John was born and raised at the family farm at “The Ridge”, which is in the National Register of Historic Places. He was one of ten children. His father died when he was eleven.
In an article he wrote on his father, Dr. William Bowie Magruder, in the 1912 American Clan Gregor Society yearbook, Dr. William Edward Magruder wrote:
One of her sons (John, who remained on the farm) while a boy made extra money by breaking steers and selling them. On one occasion he wished to take a girl friend out sleighing, but his mother was not willing to have him use her horses. He hitched up a quick stepping ox that he had trained and later in the evening drove up to his home, ¯The Ridge, with the young lady who paid a call on his mother. After that he had a horse when he wanted it.
Dec. 3, 1833 in Montgomery Co, MD John Willson Magruder married Caroline Minerva Bradley (1812-1862), daughter of Abraham Bradley IV (1767-1838) and Hannah Smith (1770-1835). The Magruders had seven children: Zadock (1834-1896), Hannah Smith (1837-1913), Julia Bradley (1838- aft 1900), John Willson, Jr. (1840-1880), Emily (1843-1874), Henry Bradley (1846-1909) and Caroline Minerva (1848-1919).
From 1833 until 1848 John bought out the other nine heirs making him the sole owner of the Ridge. He died intestate in 1849, after which the property was devised to his widow and minor children. Since he lived there at the time he died it is likely he was buried in the family graveyard on the property.
In an article he wrote on his father, Dr. William Bowie Magruder, in the 1912 American Clan Gregor Society yearbook, Dr. William Edward Magruder wrote:
One of her sons (John, who remained on the farm) while a boy made extra money by breaking steers and selling them. On one occasion he wished to take a girl friend out sleighing, but his mother was not willing to have him use her horses. He hitched up a quick stepping ox that he had trained and later in the evening drove up to his home, ¯The Ridge, with the young lady who paid a call on his mother. After that he had a horse when he wanted it.
Dec. 3, 1833 in Montgomery Co, MD John Willson Magruder married Caroline Minerva Bradley (1812-1862), daughter of Abraham Bradley IV (1767-1838) and Hannah Smith (1770-1835). The Magruders had seven children: Zadock (1834-1896), Hannah Smith (1837-1913), Julia Bradley (1838- aft 1900), John Willson, Jr. (1840-1880), Emily (1843-1874), Henry Bradley (1846-1909) and Caroline Minerva (1848-1919).
From 1833 until 1848 John bought out the other nine heirs making him the sole owner of the Ridge. He died intestate in 1849, after which the property was devised to his widow and minor children. Since he lived there at the time he died it is likely he was buried in the family graveyard on the property.
John was born and raised at the family farm at “The Ridge”, which is in the National Register of Historic Places. He was one of ten children. His father died when he was eleven.
In an article he wrote on his father, Dr. William Bowie Magruder, in the 1912 American Clan Gregor Society yearbook, Dr. William Edward Magruder wrote:
One of her sons (John, who remained on the farm) while a boy made extra money by breaking steers and selling them. On one occasion he wished to take a girl friend out sleighing, but his mother was not willing to have him use her horses. He hitched up a quick stepping ox that he had trained and later in the evening drove up to his home, ¯The Ridge, with the young lady who paid a call on his mother. After that he had a horse when he wanted it.
Dec. 3, 1833 in Montgomery Co, MD John Willson Magruder married Caroline Minerva Bradley (1812-1862), daughter of Abraham Bradley IV (1767-1838) and Hannah Smith (1770-1835). The Magruders had seven children: Zadock (1834-1896), Hannah Smith (1837-1913), Julia Bradley (1838- aft 1900), John Willson, Jr. (1840-1880), Emily (1843-1874), Henry Bradley (1846-1909) and Caroline Minerva (1848-1919).
From 1833 until 1848 John bought out the other nine heirs making him the sole owner of the Ridge. He died intestate in 1849, after which the property was devised to his widow and minor children. Since he lived there at the time he died it is likely he was buried in the family graveyard on the property.
In an article he wrote on his father, Dr. William Bowie Magruder, in the 1912 American Clan Gregor Society yearbook, Dr. William Edward Magruder wrote:
One of her sons (John, who remained on the farm) while a boy made extra money by breaking steers and selling them. On one occasion he wished to take a girl friend out sleighing, but his mother was not willing to have him use her horses. He hitched up a quick stepping ox that he had trained and later in the evening drove up to his home, ¯The Ridge, with the young lady who paid a call on his mother. After that he had a horse when he wanted it.
Dec. 3, 1833 in Montgomery Co, MD John Willson Magruder married Caroline Minerva Bradley (1812-1862), daughter of Abraham Bradley IV (1767-1838) and Hannah Smith (1770-1835). The Magruders had seven children: Zadock (1834-1896), Hannah Smith (1837-1913), Julia Bradley (1838- aft 1900), John Willson, Jr. (1840-1880), Emily (1843-1874), Henry Bradley (1846-1909) and Caroline Minerva (1848-1919).
From 1833 until 1848 John bought out the other nine heirs making him the sole owner of the Ridge. He died intestate in 1849, after which the property was devised to his widow and minor children. Since he lived there at the time he died it is likely he was buried in the family graveyard on the property.
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