Margaret Hughes1

b. circa 7 November 1821, d. 8 December 1863
Birthcirca 7 Nov 1821 Margaret Hughes was born circa 7 Nov 1821 in Tennessee.2,3 
Marriageabt 1839 or 1840 She married Robert Clark, son of Robert Clark and Martha Harvie, abt 1839 or 1840.1 
  The couple made their home on Cedar Creek.4 
Cens-185026 Aug 1850 In the summer of 1850 Margaret and Robert were enumerated on the first census to record all members of a household by name. Robert was recorded as a 44 year old famer who owned land valued at $3,672. Margaret was 28. Three children were present: Mary (5), Martha (4) and John (2). Also listed were 35 year old Rebecka Hughes [Margaret's sister?] and 15 year old Julia Childers.5 
  Robert and Margaret's first 2 children, a daughter born in 1842 and a son born in 1843, both died in infancy. Two children born after the 1850 census also died in infancy, including a son who died on Sept. 10th, 1854. Twenty days later Robert's sister Martha Watson died of consumption. And on Oct. 10th, 1854 Robert's brother John, who was enumerated next to Robert in 1850, died of dysentery leaving a pregnant wife and 6 children. Robert served as his brother's executor. 
Religion  Margaret and Robert joined Glade Spring Presbyterian Church about 1840 however in 1852 they became members of what was then Stone School House (later Greenfield) Baptist Church.6 
Death8 Dec 1863 Margaret died on 8 Dec 1863.7 
Burial She was buried at Old Glade Spring Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.7 
  It is possible Robert and Margaret had one more son in addition to the 10 children listed below. A survey of Old Glade Spring Cemetery done in the early 1950s recorded a stone for an "infant son of R. and M. Clark, b. Sept. 8, 1849". This entry does not appear in High On A Windy Hill suggesting the stone was no longer readable 20 years later. According to a map of the cemetery which accompanied the earlier survey, this stone is located across from Robert and Margaret's stones and adjacent to the stone of their son Jessie. 

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Other interments in Old Glade Spring Cemetery
Margaret's headstone

Family

Robert Clark b. 14 Mar 1803, d. 2 May 1875
Children
Last Edited2 Jan 2013

Citations

  1. [S120] William Hayter Clark document, recorded after 1892 and before 1936.
  2. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 177. Date calulated from information on stone.
  3. [S234] Robert Clark household, 1860 U.S. cens, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Western district, p. 109 original script, dwelling 790, family 764, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2008, image 111 of 361. Household includes: Robert Clark, 57, farmer, owns land val at $6,600 and pers. prop of $5,400, b. Scotland; Margaret, 39, b. TN; Mary 15; Martha, 14, John, 11, Rebecca 3; all b. VA.
  4. [S120] William Hayter Clark document, recorded after 1892 and before 1936. Robert and Margaret's children were all born on Cedar Creek.
  5. [S367] Robert Clark household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., District 67, p. aft page 113 stamped, dwelling 700, family 700, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2008, image 92 of 289. Household includes: Robert Clark, 44, farmer, real estate valued at $3,672; Margaret 28; Mary 5; Martha 4; John 2; Rebecka Hughes 35; Julia Childers 15; all b. VA.
  6. [S2126] "Clark Family of Washington Co., Virginia", handwritten notes (undated) compiled by Juanita Mock Neese. Mrs. Neese copied Robert's obituary which was recorded in the minutes of Greenfield Church.
  7. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 177.
  8. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 177. Infant Clark, d/o R. & M. Clark, b. July 28, 1842.
  9. [S120] William Hayter Clark document, recorded after 1892 and before 1936. List of children born to Robert Clark and Margaret Hughes.
  10. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. James O. McKee, 24y, sgl, b. & resid WCV, farmer, s/o James & Sarah McKee AND Martha Clark, 20y, sgl, b. & resid WCV, d/o Robert & Mgt Clark.
  11. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 61. John Harvey Clark, 21y, sgl, b. & resid WCV, farmer, s/o Robert & Margaret Clark AND Rosa M. Edmondson, 18y, sgl, b. & resid WCV, d/o Andrew & Rosannah Edmondson.
  12. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 177. Robert Clark, s/o R. & M. Clark, d. 10 Sept 1854, age 5m 2d.
  13. [S3] Moore and Stephens, Washington Co., VA Birth and Death Records, p. 25. Clark Robert, b. 6 Mar 1854 to Robert and Margret Clark.
  14. [S3] Moore and Stephens, Washington Co., VA Birth and Death Records, p. 24. Rebecca J. Clark, b. 3 Dec. 1856 to Robert and Margret Clark.
  15. [S123] William R. Wheeler, Washington Co., VA Marriage Licenses 1881-1890, p. 19, 72. William H. Clark, age 23, sgl, b. & resid Wash. Co., VA, farmer, s/o Robert & Mgt Clark AND Sarah Elizabeth McKee, 25, sgl, b. & resid WCV, d/o Andrew J. & Mary J. McKee; 19 Nov. 1884.