Maria Ringgold Leas ^{1 2}

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: U.S. Census, 1880, Oakland, Alameda, California.

Maria married Hamilton Graham Coward, son of Thomas Coward and Margaret Graham, on 17 Apr 1855 in Chestertown, Kent Co., MD. (Hamilton Graham Coward was born on 11 May 1828 in Talbot County, Maryland, USA,³ died on 15 Sep 1889 in Sausalito, Marin County, CA and was buried in 1889 in Mt View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda Co., CA.)