Margaret Donham (1815 - 1895)

Born 11 Jun 1815 in Clermont, Ohio

Ancestors

Wife of Abijah Donham — married 15 Aug 1833 in Clermont, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Aug 1895 at age 80 in Cory, Clay, Indiana

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Biography

Margaret Olive Donham Donham Bennett was born 30 January 1812, Clermont, Ohio, the daughter of John Donham and Elizabeth Brown.

She married Abijah Arthur Donham. They had the following children:

• John Singleton (1834-1907) m. Calista A. Kesler
• Elizabeth (1836-1917) m. Hiram Wyatt
• William C (1838-1858)
• Sarah A (1840-1891) m.William J. Witty
• Nathaniel Milton (1843-1916) m. Alena Armstrong
• Janetta (1844-1911) m. John Giles Hapney
• Robert L (1847-1914) m. Sarah J. McCallister
• James Lafayette (1849-1913) m. Malscena E "Lizze" Gregory
• Ferdinand Lee (1851-1927) m. Florella Jane Rector
• Isaac H (1853-1900)
• Melissa (1855-1935) m. Oliver James
• Erasmus (1857-1858)
• Margaret Alice (1859-1939)

After her first husband's death, Margaret married Robert Bennett. ^[1]

She died 29 August 1895 in Clay, Indiana.

Sources

1. ↑ Travis, William. A History of Clay County Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company, 1909. Vol 2, p. 20. Available online on archive.org. Accessed 30 Oct 2022.

• TRIMBLE, Scott T.S Donham Family History, 1995-2000, Chapter 9 and 12.

• BLANCHARD,Charles.Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical Sketches, F.A. Battey & Company, 1884, p. 489. Bio of son John.

• WILSON, Doug.Family of Abijah Donham and Margaret Donham.

• The Conaway Cemetery records shows that Erasmus Donham, an infant son of "A. & M. Donham", died 22 March 1857, age 1 month, 11 days, p. 4A

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SPXY-WWK : accessed 2014-10-01), entry for William /Donham/.

• 1840 US Federal Census Census Place, Roll: 76; Page: 345 Perry Township, Clay, Indiana, Abijah Donham

• 1860 US Federal Census Place, Alijah Dunham, Perry, Clay, Indiana, United States; citing family 339, NARA microfilm publication M432

Alijah Dunham M 36 Ohio

Margaret Dunham F 36 Ohio

John Dunham M 16 Indiana

Elizabeth Dunham F 14 Indiana

William Dunham M 12 Indiana

Sarah A Dunham F 10 Indiana

Nathaniel Dunham M 8 Indiana

Jenetta Dunham F 5 Indiana

Robert Dunham M 4 Indiana

James L Dunham M 1 Indiana

QUESTIONABLE AGES TOO FAR OFF BUT MATCH EXISTING DATA OTHERWISE - Assume data misunderstood and everyone is 10 years younger.

• United States Census, 1870, James L Donham in household of Margaret Donham, Indiana, United States; citing p. 156, family 452, NARA microfilm publication M593

Margaret Donham F 51 Ohio

James L Donham M 21 Indiana (b.1860)

Isaac Donham M 17 Indiana (b. 1864)

Merissa Donham F 15 Indiana (b. 1866)

Margaret A Donham F 11 Indiana (b. 1869)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73797410/margaret-bennett: accessed 18 November 2022), memorial page for Margaret Donham Bennett (11 Jun 1815–28 Aug 1895), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73797410, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Riley, Vigo County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Wabash Valley Genealogy Society Cemetery Committee (contributor 46834757).

Other Source

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SPXB-N1Y : accessed 2014-08-20), entry for Elizabeth /Donham/.

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SPXY-5WT : accessed 2014-09-25), entry for Abijah /Donham/.