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(1) Wilson Alvin Rutledge, Sr. | Rubina Mae Wright Rutledge | Andrew Jackson Wright & Mary Lucinda Marshall | Timothy or Silas Wright and Emeline Cavalry |
--Joseph Albert Wright (Andrew's son, amazing story)
(2) Jessie Mae Wright Rutledge | James William Wright & Lucille Jane Schnell | Nathaniel Thomas Wright & Louisa Isabelle Edwards | John R. Wright & Aley Shumake
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Andrew Jackson Wright and Mary Lucinda Marshall
Andrew Jackson Wright was born July 4, 1849 in Harrison County, West Virginia to Timothy Wright and Emeline Cavalry. Note: His marriage record in 1879 indicates he is 27 on his next birthday, making his birth year 1852, but Mary's age is also incorrect.
See marriage record for Andrew and Mary (Marshall) Wright. In 1849, Harrison County, West Virginia was part of Virginia; West Virginia being founded June 20, 1863, so Andrew gave his birth place as it was on his wedding date in 1879, the what it was when he was actually born. It is noted that in the below handwritten Bible notes, that Andrew is marked as being born in Pennsylvania.
Mary Lucinda Marshall was born on March 29, 1849, in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri. Mary Lucinda Marshall Wright Grimes' death certificate indicates her parents were Mary Eleonore Boyer and Richard Marshall.
See marriage record for Andrew and Mary (Marshall) Wright which lists her parents names. Her Mom is shown as Leonore Bougha, which would be be short for Eleonore and phonetic for Boyer.
This handwritten note was tucked inside Rubina Mae Wright Rutledge's Bible. If it were not for the handwritten notes, I would never have known about Rubina's two brothers.
These notes were found in Wilson A. Rutledge Sr.'s Bible. I think they are written by his mother, Rubina.
The handwritten notes are for both sides of the family, Wilson A. Rutledge Sr. (below the line) and his wife, Jessie Mae Wright Rutledge (above the line).
These are the death dates in the handwritten notes.
These handwritten notes are in another bible of Wilson A. Rutledge, Sr.,'s Bible. Andrew J. Wright is born July 4, 1849 and he died Spring of 1888; and Mary L. (Marshall) Wright is born March 29, 1849, and died December 15, 1918.
The date of Mary's Mother's death is not known, but I believe she may have died in child birth. Mary's Father remarried to Elizabeth Garrett on February 19, 1858, when she was only two years old, in Crawford County, Missouri. Crawford County is not far from Rock Springs where they were living in the 1860 census. Rock Springs is about 15 miles from Sullivan, which is partly in Crawford County.
In the 1860 Census, Missouri, Washington County, Johnson Township, Rock Springs Post Office, Mary is 13 years old (should be 11) living with her Father, Richard Marshall (45,) and her step-mother, Elizabeth Marshall (40) in Nancy Blanton's home. See the location on Rock Springs on her Father's page.
Note: Find Andrew and his parents in 1860 census. Andrew would have been about age 11.
1861-1865 Civil War; Andrew would have been 12 years old if born in 1849, so it is possible he lost his father Timothy in the Civil War.
In 1862, Mary's Father murdered another man (when Mary is 13 years old). Richard was to be hung on July 9, 1864, but his sentence was commuted to life in prison. Later he was pardoned in exchange for enlisting in the Civil War.
In 1867, Mary's father and step-mom give her a half-brother, Richard Henry Marshall, in Crawford County, Missouri, which gives an indication of where she may have been living at the time. The same year, 1867, when Mary was 18 years of age, her Father was murdered.
Where are Andrew and Mary in the 1870 census? This is 9 years before their marriage. They both would have been about 21 years old.
Andrew (31, marriage record says 27 next birthday) and Mary (30, marriage record says 28 next birthday) were married on December 11, 1879 in Lasalle County, Illinois (He living in Ottawa, LaSalle County, she living in Peru, LaSalle County Illinois). The marriage record for Andrew and Mary (Marshall) Wright I obtained contains much information. Andrew is a Marble Polisher. The witnesses were George C. Page and Luella Page (were they related or friends?) They were married by Charles M. Reese, Justice of the Peace. I like that on the health notes we can see their signatures. Andrew's signature is large and fancy and Mary's is small which makes me wonder if it represents their personalities.
