Margaret (Beckett) Struthers (1810 - 1895)

Born 31 Oct 1810 in Fairy Hill, Ballinderry, County Antrim, Éire

Ancestors

Wife of William Bickett — married 1844 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania

Died 7 Mar 1895 at age 84 in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Margaret Beckett was born on October 31, 1810 in Fairy Hill, Ballinderry, County Antrim, Éire, daughter of Matthew Beckett (about 1755–about 1841) and Jane Hall (about 1760–1810).

Margaret (33) and William Bickett (30) were married in 1844 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania. William was born August 12, 1813 in Newfield House, Ballinderry, Co., Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was the son of Thomas Beckett (about 1766–about 1843) and Elizabeth (Watters) Beckett (1771–after 1851).

Margaret (51) and Thomas Struthers (59) were married in 1862. Thomas was born 1802 in Virginia. He was the son of William Struthers Sr (1756–1834) and Jane (Lindsay) Struthers (1766–1821).

Margaret died on March 7, 1895 in Mount Ayr, Ringgold, Iowa, United States, aged 84. She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Mount Ayr.^[1]

Research Notes

On an unknown date Margaret was employed in Housewife.

Alias: in Margaret Bickett after marriage to William Bickett.

Comment: in Married Thomas Struthers, widower, Warren Co., Illinois.

Comment: in Married William Bickett, widower, Butler Co., Pennsylvania.

Comment: in Moved to Mt. Ayr, Iowa.

Comment: in They moved to Mercer Co., Illinois. William died.

BICKETT, MARGARET (MRS)
STRUTHERS, THOMAS
02/11/1863
Mercer Co., Illinois
In Memoriam
Died on Thursday, March 7, 1895, at the home of her son, A, H. Bickett, in Mt. Ayr, Iowa, Mrs. Margaret Struthers, age 84 years, 4 months and 6 days. Mrs. Struthers was born near the city of Belfast, Ireland, October 31, 1810. She spent her early youth in the place of her birth. In 1820 there was a great outflow of Scotch-Irish emigrants to America. The friends of Mrs. Struthers left Ireland that year for Canada, where they remained for a short time. They soon removed to western Pennsylvania and settled at Butler, Butler county. She was married to William Bickett in 1844. T hey moved to Mercer county, Ill., in 1855 and lived in the vicinity of Aledo. She was left a widow and nobly cared for her home and business affairs. In 1862 she married Thomas Struthers and with true motherly devotion cared for his large family so as to merit and receive the gratitude of all her children. To be an adopted mother of a large family is proverbially the most delicate and difficult of all the callings, but Mrs. Struthers filled the place most acceptably and was a loved mother in the home. These children arises and call her blessed. Her second husband died, again leaving her a widow. In 1877 she moved to Mt. Ayr, where she has lived a cheerful, beautiful old age. She united with the church at the early age of sixteen and ever walked with God in holy communion and fellowship. The charm of religious habit of life beamed from her countenance and was evident in her conversation. She was a living epistle of Christ, known and read of all. She leaves one son and several adopted children, all of whom hold her memory dear. The funeral took place from the United Presbyterian church, of which she has long been a member, on Friday, March 8, 1895, and was conducted by the pastor Rev. H. T. Jackson and the interment was made in the South cemetery.
( Cousin relationship with William, seems to have been private within family ).

Sources

1. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170921384/margaret-bickett-struthers: accessed 13 April 2023), memorial page for Margaret Bickett Beckett Struthers (31 Oct 1810–7 Mar 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #170921384, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Tony Mercer (contributor 47805628)

Beckett-95 was created through the import of O'Bryan Family tree.ged on Sep 6, 2011 by Tim Tropeck.