Margaret Ann Houser ^{1 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Another name for Margaret was Margaret Ann Howser.^{2 10}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Township 8 Range 11, Jersey County, IL on 30 August 1850. ⁶

1850 US Census
Page 85, Family 119, Roll 111
Township 8 Range 11, Jersey County, Illinois
Margaret Houser..3..IL
(Living with widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Atlanta, IL on 11 June 1860. ¹⁰

1860 US Census
Page 15, Dwelling 131, Family 126, Roll 200
Atlanta, Logan County, Illinois
Margaret A. Howser..13..IL
(Living with widowed mother.)
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 28 June 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 10 & 11, Dwelling 75, Family 76
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Maggie Mountjoy..23..IL..Keeps House
(Living with husband and 2 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Hittle Township, Tazewell, IL on 15 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 353B, District 238, Dwelling 112, Family 114, Roll 0253
Hittle Township, Tazewell County, Illinois
Margrett A. Mountjoy..Wife..33..IL..Keeping House
(Living with husband and 3 children.)
.

• She resided in Geuda Springs, KS in 1886.
In 1886 Margaret Ann Houser Mountjoy is living in Geuda Springs, Kansas. Records from her Sister's (Sarah Hieronymus) husband's Journal indicates that in 1886 Margaret owned 160 Acres of land (Section 28 in Sumner County, Kansas - Sumner County, Kansas is where the Atteberry's, Elias Lorey and Wife "Kate" (also a sister to Emily Atteberry) lived prior to coming on into Oklahoma during the Oklahoma Land run. There were 4 sisters (Emily J. Atteberry, Kate Lorey, Margaret Mountjoy, and Sarah Hieronymus that were orphaned by Abraham Houser who went west for the Gold Rush in 1849. Sarah and her Husband J.P. Hieronymus stayed in Illinois in Logan County.

(Source: Email from Donna Kay Riley <drriley@prodigy.net> to Janice <jan74525@yahoo.com>
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• She was buried after 21 December 1921 in the IOOF Blackwell Cemetery in Blackwell, OK.

Find A Grave Memorial 92012765
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Margaret married Henry Clay Mountjoy, son of William Mountjoy and Sinia Valentine Thompson, on 23 February 1865 in , Logan County, IL.^{1 2 3} (Henry Clay Mountjoy was born on 25 November 1845 in Eminence Township, Logan, IL,^{1 3 7 11} died on 2 November 1884 in Kansas ^{1 11} and was buried after 2 November 1884 in Atlanta, IL ¹¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Eminence Township, Logan, IL on 28 June 1870. ⁷

1870 US Census
Page 10 & 11, Dwelling 75, Family 76
Eminence Township, Logan County, Illinois
Henry Mountjoy..24..IL..Farmer
Maggie Mountjoy..23..IL..Keeps House
Henry Mountjoy..4..IL..At Home
Iona Mountjoy..1..IL..At Home
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Hittle Township, Tazewell, IL on 15 June 1880. ³

1880 US Census
Page 353B, District 238, Dwelling 112, Family 114, Roll 0253
Hittle Township, Tazewell County, Illinois
Henry C. Mountjoy..Self..34..IL..Retired Merchant
Margrett A. Mountjoy..Wife..33..IL..Keeping House
Leroy H. Mountjoy...Son..14..IL..At School
Iona M. Mountjoy..Dau..10..IL..At School
Nettie I. Mountjoy..Dau..4..IL..At Home
.

  Marriage Notes:

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900
MOUNTJOY, HENRY C. and HOWSER, MARGARET A.,
County = LOGAN
Date = 02/23/1865
Vol./Page = 001/0584
License Number = 00001159
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Margaret had three children with Henry Mountjoy - Henry Leroy Mountjoy, Iona May Mountjoy is buried in Hope Cemetery, Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas - she married Franklin Powell Hadley, and Nettie Inez Mountjoy who married William V. Hall. If you recall talk of Grandma Emily and Grandpa James D. Atteberry raising a niece whose name was Macil Hall - she was a child of Nettie Inez Mountjoy and William V. Hall. Macil was born in 1901 and information states that Macil's mother Nettie Inez Mountjoy Hall died on April 11, 1902. There is a large headstone at the Forrest Hill Cemetery, in Sumner County, Kansas near Ashton and Walton that says Hall Children - it is quite grown over but can pull it back to read. There are Ballinger's there as well along with Houser's and Arnspigers and Elias and Kate Lorey (sister to Emily J. Atteberry). My Great Great Grandmother Lewis is also buried in that cemetery and there is a double stone for her and her husband Robert A. Lewis but Robert A. Lewis was killed in Virginia during the civil war battle of Kernstown and is doubtful that he is actually there but nice to have a place to place a flower now and again.

I hope this helps in some way and that I didn't muddy the waters too much. If you have questions feel free to e-mail me and I will try to clear up anything that I can ~~ Donna Kay
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Margaret next married John T. Stewart in 1886 in , Sumner County, KS.¹ (John T. Stewart was born on 1 January 1842 in Scotland ¹ and died after 1886.)