Margaret Jane McCown b. 11 Aug 1832 Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA d. 23 Jul 1918 Stinesville, Monroe, Indiana, USA: Discovering My Ancestors

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Name	Margaret Jane McCown
Birth	11 Aug 1832	Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA [1, 2]
Death	23 Jul 1918	Stinesville, Monroe, Indiana, USA [1, 2, 3]
Death	Connected members only
Burial	25 Jul 1918	Chambersville Cemetery [2]
Burial		Headstone - McCown, Margaret Jane
Obituary	9 Aug 1918	Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 85 years) [3]
Person ID	I1036	Discovering My Ancestors
Last Modified	14 May 2017

Father James M. McCown
b. 16 Jun 1790, Virginia, USA
d. 16 Jul 1872, Ellettsville, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 82 years)

Mother Nancy Mourning Lewis
b. 27 Feb 1794, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
d. 21 Aug 1885, Washington Township, Monroe, Indiana, USA (Age 91 years)

Marriage 28 Nov 1812 Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

Age at Marriage He was 22 years old - She was 18 years old. (Were Married 59 years).

Children 7 children

1. Eliza A McCown
b. 3 Oct 1814, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

d. 30 Nov 1891, Ellettsville, Monroe, Indiana, USA

2. Nancy J McCown
b. 5 Dec 1816, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

d. 5 Feb 1875, Delphi, Carroll, Indiana, USA

3. Elijah Thomas McCown
b. 5 May 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

d. 17 Nov 1913, Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA

4. Mary J. McCown
b. 29 Dec 1820, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

d. 23 Nov 1909, Cloud County, Kansas, USA

5. Sarah Ann McCown
b. 8 Jun 1824, Owen County, Indiana, USA

d. 24 Sep 1907, Monroe County, Indiana, USA

6. William M. McCown
b. 5 Aug 1829, Indiana, USA

d. 1875, Windsor, Henry, Missouri, USA

7. Margaret Jane McCown
b. 11 Aug 1832, Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana, USA

d. 23 Jul 1918, Stinesville, Monroe, Indiana, USA

Family ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Spouse Samuel M. Briscoe
b. 2 May 1831, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
d. 26 Aug 1863, Keokuk County, Iowa, USA (Age 32 years)

Marriage 28 Mar 1851 Monroe County, Indiana, USA

Age at Marriage She was 18 years old - He was 19 years old. (Were Married 12 years).

Children 6 children

	1. Dulsena Jane Briscoe b. 1852 d. 1944 (Age 92 years)
	2. Winfield Scott Briscoe b. 1853 d. 1942 (Age 89 years)
	3. William Lewis Briscoe b. 1855 d. 1946 (Age 91 years)
	4. Elizabeth Mourning Briscoe b. 1856 d. 1880 (Age 24 years)
	5. Darthula Briscoe b. 1857 d. (date unknown)
	6. Amelia Catherine Briscoe b. 1858 d. 1956 (Age 98 years)

Last Modified 11 May 2017

Family ID F125 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Census Records
1860 US Census (Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana)

1910 US Census (Bean Blossom, Monroe, Indiana)

Sources

[S453] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011.
[S298] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
[S34] Obituary - Margaret J. McCown, Bloomington (IN) Weekly Courier, p.4.
Margaret J. McCown was born August 11, 1831, and departed this life Ju ly 23, 1918, at 10 oâ€™clock p.m., aged 86 years 11 months and 12 days . She was married to Samuel M. Briscoe March 23, 1851. To this union s ix children were born, four of whom survive: Della Moore of Midland, W . S. Briscoe, Council Bluffs, Iowa, W. L. Briscoe and Mrs. William Fox , both of Stinesville. She united with the Baptist Church more than fo rty years ago. She always attended church regularly until filing healt h and the infirmities of old age in recent years deprived her of tha t privilege. Her husband died in the army in 1863, leaving her at th e age of 35, with five little children and 500 miles from her native h ome and people. Mrs. Briscoeâ€™s father served in the War of 1812 an d also in the Mexican War. Her husband died in the civil War. Two of h er grandsons, Scott Fox and Ray Moore, and her great-grandson, Willia m Willard Fox, are in active service in the European war. Her survivin g relatives are four children, ten grandchildren and fifteen great-gra ndchildren. Rev. W. T. Miller conducted the last rites at the Old Bapt ist Church at Chambersville, where interment took place. The beautifu l floral offerings that adorned the casket gave mute evidence of the l ove and esteem in which Mother Briscoe was held. The choir sang her fa vorite funeral selections. Those from a distance who attended the fune ral were William C. Fox and family, Oolitic; William McCown, Anchor, I ll.; Chas. McCown and family, Midland; Mrs. Della and Ray Moore, Mrs . Wilson and children, Midland; Ross Fox and family, Gosport; Frank Fo x and Family, Gosport; J. M. Van Buskirk and wife, Sand College; Mrs . Ernest Royer, Spencer; Mrs. Ione Wash and children, Frank, Kyâ€¦.Mrs . Lelia Fox, of Gosport, was here on Thursday night to attend the M. E . Aid which met with Mrs. Sallie Miller, who, with her son, David, wil l join her husband, Oscar Miller, in Washington, D. C., some time thi s month to remain there during the winterâ€¦ Mrs. Fred Stucky and Mrs . Dora Miller, both of Gosport, and Mrs. John Terry and Mrs. Edward Te rry were all-day guests of Miss Staley and Till Dais on Thursdayâ€¦Mrs . Frank Sullivan and Miss Mary Neal and little brother, Hoadley, wer e guests of Bloomington relatives this weekâ€¦After a pleasant weekâ€™ s visit with the family of Dave Judah, Miss Bertha Edwards left Saturd ay to visit friends in Ellettsville and Spencer before going to Lowe r City, N.D.

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