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Giles Wright - Lawrence County, KY
Harvey Wright - Montgomery County, Ohio
Thomas Wright - Fayette County, KY
Jonathan G. Wright - Rush County, IN
Young Frederick Wright - Meriweather Co., GA
Hannah Wright - Wayne County, IN
John Wright - Virginia>Scioto Co., OH
William H(arrison) Wright - Nebraska
Sarah Madison Wright - New York to Michigan
John S. Wright - Hagerstown, MD>OH>WVA
Samuel Wright - Springfield, Mass (1639)
Susanna Wright Pearce - Portsmouth, R.I.
John Wright - Waltham Abbey, England
William Houston Wright - Tennessee
Jonathan Wright - Orleans, Orange Co., IN
Jonathan H. Wright - Orleans, Orange Co., IN
Newton Wright - Orleans, Orange Co., IN
Aaron Wright - Orleans, Orange Co., IN
Henry C. Wright - Orleans, Orange Co., IN
HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III, pp. 1284-85. [Boyd County]
GILES WRIGHT--In the history of business development and of individual achievement Giles Wright is deserving of prominent and honorable mention, for from commencing on a small scale, he has caused the development of a lumber business of magnitude in this section of the state and has advanced to a leading position among the successful business men whose enterprise is leading to the rapid growth and improvement of the country. The great forests of this and adjacent states furnish ample opportunity for representatives of the lumber industry, and the giant trees converted into building material are now being shipped to all parts of the country. Giles Wright was born in Lawrence County, Kentucky, January 6, 1867, the son of Calvin and Celina (Hilton) Wright, the former a native of Wise county, Virginia and the latter from Carter county, Kentucky. When a young man Calvin Wright in company with his older brother Henry, and a younger one named James, came to Kentucky in the early thirties and located on Dry Fork, a branch of Little Fork river, in Lawrence county, Kentucky, and engaged in farming, making great improvements, building good homes and becoming well fixed financially and influential. He died on the homestead in 1872 on August 11, at the age of fifty-three years. During the Civil war he was a southern sympathizer but took no active part in the conflict. He was a member of the United Baptists as was also his wife, who is now living at Willard, Carter county, Kentucky. They were the parents of three children, one son and two daughters, all living, the son being the eldest and but a child when his father died. Giles Wright was reared in his native county until he was thirteen years old, attending the common schools. He began work at this age on a farm and in public works and continued in the same until 1889. In 1890 he entered the employ of Leatherber, Slade & Kelton, wholesale lumber, at Columbus, Ohio, as buyer and shipper for manufacturing and buying in the markets in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia and continued in this business until 1893, acquiring a thorough knowledge of this business in all its departments. He then began the manufacture and wholesale of lumber for himself at Ashland under the firm name of Kitchen & Wright, which firm existed until 1897, when they dissolved partnership and Mr. Wright continued until 1902 and then formed a partnership under the name of Giles Wright Lumber Co., B. B. Fanning being Mr. Wright's partner in the concern, which continued until 1906 and then incorporated into the Wright, Saulsberry Lumber Co., which continued until 1910. On May 1, 1910, the Wright-Kitchen Lumber Co. was organized with a paid up capital stock of $75,000 and with the following officers: Giles Wright, President; J. H. Kitchen, Vice-President and C. J. Kitchen, Secretary and Treasurer. The business has developed from small beginnings to its present proportions. During its early days it made about $40,000 a year and in 1910 showed an increase of over $200,000 and from shipments of ten cars to sixty or seventy cars per month. It operates an eight foot single band mill at the Ashland plant, cutting thirty-five thousand feet daily, making a specialty of Kentucky oak timbers, length up to forty feet, and is one of the few mills equipped for such work, and employing about fifty men. This company owns timber land in the Big Sandy district but by principally on the market. In politics Mr. Wright is a stanch Republican and in 1909 was a candidate from his party to the state senate, the 32d senatorial district, but a large opposition majority precluded his election. In social societies, he is a Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge, Royal Arch Chapter, the Commandery and Shrine, all at Ashland. He married on September 27, 1891; Mollie Lee Kitchen, a native of Carter county, Kentucky, and a daughter of Charles Kitchen, of whom a sketch is published elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the parents of five children, four of whom are living. Their names are: Lena Mabel, who died at the age of eleven years; Charles K.; Lauretta; Giles Edward; Mollie Lee. Mrs. Wright is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA: From the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, notes, etc. Illustrated; Chicago: Brant & Fuller, 1888,p. 395
ELDER HARVEY WRIGHT, of Center Township, is a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, born September 9, 1820, being the son of Dan and Catharine (REEDER) Wright, who were respectively natives of Vermont and Ohio, the former of English, and the latter of Welsh and German descent. His father was the son of Dan Wright; his mother was the daughter of George and Margaret (VAN CLEVE) REEDER, who are presumed to be natives of Pennsylvania. When he was yet a young child less than a year old his paretns came to Rush County, and became among the first settlers of Richland Township. There his early life was spent assisting to clear and cultivate his father's farm. When he was in his twentieth year, or in 1840, he accompanied his parents to Orange Township, Fayette County, where they settled upoon a farm. During his boyhood he attended the district school, but the advantages were poor, consequently his early education was quite limited. This lack of early training has been somewhat mitigated though by reading and home study. During the winters of 1842-3, and 1843-4, he taught public school in Fayette County. Before his second term of school closed he was married, on the 27th day of December, 1843, to Miss Delilah STEPHEN, who was born in Fayette County, Ind., March 2, 1827, being the daughter of Thomas G. and Hannah (SUTTON) STEPHEN, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. Her father was the son of Levi and Delila (GATRELL) STEPHEN, who were natives of Pennsylvania. Her mother was the daughter of David and Letitia (GARD) SUTTON. Mr. and Mrs. Wright entered upon their married life upon a farm in Orange Township, Fayette County. They continued to reside in that township until the year 1865, when they removed to Center Township, this county, and they have ever since occupied their present home. Mr. Wright has a farm of 182 acres, about 130 of which is in cultivation. His farm is well improved and very desirably located. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have had eleven children, as follows:
Drusilla, born November 27, 1845;
Thomas, born January 12, 1848;
George, born April 28, 1850;
Frances A., born November 26, 1852;
Dan, born September 26, 1854;
John, born April 8, 1856;
Emma J., born April 2, 1858;
Joseph A., born November 26, 1860, died August 19 1887;
Rhoda C., born September 16, 1866; Eva E., born August 29, 1869,
Luella G., bornFebruary 23, 1872. In July, 1850.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright joined the Baptist Church, of which they have been devoted members ever since. In 1854, Mr. Wright was ordained as a minister in that church, and he has continued to labor in that capacity ever since. His ministerial labors have chiefly been performed in Rush and Fayette counties, though his transient labors as a minister extend to eleven different States of the Union. In politics, Mr. Wright is a Democrat. He is an intelligent, well read man, and in addition to general information, he possesses a masterly knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, to the discussion and correct interpretation of which a good portion of his time is devoted. He is unequivocally opposed to secret societies, and believes that our affiliations should be confinded strictly to that society which embrases the principles of the Christian religion.
HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA: From the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, notes, etc. Illustrated; Chicago: Brant & Fuller, 1888,p. 396
THOMAS WRIGHT, the present Trustee of Center Township, was born in Fayette County, [Ind] January 12, 1848. His Farther, Rev. Harvey Wright, was born in Ohio, and now a time-honored Baptist minister and prominent citizen of Center Township. His mother, whose maiden name was Delilah STEPHEN, is a native of this State, having been born in Fayette County. His boyhood was spent in his native county upon a farm. In February, 1865, he accompanied his parents to their present home, where he remained with them upon the farm until the time of his marriage, which occurred January 26, 1868. The lady that became his wife was Miss Mary E. VANDELL who was born in Shelby County, this State, April 22, 1849. Ever since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Wright have resided in Center Township, except about eight months of the year 1881, during which they resided in Jackson Township. They have occupied their present home since October, 1881. They are the parents of two daughters: Effie h. and Cora F., the former of whom is at present a teacher in the public schools of Rush County. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are both members of the Christian Church. In politics, Mr. Wright is a Democrat. He was elected Trustee of his township in the spring of 1884, and was re-elected in the spring of 1886, with an increased majority, which is evidence of his standing as a citizen and of the good management of his office. He is one of his township's most industrious farmers, and he and his wife are among its best citizens.
HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA: From the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, notes, etc. Illustrated; Chicago: Brant & Fuller, 1888,p. 494
JONATHAN G. WRIGHT, a farmer and citzen of Orange Township, Rush County, was born February 5, 1846, and is the son of Ephraim and Polly (BUCKLEY) Wright. The father was born in Pennsylvania, February 26, 1818, and was the son of Justice Wright, who was an early settler of Fayette County, Ind. The father of our subject was a farmer by occupation and a minister by profession. He was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and lived to be forty-five years old. he was a progressive man and was universally respected by all who knew him. The mother of our subject was born in York State, May 20, 1808, and was the daughter of Nathan BUCKLEY. She was a widow of John HARDY, when she was married to the father of our subject. Her second marriage was blessed with five children, three sons and two daughters, viz.:
Alfred (deceased),
Jonathan,
Henry,
Amanda,
Olive.
Our subject was reared on a farm and received a common school education. He has followed farming as his occupation. He had a limited capital to begin life, but by untiring energy and frugality, he has been successful as a farmer, and is a progressive and representative citizen. In 1869, January 24, he was united in marriage with Sarah SELBY, daughter of Harrison SELBY. She was born in Rush County, Ind., April 3, 1849. Four children, one son and three daughters, have been born unto the marriage, viz.:
Drurie,
Almy,
Estella,
James.
Our subject served two years in the Civil War in Company M, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment of the Ninth Indiana Cavalry. He is in sympathy with churches and schools, and has aided all laudable public enterprises.
HISTORY OF STEWART COUNTY GEORGIA, Section I by Helen Eliza Terrill; Sponsored by Roanoke Chapter D.A.R., Columbus Office Supply Co., Columbus, GA., 1958, p. 640.
YOUNG FREDERICK WRIGHT was born in Meriwether County [GA] in 1829. His parents were early settlers from North Carolina who came to Georgia. His wife, born in 1838, was a native of Randolph County. Her parents came from South Carolina. In 1861 Young Frederick Wright was called to the Confederate Service, but later was detailed to take charge of the Salt Works in Virginia. Mr. Wright and wife settled in the 33rd District of the county. Children:
1. William A., a resident of Kentucky, and the inventor of a terracing machine;
2. Texas, married Eli MCKEITHAN of Ft. Gaines, Ga.;
3. Claudia A. married W.N. CHAMBLESS
4. Amelia, married L.C. CHAMBLESS
5. Jacob
6. Annie G. married James A. GATES
7. Ada married H. MCLENDON of Ft. Gaines
8. Minnie married Mr. ALLEN of Dawson, Ga.
9. Birdie married G.Y. Harrell of LUMPKIN
10. Young Alexander Wright, teacher and lawyer, was admitted to the Bar in 1878. He moved to Butts County where he became a prominent citizen and represented his county in the Legislature. In 1882 he married Ida W. ELLIS, daughter of Dr. James F. and Elizabeth (AMONS) ELLIS. He was a prominent Secret Order man.
Young Frederick Wright was a successful planter of Stewart County. He was a man of strong mental attainments and was one of the early teachers of the county. He was correspondent to several newspapers, for which work he was specially gifted. After settling in Stewart County this pioneer couple spent their remaining years here, and are buried in the family cemetery near the old home. The older generations are buried at the old Jamestown Cemetery, Chattahoochee County. Their descendants may be found in several sections of Georgia, Kentucky, New York, and other states. Those who now live in Stewart County are some of the children of Birdie Wright HARRELL. Data found in "Memoirs of Georgia."
Contributed by Mary Jane Pattillo:[email protected]
"AN ADDINGTON/CHALFANT FAMILY HISTORY by David Vern Addington....p.97.
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Our direct line ancestor for the Wright family is HANNAH WRIGHT [great grandmother of Harry Vern ADDINGTON] who was born on 1813 in Wayne County, Indiana and married Benjamin MOORE on 30 Jul.1833 in Wayne County,Indiana.The Wright family is most likely English in origin but that has not been confirmed.They are first identified in Maryland in the early 1700s.The family later moved to Indiana about 1806. Benjamin and Hannah [Wright] MOORE raised their family in Wayne Co. until the late 1840s when they moved to Huntington Co.as shown in the 1850 census. Benjamin MOORE died in 1857.The family had evidently moved to Randolph Co. before his death.Benajman's brothers George and Henry were living in Stony Creek Township in 1860 census,Hannah was living in Stony Creek Township and had remarried to John MORRISON, fourteen years her junior. Hannah Wright's parents were Ralph and Hannah WRIGHT, Jr.and were living in Huntington Co. next door to the Benjamin MOORE family as shown by the 1850 sensus data. Ralph Wright was born on 19 Aug.1788 in North Carolina.We do not know Hannah's family name but she was born in 1799 in North Carolina.
The Wrights were Quakers and were members of the Whitewater Monthly Meeting showed the Wright family to have come to Wayne Co.early since in 1809; Ralph Sr. was appointed an elder. Ralph Jr. is listed as being received into membership in 1816. References also list Jonathan Wright, son of Ralph Sr. as coming from the Springfield MM in North Carolina. No marriage record has been found for Ralph Wright but he is shown in the 1820 Wayne County census in Wayne Township with one son under 10 and two daughters under 10 [one of which should be Hannah] and wife age 16-25. Ralph raised his family in Wayne Co.until the late 1840s. He then moved with his son-in-law Benjamin MOORE to Huntington Co. where he appears in the 1850 census.There were many Wright families in Randolph Co but most are unrealated to our Wright family which came from North Carolina.Ralph and Hannah stayed in Huntington Co as shown by the 1860 census. It is assumed they died in that county sometime after 1860.
Ralph Wright Jr. b.1788, was the s/o Ralph Wright Sr. who was b.24 Jul.1746 in Prince George Co., Maryland. It is not known when Ralph Sr. moved to North Carolina, but he was there by 1771 since his first child was born there. His wife's name was also Hannah, but the family name is not known. Ralph Wright Sr.moved his family north to Wayne Co., Indiana sometime around 1806. They settled in Wayne Township along with their married children. Ralph Wright Sr.lived a long life and died in Wayne Co. on 23 Jul.1837 at the age of 90 years,11 months and 30 days. Hannah had died before him on 28 Feb.1826 at Whitewater in Wayne Co.
Ralph and Hannah Wright Sr. had the fillowing children.
[1] James Wright,b.9 Sep.1771,d.5 Dec.1833 Wayne Co.In.
[2] William Wright b.1 Jan.1773,d 4 Nov.1780,bur.Springfield,NC.
[3] Jane Wright b.18 Oct. 1774
[4] Elijah Wright b 12 Oct. 1776; d.29 Dec.1845,Wayne Co.IN.
[5] John Wright b 7 Nov.1778, d 27 Oct.1778, bur. Springfield,NC.
[6] Rhchardson Wright b.5 Nov.1780.
[7] Hannah Wright b.4 Jan.1783.
[8] Lydia Wright b. 6 Jan 1785,d,27 Jun.1785, bur. Springfield,NC.
[9]Jonathan Wright b.4 Apr.1786,d 28 May 1862,Wayne Co. IN. m. 28 Feb.1810, Lydia HAWKINS.
[10] Ralph Wright* b.19 Aug.1788,NC.d.aft 1860. prob. Huntington Co.IN
[11] David Wright b.17 Oct.1790.d.20 Aug.1870,Wayne Co.IN.m. 4 Aug.1813 Hepsa COFFIN.
[12] Ruth Wright b 9 Sep.1792,d,28 Jul.1797,bur.Springfield,NC.
[13] Mary Wright b.24 Jul.1795,d.22 Jan.1799,bur.Springfield,NC.
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Quakers records in North Carolina show the Wright family to belong to the Deep River Monthly Meeting in Gouliford County. The first meeting of Deep River Monthly Meeting was held on 7th Sep.1778. Hannah Wright and her daughter Jane were received into member ship on that day. The Deep River Meeting was located in the western part of Guilford County, about 12 miles from Greensboro. Midweek meetings had been held there as early as 1753 and a preparative meeting established in 1758. The meeting enjoyed great growth through immigration from the North during the latter half of the 18th century but suffered great losses by migration to the Northwest during the first half of the 19th century. One report in the book "Southern Quakers and Slavery "says: "Deep River is, and has been,one of the strongest monthly meetings. Its record of migration begins with 1811 and extends to 1860. As between Tennessee.,Ohio and Illinois. Between 1811 and 1845 the movement was quite uniform.The favorite objective point was the White Water Meeting, Indiana" The Whitewater Monthly Meeting minutes say Ralph Wright was received of membership from the Black Creek Monthly Meeting in Randolph County,North Carolina. No record of Ralph Wright has been found in those records, but he may have had some connections there.
Ralph Wright Sr.'s parents were a James and Lucy Wright. James Wright was born on 8th Jan., 1718, probably in Prince George County, Maryland.We do not know the family name for Lucy, but she was also born in Prince George County about 1720. James and Lucy Wright had the following children,all born in Prince george County ;
[1]Ralph Wright,b.25 May 1746.d.23 Jul.1837
[2] Elizabeth Wright b.15 Oct.1747.
