Margaret "Pegey" Hunter

Brief Life History of Margaret "Pegey"

When Margaret "Pegey" Hunter was born on 28 January 1792, in Old Pickens, Oconee, South Carolina, United States, her father, Abraham Yeager Hunter, was 20 and her mother, Mary Marks, was 20. She married James H. Glenn on 13 October 1813, in Fincastle, Campbell, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Moniteau, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Walker Township, Moniteau, Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 19 April 1876, in United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in McGirk, Moniteau, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

James H. Glenn
1792–1880
Margaret "Pegey" Hunter
1792–1876
Marriage: 13 October 1813
Mary Ann Glenn
1814–1870
John Glenn
1820–
James Crockett Glenn
1821–1880
Mckinzie Glenn
1827–
Barbara Ellen Glenn
1822–
Madison Glenn
1825–1880
Robert McFarland Glenn
1826–1911
Caswell Glenn
1826–1899
Margaret Glenn
1830–1885
Abraham Henderson Glenn
1833–1906
Elizabeth Glenn
1835–1916
Polly Glenn
1837–

Sources (9)

  • Margaret Glenn in household of James Glenn, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret (Peggy) Hunter - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Margaret Hunter
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret (Peggy) Hunter - Published information: death: 19 April 1876; United States

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.

1803

Historical Boundaries 1803: Louisiana Purchase, United States 1812: Missouri Territory, United States 1821: Missouri, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see Hunt ).

Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.

History: A Scottish family of this name (see 1 above) has been established at Hunterston (Ayrshire) since the 13th century.

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

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