Mary Wright Shell Bible

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Georgia Bible Records. Jeanette Holland Austin. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD. 1985. Mary Wright Shell Bible, pp. 171-172.

Owner: Mrs. Lucius Arnold, Jr.
Hogansville, Ga.

Marriages
James Wright to Lucy 1/23/1774
William Wright to Lucy Tucker 9/1/1803
William Dugan to Elizabeth L. Wright 12/17/1807
Zacheus Wright to Mary Glasgow 12/7/1809
Edmond Shell to Lucy 11/9/1815
Isham M. Shell to Mary Wright 4/16/1818

Births
James Wright 11/27/1745
Lucy Wright, his wife, 11/27/1756
William Wright, son of James Wright & Lucy, his wife, 1/29/1775
Milly Wright, dau. of above, 1/13/1777
Joseph Wright, son of above, 1/7/1779
Zacheus Wright, son of above, 1/9/1783
Elizabeth L. Wright, dau. of above, 2/12/1787
Mary Wright, dau. of above, 12/18/1788
Lucy Wright, dau. of above, 11/9/1792
James Wright, son of above, 6/29/1797
James (L. or T.) Wright, son of William Wright and Lucy, 8/24/1804
Nancy R. Wright, dau. of William Wright and Lucy, 1/16/1806
Mary W. Wright, dau. of William Wright and Lucy, 4/14/1807
Elizabeth A. Wright, dau. of William Wright and Lucy, 6/10/1809
Lucy B. Wright 3/21/1811
Lucinda Dugan, dau. of William Dugan and Elizabeth L., 2/14/1809
Martha Ann Wright dau. of Zacheus Wright and Mary, 10/25/1810
Laura Ann L. Shell, dau. of Isum M. Shell and Mary, 6/15/1819, baptized 9/19/1819
James G.C. Shell, son of I.M. Shell and Mary, 9/18/1820, baptized 10/22/1820 by G. Christopher.
Isham Abner Fletcher, son of Isham M. Shell and Mary, 8/11/1822
Lucy Elizabeth Malviney Shell, dau. of Isham and Mary Shell, 8/11/1822
Ivery Isham Malone, son of Isham M. Shell and Mary, 11/5/1826.
John Abner Zaccheus Shell, son of Isham M. Shell and Mary, 1/10/1829.

Deaths
Lucy Wright, wife of James Wright, 9/27/1824, 67 yrs., 10 mos.
James Wright 1/3/1825, 79 yrs., one mo, 6 days
Emily E. Shell, wife of Z.A.Z. Shell, 4/6/1867
Milly Wright 8/22/1785
Joseph Wright 1/9/1779
James Wright 9/17/1797
Lucy Wright, wife of William Wright, 6/28/1811
Lucy Shell, wife of Edmond Shell, 10/21/1819
Edmond Shell 9/1832
Isham M. Shell 10/5/1871
Mary Shell, wife of Isham M. Shell, 5/21/1880, 91 yrs., 6 mos., 3 days
John Abner Fletcher, son of Isham M. Shell and Mary, 8/5/1827, age 5 yrs.
William Rufus Dugan 8/10/--, age 17 mos.
Rufus Shell, son of Isham and Mary Shell, 6/10/1886, 54 yrs.

On flyleaf dated 1817:

Black Names

Lucy b. 6/4/1793
Peter Harvey b. 10/15/1819
Hager b. 10/18/1811
Benj. Allen 1/25/1820
Moses Andrew b. 7/29/1813
Rebecca Antonett 11/3/1830
Esther Jane b. 10/7/1815

Found on loose paper inside Bible:

Ruffus Shell and Harlett Shell m. 3/22/1866
Mary Lee Shell b. 7/9/1869
Martha Ann Elizabeth Shell b. 4/21/1871
John Isom Columbus Shell b. 12/-/--
Martha ---
Mary L.E. Shell, dau. of R. H. Shell and Harriet P.S. Shell, b. 7/9/1869
Hager

Transcription or original data errors have been preserved. Notable among these are "Emily E. Shell's" husband's initials under "Deaths" (Should be J.A.Z. Her name was Emily Cole.) and the date of birth for Lucy Elizabeth Malviney Shell (headstone reads June 25, 1824).

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