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Author: pqrstny
Surnames: Carbaugh/Carbough, Hurt, Robinson, Skelton/Shelton, Epes, Wayles
Classification: queries
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My g.grandmother was named Margaret Carbough. My mother who will be 90 this month told me
that she recalls her grandmother Margaret had at least 6 children. Two boys named Willie
and Gus (which was short for something else), and four girls; Mary (oldest), Flora
(youngest), Leyune (spelling?), and Mylinda Belle (aka Linnie Belle).
Linnie Belle (b.12 Feb 1892, Eggleston, VA; d. 9 jan 1972 Taneytown, MD) is my
grandmother. She married Roland Robert Robinson, aka Robert Roland Robinson (b. 29 Jan
1888 Wythe County, VA; M. 8 Sept 1917, Bluefield, WV; d. 12 Jul 1944 Huntington, WV.).
I can't find any formal documentation of Margaret Carbough or Henry Hurt even
existing, let alone getting married! Perhaps Henry went by another name. My mother said
that Margaret Carbough talked about Tazewell County, VA and Giles County, VA, but she has
no idea if Margaret was born there. Linnie Belle Hurt was supposed to have been born in
Eggleston, VA on 12 Feb 1892, but I can't find documentation of that, either. When
Margaret Carbough was alive, she talked about being a cousin (don't know if by blood
or marriage) to Martha Wayles Skelton who was Thomas Jefferson's spouse.
A previous poster stated that John Henry Carbaugh married a Margaret Shelton in PA and
then moved to Tazewell, VA. I tried to follow that trail to see if maybe the Sheltons and
the Skeltons were the same family, but that trail went dry. Furthermore, it turns out
(if I did my research correctly) that Martha Wayles Skelton was a daughter of John Wayles
and Martha Epes. I'm guessing, maybe incorrectly so, that the Skelton name must have
been Martha Epes next husband after John Wayles, so if Margaret was a blood relative to
Martha Wayles Skelton, it would have been via the Epes or Wayles families.
Anyway, does anybody know anything about Margaret Carbough/Carbaugh? Did she marry
someone named Henry Hurt and does anyone have any info on him or his family? Does anyone
have any info on the link to MWS that my g.grandmother claimed?
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