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Margaret Wells Forbes Wamsley Callendar

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Ohio, USA
Death
1909 (aged 86–87)
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Margaret married when she was 17, in Clarno Green, Wisconsin in 1839, Jan 27 to First husband Simeon Brooks Forbes, they lived on a farm and sold a good deal of produce, milk, butter and cream. Her husband enlisted in the Civil War, and was later given an invalid's dismissal. So he joined another unit 2 months later. He died of wounds or illness contracted in the war in 1862. They had been married 23 years, and she was carrying another baby. In 1865, the Widow Forbes married Mr. Wamsley and they had a son named John. Mr. Wamsley died after they had been married 11 years. In 1878, the 57 year old Widow Wamsley married a Mr. Callendar. They were married 8 years before he also preceded her in death. Margaret Wells Forbes Wamsley Callendar, ever the survivor, lived until 1910 when she passed away at the age of 89.
Her children were: Sarah Jane Forbes 1839–1934
Margaret Samantha Forbes 1843–1935
Eliza Ann Forbes Burgett Wise Guffey 1848–1932
Charles William Robinson Forbes 1850–1936
Mariah Louisa Forbes Perry Tinsley Day 1852–
Josephine Lemon Forbes Marshall Waterbury 1854–1927
Mary Ellen Forbes 1855–1875
Agnes Bethena Forbes 1857–1862
Florence Bell Wells Archer 1862–1937
C.W. Forbes died in Civil War in 1862.
Then Margaret married in 1865 in Floyd Co, Iowa to
Second husband Christopher Wamsley 1798-1876
and had son John F. Wamsley (1868-)
She lastly married in 1878 to
Third husband William D. Callendar 1812-1886
It is thought she is buried in Nora Springs, Iowa.
Margaret married when she was 17, in Clarno Green, Wisconsin in 1839, Jan 27 to First husband Simeon Brooks Forbes, they lived on a farm and sold a good deal of produce, milk, butter and cream. Her husband enlisted in the Civil War, and was later given an invalid's dismissal. So he joined another unit 2 months later. He died of wounds or illness contracted in the war in 1862. They had been married 23 years, and she was carrying another baby. In 1865, the Widow Forbes married Mr. Wamsley and they had a son named John. Mr. Wamsley died after they had been married 11 years. In 1878, the 57 year old Widow Wamsley married a Mr. Callendar. They were married 8 years before he also preceded her in death. Margaret Wells Forbes Wamsley Callendar, ever the survivor, lived until 1910 when she passed away at the age of 89.
Her children were: Sarah Jane Forbes 1839–1934
Margaret Samantha Forbes 1843–1935
Eliza Ann Forbes Burgett Wise Guffey 1848–1932
Charles William Robinson Forbes 1850–1936
Mariah Louisa Forbes Perry Tinsley Day 1852–
Josephine Lemon Forbes Marshall Waterbury 1854–1927
Mary Ellen Forbes 1855–1875
Agnes Bethena Forbes 1857–1862
Florence Bell Wells Archer 1862–1937
C.W. Forbes died in Civil War in 1862.
Then Margaret married in 1865 in Floyd Co, Iowa to
Second husband Christopher Wamsley 1798-1876
and had son John F. Wamsley (1868-)
She lastly married in 1878 to
Third husband William D. Callendar 1812-1886
It is thought she is buried in Nora Springs, Iowa.

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