Margaret Rebecca Clowney

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ID: I323
Last: Clowney
First: Margaret
Middle: Rebecca
Birth: 23 Apr 1857 at Fairfield County, South Carolina 1
Death: 1 Oct 1918 at South Carolina
Burial: Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield County, South Carolina 2 3
Sex: F
Notes: Name honors paternal grandmother Mary Margaret Spratt; middle name may honor aunt Jemima Rebecca Yongue.

Margaret Rebecca Clowney was one of two children not mentioned by her younger brother, Samuel Thomas Clowney, when he listed his siblings in a 1939 interview for the WPA Federal Writer's Project
(his name was listed as "Sam T. Colin" - - see http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/D?wpa:3:./temp/~ammem_YZpn:)
Sources: 4 5 6
 
Mother: Susannah Elizabeth Yongue b: 25 Oct 1828 d: 10 Dec 1895
Father: Moses Clowney b: 30 Nov 1822 d: 7 Feb 1894
 
Marriage 1   Garner Brice b: BEF 1864 d: UNKNOWN
Wedding: Fairfield County, South Carolina 7
 
 
Sources:
1 Repository:
  --Name: Fairfield Historical Society Museum
  --Address: Fairfield Historical Society
P.O. Box 93
Winnsboro SC 29180
www.rootsweb.com/~scfairfi/scfairfield.htm
Title: Hand written notes by Cleora Clowney Hall
Note: Inverview of Samuel Thomas Clowney (Papa) by his daughter at 1404 College Dr., Columbia, South Carolina.
 
2 Repository:
  --Name: Fairfield Historical Society Museum
  --Address: Fairfield Historical Society
P.O. Box 93
Winnsboro SC 29180
www.rootsweb.com/~scfairfi/scfairfield.htm
Title: Hand written notes by Cleora Clowney Hall
Date: 14 Dec 1935
Note: Inverview of Samuel Thomas Clowney (Papa) by his daughter at 1404 College Dr., Columbia, South Carolina.
Text: Aunt Margaret died in Sou. Car. and was buried a[t] Salem Church.
 
3 Title: Tombstone
Note: Light grey rectangular marker is elegantly carved with lilies and a scroll. Her husband is buried apart, in Texas.
Have photo 0929, Oct 2002.
Tombstone is also transcribed in notes of Cleora Clowney Hall, kept at Fairfield Co. Historical Society, Winnsboro, SC. Parenthetical notes: Papa's sister & dau of Moses & Susannah Clowney. Wife of Garner Brice.
Text: MAMA / Margaret Brice / April 23 1857 / Oct 1 1918
 
4 Repository:
  --Name: Fairfield Historical Society Museum
  --Address: Fairfield Historical Society
P.O. Box 93
Winnsboro SC 29180
www.rootsweb.com/~scfairfi/scfairfield.htm
Title: Hand written notes by Cleora Clowney Hall
Note: Hand written Family Group sheet gives middle name, Rebecca
 
5 Title: 1870 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina
Publication: M593-1496
Note: Online version with index available: ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/sc/fairfield/1870.
Transcribed by Ray Beam and proofread by Jo Beam for the USGenWeb Census Project, http://www.us-census.org/. Copyright 2002 by Ray Beam.
Date: 27 Jun 1870
Page: p. 3-a
Note: HN/FN39, Twp. 1-Winnsboro P.O. Neighbors include Judy Boyle, William Holmes.

Text: HN/FN39
Name Age Sex Col Born Other Occup Real$,Personal$
Moses Clowney 49 M w Ireland 11,12,19 Farmer 360,1405
Susanna " 40 F w SC 11,12 Keeping house
John S. " 17 M w SC 11
Hester J. " 15 F w SC 11
Margaret R." 13 F w SC 11
Robert Y. " 11M w SC 11
Samuel T. " 7 M w SC 11
Mary E. " 4 F w SC 11
11=Father of foreign birth
12=Mother of foreign birth
19=Male citizen of US 21 and up.
 
6 Title: 1880 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina
Publication: Roll T9-1229
Page: p. 45-a
Note: HN400/ FN402, Township 1, ED.67.
Text: HN400/ FN402
Name Reln Mar Sex Col Age Born-Fa-Mo Occupation
Moses CLOWNEY Self Md M w 59 IRE IRE IRE Farmer
Susan CLOWNEY Wife Md F w 51 SC SC SC Keeping House
Margaret R. CLOWNEY Dau Sgl F w 25 SC IRE SC
Robert Y. CLOWNEY Son Sgl M w 21 SC IRE SC Work On Farm
Samuel T. CLOWNEY Son Sgl M w 17 SC IRE SC Work On Farm
Mary E. CLOWNEY Dau Sgl F w 14 SC IRE SC At School
John S. CLOWNEY Son Md M w 27 SC IRE SC Laborer
Alice J. CLOWNEY DauL Md F w 18 SC SC SC Keeping House
James B. CLOWNEY GSon Sgl M w 1 SC SC SC
Hester J. CLOWNEY GDau Sgl F w 2mo SC SC SC
[Adapted from familysearch.org, LDS]
 
7 Repository:
  --Name: Fairfield Historical Society Museum
  --Address: Fairfield Historical Society
P.O. Box 93
Winnsboro SC 29180
www.rootsweb.com/~scfairfi/scfairfield.htm
Title: Hand written notes by Cleora Clowney Hall
Date: 14 Dec 1935
Note: Inverview of Samuel Thomas Clowney (Papa) by his daughter at 1404 College Dr., Columbia, South Carolina.
Text: Margaret Clowney dau of Moses & Susannah Yongue Clowney md. Garner Brice (a bro to Uncle John Clowneys wife, Alice). They lived in Dallas Texas and had only one son Robert Brice. Aunt Margaret died in Sou. Car. and was buried a[t] Salem Church.
 


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