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Name | Margaret Bower | ||||
Enslaved | 1809
Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA [1]
– Enslaved by the Calmes Family until 1862 | ||||
Born | 1810
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Gender | Female | ||||
Self-Emancipated/ Escaped Slave/ Runaway | 27 Jun 1862
Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA [1]
– Escaped by leave of General Geary's army went north to Greencastle, remained there a few weeks, left for Chambersburg, next for Carlisle, and then to Harrisburg." | ||||
Name | Margaret A Adams [4, 5, 6] | ||||
Name | Margaret Bour [2, 3, 7] | ||||
Residence | 1863
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
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Residence | 1865
Elmira, Chemung, New York, USA [4]
– Relation to Head of House: Wife | ||||
Died | Mar 1894
Berryville, Clarke, Virginia, USA [8]
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Person ID | I4745
SOALsearch Last Modified |
1 Nov 2024 | |
Father | George Fielding Calmes (Age 74 years) b. 15 Nov 1798, Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 17 May 1873, Clarke, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years) | |
Relationship | guardian | |
Family ID | F6909
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Family | Peter Adams (Age 73 years) b. 1810, Berryville, Clarke, Virginia, USA d. 1883, Chemung, New York, USA (Age 73 years) | |||||||||||||||||
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Last Modified | 1 Nov 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Family ID | F1573
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