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Margaret "Peggy" Richardson 1815 – 1880 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1815

Birth Location: Ashe County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: Abt 1880

Death Location: Smyth County, Virginia, USA

Father: Joel Richardson

Mother: Eleanor Stafford

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The story of Margaret "Peggy" Richardson (Foster Mother of Sarah Jane Eads) began in 1815 in Ashe County, North Carolina, USA. Margaret "Peggy" Richardson (Foster Mother of Sarah Jane Eads) passed away in 1880 in Smyth County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret "Peggy" Richardson (Foster Mother of Sarah Jane Eads) began in 1815 in Ashe County, North Carolina, USA.
  • Margaret "Peggy" Richardson (Foster Mother of Sarah Jane Eads) passed away in 1880 in Smyth County, Virginia, USA.

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Margaret Richardson's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Richardson
1815 – 1880
Birth Place: Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Joel Richardson
1777 – 1849
Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Eleanor (Richardson) Stafford
1775 – 1850
Cheshire, Massachusetts
Grandparents
Ebenezer Richardson
1754 – 1818
Billerica
Rebecca Walker
– 1782
Stafford
Great-Grandparents
Ebenezer Richardson
1724 – 1808
Elizabeth Shed
1726 – 1763
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Shed
1696 – 1774
Abial Manning
1698 – 1737

Margaret Richardson's Timeline

2 Records

1815
1815
Birth of Margaret "Peggy" Richardson (Foster Mother of Sarah Jane Eads) in Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
1880
Abt 1880
Age 65
Death of Margaret "Peggy" Richardson (Foster Mother of Sarah Jane Eads) in Smyth County, Virginia, USA
Smyth County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1815
    Event Place: Ashe County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt 1880
    Event Place: Smyth County, Virginia, USA

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