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Margaret Shepherd Wishart Miller

Birth	:	7 Nov 1836 Macduff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death	:	15 Jun 1921 Pawnee City, Pawnee County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Union Chapel, Combe Down, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, England
Coordinate	:	51.3594751, -2.3443662
Plot	:	Orig. 92 1/2- 1
Description	:	Married to George Wishart Miller Jan. 19, 1872 in Scotland. (Posted courtesy of the Table Rock Historical Society.) Table Rock Argus, July 1, 1921. Mrs. Margaret Miller. Mrs. Margaret Miller died at her home in Pawnee City, Nebraska, June 15, 1921. She was born and grew to womanhood in Scotland, where she was married to G. Wishart Miller in 1872. They came to Pawnee county in the summer of 1874. They bought a farm near Pawnee City and at once identified themselves with the United Presbyterian church. To them were born three children: Mary Elizabeth McQuiston, of Scotch Ridge, Ohio; Margaret, who died in... Read More	Married to George Wishart Miller Jan. 19, 1872 in Scotland. (Posted courtesy of the Table Rock Historical Society.) Table Rock Argus, July 1, 1921. Mrs. Margaret Miller. Mrs. Margaret Miller died at her home in Pawnee City, Nebraska, June 15, 1921. She was born and grew to womanhood in Scotland, where she was married to G. Wishart Miller in 1872. They came to Pawnee county in the summer of 1874. They bought a farm near Pawnee City and at once identified themselves with the United Presbyterian church. To them were born three children: Mary Elizabeth McQuiston, of Scotch Ridge, Ohio; Margaret, who died in infancy, and George McCready Miller, on the old home farm. Her husband, two children and two grandchildren, Margaret Agnes and Dorothy Dinsmore McQuiston, remain to mourn her loss. It was her request that nothing personal be said about her, only that she trusted in her Savior since she was a little girl and He has never failed her. The funeral services were conducted at the home Saturday afternoon by Rev. W. R. Gray of Summerfield and interment was made in the Pawnee City cemetery.-Pawnee Republican *********************************************************** The headstone for Margaret has long been a source of amusement to descendant researchers and family historians. Margaret’s baptism record was found in the 1970s, along with those of her siblings, with the Wishart children born in MacDuff, Aberdeenshire and births registered in the parish of Gamrie, Banffshire. Margaret was born 7 November 1836; several years older than her husband, her age appears in census records as younger than truthful, and having married late in life the supposition is that she claimed a younger age. Her children and grandchildren likely believed she was born in 1841 and so inscribed it on her headstone. Margaret was baptized simply as “Margaret Wishart” and added the middle name of Shepherd later in life. She and George Miller were first cousins, his mother was Mary Wishart, sister of William Lindsay Wishart, Margaret’s father. Margaret and George were married on 19 January 1872 in Arbroath, Angus co, Scotland. They had three children: Mary Elizabeth (who was one of the earliest sources for the first compiled Wishart and Miller family genealogy), Margaret, and George McCready. The Millers emigrated to Nebraska in 1874, probably entering the US through Canada, and settled in Pawnee County. (Thanks goes to Lisa Stalnaker for this information!)

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Margaret Shepherd Wishart Miller death on 15 Jun 1921 in Pawnee City, Pawnee County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 51.3594751
Longitude: -2.3443662

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

George Wishart Miller

(1843 - 1925)

Siblings

Mary Wishart Taylor

(1831 - 1870)

Helen Slater “Nellie” Wishart Andrews

(1839 - 1916)

Children

Margaret Miller

(1877 - 1878)

George McCready Miller

(1879 - 1957)

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Coordinate: 51.3594751, -2.3443662

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