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Margaret Ann "Maggie" Merrifield Haswell

8 Dec 1855 – 29 Dec 1931

Birth8 Dec 1855
Death29 Dec 1931
CemeteryLittle Bethel Memorial Park
Duncanville , Dallas County , Texas , USA
Added byDawn Kelley on 17 Sep 2019
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60106032

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Born to Milton Merrifield (1817–1888) & Margaret Ann Singleton Merrifield (1824–1901). A terrible tornado swept across the prairie of North Texas on April 29, 1856. The Merrifield home was demolished. But none of the family was killed, though many families were not so fortunate. When the storm struck the Merrifield home, baby Maggie was lying in her cradle. Both baby and crib were blown out into the yard into a large rose bush; the bush cradled and held the crib protecting the baby, perhaps saving her life. Maggie's family has kept a rose cutting off that bush for many years. --from the Dallas County Pioneer Association. Maggie married Henry Forrest Haswell (1845–1906) about 1871. Nine of 13 children lived to maturity: Ada J. Haswell Smith (1872–1930) Walter George Haswell (1874–1941) Mary M. Haswell Lovern (1875–1957) Sue Ella Haswell Ramsey (1877-1954) Joseph Stewart Haswell (1878-1963) Fannie B. Haswell Daniels (1881–1949) Lucy L. Haswell (1882-1883) John Robert Haswell (1884–1928) Georgie Pearl Haswell (1886-1886) Milton Haswell (1888-1888; Memorial# 60106094) Newton Haswell (1889-1889) Marguerite Haswell King (1894-1986) Lucille Adele Haswell Rittenberry Hudgins (1895-1970; Memorial# 126636995) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM LOCAL DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS NEWSPAPER: Rites Held for Woman Who Weathered Cyclone of 1956 Mrs. Haswell, County Native, Buried Today Child of Pioneer Family Dies Here at Age of 76 Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. M.A. Haswell, 76, native of Dallas County and member of a pioneer family, who died Tuesday afternoon at her home, 2918 Ramsey street. Following brief rites at Weiland Funeral Church, the cortege proceeded overland to Cedar Hill, where services were held at the Methodist Church. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery. Born in 1855, the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Milton Merrifield, who came to Dallas County in 1847, Mrs. Haswell was in her cradle at the Cedar Hill settlement when a cyclone struck the place in 1856. Although the storm killed seven persons, injured others and destroyed her parents’ home, Mrs. Haswell was found uninjured when the storm had passed, the wind having left the cradle leaning against a tree. Mrs. Haswell’s grandfather, Jackie Merrifield, in 1847 settled on Hampton Road in a cabin now standing near the George Titterington home. Mrs. Haswell was a member of the Methodist Church for many years. She is survived by two sons, W.G. Haswell of Cedar Hill and J.S. Haswell of Dallas; five daughters, Mrs. D. Daniels, Mrs. R.R. Ramsey, Mrs. N.P King, all of Dallas, and Mrs. S.P. Lovern and Mrs. M. Rittenberry of Cedar Hill; two sisters, Mrs. S.E. Bryan of Sherman and Mrs. J.N. Vicery of Grand Prairie; 25 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Matthew Haswell, Harold Haswell, Lynn Ramsey, W.L. Richard, N.M. Stanley and George J.Brown.

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