Margaret Jane Darner ^{2 5 7 8 9 10 11}

   Another name for Margaret was "Maggie" Jane Darner.^{1 3 4 12}

  Death Notes:

Margaret died 7 days after the death of her 2nd husband.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Perry Township, Muskingum County, OH on 29 August 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 19, Family 136, Roll 1250
Perry Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Margaret Darner..8..OH

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Perry Township, Muskingum County, OH on 24 June 1880. ¹²

1880 US Census
Page 253A, District 168, Family 167, Roll 1054
Perry Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Maggie Darner..Daughter..19..OH..Keeping House

(Living with parents.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Westphalia Township, Anderson County, KS on 2 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 29, Family 27
Westphalia Township, Anderson County, Kansas
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 6 years
Margaret J. Shields..Wife..Apr 1862..38..OH..0/0

(Living with 2nd husband.)

NOTE - Her birth date should have been Apr 1861 instead of Apr 1862.
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Licking Township, Muskingum County, OH on 5 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 52, Family 21
Licking Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Farm Rented
Married 19 years
Maggie J. Sutton..Wife..Apr 1861..39..OH..2/2

(Living with 1st husband, 2 children, and widowed mother-in-law.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Center Township, Pratt, Kansas, United States on 7 May 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Page 7B, Family 40, District 134, Roll 453
Center Township, Pratt, Kansas, United States
Farm owned with mortgage
Married 15 years; Second marriage for both
Maggie Shields..Wife..48..Ohio..married at age 48..2/2

(Living with 2nd husband and probably a stepdaughter.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Apr 1861, then her age should have been 49 instead of 48.
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• She appeared on the 1920 US Census in Ohio Township, Sedgwick, KS on 27 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Page 2B, Family 50, District 106, Roll 548
Ohio Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Farm owned
Maggie J. Shields..Wife..58..OH

(Living with 2nd husband.)
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• 1925 Kansas State Census: June 1925, in Wichita, KS. ⁵ 1925 Kansas State Census
Page 10, Family 78
Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Route 7; Farm owned
Margarite J. Shields..Wife..62..OH..Housewife

(Living with 2nd husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Apr 1861, then her age should have been 64 instead of 62.
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• She appeared on the 1930 US Census in Ohio Township, Sedgwick, KS on April 1930. ⁹

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 23, Family 83
Ohio Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Margaret J. Shields..Wife..63..OH

(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Apr 1861, then her age should have been 68 instead of 63.
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• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Ohio Township, Sedgwick, KS on 12 April 1940. ⁷

1940 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 87-28, Family 55, Roll 1258
Ohio Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Home owned, $1500
Last Place of Residence: Sedgwick, Kansas
Margaret Jane Shields..Wife..71..KS(?)..7th grade

(Living with husband.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 19 Apr 1861, then her age should have been 78 instead of 71.
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• Death Image: 3 June 1944, in Newark, OH. ¹⁰ Name: Margaret Jane Shields
Age: 83
Death Date: 03 Jun 1944
Death Place: Newark, Licking, Ohio
Marital Status: Widowed
Residence Place: Newark, Licking, OH
Address: 85 Mound Court
Birth Date: 19 Apr 1861
Birthplace: Muskeegan Co., OH
Burial Date: 05 Jun 1944
Cemetery: Cedar Hill
Spouse's Name: Redington J. Shields
Record Number: 132

"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZB5-NFS : 8 March 2021), Margaret Jane Shields, 03 Jun 1944; citing Newark, Licking, Ohio, reference fn 39132; FHL microfilm 2,032,361.
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• Her obituary was published in the Newark Advocate on 3 June 1944 in Newark, OH.

¹³ Mrs. Margaret Jane Shields, 83, died today at 3:05 a.m. in the home of her son, Milo Sutton, 85 Mound Court.

Her death followed that of her husband, Redington J. Shields by less than two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Shields came to Newark a month ago from their home in Wichita, Kans., to live in the Sutton home. They were both in failing health at the time. Mr. Shields died suddenly May 23.

Born April 19, 1861 in Muskingum county, Mrs. Shields was the daughter of Isaac and Ann (Wisecarver) Darner. Surviving are her son, Milo Sutton and a daughter, Mrs. Alice Smith of Columbus; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She is the last of her family.

