1805 - 1878
North Carolina - Indiana
There are three reasons for suspecting Margaret is related to our Amelia and Rebecca Hudson. First, she is not a child of Isaac Hudson - she is one of the few unconnected Hudsons in Warrick County in the early 1800s. Second, her possible sister Rebecca named a son after her (Margaret's) husband. Third, her dates and locations match up with the others'. It's pretty thin, I know.
She was born in North Carolina on October 6, 1805. The birth place comes from the 1850 census; the birth date comes from her tombstone, which lists death date and age in years-months-days. There are places on the Internet that will do the calculation for you, and October 6 is what came up.
Her possible sisters, Amelia and Rebecca, both married in Butler County, Kentucky in 1816. Amelia and husband moved on to western Kentucky; Rebecca and husband moved north to Warrick County, Indiana and were there for the 1820 census. It is possible that Margaret was living with her sister then.
1820 Warrick 162 Campbell - Shroads, Frances 310010//01100
m under 10 1810-20 Hudson McDonald 1817
m under 10 1810-20 Isaac Heron 1819
m under 10 1810-20 Henry 1820
m 10-16 1804-10 A possibly Henry(who appears 1830)? possible nephew?
f 10-16 1804-10 a not d/o Rebecca -> possibly Elizabeth S m Miles Hart 1822?
possibly Margaret Hudson???
m 26-45 1775-1794 Francis 1787
f 26-45 1775-1794 Rebecca Hudson 1797
She married Ezekiel Perigo on March 7, 1822 in Warrick County, Indiana. She was 17, he was 20.
Hudson, Margaret - Ezekiel Perigo - Jos. Williams - 7 Mar 1822
Warrick County Marriage Book B, p. 5
As far as I can tell, they had only one child, a son, Romeo, born about 1824.
Ezekiel's father was also a Romeo. The older Romeo lived in Ohio County, Kentucky (the next county to Butler, where the Hudson women were married) - he
was on the tax list of 1800 and the census of 1810.
1810 - Ohio Co, Ky - Roll 8, Bk 1
p. 73 - Romeo Perigo 21010//00110
Ezekiel could have been one of the males under 10
Much of the population of Ohio County moved to Warrick County between 1810 and 1820, and Romeo did too.
1820 - Warrick Co, Ind
p. 29 Perigo, Romeo 010110//0001
Ezekiel could have been the second youngest male (16-26)
Ezekiel, Margaret and young Romeo are on the 1830 and 1840 censuses:
1830 Warrick - Perigo, Ezekiel 01001//1 f 20-30
m. 5-10 (1820-25) Romey 1824
m. 20-30 (1800-10) Ezekiel 1802
f. 20-30 (1800-10) Margaret Hudson 1806
1840 Warrick - Perigo, Ezekiel 000101//000001 Boonville
m 15-20 (1820-25) Romey 1824
m 30-40 (1800-10) Ezekiel 1802
f. 30-40 (1800-10) Margaret 1806
In 1850 they had two young women living with them also, but I am not sure what, if any, relationship existed.
1850 Warrick Boon 72
Perigo, Ezekiel 48 m farmer Ky
Pegga 44 f NC
Romey 26 m IN
Williams, Pauline 11 f In
Polk, Harriett 17 f In
(I suspect Margaret's mother was Susannah McDonald, who married, first, William Hudson, and second, William Williams. But Pauline Williams is too
young to be a half-sister.)
In 1853, their son Romeo married Cynthia Shirley.
Perigo, Romey m Cyntha Shirly - 8 Jan 1853 by Thomas Fuller, Min
Warrick County Marriage Book 2, p. 306
They had one (I think) child, a daughter, Mary Margaret, born 20 October 1853. In 1861, they got divorced - and Ezekiel got custody of Mary Margaret.
Perigo, Romey v. Cynthia - Mar 1861 - Mary Margaret to grandfather Ezekiel
- Book 5, p. 146
Patmore, Sharon and Kristine Manley. Warrick County, Indiana miscellaneous.
[S.l. : s.n.], 1997- (Evansville, Ind. : Evansville Bindery)
But it turns out that Romey lived with Ezekiel, so he actually had custody.
1860 Indiana Warrick Boon Boonville 855 - l 30 - 1076
Ezekiel Perigo 58 m farmer 4000 450 KY
Margaret 54 NC / Romay 37 Ind / Mary 5 Ind
Jane Williams 15 Ind
I don't know what happened to Romey after that (I haven't found him in a cemetery listing). According to the Hinman DAR file, Romey died during the Civil War at
Atlanta GA. In 1870, Ezekiel, Margaret and Mary Margaret were together.
1870 Indiana Warrick Boon Boonville 434a
Perigo, Ezekiel 67 ret. merchant (!) 4900 8600 KY
Margaret 64 KH
Mary M 16 at home
Margaret died June 29, 1878, and is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Boon Twp, Warrick County, Indiana.
Mary Margaret married Marion Johnson on April 23, 1879 . . .
Perigo, Mary M - Johnson, Marion - 23 Apr 1879
Warrick County Marriage Book 6-87
. . . and in 1880, Ezekiel is living with them.
1880 Indiana Warrick Boon 195c
Marion Johnson 33 farmer In -- --
Mary 26 KH In In In
Ezekiel Perigo S/father 77 farmer Ky -- --
Ezekiel died January 5, 1891, and is buried next to Margaret. Granddaughter Mary Margaret and her husband Marion Johnson are buried in the same plot.
Maple Grove, section 8
Perigo, Ezekiel 5 Jan 1891 88 y 4 m 29 d
Margaret 29 June 1878 72y8m23d
Johnson, Marion 6 Dec 1887 41y6m2d
Mary M 16 Aug 1939 85y9m27d
Warrick County, Indiana, cemetery inscriptions
[by Kristie Manley and Sharon Patmore] (Chrisney, Ind. (Box 134, Ind. 47611) : K. Manley, S. Patmore, 1990-)
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