Why was Mary living so far from her home in Washington County, Missouri?
The June 1, 1880 census, Ottowa, La Salle County, Illinois, Andrew J. Wright (age 24) as a marble polisher born in West Virginia. Mary (27) is keeping house. Ottowa is 82 miles west of Chicago. Andew's parents are both born in West Virginia and Mary's parents are both born in Missouri.
On November 9, 1880, Andrew and Mary had a son, Albert Nutter Wright. He died November 12, 1880, at the age of 3 days.
On May 19, 1882, Andrew and Mary had a son, Joseph Albert Wright. READ AMAZING story about Joseph Albert Wright. He disappears and is never seen again, so we do not know his death date.
I found this advertisement in The Ottawa Free Trader Sat, Oct 04, 1884 Page 8, which is a possible employment for Andrew Jackson Wright. It gives a location on Clinton Street opposite Jones's Carriage Shop.
Here is a different advertisement in The Ottawa Free Trader Sat, Jan 30, 1869 Page 2, listing a location on West side of LaSalle Street, nearly opposite the Catholic Church.
On June 4, 1886 Andrew marries Annie Seikaup, born April 19, 1868, to John Conrad Siekapu and Maria A. Vosmer. He is 33 and she is 18! On December 22,1896, in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA, Annie married John Nicholson. (I ordered a better copy of this marriage record and am waiting for it to arrive. The second health information page is blurry.) Andrew J. Wright, Age 34, Birth Year (Estimated) 1852, Birthplace Virginia, Father's Name Silas Wright, Mother's Name Emiline Cavalry; Spouse's Name Annie Siekaup, Age 19, Birth Year (Estimated) 1867, Birthplace Germany, Father's Name Conrad Siekaup, Mother's Name Mary Vosmer; Marriage Date 4 Jun 1886, Place Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, Source Details it 2, p 108, no 2420. [Andrew J Wright, Ottawa, Marble Worker, age 34, born Virginia, Silas Wright (father), Emeline Davalry (does look like a "D"), second marriage]
(Note: Is there a divorce record for Andrew and Mary Lucinda?)
Andrew died January 1888, when Mary was pregnant (9 months before birth is about September 15, 1887, so Mary was about 4 months along.) In the above handwritten Bible notes, it lists March 1888. When did Andrew Jackson Wright die? It was between 1888 and 1900. I am assuming he died in St. Louis, Missouri, or East St. Louis, Illinois. If the year is 1888, he died before Rubina was born. However, the above written paper looks like it could say 1888 or 1889. Another handwritten Bible record above puts his death date as Spring 1888. Also, Andrew was married to Annie Seikaup at the time, so he must have traveled back to St. Louis area for Rubina to be conceived while he was married to his second wife.
Andrew and Mary have a daughter, Mary Rubina Mae Wright, on June 15, 1888. in St. Louis, Missouri. The City of St. Louis birth records were well kept.
Baptism: September 20, 1888, Immaculate Conception Church, 3120 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri; Sponsors: Francis Wiley and Mrs. Nellie Quiqley.
Anna Seikaup Wright Nicholson died February 16, 1899, at Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois (absent from her home in Ottawa), and is buried in Ottawa Avenue Cemetery, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois. Her estate is probated and there is an affidavit of her sister, Katie King, which mentions her first husband, Andrew Jackson Wright. Significantly, Andrew died 7 years before her second marriage on December 22, 1896, which would mean he died around December 1889. That is right in line with what Great-Grandma Rubina gave of a death date in 1888 (January to Spring). One Bible entry looks like 1889 is written over with 1888. Anna had no children. Note that the answer is "Waukegan - in Milwaukee," and that Waukegan is actually in Illinois north of Chicago, but still a suburb south of Milwaukee Wisconsin. It 50 pages of probate dated from November 23, 1899, to February 5, 1902 and the only asset is $250 note dated December 9, 1897 made by Charles K. Devore and E.O. Fischer and payable one year after date with 7% interest. Edward J. Kelly is granted letters of administration, but the petition is signed by her husband, John Nicholson. The bond for the administrator was $560 which was much more than the asset!