[3] James Wright,b.1 Dec.1748.
[4] Ann Wright,b.25 Oct. 1750. [
5] Susanna Wright,b.19 Mar.1753.
[6] Boyster Wright b,13 Sep.1755.
[7] Micajah Wright b.24 Apr.1758.
Lucy may have died sometime around 1760 since James evidently married a second time to Phoebe, family name unknown. James Wright moved his family to North Carolina and died there at some time later. The parents of James Wright, born 1718 are listed in one reference as a James and Mary Wright.There is no further data on them so they may have been born in Maryland or could have been the original Wright immigrants to America. This Wright family was obviously among the early settlers in America.
Contributed by Patricia L Stanley
Biography of John Wright.
John Wright was born 3 Jun 1804 in Virginia. He married Sarah REED 24 Mary 1827. John died 8 Dec 1862 possibly in Scioto Co., Ohio. Sarah REED Wright died 18 Jan 1899. In 1850, the family of John and Sarah lived in Meigs twp, Adams Co., Ohio. By 1860, John and Sarah were in Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio. In 1880, Sarah was living with her son, Lloyd Wright in Cedar Co., Mo. Names and dates were preserved in a Bible Record showing their children:
Chrissie Ann Wright, born 23 Dec 1829 in Loudoun Co., Va;
Samuel Louis Wright, born 15 Nov 1831;
William Clinton Wright, born 9 Apr 1833 and died 19 Feb 1861;
Louisa F. M. Wright, born 19 July 1835 and died 24 June 1856;
Lloyd Noble Wright, born 3 Jan 1837 and died 14 July 1886;
John Calhoun Wright, born 15 Jun 1838 and died 22 July 1838;
Baldridge Corwin Wright, born 1 Apr 1840 and died 4 Nov 1862;
Pleasant Susan Wright, born 9 Jan 1843 and died 6 Oct 1853.
Descendants are known for the oldest daughter, Chrissie and child no. 5, Lloyd Noble Wright. Some of Lloyd Noble Wright's male descendants ended up in Dodge City, Kansas.
Contact: Lois Masters
*William H(arrison?) WRIGHT was born January 21, 1821. On March 7, 1847 he married Paulina A. TINKER. Paulina was born June 24, 1828, the daughter of Jonathan and Lucinda LEWIS Tinker. To this union were born 13 children, 2 unidentified. They were:
[1] John, born December 25, 1847. He fought in the Civil War, enlisting at Brownville, Ne. He died somewhere in Ne.
[2] Wilson, who drowned in the Nishanabotna River in Iowa at the age of 9.
[3] Emma, who married _______ BRINER and had a son Roy.
[4] *Dan Harrison, born July 3, 1857, died 1926.
[5] Aurelia, born December 18, 1859 and died in Humboldt, Ne.
[6] Francis Augustus, born December 10, 1861 in Hamburg, IA. He married Milda JOHANN. They had 3 children, Ralph Edward, Fred George and Ruth May.
[7] Charles F., born October 19, 1863.
[8] George W., born October, 1865.
[9] Chester Stanley, born December 21, 1867.
[10] Rollin M., born June 22, 1871.
[11] Champion, born June 22, 1871. He fought in the Spanish American war in the Phillipines and died in Humboldt, Ne.
After residing in Iowa for an unknown amount of time, William and Paulina settled in Humboldt, Ne., where they spent the rest of their lives. William is credited with hauling the stones by ox team for the first store in Humboldt. Along with his brother-in-law, Oliver TINKER who founded Humboldt, he donated the land for the cemetery. He also donated land for the city square park and for the Christian Church. William passed away in Humboldt November 14, 1873 at the age of 52. Paulina passed away May 10, 1881 also in Humboldt.
*Dan Harrison WRIGHT was born Jul 3, 1857. On September 30, 1883 he married Mary Elizabeth JONES. Mary Elizabeth was born August 25, 1867. To this union were born 6 children, including 2 sons who died in infancy. Their surviving children were:
[1.] Wilma Paulina born September 1885. She married Oscar MARSHALL. They had 5 children. Both died in St. Edward, Ne.
[2.] Guy W., born January 12, 1890. He married Hazel _____. They had four children. Both died in Humboldt, Ne.
[3.] *John William, born April 21, 1899 in Joplin, Mo., died 1973.
[4.] Merwin E., born January 4, 1907. He married Thelma _____. They had 3 children. Merwin died in David City, Ne.
Dan and Mary Elizabeth lived for some time in Joplin, Mo. where Dan was a partner in a lead mine. Dan contracted miner's lung and was given only a short time to live. They returned to Humboldt by wagon with their 3 children. While in Humboldt, Dan's health improved greatly. After a short time there they moved on, to homestead in the Pierre, S. Dak. area. After an unknown length of time, Dan and Mary were starved out of homesteading and again returned to Humboldt. Upon their return to Humboldt, Dan and Mary Elizabeth ran the Central Hotel. Dan also drove the City Sprinkler wagon. Mary Elizabeth died in Humboldt at the age of 48, in 1916 from ovarian cancer. Dan died in Humboldt in 1926 at the age of 69 after having suffered a stroke at 65.
*John William WRIGHT was born April 21, 1899 in Joplin, Mo. He married Grace Amanda LEGG December 25, 1924 in Humboldt, Ne. Grace was born January 22, 1904 in Humboldt, the daughter of John Walter and Parthena HARDY LEGG. To this union were born 4 children, including a stillborn daughter. Their other children are: [
1.] John William Jr, born June 23, 1927. He married Priscilla _____. They had 4 children. He died in Greenwood, Ne.
[2.] *Florence Parthena, born March 10, 1929. She married Raymond Spurling DAWSON. They had 4 children.
[3.] Lewis Harrison, born December 20, 1930. He married Joann _____. They had 3 children.
John served in the Navy during WWI and worked for the United States Postal Service. His hobbies included hunting, raising dogs and camping. He and Grace spent most of their married life in Lincoln, Ne. John died July 23, 1973 of a heart attack in Lincoln, Ne. Grace passed away, also of a heart attack, in Lincoln on June 3, 1979.
Contact: Liz Henning
BIOGRAPHY OF SARAH MADISON WRIGHT ALLEN
Sarah Madison WRIGHT was born in August 1805 according to family tradition. She was the daughter of a Scotsman. Beyond that, nothing of her birth or ancestry is known. We are not even sure of her maiden name.
About 1824. Sarah Madison WRIGHT (possibly a widow with 2 Wright daughters or alternatively 2 younger sisters or nieces) married King ALLEN, the son of Ezekiel and Parnel Shattuck ALLEN of Suffield Connecticut. King ALLEN and Sarah Madison WRIGHT were probably married in Suffield.
By November of 1824, the family was in Clay, Onondage Co., NY which is known through the birth of George GIBBS, their nephew (through King's sister Harriet ALLEN and her husband Eli GIBBS.)
Sarah ALLEN gave birth to their oldest daughter, Maria, on March 11. 1825. Followed by Hiram born March 13 1826, died after one day; He was remembered through two namesakes: his brother Hiram ALLEN born July 15, 1827 and his cousin Hiram Allen GIBBS in born in December 1828.
April 4,1930 Sarah ALLEN gave birth to her second daughter.. She was named after her father's sister, Harriet ALLEN. The infant Harriet ALLEN lived two weeks, and died on April 17. When the census was taken in June there were 2 persons in the household, not accounted for by this history: a female between 5 and 10 years old -- ie. born between 1820 and 1825 (the only known female relative of the correct age would be Parnel GIBBS, later LEFFINGWELL, the daughter of Harriet ALLEN and Eli GIBBS: and 2 females under 5 years of age. Maria ALLEN the oldest child is one, but the other is an unknown.
In 1831 King's sister produced a son in Lockport New York and Sarah ALLEN gave birth to Susan ALLEN in Syracuse New York in September. She was followed in October 1832 by sister, Harriet ALLEN#2 (named to remember her deceased sister and her aunt) and in 1835 by a sister Orpha ALLEN.
In 1840 their 7th child was born in Lockport, Niagra County, New York, and in September their daughter Orpha died at the age of 5 years.
By 1842 the family had moved to Ashtabula County Ohio where George ALLENwas born on January 15, and son Granger ALLEN was born February 1843.. They moved to Ohio in the company of King ALLEN'S sister, her husband and children.
1844 Elijah GIBBS died, leaving Harriet Allen GIBBS a widow to raise their sons Hiram 15, Eli 12, and Alexander 9. The oldest ALLEN daughter, Maria, married Samual Alonso HEATH.of Williamsfield, Ashtabula Co. Ohio and made them grandparents by producing Warren HEATH the following year in 1845, Emeline HEATH and King HEATH in 1846, and Sarah J. HEATH in 1848.
