Dates of birth and death are from her gravestone, which is inscribed Mary A. E. Lewright.

Maiden name of Crowder is from the death certificates of her children Eugene and John.

My only connection to this family is that their son Lucius married my first cousin 3 times removed, Statira Downing. But I am entering the entire family because the widowed Statira was living with their son John in 1920, and because their son James had a son named Eugene who is easily confused with Lucius and Statira’s son of the same name, and because the death certificates for Eugene and John provide evidence for Mary’s maiden name.

1850 census of Franklin Co., Missouri, district 31, enumerated 7 Dec, lists as family #1759:
William P. Leeright, 42, b. Ky, farmer; Mary, 32, b. Va; Martha, 7; John, 4; Jerome, 3; Lewis, 8/12; Elizabeth, 80, b. Va. All children born in Missouri.

1860 census of Franklin Co., Missouri, Boles township, enumerated 8 June, lists on p. 16 as family #108:
William P. Lewright, 51, farmer, b. Va; Mary A. E., 42, b. Va; Martha E., 16; John W., 14; Jerome, 12; Lucius, 10; Eugene, 7; James T., 5; unnamed male, 2. All children born in Missouri. James McLaughlin, 25, farm laborer, b. Ireland; Osker Baldwin, 18, farm laborer, b. New York.

1870 census of Clay Co., Missouri, town of Liberty, enumerated 21 June, lists on p. 34 as family #235/240:
Lewright, Wm P., 61, farmer, b. Va; Mary E., 31, b. Va; Mattie, 26, b. Mo; Jerome, 22, b. Mo, clerk in bookstore; Lucius, 20, b. Mo, works on farm, b. Mo; Eugene, 17, b. Mo, works on farm; James, 15, b. Mo, works on farm; Jennette, Pattie J., 26, b. Va; Medlock, Alice, 6, b. Mo.

The age for Mary should be 51, not 31.

1880 census of Clay Co., Missouri, Liberty township, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 2 as family #14/15:
Eaton, Jas R., 45, b. N.Y. Penn N.Y., teacher; Martha, 36, wife, b. Mo Va --; Harold W., 2, son, b. Mo N.Y. Mo; Lewright, W. P., 72, father in law, widowed, retired farmer, b. Va -- --.