Lenora was the first-born child on 1 Apr 1831 of parents William watson and Mary Pickering, She had two younger brothers, and after her father died in 1844, her mother remarried, and she had a half brother and half sister.
Lenora married for the first time when she was 15 years old to Levi Culver Smith on 11 Nov 1846 in Parke, Indiana, officiated by Persius E Harris. [1] After Levi, she married twice more. Her second husband was William Phemister, and after his death, she later married Daniel Wright.
During the Civil War, Lenora volunteered as a nurse and was commissioned by Governor O. P, Morton. She served in Terre Haute, Indiana in her town, and went to battlesites in Nashville and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, caring for the wounded after the Battle of Stones River.
At the 1880 Census, Lenora lives with her husband, Daniel Wright, and her two daughters (with husband William Phemister) in Terre Haute, Indiana:[2]
Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace |
Daniel H Wright | Husband | M | 42 | Ohio |
Leonora Wright | Wife | F | 45 | Kentucky |
Bessie Phemister | Daughter | F | 15 | Tennessee |
Gertrude Phemister | Daughter | F | 6 | Indiana |
Lenora died on 15 May 1914 in Terre Haute, Indiana. She is honorably interred in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. A fitting tribute: Find A Grave: Memorial #21933546[3]
Daughter's death certificate; Lenora is mentioned. See "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7RN-MD7 : accessed 8 June 2021), Leanora Watson in entry for Bessie B. Beattie, 03 Feb 1927, District of Columbia, United States; citing reference ID 304160, District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,116,027. Frame Number: 2203 --Record Number: 160--GS Film Number: 2116027-- Digital Folder Number: 004025303-- Image Number: 2204 ---Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01021-2
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