Sarah continued producing her own babies. Alvin ALLEN 1846; Reed ALLEN in 1847, and in 1849 Parnel named for her grandmother Parnel (SHATTUCK) ALLEN.
1850 was a momentus year for the extended family. In September Susan ALLEN married her first cousin Hiram GIBBS who was the son of Harriet ALLEN and Eli GIBBS(making her Aunt and Uncle also her in-laws.)
And the widow Harriet Allen GIBBS (age 54) married James WEAN, the boy next door (age 18). Parnel Shattuck ALLEN had been living with the GIBBS family for more than a decade, but with 2 new brides in the household, she moved to the home King and Sarah ALLEN. Harriet WEAN deeded the Gibbs farm in Williamsfield to her youngest son Alexander (who was appointed a guardian ) by the courts. Then except for Alexander GIBBS and the HEATHS, the remainder of the family pulled up stakes and followed a logging trail North to Michgan, becoming the first white settlers in what is now Caro, Tuscola Co., Michigan about 20 miles east of Bay City and Saginaw..
In a newspaper interview many decades later, Austa described the journey; 8 weeks over rough logging roads, Sarah was greatly pregnant with her 15th child, Charlotte, who was the first white child born in Tuscola, County, November 28 1851, and second to be buried there in early 1852. Charlotte was named for Charlotte Tourgee GIBBS of Ashtabula Co. Ohio.
They traveled in 3 wagons and then lived in them through the winter while the settlers built a school and a church before building their homes. The school was known as the Allen School, later replaced by a second Allen school, where generations of Allen were educated and a few taught (including my grandmother Parnel TERRY, the great granddaughter of King and Sarah).
The settlers accounted for on this journey, King and Sarah ALLEN, the newlyweds James and Harriet (Allen Gibbs) WEAN, Harriet's son Eli, (who would soon marry his first cousin Harriet ALLEN), the newlyweds Hiram and Susan (Allen) GIBBS, King ALLEN, Jr. (12) Austa ALLEN (11) George ALLEN (8) Granger ALLEN (6) Alvin ALLEN (5) Reed ALLEN (4) and Parnel ALLEN (1).
The first winter was very hard. The nearest settlement where they could buy supplies was Pontiac. The roads were not passable so supplies for the 15 of them had to be carried on foot, a weeks walk. There were a handful of other families in the settlement that first winter.
In February 1854, Sarah gave birth for the last time (at the age of 49) to a son, WRIGHT ALLEN. Later that year, they became grandparents again when their daughter, Maria , gave birth in Ohio to Chestella Heath.
In 1858 the family was struck by tragedy when, between Sept 22, and Oct. 22, three grandchildren and four nieces and nephews (the LEFFINGWELL grandchildren of Harriet WEAN) all toddlers, were buried in Wiliamsfield Ohio. The cause of these deaths is not remembered.
The older children were growing into adulthood. Susan and Harriet had married their first cousins, the Gibbs brothers; Reed was living with Susan and Eli GIBBS in the 1860 census. It is assumed he was a farm hand, He was contributing to the support of his parents according to court documents later filed. Austa ALLEN married Samual TERRY, formerly of Pontiac, in April 1859.
Four of the AlLLENsons (Reed, Alvin, George and Hiram) and the GIBBS' sons-in-law (Hi and Eli) served with the Union Army during the civil war as volunteers. Reed volunteered in September 1863, but the date the others volunteered is not discovered.
Reed ALLEN was shot in the arm in July 1864 while on picket duty near Knoxville, Tennessee. George drowned in the Mississippi river, but the date is not known. On September 15, Alvin Reed died. He was 18. Then little Parnel ALLEN (age 5) died on November 8. Sometime in the fall Hiram ALLEN is shot in the thigh, and Hiram GIBBS was wounded.
Reed ALLEN arrived in Detrioit January 1865 where he was to convelesce for several additional weeks from the bullet would received the previous summer. He was discharged from the service, disabled, in March 21, and by April 1, he is again working to support his parents. While they lived to see the surrender of the sourthern forces. Reed and Hiram ALLEN neverthelesss died of their war wounds: Hiram died Oct 21 1865 leaving a widow and 4 children,. Reed died in May 1866.
Austa Allen TERRY gives birth to son Nov. 8, 1865 and names him Reed Alvin TERRY in rembrance of her two brothers, and a daughter Harriet (Hattie) TERRY Sept 7, 1867.
In 1868 Joshua HEATH, good family friend and father in law of oldest daughter Maria, died in Williamsfield Ohio. And their daughter Harriet Allen GIBBS also dies.
His death was followed in March 1869 by the death of Parnel Shattuck ALLEN, the mother of King ALLEN and Harriet Allen Gibbs WEAN. Parnel was born in May 1773, making her just short of 96 years old at the time of her death. Her death was followed in Sept by the death of Lucy GIBBS in Ohio, (the widow of Joshua ).
The grandchildren were coming regularly- Ami G. TERRY in October of that year.; Allen G. HEATH in 1870; Sarah (Sadie) Francis TERRY in 1872
1869 February: The oldest daughter Maria Allen HEATH dies in Ohio. Sarah and King have started to feel their age and are becoming inform. In May Sarah applied for a government pension as the mother of a veteran ( The document only mentions 1 of the sons, Reed).
1870 King ALLEN, Jr. dies.
Sarah Madison Wright ALLEN died Feb 21, 1882 being 77 years old, and her husband King followed less than a month later on March 14. at the age of 83 years, 11 months. Their deaths were recorded in annuls of the Pioneer Society of the State of Michigan. At the time of their deaths, they were survived by only 4 of their 16 children - their daughters Susan Allen GIBBS ,who died without issue; Austa Allen TERRY; son Granger ALLEN; and their youngest son, Wright ALLEN.
Most of their descendents remain in Tuscola Co until the present. The exception is WRIGHT ALLEN who "went west" as a young man. He is mentioned in his sisters obituaries . He is mentioned as living in Washington state about 1920, and in Oregon in 1923. He was known to have married, but beyond that nothing is remembered of his life or whether there were descendants.
Austa TERRY was the oral historian of the family. She dictated the family history to her grandaughter Parnel Terry (MONTAGUE) who recorded them in the 1920's. Her history is the framework of this biography, embellished by the newpaper interview, various obituaries collected by my grandmother Parnel MONTAGUE, and historical records such as census and court papers which have been gathered by family members.
Submitted by Carol Dickinson, PO Box 110872 Anchorage Allaska 99511 e-mail [email protected] in March 1997
John S. Wright joined CO. K. 1st VA in Nov, 1861 out of Wheeling, WVA. His papers list him as 38 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches, profession, chair maker. His birth, 1829, Hagerstown, Maryland. He served at the battles, of Winchester, Port Republic, Thoroughfare Gap, and Second Bull Run, as well as several smaller incidents. The letters give describtions of the battles, as well as missing his family. He contacted an illness on the walk back to DC and was hospitalized. He was given a discharge which came two days before he died. He died on Oct 28, 1862, not a full year since he enlisted. His wife collected $8.00 monthly for the support of their three daughters after several pages of paper work two years later.
Marriage: John Summfield Wright m Elizabeth Ann SUTTON on May 1, 1855, at the English Lutheran Church in Wheeling, WVA. They had three daughters: Mary Wright m. Louis J. KNABE in 1878; Laura WRIGHT remained unmarried; and Georgianna Wright m. 1888 Frederick T. MEYER, Jr. [See Obituary page]
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From NEHG Register, Volume 4, October 1850
GENEALOGICAL NOTICE OF SAMUEL WRIGHT, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS. By Joseph W. Wright, ESQ.
Among the first settlers of the Connecticut River Valley was Deacon Samuel WRIGHT of Springfield, and subsequently of Northampton; a brief notice of whom, and some of his descendants, is subjoined.
That beautiful valley of rich land was acquired from its savage occupants, by the English settlers, through severe hardships, and many sanguinary conflicts; and men less daring in adventure would scarcely have undertaken its settlement; and men whose characteristics were of a less postive quality could not have succeeded. It is, therefore, but an act of duty, and a just tribute of affection to their memories, to rescue, if possible, their names from the perishing records of their time, and not only to incorporate them with the annals of the present, but, as objects of affectionate remembrance, inscribe them in our family memorials.
Springfield was settled A.D. 1636; but the name of Samuel WRIGHT first appears in the town-records Dec. 12, 1639, when he was a juryman. He was a deacon of the first church at Springfield, and "he used to exhort the people and conduct the meetings on the sabbaths when there was no minister." He moved to Northampton, A.D. 1655, and was among the first settlers of that town, where he "died, Oct. 17, 1665, while sleeping in his chair." He left property by will to his wife Margarett, and each of his children, except Helped.
