Mary-Beth O'Hara

**Mary-Beth Hillberd** (born October 25, 1872) is an escaped member of the O'Hara family and the current Under-Chief of the Comanche Tribe.

## Early Life

Born Mary-Beth Monson in 1872, Mary-Beth was the fourth daughter of Louisa and Joseph Monson, two Latter Day Saints who lived in Salt Lake City, Utah. While not originally members of the fundamentalist movement, the family moved into the Fundamentalist Nephi compound in Nephi, Utah, following the death of Louisa Monson in 1878, where Joseph Monson soon remarried to Ezekial O'Hara's eldest daughter.

When Mary-Beth turned 14, Ezekial O'Hara declared that god had given him an ordinance to marry Mary-Beth. Although Joseph was resistant at first, Ezekial offered him $600 and a position on the sect's Quorum of the Twelve in exchange. Mary-Beth was married to Ezekial O'Hara and became his fifth and 'favorite' wife -- a title that Mary-Beth resented as she found Ezekial to be repulsive.

## Life in the O'Hara Family

Although Mary-Beth was disgusted by Ezekial, she towed the line as she had no other options. Her position as the Prophet's favorite put her in a poor light with the other wives. However, when Ezekial went on to add Daisy O'Hara as a sixth wife, the two quickly became close friends, regarding eachother as sisters.

Mary-Beth bore Ezekial three children -- Josephine, Ammon, and Rosa. Rosa died in 1899, supposedly of starvation, and was found buried at the Mormon Camp at Rathskeller Fork. The wherabouts of Mary-Beth's other children are unknown.

### First Escape Attempt

Some time after settling in Nevada, Mary-Beth became friends with a young man from the Washoe tribe who had escaped an 'Indian School' (a boarding school that was part of a federal program designed to forcibly assimilate Native Americans into dominant Euro-American culture) and would deliver goods to the compound. At some stage, the two entered a secret relationship, eventually running away from the compound together with the hopes of escaping for good. However, the two were caught just before the California Border and returned to the O'Hara family. Joseph O'Hara then beat Mary-Beth so viciously that she lost hearing in one ear for close to a year and was unable to walk unassisted for two weeks. Joseph murdered the young man and his body was returned to the boarding school he had escaped. This incident was used as an example to frighten the O'Hara women out of trying to leave.

### Daisy's Escape

During one particularily busy morning in 1899, Daisy O'Hara was accidentally left behind by the O'Hara family's wagon trail just outside of Valentine. While Daisy managed to elude her family's search efforts for a long period of time, the scandal caused by her affair with a married man led to her location being discovered by the O'Hara family. With this knowledge, Mary-Beth began secretely exchanging letters with Daisy, both to try and keep her ahead of her family's moves and also to stay in touch. While Mary-Beth was able to warn Daisy that Joseph was in New Elizabeth looking for her, she was unable to prevent Daisy's murder.

## Escape from the O'Hara Family

Terrified that her secret letters would be found by Joseph amongst Daisy's posessions, Mary-Beth used the chaos of Daisy's murder to escape while the family moved camps, fleeing on foot to Valentine. Seeking out the help of people Daisy had mentioned in her letters such as Dr Anna Banana, Mary-Beth attempted to settle in to New Elizabeth.

### Recapture

After a few months of peaceful life, Mary-Beth was eventually recaptured by the O'Hara family and taken to Armadillo, where the family members took turns beating and torturing her before she was shot and left for dead. However, thanks to the efforts of Dr Anna Banana and a rescue party of citizens, Mary-Beth was able to be rescued and nursed back to health. Left perminantly disfigured and traumatised by the event, Mary-Beth decided to learn to defend herself and those around her, vowing to wipe her family out of existance at any cost.

Following an incident where Mary-Beth attempted to force Micah O'Hara out of town at gunpoint and was arrested for ignoring lawful orders, she was placed under watch by the Comanche Tribe.

## The O'Hara Conflict

During the ongoing conflicts with the O'Hara family, Mary-Beth assisted law enforcement and the community by providing insight and knowledge to the operations of her family. In on incident, Mary-Beth volunteered herself as a hostage in exchange for the return of Dr Rina McKinnon, using the opportunity to slit Ismael O'Hara's throat. She began to form close friendships with Comanche Tribe members including Tonka Hillberd, Maina Hillberd, and Grey Wolf -- the latter of whom shot Dr Victor Saltzpyer for stalking Mary-Beth for a period of time.

During the final raid on the O'Hara family, Mary-Beth provided additional information telegramed to her by Joseph O'Hara, which assisted to the raid on Shady Belle. Following the successful capture of the O'Hara family leaders, Tonka and Grey Wolf assisted Mary-Beth in sneaking away with the captured Ezekial O'Hara, after which Mary-Beth scapled him. Ezekial O'Hara later bled out and died in front of the Valentine Sheriff's Office, his jaw missing from his face.

Mary-Beth testified at the trial of Joseph O'Hara. Following his death sentance, Mary-Beth was permitted to be a member of the firing squad that executed him. Mary-Beth fired an additional round following Joseph's collapse that caused his skull to shatter and explode.

Mary-Beth currently resides in New Elizabeth, usually sleeping in the Valentine Hotel or at the Wapiti Reservation. Mary-Beth successfully passed her rite-of-passage trials and is a member of the Comanche tribe. She is currently the tribe's Under-Chief serving underneath the current Chief, Tonka Hillberd.

On 6th of February 1900, Mary-Beth and Tonka Hillberd were married in a private ceremony in Guarma.