Margrave, Thomas

Born: 1796-XX-XX South Carolina

Died: 1846-XX-XX Gallatin County, Illinois

Flourished: Gallatin County, Illinois

In 1818, Margrave married Celia Simpson in Caldwell County, Kentucky. By 1820, the Margraves had settled in Gallatin County, Illinois, where Thomas Margrave farmed and worked in manufacturing. He soon began purchasing federal land in part of the county that would later become Saline County. In 1842, Margrave retained Abraham Lincoln to represent him in the appeal of a suit involving the seduction of his unmarried daughter.

U.S. Census Office, Fourth Census of the United States (1820), Gallatin County, IL, 55; Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Saline County, 110:5, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Grable v. Margrave, Martha L. Benner and Cullom Davis et al., eds., The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition, 2d edition (Springfield: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2009), http://www.lawpracticeofabrahamlincoln.org; Daniel W. Stowell et al., eds., Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008), 1:240, n5.