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Note: Margaret was also known as "Bessie". In today's world, she would be called a liberated woman but in her time, she was no doubt considered improper and possibly "an old biddy". She made her own decisions, handled her own money, and dealt in real estate; all this before women gained the right to vote. In 1910, at the age of 80, she married Henry Miller, age 76, of Blossburg, PA. Although she was an aggressive woman, she did have a feminine side because she put her age as 74 on her and Henry's marriage application, to make her younger than her bride groom. In 1911, she made out a will and for some reason her new husband was not mentioned in it. She listed as heirs - her son, Jack; her granddaughters, Elsie Rutty VanSyckel, Bertha L. Ridge Townsend, and Edna Ridge Townsend; her grandsons, Henry (Harry) Rutty and Harry O. Ridge.
1850 - Nov. 2 - census - Liberty:
Margaret Neal, age 20, b. PA - living with parents
1869 - Margaret's dad died - John Neal
1887 - Margaret's mom died - Elizabeth Hartman Neal
1900 - Jan. 10 - Wed. - The Agitator:
Margaret boutht property of David Landon, beginning at a stone corner in the south line of William Landon, deceased, by Gotlob Kraiss located on Tioga-Lycoming County line and north by Alonzo Miller, consisting of a two story frame dwelling-house with kitchen attached, frame barn with sheds attached, hog house and other outbuildings, an apple orchard and other fruit and ornamental trees and a good spring of water
1900 - June 25 - census - Jackson Twp., Lycoming Co., PA:
Margaret Rutty, b. Dec. 1830, age 69, widow, she and parents b. PA, mother of 3 with 1 living, farmer
Jackson, son, b. March 1860, age 40, married 8 years, he and parents b. PA
Ida, daughter-in-law, b. Feb. 1874, age 26, mother of 4 with 4 living, b. PA, dad b. Germany, mom b. PA
Elsie, granddaughter, b. Nov. 1892, age 7, b. PA
Henry, grandson, b. April 1895, age 5, b. PA
Elizabeth, granddaughter, b. May 1897, age 3, b. PA
Frederick, grandson, b. Jan. 1899, age 1, b. PA
1908/1909 - Tioga County Directory for Bloss Twp., town of Arnot:
Rutty, Margaret, widow of Harrison, boards Church Hill
Neal, Alfred R., engineer for Blossburg Coal Co., resides Church Hill
1910 - Feb. 24 - Margaret and Henry Miller were married in Blossburg
1910 - April 25 - census for Bloss Twp., Margaret is listed as age 75, widow, and aunt in home of Alfred Neil, who is single, age 54, laborer-gardener.
1910 - April 28 - census - Blossburg Boro:
Margaret appeared again in the 1910 census living with her new husband, Henry Miller, on Granger St.
1911 - Margaret made out her will. Listed as heirs were, her son, Jack; her granddaughters, Elsie Rutty Van Syckle, Bertha L. Ridge Townsend and Edna Ridge Townsend; her grandsons, Henry (Harry) Rutty and Harry O. Ridge.
1912 - Margaret was listed as next of kin living in Blossburg in a petition made by her brother, Samuel, to probate their sister - Mary Ann Rouse' s will in Surrogate's Court, County of Steuben, in 1912.
1918 - Her 2nd husband, Henry Miller, died February 24 and Margaret was his only heir.
1919 - Aug. 27 - Wed. - The Agitator - Wellsboro:
Real Estate Transfers;
Blossburg - Margaret Rutty Miller to Estelle E. Baker (?) - lot, $1
1919 - Dec. 20 - Margaret died of pneumonia at the home of Louis Evans in Blossburg, PA. Although there is no stone for her or inscription on Harrison's stone in Union Cemetery, Margaret was probably buried next to him because her death certificate states she was buried in Union Cemetery and cemetery records for Union Cemetery lists her as being buried there . Bastian Funeral Home Records did not list burial site.
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