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Margaret <I>Johnson</I> Dudley

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Margaret Johnson Dudley

Birth
Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Death
28 Aug 1863 (aged 42)
Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot
Section O, Lot 146
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Margaret was the third of eleven children born to Henry and Elizabeth Julia Flournoy Johnson of Fayette County, Kentucky and Washington County, Mississippi. She became the second wife of James Patton Erwin on February 21, 1843 at her father's plantation, "Chatham", in Washington County, Mississippi. This couple became parents to five children: Lillie, Emily, Victor, Johnson, and James. Her husband sold some property in New Orleans in order to build a mansion home for his wife, but he died before this could be accomplished. The task would fall on Margaret's second husband to complete. Margaret's beloved "Mount Holly" was finally built for her in Washington County, Mississippi by Dr. Charles Wilkins Dudley, a man of means whom she married at Lake Washington on January 17, 1855. "Mount Holly" was left standing by Union Troops when they rampaged through the country in the aftermath of the fall of Vicksburg, and is one of the only remaining antebellum homes still standing in the Yazoo Mississippi Delta. Margaret and her second husband had one child together, Charles Wilkins Dudley, Jr. She died at Lexington, Kentucky.
Margaret was the third of eleven children born to Henry and Elizabeth Julia Flournoy Johnson of Fayette County, Kentucky and Washington County, Mississippi. She became the second wife of James Patton Erwin on February 21, 1843 at her father's plantation, "Chatham", in Washington County, Mississippi. This couple became parents to five children: Lillie, Emily, Victor, Johnson, and James. Her husband sold some property in New Orleans in order to build a mansion home for his wife, but he died before this could be accomplished. The task would fall on Margaret's second husband to complete. Margaret's beloved "Mount Holly" was finally built for her in Washington County, Mississippi by Dr. Charles Wilkins Dudley, a man of means whom she married at Lake Washington on January 17, 1855. "Mount Holly" was left standing by Union Troops when they rampaged through the country in the aftermath of the fall of Vicksburg, and is one of the only remaining antebellum homes still standing in the Yazoo Mississippi Delta. Margaret and her second husband had one child together, Charles Wilkins Dudley, Jr. She died at Lexington, Kentucky.

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  • Created by: TM
  • Added: Oct 28, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99753111/margaret-dudley: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Johnson Dudley (4 Mar 1821–28 Aug 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 99753111, citing The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by TM (contributor 47218626).