Do you have a Margaret Rodden b.1845 TN in your family tree?

Question

I'm having trouble verifying the parents of my Margaret Rodden b. 1845, TN. Everything points to Upton Alexander Rodden and Cassandra Clark as her parents, but I've yet to find anything proving that their daughter Margaret is actually my Margaret. My Margaret was married to Joseph H. Brandon in Illinois in 1847. They are both buried in Clay County, Arkansas.

If these folks are part of your tree, can you share your sources with me? I have a subscription to ancestry.com, so I've searched all the records available there and contacted everyone that has her on their tree. Nobody has a source other than hearsay to confirm her parentage. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

If it is of any help at all there was a family of Roddens in the Hartford area.  My G. Grandfather, Robert Hamilton married Jesse May Rodden in Hartford.  She was born June 1, 1888 and passed away in Hartford May 29, 1919.  She and my G. Grandfather had five children, two of which are buried in Hartford.  I still have a distant cousin in the Rodden family in El Centro, California.  I am in the same place you are... we don't know much about my G. Grandmother's family but I am trying!  Best of luck and don't give up!

Answer 2

Margaret lives with parents Upton and Cassandra in Union co, Illinois in 1860, which is same county that she and Joseph live in, in 1880.  Looks fair to me.  Have you searched for Upton or Cassandra's death, perhaps probate?

Marriage record should be in that county also, but it would have to be 1867, not 1847.

Both census records are on ancestry. 1880 census shows her parents both born NC which also matches 1860.