A preliminary search revealed Margaret was listed in the DAR (Daughters of American Revolution) as member #36980, listing her lineage to Revolutionary War soldier, Peter Noxon (A085041). She stated she was the daughter of Smith Mitchell Noxon and Elizabeth Morse, his wife; granddaughter of Alfred Noxon and Nancy Mitchell, his wife; Great granddaughter of Clark Noxon and Sally McClease*, his wife; and Great-Great granddaughter of Peter Noxon and Elizabeth Bentley, his wife - and that Peter Noxon had enlisted and served with the Fifth Regiment Dutchess county, NY militia.

Her parents, S. Mitchell and Elizabeth (Morse) appear to have married sometime in late 1870 or the first part of 1871 as they both appeared separately in the 1870 census records with their respective parents. In 1875 Margaret is enumerated with her father Smith Mitchell Noxon in the household of her paternal grandparents, Alfred Noxon and Nancy (Mitchell) who were quite prominent. Included in the household - although not directly listed after her father - was Margaret's mother Elizabeth and her younger brother, Alfred B., who was listed as age one year and one month.

Margaret's mother, Elizabeth or "Libbie" died the following year on 04 Feb 1876 when Margaret was four years and five months. According to the 1880 census record, Margaret was taken in and raised by her maternal grandparents, Hiram and Margaret Morse. Sadly, her grandmother died this same year on the 23rd of November, and her grandfather Hiram, who had once been a M.E. Clergyman, died a few years later on 02 Sep 1883.

Margaret then appeared in the 1892 New York State census in the home of her paternal grandmother, Nancy (Mitchell), along with her younger brother Lewis M. Noxon who had been born 05 Nov 1875.

No date of death is known for Margaret, but she was laid to rest in Union Cemetery in Crescent, Saratoga Co., New York. Margaret's name and date of birth are inscribed on the same headstone as her grandparents, Hiram and Margaret (Vandecar) Morse. The headstone of her parents and brothers are inscribed on another stone in the same cemetery.

The New York Marriage Records Previous to 1784 record the 01 Dec 1762 marriage of Peter Noxon and Elisabeth Bently as well as Robert Noxon and Hester Davis 10 May 1775; and Margaret Noxon and James Vander Burgh 05 Sep 1753. Records also indicate that Peter Noxon signed the Articles of Association and was granted Land Bounty Rights from the 5th (Beekman) Regiment of Dutchess County Regiment and was the local resident who reported the Troy activities of John Kane.

Prior to his marriage, Smith Mitchell Noxon was enumerated in the 1850 census at the Jonesville Academy in Saratoga County, and also in his parents' 1850 household in Halfmoon. The 1855 NY State census lists him residing in his parents' household, his father, listed as a banker born in Dutchess Co., and his mother in Montgomery Co., NY. In 1860 he is listed as a clerk residing in the household of his parents in Halfmoon. During the Civil War Smith Mitchell was a commissioned lieutenant in a western regiment and his brother Alfred served with Co. H, 115th Regt., N.Y. Vols. In 1870, just prior to his marriage to Libbie (Morse), he is listed as a telegraph operator in his parents' home, his father then listed as a wealthy railroad operator.

As to the Morse Family: The 1850 household for Hiram, an ME Minister included his wife Margaret and a 15 year-old "Jane" who then appeared to be listed as Elizabeth, age 23 in in 1860, and again as Elizabeth aged 32 in 1870. As noted, she then appears in the 1875 census with her husband Smith Mitchell, and two children: Margaret and Lewis Noxon. Their first child, James M. Noxon, was born in 1837 and died at the age of one year and six months, and was also laid to rest in Union Cemetery.