In the 1900 Census, Missouri, St Louis (Independent City), St Louis Ward 15, District 0237, at 921 North 20th Street, Mary (51) is a widow, living with her daughter, Rubina Wright (11). Mary's birthdate is shown as March 1849. She has had 3 children and 2 are living. She is born in Missouri and her parents are born in Missouri. There is a border in the house named James Green (54) who has been married 21 years, born in Illniois. Where is his wife? Did Mary know him from living in Illinois? Is he a possible relative of Andrew being close in age? Son, Joseph Albert Wright would have been 18 years old, and most likely an inmate at the Missouri Reform School for Boys.
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Mary married William Grimes on March 20, 1901.
In 1908, their son Joseph escapes from prison.
In the 1910 Census, Illinois, Saint Clair County, East St Louis, Ward 6, District 0129, Mary (61) is living on College Avenue, in East St. Louis. She is widowed. Her occupation is "own income" and she is renting a house. Her daughter Rubina (21) is living with her working as a stenographer in a shoe company. We might assume that Rubina was supporting both of them. She is using the name "Wright" and not "Grimes." When did William Grimes die?
Mary died December 15, 1918 in Desloge, Missouri. Mary Lucinda Marshall Wright Grimes' death certificate. Her daughter, Rubina Mae Wright Rutledge (Mrs. James W. Rutledge) was the informant. She was visiting her daughter in DeSoto when she died, but she was from St. Louis. Mary was 69 years, 9 months, and 17 days old. Mary died during the Spanish Flu epidemic. She is buried at the IOOF (Independent Order of Oddfellows) Cemetery in Desloge, Missouri.
I found this copy of Mary Lucinda Marshall Wright Grime's obituary in her daughter's Rubina's Bible. There were several other obituaries regarding death by pneumonia also clipped from the paper, presumeably people known by Rubina.
Andrew and Mary's son, Joseph Albert Wright, disappeared in 1919 after her death, and his sister Rubina Mae Wright Rutledge never saw him again. In the above Bible, however, there is a more specific date of disappearance. Joseph is marked as being born May 18, 1882 and last seen January 4, 1920. The date in January 1919 would have been just a few weeks after Mary's funeral. A date in January 1920 would have been a year later.
It seems to me that Mary Lucinda Marshall Wright Grimes had a had life. It seems her Mom died at her birth, or at least before she was age 2, so she never was able to know her mother. When Mary Lucinda was 13 years old, her Dad murdered another man and the trial lasted a few years. He was in jail for a period of time until he was pardened to join the civil war, which ended in 1865, but it seems he stayed on with the military until he was murdered in 1867. Mary Lucinda was without her Mom or Dad at the age of 18 years, although she did have a step-mom who most likely raised her. Not much is known until Mary Lucinda marries at the age of 30. Her first child dies at the age of 3 days. Her second child would also become a murderer. Her husband died when she was 4 months pregnant with her third child. She would raise her son and daughter by herself. Her son is in the Missouri Reform School for Boys at the age of 18 and imprisoned at the age of 21. He would escape from prison and disappear forever. Mary outlived her second husband as well. Mary died in the Spanish Flu epidemic.
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OTHER ANDREW JACKSON WRIGHTS IN THE OTTOWA ILLINOIS AREA - I am trying to find Andrew's death record and also learn about the Wrights in the Ottowa, Illinois area to try to find his parents. There sure are a lot of them in the area.
