When Margaret Jane Neely was born on 19 September 1849, in Tennessee, United States, her father, James White Neely, was 45 and her mother, Mary Faris, was 29. She married John Frederick Walter on 6 December 1870. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Anna Precinct, Union, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Anna, Union, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 23 June 1937, in Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Anna, Union, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1853: Jackson, Illinois, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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