Individual Details
Margaret Pew
(1790 - Abt 1846)
Holly Abel (Holli Marie Bartel) ohgod47@hotmail.com wrote:
"Okay I am still learning this stuff myself but this is what I have. Elvira Elen B Buckner is Margaret L Collums Mother and the Potential Father is Wesley P Byers. Potential Mother for Elizabeth Ann Britton is Jane Forgason. I am not sure that this helps but I have tons of names. Margaret Pew/Pugh is the Mother of Elvira Elen Byers Buckner"
Rex Wilson's conclusion:
There are no sources that I know of for the birth, marriage, death, burial, or even name of Margaret Pugh/Pew. So far, only indirect evidence places her in the family tree: an 1850 census, a Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, and Texas County Tax Rolls.
Margaret’s granddaughter, Margaret Louise Collom, was residing with her uncle and aunt, Thomas Cornelius Mahar and Elvira Ellen Buckner, at the 1850 census for Collin County, Texas. These are my great-great grandparents. Margaret Louise Collom’s mother, Elizabeth Buckner, was an older sister of Elvira Ellen Buckner. I believe that Elizabeth and Elvira were daughters of Margaret Pugh and her first husband, Henry Buckner. Henry Buckner received a grant of land in Red River County, Texas, on 25 Dec 1835. Elizabeth Buckner married Collin M. Collom, who had been granted 2390 acres of land in Bowie County, Texas. I believe that Margaret Pugh second married Wesley P. Byers about 1815. There are no sources for him either, but there were four Byers children who apparently descended from him and Margaret Pugh.
The paper evidence for Margaret Pugh and her two husbands is incomplete, but the DNA evidence is conclusive. Margaret Pugh and Wesley P. Byers had a daughter named Malissa Byers, who married James Baird Floyd. At least eight of their descendants share DNA with me, which proves that we have a common ancestor. That common ancestor must be Margaret Pugh.
Also, at least 13 of David Pew’s descendants share DNA with me, so it is certain that he and my third great grandmother, Margaret Pugh/Pew are related. For example, 30.9cM of my DNA is triangulated with Sherry Allen Stepp and Tim Mack on Chromosome 15 at position 38-68 million.
I have tentatively placed David Pew in my tree as Margaret's brother. They could have been siblings, half siblings, or cousins. It is impossible to know for certain without identifying their parents. Samuel Pew and Eleanor Patterson are the parents suggested by Ancestry ThruLines, which simply means that someone put these names into their tree, apparently without evidence. Family Search FamilyTree has no sources for them, and someone added a comment at Find-a-Grave, also without any citation, that David’s parents were named Jonathan and Mary Pew.
"Okay I am still learning this stuff myself but this is what I have. Elvira Elen B Buckner is Margaret L Collums Mother and the Potential Father is Wesley P Byers. Potential Mother for Elizabeth Ann Britton is Jane Forgason. I am not sure that this helps but I have tons of names. Margaret Pew/Pugh is the Mother of Elvira Elen Byers Buckner"
Rex Wilson's conclusion:
There are no sources that I know of for the birth, marriage, death, burial, or even name of Margaret Pugh/Pew. So far, only indirect evidence places her in the family tree: an 1850 census, a Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, and Texas County Tax Rolls.
Margaret’s granddaughter, Margaret Louise Collom, was residing with her uncle and aunt, Thomas Cornelius Mahar and Elvira Ellen Buckner, at the 1850 census for Collin County, Texas. These are my great-great grandparents. Margaret Louise Collom’s mother, Elizabeth Buckner, was an older sister of Elvira Ellen Buckner. I believe that Elizabeth and Elvira were daughters of Margaret Pugh and her first husband, Henry Buckner. Henry Buckner received a grant of land in Red River County, Texas, on 25 Dec 1835. Elizabeth Buckner married Collin M. Collom, who had been granted 2390 acres of land in Bowie County, Texas. I believe that Margaret Pugh second married Wesley P. Byers about 1815. There are no sources for him either, but there were four Byers children who apparently descended from him and Margaret Pugh.
The paper evidence for Margaret Pugh and her two husbands is incomplete, but the DNA evidence is conclusive. Margaret Pugh and Wesley P. Byers had a daughter named Malissa Byers, who married James Baird Floyd. At least eight of their descendants share DNA with me, which proves that we have a common ancestor. That common ancestor must be Margaret Pugh.
Also, at least 13 of David Pew’s descendants share DNA with me, so it is certain that he and my third great grandmother, Margaret Pugh/Pew are related. For example, 30.9cM of my DNA is triangulated with Sherry Allen Stepp and Tim Mack on Chromosome 15 at position 38-68 million.
I have tentatively placed David Pew in my tree as Margaret's brother. They could have been siblings, half siblings, or cousins. It is impossible to know for certain without identifying their parents. Samuel Pew and Eleanor Patterson are the parents suggested by Ancestry ThruLines, which simply means that someone put these names into their tree, apparently without evidence. Family Search FamilyTree has no sources for them, and someone added a comment at Find-a-Grave, also without any citation, that David’s parents were named Jonathan and Mary Pew.
Events
| Birth | 1790 | Cape Girardeau County, Missouri |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1805 | Missouri - Henry Buckner | |||
| Marriage | 1815 | Wesley P. Byers | |||
| Death | Abt 1846 | Clarksville, Red River County, Texas | |
Families
| Spouse | Henry Buckner (1780 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Buckner (1805 - 1879) |
| Child | Elvira Ellen Buckner (1813 - 1894) |
| Spouse | Wesley P. Byers (1780 - 1848) |
| Child | John C. Byers (1814 - 1855) |
| Child | Aldarine Byers (1818 - 1869) |
| Child | Malissa Byers (1822 - 1894) |
| Child | Frances Byers (1827 - 1880) |
| Father | Samuel Pew (1772 - 1823) |
| Mother | Eleanor "Nelly" Patterson (1776 - 1823) |
| Sibling | David Patterson Pew (1794 - 1861) |