Margaret S. Clowney

Margaret S. Clowney

ID:	I714
Last:	Clowney
First:	Margaret
Middle:	S.
Birth:	21 Nov 1854 at Fairfield Co., South Carolina
Death:	20 Jun 1870 at Fairfield Co., South Carolina
Burial:	Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield County, South Carolina ¹
Sex:	F
Sources:	² ³

Mother:	Jennette Stevenson b: 1 Dec 1828 d: 22 Mar 1855
Father:	Joseph Clowney b: Nov 1818 d: May 1865

Sources:
1	Title: Tombstone Note: Tall white stone with rounded top and carved emblem of drooping rose. It stands next to tombstone of her mother, Jennette (Stevenson) Clowney. Have photo 0946, Oct 2002. Inscription is very significant - - it links together her father Joseph Clowney and mother Jennette Stevenson, and names her grandparents. Text: Sacred / to the memory of / Margaret S. / Daughter of / Joseph & Jennette / Clowney / and Granddaughter of / Samuel H. and Cynthia / Stevenson / Born Nov 21st, 1854 / Died June 20th, 1870 / As the sweet flower that scents / the morn / But withers in the rising day / Thus lovely was this maiden's / dawn / Thus swiftly fled her life away.

2	Repository: --Name: South Carolina Department of Archives and History --Address: 1430 Senate St., P.O. Box 11,669, Columbia, SC 29211 --Phone: (803) 734-8577 Title: Robert Coleman Family: From Virginia to Texas 1652-1965 Author: Coleman, James P., with the assistance of many others Publication: Privately published by James P. Coleman, Ackerman, Mississippi, 1965; mfg. by Kingsport Press, Inc., Kingsport TN, 451 pp Note: Also available on internet through: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nansemondcolemans/ Page: p. 330 Text: Jennie Stevenson married to Joseph Clowney, December 7, 1848, by Rev. James Boyce. Had 3 daughters: Fannie, Cynthia, Margaret. The two last died of consumption when young, as did the mother.

3	Title: 1860 U.S. Census, Fairfield Co., South Carolina Publication: Roll M653-1219 Note: Online version with index available: ftp://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/sc/fairfield/1860. 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: 15 Oct 1860 Page: p. 154 Note: Margaret S. Clowney, age 6, in HN/FN 1334 of W.J. Clowney. Her mother died in 1855; she is lving with her father Joseph Clowney age 42 and her step-mother, Henrietta W. Aiken age 23, and other siblings.