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Margaret K. “Peggy” <I>Spicer</I> Mapes

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Margaret K. “Peggy” Spicer Mapes

Birth
Muskingum County, Ohio, USA
Death
25 Feb 1845 (aged 48–49)
Burial
Adamsville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Wife of William Mapes.

Excerpt from the Spicer Genealogy, page 372: Margaret, m. William Mapes; they r. in the Eastern part of Adamsville Township, Ohio, for a time, then removed to Symes Creek where he erected and operated for many years, the Mapes Mill; while living in Adamsville Township, Mrs. Mapes used to ride on horseback over to Wakatomika Creek to visit her brother along an Indian trail. It was a lonesome ride, and besides her child, she carried a gun. One of the early settlers some twenty years ago, said she was the first white woman he say in the township as she one day passed near the Denison house near the trail, his home.
Wife of William Mapes.

Excerpt from the Spicer Genealogy, page 372: Margaret, m. William Mapes; they r. in the Eastern part of Adamsville Township, Ohio, for a time, then removed to Symes Creek where he erected and operated for many years, the Mapes Mill; while living in Adamsville Township, Mrs. Mapes used to ride on horseback over to Wakatomika Creek to visit her brother along an Indian trail. It was a lonesome ride, and besides her child, she carried a gun. One of the early settlers some twenty years ago, said she was the first white woman he say in the township as she one day passed near the Denison house near the trail, his home.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25970384/margaret_k-mapes: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret K. “Peggy” Spicer Mapes (1796–25 Feb 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25970384, citing Adamsville Baptist Cemetery, Adamsville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Airrow (contributor 46629499).