Mariah Obedience Spivey was born in South Carolina in 1830. She moved with her large family to Huntsville, Texas sometime after 1850. Her first husband was a Mr. Cleveland about whom nothing is known. She was widowed and teaching at Andrew Female College in Huntsville when she met the new director, the Rev. Thomas Henry Ball, a widower with several children. They married in 1856 and the Rev. Ball died in 1858. Shortly after his death their only child, Thomas Henry Ball, Jr. was born. In 1863, Mariah married a Huntsville widower with six children, Dr. John Newton Gambrell. Together they had a daughter Onita, who died young, and a son John Newton Gambrell, Jr. Mariah died in 1866 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Texas, within steps of the grave of Sam Houston. Her son Thomas Henry Ball, Jr. was reared by his Spivey uncle. He became a prominent lawyer and politician and is credited with the founding of the Houston Ship Channel, an event that dramatically changed the fortunes of that city. Her son John became a Texas judge.
Mariah Obedience Spivey was born in South Carolina in 1830. She moved with her large family to Huntsville, Texas sometime after 1850. Her first husband was a Mr. Cleveland about whom nothing is known. She was widowed and teaching at Andrew Female College in Huntsville when she met the new director, the Rev. Thomas Henry Ball, a widower with several children. They married in 1856 and the Rev. Ball died in 1858. Shortly after his death their only child, Thomas Henry Ball, Jr. was born. In 1863, Mariah married a Huntsville widower with six children, Dr. John Newton Gambrell. Together they had a daughter Onita, who died young, and a son John Newton Gambrell, Jr. Mariah died in 1866 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Texas, within steps of the grave of Sam Houston. Her son Thomas Henry Ball, Jr. was reared by his Spivey uncle. He became a prominent lawyer and politician and is credited with the founding of the Houston Ship Channel, an event that dramatically changed the fortunes of that city. Her son John became a Texas judge.
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