His widow Margarett "died A.D. 1681."
The table of the following page is supposed to indicate his English pedigree. He probably came over under the auspices of his brother Nathaniel, and was attracted to Springfield by Mr. PYNCHON, both of whom had been assistants in Winthrop's company.
Deacon Wright appears to have been an intelligent and useful member of the church, and labored to promote its prosperity. He was, quite probably, a man of a very religious temperament, as he chiefly distinguished himself in religious affairs.
His son Samuel was killed by the Indians, and several of his descendants served in the Indian wars; and one of them, Capt. John WRIGHT, was quite famous as an "Indian hunter."
The old homestead remained in possession of some of the family nearly one hundred and fifty years, or until about A.D. 1800.
He was supposed to have been the son of Mr. Nathaniel WRIGHT, of London, a merchant interest in the Winthrop Colony, (1630), who had descended from John WRIGHT, of Kelvedon, by his second son, John WRIGHT of Wrightsbridge, Co. Essex, England. But such was not the fact, as it now appears that he was a brother and not the son of the said Nathaniel WRIGHT of London.
Robert, the eldest son of John Wright, of Kelvedon, had two sons, John and Thomas, and perhaps others. John, eldest son of Robert WRIGHT, aforesaid, by his wife Mary GREENE, m. Grace GLASCOCK, and had three sons and three daughters: among these were Thomas and Anthony WRIGHT, who were contemporary with Nathaniel and Samuel WRIGHT, and may have been the same Thomas and Anthony WRIGHT who settled at Wethersfield, Conn., about 1640, which was also about the year that our Samuel WRIGHT settled at Springfield.
The descendants of Dea. Samuel WRIGHT were numerous, and many of them are now living, and are to be found in the various useful occupations, the learned professions, and some of them in places of public trust, in the civil departments of the Government, and in the army and navy. [See Family Group Sheets for Samuel Wright's line]
FROM THE NEHG REGISTER, VOLUME 84, OCTOBER 1930
PARENTAGE OF SUSANNA WRIGHT, WIFE OF RICHARD PEARCE OF PORTSMOUTH, R.I. Contributed by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour of Little Compton, R.I.
In the "PEARCE GENEALOGY," by Col. Frederick C. PIERCE, which was published in 1888 and relates chiefly to Richard PEARCE of Portsmouth, R.I., and his descendants, it is stated that Richard PEARCE'S father was of Bristol, England, and that Richard himself was born in England in 1615, was at Portsmouth, R.I., as early as 1654, and married in Portsmouth, in 1642, Susannah WRIGHT, who was born in 1620. Susannah WRIGHT is said to have been the daughter of George WRIGHT of Newport, R.I., who was probably at Salem, Mass., in 1637, and at Newport in 1648. (Pearce Genealogy, pp. 37, 38). Without considering here the question whether the English home and date of birth of Richard PEARCE was given correctly in the "PEARCE GENEALOGY," there is no doubt that the mainden name of Richard PEARCE'S wife was Susanna WRIGHT; but she was the daughter not of George WRIGHT of Newport but of John WRIGHT of Waltham Abbey, Co. Essex, England, yeoman, as the following entry in the "ASPINWALL NOTARIAL RECORDS" proves.
14(7) 1647 Richard PIERCE of Prudence Island in the Narrowgansett Bay did acknowledge the receipt of twnety pounds of Elizabeth DELL Executrix of the last will & Testament of Raph DELL of Bow in Middlesex due as a Legacie unto his wife Susanna daughter of John WRIGHTE of Walton [Waltham] Abbey parish in Essex yeoman; & doth acquitt & discharge the said Elisabeth of the said Legacie & every part thereof. Signed & sealed the 14 (7) before me the Not. publ. 1647. (Aspinwall Notarial Records, pp. 85-86, Boston, 1903)
The following records supply further information about the parentage and English connections of Susanna WRIGHT, the wife of Richard PEARCE, and show, inter alia, that she was baptized at Waltham Abbey 5 Aug. 1627 (not 1620) and was married there (not at Portsmouth, R.I.), 5 May 1642, to Richard PIERCE [not PEARCE]. He and his wife must, therefore, have migrated to New England between the date of their marriage and 14 Sept. 1647, when Richard PIERCE acknowledged the receipt of the legacy due to his wife under the provisions of the will of Ralph DELL.
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FROM THE NEHG REGISTER, VOLUME 84, OCTOBER 1930
[From the foregoing records, it appears that John WRIGHT (or WRITE) of Waltham Abbey, Co. Essex, England, married there, 22 April 1624, Mary DELL, probably the Mary, wife of John WRIGHT of Surestone (Sewardstone), whowas buried at Waltham Abbey 23 Feb. 1637/38. This John WRIGHT was probably the man of that name who was buried at Waltham Abbey 5 July 1643, although, when the will of Ralph DELL (vide supra), proved in 1646 but of uncertain date, was made, he was apparently living. The records show that John and Mary (DELL) WRIGHT of Waltham Abbey had the following children:
1. John, baptized 20 Feb. 1624/5; buried 30 Sept. 1626.
2. Amy, buried 4 June 1638
3. Susanna, bapt 5 Aug. 1627; married at Waltham Abbey, 5 May 1642, Richard PIERCE (or PEARCE), with whom she migrated to New England, arriving there prior to 14 SEPT. 1647.
4. Elyn (Ellen), buried 5 Nov. 1632.
5. Ann, baptized 29 Au. 1633.
6. Ralph, baptized 26 Sept. 1635.
7. Henry, baptized 16 May 1637.
It is possible that in this list Amy and Elyn have not been placed in the proper order among the children; one or both of them may even have been the children of John WRIGHT by an earlier marriage. But, since Susanna (WRIGHT) PEARCE received in 1647 20pds, that is, one-fifth of the legacy left by Ralph DELL to the children of John WRIGHT, she must have had four brothers and sisters living in 1647, and therefore there must have been another son or daughter of John and Mary (DELL) WRIGHT whose name has not been found in the parish registers of Waltham Abbey.
Although there are numerous Wright entries in the parish registers of Waltham Abbey prior to 1650 (vide supra), it is difficult, if not impossible, to draw from them alone any satisfactory conclusions about the parentage and more remote ancestry of John WRIGHT, the father of Susanna (WRIGHT) PEARCE. Were Abstracts of probate records relating the the WRIGHTS of Waltham Abbey available, it might be possible to discover the parents and perhaps the grandparents of this John. In regard to the DELLS however, more information is at hand. The Ralph DELL of Bow, Co. Middlesex, citzen and clothworker, who in his will, proved in 1646, bequeathed 100pds to the children of John WRIGHT, was presumably the father of Mary (DELL) WRIGHT and the grandfather of Susanna (WRIGHT) PEARCE; and this bequest, therefore, was to the children of the testator's deceased daughter. But Ralph DELL'S wife, Elizabeth DELL, who in 1647 paid to Susanna (WRIGHT) PEARCE her share in this legacy and who in her own will, proved in 1657, bequeathed to her brother, Master Henry BRIGHT of New England, and to his children, was baptized in the parish of St. James, Bury St. Edmunds, Co. Suffolk, 17 Sept. 1598, a daughter of Henry BRIGHT of Bury St. Edmunds, and was unmarried as late as 1618 (cf. BRIGHT pedigree, in Bond's Watertown, 2d. edition, pp. 708-709, with notes); and therefore she could not have been the mother of the Mary DELL who was married to John Wright in 1624, but must have been her stepmother, and Mary must have been a daughter of Ralph DELL by an earlier marriage.
Ralph DELL was an assessor to the King's subsidies at Stratford-at-Bow in 1628 (Somerby MSS., book 10, p. 257), and perhaps had lived formerly at Waltham Abbey, where his daughter Mary was married and where, as the parish registers show, children of his brother, Joh DELL, were baptized and buried. In his will Ralph DELL bequeaths to hsi sister Mary DELL and his sisters Ellen, Elisabeth, and Joan, and also to Ralph, John, George, and Elisabeth DELL, children of his brother John DELL. The Waltham Abbey registers show that John DELL had the following children: 1.Ralph, baptized 13 Sept. 1607; buried 1 Nov. 1607. 2. Ralph, baptized 21 Apr. 1611. 3. George, baptized 4 Nov. 1621, perhaps the George DELL of Boston, Mass, mariner, whose will dated 3 Nov. 1653, was brought into court in 1655. 4. Elisabeth, baptized 20 Jan. 1627/28. 5. Margaret, baptized in Aug. 1632; buried in Feb. 1634/5. The baptism of the son John, named in his uncle's will, has not been found in the registers.
