Posted on: Whiteside Co. Illinois Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Whiteside/686 Surname: Wright, McCombs, Peterson, Pierce, Baker, Thompson, Henderson ------------------------- I need help in locating any remnants or any information on a Wright family who lived in Whiteside Co., IL sometime between 1848 aproximately and 1856. Their names were William Wright and Magdalene McCombs Wright. They left Nauvoo, Hancock Co. IL when the Mormons fled. They had owned property there and were in the church. Their oldest daughter Mary Wright was my greatgreatgrand-mother. She married a man also of the church Thomas Peterson in 1844 at Nauvoo, IL. Thomas owned a farm in Nauvoo. Mary and Thomas eventually moved to Halmilton Twp., Decatur County, Iowa. William Wright and Magdalene are found living there also by the time of the Iowa 1856 Census. Their is a wide space of years between their children who lived with them in Iowa, my gggrand-mother and the others. I have a feeling that some of their children stayed and married in the Whiteside county area. Other children that I have listed for them in Iowa include William Jr., Jane, Rachel and a young son named Adeniram. Also in the household is another woman named Jane, possibly a daughter-in-law? Any help or connections on my Wright's would be appreciated. E-mail direct is best. [email protected] Thanks Gail