MARGARET SIVILLA WALTZ WHITE 1827-1907

Daughter of William Waltz (1796–1887) and Mary Hauser Waltz (1805–1891)

BIRTH: 3 Aug 1827
Ryans Glades, Allegany County (now Garrett), Maryland

DEATH: 4 August 1907
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland
Died at her home on Oak Street after a long illness and complications from a stroke she suffered the day before her death

BURIAL: 6 Aug 1907
International Order of the Odd Fellows Section (I.O.O.F)
Oakland Cemetery, Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland

Married Rowan White on 9 Apr 1846 at Red House in Allegany County (now Garrett), Maryland. (NOTE: The family Bible of Margaret (Waltz) White s parents, William Waltz and Mary Hauser Waltz, records the marriage date as 16 Apr 1946. However, the Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1667-1899, lists the marriage date as 9 Apr 1846.)

Of this union, twelve children:

1. John F.: b. 1847–
2. James W.: b. 1849; d. 1917
3. George David: b. 6 Aug 1849; d. 4 Dec 1943
4. Mary Elizabeth: b.1852; d. 1903
5. Sarah Catherine: b. 30 Sep 1854; d. 19 May 1939
6. Virginia B "Jennie": b. 7 Jun 1856; d. 14 Apr 1927
7. Perry E.: b. 28 Oct 1859; d. 11 Oct 1936
8. Thomas Rowan: b.1860; d. 1907
9. Charles Edgar: b. 23 Jul 1866; d. 22 Aug 1942
10. Delia Ann: b. 25 Oct 1868; d. 8 Aug 1951
11. Bertha Mary: b.4 Jan 1870; d.
12. Marian Alberta "Bertha": b. 9 Jan 1871; d. 12 Oct 1945

OBITUARY: Kingwood West Virginia Argus (Kingwood, West Virginia), 15 Aug 1907, Page 3

Mrs. Margaret White died at her home in Oakland on Sunday, August 3, after a long illness. On the day preceding her death she suffered a stroke of paralysis. She was buried in the Oakland cemetery Tuesday afternoon after services conducted in the M. E. church by Rev. J. B. Workman.

Mrs. White was 80 years of age the day before her death. She was the widow of Rowan White, who died in April 1904. They were married at Red House in April 1846, and the union was blessed by ten children. Thomas R. Died at Piedmont last June. The other children are John A., James W., Charles, Misses Sarah and Bertha, Mrs. Delia Slabaugh, all of Oakland, Perry of Davis, and Mrs. Jennie White, of Kingwood. The deceased was the grandmother of thirty children. (Transcribed by Ronn E. Friend, 3X great-nephew)