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William Wright Index
William Wright - Index
William 1621 Immigrant on the "Fortune" of London, Thomas Barton, Master. Left London about August and 1621 arrived Cape Cod November 9 "with 35 passengers" but only 32 are known by name. All came from London or its suburbs. The entire company settled at Plymouth. [Ref: The Planters of the Commonwealth, 1620-1640, by Charles Edwards Banks, page 52. Call No. 974 W2bf 1967, SLC FHL
William 1759 : Wm. Wright witness to will of Thomas Edmonson, Essex County, Virginia. W.D. 20 Dec. 1757; proven 17 Dec. 1759. Witnesses: John Burnett, Robert Clacke, Hannah Phillips, and William Wright. Ref: Virginia County Records, ed. by Wm. Armstrong Crozier. Vol. III , Williamsburg Wills, page 23.
William Wright/Houston 1770 : William Houston of Fredericksburg [Spotsylvania County, Virginia], died Dec. 21, 1770. Executors Bond dated April 9, 1771. Wit: George Mitchell, O. Towles, John Brock. Executor: Charles Yates and my sons Hugh and William. Leg. my sister Sarah Stacey of the city of Philadelphia £250, Virginia currency. My two natural sons, Hugh Wright, alias Houston; and William Wright, alias Houston, which said Hugh and William were born of the body of my dec'd. wife, Elizabeth, before intermarriage with her, and out of lawful wedlock. All the rest of my estate, both real and personal. Page 26 Spotsylvania Co, Virginia,- Deed Book D, 1761-1772, page 475.
William 1780 : Revolutionary Records, from Order Book, 1774-1782. At Court held Sept. 21, 1780: J. Wright 2nd Lieut. in Capt. White's Militia Company in Spotsylvania Militia. Wm. Wright Ensign in Capt. White's Militia Company in Spotsylvania Militia. Ref: Virginia County Records, by Crozier. Vol I, Spotsylvania County, page 522 William 1781 Will of Hugh Sanders, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, dated Aug. 5, 1781. Executors Bond dated Oct. 18, 1781. Wit: A. Frazer, James Frazer, W. Frazer, William Wright. etc ... DB page 418. Ref: Virginia County Records, ed. by Wm. Armstrong Crozier. Volume I, page 36.
William 1784 : Richmond County, Georgia, Land Court, held at Solomon Ellis's, 18th Sept.: Charles Wiles rec'd. 150 acres in Lieu of Warrant, on Big Kioka, joining J. Appling, Wm. Wright, Joshua Brady, and George Galphin. issued in Sam'l Langston's name. Note: John Wright, on Head-Right, Aug. 5, 1785, Land Court, 450 acres on Big Kiokee Creek. See John Wright.
Wm. W. 1804 : Will of Mills Wilkinson, Nansemond County, Virginia. Executor, Stephen Wright, Senr., who must have been bro-in-law to Mills Wilkinson. Son of Stephen Wright was Wm. W. Wright, who was nephew to Mills Wilkinson. Date of will, 13 January 1804; proven 10 April 1804. Ref: Virginia County Records, ed. by Wm. Armstrong Crozier. Vol. III , Williamsburg Wills, page 60.
William 1803 : Sumner County, Tennessee. Married Nancy Cochran, 8 September, 1803. Signed by Francis Locke and Wm. Hubbard.
William 1810 : Rutherford County, Tennessee. Ref: 1810 Tennessee Census Index, R.V. Jackson. * William 1810 Rutherford County, Tennessee. Ref: 1810 Tennessee Census Index, R.V. Jackson. * * (Two William Wrights listed - ngw)
William 1812 : Franklin County, Tennessee, Wills, 1808-1876, and Deeds, 1801-1840. Deed Book B, p. 39: John McNairy of Davidson County, Tennessee, to William Wright and his wife, Jane, the wife and relic of John Tally, 15 August 1812. (Pp. 112, 113)
William 1817 : Franklin County, Tennessee, Wills, 1808-1876, and Deeds, 1801-1840. Pp. 153,154 - No. 1818 - April 1828. John Billingsleey to William Wright, his rights to the land where said John Wright now lives. Said land was willed to me by John Tilley [Could it be Tally?-ngw]. 9 October 1817. [James and John Wright were deeded 125 acres on 28 July, 1825 by Thomas Hopkins. Same reference, page 546 of Deed Book; page 95 of reference.] Twenty Four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners - Revolution and War of 1812 Zella Armstrong; Genealogical Pubg. Co, Inc, Baltimore, 1975. DPL 929.3768 - A739T 1975 North Carolina Land Grants: Pages 1 to 121: "An estimate of the lands granted by the State of North Carolina within the Western Territory ceded by the said State to the United States of America." Pages 121, ff: "An estimate for which Grants have issued to the Officers and soldiers in the Continental Line of this state, or their assigns pursuant to Act of Assembly." No Stovall. Stoval, Bartholemew Drew pension Sumner County; age 74; [born c 1758]. "also in 1840 census"; served VA line. Page 105,1832 list. Wright, William 1812 Drew pension in Knox County. Served in Ramsey's 1st Regt, U.S. Infantry. Page 120, 1828 List. No Write; no Right. This is the only Wright. - ngw William 1819 Assignee of Revolutionary Warrant #584, originally issued to Robert Walker, Jr, a John Armstrong grant, entry officer of Claims for the Western Lands; 1800 acres in Green Co TN on Duck River, beginning where the soldiers' west boundary line crosses the said river the last time, etc.; issued 10 July 1784. On 1 October 1814 Robert Walker, Jr., assigned the warrant to Thomas Wright, who in March 1819 assigned it to William Wright in the presence of Wm. Cash.
William 1821 : Clarke County, Georgia. Will Book 'A', 1803-1822. Page 121 of Will Book; page 7 of ref book: Last Will and Testament of William Wright dated May 14, 1821; probated July 2, 1821. Gives to his two sons David and William Wright, in the State of New York, and remainder of estate to the children of his brother, Benjamin Wright of Connecticut. Executors: Hezekiah N. Scoville; James and William Meriwether and Edward Paine. William 1828 List of Pensioners for War of 1812. Knox County, Tennessee. Only Wright listed. Served in Ramsey's 1st Regiment, U.S. Infantry; drew pension in Knox County. Ref: Twenty Four Hundred Tennessee Pensioners - Revolution- War of 1812, Zella Armstrong, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc, Baltimore, Maryland, 1975. Page 120.
William : Jefferson County, Tennessee, Circuit Court Minutes, 1817-1831, Index.
William 1840 : Alabama, Autauga County Census: [Not investigated yet - ngw] Head of Household #9: 1m 1f 30-40 (1800-1810); 1m 1f 5-10 (1830-1835); 2m under 5 (1845-1850). Head of household #8, next door, David Wright, age 40-50, with family. Silas Bean in same county, with: 1m 30-40; 1f 20-30; 1m under 5. William 1840 Lincoln County, Tennessee - Census Schedule: 1 male 20-30 (1810-20); 1 fem. 15-20 (1820-25); 1 m. under 5 (since 1835.) One person employed in Agriculture. Too young to be our William M and Dora -ngw. Ref: Page 10 of book: Page 9, District 2 of Original Census record.
William : AL 1842 On List of Post Offices and Postmasters. 20 July 1831 - Jericho, Perry County, Alabama - 58 miles from Tuscaloosa. Ref: Marriage, Death and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers 1819-1893, compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud. Page 183.
William 1846 : Sgt/Co. I, 1st Inf. Rendevous 1 June 1846 at Gallatin. Discharged 32 May 1847 at New Orleans. Ref: Volunteers: Tennesseans in the War with Mexico, by Brock, Brock & Hays.
William J: Jefferson County, Tennessee, Circuit Court Minutes: 1845 February 25: Married Jeannah Tucker, by M. Thornburgh, J.P. Page 29. 1849 March 6: Married Elizabeth Brady, by Robert Martin, J.P. - Page 70 1856 November 23: Married Adaline Frank, by John Cox, M.G. - Page 223
Tennesseans in the Civil War, Part II. Pub. by the Civil War Centennial Commission, Nashville, Tenn., 1965. Page 606.
William Civil War Pvt, D Company, 1st Cavalry.
William Civil War Pvt, C Company, 1st Infantry.
William " Pvt, B Company, 2nd Infantry.
William " Pvt, J Company, 3rd Cavalry.
William " Pvt, D Company, 8th Cavalry.
William " Pvt, F Company, 1st Infantry
William A. " Pvt, D Company, 13th Cavalry Battallion.
William A. " Cpl, F Company, 4th Cavalry.
William A. " Pvt, A Company, 7th MI.
