Parents: James and Margaret Jane (Wyans) Nelson
She married Lawrence (Lon) Vest Stephens on 05 Oct 1880. They had no children.
After Lon's death, Margaret moved to St Petersburg, Florida. She married John W. Johnson on 26 March 1928.
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Margaret Nelson Stephens from Boonville, Missouri, had two brothers and one sister.
Both of her parents, James M. Nelson (b. 1816) and Margaret (Wyan) Nelson were from prominent Boonville, Missouri, business families. Margaret was a capable and accomplished student who was educated at the Cooper Institute of Boonville and at Mrs. Reid’s Select School in New York City.
She chose as her husband Lon V. Stephens, a boy from another prominent local family, and they wed on 5 October 1880. In 1890 the couple moved to Jefferson City. Her husband eventually became Governor of Missouri, and Margaret performed exceptionally as governor’s wife from 1897 to 1901.
They had no children. After Lon V. Stephens’s death in 1923, Margaret married John W. Johnson of St. Petersburg, Florida, on 26 March 1928. She died on 17 April 1929 and was buried next to her first husband in Boonville.
As a governor’s wife, she had a reputation as a charming, stylish, and graceful hostess who was fond of entertainment, beautiful clothes, and the company of young people. She also advocated temperance, was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and made numerous visits to the inmates of the state prison. A contemporary biography of Margaret describes her impact:
In her high position she has elevated the standards of society in the capital city, and placed higher ideals before the people, affording evidence that public life may be adorned with the same refinement and uplifting graces which beautify the home.
She married Lawrence (Lon) Vest Stephens on 05 Oct 1880. They had no children.
After Lon's death, Margaret moved to St Petersburg, Florida. She married John W. Johnson on 26 March 1928.
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Margaret Nelson Stephens from Boonville, Missouri, had two brothers and one sister.
Both of her parents, James M. Nelson (b. 1816) and Margaret (Wyan) Nelson were from prominent Boonville, Missouri, business families. Margaret was a capable and accomplished student who was educated at the Cooper Institute of Boonville and at Mrs. Reid’s Select School in New York City.
She chose as her husband Lon V. Stephens, a boy from another prominent local family, and they wed on 5 October 1880. In 1890 the couple moved to Jefferson City. Her husband eventually became Governor of Missouri, and Margaret performed exceptionally as governor’s wife from 1897 to 1901.
They had no children. After Lon V. Stephens’s death in 1923, Margaret married John W. Johnson of St. Petersburg, Florida, on 26 March 1928. She died on 17 April 1929 and was buried next to her first husband in Boonville.
As a governor’s wife, she had a reputation as a charming, stylish, and graceful hostess who was fond of entertainment, beautiful clothes, and the company of young people. She also advocated temperance, was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and made numerous visits to the inmates of the state prison. A contemporary biography of Margaret describes her impact:
In her high position she has elevated the standards of society in the capital city, and placed higher ideals before the people, affording evidence that public life may be adorned with the same refinement and uplifting graces which beautify the home.
Parents: James and Margaret Jane (Wyans) Nelson
She married Lawrence (Lon) Vest Stephens on 05 Oct 1880. They had no children.
After Lon's death, Margaret moved to St Petersburg, Florida. She married John W. Johnson on 26 March 1928.
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Margaret Nelson Stephens from Boonville, Missouri, had two brothers and one sister.
Both of her parents, James M. Nelson (b. 1816) and Margaret (Wyan) Nelson were from prominent Boonville, Missouri, business families. Margaret was a capable and accomplished student who was educated at the Cooper Institute of Boonville and at Mrs. Reid’s Select School in New York City.
She chose as her husband Lon V. Stephens, a boy from another prominent local family, and they wed on 5 October 1880. In 1890 the couple moved to Jefferson City. Her husband eventually became Governor of Missouri, and Margaret performed exceptionally as governor’s wife from 1897 to 1901.
They had no children. After Lon V. Stephens’s death in 1923, Margaret married John W. Johnson of St. Petersburg, Florida, on 26 March 1928. She died on 17 April 1929 and was buried next to her first husband in Boonville.
As a governor’s wife, she had a reputation as a charming, stylish, and graceful hostess who was fond of entertainment, beautiful clothes, and the company of young people. She also advocated temperance, was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and made numerous visits to the inmates of the state prison. A contemporary biography of Margaret describes her impact:
In her high position she has elevated the standards of society in the capital city, and placed higher ideals before the people, affording evidence that public life may be adorned with the same refinement and uplifting graces which beautify the home.
She married Lawrence (Lon) Vest Stephens on 05 Oct 1880. They had no children.
After Lon's death, Margaret moved to St Petersburg, Florida. She married John W. Johnson on 26 March 1928.
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Margaret Nelson Stephens from Boonville, Missouri, had two brothers and one sister.
Both of her parents, James M. Nelson (b. 1816) and Margaret (Wyan) Nelson were from prominent Boonville, Missouri, business families. Margaret was a capable and accomplished student who was educated at the Cooper Institute of Boonville and at Mrs. Reid’s Select School in New York City.
She chose as her husband Lon V. Stephens, a boy from another prominent local family, and they wed on 5 October 1880. In 1890 the couple moved to Jefferson City. Her husband eventually became Governor of Missouri, and Margaret performed exceptionally as governor’s wife from 1897 to 1901.
They had no children. After Lon V. Stephens’s death in 1923, Margaret married John W. Johnson of St. Petersburg, Florida, on 26 March 1928. She died on 17 April 1929 and was buried next to her first husband in Boonville.
As a governor’s wife, she had a reputation as a charming, stylish, and graceful hostess who was fond of entertainment, beautiful clothes, and the company of young people. She also advocated temperance, was active in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and made numerous visits to the inmates of the state prison. A contemporary biography of Margaret describes her impact:
In her high position she has elevated the standards of society in the capital city, and placed higher ideals before the people, affording evidence that public life may be adorned with the same refinement and uplifting graces which beautify the home.
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