The body will remain at the Gutliph & Henderson funeral home and funeral services will be held there Tuesday at 10 a.m. conducted by Rev. Walter M. Brandt. Burial will be made in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

(Source: Newark Advocate, Newark, Licking Ohio; 3 June 1944)
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• She was buried on 5 June 1944 in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newark, OH.

Plot: Sec.-18, Lot-97
Find A Grave Memorial #50858561
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Margaret married Robert Emmett Sutton, son of Phineas Sutton and Elizabeth P. Cabon, on 30 April 1881 in , Muskingum County, OH.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Robert Emmett Sutton was born on 20 May 1854 in , Muskingum County, OH,^{1 14 15 16 17} died on 2 November 1922 in Zanesville, OH ¹⁷ and was buried after 2 November 1922 in Greenwood Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States ¹⁷.). The cause of his death was Pneumoia.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Licking Township, Muskingum County, OH on 5 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 52, Family 21
Licking Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Farm Rented
Married 19 years
Robert E. Sutton..Head..May 1854..46..OH..Farmer
Maggie J. Sutton..Wife..Apr 1861..39..OH..2/2
Allie M. Sutton..Daughter..Mar 1882..18..OH
Milo Sutton..Son..Jul 1886..13..OH..At School
Elizabeth Sutton..Mother..Apr 1832..68..OH..Widowed
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• Divorced: Bef 1922. On the death certificate of her husband, it indicated that he was divorced.

  Marriage Notes:

The breakup of the marriage and ultimate divorce between Robert Sutton and Margaret "Maggie" Darner is ambiguous and difficult to understand. They were shown living together in the 1900 US Census in Muskingum County, Ohio with their two children. They were married on 30 Apr 1881 but that date is not confirmed. Their daughter, Alice, was born in March 1881. Their son, Milo, was born about 5 years later in 1886.

Margaret was also enumerated in the 1900 US Census as being married to and living with Redington Jefferson Shields in Anderson County, Kansas. The census form indicates that they were married about 1884 which was 2 years before she gave birth to Milo Sutton back in Muskingum County, Ohio. The census in Kansas was enumerated only 3 days before the census enumeration in Ohio so the close timeframe between those 2 events might suggest that the 2 wives were not the same person.

I can't figure out how she could have been married to two different men for a number of years, living hundreds of miles apart, and having a child with one of them without the other one even knowing that she was pregnant. Or maybe they did known; I have no info that they were Mormons still practicing polygamy.

In the 1910 and 1920 Census, Robert Sutton lived with his married daughter, Alice, and continued to list his marital status as "widowed" yet there is no record of a death of a Margaret Sutton in that area between 1900 and 1910. His daughter continued to live in or around Muskingum County, Ohio except for her 4th and final marriage when she relocated to Franklin County, Ohio which was adjacent to where her brother, Milo, had moved following his marriage in Muskingum County, Ohio.

The death certificate for Margaret Shields in 1944 clearly indicate that she was the daughter of Isaac and Periann Darner. Both she and her 2nd husband, Redington Shields, had moved to Newark, Licking County, Ohio which just happened to be where her son, Milo Sutton, and grandchildren from her 1st marriage were living. And her daughter, Alice, was living just one county away. This move to Newark, Ohio seems to definitely tie the married Margaret Shields as the same Margaret Darner that had previously married Robert Sutton. But the overlapping years of marriage to both men compounded with a birth of a child to one of the husbands during those overlapping years is difficult to understand.

Since there is proof that the Margaret who married Redington Shields was the daughter of Isaac Darner (via her death certificate), then one needs to question the validity that the Margaret who married Robert Sutton was the same. Unfortunately there is no direct evidence from a marriage application which might have listed the names of the parents but there is some indirect evidence from the birth certificates for their two children which lists their mother's name as "Maggie J. Darner". The other evidence comes from the fact of why else would the Margaret Darner-Shields living in Kansas move to Licking County, Ohio in her elderly years other than to be near her children and grandchildren. Unless I find evidence of another "Maggie J. Darner" in Muskingum County that could have married Robert Sutton, I am going to assume that she was the daughter of Isaac Darner and the same Margaret that married Redington Shields in Kansas.

