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Thomas Jefferson Wright (1861 - 1936)

Thomas Jefferson Wright
Born in Lauderdale, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 16 Aug 1882 in Lauderdale, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Died at age 75 in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Biography

The son of John Wright III (1827-1878) and Nancy Ritter (1825-1896), Jefferson Wright was born in Lauderdale County, Alabama[citation needed] in 1861. His father passed away in 1878; in 1880, his mother headed the household, farming in Township a, Range 9, in Lauderdale County.[1] His siblings included:

  1. James Wesley Wright (1850-1925)
  2. Mary E. (Wright) Foust (1851-1929)
  3. Martha Ann Wright (1853-1927)
  4. Lucinda Wright (1856-1858)
  5. Rebecca Emma (Wright) Canerday (1856-1929)
  6. John Hiram Wright (1860-1951)
  7. Arthur Bailey Wright (1866-1934)
  8. Catherine Wright (1869-)
  9. Harley Wright (1869-1945)
  10. Nancy Ollie Wright (1869-1945)
  11. Delphia Wright (1872-1923)

Jerffeson married Rebecca C. Forsythe (1859-1944), the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Forsythe and Mary Howell Hill, marrying in Lauderdale County on August 16, 1882[2] and having nine known children together. In 1900, they farmed in Green Hill, Alabama.[3] In 1910, they farmed in Lexington, Alabama, also in Lauderdale County.[4] In 1920, they were enumerated again Green Hill, farming, residing on Stuts Road.[5] In 1930, Thomas and Rebecca lived in Lawrence County, Tennessee, just over the state line, where Jeff managed a café in District 1.[6]

Jefferson Wright passed away in Florence, Alabama at the age of 76[7] and is buried at Hill Cemetery in Antioch, Alabama.[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1880; Census Place: Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: 18; Page: 134C; Enumeration District: 149: Township 1, Range 9. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Ancestry Record 6742 #5422961 with attached Image
  2. ↑ WPA Indices to Marriage Records, by County, 1814-1935. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Ancestry Record 60922 #140041 with attached Image
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DS-4R7 : accessed 13 August 2021), Thomas J Wright, Precinct 5 Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 12A, family 199, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,024.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7W-4DL : accessed 13 August 2021), Thomas J Wright, Lexington, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 51, sheet 15A, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 20; FHL microfilm 1,374,033.
  5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8J-N1P : 31 January 2021), Thos J Wright, 1920.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP4Y-ZYQ : accessed 30 April 2023), Thomas Wright, District 02, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 7A, line 4, family 113, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2261; FHL microfilm 2,341,995.
  7. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDR7-LLX : 11 January 2021), T. Jeff Wright, 1936.
  8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-BYBZ : 29 May 2020), Jeff Wright, 1936; Burial. Find A Grave: Memorial #32903541




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