Nancy Wright New

Nancy Wright was born on 22 Sept 1853. (Just over 100 years before my mom was born.) Her parents are John Wright (19 May 1810-31 May 1872) and Catharine Galer (1813-1881). She was born in Illinois. The 1860 Census lists her family as living in Princeton Township, Bureau County, Illinois. In 1870, the family is still listed as living in Princeton. I have her marriage to Benjamin New as being the year of 1873. (1900 Census lists Ben and Nancy as being married 27 years.) In April of 1874, their first son was born, Jacob H. New. (This child is listed on the Kansas 1875 Census as being 10 months old. He isn't listed on any following censuses, so I conclude he died between 1875 and 1880.) Sometime between 1873 and 1875, Benjamin and Nancy moved to Union Center Township, Elk County, Kansas. On 22 October, 1879 Hattie Ethel New was born. Interestingly, the 1880 Federal Census lists her birth as being in Illinois. So that would mean between 1875 and 1879 Nancy was back in Illinois. Sometime between October 1879 and June 1880 Nancy and Ben were back in Union Center. Ora I. New was born May 1882 and Anna May New was born 23 January 1884. The family lived in Union Center for awhile and moved to Howard, Elk, Kansas sometime prior to 1885. Between 1885 and 1895 the family moved back to Union Center. During these years Nancy gave birth to John Frederick, (27 November 1885) Samuel Franklin (27 April 1888) and Robert Wiley (20 February 1890). In 1900 the family is listed as living in Cross, Kay County, Oklahoma. At that point in her life Nancy had given birth to 10 children, with six of them still living. That means there are three children of which I do not have any record. From 1910 until her death in 1929, Nancy lived in Dexter, Cowley County, Kansas. Her husband of 44 years passed away in 1917. To provide a living for their family he was a farmer.