1. Andrew Jackson Wright, born May 7, 1815, Chester, Pennsylvania, died January 17, 1890, Livingston, Illinois, and buried in Ancona, Livingston County, Illinois. (This is the oldest born of the ones that I found, so he could be a patriarch, with sons or grandsons named after him.) Andrew married in Iowa to Emeline Haggerty born January 2, 1826 in West Virginia, and died July 7, 1894, in Livingston County, Illinois. Children are Sample Harrison Wright, Charlotte Wright, Lillie O. Wright, Morris Wright, Alice Wright, and Herbert Wright. Suggested parents are James Wright Sr. and Jane Burn.
2. A.J. Wright, born 1853, and died 1893, Ottawa, La Salle, Illinois. It was suggested to me that this is my Andrew Jackson Wright, but the birth and death dates are off from all other information that I have, except that he is buried in the same cemetary as my Andrew's second wife. However, in her probate, her sister clearly identified Andrew's death year about 1889, so why would this be inaccurate? So far I can find no other information on this man. With only initials on a tombstone, this could be an Albert John Wright for all I know!
3. Andrew J. Wright, born April 18, 1838, Clinton, Ohio; died July 14, 1914, Long Point, Livingston, Illinois, and is buried in Dana Cemetery in Dana, Illinois.
According to his obituary in the Streator Times Press July 15, 1914, p. 1, Andrew married Eliza Kief in the 1850's in Ohio, and moved to Marshall County, Illinois. Two children survive from his first marriage, William Wright and Alice Wright Porter. I also found a son Edward Wright who died in 1912 prior to Andrew's Death.
On June 16, 1872 Andrew married Emeline Logstan in Groveland township. He had one child with Emeline, Susan Violet Wright. Her maiden name was Emmeline Jane Lightner, born July 28, 1836, West Virginia; died October 23, 1924 in Long Point, Livingston, Illinois.
According to Emline Wright's obituary in The Times, Streator, Illinois Thu Oct 23, 1924 Page 1 (first one in the paper), Emeline Logston Wright died October 28, 1924 and resided in Long Point, Illinois. She buried in Dana Cemetery with her husband. She was born July 28, 1836.
In 1859 (February 13, 1860 in Marshall Virginia), she married William Logston. Children of this marriage are James Logston, Mrs. F.C. Swain (Margaret Eleanore), and Minnie Belle (Wright) Gochanour.
On June 16 1862 Married Andrew J. Wright who died 10 years before (1914). The family lived for 30 years in Long Point, Livingston County before moving to Dana, Illinois. Rev. Wells from Dana M.E. Church performed service. Child of this marriage is Susan Viola Wright.
Suggested Family from FindaGrave: Parents: Byard Wright (1800 - ____) & Nancy Dallis Wright (1805 - 1887) Siblings: Byard W. Wright (1830 - 1890) Sally Wright Caldwell Brown (1831 - 1875) George Washington Wright (1836 - 1903) Andrew J. Wright (1838 - 1914) William Harrison Wright (1840 - 1910) Elizabeth Jane Wright Tweddale (1842 - 1925) Lloyd C. Wright (1844 - 1890) Susan A. Wright Rich (1848 - 1911)
Note: #3 and #4 are both born in Ohio and die in Illinois and are born 1 year apart and died one year apart!
4. Andrew Jackson Wright, born January 16, 1839, Adams County, Ohio; Death August 19, 1915, Blue Ridge Township, Piatt, Illinois; Burial Farmer City, DeWitt, Illinois. Married Eliza Ann Tumbleson, born April 24, 1842, Bentonville, Adams, Ohio, and died April 27, 1921, McLean County, Illinois. Children are William M. Wright, Lindley Anderson Wright, Edwart Wright, Alice A. Wright, Ilah E. Wright, Homer Algers Wright, and Gaines Emery Wright. (Note: Some give his name as Andrew John Wright; others suggest Andrew John "Jack" Wright; although the Illinois death index lists Andrew Jackson Wright.)
According to his obituary (Farmer City Journal Farmer City, Illinois · Friday, August 27, 1915), he attended school in Manchester, Ohio and was a teacher. They married May 8, 1862 in Bentonville, Ohio. Ilah E died in infancy. Other children mentioned: L.A. Wright, G.E. Wright, H.A. Wright. In 1870 he began farming near Champaign, Illinois.