Born in Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joshua Faris
and Mary Preston
Sister of
Elizabeth Faris, Nancy Ann (Faris) Finley, Josiah Faris, Mary Jane (Faris) Devinney, John Smith Faris and Martha Loudon (Faris) Ervin
Wife of
William Steuart
— married
1843 in Sparta, Randolph Co, Illinois
Wife of
Charles McIlroy
— married
13 Mar 1856 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John Steuart, Samuel Steuart, James Saurin Steuart, Martha (Steuart) Campbell, Josiah McIlroy, Rachel McCleland (McIlroy) Gordon, Charles McIlroy, James Renwick McIlroy and Mary Jane (McIlroy) Craig
Died
at age 73
in Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jun 2014
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1823. She was the daughter of Joshua Faris. She passed away in 1897.
Sources
Entered by Anonymous Espaillat, Sunday, June 15, 2014.
See also:
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HY-VHX : 12 April 2016), Charles Mcilroy, Illinois, United States; citing p. 31, family 235, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,771.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXKC-47Y : 22 August 2017), Charles Mcelroy, Sparta, Randolph, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 105, sheet 583A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0244; FHL microfilm 1,254,244.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~0.78%
Rosemarie (Estes) Gray
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M087035 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Cora (Stanford) Taylor :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cora00
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~0.78%
Ray Farrar :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ML4753046 [compare], Ancestry member rfarrar135
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