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Obituary of Mary Harlan Wright    

14 December 1904, Clark County (IL) Herald


Mrs. Mary Wright died at Normal on Thursday at 12:30 am.  She had been sick
only a few days of pneumonia and rheumatism, and her death came as a great
shock to all.  The remains reached here at 6 o'clock p. m. of the same day
and were taken to the home of Mrs. A. M. Payne, only sister of the
deceased.  The funeral services were held there Saturday morning, Rev. W.
E. Murray officiating.  Interment was in Marshall cemetery.

Mary Harlan was born in Marshall on March 20, 1844.  She was the daughter
of Judge Justin and Lucinda Harlan.  She grew to womanhood in the town of
her birth and in May 1868, she married W. A. Wright.  The young couple
spent the first three years of their married life in Dennison, where Mr.
Wright had charge of a mill.  From there they removed to Kuttawa, Ky, where
they made their home until the death of Mr. Wright, which occurred in March
1887. She then returned to Marshall, which she called her home to the end,
though the past eight years were spent in the Soldiers' Orphans' Home in
Normal.  Entering as superintendent of the sewing room, she was steadily
advanced until when she died she was matron of one of the cottages.  She
was eminently fitted for the work in the Home.  Denied maternity herself,
the motherly instinct was yet so strong in her breast that she took the
helpless orphans of the noble men who gave their lives freely in defense of
the nation into her great warm heart and they all loved her dearly.  Deep
is the grief of all in that great institution for they feel that they have
lost one near and dear to them.

In 1890 Mrs. Wright gave her heart to the Master, uniting with the
Presbyterian church.  Her life was a reflex of the hope and trust within
her heart.  To the stricken relatives, she leaves as a heritage the memory
of a noble life spent in good works for the Master and his little ones.

Mrs. Wright is survived by one sister, Mrs. A. M. Payne, and six brothers,
Cyrus, William, Howard, Edwin, Wilson and Justin.  Howard lives in Pimento,
Ind., and Justin in Kuttawa, Ky.  The others all live in Marshall. 

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