Margaret Montgomery Edmondson1,2
b. 21 June 1798, d. 21 June 1855
Father | Capt Robert Edmondson1 b. 24 May 1771, d. 28 Jan 1823 |
Mother | Mary Glenn1 b. 7 Apr 1773, d. 20 Apr 1859 |
Birth | 21 Jun 1798 | Margaret Montgomery Edmondson was born on 21 Jun 1798.3,1 |
Marriage | 17 Sep 1818 | She married Benjamin Sharp on 17 Sep 1818 in Washington County, Virginia.4 |
Widowed | 25 Dec 1840 | Margaret was widowed when Benjamin died on Christmas Day, 1840. She had 6 children at home; the youngest was not quite 4. |
Cens-1850 | 29 Aug 1850 | Margaret remained on the family farm with her children. In 1850, when the names of all members of a household were enumerated for the first time, she was recorded at age 51 with all 6 children at home.2 |
| | What the census does not reveal is that Margaret and at least 3 of her children suffered from consumption. Margaret's youngest daughter and namesake would die from it in June 1855, 3 days before Margaret succombed from the same condition. Son Robert died in 1856 and daughter Frances in 1857, also from consumption. |
Death | 21 Jun 1855 | Margaret died on 21 Jun 1855 in Washington County, Virginia, at age 57.5,3 |
Burial | | She was buried at Zion Methodist Cemetery in Washington County.3 |
Citations
- [S1275] Letter, Mary Craig Caldwell Rhea to Wm E. "Buck" Buchanan, March 1994. Mrs. Rhea abstacted this information from an old Edmondson Bible which is in her possession.
- [S367] Margaret Sharp household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., 67th District, p. after 117 (stamped), dwelling 756, family 756, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2010. Household included: Margaret Sharp, 51, owns land worth $856; Mary 27; Frances 21; East__ [smudge] 18; Wm 17, farmer; Robt 14; Margaret 12; all b. VA.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 257. Stone reported to read: Margaret M. Sharp, 21 Jan 1798-21 Jun 1855, age 57y 5m.
- [S4] D.E. Brown, Marriages of Washington Co., VA 1781-1853, p. 56.
- [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the Washington County Death Register entry for Margaret M. Sharp: d. 21 Jun 1855, age 56y, consumption, d/o Robert & Polly Edmondson, consort of Benjamin Sharp, reported by son, William E. Sharp.
- [S621] Benjamin Sharp household, 1820 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, p. 234 stamped, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2010. Household included: 1M 16-26; 1F under 5; 1F 16-26.
- [S578] Benjamine Sharp household, 1830 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2010. Household included: 1M 30-40; 2F under 5; 1F 10-15; 1F 30-40.
- [S679] Benjamin Sharp household, 1840 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2010. Household included: 2M 5-9; 1M 40-49; 1F under 5; 2F 10-14; 1F 15-19; 1F 40-49.
- [S234] Adam Rosenbalm household, 1860 U.S. cens, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Western District, p. 125 (original script), dwelling 921, family 884, viewed online at Ancestry.com, May 2010. Household included: Adam Rosenbalm, 30, farmer, owns land worth $1,170 and pers. prop of $800; Hettie, 30; Mary 1; Mary E. Sharpe, 39, spinster, owns land worth $250; all b. VA.
- [S156] Benjamin Reed household, 1880 U.S. Cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Abingdon Twp, ED 93, p. 17-A (p. 33 stamped), dwelling 151, family 151. March 2010. Benjamin Reed, 67, no occup; Hettie, 49, wife; Louisa, 11, dau; N. Blanch, 9, dau; Mary Sharp, 60, sister; James Jones, 24, black, servant; all b. VA.
- [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 408. James Hand Wright, 28, sgl, b. WCV, farmer, s/o David & Rebecca Wright marr Frances Patterson Sharp, 24, sgl, b. WCV, d/o benjamin & Margaret Sharp; 31 Oct. 1854.
- [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the Washington County Death Register entry for Robert E. Sharp, d. 19 Feb 1856, age 21y, consumption, s/o Benjamin & Margaret M. Sharp, farmer, unmarried, reported by brother, William A. Sharp.
- [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the Washington County Death Register entry for Margaret D. Sharp, d. 18 Jun 1855, age 17y, consumption, d/o Benjamin & Margaret M. Sharp, reported by brother, William E. Sharp.