Margaret (McNemar) Linger (1764 - 1827)

Born 1764 in Orange, Virginia, Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas DahI Linger — married 1785 in Hampshire, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 1827 at about age 63 in Lewis, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Margaret (McNemar) Linger was born in Appalachia, in Virginia (now West Virginia). See Appalachia Project.

Margaret (McNemar) Linger was a Virginia colonist.

Margaret McNemar was born in 1764 in Orange, Virginia to Philip McNemar and Mary Corder. ^{[citation needed]}

Marriage

Nicholas Linger married Margaret "Peggy" McNemar in 1785 in Hampshire, VA. ^{[citation needed]}

Children

Nicholas and Margaret had eight children:

Margaret (Linger) Bonnett (1788-1835)

Nicholas Linger (1792-1876)

Sarah Linger Bonnett (1795-1876)

Joseph Linger (1798-1870)

Phillip McNemar Linger (1797-1877)

William Linger (1803-1893)

Catherine (Linger) McDonald (1805-)

Elizabeth Lizzie (Linger) Smith (1807-1880)

1820 Census

Death and Burial

Margaret died in 1827 in Lewis County, West Virginia.

She is buried in the Linger Family Cemetery in Upshur County, WV. There is not a specific tombstone for her or anyone in the cemetery; only rocks and they were put there years after her death.^[2]

Research Notes

1. It is believed that Margaret's father is Phillip McNemar from Scotland or Ireland ^[3]
2. Margaret is suppose to be a twin sister of her brother George .

Sources

1. ↑ 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
   1820 U S Census; Census Place: Lewis, Virginia; Page: 9; NARA Roll: M33_133; Image: 181
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7734 #1170565 (accessed 12 March 2023)
   Margrat Linger in Lewis, Virginia.
2. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #16730281 (accessed 12 March 2023)
   Memorial page for Margaret “Peggy” McNemar Linger (1764-1827), citing Linger Family Cemetery, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by 47117651 (contributor 47117651).
3. ↑ The Linger Family History, by Linger, Fred J, and Hartzel G. Strader. 1989. The University of Georgia Press.

See Also:

• Margaret Mcnemar, in the Family Data Collection - Births

Name: Margaret Mcnemar

Father: Philip Mcnemar

Mother: Mary Corder

Birth Date: 1764

City: Harrison

State: VA

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Michael Barber for creating WikiTree profile McNemar-12 through the import of Barber Family Tree.ged on Nov 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.