Elizabeth Deal

Elizabeth Deal

Female 1803 - 1835  (32 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Deal 
    Born 03 Jun 1803  Tennesee, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Blanchard, "History of Clay County, Indiana" (1884), p. 514:

      "Amos H. Wright b. 26 March 1830 in Washington Township, Clay County, IN is the youngest son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Deal) Wright, natives respectively of South Carolina and Pennsylvania.[sic]" More likely, the interviewer was told "the family was originally from Pennsylvania" and he neglected to write "via North Carolina and Tennessee."
    Gender Female 
    Died 03 Aug 1835  Posey, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Zenor Cemetery, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Zenor Cemetery, census transcribed, ca. 1970, by Dr. Robert G. Tucker, GRS (1918-1992): "Wright, Elizabeth #41, wife of Elijah Wright, d. 3 Aug 1835 aged 32 yrs. 2 mo. Elijah probably is buried beside her, but his stone is gone. Only an unmarked footstone remains to mark his grave."

      If the inscription is correct, then Elizabeth Deal was b. 3 Jun 1803.
    Notes 
    • 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. [Mary Wright] 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.

      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 [in 1828] to Clay, IN from Harrison, IN. Her mother, [Elizabeth Deal] died [1835] 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 I13202  Complete
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2011 

    Father William Deal,   b. Abt. 1770, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt. 1838, Washington, Putnam County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Eve Decker,   b. Abt. 1770, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft. 1860, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 91 years) 
    Married Abt. 1798  Lincoln County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    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.
    Children 
     1. Jane Wright,   b. Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Mary Wright,   b. 20 Oct 1822, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 1891, Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +3. Elizabeth Ann Wright,   b. 14 Dec 1828, Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1909, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 82 years)
    +4. Amos Hedge Wright,   b. 26 Mar 1830, Washington, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1913, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Elender Wright,   b. 01 Apr 1833, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1871, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2013 
    Family ID F5904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 03 Jun 1803 - Tennesee, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 02 Aug 1821 - Harrison County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 03 Aug 1835 - Posey, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Zenor Cemetery, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Elizabeth Deal (1803-1835)
    Elizabeth Deal (1803-1835)

    Image received from Paul E. Williams.
    Elizabeth Deal (1803-1835)
    Elizabeth Deal (1803-1835)


    Received from Paul E. Williams.

    Histories
    William Travis, History of Clay County, Indiana, Vol. II (1909), biographical sketch of 'Perry Allen Morgan'
    William Travis, History of Clay County, Indiana, Vol. II (1909), biographical sketch of "Perry Allen Morgan"

    INTRODUCTION: Perry Allen Morgan (b. 1859, Tennessee) was the grandson of Elizabeth Deal (b. Abt. 1806 Tennessee-d. Abt. 1835 Posey, Clay, IN) and Elijah Willis Wright (b. Tennesse d. Missouri).

    This sketch contains information on three generations of the Deal, Wright, and Morgan families.