Margaret Fleming

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Fleming was born on 8 January 1793, in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States, her father, Benoni Fleming, was 24 and her mother, Mary Stephenson, was 22. She married James F Davies in 1821, in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 23 September 1828, in Middletown, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

James F Davies
1783–1863
Margaret Fleming
1793–1828
Marriage: 1821
Sarah Ann Davies
1822–1897
Daniel Davies
1823–1890
James Franklin Davies II
1825–1881

Sources (4)

  • Margaret Fleming, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Margaret Davies, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Margaret Fleming, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: ethnic name for someone from Flanders, from Middle English fleming. The word reflects a Norman French form of Old French flamanc ‘Fleming’, from the stem flam- + the ancient Germanic suffix -ing. In the Middle Ages there was considerable commercial intercourse between England and the Netherlands, particularly in the wool trade, and many Flemish weavers and dyers settled in England. This surname is also common in south and east Scotland and in Ireland, where it is sometimes found in the Gaelicized form Pléamonn.

German: variant of Flemming , cognate with 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Doctor Davies, a famous doctor in Virginia, married Margaret Fleming who died of smallpox during an epidemic. Heartbroken. he took his three children in a covered wagon to settle in what is now Green …

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