Born in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Moses W. McElveen Sr.
and Elizabeth (Hall) McElveen
Sister of
Aquilla McElveen, Barthany Ann (McElveen) Spears, Moses McElveen Jr., Mary Ione (McElveen) Raborn, William McElveen, Sarah E (McElveen) Wall and Nancy (McElveen) Bankston
Wife of
James Thomas Lea
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 75
in (Line Creek,) Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2011
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1823. She died in 1898. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 29 August 2021), memorial page for Margaret Ann McElveen Lea (21 Jun 1823–8 Feb 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #58596163, citing Line Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Kentwood, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, USA; maintained by Halla Graves (contributor 47707004), headstone photo.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPF-QH7 : 18 February 2021), Margaret Lea in entry for James T Lea, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSC-W5Z : 29 May 2021), Margaret Lea in entry for E Varnado, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LB-RHB : 19 February 2021), Margret A Lea, Beat 5, Amite, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 47, sheet 536A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,640.
- "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3SR-GX1 : 4 March 2021), Margetam Mccluer in entry for Benjamin Alexander Lea, 16 Mar 1928; citing Franklinton, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, certificate number 4137, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,385,559.
- "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3SM-ZMC : 4 March 2021), Marguerite Mcelverson in entry for Mary Jane Phillips, 29 Apr 1940; citing Tangipahoa, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, certificate number 7789, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,358,777.
- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=23031&id=I042338
Acknowldgements
WikiTree profile McElveen-9 created through the import of Lea and Randol and Ely and Si.ged on May 31, 2011 by Maude Randol. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Maude and others.
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~0.78%
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~0.39%
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