Margaret Carson Clark was the mother of Mary Ann Clark Carson, who was the mother of Andrew Jackson Carson, who was the father of Mary E. Carson Wyant, who was my grandmother Bessie Ethel Wyant’s mother.
She was born about 1798 in North Carolina. Scott Carson says she was born in Lincoln County.
She died before 1860 per census records. Scott Carson says this was in Marion County, Illinois.
Her parents were John Carson (1769-1839) who is documented by various legal papers, and Jane Wilson (1767-1840).
She married William Clark on June 8, 1819.
Her third of 8 recorded children, Mary Ann Clark, was born about 1825.
Husband William Clark died on Muly 29, 1845 in Bond County, Illinois.
In the 1850 census for Bond County, Illinois, we see:
Margaret Clark 52, a widow, born in North Carolina.
George 18, a farmer
William 16
She died prior to the 1860 census and probably before an 1855 state census.
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