Margaret Edwards

Margaret Edwards (Beall)

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Born circa 1754 the daughter of Ninian Beall, Margaret Beall married Benjamin Edwards circa 1774. In her girlhood days, she was known as the "Beauty of Montgomery." She was also a descendant of General Ninian Beall of the Colonial Wars.

Journal of the Illinois State Historical... Vol. 9, No. 3, Oct., 1916 Benjamin Edwards: the...Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 1908-1984)

From her husband's obituary:

Never will he [Benjamin Edwards] be forgotten by the grateful heart from which this humble tribute flows; nor the excellent woman who was the fit and happy counterpart of so extraordinary a man. They were both an honor to their species, ornaments to the church to which they belong, and are now among those sprits of the blessed who surround the throne on high. William Wirt Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984), p 283

For additional information on the Edwards family, see: History of Illinois, from 1778 to 1833: and Life and Times of Ninian Edwards by his son, Ninian W. Edwards, published 1870