Margery Ann (Armstrong) Parsons (abt. 1848)

Born about Jun 1848 in Illinois

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Biography

Margery Ann "Margie" Armstrong Parsons born 20 Jun 1849 in Illinois, USA, died 20 Apr 1908 at age 58. She is buried in Stronghurst Cemetery, Stronghurst, Henderson County, Illinois, USA. ^[1]

Census

• 1850 Centre, Fulton, Illinois, USA. Page 310, Lines 20 to 24. John Armstrong, his wife Susan and their 2 daughters Mary M and Mary A (sic). ^[2]

Research Notes

Family

Husband: John Armstrong

Wife: Susannah Moran

Marriage:

Date: 1842

Place: IL

Child: Mary M Armstrong

Child: Margery Ann Armstrong

Child: Susannah Armstrong

Death

Death:

Date: 28 Apr or 8 May 1908. Could not parse date out of Death Date (28 Apr or 8 May 1908).

Census Notes

Her 1900 census says Martha, June 1848, Oh NY MD, the mother of one living child.

Her sister Alice was with her in 1880.

Marriage

Husband: Silas Parsons

Wife: Margery Ann Armstrong

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1873. Could not parse date out of ABT 1873.

Child: Royal B Parsons

Other

• From A Reprint of the Original 1888 History of Harrison and Mercer Counties, Missouri (1888; reprint, Princeton MO: Mercer County Historical Society, Inc., 1972), 604-605. In the paragraph discussing the son in law, J. S. Rankin, of John Armstrong and his second wife Nancy Ann (Morris): ^{[3] [4]}

John Armstrong "was born Dec. 31, 1819 in Livingston Co NJ [sic] and moved to Fulton Co IL in 1838 and from there came to Harrison Co MO in 1860. A year later he returned to IL, but in 1866 settled upon his present farm in Harrison Co MO. This farm contains 260 acres of well improved land, which is the result of Mr. Armstrong's own labor, as he started in life a poor man. In 1852 [sic] he married Miss Susannah Moran, a native of Baltimore Co MD, by whom three children were born, Mary M, wife of James Dilts; Margery Ann, wife of S. S. Parsons; and Susannah, wife of Percy Prune [sic]. Mrs. Armstrong died June 1, 1851, and Mr. Armstrong was married December 15, 1852 to Miss Morris,1 a native of Adams Co OH and daughter of George and Elizabeth (Hurd) Morris, by whom 12 children have been born. Mr. Armstrong is a Republican and has served both as assessor and register. His wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church."

• La Harper, LaHarpe IL, 22 Nov 1940, original clipping: "Mother Coulson Celebrates Eightieth Birthday, Friday," . The clipping from the LaHarper, edited at the time by Alice (Armstrong) Coulson's son, gives details on all the children of John Armstrong Jr, as well as his two wives, his mother and her family. This article was written during the lifetime of John Franklin Armstrong and saved in the family.

• The birth and death dates for John Armstrong Jr as given in the LaHarper article are both wrong. The correct birthdate is given in the Harrison Co MO article; the correct death date is from the cemetery inscription [now apparently missing from the cemetery] and implied in the date of his will. The Harrison Co book also mistakes the year of John Armstrong's first marriage.

• 28 Mar 1967, letter from Edna Coulson. In the letter she mentions having a copy of her Aunt Margie's obituary.

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Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #59596998 Headstone Image
2. ↑ Ancestry Record 8054 #16208234 1850 Census
3. ↑ Family Search online copy of: History of Harrison and Mercer counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present; together with ... family records, besides a condensed history of the state of Missouri Family Search Copy; Images 608 and 609 Family Search
4. ↑ Library of Congress online copy of: History of Harrison and Mercer Counties, Missouri : from the earliest times to the present : together with sundry personal, business, and professional sketches and family records : besides a condensed history of the State of Missouri, etc. Image 604 Library of Congress