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Mary Elizabeth Wright

Female 1866 - 1943  (76 years)


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  • Name Mary Elizabeth Wright  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Born 21 Oct 1866  Lisbon, Kendall, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Gender Female 
    Race White  [1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14] 
    Residence 1870  Pottawatomie, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Age: 3; Census Post Office: Manhattan 
    Residence 1880  Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1 Mar 1895  Sherman, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Age: 28 
    Residence 1900  Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Age: 33; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Residence 1 Mar 1905  Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Age: 38 
    Residence 1910  Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age: 43; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Residence 1920  Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Age: 53; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Residence 1930  Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Age: 63; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Residence 1935  Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence 1940  Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife 
    Died 13 Aug 1943  Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7] 
    Buried Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Onaga Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 58925904
    Person ID I7937  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father Samuel Suel Wright,   b. 14 Apr 1840, Round Prairie, Richland, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1908, Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Christiana Avery,   b. 18 Oct 1842, Verona, Oneida, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1917, Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 14 Apr 1863  Lisbon, Kendall, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 15, 16] 
    Family ID F2419  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Grossnickle,   b. 11 Jun 1864, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jun 1949, Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 10 Feb 1886  Westmoreland, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12] 
    Children 
     1. Violet Lavina Grossnickle,   b. 5 Oct 1886, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1977, Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)  [natural]
     2. Glenn Wright Grossnickle,   b. 18 Mar 1901, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1985, Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F46  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Oct 1866 - Lisbon, Kendall, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 3; Census Post Office: Manhattan - 1870 - Pottawatomie, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Feb 1886 - Westmoreland, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 28 - 1 Mar 1895 - Sherman, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 63; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1930 - Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife - 1940 - Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Aug 1943 - Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Mary Elizabeth Wright was born on October 21, 1866 at Lisbon, Illinois. When she was three years old her parents came to Kansas and they resided at Louisville. When a girl she taught school at the Fox schoolhouse near Westmoreland.

      She was married to John Grossnickle at Westmoreland, Kansas on February 10, 1886. They set up housekeeping on the Lieb farm south of Onaga, where their daughter Violet was born. Until 1924, when they moved to Onaga, they lived on their farm south of Onaga where their son Glenn now lives.

      After almost five months of patient suffering she passed away at her home on August 13, 1943 at the age of 76 years, 9 months and 23 days.

      She leaves to mourn her departure her husband; her daughter, Violet Fairbanks, and her son, Glenn, both of Onaga; one sister, Lila Willhite and one brother, Harley Wright, of Humboldt, one brother Charlie having preceded her in death; 12 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and many neighbors and friends.

      Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Congregational Church in charge of Rev. Wright M. Horton of Frankfort. Burial was in the Onaga Cemetery.

      Out-of-town relatives here for the funeral service included: Harley Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ronsick, J. P. Willhite and Miss Leah Wright, all of Humboldt, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Orman Corcoran and family of Denver, Colorado; Mr. and Mrs. Basil McKee and family of Blue Rapids; Mrs. Euel Bell, Kansas City, Missouri; Jean Grossnickle, Manhattan; Lavon Grossnickle, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Grossnickle of Topeka.

  • Sources 
    1. [S50] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas.
      Record for Marry Grosenickle

    2. [S149] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas; Roll: 495; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0152; FHL microfilm: 1240495.
      Record for Mary E Grossnickle

    3. [S118] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas; Roll: T624_450; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0128; FHL microfilm: 1374463.
      Record for Mary Grossnickle

    4. [S775] OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Database online.
      Record for Samuel Sewell Wright

    5. [S777] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
      Record for Elizabeth Christiana Avery

    6. [S225] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas; Roll: T9_393; Family History Film: 1254393; Page: 382.4000; Enumeration District: 251; Image: 0608.
      Record for Samuel Wright

    7. [S786] Web: Kansas, Find A Grave Index, 1854-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Mary Elizabeth Wright Grossnickle

    8. [S788] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;).
      Record for Mary Grossnickle

    9. [S137] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Pottawatomie, Pottawatomie, Kansas; Roll: M593_441; Page: 410B; Image: 153; Family History Library Film: 545940.
      Record for Mary E Wright

    10. [S778] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas; Roll: 715; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 679.0; FHL microfilm: 2340450.
      Record for Mary E Grossnickle

    11. [S788] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;).
      Record for M E Grossnickle

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    14. [S49] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas; Roll: 715; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 679.0; FHL microfilm: 2340450.
      Record for Mary E Grossnickle

    15. [S149] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Logan, Allen, Kansas; Roll: 469; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 1240469.

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