Margaret Elizabeth (Rea) Rodden (1816 - 1889)

Born 9 Oct 1816 in Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Taylor H Berryhill — married 15 May 1832 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States

Wife of James Lewis Rodden — married 28 Jan 1847 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 20 Nov 1889 at age 73 in Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

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Biography

Margaret was born 9 October 1816 in the Steele Creek section of Mecklenburg County. She was the daughter of William Rea and Hannah Berryhill.

Margaret married Taylor Hamilton Berryhill on 15 May 1832 in Mecklenburg County. An Alfonso A. Berryhill was a bondman on the bond. This Alfonso may have used an alias per editorials to a Charlotte newspaper in the 1830s.

Margaret's husband, Taylor, may have died before 1840 as a Mrs. Margaret Berryhill appears in the census of that year.

The Mecklenburg (North Carolina) Times, 15 November 1889, p. 3:

Mrs. Margaret Rodden is critically ill with pneumonia at this writing.

Sources

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9R-DTHK : 10 March 2021), Taylor Berryhill and Margaret E Rea, 15 May 1832; citing Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm.

• Year: 1840; Census Place: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Roll: 365; Page: 264; Family History Library Film: 0018095. Image at: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2552885:8057?ssrc=pt&tid=11917045&pid=-250168329

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9R-FDNC : 9 March 2021), James Rodden and Margaret E Berryhill, 28 Jan 1847; citing Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm.

• 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. Image at: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8054/4203584_00039?pid=12855215

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDR-PRJ : 18 February 2021), Margaret Rodden in entry for James L Rodden, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8K-LXS : 29 May 2021), Margaret Roddan, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXC-WRD : 14 January 2022), Margaret Rodden, Berryhill, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95781212/margaret-elizabeth_emiline-radden: accessed 10 November 2022), memorial page for Margaret Elizabeth Emiline “formerly Mrs. Berryhill” Rea Radden (9 Oct 1816–20 Nov 1889), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95781212, citing Steele Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Barbara R (contributor 47673477) .