Person:Margaret Keckley (1)

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Name Margaret Ann Keckley
Gender Female
Birth? 1813 Frederick County, Virginia
Marriage 26 Nov 1835 Frederick County, Virginiato James D. Russell
Death? 13 Jan 1906 Mount Williams, Frederick County, Virginia
Burial? St. John's Lutheran Graveyard, Hayfield

Her obituary is on findagrave.com for St. John's Luth Cem in Hayfield, FredCo VA: "Mrs. Russell Dead at the age of 93 - Long Life Ends This Morning at her Home at Mt. Williams - Mrs. Margaret Russell, one of the oldest and best known ladies of this county, died at her home at Mount Williams at an early hour this morning, after a lingering illness from the infirmities of old age. Mrs. Russell ws in the 94th year of her age and was the oldest women in the western part of the county. She was a native of Frederick County. Funeral services are to be held at St. John's Church, at Taylor Furnace . . . . Mrs. Russell is survived by one son, Radcliffe Russell, a prominent farmer, whose home is in Indiana; and two daughters, Mrs. Madison Clowser, of Mount Williams; and Miss Sarah Jane Russell, also of Mount Williams. Her husband, who was a well known farmer, died several years ago. . . ." The findagrave site says that her grave is unmarked, and that she married her husband on Nov. 26, 1835.