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Mary E. <I>Stronach</I> Alcott

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Mary E. Stronach Alcott

Birth
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Death
27 Aug 1883 (aged 43)
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Mary E. Stronach was born 1840 in Raleigh, Wake County, NC the eldest of 6 known children born to Scottish-born stone mason, William Stronach, and his wife, Sarah Eubanks Moody, the widow Savage, of Henrico Co, VA.

Mary married commission merchant Wayne Alcott of New York around 1866 in Raleigh when she was about age 26 and he aged 23. They were parents of 3 known children:

* Lucy Moody Alcott DAVIS (1867-1888)
* William N. Alcott (1868-1915), Richmond, VA
* Mary E. Alcott WILKINSON 1876-1965)

It is known her husband, Wayne Alcott, was an agent for farm machinery and was known to have built a substantial Victorian home on Polk Street, Raleigh in 1893, in what is now the historic Oakwood District.

Mary died in August 1883 at age 43 and was buried in the Stronach plot in Oakwood Cemetery. After her death, her husband removed to Norwich, Chenango Co, NY where in 1890 he married (2nd) to Mary "Ernestine" Tucker (1853-1909), from whom he separated from sometime after 1900. Wayne Alcott died in Syracuse on 10 February, 1920 and his widowed daughter, Mary Alcott Wilkerson, and Wilkerson grandchildren were by his side.
Mary E. Stronach was born 1840 in Raleigh, Wake County, NC the eldest of 6 known children born to Scottish-born stone mason, William Stronach, and his wife, Sarah Eubanks Moody, the widow Savage, of Henrico Co, VA.

Mary married commission merchant Wayne Alcott of New York around 1866 in Raleigh when she was about age 26 and he aged 23. They were parents of 3 known children:

* Lucy Moody Alcott DAVIS (1867-1888)
* William N. Alcott (1868-1915), Richmond, VA
* Mary E. Alcott WILKINSON 1876-1965)

It is known her husband, Wayne Alcott, was an agent for farm machinery and was known to have built a substantial Victorian home on Polk Street, Raleigh in 1893, in what is now the historic Oakwood District.

Mary died in August 1883 at age 43 and was buried in the Stronach plot in Oakwood Cemetery. After her death, her husband removed to Norwich, Chenango Co, NY where in 1890 he married (2nd) to Mary "Ernestine" Tucker (1853-1909), from whom he separated from sometime after 1900. Wayne Alcott died in Syracuse on 10 February, 1920 and his widowed daughter, Mary Alcott Wilkerson, and Wilkerson grandchildren were by his side.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56337490/mary_e-alcott: accessed ), memorial page for Mary E. Stronach Alcott (7 May 1840–27 Aug 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56337490, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by pbfries (contributor 46951237).