Margaret McKnight

F, #676, b. 8 January 1803, d. 21 July 1838
Father*William B. McKnight b. 1 Mar 1765, d. 8 Aug 1825
Mother*Agnes (Nancy) Robertson b. 3 Apr 1766, d. 22 Jul 1849
Birth*8 January 1803 Margaret McKnight was born on 8 January 1803 at Kentucky.1 
Marriage*1822 She married Jeremiah Ralston in 1822 at Washington Co., Indiana.1,2 
MovedTo*1837 Margaret McKnight and Jeremiah Ralston moved to Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa, in 1837.2 
Death*21 July 1838 Margaret McKnight died on 21 July 1838 at Iowa at age 35.1 
MovedTo10 September 1847 She and Jeremiah Ralston moved to Oregon City, Clackamas Co., Oregon, on 10 September 1847 spring of 1847 .. He bought three wagons, with prairie outfit, and fifteen yoke of cattle, and with his wife and six children started overland to Oregon. They left Burlington on the 1st of March and crossed the Missouri river at St Joseph, MO on 1st of April. A train was then organized consisting of about 45 wagons and 150 people, Albert Davidson, who had crossed the plains in 1845 being elected captain....
     Arriving at the Dalles, they were detained one week because of Indian troubles; crossed the Cascade Mts by the Barlow route; and entered Oregon City 10 Sept 1847.2 

Family

Jeremiah Ralston b. 7 Feb 1798, d. 12 Aug 1877
Last Edited28 Apr 2013

Citations

  1. [S3] Papers the family believes were written by Isadora McKnight (who is in this database), 1938.
  2. [S11] "email from Amy Blakeney to Kathryn Bassett," e-mail message from Amy Blakeney, e-mail address to Kathryn Bassett, July 2012.