Mary Cole Wright
Mary Wright (maiden name: Cole) was born on November 20, 1803, in Plympton, Massachusetts, to Samuel Cole. She married Winslow Wright on October 15, 1827, and they had at least ten children: Mary, born around 1828; Winslow, born around 1830; John, born around 1832; Lydia, born around 1834; Nathaniel, born around 1835; Abby, born around 1837; William, born around 1840; Samuel, born around 1842; Charles, born around 1845; and Martha, born around 1848.
 
They lived in Plympton, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1850, they owned $2,000 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $1,500 of real estate and $400 of personal property, and by 1870, their wealth had increased to $3,000 of real estate and $500 of personal property. Her husband died on June 20, 1882, and she passed away of “paralisis [sic]” in Plympton on November 27, 1883.
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(2265)Wright, Mary Cole ~ Cole, Mary1803-11-301883-11-27
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (6701) [recipient] ~ Samuel C. Wright to Mary C. Wright, 22 August 1862

People - Records: 3

  • (2265) Wright, Mary Cole is the [parent of] (1951) Wright, Samuel Cole
  • (2265) Wright, Mary Cole is the [parent of] (1960) Wright, Lydia Ann
  • (2265) Wright, Mary Cole is the [parent of] (2264) Wright, Abby West

Places - Records: 1

  • (1082) [birth, death] ~ Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com.