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Birth : 27 September 1849
Death : 20 April 1932 in Burlington, Washington
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The only information we have on Peter is a few references to him in Etta's diaries. He must have lived in Willmar, MN at one time as that is where he married Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Wright. At one time Etta mentioned (in her diary, on the 'Shriners" trip) Monday, June 8, 1925 - Seattle - "after lunch Aunt Lizzie and Uncle Peter and Ida Lundberg came - - all went out to Lundberg's for a big dinner and all the relations were there".
Family:
Marriage: 19 November 1875 in Willmar, Minnesota
Spouse:Wright, Mary ElizabethChildren:
Birth : 13 January 1859 in Concord (Dodge Co.), Minnesota
Death : Detroit Lakes, MN
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Helen McGovern mentions visits from Maggie Adams and Lizzie Stevens (Stephens) (sisters). Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Wright Stephens died in Detroit Lakes, MN (unable to verify this) and 'Uncle Peter Stephens' (Stavn) of Detroit Lakes is mentioned in Etta's diaries (visiting him on a trip c. 1920's). It is presumed Mary Tilden Wright died at the home of her daughter, Lizzie Stephens, since she died Detroit Lakes. Robert Corkins, descendant of Katurah Wright sent this information written by Lizzie Stephens:
"History of the Wright Bell": 'It was my great grandfather who took it from Illinois to Indiana. He died there, and my grandfather (John R. Wright) brought it from Indiana to Minnesota, Dodge County, then to New London. He died there and then my father (William Wright) got it while we lived in New London. Pa took it to Willmar and then to North Dakota. He died there so when Ma (Mary Tilden) left there she gave it to Kate (Katurah). In 1902, Kate brought the bell to Spokane, to Ione, Washington in 1913 and then to Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1920 where William Tilden Wright had it on his farm in Paradise Valley. In 1924 Kate died and the bell went to her daughter, Margaret Elnora May (Steelman) Corkins."
Lizzie Wright is also listed as a school teacher in some of the early New London area history. It appears Lizzie and Peter also lived in Mt. Vernon, Washington at one time. Etta mentions seeing them in 1925 in Seattle, WA during a visit. Robert Corkins had a picture of Lizzie and a Katie Gilband dated 1919 in front of a store in Mt. Vernon. Sue Ellingson has a picture of a Marietta _______ in Mt. Vernon, WA with a note she is postmistress.
Parents:Father: Wright, William R.
Mother: Tilden, Mary
Stephens, Jimmie
Birth : 1877
Stephens, Kale
Stephens, Edwin
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