Margaret Crowell

Margaret Crowell was born in and around the year 1852.

** Interesting events that occurred around the World during Margaret's birth year of 1852 included.

• On February 16th, 1852 the Studebaker Brothers Wagon Company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer is established in South Bend, Indiana.

• On March 20th, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published in book form @ Boston, Massachusetts.

• On July 5th, 1852 social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass delivers his famous speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?".

• On November 2nd, 1852 Democrat Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire defeats Whig candidate Winfield Scott of Virginia to become the 14th ever President of the United States.

• On November 30th, 1852 – Junius Brutus Booth, English-born stage actor and Father of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth dies near Louisville, Kentucky while traveling by steamboat from New Orleans to Cincinnati.

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Although this evenings subjects life journey is mostly a riddle, here IS what we know:

1) According to her tombstone which is broad and ample, Margaret passes away at the age of 58 on July 17th, 1910. This would indicate that she was born in either 1851 or 1852. For argument's sake we utilized 1852 in the history tidbits as there is a slightly higher chance of her having been born in that year.

2) Margaret appears in several Tampa City directories between 1899 and 1910. We see her with a John Crowell "Wid" listed several times which likely indicates that Margaret was a widow.

3) In her will she leaves an estate valued at $1,000 to a Grand Nephew by the name of James A. Crowell who lives in Monroe, North Carolina.

4) The attorney administering Margaret's will is one T. Byrd Sparkman. The Sparkman's are a pioneer family in this area. I will share several documents associated with Mr Sparkman although other than her will there is no other connection between the two that I can determine.

5) Ms. Crowell passes away on Sunday July 17th, 1910

Margaret. C. Crowell