Its Family Time~The Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Deese Newell Family

Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Deese was born between 1858 and 1861, a daughter of Samuel Deese and Sarah Hill. She first appears in the 1870 Census as a 9-year-old child. In 1880 she gave her age, to the Census taker, as being 22 years of age with two living children ages 3 and 1.

About 1875 Margaret, though very young, married Leander Lee Newell. Their first-born child as shown in the 1880 Census was a son, William Alexander Newell, born April 1876.

Leander Lee Newell and Margaret Elizabeth Deese had the following children:
        i.   William A. Newell was born in Apr. 1876.
       ii.   John B. Newell was born on 8 July 1874. He died in 1948 at the age of 74.
      iii.   Albert N. Newell was born on 26 Aug. 1876. He died 15 Dec. 1960 at the age of 84.
       iv.  Henry Lee Newell was born on 11 Sept. 1880. He died in 1953 at the age of 73.
        v.  Thomas James Newell was born in 1885. He died in 1947 at the age of 62.
      vi.   Maggie Annabelle Newell was born in 1890. She died in 1979 at the age of 89.
     vii.   Mary Newell was born in 1892.

Note: Children listed per the census in order of Birth – Certain latitude was taken by some children as to their birth year.

Margaret and her husband had 7 children before she passed away. After the death of Maggie in the late 1890's Leander re-married in Sept 1897 to Bessie Mae Hefner and raised another family of 7 children. Leander was 45 when he married 18-year-old Bessie Mae.

Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Deese is my Great Grand Aunt.

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     1. 1870 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Gulledge, Anson County, North Carolina, Page 337B; Line 15, Dwelling 97, Family 97, Household of  Sam DEES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 29 March 2013); citing National Archive  Microfilm M593, Roll 1122.
     2. 1880 U. S. Census, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, population schedule, Sharon, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 117, Page: 528D(stamped); Line 37, Dwelling 198, Family 200, Household of Leander NEWELL; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 November 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 972.
     3. 1900 U. S. Census,  Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, population schedule, Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0058, , Page: 6/111 (stamped); Line 20, Dwelling 100, Family 107, Household of L. [eander] NEWELL; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 November 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1205.
     4. 1910 U. S. Census, York County, South Carolina, population schedule, Fort Mill, York, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0107, Page: 5B/153 (stamped); Line 56, Dwelling 86, Family 86, Household of Leander NEWELL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 5 November 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm  T624_1468.
     5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  6 November 2018); Memorial page for Leander Newell; (1855–13 July 1937); Find a Grave memorial # 188320012, Citing Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery; Flint Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.