Daughter of Moses and Matilda Mary Coleman Raymer of Iredell, North Carolina.
Sister of: Soloman Willie, Jacob Nathaniel, Elizabeth Matilda, Sara Catherine, James
Michael, John Theophilus, Charles Augustus, and Mary Jane.
Wife of Thomas N. Puntch (Punch) of Iredell, North Carolina; married 1 Dec. 1853.
They were the parents of:
James A. Mcf.
John M. (Roxie Brown)
Henry Willam N. (Agnes Jowell)
Robert S. (Margaret E. White)
Rebecca M. (Reese E. Troutman)
Mary Jane (Charles Jowell)
Emma (Sidney J. Tranthem)
Sara Adelia (Charles W. Nichols)

Obituary from Landmark, The (Statesville, North Carolina)
1905 October 10 Page 3 2nd Column
News was received here a few days ago of the death of Mrs. Margaret Punch, at her home in Jacksonville, Texas, Sept. 26, 1905. Mrs. Punch was the widow of the late T. N. Punch and lived in Concord church neighborhood before she went to Texas about 17 years ago.

Obituary from Landmark, The (Statesville, North Carolina)
October 13, 1905 Page 3
Mrs. Margaret Punch, whose death at her home at Jacksonville, Texas, was mentioned in the last issue of THE LANDMARK, was a sister of Mr. John T. Raymer of Statesville and of Mrs. E. D. Fry, Mrs. Sherrill and Mrs. Brady of Shiloh Township.

Obituary from Landmark, The (Statesville, North Carolina)
October 17, 1905 Page l Column 3
Death of an Aged Iredell Lady in Texas
Correspondence of The Landmark
Mrs. Margaret E. Puntch, our dearly beloved grandmother, departed this life September 26, 1905, to meet her loved ones that have gone before.
Grandmother was born in Rowan county, North Carolina, November 24, 1833. She was married to Thomas N. Puntch December 1, 1853. Their union was blessed with nine children, five sons and four daughters, of which one son and three daughters are left to mourn her departure. She was left a widow July 20, 1888, and came to Texas with her children in January, 1889. After Grandfatehr Puntch's death she made her home with her children and at the time of her death she was with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Troutman, at Jacksonville, Texas.
Her Christian experience began in her thorough regeneration in her early girlhood. She first jouned the Evangelical Lutherans. Soon after her marriage she went with her husband to the Presbyterians and held an unbroken
fealty to her Christian experience to the moment of her departure. Grandmother was truly a Christian woman, often being heard to say she was ready for the summons. She tried to instruct those about her and prayed for all, and especially her own. In the absence of her pastor the services were conducted by Revs. Downs and Parks, who read from Psalms 46:1-5, 91:1-9, and sang hymns, "Asleep in Jesus" and "Rock of Ages." Grandmother left two brothers -John T. Raymer, of Statesville, N.C. and J. Nat Raymer, of Rusk, Texas; three sisters and one sister-in-law - Mrs. Bettie Brady, Mrs. Sarah Sherrill, Mrs. Mary Fry, and Mrs. Laura Raymer, all of whom live in Shiloh township, Iredell County, N.C. One son, three daughters and 22 grandchildren also survive with many friends to mourn her departure. In her last days she suffered much, yet it was all borne with patience and without a murmur. She has left us and gone before. Her place at church and home is vacant now.
May we ever live so as to follow her through the pearly gates into the New Jerusalem.
Her Granddaughter, Jacksonville, Texas


1900 census - Margaret is listed as a
Photograper with daughter, Adelia. Daughter,
Mary and her husband, Charles Jowell and family lived with them in Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas.




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