Maria Margaret Biser ^{1 2}

   Other names for Maria were Margaret Beisser, Maria Margaret Beisser,⁴ Maria Margaret Biser ³ and Marie Margaret Biser.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was baptized Maria Margaretha Beisser. ¹

• She has alternate birth date of 1785 and a birth location of Virginia.

Margaret's older brother was born in Maryland and her next youngest sister was also born in Maryland. Her youngest sibling was born in Virginia but based on the birth locations of her next youngest and next oldest sibling, Margaret was probably born in Maryland instead of Virginia as the 1860 census erroneously shows.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Wills Township, Guernsey County, OH on 8 July 1860. ²

1860 US Census
Page 107, Roll 969, Dwelling, Family 755
Wills Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Margaret Umstot..75..VA
(Living with husband and 1 daughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date were 6 Oct 1786, then her age should have been 73 instead of 75.
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Maria married Abraham Umstot between 1810 and 1819 in , Hampshire County, VA.¹ (Abraham Umstot was born on 28 August 1783 in Virginia ^{1 2} and died between July and December 1860 in Guernsey, OH ¹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Wills Township, Guernsey County, OH on 8 July 1860. ²

1860 US Census
Page 107, Roll 969, Dwelling, Family 755
Wills Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Abraham Umstot..77..VA..Laborer
Margaret Umstot..75..VA
Susan Umstot..30..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

They were married 181?. Marriage was not recorded. They had 4 children. (per Dannell Hopkins, http://www.geocities.com/danni_74932/)
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