Margaret was born in 1873 to Moses Robert Perkins and Louiza Jane Stamper. She lived in Texas her entire life, marrying Henry Preston Garrett at age 18. Margaret outlived her husband by 30 years, and passed away in 1962 at 89 years old.
Timeline
1873 May 20 - Birth - Garretts Bluff, Lamar, Texas
1880 United States Federal Census[1] - Precinct 5, Lamar, Texas
Name: Margaret Nolia Garrett, [Margaret Nolia Perkins]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 89
Birth Date: 20 May 1873
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Paris, Lamar, Texas, USA
Death Date: 27 Oct 1962
Death Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, USA
Father: Moses Perkins
Mother: Eliza Stamper
1962 Oct 29 - Burial - Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas[10]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFN5-PST : 15 July 2017), Magey Perkenes in household of Moses Perkenes, Precinct 5, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 79, sheet 173D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,315.
↑ "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX76-H2D : 11 February 2018), Henry P. Garrett and Maggie N. Perkins, 26 Feb 1893; citing , Lamar, Texas, , reference 2:28S0SR0; FHL microfilm 1,293,618.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PH-5L2 : accessed 1 December 2019), Winfred P Garrett in household of Henry P Garrett, Precinct 5 (south part), Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 81, sheet 10B, family 195, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,652.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2S6-PK7 : accessed 1 December 2019), Winford P Garrett in household of Henry P Garrett, Justice Precinct 5, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 18B, family 274, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1572; FHL microfilm 1,375,585.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCM6-1P6 : accessed 14 December 2019), H P Garrett, Paris Ward 3, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing ED 93, sheet 5B, line 76, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1827; FHL microfilm 1,821,827.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CST8-82M : accessed 14 December 2019), Henery P Garret, Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 10A, line 15, family 236, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2367; FHL microfilm 2,342,101.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW2X-1GW : 29 July 2019), Maggie Garrett, Ward 3, Paris, Justice Precinct 1, Lamar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 139-8, sheet 17B, line 72, family 383, 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 4089.
↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3X6-TH6 : 13 March 2018), Margaret Nolia Garrett, 27 Oct 1962; citing certificate number 69950, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm .
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