She vouched that her sister, Mary, was married to John Arthur and
never divorced when Mary applied for a Widow's Pension. Margaret
lived in Rardin, Coles Co, IL, at the time.
Age discrepancy: She said she was 39 in 1896 when she vouched forsist er, Mary Arthur's, marriage. That would make her born in 1857.And the 1 900 census taker recorded her at 50 years old, being born3/1850!