♀ Margaret Lackey

1767 - 1854

 

Peggy

Margaret Lackey
Parents
Thomas Lackey Sr.
Thomas Lackey Sr.
1728 - 1801
Agnes Leech
Agnes Leech
1730 - 1814
Spouse
Children
Samuel Miller
Samuel Miller
1805 - 1891

Margaret Lackey and her husband had 13 children, 6 girls and 7 boys.  Their home was known far and wide as a place of true hospitality.  Described as having had brown eyes and black hair, Margaret was known as "Aunt Peggy" to the many relatives who came to visit the Old Miller Homestead in Rockbridge.  As the Millers, Uncle Sam and Aunt Pegg were known widely and were greatly beloved.

1850


Dec 3
Age: 84y
1850 • British foreign secretary Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, sends ships to blockade the port of Piraeus, ostensibly as a result of the Don Pacifico affair.

1854


Age: 87y
1854 • In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held.

1854

1854 • The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury, Massachusetts by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham to become the Waltham Watch Company, pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing.

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