Individual Details

Margaret Seleta Stell

(16 Dec 1844 - 5 Aug 1878)

Events

Birth16 Dec 1844Richmond, Lee County, Mississippi
Census (family)-sharedJun 1860(Robert James Stell and Elizabeth Bruner) Bearhouse, Ashley County, Arkansas
Marriage3 Sep 1865Ashley County, Arkansas - John Jackson Lane Pledger
Census (family)11 Jul 1870Carter, Ashley County, Arkansas - John Jackson Lane Pledger
Death5 Aug 1878Promised Land, Ashley County, Arkansas
BurialPromise Land Cemetery, Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas

Families

SpouseJohn Jackson Lane Pledger (1836 - 1898)
ChildSarah Elizabeth Pledger (1866 - 1953)
ChildEleanor M. Pledger (1871 - )
ChildJames Robert Pledger (1872 - 1894)
ChildEmma Frances Pledger (1875 - 1972)
ChildNed Berry Pledger (1880 - )
ChildWinfred Pledger (1884 - )
FatherRobert James Stell (1818 - 1882)
MotherElizabeth Bruner (1819 - 1899)
SiblingLinnie Stell (1837 - 1843)
SiblingWiliam Bunyon Stell (1838 - 1897)
SiblingNancy Maryann Stell (1840 - 1923)
SiblingMartha E. Stell (1842 - 1881)
SiblingJohn Dennis Stell (1847 - 1880)
SiblingSarah Frances Stell (1851 - 1928)
SiblingJames Carroll Stell (1852 - 1915)
SiblingRobert James Stell Jr. (1854 - 1885)
SiblingGeorge W. Stell (1855 - 1882)
SiblingDella Jane Stell (1864 - 1893)

Notes

Census (family)-shared

Robert J Stell Male 40 Tennessee - Farmer
Elizabeth Stell Female 40 Alabama - Farmer
William B Stell Male 21 Alabama - Farmer
Martha E Stell Female 17 Mississippi - Farmer
Margaret C Stell Female 15 Mississippi - Farmer
John Stell Male 13 Mississippi
Sarah Stell Female 10 Mississippi
James Stell Male 8 Mississippi
Robert J Stell Male 6 Mississippi
George W Stell Male 3 Mississippi

Post office: Hamburg

Census (family)

John Pledger Male 33 Alabama - Farmer
Margrett Pledger Female 25 Mississippi - Keeping house
Sarah Pledger Female 3 Arkansas - at home

Death

Died of what was called "Childbirth Fever" or blood poisoning shortly after giving birth.

Endnotes

1. United States Census, 1860 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87B-73F.

2. United States Census, 1870 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNHY-2DM.

3. Find a Grave Memorial 104308236.