Margaret Yoho

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Yoho was born on 13 February 1813, in Proctor, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Yoho II, was 31 and her mother, Anna Belle Buchanan, was 32. She married Joseph Gorby Parsons in 1833, in Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Marshall, Virginia, United States in 1850. She died on 7 August 1887, in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Parsons Cemetery, Marshall, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Gorby Parsons
1813–1846
Margaret Yoho
1813–1887
Marriage: 1833
Catharine Parsons
1835–1901
Nancy Ann Parsons
1837–1925
James M. Parsons
1841–1909
Seth J Parsons
1844–1912
Henry Seth Parsons
1846–1877

Sources (28)

  • Margarett Parsons, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Margaret Yoho, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Margaret Parsons, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"

World Events (8)

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. 

1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

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

Americanized form of German and Swiss German Joho, unexplained.

History: This name was brought to North America by Johannes Joho from Sulzthal in 1738.

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

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