Margaret SMITH

Abt 1797 - 1860  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Margaret SMITH
  Born	Abt 1797	Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	1860	Dodge County, Minnesota
  Person ID	I3556	Main
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2003

  
  

  Family	William TILDEN,   b. 22 Feb 1800, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut ,   d. 15 Oct 1872, Washington, Le Sueur, Minnesota  (Age 72 years)
  Married	Bef 1819	Dodge County, Minnesota
  Children	+ 1. John F. TILDEN,   b. 25 Feb 1813, Thetford Center, Orange, Vermont ,   d. 1 Apr 1887  (Age 74 years) + 2. William Ebenezer TILDEN,   b. 10 Apr 1826, Ohio, USA ,   d. 1 Mar 1886, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, S Dakota  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2019
  Family ID	F2467	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Notes for Margaret Smith: Also see notes for Sally/Sarah H atch). Joan believes Margaret was William's first wife. She is buried in Dodge Co. MN (from Minnesota death record book @ MN Genealogical Society) and must have come with him from Indiana as did most of the children (see Elbert Tilden "History of Dodge County", appended). Nothing else is known about Margaret at this time. (Joan has never found her in census records in Ohio, Indiana or Mi nnesota). In Etta's diaries she once said her grandmother (who would be Mary T ilden Wright) was born in Pennsylvania, I think she means her great-grandmother (Margaret Smith). 1999 update: Joan received a copy of HISTORY OF CONCORD 1 854-1994 from Neil Wheeler a resident of West Concord, MN. (His name was given to Joan the secretary at the Baptist church in West Concord). This booklet (u npublished) was originated by Flossie Embury in 1954. The first settlers to Do dge County apparently came in 1854 and founded Mantorville (County Seat). Fift een of this original group moved on to (what is now) Concord and built a log h ouse for James M. Sumner, the first permanent dwelling in Dodge County. Refere nce is made to a book, THE HISTORY OF DODGE COUNTY, MINNESOTA, published in 18 84 and written by H.A. Smith. Mr. Smith's father, A.N. Smith was one of the wa gon train members. The Smiths' and other members of this group came from New Y ork and Pennsylvania and had been gradually moving westward. Is it possible th at Margaret Smith is related to these Smith's and part of the reason the Tilde n's came to Dodge County? (see note above on birthplace of Margaret). Addition al information from this booklet is in the appendage of this history. Margaret Smith is listed in the MN 1860 death records (Dodge County).