Died
at about age 65
in Arkansas, United States of America
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Biography
When Margaret Garrett Ware was born in 1794, in Lincoln, Georgia, United States, her father, Thomas Ware, was 24 and her mother, Mary Sarah Jemison, was 18. She married Herod Flournoy Bridges on 6 September 1811, in Greene, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Putnam, Georgia, United States in 1850. She died in 1859, in Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 65.[1]
In 1850 she was enumerated in Putnam, Georgia.[2]
The household included H Bridges 57, Margaret Bridges 56, Pierce Bridges 21, Benjamin F Bridges 18, Samuel J Bridges 17, and Wiley A Bridges 15.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, (FamilySearch Record: MZYC-8H9 : accessed 26 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-XX63-LFM, Margaret Bridges (56) in Putnam, Georgia, United States. Born in Georgia; citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 42; Digital film/folder number: 004191559; FHL microfilm: 442890; Image number: 24; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01153-1.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYC-8H9 : accessed 9 October 2015), Margaret Bridges in household of H Bridges, Putnam county, Putnam, Georgia, United States; citing family 137, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, Image of Death Certificate, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3WP-ZX8), Sarah Wren, 25 Apr 1912 in Uvalde County, Texas; Birth: 19 Apr 1813 in Georgia; White Female, Widowed; Cause of Death: Senility; Parents listed as Herod Bridges and Margaret Ware; citing certificate number 11586, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,050,767.
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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.
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