Brief Life History of Margaret Elizabeth
Margaret was born the 14th of June 1812 in Logan County, Kentucky to Stephen Talkington and Sarah "Sally" Adcock. It is believed that Margaret came overland to Arkansas with her father, and two brothers, Edward P. and Allen A in 1826. They drove the livestock while her mother, Sarah, came by river boat with the other children: Sarah Ann, Isaac Walton, and another daughter whose name is unknown. William and Margaret emigrated to Hempstead County, Arkansas, then to Washington County, and then to Crawford County, Arkansas. They were living in Crawford County in 1844 when their six year old son, Thomas, was buried on a farm near Cedarville, Arkansas in Oliver Cemetery. Margaret was living with seven of her children in Cedar Creek Township, Crawford County, Arkansas on the 24th of July, 1860 during the census. In 1870 she was living with her daughter Sarah and Sarah’s husband, James C. Wright in Lees Creek Township in Crawford County, Arkansas. During the 1880 census she was still living with them in Crawford County. In the late 1880’s Margaret moved to the San Joaquin Valley in California with her brother, Allen A. Talkington, and other family members. Nettie Lynn Ross, daughter of Lavenia Lester Lynn, remembered the day the Lesters left Van Buren for California. "It was the 28th of November, 1888. Thirty members of the Lester family made the seven day journey by railroad. Others made the trip by wagon train. Margaret and seven of her children and their families traveled west. This included Joseph and Letetia Lester and children, Mark and Louisa Adeline (Kimes) Lester and children, Stephen and Malinda and children, Franklin and Luvenia (Lester) Lynn and children, Enos and Nancy E. (Lester) Coleman and children, and Cynthia Lester. Nettie went by train. Stephen and Malinda were with the wagon train." Margaret died the 15th of May, 1900 in Selma, California and was buried in the Old Selma Cemetery, Selma, California. Her son-in-law, Benjamin Franklin Shipley, Jr. purchased the plot. William and Margaret had twelve children. Compiled and written by Susan Kimes Burgess in 2005
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- Margrete Shipley in household of Elisabeth Shipley, "United States Census, 1870"
- Margaret Elizabeth Lester, "Find A Grave Index"
- Margaret in entry for Mark Bean Lester, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
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Historical Boundaries 1819: Hempstead, Missouri Territory, United States 1819: Hempstead, Arkansas Territory, United States 1836: Hempstead, Arkansas, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): variant of Torkington, a habitational name from Torkington in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire). The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Turec + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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