Margaret Munnerlyn (Mitchell) Marsh (1900 - 1949)

Born 8 Nov 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia USA

Ancestors

Wife of Berrien Kinnard Upshaw — married 2 Sep 1922 (to 16 Oct 1924) in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

Wife of John Robert Marsh — married 4 Jul 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Died 16 Aug 1949 at age 48 in Atlanta, Georgia USA

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Biography

Margaret (Mitchell) Marsh is Notable.

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her epic novel Gone with the Wind, her only major publication. This novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 30 million copies. Gone With the Wind was chosen as the book of the month for July by the publisher. It sold 50,000 copies in one day in July, 1936, a sales record. ^[1]

The film adaptation of it, released in 1939, became the highest-grossing film in the history of Hollywood, and it received a record-breaking ten Academy Awards. Mitchell has been honored by the United States Postal Service with a 1¢ Great Americans series postage stamp. ^[2]

Margaret was born November 8, 1900 in Atlanta Georgia. ^[3] Her parents were Eugene Muse Mitchell (1866-1944) and Mary Isabelle Stephens (1872-1919).

She went to school at Washington Seminary (Atlanta) 1914-1918. ^[4] She also went to Smith College in Massachusetts. ^[4]

She was married first to Berrien Kinnard Upshaw (1901-1949) on September 2, 1922 in Atlanta. ^[5]

She was divorced from Mr. Upshaw October 16, 1924. ^[6]

Peggy married John Marsh on July 4, 1925. ^{[7] [8]} They were together until the end of her life.

She did not have children.

Margaret died August 16, 1949 after being struck by a car in downtown Atlanta a few days earlier. She was 48. ^[9]

She is buried in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery. ^[3]

Research Notes

Paternal ancestry

→Thomas Mitchell & Mary Ann Barnett

|→William Mitchell 1777–1859 & Eleanor Thomasson 1781–1860 (11 children—only Isaac shown below)

|→Isaac Green Mitchell 1819–1881[10] & Mary Ann Dudley 1808–1859 (at least 9 children—only Russell shown below)

|→Russell Crawford Mitchell 1837–1905 & Deborah Margaret Sweet 1847–1887 (Margaret Mitchell's paternal grandparents had 11 children—only Eugene shown below)[11]

|→Eugene Muse Mitchell 1866–1944[12] & May Belle Stephens 1872–1919 (Margaret Mitchell's parents had 3 children—shown below)

|→Russell Stephens Mitchell 1894–1894 |→Alexander Stephens "Stephens" Mitchell 1896–1983 |→Margaret Munnerlyn "Peggy" Mitchell 1900–1949

Maternal ancestry

→James Fitzgerald 1759–1836 & Margaret O'Donnell (at least 9 children—only Philip shown below)

|→Philip Fitzgerald 1798–1880[13] & Elenor Avaline McGhan 1818–1893 (3 of their 8 children shown below)

|→Mary Ellen "Mamie" Fitzgerald 1840–1926 |→Annie Elizabeth Fitzgerald 1844–1934 & John Stephens 1833–1896 (Margaret Mitchell's maternal grandparents had 12 children—2 are shown below)

|→Annie E. Stephens 1868–1910[14][15] |→Mary Isabel "May Belle" Stephens 1872–1919 & Eugene Muse Mitchell 1866–1944

|→Sarah "Sis" Fitzgerald 1848–1928

Sources

1. ↑ 'Gone With Wind' Sale Sets One-Day Record, The Atlanta Constitution, Wednesday, August 5, 1936, page 20.
2. ↑ Author Margaret Mitchell's memory sealed with a stamp, The Atlanta Journal, July 1, 1986.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #718
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Marianne Walker, 1993, Margaret Mitchel & John Marsh, The Love Story behind Gone With the Wind, page 35-37.
5. ↑ Mitchell-Upshaw Wedding Beautiful Home Event, The Atlanta Constitution (newspaper), September 3, 1922, page 3. "A beautiful home wedding... was that of Miss Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell and Berrien Kinnard Upshaw, which was solemnized Saturday evening at the home of the bride's father, Eugene M. Mitchell, on Peachtree road... They were met at the foot of the stairs by the bridegroom and his best man, John R. Marsh."
6. ↑ Marianne Walker, 1993, Margaret Mitchel & John Marsh, The Love Story behind Gone With the Wind, page 113.
7. ↑ Mitchell-Marsh Wedding Plans., The Atlanta Constitution (newspaper), June 28, 1925, page 29. "Eugene Muse Mitchell has issued invitations to the marriage of his daughter Margaret to John Robert Marsh, the wedding to take place Saturday afternoon, July 4, at 5 o'clock..."
8. ↑ Miss Margaret Mitchell weds John R. Marsh at Church Ceremony, The Atlanta Constitution, July 5, 1925, page 3M.
9. ↑ Margaret Mitchell Rites Listed Tomorrow at 10; Aid for Grady Requested, Atlanta Constitution, August 17, 1949, page 1. "Death came to Margaret Mitchell at noon yesterday..."

See also:

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML2M-P9C : accessed 7 August 2021), Margaret Mitchell in household of Eugene M Mitchell, Atlanta Ward 4, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 34B, family 235, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 191; FHL microfilm 1,374,204.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJDJ-Q4D : 1 February 2021), Margaret Mitchell in entry for Jean M Mitchell, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:37CT-7PZ : accessed 7 August 2021), Margaret Marsh in household of John R Marsh, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 116, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K75V-7QQ : 8 January 2021), Margaret M Marsh in household of John R Marsh, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160-196, sheet 1B, line 74, family 40, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 732.

• Her article on Wikipedia.
• Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel, PBS, American Masters, 2012.
• Edwards, Anne. 2014. Road to Tara: the life of Margaret Mitchell.
• Wikidata: Item Q173540