West Virginia Pioneers

Margaret Virginia Koontz

Female 1847 - 1885  (38 years)


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  • Name Margaret Virginia Koontz 
    Born 23 May 1847  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 27 Dec 1885  Ada County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Ada County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Margaret Virginia Koontz Pfost
      Birth: May 23, 1847
      Jackson County
      West Virginia, USA
      Death: Dec. 27, 1885
      Boise
      Ada County
      Idaho, USA
      *Photo courtesy of John & Betsy Pfost family*
      Idaho Statesman, published as Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman
      December 29, 1885 Volume XXII Issue 98, Page 3
      DIED
      PFOST-Sunday, Dec. 27th, 1885. Margaret Pfost wife of J. W. Pfost, of lung fever, aged 38 years. She will be buried to-day.
      Family links:
      Parents:
      John Brown Koontz (1824 - 1895)
      Mary Foglesong Koontz (1826 - 1897)
      Spouse:
      Isaac Wilson Pfost (1846 - 1926)
      Children:
      Mary Elizabeth Pfost Burns (1866 - 1933)*
      John Abraham Pfost (1869 - 1932)*
      James Emmitt Pfost (1872 - 1946)*
      Effie Mae Pfost Burns (1874 - 1951)*
      Otis Allen Pfost (1877 - 1913)*
      Charles Lee Wilson Pfost (1880 - 1937)*
      Daisy Margarette Pfost Clendenin (1883 - 1906)*
      Siblings:
      John Webster Koontz (1845 - 1927)*
      Margaret Virginia Koontz Pfost (1847 - 1885)
      Columbia Ann Koontz Godwin (1857 - 1904)*
      *Calculated relationship
      Inscription:
      Wife of I. W. Pfost
      "Rest wife and mother in quiet sleep while friends in sorrow o'er thee weep."
      Burial:
      Morris Hill Cemetery
      Boise
      Ada County
      Idaho, USA
      Plot: MHILL_1_86_5
      Maintained by: Amanda Fox
      Originally Created by: David Mills
      Record added: Feb 01, 2005
      Find A Grave Memorial# 10409934
    Person ID I34565  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2017 

    Father John Brown Koontz,   b. 11 Nov 1824, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1895  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Mary Foglesong,   b. 23 Mar 1826, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 1897  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 15 Apr 1844  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F3208  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isaac Wilson Pfost,   b. 21 Jan 1846, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1926, Ada County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 13 Dec 1868  [2
    Notes 

    • 1870 Deepwater, Henry, Missouri
      Post, Iaac W 24 VA
      Margete A 23 VA
      May E 2 MO
      John A 10/12 MO
      Nancy J 18 VA
      Johnson, Peter P 30 Sweden

      1880 Boise, Ada, Idaho
      Pfost, Isome W 34 teamster VA VA VA
      Margret 33 wife VA VA VA
      Mary E 11 da MO VA VA
      John A 9 son MO VA VA
      James E 6 son MO VA VA
      Emma F 4 da MO VA VA Effie Mae
      Olliver A 2 son MO VA VA Otis Allen
      Arthur 4/12 May son Idaho VA VA Charles Lee
      Pfost, Lewis A 30 bro teamster VA VA VA

      1900 Boise Ward 2, Ada, Idaho
      Pfost, Isaac W 1/1846 m 11y WV WV WV
      Mary wife 2/1867 m 11y 4-1 child IA IL IL
      Lee C son 5/1880 s ID WV WV
      Daisy da 5/1883 ID WV WV
      Merle son 9/1894 ID WV IA
      Robrt son 9/1895 ID WV IA
      Pullman, Carl ss 1/1890 IA IA IA
      Gardiner, James boarder 1/1871 KS KY KY
      Austin, Kate servant 4/1875 wd ID NY Ireland

      1910 Meridian, Ada, Idaho
      Pfost, Isaac W 64 m2- 18y WV WV WV
      Mary J wife 43 m2- 18y 4-3 children IA IL IN
      Merle son 15 ID WV IA
      Robert son 14 ID WV OA
      PUllman, Carl D ss 20 IA IA IA
      Pfost, Otis A son 32 m1- 1y MO WV WV
      M Elsie dil 19 m1- 1y 0-0 child CA Can - Gaelic Scot - Gaelic
    Children 
     1. Mary Elizabeth Pfost,   b. 14 Nov 1866, Bates County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1933, Ada County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     2. John Abraham Pfost,   b. 14 Nov 1869, Bates County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1932, Ada County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     3. James Emmit Pfost,   b. 25 Dec 1872, Bates County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1946, Ada County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     4. Effie Mae Pfost,   b. 27 Dec 1874, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1951, Ada County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     5. Otis Allen Pfost,   b. 22 Dec 1877, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1913, Bingham County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     6. Charles Lee Wilson Pfost,   b. 7 May 1880, Ada County, Idaho Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1937, Ada County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     7. Daisy Margarette Pfost,   b. 8 May 1883, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1906  (Age 22 years)
    Family ID F28955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S397] Jim Koontz koofam@comcast.net.

    2. [S898] Gravestone or Memorial posted on Findagrave.com.

    3. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.