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Margaret Cunningham Gaines 1789–1848 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Feb 1789

Birth Location: Person, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 17 Sep 1848

Death Location: Jasper County, Georgia, USA

Father: Hiram Gaines

Mother: Ann Adams

Spouse(s): Thomas Johnston

Children(s): James Johnston, Fleming Johnston, Lucy Johnston, Ann Johnston, Martha Johnston, Eliza Johnston, Jane Johnston, Elizabeth Johnston, William Johnston, Margaret Johnston, Ann Johnston, Elizabeth Johnston

Margaret Cunningham Gaines was born in 1789 in Person, North Carolina, United States, the child of Hiram Gaines And Ann Adams. Margaret Cunningham Gaines married Thomas Johnston, and had children including Ann G Johnston, Ann T Johnston, Eliza Johnston, Elizabeth Johnston, Fleming Johnston, James Henry Johnston, Jane Frances Johnston, Lucy Johnston, Margaret C Johnston, Martha Johnston, William S Johnston. Margaret Cunningham Gaines passed away in 1848 in Jasper County, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • Margaret Cunningham Gaines was born in 1789 in Person, North Carolina, United States, the child of Hiram Gaines And Ann Adams.
  • Margaret Cunningham Gaines married Thomas Johnston, and had children including Ann G Johnston, Ann T Johnston, Eliza Johnston, Elizabeth Johnston, Fleming Johnston, James Henry Johnston, Jane Frances Johnston, Lucy Johnston, Margaret C Johnston, Martha Johnston, William S Johnston.
  • Margaret Cunningham Gaines passed away in 1848 in Jasper County, Georgia, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Gaines's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Gaines
1789–1848
Birth Place: Person, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Hiram Gaines
1758–1812
Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America
Ann Adams
1775–1816
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Hiram ((Hierome) Gaines, Sr (8th Great) Uncle)
1730–1805
Albemarle, Virginia, British Colonial America
Margaret (French Taliaferro (Wife of 8th Great) Uncle)
1732–1773
Albermarle, Virginia, British Colonial America
James (Adams) Jr
1753–1835
Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Jane Cunningham
1753–1814
Charlotte, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Adams
1730–1789
Cecily Ford
1735–1815
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Adams
1689–1740
Mourning Lewis
1694–1765

Margaret Gaines's Descendants

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Margaret (Cunningham) Gaines (5 Feb 1789–17 Sep 1848) m. Thomas Johnston (5 Feb 1789–17 Sep 1848)
  1. 1. James (Henry) Johnston 1819–1878 m. Marium (Eliza) Ponder 1822–1901
    1. 1. Marium Johnston 1845–1869 m. Martin (Van Buren) Tyson 1840–1914
      1. 1. Georgia (Tennessee) Tyson 1864–1935 m. Judson Ellzey 1852–1936
        1. 1. Bernard (Galt) Ellzey 1882–1926 m. Ella (Sessions) Wheeler 1884–1934
        2. 2. Annie (G) Ellzey 1884–1948 m. Walter (F) Kirkpatrick 1879–1925
        3. 3. Adonaran (J) Elzy 1886–1908
        4. 4. Berry (Vest) Elzy 1889–1979 m. Miriam Ellzey 1896–1929
        5. 5. Francis (W) MCDaniel 1891–1981 m. Claud (Marion) McDaniel 1890–1976
        6. 6. C (B) Ellzey 1895–1935
        7. 7. Eric (R M) Elzy 1898–1979
        8. 8. Mary (E) Alexander 1900–1988 m. Berkley (Everett) Alexander 1894–1964
        9. 9. Travis (Emory) Ellzey 1903–1938 m. Emma (Louisa Pease Vincent) Hauenstein 1916–2011
        10. 10. Carroll (Vanburen) Ellzey 1893–1963 m. Decie (B) Ellsey 1900–1986
      2. 2. James (Lee Roy) Tyson 1867–1883
      3. 3. Marium (Frances) Tyson 1870–1943 m. Madison (Henry Clinton) Baird 1843–1945
        1. 1. Lucy (Letticia) Baird 1889–1965
        2. 2. Georgia (Leota) Baird 1895–1917
        3. 3. William (Van Tyson) Baird 1897–1941
        4. 4. Marium (Frances) Baird 1898–1973
        5. 5. Helen (Lee) Baird 1902–1976
    2. 2. John (Lewis) Johnston 1842–1862
    3. 3. Fleming (Duland) Johnston 1844–1873
    4. 4. Margaret (Ann Livincia) Johnston 1846–1909
    5. 5. Lucy (Huneliza) Johnston 1848–1938
    6. 6. Samuel (Franklin) Johnston 1849–1923
    7. 7. William (Lane) Johnston 1850–1919
    8. 8. Martha (Elizabeth) Johnston 1852–1867
    9. 9. Terrilla (Melissa) Johnston 1853–1929
    10. 10. James (Henry) Johnston 1857–1940
  2. 2. Fleming Johnston 1828–1886
  3. 3. Lucy Johnston 1817–1870
  4. 4. Ann (T) Johnston 1820–1822
  5. 5. Martha Johnston 1822–1862
  6. 6. Eliza Johnston 1823–1897
  7. 7. Jane (Frances) Johnston 1826–1895
  8. 8. Elizabeth Johnston 1830–1818
  9. 9. William (S) Johnston 1831–
  10. 10. Margaret (C) Johnston 1833–1912
  11. 11. Ann (G) Johnston 1837–1873
  12. 12. Elizabeth Johnston 1830–1818

Margaret Gaines's Timeline

2 Records

1789
5 Feb 1789
Birth of Margaret Cunningham Gaines in Person, North Carolina, United States
Person, North Carolina, United States
1848
17 Sep 1848
Age 59
Death of Margaret Cunningham Gaines in Monticello, Jasper, Georgia, United States
Monticello, Jasper, Georgia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Feb 1789
    Event Place: Person, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Sep 1848
    Event Place: Monticello, Jasper, Georgia, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Jasper County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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