.

     June and Clara gave of their time, their talents, and their means to help 
those causes that they believed to be right or just; a church, a school, a 
neighbor in distress, whatever... they were willing to help.

     From this beginning the Marzett family has continued to increase in 
numbers. Children include:  Florence, Eulah, Millard (Buster), Rebecca, Inez, 
Dovell, Alice Jean, Robert (Bob), Euphene, Dorise Mae, Bennie, Clara Bell, and 
June (Junior).