Margaret Elizabeth (Hulme) McMeekin (1849 - 1935)

Born 28 Jun 1849 in Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Thomas McMeekin — married 4 Jun 1872 in Fannin, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Jun 1935 at age 86 in Coryell, Texas, United States

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Biography

Margaret Elizabeth HULME was born on June 28, 1849, in Lauderdale, Tennessee.

She married James Thomas MCMEEKIN on June 4, 1872, in Fannin, Texas.

They had eight children in 19 years.

Margaret applied for Confederate Pensions after her husband passed.^[1]

She died on June 30, 1935, in Coryell, Texas, at the age of 86, and was buried in Gatesville, Texas.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Pension File Number 49851. Entry for James Thomas McMeekin.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51361380/margarett-elizabeth-mcmeekin: accessed 16 October 2023), memorial page for Margarett Elizabeth Hulmne McMeekin (28 Jun 1849–30 Jun 1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51361380, citing Slater Cemetery, Gatesville, Coryell County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46605034).

• "1850 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 October 2023); citing The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 3, Lauderdale, Tennessee; Roll: 886; Page: 264b; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• "1860 United States Federal Census," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 October 2023); citing The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: White Oak, Jefferson, Arkansas; Roll: M653_44; Page: 847; Family History Library. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.