Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Leffel was born on 18 June 1801, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States, her father, John Leffel, was 48 and her mother, Anna 'Margaret' ABENDSCHON, was 41. She married William Arthur Callison on 3 September 1818, in Pike Township, Clark, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 September 1849, in Clark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Callison Cemetery, Cedar Hills, Clark, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Margaret Leffle, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Margaret Leffel Callison, "Find A Grave Index"
- Margaret Callison, "United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969"
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1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
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
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of spoons, Middle High German leffel, Yiddish lefl ‘spoon’.
Altered form of German Löffel, see Loeffel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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