"Muggy"

This page is dedicated to "Muggy" born as Martha Smith. Her father, a prominent merchant Joseph J."Brooms" Smith of the Bishop area in California married her mother Eliza Terrell, a Godly woman according to her daughter, as told to her great-granddaughter Jeannine Davis. Muggy also loved God. Muggy married first to B.B. Summers with whom she had Adah Margaret Summers. She thought he died in the Bishop, Big Pines area of Kern Co. She then married A.D. Meyers who was the famous founder of Goldfield, Nevada. He struck it rich with the Combination and Mohawk mines, became a millionaire and built the Myers Mansion in 1907. It was the first mansion built there in Long Beach and they were the first to have an automobile in the area. It stood for 26 years and was badly damaged in the March 10, 1933 earthquake and was razed. A park named after the Bixby's is all that is left. The park sits on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The Bixby's bought the Mansion in 1911 for $200,000. That was a tidy sum in those days. Their daughter Adah went to finishing schools to become a proper young lady prepared for society. Ada Summers was an, "heiress to millions" as reported in the Long Beach Newspapers. Ada, about to travel for a one month trip to Japan, eloped with James N. Stafford, of Pasadena Society, and they had Martha Jane Stafford. The young marriage ended and Adah, known affectionately as "Momma Dorothy", was not prepared for the disaster to come. The Myers went from riches to rags overnight. Adah had been used to servants and everything being done for her. Muggy gave Adah anything she ever wanted, trips abroad to Europe on the Queen Mary, including the finest schools which became her downfall as she ran with the wrong crowd. Although Adah struggled, she was "always kind" and remembered as a "loving grandmother". Muggy learned too late, that she had made a mistake while raising Adah and was determined not to let that happen with her great-granddaughters. Through it all Muggy's faith and trust in God remained strong. At the age of 70 years she took in her great grand-daughters Patricia, Jeannine & Marlou as her own daughter and granddaughter struggled with their own lives. Muggy had had a debilitating stroke and walked with a limp and had poor use of her arms. Muggy made sure they went to church faithfully every week. She could barely walk, had no car and when she could walk she moved "so slowly." She awoke at 5am every morning to pray for the girls and read and study her Bible. She sent them to Vacation Bible School within a week of their arrival. Her great-granddaughter Jeannine Davis remembers many wonderful talks with her and how she tried to instill a love a God in each of them. Muggy, after a lifetime learned and taught that, "Great Wealth isn't something that brings happiness in life. Because of Muggy, her faith has been handed down generation after generation which was first known in her mother Eliza.

I glady welcome any additional family history... ;-)

My Family History

• Surname List


• Index of Individuals


• InterneTree


• Sources

Family Photos

• Adah Summers Myers - Heiress to Millions (457 KB)
  Adah Margaret Summers Myers - elopes in the rain to avoid educational trip to Japan
• Mr. & Mrs. James Northcote Stafford (57 KB)
  Photo is of James Northcote Stafford and his wife Adah Margaret Summers
• Mohawk Mine Certificate once owned by A.D. Myers (40 KB)
  A.D. Myers owned the Combination and Mohawk mine as well as several others so numerous to list.
• Muggy and daughter Ada in Goldfield, Nevada (103 KB)
  Photo of Muggy, Martha Myers with daughter Ada Summers Myers, who was married to A.D. Myers, Founder of Goldfield, Nevada
• Myers Mansion Built in 1907, Long Beach, Californi (313 KB)
  This was the home of Alva & Martha Myers and their daughter Adah Summers Myers. Adah is the little girl on the left. Middle is Martha Myers. Right is Eliza Terrill. Behind the ladies is Aunt Adah Margaret Smith Coleman.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: Standard Pedigree Tree of Martha Jane Stafford


• Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of Joseph J. Smith (View PDF)


• Standard Pedigree Tree of Martha Jane Stafford (PDF Format)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Mathew Terrell (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Alva D Myers (View PDF)


• Genealogy Report: Descendants of Alvin Rice (View PDF)