Alurie < >

   Another name for Alurie was <Mary Catherine>.

  Research Notes:

Inscription on inside front cover of The Mental Friend, and Rational Companion; Consisting of Maxims and Reflections which Related to the Conduct of Life, Newark, N.J., Published by Benjamin Olds [about 1831] (written by George Nicholson between 1803 and 1806) reads:
Mary Catherine Steadley [or Steddley]
Cedar Creek
Polk
Wis

The boundaries of the town of Polk, Wisconsin were established by the U.S. government around 1830.

A note written by Lorna Wallace, tucked into the book, reads:
"Russell Sterling's mother (?) R.S. = Mother's grandfather - Her maternal great-grandmother"

It is also possible that Mary Catherine Steadley/Studley was Russell Sterling Studley's sister. kjf

Alurie married < > Studley. (< > Studley was born in Connecticut, United States.)