Margaret Robinson Wilson 1 2 3 4
- Born: Abt 1817, Kentucky 4
- Marriage (1): Anderson
- Marriage (2): Alfred George about 1846
- Died: 9 Oct 1871, Denver, Colorado Territory about age 54 4
- Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado 4
General Notes:
She was a native of Kentucky, who settled in Missouri when young. Information from a biography of her son, Alfred George.
George, Alfred, 1905 Bio, Garfield County, Colorado
http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/garfield/bio/georgea.txt
Donated March 2001
Transcribed by Judy Crook <[email protected]> from the book:
Progressive Men of Western Colorado
Published 1905, A.W. Bowen & Co., Chicago, Ill.
At the time of the 1850 census, Margaret was listed with Alfred George and ten children, many of whom were too old to be hers. She was 33 and the oldest child was 24. At the time of the 1860 census, Margaret was running a boarding house in Callaway County, Missouri. John Anderson, shown as 7 in 1850, was now listed as 14. He was a student. Pauline Wilson 60 and John Wilson 32, both born in Kentucky, were listed with the family. At the time of the 1870 census, she was living in Denver, Colorado, with her daughter Anna and husband Jasper Sears.
Source: Compilation prepared by Gene Homer George
October 20, 1863 in Fulton, Calloway County, Missouri, Margaret filed Petition for Partition on the will of the late Alfred George. She then came to Colorado with her son John Anderson, son and daughter Alfred and Annie Love George, and two Negro females (names unknown but age old). Traveling with them also was Jack Wiley, referred to as Uncle Jack, but no family connection has been found. They entered Colorado Territory making their first stop at Canon City where they stayed for a few years before moving to Denver. Margaret died there and the Rocky Mountain News, October 10, 1871, notes funeral services for Margaret George were held from the home of J. P. Sears on Champa Street.
She was buried in Pioneer Cemetery which is now the site of Denver Botanical Garden. When the land was converted to the gardens, her remains were moved to Riverside Cemetery. 4
Margaret married Anderson. (Anderson was born about 1815.)
Margaret next married Alfred George, son of James George and Elizabeth Robertson, about 1846. (Alfred George was born on 12 Dec 1801 in Kentucky,4 died on 16 Dec 1857 in Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri 4 and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri 4.)
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