Person:Margaret Rutherford (17)

Tradition has that Maggie and her siblings were raised by a Negro mammy after their mother died.

1900 Woodward Co., OK Terr., census, p.189A, Webster Twp., (part of) all east of range 19, June 6-7, 1900, Eli Roberts: 85/87, MAGGIE WILKINSON, head, W F, Feb 1854, 46, md. [sic], mother of 6 children [sic], 5 living [sic], AR TN unknown, farmer, 0 months unemployed, owns farm free of mortgage; Ivy, son, W M, Sept 1880, 19, single, TX IA AR, stock herder, 0 months unemployed; Eula, dau., W F, Nov 1885, 14, TX IA AR, at school 6 mos.; Emma, dau., W F, June 1887 [sic], 12, TX IA AR, at school 6 mos. Milo Smith, servant, W M, June 1876, 23, single, IA IN England, farm laborer, unemployed 0 months. 86/88, GID WILKINSON, head, W M, June 1877, 22, single, TX IA AR, farmer, unemployed 0 months, owns farm free of mortgage [Homestead Entry No. 2361, July 26, 1898].

1910 Woodward Co., OK, census, p.132B, Liberty Twp., Quinlan Precinct, May 7, 1910, W.R. McPherson: Margaret E. WILKINSON, mother, F W 56, widow, md. 38 yrs., mother of 5 children, 4 living, AR KY KY, own income, farm; with 188/190, GIDEON H. WILKINSON, head, M W 38 [sic[, md. 5 yrs., TX IA AR, farmer, general farm; Myrtle M., wife, F W 23, mother of 4 children, 3 living, IA WI MO; Austin D., son, M W 5, OK TX IA; Ople I., dau, F W 4, OK TX IA; Mable I., dau, F W 4/12, OK TX IA.

Index for the 1910 Plat Book, Woodward County, compiled by Plains Indian and Pioneer Museum Name Town Occupation Description Pg Wilkinson, G Quinian Farmer T 22N R 17W 03 Wilkinson, Iva Quinlan Farmer T 22N R 17W 03 Wilkinson, ME Quinlan Farmer T 22N R 17W 05 Elmore, H. H. P. O. address is Quinlan Farmer T 22N R 17W 03 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/county/woodward/platu-z.html

1920 Woodward Co., OK, census, p.128A, Garvey Twp., town of Quinlan, Jan. 14, 1920, John Hyde: M.E. WILKINSON, moth-in-law, F W 65, widow, AR TN AR, occupation, none; with 61/68, H.H. ELMORE, head, rents, M W 35[sic], md., TN TN TN, mec[h]anic, autos, works on own account; Emma, wife, F W 31, TX IA AR, keeper, hotel, works on own account; Porter, son, M W 14, OK TN TX; Verner, son, M W 12, OK TN TX; Lucille, dau, F W 10, OK TN TX.

1920 Woodward Co., OK, census, p.129A, Garvey Twp., town of Quinlan, Jan. 15, 1920, John Hyde: MAGGIE WILKINSON, border, F W 64, widow, AR TN IL, occupation, none; with 90/97, GID WILKENSON, head, owns farm, M W 41, md., TX IA AR, butcher shop, works on own account; M.M., wife, F W 31, IA WI MI; Austin, [son], M W 14, OK TX IA; Opal, dau, F W 13, OK TX IA; Irene, dau, F W 10, OK TX IA; Iva G., dau, F W 6, OK TX IA; Pauline, dau, F W 2-3/12, OK TX IA; Harlin, son, M W 1-3/12, OK TX IA; J.M. LINDELOW, border, M W 42, md., KS Sweden Sweden, bookkeeper, lumber yard; Ethel, border, F W 24, md., KS IN OH, occupation, none; Viola HUFF, border, F W 17, single, OK MO IN, occupation, none; K.M. FIFFE, border, M W 48, divorced, KS KS KS, occupation, none; Neola HURT, border, F W 22, single, OK KS KS, teacher, high school.

1930 Woodward Co., OK, census, Garvey Twp., town of Quinlan, p.158A, April 4, 1930, Ruby E. Harper: 56/62, MARGARET E. WILKINSON, head, owns home, does not own a radio set, F W 76, widow, age 22 when first md., AR TN TN, no occupation.

1933 May 28: P. R. Elmore Is Honored at Party

 Mrs. P[orter]. R[owland]. Elmore was hostess with a surprise birthday party in honor of Mr. Elmore at their home, 2005 Filmore Street.
 The entertaining rooms were attractively decorated with pink and white roses with the same colors featured in the appointments of the refreshment course.
 Games of bridge were introduced for entertainment with high scores going to Mrs. Floyd Hillin and Mr. Elmore, and consolation prizes to Mrs. Ray Roth and John Gray.  Galloping prizes went to Mrs. W. E. Laughter.
 Guests included Mesdames Ray Roth, Ivy Wilkinson [Kate], W. E. Laughter, Eva Peake, M. E. Wilkinson [Porter's grandmother]; Messrs. Charles Peake, Dan Denward; Messrs. and Mesdames John Gray, Jim Walters, Floyd Hillin and P. R. Elmore.  --Amarillo (TX) Sunday News and Globe; page image from NewspaperArchive.com

"Mrs. WILKINSON Died Here Friday; Buried At Moreland Sunday / Mrs. Margaret WILKINSON died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elbert DUNN in Rocky on Friday, December 22,* at the age of 79. Heart trouble and asthma were given as the cause of her demise. Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist church in Moreland by Rev. Kattiner on Sunday, after which she was interred in the cemetery there. / Mrs. WILKINSON had been living in the DUNN home about six weeks. She had been ill for about three weeks but was thought to be improving just before her death which came suddenly. / She is survived by Mrs. DUNN and three other children-- Gid WILKINSON of Moreland, Iva [sic] WILKINSON of Amarillo, Texas, and Mrs. Howard ELMORE of Black, Texas. / A sincere feeling of sympathy is extended to those left to mourn her passing by the people of this community."

• The record I inherited has that Maggie d. in 1933, age 79, but her gravestone reportedly has 1934. In 1933, Dec. 21st fell on a Thurs., and on a Fri. in 1934.

Verner and Maggie are buried in Miller Cemetery south of Quinlan, Woodward Co., OK. WILKINSON: Margaret E., b. Feb. 6, 1854, d. Dec. 21, 1934; Row 3 Lot 2 Verner, d. Oct. 24, 1897, aged 41 yrs 6 mos and 27 days; Row 3 Lot 3 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ok/county/woodward/miller.html

Maggie's photograph follows p.530 in William Kenneth and Anna Clay (Zimmerman) Rutherford, Genealogical History of the Rutherford Family (1st ed., Shawnee Mission, KS: Intercollegiate Press, 1969; 2nd rev. ed., Lexington, MO: 1979; 3rd rev. ed., 1986, reprint, Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing, 2001), 265, 1388 (informant, M. Irene "Peggy" MUCK, Augusta, Butler Co., KS, in 1970 & 1977; she hated her first name and NEVER used it beyond recording it in family history)

Marian Carter Ledgerwood, Rutherfords of Arkansas in the Nineteenth Century (Hot Springs Village, AR: by the author, 1992).