Person:Margaret Rawlings (6)

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Margaret Rawlings
b.16 May 1807 Perry, Ohio, United States
d.20 Sep 1885 Green, Clay, Kansas, United States
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m. 4 Sep 1828
  1. Elizabeth Walker
  2. John T. Walker
  3. Benjamin F. Walker
  4. Moses Walker
  5. Corporal Asahel Walker
  6. Corporal James Walker
  7. Nancy Jane Walker
  8. Corporal Samuel Walker
  9. Ezekiel D. Walker
  10. William N, N. Walker
  11. Granville T. Walker
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Name Margaret Rawlings
Married Name Margaret Walker
Gender Female
Birth[6] 16 May 1807 Perry, Ohio, United States
Marriage 4 Sep 1828 Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United StatesJustice of the Peace Geo. Rozart
to James Walker
Census[1] 1850 Logan, Logan, Illinois, United States43y widowed. With children Elizabeth 23y, John L. 20y, Benjamin F. 19y, Moses 17y, Asail 15y, James 13y, Nancy. I. 11y, Samuel 9y, Ezekiel D. 6y, William A. 4y, and Granvill F. 7 months. John, Benjamin, and Moses were farmers. Moses, Asail, James, Nancy, Samuel and Ezekiel attended school that year. $0 real estate value, probably rented farm.
Census[2] 1860 Mt. Pulaski, Logan, Illinois, United States53y with children Ezekiel 16y, William 14y, Granville 10y. Lived next door to son John and his wife Sarah and their 4 children.
Census[3] 1870 Colfax, Champaign, Illinois, United States62y with son James, daughter-in-law Sarah, grandchild Oscar, and another James Walker, age 25, born in Illinois. “At home,” $0 real and personal estate value.
Census[4] 1855 Piatt, Illinois, United StatesIllinois State Census. Township 16 Range 4E-Township 20 Range 6E, Listed under Margaret Walker 11 people in household
Death[5] 20 Sep 1885 Green, Clay, Kansas, United StatesAged seventy-eight years, four months and four days.
Burial[5] Fancy Creek Cemetery, Green, Clay, Kansas

Margaret was widowed in about 1849, and more than a decade later, seven of her nine sons enlisted and served during the Civil War. She then lost three of those sons to the War, and three returned home wounded.

References
  1. ↑ Logan, Illinois, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    [1].
  2. ↑ Logan, Illinois, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    [2].
  3. ↑ Champaign, Illinois, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    [3].
  4. ↑ Piatt County Historical and Genealogical Society (Monticello, Illinois). Piatt County 1855 and 1865 state census and 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 federal census mortality schedule. (Monticello, Illinois: Piatt County Historical and Geneal. Society, 1985)
    [4].
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 70152023, in Find A Grave.
  6. ↑ Son Granville Walker's death record , in Illinois, United States. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947.
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