Re: Margaret Elizabeth Overshiner b. 1835
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Re: Margaret Elizabeth Overshiner b. 1835
Rita Ellis 7/06/99
I am a direct descendant of Margaret Overshiner.According to family records Margaret was bornApril 6, 1803 in Staunton Agusta VA. She died May 18, 1897 in Monroe/Brown Co Indiana.She was the daughter of Peter Overshiner and Anna Smeldtzin.On June 18, 1822 she married
William Riley Chandler Jr. in Salem, Washington Co. Indiana. Wm Chandler Jr. was born 1798 in NC and died May of 1880.
William and Margaret had 9 children. 5 boys and 4 girls. Andrew Jackson Chandler was oldest In 1850 60 70 William Riley Chandler Jr was living with his son, Silas Grantham Chandler in Salt Creek Twnsp of Monroe Co Indiana.In the 1880 Margaret was listed as Mother-in-Law of household of Issac Sherril and his wife Catherine Chandler Sherrill in Johnson Twnsp of Brown County Indiana