Person:Margaret Wardwell (1)

Became a member of Andover South Church on 03 May 1857.

Married second her sister Hannah's husband, Frank Johnson, after Hannah's death. Living with mother in Methuen, without her husband, at 1870 census, real estate valued at $2500.

"Mrs. Margaret E. Johnson, widow of the late Frank Johnson, died at the home of her step-daughter, Mrs. Arthur Crosby, in Methuen today, at the advanced age of 85 years, 7 months and 26 days. The deceased had enjoyed fairly good health up to several months ago, but since then she has failed rapidly. The deceased was one of the oldest residents of Methuen, and was highly esteemed. A native of Andover, born there Oct. 28, 1820, she had lived in Methuen the greater part of her long life. Her maiden name was Wardwell. She came to town in early life, and wedded George Barker, a prominent young man, and some years later she became the wife of Frank Johnson, himself a widower, and proved a loving wife and tender mother to the growing children. The funeral will be held at the Crosby home in Methuen Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and internment will be in Walnut Grove cemetery in Methuen." -unknown newspaper in the Andover Historical Society Collection

Died of Exhaustion from Old Age.

1. ↑ Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912).
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Return of A Death 1906, Volume 63, Page 60.