Person:Margaret Laidlaw (10)

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Margaret Laidlaw
b.31 Dec 1818 Scotland
d.13 Apr 1841 Jefferson Co, New York
Parents and Siblings
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m. 17 Mar 1818
  1. Margaret Laidlaw1818 - 1841
  2. Isabel LaidlawAbt 1821 - 1900
  3. Andrew LaidlawAbt 1824 -
  4. Mary LaidlawAbt 1825 - 1899
  5. John Laidlaw1826 - 1900
  6. Elizabeth LaidlawAbt 1827 -
  7. William Laidlaw, Jr.Abt 1829 - 1862
  8. Susan H. LaidlawAbt 1832 - 1897
  9. Janet LaidlawAbt 1834 -
  10. George P. Laidlaw1838 - 1909
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1841
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Facts and Events
Name Margaret Laidlaw
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 31 Dec 1818 Scotland
Immigration? 1819
Marriage Bef 1841 to Thomas Benedict
Death[1] 13 Apr 1841 Jefferson Co, New York
Burial[1][3] Aft 13 Apr 1841 Oxbow, Jefferson Co, New York
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Anonymous. Census of the Oxbow Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    Tombstone for Margaret Laidlaw, wife of Thomas Benedict.
  2. ↑ Birthdate computed from death: April 13, 1841, ae. 28 years, 3 mos. and 13 days
  3. ↑ -her tombstone says she was the eldest daughter of William and Margaret Laidlaw. It goes on to say:
    Brittania gave me birth
    Friends I had few
    Columbia receives my dust
    Grief to renew
    A mystery here is solved indeed
    The living shall pay tribute to the dead
    Weep not for me when I am gone
    But to my head pray raise a stone
    And on that stone assert my rights
    Fearless of lawsuits or of fights
    Him whom my dying words denies
    Purchance may weep to his surprise

    What is the meaning of the mystery on Margaret's tombstone? Who does she mean by "Him whom my dying words denies"? Is it her husband? Her father?
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