Barbers Hill Middle School North
Coach Lopez 7th grade Molly Goodnight Mother To All
“Molly Goodnight never a sad time around her.”From “Aunt Molly” to “Mother of The Panhandle” this is a woman who is the most motherly spirit in history. Molly was born in Madison, Tennessee, United States on September 12, 1839. She was the daughter of Joel Henry Dyer and Susan Lynch Miller. Molly had eight siblings, Robert Henry Dyer, Albert M. Dyer, John Pleasant Dyer, Joel Jacob Dyer, William Grainger Dyer, Leigh Richmond Dyer, Sam N. Dyer, & Walter Worth Dyer. Mary Ann Dyer knew something about the hard, frontier existence of Texas even before she married and settled on the rim of the Palo Duro. She was fourteen years old when she was …show more content…
In the late 1860s she moved to Weatherford, Texas, to teach at a school for children.It was meant to be, Molly saw Charles again and it was destiny they got married on July 26, 1870 Molly and Charles were married in Hickman, Kentucky. They had no children. They settled down to ranching near Pueblo, Colorado, where Charles had already established a ranch. Three of Molly's brothers also worked on the ranch. The one thing that Molly was scared of became a trauma. Two men were hanged from a telephone pole right in front of Molly. Charle could not find anything to say to his wife to calm her down. Molly was traumatized making her and Charles move back to Texas. When they moved back to Texas Charles received financial backing from John George Adair, who owned a large estate in Rothdair, Ireland. The two entered into a partnership. In a few weeks the Adairs left the enterprise to Molly and Charles. Through the years Molly established her place as wife and helpmate to the most famous rancher on the High Plains. Charles designed a special two-horned sidesaddle so that Molly could more easily ride around the ranch to complete her traditional ranch chores.Molly's interests extended to protecting baby buffalo left to die after