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Margaret Melsina Hightower 1836–1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Aug 19 1836

Birth Location: Montgomery County, Illinois

Death Date: 24 Mar 1881

Death Location: Hillsboro,Montgomery,Illinois

Father: Hugh Hightower

Mother: Cordelia Hicks

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The story of Margaret Melsina Hightower began in 1836 in Montgomery County, Illinois. Margaret Melsina Hightower passed away in 1881 in Hillsboro,Montgomery,Illinois.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Melsina Hightower began in 1836 in Montgomery County, Illinois.
  • Margaret Melsina Hightower passed away in 1881 in Hillsboro,Montgomery,Illinois.

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Margaret Hightower's Ancestors

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Margaret Hightower
1836–1881
Birth Place: Montgomery County, Illinois
Parents
Hugh Mack Hightower
1803–1879
Pendleton District, Anderson, South Carolina, USA
Cordelia ("Delia") Hicks
1806–1896
Wilson County, Tennessee
Grandparents
Ernest (Hugh) Hicks
1780–1837
Tennessee, United States
Elizabeth (Clark) Tipton
1794–1857
Blount County, Tennessee, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Mashack Tipton
1758–1850
Hester Clark
1761–1831
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Tipton
1728–1795
Jemima Murray
1733–1765
Samuel McReynolds
1749–1807
Sarah Wood
1749–1804

Margaret Hightower's Timeline

2 Records

1836
Aug 19 1836
Birth of Margaret Melsina Hightower in Montgomery County, Illinois
Montgomery County, Illinois
1881
24 Mar 1881
Age 45
Death of Margaret Melsina Hightower in Hillsboro,Montgomery,Illinois
Hillsboro,Montgomery,Illinois

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Aug 19 1836
    Event Place: Montgomery County, Illinois
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Mar 1881
    Event Place: Hillsboro,Montgomery,Illinois
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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