Mary Wright

Mary Wright

Female 1822 - 1891  (68 years)

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  • Name Mary Wright 
    Born 20 Oct 1822  Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ronald L. Baker, "From Needmore to Prosperity, Hoosier Place Names" (1995): Clay County was "Named for Henry Clay, Kentucky."
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Oct 1891  Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Union Cemetery, Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • William Travis, History of Clay County, Indiana, Vol. II (1909), biographical sketch of:

      "PERRY ALLEN MORGAN. . . . [was born] in Posey Township April 15, 1859. His father, John Newton Morgan, was born in Henry County, Kentucky, October 29, 1827. . . .

      [Elijah Willis Wright] had married [August 1, 1821] Elizabeth Deal who was born Tennessee, and died in 1835, in Posey Township Indiana. She reared five of her children as follows: Mary, Jane, Robert, Elizabeth (who married John Newton Morgan), and [Amos] Hedge Wright."

    • The information in Lillian A. Sheppard, "Sheppard-Marshall and Allied Families: . . . Graves . . . and Many Others (San Jose CA, 1974), "III. Mary Ann Graves . . . Married Stephen A. Lowdermilk," was corrected and updated (although both authors noted certain conflicts in evidence) by entries in:

      "Descendants of John Graves of Randolph County," NC:

      http://www.gravesfa.org/gen077.htm

      ". . .CHILDREN OF MARY ANN GRAVES AND STEPHEN A. LOWDERMILK. . . . William L. Lowdermilk (#81) was born 27 Sep 1816 in Randolph, NC and died 22 Dec 1892, age 76 years, 3 months, and 10 days. He married Mary Wright, daughter of Elijah [Willis] Wright and Elizabeth Deal on 27 Mar 1842 in Asherville, Clay, IN. She was born 20 Oct 1822 in Harrison, IN and died 17 Oct 1891, age 68 years, 11 months, 27 days. They were both buried in Union Church Cemetery, Asherville, Clay, IN. They had four sons and five daughters, all born in Jackson, Clay, IN.

      Appearing in the Eel River Propeller of 27 Aug 1853, was an article regarding farmers wanting to organize an agricultural society. William L. Lowdermilk was chosen a director from Jackson, Clay, IN. In 1870, William was farming 4,420 acres and worth $19,000.00.

      In an obituary notice for Mary (Wright) Lowdermilk, it stated that she was six years old when her parents [Elijah Willis Wright and Elizabeth Deal] moved to Clay, IN from Harrison, IN. Her mother, Elizabeth Deal] died before she was grown and she and her siblings became the foster children of Rev. A.W. Hedge."

      Edited by Roy Richard Thomas March 2008
    Person ID I14869  Complete
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2011 

    Father Elijah Willis Wright,   b. 24 Oct 1801, South Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1856, Missouri, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Deal,   b. 03 Jun 1803, Tennesee, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Aug 1835, Posey, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 02 Aug 1821  Harrison County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Indiana Marriages to 1850: "Elijah Wright & Elizabeth Deal, m. 2 Aug 1821, Harrison County."

      This marriage is one of seven Deal family marriages performed between 1815 and 1821 in Harrison County, IN: John, Andrew, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Michael, & Moses Deal.
    Family ID F5904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William L. Lowdermilk,   b. 27 Sep 1816, Randolph County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1892, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 27 Mar 1842  Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Emery Lowdermilk,   b. 15 Jan 1846, Jackson, Clay, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1908, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +2. Ann Belle Lowdermilk,   b. 27 Sep 1846, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1912, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +3. Lucinda Lowdermilk,   b. 16 Jan 1848, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1915, Sugar Ridge, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Delaney E. Lowdermilk,   b. Abt. 1850, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Winfield Scott Lowdermilk,   b. 16 Feb 1850, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1908  (Age 57 years)
     6. Lana Lowdermilk,   b. 16 Feb 1850,   d. Abt. 1936  (Age 85 years)
    +7. Vincent Hedge Lowdermilk,   b. 18 Nov 1855, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1923, Center Point, Clay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     8. Clinton Lowdermilk,   b. 2 Dec 1860, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1894  (Age 34 years)
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F7813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Oct 1822 - Clay County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Mar 1842 - Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Oct 1891 - Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Union Cemetery, Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Mary Wright (1822-1891)
    Mary Wright (1822-1891)

    Find-A-Grave:

    Union Church Cemetery, Asherville, Clay, Indiana, U.S.A.