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Margaret Carr Roberts Ellington

Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death
11 Mar 1985 (aged 87)
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Margaret Carr Roberts was a daughter of Arthur Carr Roberts and his wife Flora Lucia Smith, of Washington, DC. She married Kenneth Raynor Ellington in 1920 in Asheville, NC. He was a son of Jesse Thompson Ellington & his wife Sallie Williamson, of Clayton, Johnston County, NC.

Mr. Ellington, along with his brother, Douglas D. Ellington, had an architectural office in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in 1920. In 1926, they moved the office to Asheville, NC, where Mr. Douglas Ellington designed a number of amazing buildings through the 1920s.

In 1926, the Ellington brothers began construction of a charming home in Chunn's Cove near Asheville, using left over materials from their building projects. This is one of the most charming homes I've ever seen, and was later lived in by Kenneth Ellington's daughter, the famed wildlife artist Sallie Ellington Middleton.

The family appears to have moved to Washington, DC in the 1930s, and to Charleston, SC in 1937, but they maintained a summer home at Chunn's Cove.

Margaret Roberts and Kenneth Ellington had four children, an infant daughter, born & died in 1921, Sallie Williamson Ellington (1926-2009, Mrs. G. A. Middleton), Martha Tucker Ellington (1927-1992, Mrs. Thomas Pettigrew) and Dr. Eric Edward Ellington (1934-1972, m. Ann Morton).
Margaret Carr Roberts was a daughter of Arthur Carr Roberts and his wife Flora Lucia Smith, of Washington, DC. She married Kenneth Raynor Ellington in 1920 in Asheville, NC. He was a son of Jesse Thompson Ellington & his wife Sallie Williamson, of Clayton, Johnston County, NC.

Mr. Ellington, along with his brother, Douglas D. Ellington, had an architectural office in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in 1920. In 1926, they moved the office to Asheville, NC, where Mr. Douglas Ellington designed a number of amazing buildings through the 1920s.

In 1926, the Ellington brothers began construction of a charming home in Chunn's Cove near Asheville, using left over materials from their building projects. This is one of the most charming homes I've ever seen, and was later lived in by Kenneth Ellington's daughter, the famed wildlife artist Sallie Ellington Middleton.

The family appears to have moved to Washington, DC in the 1930s, and to Charleston, SC in 1937, but they maintained a summer home at Chunn's Cove.

Margaret Roberts and Kenneth Ellington had four children, an infant daughter, born & died in 1921, Sallie Williamson Ellington (1926-2009, Mrs. G. A. Middleton), Martha Tucker Ellington (1927-1992, Mrs. Thomas Pettigrew) and Dr. Eric Edward Ellington (1934-1972, m. Ann Morton).


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