William A. " 8 Cpl, A Company, 7th Infantry.
William A. " Pvt, C Company, 7th Infantry.
William A. " Cpl, H Company, 7th Infantry
William B. " Pvt, G Company, 6th Cavalry
William S. " Pvt, H Company, 6th Cavalry.
William G. " Pvt, B Company, 6th Infantry.
William G. " Pvt, G Company, 8th Cavalry
William H. " Pvt, A Company, 3rd MI.
William H. " Pvt, C Company, 4th MI.
William J. " Pvt, D Company, 2nd Infantry.
William J. " Pvt, B Company, 7th Cavalry.
William M. " Pvt, G Company, 8th Infantry
Willis R. " Pvt, F Company, 8th Infantry.
William B. ca 1800 Birthdate, son of Jacob of Tennessee. See Tennessee Bible Records, Jacob Wright. William B. 1847 Pvt/Co. H, 4th Inf. Rendevous 10 October 1847 at Florence, Alabama. Age 21 [born 1826 ngw]. Discharged 1 August 1848 at Memphis. Ref: Volunteers: Tennesseans in the War with Mexico, by Brock, Brock & Hays. William C.
W.H. 1870 Obion County, Tenn. Age 44. Census Index - Page 93. William H. 1850 Lauderdale County, Tennessee. Listed in 1850 Slave Schedule as owner of 5 slaves: 1f, 35 B; 1m, 27 B; 1f 13 B; 1m 10 B; 1f 8 B. Next name listed as slave owner: Edmund Wright.
William J. 1846 2Lt/Co. F, 1st Mtd Inf. Rendevous 25 May 1846 at Alexandria at New Orleans. Ref: Volunteers: Tennesseans in the War with Mexico, by Brock, Brock & Hays.
William M. Born Lincoln County, Tennessee, September 1821 or 1823. [Differs from census to census.] 1823-1901 Died Erath County, Texas, 1901. Son of ________ Wright and (Jemima Stovall, according to family legend). (from Uncle Hap Wright of Childress, who knew this from his uncle, Ed Wright (Edmund Whitfield Wright, b 1851/1854.) Married 14 January 1848, Franklin County, Tennessee, Lic. Iss. Jan. 12. (Marriage Records, 1838-1875, page 274) "Dora" (Malvina Musadora) Bean dau of Edmund I Bean, who was son of George Bean Sr. Children of Edmund I. Bean (1801- ) and Elizabeth Whitford (1808 - 1837) : "Dora" b 1829; William H. b 1831; Orlando (male) b 1834; and Sarah Elizabeth b ca 1837. Children of William M. and Dora Bean Wright: Harriette Elizabeth "Bettie" b ca 1847 m. Floid B. Bostick, Alabama "Jennie" Wright b m. ____ Frazier David Wright b ca 1851 or 1854 Edmund Whitfield b md. Aggie Powers. No Children. George Orlando Wright b 1859 md Lillie Julia Doran, Denton Co. Tex "Sallie" Sarah Wright b m. 1st ___ Osborne 2nd Sam Hall William Hatch Wright b m. Mary Corbell Clemenzia "Menzie" b m. Jeff Lawrence. Note: Edmund Bean, 40 to 50 years of age, Fa-in-Law of William M. Wright, was in Rhea County, Tenn, census of 1840. Also George Bean, age 60-70. [Read Census/ Records for Rhea County, 1840, 1850.]
William M. 1840 Listed in 1840 Census Index (p 140), Williamson County, Tennessee. (Not ours.) Also John Wright, Isaac Inglish, Boling G. Frazier, and John N. Wright. Ref: Ansearchin' News, Vol. 28.
William M. 1850 Lincoln County, Tennessee, Census: #1294-1294 (Also George W. Wright.) Wm M. Wright, 27 (1823), Farmer born Tenn. [William M. Wright, b. Sept. 1821or1823.] Menerva " 20 (1830) Alabama [Malvina Musadora Bean, b. May 1829] Elizabeth " 3 (1847) Tenn. [Eliz. Harriett, b. Dec. 1847] Sarah Bean 15 (1835) Alabama [Sarah Elizabeth Bean, b. c1837]
William M. 1856 Lincoln County, Tennessee. Register of Deeds, Index. Vol. 3, 1810-1907. Ref: Film #898 358 (FHL, SLC). Related films: #0898 384 and #898 381. Check them again. W D: December 9, 1856. V 1 606:. William M. Wright of Madison Co, Alabama, and Joseph N. Wakefield and wife, Elizabeth S. Wakefield of Franklin County, Tennessee, sold to George S. Wright of Lincoln County, Tennessee, for $120. cash, their interest in 180 acres on Robertson Creek, on which Joni [Jane] Wright now lives.
William M. 1860 Claiborne County, Tenn - Census Index - #261 - District 1: David Wright and Elizabeth Wright listed also District 1, at #260.
William M. Listed in Index (page 226) of Old Land Records of Madison Co., AL, by Margaret Matthews Cowart, Huntsville, AL. [What year?] [See Cahaba Land Records]
Wm. M. Civil War Index of Confederate Soldiers, Tennessee. Wm M. Wright, 1st Cavalry, Decatur County. Confederate: Cox's Tennessee Cavalry Battalion, Company C; became "C", 10th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Federal: 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regt., Companies "G" and "H". - 2nd Tenn. Mntd. Infntry Regiment, Companies C, D, and E. William M. " Pvt, G Company, 8th Infantry (Tennesseans in the Civil War, Part II. Pub. by the Civil War Centennial Commission, Nashville, Tenn., 1965. Page 606.) W.M. Wright 1870 December 22. Jackson County, Alabama. Married to Francis Woodall, by John Butler, M.G., License #786. Ref: Marriage Records 1859-1871, Page 50. Transcribed by Rhonda G. Smith Cooper.
W.N. Named as son in Will of James B. Wright (Will proven Nov 28, 1872, Lincoln County, Tenn.) W.N. was the only son named, and was named as Executor. A nephew of James B., whom he raised, was James C.J. McClelland, son of John G. McCleland, and was also named in Will of James B. Wright. [See Wills file.]
W.N. 1853. Both signed as Witnesses, Will of William Wofford, Lincoln W.N.Jr. County, Tennessee. Will dated 24 September 1853. W.N. (William Newton) Born 16 July A.D. 1831. Probably a brother to J. Pinkney Wright (1829-1893), whose Family Bible records family of W.N. Wright. On Christmas Day, December 25, 1854, he married Mary Buchanan, born 23 May 1834, and had several children. Their son, W.N. Jr., was born 17 September, 1861. Will of William N. Wright dated 1899, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Wm. N. 1860 Lincoln County, Tennessee. 1860 Census. #1557-15----. (Unreadable) Wm. N. Wright, 29, (1831) Merchant R/E 12,000(?) Pers. 12,500(?) Mary 26; Eugenia 5; Anderson 2; Holland 1; Sam? Woortham? 32 Merchant, in household, possibly a brother of J.Pinckney Wright; his family records are in Bible of J. Pinckney Wright.
William Newton Wright Born 22 January 1829; died 29 August 1893, son of ___?___ Wright. Married 25 December 1854, Mary Buchanan, who was born 23 May 1834. Date of death not known at this writing. ngw Source: Family Bible Records of J. Pinkney Wright (1829-1893). Children: Eugenia Wright born 1855 Andrew Buchanan Wright born 1857 [A.B. Wright] William N. Wright born 17 September 1861 [W.N. Wright, Jr.] Matthew Robert Wright born 11 September 1867 [M.R. Wright] Mary White Wright born 14 September 1869 Julia Wright born February 1874 _______ Battle 1877 Ref: Lincoln County Bible Records, by Mabel Abbott Tucker and Jane Warren Waller, Volume II. Bible Records of J.Pinkney Wright and James B. Wright. Both had sons named W.N., I think. ngw
William N. [Jr.] Born 17 Sept. 1861. (Bible Records, J.Pinkney Wright) Son of William Newton (1829-1893) and Mary Buchanan Wright.
W.N. and Martha, 1866 Of Maury County, Tenn. Assigned Power of Attorney to Robert Fullerton of Lincoln County - to collect any legacy that might be due them from the estate of William Lay, now deceased, late of Lincoln County, Tenn. 26 February, 1866. Signed William N. Wright and Martha L. Wright. [She was probably Martha Lay Wright, second wife of W.N.? Check Bible records for death of Mary Buchanan, his first wife.
Wm. Newton His widow, Sallie J., filed Applications #W8608, W8801, Maury County, TN, for Confederate Pension.
