Individual Details

Rachel Wright

( - Bef 1861)



Rachel was apparently married to William Cross, who received her share of her father's estate. She was deceased by 1861, but had seven children that each received 1/35 [1/7 of her 1/5] of the estate when her mother died. They were identified in a suit to settle the estate as:
Durling Cross, William Cross, John Cross, Jr (this is curious if his father was William and this may instead be John Wright Cross), Rachel Cross who married William Dunnavent, Martha Cross who married John Dunnavent, Rhoda Cross who had married a Dunnavent but was deceased leaving a single child, William Dunnavent, and Elizabeth Cross who married Lewis Winkler (Elizabeth not identified in the lawsuit as a Cross, but is the only remaining person to get a 1/35 share.)


1850 Census. Macon Co, MO, Hh 974
Lewis Winkler, 29, b. KY
Betsy, 29, b. MO
Mary, 9. Durrele, 6. Minerva, 3. John, 1
Rachel Cross, age 14

1850 Census. Macon Co, MO, Hh 575
William Cross, 25, Blacksmith
Nancy, 22
William Jr., 5. John, age 2

1850 Census. Salt Springs Twp, Randolph Co MO, Hh 219
D. Cross, 26. Elizabeth, 26, b. NC
Mary F., 8. Rachel, 5. E., 2 (female)

1850 Census. Salt Springs Twp, Randolph Co Mo, Hh 208
John Dunavent, 27
Martha, 19
William T., 9 (probably her nephew, son of Rhoda Cross Dunavent)
John A., age 1
Wright Cross, 12 (dittoed as a Dunavent, but I believe his surname was Cross, Martha's brother)
Martha, age 45, b. VA (dittoed as Dunavent - John's mother?)

1860 Census. Callas Twp, Macon Co, MO
Hh 376
Durling Cross, 38, horse trader, b. MO
Eliza, 40, b. NC
Bettie A., 14, b. MO
Hh 773
Wm Cross, 35, mechanic, b. MO
Menssai, 33, female, b. Ohio
Wm, 15, John, 14. James, 11. George, 8. Mary, 6. Rachile, 2. Everett, 2 months. All b. MO

1860, Macon Co:
Hh 373
Wright Cross, 22, b. MO.
Elizabeth, 25, b. NC
Wm J., 5. Eliza G., 2 Both born in MO
Wm T. Donophan, 21, laborer

Liberty Twp, Macon Co, Hh 174
Lewis Winkler, 38, b. KY
Elizabeth, 36, b. MO
Mary E., 20. Derling, 17. Ann, 14. John, 12. Wm, 11. Rachel, 8. Jane, 6. James, 4. Nancy, 2.

Events

DeathBef 1861
MarriageWilliam Cross

Families

SpouseWilliam Cross ( - 1848)
ChildElizabeth Cross (1821 - 1864)
ChildRhoda Cross (1822 - 1848)
ChildWilliam Cross (1825 - )
ChildDurlin Cross (1824 - )
ChildMartha Cross (1831 - )
ChildRachel Cross (1836 - )
ChildWright Cross (1838 - )
FatherDurlin WRIGHT (1770 - 1829)
MotherElizabeth Enyart (1772 - 1861)
SiblingCatherine "Katy" Wright (1796 - )
SiblingGideon Wright (1809 - 1870)
SiblingIsabella Wright (1807 - 1855)
SiblingElizabeth Wright (1800 - 1829)