Finally, the real proof that it was the same Margaret that was married to both Robert Sutton and Redington Shields come from the 1910 US Census of Redington and Maggie Shields. Redington's name has been erroneous transcribed to "Realgiter" but living with him and his wife Maggie was Myrtle Sutton born about 1886 in Ohio. It is the surname of Sutton that ties this Maggie back to Robert Sutton. Unfortunately there are a few errors on that 1910 US Census such as Myrtle's relationship to the head of household was shown as daughter instead of stepdaughter. In addition, her age of 24 places her birth at the same time as that of Margaret's son, Milo. Milo's exact birth date of 30 Aug 1886 is shown on country records so I am sure that the age of Myrtle is "about 1886" which means it was probably the year before or the year afterwards. Interestingly, her birth still falls within the time that Margaret supposedly was married to Redington. I wonder who the biological father was.

Both Margaret and her 2nd husband, Redington Shields, are buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newark, Licking County, Ohio while her 1st husband, Robert Sutton, was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Zanesville, Ohio.
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Margaret next married Redington Jefferson Shields, son of Redington Shields and Mary, about 1884.^{2 3 4 5 6 7} (Redington Jefferson Shields was born in August 1862 in Kansas,^{2 4 5 7 9 18} died on 23 May 1944 in Newark, OH ^{18 19} and was buried on 26 May 1944 in Newark, OH ^{18 19}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Westphalia Township, Anderson County, KS on 2 June 1900. ²

1900 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 29, Family 27
Westphalia Township, Anderson County, Kansas
Farm owned, with mortgage
Married 6 years
Redington I Shields..Head..Aug 1862..37..KS..Farmer
Margaret J. Shields..Wife..Apr 1862..38..OH..0/0
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Center Township, Pratt, Kansas, United States on 7 May 1910. ³

1910 US Census
Page 7B, Family 40, District 134, Roll 453
Center Township, Pratt, Kansas, United States
Farm owned with mortgage
Married 15 years; Second marriage for both
Redington Shields..Head..48..KS..married at age 48..Farmer, General Farm
Maggie Shields..Wife..48..Ohio..married at age 48..2/2
Myrtle Sutton..Daughter..24..Ohio..Plumber(?)

NOTE - Myrtle Sutton is not believed to be a daughter to Margaret "Maggie" Darner and her 1st husband. Although she was listed as a daughter to Redington Shields, her actual relationship has not been confirmed.
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• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Ohio Township, Sedgwick, KS on 27 January 1920. ⁴

1920 US Census
Page 2B, Family 50, District 106, Roll 548
Ohio Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Farm owned
R J Shields..Head..57..KS..Farmer, General Farm
Maggie J. Shields..Wife..58..OH
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• 1925 Kansas State Census: June 1925, in Wichita, KS. ⁵ 1925 Kansas State Census
Page 10, Family 78
Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Route 7; Farm owned
Redington J. Shields..Head..62..KS..Farmer
Margarite J. Shields..Wife..62..OH..Housewife
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• They appeared on the 1930 US Census in Ohio Township, Sedgwick, KS on April 1930. ⁶

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 23, Family 83, Roll 719
Ohio Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Home owned
Redington J. Shields..Head..67..KS..married at 34 first marriage..Farmer, General Farm
Margaret J. Shields..Wife..63..OH..married at 19 first marriage
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• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Ohio Township, Sedgwick, KS on 12 April 1940. ⁷

1940 US Census
Sheet 3A, District 87-28, Family 55, Roll 1258
Ohio Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Home owned, $1500
Last Place of Residence: Sedgwick, Kansas
Redington Jeferson Shields..Head..77..OH..8th grade..Farmer
Margaret Jane Shields..Wife..71..KS..7th grade
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  Marriage Notes:

1910 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 134, Family 40
Center Township, Pratt County, Kansas, United States
Realgiter Shields..Head..48..Kansas
Maggie Shields..Wife..48..Ohio
Myrtle Sutton..Daughter..24..Ohio
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1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 106, Family 50
Ohio Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
R. J. Shields..Head..57..Kansas
Maggie J. Shields..Wife..58..Ohio
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