Pearl Denton

Brief Life History of Pearl

When Pearl Denton was born on 2 June 1867, in Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska, United States, her father, William Alexander Denton, was 41 and her mother, Loucassa J. Logan, was 38. She married Moses Wright on 7 October 1883, in Beebeetown, Harrison, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Nebraska, United States in 1870 and Lewis Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 7 July 1936, in Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Alliance Cemetery, Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses Wright
1858–1940
Pearl Denton
1867–1936
Marriage: 7 October 1883
Willford Wright
1884–1913
Clarence Wright
1886–1893
Charles Orville Wright
1888–1950
Marion Wright
1891–1892
Nellie Wright
1895–1973
Ira M. Wright
1897–1950
Arthur S. Wright
1899–1972
Ellis W. D. Wright
1906–1968

Sources (16)

  • Perley Denten in household of William A Denten, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Pearl L. Denton, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
  • Pearl Wright, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1878

This is the oldest recorded burial in the cemetery. George Thomas Rust BIRTH: 18 Jan 1877 Nebraska, USA DEATH: 20 May 1878 (aged 1) Nebraska, USA BURIAL: Alliance Cemetery Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska, USA MEMORIAL ID: 98650254

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called. The vast majority, including those in Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Dumfries, Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire are named from Old English denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. An isolated example in Northamptonshire appears in the Domesday Book as Dodintone meaning ‘enclosure, settlement associated with Dodda or Dudda’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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