Margaret Haycraft

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Haycraft was born about 1836, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States, her father, James W. Haycraft, was 45 and her mother, Mary Polly Maiden Rennie, was 35. She married Dorsey B. Stone on 20 April 1854, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 30 March 1923, in Leitchfield, Grayson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Dorsey B. Stone
1835–1919
Margaret Haycraft
about 1836–1923
Marriage: 20 April 1854
Sarah Jane Stone
1855–1913
Artis Ann Stone
about 1869–
Mary L. Stone
1857–
Hosea T Stone
1859–1870
Nancy Paradine Stone
1861–1900
Laura B. Stone
1864–1902
Dorsey Owen Stone
1866–1935
Daniel Stone
about 1869–1952

Sources (16)

  • Margaret Stone in household of Dassey L Stone, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Haycraft - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1836; Grayson, Kentucky, United States
  • Margaret Haycraft, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979"

World Events (8)

about 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.

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for a dweller ‘(by the) hay croft’, from Middle English hai, hei ‘hay’ (Old English hēg) + croft ‘croft, field attached to a house, paddock’.

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

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