Wm. P. Wright 1856 Deed from Wm. P. Wright of Lincoln County TN to to Henry Miller for $250, tract containing 10 acres more or less, bordering on Mark Collins east boundary. 18th November 1856. Signed W.P. Wright; Test: B.M. Reese and Mark Collier. Received March 28, 1857; Recorded April 2nd, 1857. Ref: Lincoln County TN Deeds, April 1855 to May 1857. FHL Film #0898367.
William P. Wright Born 1865, February 25. Son of J. Pinkney (1829-1893) of Lincoln Co, and Cornelia C. Briggs. (Bible Records of J. Pinkney Wright)
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros. & Co. Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed.
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JONATHAN WRIGHT, son of WILLIAM and NANCY (KEEDY) WRIGHT, was born in this county March 31, 1834. The Wrights of this county are descendants of JONATHAN WRIGHT, who came from Kentucky in 1816. He served in the war of 1812, and his father was killed in the Revolutionary war. William was born in Kentucky, May 30, 1802, and came with his father, Jonathan, to this county when a boy. October 30, 1823, he married Nancy Keedy, who was born in 1808, a Tennessean, and who died January 13, 1852. He married again, ELIZABETH MOODY, born in 1810, and died in 1862. His third wife was MRS. SUSAN REYNOLDS, married 1863. William was a member of the Christian Church, and a man of much worth and respectability. He was a pioneer in Indiana, and died November 7, 1870, full of years and honors. He was one of eleven children. Jonathan, our subject, was reared a farmer, and has been a resident of this county all his life. His early advantages were limited, but by industry and self-sacrifice he has a fair education and a comfortable home. March 29, 1860, he married MARY C., daughter of ROBERT and LUCINDA (OWENS) LEE, a native of Washington County, born September 8, 1843. Their family are as follows: WILLIAM A., born November 20, 1861, died January 4, 1882; CHARLES G., born December 24, 1863; MARY E., born April 20, 1867; OLIVER P. M., born March 16, 1869; SARAH E., born July 24, 1872; CLARA M., born May 2, 1877; PEARL, born January 6, 1881. The county has no better or more highly respected people than the Wrights. (Orleans Township) >
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros. & Co. Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed.
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JONATHAN H. WRIGHT was born in Orleans, Orange Co., Ind., December 17, 1842. He was the son of WASHINGTON and MARTHA A. (GRIFFITH) WRIGHT; former a native of Kentucky, latter of New York. They were married in Washington County, Ind., and raised a family of eight children. The father of Washington Wright was named JONATHAN, who, in 1815, in the fall of the year, settled in Orange County. Washington Wright taught school and clerked in a country store when a young man. He was an old Line Whig; was a man of ability and very progressive. He died in Orange County, June 17, 1856. His wife still survives him, residing on the old homestead. Jonathan H. Wright passed his boyhood days on the farm; received a common school education. Enlisted in Company G, Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three years; participated in numerous engagements, the principal one being that of Shiloh. Three brothers--WILLIAM H., JAMES H. and ELIJAH M, the two former of whom died--were also in their country's service. After the war Jonathan joined the family in Orange County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he has since followed. In 1881 he purchased the farm upon which he now resided, and moved from Orange County to occupy it. It contains 250 acres (Marion Township, Lawrence County, Ind.), the amount paid therefore having been almost entirely accumulated by himself. On January 17, 1867, he was married to MISS POLLY J. HARDMAN, who was born in Orange County, Ind., April, 1843. To them have been born two children: HARRY W. and ORRA C. In politics Mr. Wright is a Republican. He is a member of the Christian Church; also of the G.A.R. order. He is well known, highly respected, and takes great interest in educational affairs and public enterprises.
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros. & Co. Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed.
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NEWTON WRIGHT, eldest son of WILLIAM and NANCY (KEEDY) WRIGHT, and one of the oldest settlers of this county, was born here August 23, 1824. He passed his early years on this father's farm, where he secured a rudimentary education, and at the age of twenty-two years began for himself. He was industrious and judicious and soon had property ahead and still securing more. He succeeded in amassing a comfortable fortune, much of which he has given to his family, reserving for himself a comfortable home for his declining years (Orleans Township). Early in 1847 he was united in marriage with MARGARET, daughter of JESSE and ELIZABETH (WILSON) REED, a native of Kentucky, born September 17, 1824. She died March 20, 1880. Of this marriage there are five living children: WILLIAM T., born December 5, 1847; JAMES H., born February 12, 1849; JOHN F., born May 21,1852; NANCY E, born September 5, 1855, and ROBERT, born October 15, 1857. November 25, 1880, he married his second wife, FRANCES, daughter of THOMAS and SARAH REID, who was born October 12, 1836. Mr. Wright is a Republican and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
Page 616 - WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, son of WILLIAM and NANCY (KEEDY) WRIGHT, was born in this county July 14, 1840. His youth was passed like that of all other boys, while the county was comparatively new--at work on the farm in the summer and in attendance at the old subscription schools in the winters when not needed at farm work. Upon reaching maturity he selected the independent life of a farmer as his occupation, and this he has followed until the present. July 8, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Twenty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served honorably until July 13, 1864. During this time he was at Shiloh, Port Gibson, Jackson, Champion Hills , Vicksburg, and numerous skirmishes and expeditions, and his health was much impaired in his country's service. Upon his return he was wedded, in 1865, to MARY E., daughter of WILLIAM and EVALINE (THOMPSON) CARSON, a native of Lawrence county, who was born February 20, 1846. They have two children: EVALINE and TEXIE M. The parents are members of the Christian Church, and excellent people. (Orleans Township) "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS. 1884
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History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros. & Co. Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed.
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AARON WRIGHT was born in what is now known as Orleans Township, Orange Co., Ind., May 3, 1816. His parents were JONATHAN ans SARAH (REED) WRIGHT. Jonathan's father was a resident of VIRGINIA. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, fighting for American Independence, and was killed in battle. He left a widow and quite a family of children, who separated, some of them being bound out. Such was the fate of Jonathan, who, when a boy, removed with the man to whom he was bound from Virginia to KENTUCKY. Here he was reared. He was married there to Miss SARAH REED, and in the fall of 1815 brought his family to Indiana, and located two miles east of Orleans, Orange County. He served in the war of 1812 against the Indians. He was the father of eleven children. Both he and his wife are now dead. Their lives were spent on a farm, Jonathan devoting part of his time to carpentering. In politics he was an Old Line Whig. During his life he held positions of honor and trust, and both, he and his wife were highly esteemed by all. Aaron Wright was reared on a farm; received a common school education, which was mostly procured by attending subscription schools. At the age of twenty-one years he started in life for himself by engaging in farming, which he has since followed. Like many of our prominent men, he began life a poor boy, with no capital. In 1838 he located where he now live, in Marion Township, Lawrence County, Indiana. He owns 300 acres of fine land, and has aided his chilren in procuring farms. On November 1, 1838, he married Miss JANE HALL, who was born in Orange County, Ind., June 4, 1817. To them were born eight children: PERMELIA, EMILY, ELIJAH, HENRY C., GREEN T., SARAH E., RHODA E. and ELMER E. Elijah, Henry C. and Green T. served in the late Civil war. Elijah went out with the Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company G, but was transferred to a colored regiment as First Lieutenant, and died while serving his country. Henry C. was also a member of Company G, Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was at Fort Blakeley and particiapted in a number of other engagements. He served until the war closed. Green T. went out with the One Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving one hundred days. Mr. Wright is one of the best farmers in the county. In politics he is a Republican; prior to the organization of which party he had always been a Whig. He is the Republican candidate for County Commissioner, a postiion he is eminently qualified to fill. He is also a Mason, and has ever taken a great interest in all projects which had for their object the country's good. He took an active part in sustaining the boys in the field during the war, and is one of the leading and influential citizens of the county.
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History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros. & Co. Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed.
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HENRY C. WRIGHT was born in Marion Township, Lawrence Co., Ind., December 31, 1844. He was raised on the farm and received a common school education. After the war, in which he served with gallantry, he returned home and engaged in agricultural pursuits, to which he has since devoted his life. He owns a farm of 150 acres. He was united in marriage with MISS CLARA A. MURRAY, January 20, 1872. She was born in Marion Township, Lawrence Co., Ind., April 6, 1854, and is a daughter of ISAAC and SOPHIA A. (HALL) MURRAY. To this union have been born three children--OTTO, ROBERT and HOMER. Henry C. is a Republican in politics, and a member of the G.A.R. order. He has always aimed to keep good stock, and has some of the finest in the county. He takes great interest in educational matters and is a highly respected, public-spirited citizen. MESSRS. AARON and HENRY C. WRIGHT have the best short-horn cattle in this section of the State. They have spared no pains nor expense in promoting the cattle interests of the county, and to them is due a large share of the praise bestowed upon the cattle-growers of this section for the fine cattle raised.
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