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Margaret Dorcas Johnston 1850–1923 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 March 1850

Birth Location: South Carolina, United States of America

Death Date: 23 March 1923

Death Location: Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America

Father: William Johnston

Mother: Susan Adams

Spouse(s): Abner Simonton

Children(s): Margaret Watkins, William Simonton

Margaret Dorcas Johnston was born in 1850 in South Carolina, United States of America, the child of William Hall Johnston And Susan Erixene Adams. Margaret Dorcas Johnston married Abner Arthur Simonton, and had children including Margaret Emma Watkins, William Johnston Simonton. Margaret Dorcas Johnston passed away in 1923 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Margaret Dorcas Johnston was born in 1850 in South Carolina, United States of America, the child of William Hall Johnston And Susan Erixene Adams.
  • Margaret Dorcas Johnston married Abner Arthur Simonton, and had children including Margaret Emma Watkins, William Johnston Simonton.
  • Margaret Dorcas Johnston passed away in 1923 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Johnston's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Johnston
1850–1923
Birth Place: South Carolina, United States of America
Parents
William Hall Johnston
1819–1859
Susan (Erixene) Adams
1822–1903
South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
1773–1843
York County, South Carolina, United States of America
Erixene McEwen
1779–1844
Great-Grandparents
William Sr
1733–1799
Margaret Ewart
1746–1824
2nd-Great-Grandparents
1698–1756

Margaret Johnston's Descendants

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Margaret (Dorcas) Johnston (17 March 1850–23 March 1923) m. Abner (Arthur) Simonton (30 October 1849–18 July 1919)
  1. 1. Margaret (Emma) Watkins 1887–1937 m. Howard (Denman) Watkins 1881–1962
    1. 1. Margaret (Johnston (Peggy)) Word 1922–2020
  2. 2. William (Johnston) Simonton 1890–

Margaret Johnston's Timeline

2 Records

1850
17 March 1850
Birth of Margaret Dorcas Johnston in South Carolina, United States of America
South Carolina, United States of America
1923
23 March 1923
Age 73
Death of Margaret Dorcas Johnston in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America
Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 March 1850
    Event Place: South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1927, Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 March 1923
    Event Place: Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1927, Georgia Department of Health and Vital Statistics; Atlanta, Georgia
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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