Margaret Burrows ^{1 2 3 4}

   Other names for Margaret were Maggie Burrows and Burrows Marguerette.

  General Notes:

Note from DeWayne B. Johnson on family tree from around 1998:
"(DBJ's sister, Dorothy Peters, was under the impression that Margaret was a cousin of Samuel Clemens' [Mark Twain's mother or one of his sisters.]

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Grandson DeWayne B. Johnson wrote about Grandmother Talbot (Margaret Burrows Talbot) thus on 8/17/1986:

"My vague recollection, substantiated by I know not what, is that on one occasion when my family was visiting the ranch [in North Platte, Nebraska] Grandmother Talbot and I got mired in quick sand and she held me aloft as we sank into the gooey substance. needless to say, we were rescued, or I wouldn't be able to write this way to you today.

"Folklore has it also that she was gifted by remarkable superhuman strength on an occasion when a wagon collapsed on one of her sons and she lifted the entire load by the wagon axle until he could be pulled free. An impossible task under ordinary circumstances.

"I remember the smells of her farm kitchen and helping with the churning of butter. We trimmed the wicks of the kerosene lanterns. A small kitchen garden seemed always to be producing some good things to eat. I don't remember her passing."
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  Research Notes:

From FamilySearch.org
1880 U.S. census, born in Illinois; parents born in Ireland.

Based on that 1880 information, she is probably the 12-year-old Margaret Burrows who is in the 1870 census in Duncan, Mercer, Illinois with her parents and siblings. If that is the case, her parents were John and Martha Burrows, both born in Ireland.

  Burial Notes:

Talbot, Margaret B., b11-8-1857; d12-10-1935

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census, 7 Jun 1870, Duncan, Mercer, Illinois, United States. Burrows John 41 M W Farmer b. Ireland U.S. citizen - Value of real estate owned $2500; value of personal property $975.
Martha 40 F W. Keeping House b. Ireland
Samuel 14 M W. b. Pennsylvania, in school
Margaret 12 F W. b. Illinois, in school
Martha 8 F W. b. Illinois, in school
Jane 6 F W. b. Illinois, in school
Andrew 2 M W. b. Illinois
Sophronia 1/12 F. W. b. Illinois

• Census, 1880, Duncan, Mercer, Illinois, United States.

• Census, 12 Jun 1900, Pleasant Home Precinct, Polk, Nebraska, United States. Maggie Talbot Wife W F b. Nov 1857 Illinois 42 Married 24 Parents born Ireland

Margaret married Absolom Owen Talbot Jr., son of Absolom Owen Talbot and Gooly Elmus Biddle, on 4 Jul 1875. (Absolom Owen Talbot Jr. was born on 28 Jan 1852 in Washington, Ohio, United States, died on 2 Mar 1925 in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States and was buried on 5 Mar 1925 in Polk Cemetery, Polk, Nebraska, United States ^{7 8}.)