William C & Annie Dalton Wright & Alice W Towne Headstone
William C Wright
Ancestry: Stillman Wright.; Zadock Wright; Moses Wright, Rev War, War of 1812; Ebenezer Wright; Moses Wright; Adam Wright; Richard Wright, “Fortune”; William Wright, “Fortune”
Born: December 21, 1858 in Sandwich Ma.
- Father: Stillman Wright.; (1812 – 1875) (Zadock Wright & Jane Tilson)
- Mother: Zilpha E. Hammond; (1816 – 1894) (Noah Hammond & Zilpha Maxim)
Died: May 12, 1923 in Bourne Ma. at 63 yrs, 4 mos, 18 d. (accidental drowning)
- Buried: Pocasset Cemetery; area B (with his wife & daughter)
Occupation: Iron Moulder
Where Lived: Chelsea & Pocasset Ma.
Married: December 31, 1882 in Pocasset Ma. by J.H. Wallen
- To: Annie Dalton; (1860 – 1956) (James Dalton & Elizabeth MacDonald)
Children: 1
- 1. Alice Martha Wright Towne; (February 21, 1886 – January 20, 1974); Married George William Towne (1885 -1965 ) (George Moody Towne & Annie Wallace Cruckshanks) in Bourne Ma. on June 24, 1908; George married (2) Ruth Caroline (Norris) Harvey (1886 – 1939) (Lucian W. Norris & Effie L. Osgood) in Yucatan Mexico on January 30, 1926 & married (3) Cecile Marie (Byrnes) Holmes (Joseph Byrnes & Winifred McDonnell) in Dauphin Pa. on June 18, 1945; George died in Stuttgart Germany; Alice is buried with her parents in Pocasset Cemetery.