Wright, Tennessee America 'Anna'

1847 - 1927  (79 years)

• Name	Wright, Tennessee America 'Anna'
  Birth	22 Sep 1847	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	WRIG.T002
  _FGRAVE	105707592
  Death	2 Mar 1927	Homer, Champaign County, Illinois
  Burial	GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois
  Person ID	I54931	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 1	John, James Milton,   b. 29 Dec 1850   d. 25 Oct 1935, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. John, Amelia Rachel 'Mellie',   b. 1 Oct 1873, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 23 Mar 1957, Wilbur, Lincoln County, Washington (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F19939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Abbott, Mary Alice,   b. 19 Jul 1876, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 9 Oct 1936, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 60 years)   2. Abbott, Abraham Arthur 'Abe',   b. 8 Mar 1878, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 5 Mar 1965, Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 86 years)   3. Abbott, Harry Alexander,   b. 30 Aug 1880, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 7 Jul 1956, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 75 years)   4. Abbott, Grace M.,   b. 15 Feb 1882   d. 20 Nov 1970 (Age 88 years)   5. Abbott, Charles Percy,   b. 12 Feb 1884, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 23 Apr 1919, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 35 years)   6. Abbott, Reuben Aubert,   b. 1 Jul 1886, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 6 Oct 1965 (Age 79 years)   7. Abbott, Roy Willis,   b. 13 Apr 1888, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 5 Oct 1936, Dwight, Livingston County, Illinois (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F19938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Barnes, Emanuel M 'Manuel',   b. 24 Sep 1850, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 6 Mar 1916, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Barnes, George Benton,   b. 9 Jul 1891, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois d. 18 Aug 1971, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F19942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Sep 1847 - Tennessee Death - 2 Mar 1927 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Burial - - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Barnes was Mother of Nine; Dies, Age of 80 Urbana Courier March 3, 1927 page 1 Homer, Ill., March 3. (Special) – Mrs. Tennessee Ann Barnes, widow of Samuel E. Barnes and mother of nine children, eight by a first marriage and one by a second, died yesterday at her home here at the age of 80 years. Mrs. Barnes was born September 22, 1847, in Tennessee, and came to Illinois when a child of ten years with her parents, Reuben and Mary Wright. She was married in 1873 to John Abbott, who died in 1891, and in 1892 to Emanuel E. Barnes, who died in 1916. The children are: Mellie Oglesby, Mondown, Wash., Alice Jordon, Abraham A. Abbott, Mary Abbott and George B. Barnes, Homer. Grace Byrd and Roy Abbott, Decatur; Newman Abbott, Lyndon, Ill., and Percy Abbott, deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Christian church of which Mrs. Barnes had long been a member, with Rev. W. H Hardaker, pastor of the Webber Street Church of Christ, Urbana, officiating. Interment will be made in G.A.R. cemetery. Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society