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Margaret Wells Veal

Birth: 6 Jan 1811
USA
Death: 6 Oct 1854 (aged 43)
Pike County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Hornback Cemetery

El Dara, Pike County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 50724912 View Source

Daughter of Nicholas and Nancy (Sappington) Wells

Married William Veal on 19 January 1828 in Lincoln Co. Missouri

Children:

Mary married Jehu Barnes
Sarah Ann
Jane
Zerilda
Richard Rowe
Temperence Francis
Thomas Fletcher
William Francis Rowe
Martha Matilda
James Wells
Nicholas

Margaret died when her last child Martha was 4 years old. Her husband, William Veal then took his family via New Orleans, Cuba and the Isthmas of Panama to California. He went up into the Petaluma area where he found property. However, after 4 years he decided to return to Illinois. Once there he started failing in health and doctors said that he needed the type of climate that California offered. This time he brought his family back to the Petaluma area by mule and wagon. He left Illinois in April 1865 and arrived in Petaluma in September.

Margaret's siblings:

Jane married William B. Gomer
Sarah "Sally" married John Kerr
Fletcher married Sarah Wiley
Nicholas
Thomas
Mary married D. Garms
Ann
Brown (?)

Daughter of Nicholas and Nancy (Sappington) Wells

Married William Veal on 19 January 1828 in Lincoln Co. Missouri

Children:

Mary married Jehu Barnes
Sarah Ann
Jane
Zerilda
Richard Rowe
Temperence Francis
Thomas Fletcher
William Francis Rowe
Martha Matilda
James Wells
Nicholas

Margaret died when her last child Martha was 4 years old. Her husband, William Veal then took his family via New Orleans, Cuba and the Isthmas of Panama to California. He went up into the Petaluma area where he found property. However, after 4 years he decided to return to Illinois. Once there he started failing in health and doctors said that he needed the type of climate that California offered. This time he brought his family back to the Petaluma area by mule and wagon. He left Illinois in April 1865 and arrived in Petaluma in September.

Margaret's siblings:

Jane married William B. Gomer
Sarah "Sally" married John Kerr
Fletcher married Sarah Wiley
Nicholas
Thomas
Mary married D. Garms
Ann
Brown (?)

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Parents

Spouse

William Veale

1808–1871

Siblings

Children

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50724912/margaret-veal: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Wells Veal (6 Jan 1811–6 Oct 1854), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50724912, citing Hornback Cemetery, El Dara, Pike County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Kay and Mike (contributor 46901741).

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