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Margaret Payne Messer 1844–1922 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 May 1844

Birth Location: Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 13 Sep 1922

Death Location: Walker, Knox, Kentucky, USA

Father: Elihue Payne

Mother: Mary Vannoy

Spouse(s): Allen Messer, Allen Messer

Children(s): Cornelius Messer, Anthony Messer, Jas. Messer, John Messer, Eliza Messer, Emiline Messer, Mary Messer

The story of Margaret Payne Messer began in 1844 in Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, USA. Margaret Payne Messer married Allen Messer, and had children including Anthony Messer, Cornelius Messer, Eliza Messer, Emiline Messer, Jas C Messer, John W Messer, Mary J Messer. Margaret Payne Messer passed away in 1922 in Walker, Knox, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Payne Messer began in 1844 in Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, USA.
  • Margaret Payne Messer married Allen Messer, and had children including Anthony Messer, Cornelius Messer, Eliza Messer, Emiline Messer, Jas C Messer, John W Messer, Mary J Messer.
  • Margaret Payne Messer passed away in 1922 in Walker, Knox, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Messer's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Messer
1844–1922
Birth Place: Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Elihue Elijah Payne
1819–1900
Knox County, Kentucky, USA
Mary ("Polly" Elizabeth) Vannoy
1827–1905
Knox Co Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
Elijah Payne
1788–1873
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Rachel (Mary) Miller
1791–1858
Estill, Kentucky, USA
Alexander Vannoy
1806–1872
Kentucky
Sarah Catching
1797–1860
Greene, Tennessee, United States
Great-Grandparents
Robert Miller
1760–1813
Elizabeth Scot
1760–1829
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Messer's Descendants

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Margaret (Payne) Messer (16 May 1844–13 Sep 1922) m. Allen Messer (7 January 1844–22 May 1898) m. Allen Messer (7 January 1844–22 May 1898)
  1. 1. Cornelius Messer 1879–
  2. 2. Anthony Messer 1877–
  3. 3. Jas. (C.) Messer 1876–
  4. 4. John (W.) Messer 1871–
  5. 5. Eliza Messer 1870–
  6. 6. Emiline Messer 1868–
  7. 7. Mary (J) Messer 1867–1905 m. Pleasant Bailey –1954
    1. 1. Martha ((Bailey)) Brown 1891–1915
    2. 2. Ada Bailey 1895–1976
    3. 3. Allen Bailey 1897–1978

Margaret Messer's Timeline

2 Records

1844
16 May 1844
Birth of Margaret Payne Messer in Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, USA
Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, USA
1922
13 Sep 1922
Age 78
Death of Margaret Payne Messer in Walker, Knox, Kentucky, USA
Walker, Knox, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 May 1844
    Event Place: Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Sep 1922
    Event Place: Walker, Knox, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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