Margaret Jane (Casteel) Kartchner (1825 - 1881)

Born 1 Sep 1825 in Cooper County, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Wife of William Decatur Kartchner — married 17 Mar 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1881 at age 55 in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, USA

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Margaret (Casteel) Kartchner was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

This profile is part of the Casteel Name Study.

Margaret Jane Casteel was born September 1, 1825 in Cooper County, Missouri. She died August 5, 1881 in Snowflake, Arizona. The Casteel blood was of French extraction with mixtures of English, Scotch and Irish.

Margaret married William Decatur Kartchner, on March 17, 1844 in the city of Nauvoo, Illinois. She and her husband began a westward journey in company with a pioneer group in September, 1844. After many hardships the family arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley July 27, 1847.

In 1850 the Kartchners helped colonize San Bernardino, California. In 1857 they were called to return to Utah. In 1866 they helped colonize on the Middy River, a location near the present settlements of Overton and Logandale, Nevada. In 1871 they settled at Panguich, Utah. Margaret was always busy raising chickens, spinning, weaving, and putting up fruit, both fresh and dried. From any evidence known Margaret did not have much schooling, but she was a woman of fine intellect and sterling character, modest and refined in manner, and deeply religious.

1877, they helped in the colonization of the Little Colorado River Settlements. August 1878, they moved to the new settlement of Snowflake on Silver Creek. Margaret Kartchner had spent thirty-four years of her life in helping to colonize four of the western states. She had walked many weary miles, and had journeyed many thousands of miles over mountains and deserts, where no roads eased the rocky way, behind slow, plodding oxen, months at a time, having only a wagon-box for her home. Now, at last, she had reached a haven of rest, for Snowflake was to be her permanent home.

Since Family Tree Life Sketch does not allow posting of documents with footnotes, photos, special formatting, I have opted to include a 10 page sketch of Margaret Jane Casteel under her "Photos and Documents." For greater detail about the experiences of Margaret and her husband, William D. Kartchner, interested parties are referred to "Life and Time of William D. Kartchner," privately printed by Ron Freeman in 2010.

Sources

• findagrave.com
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• [2] - Web: Arizona, Find A Grave Index, 1861-2012
• [3] - Margaret Jane Casteel in entry for Orrin Karchner, "Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937"
• [4] - 1840 U.S. Census, population schedule: Margaret Jane Casteel
• [5] - Ancestry Family Trees
• [6] - Research Log for Margaret Jane Casteel by BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy
• [7] - 1880 U.S. Census, population schedule: Margaret Jane Casteel
• [8] - 1870 U.S. Census, population schedule: Margaret Jane Casteel
• [9] - 1860 U.S. Census, population schedule: Margaret Jane Casteel
• [10] - 1850 U.S. Census, population schedule: Margaret Jane Casteel
• [11] - Nauvoo Stake Ward Census, 1842: Margaret Jane Casteel
• [12] - Margaret Jane Casteel in entry for Nowlin Decature Kartchner, "Utah, Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1937"
• [13] - Margaret Jane Casteel Kartchner, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
• [14] - Margaret J Kartchner in household of Wm D Kartchner, "United States Census, 1880"
• [15] - Margaret Jane Casteel, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
• [16] - Margaret Jane Castile in entry for John Kartchner, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
• [17] - Margaret Jane Casteel, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
• [18] - Margaret Casteel in entry for Alzada Sophia Palmer, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
• [19] - Margaret Jane Casteel Kartchner, "Find A Grave Index"
• [20] - Margaret Jane Casteel in entry for Nowlin Decatur Kartchner, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
• [21] - Margaret J. Kartchner, "BillionGraves Index"
• [22] Citation - Mississippi Company 1847
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• [28] - Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Jane Casteel - death: 11 August 1881; Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States
• [29] - Margaret Castill in entry for Mary Marinda Clayton, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
• [30] - Margaret Casteel in entry for Mark Elisha Kartchner, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
• [31] - Margaret Jane Castile in entry for John Kartchner, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
• [32] - Margaret Jane Castile in entry for John Kartchner, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
• [33] - Margaret Jane Casteel in entry for Mark Elisha Kartchner, "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868"
• [34] - Kartchner, William Decatur & Margaret Jane Casteel - Illinois Marriages to 1850 - AncestryInstitution.com
• [35] - Margaret Jane Casteel, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
• [36] - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5322698
• [37] - Photograph of gravestone