Mary Gertrude Colerider (#8)'s oldest brother
Marion Hays Colerider was born in 1883 and was killed in 1900 at the age of 16.
(These digital images were copied from a photo album in the possession of Evelyn Bumgarner, a Colerider descendent on 9/9/2009.)
Below Left: Marion as a baby. Right: Marion and his brother, Sam.
Below Left: Marion and one of his sister's (Pearl). Right: Marion as a young man.
Marion was a very bright young man and the pride of his family. On December 7, 1900, he was shot by another young man. Although it was reported as an accidental shooting, the family suspected that it was an intentional shooting by a jealous classmate.
Below is a note sent, and transcript of same, to John Seber telling him of Marion's death:
Grafton- WVa,
Dec 8th 1900
Mr. John Seber
Western Port - Md
Marion
Coleriderwas accidentally shot
yesterday
is dead.FuneralSunday 2 P.M.
H. C. Colerider
Marion's obituary appeared in the newspaper. A scanned copy of the obituary and transcript of same are below. The 1880 census lists Martin T. Rooney, author of the obituary, as living in Grafton, WVa. He is 24 years old, and a brakeman for the Railroad. In the 1900 census, he is living in Kansas and is a railroad conductor. In 1901 when he wrote this memoriam, he was 45, the same age as Henry C. Colerider (Marion’s father). He was likely a good friend of the Colerider family, and had known Marion for much of Marion’s 16- year life.
In Memoriam.
They called him to the better land
And one bright spirit led the way,
He saw the Angel’s beckoning hand
And felt he could no longer stay.
O, white robed Peace, thy gentle cross
Gave to his trusting heart no pain,
And that which is our earthly loss
Is unto him eternal gain.God is a spirit--we can trust,
That he has left earth’s shadows dim,
And laid aside his earthly dust
To grow in likeness unto Him.
The flowers will bloom upon his grave
The holy stars look down at night.
But where bright palms immortal wave
He will rejoice in cloudless light.O, sweeter than the breath of flowers
Or dews that summer roses weep,
Deep in these loving hearts of ours
His loving memory we will keep.
Bright spirit, let thy light be given
With tender and celestial ray,
Beaming like some pure star from heaven
To guide us in our earthly way.Clad in thine immortality
E’en now we hear thee joyful sing
“Oh grave, where is thy victory.
Oh death where is thy sting.”
Pass on sweet spirit to inscrease
In every bright celestial grace,
Till in that land of love and peace
We meet thee, dear one, face to face.[Dedicated in loving remembrance to
the memory of our friend, Marion H.
Colerider, by Martin T. Rooney, Argen-
tine, Kansas, Feb. 20, 1901.]
After Marion's death, the following newsarticle appeared in the paper. It is a publication of Marion's speech when he'd graduated from high school. Below the article is a transcript of same.
Marion is buried with his parents at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Washington, D. C. On the family stone, below the description of his parents, it states:
MARION HAYS COLERIDER
BORN MAY 23, 1883
SHOT & KILLED DEC 7, 1900
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