Laveria
(Minerd) Georgia
(1846-1904)
Laveria (Minerd) Georgia was born in
November 1846 in Farmington, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of Samuel
and Rebecca (Smalley) Minerd.
Laveria was unmarried for many years. In 1886, at age 40, she and her parents and siblings ventured west to Kansas, uprooting from their longtime home in the vicinity of many relatives. They become pioneer settlers of Pittsburg, Crawford County.
Two years after settling in Kansas, Laveria married Sylvester S. Georgia, a native of New York. He was born in September 1837, but it's not known when he came to Kansas.
The photo seen here is thought to be of the Georgias, but is not proven. The boy's identity is unknown.
They resided on North Walnut Street in Pittsburg.
Sylvester and Laveria are not thought to have had any children. In later years, she worked in a dry goods store at the corner of 4th and Broadway in Pittsburg, on land once owned by her brother Walker. A section of storefronts along the bustling Broadway is seen here in a vintage photograph.
She died in 1904, and is thought to be buried at the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Pittsburg.
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