Melinda Elizabeth (Gray) Wright (1832 - 1921)

Born 17 Sep 1832 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Miles Franklin Wright — married 1858 in Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Dec 1921 at age 89 in Barnesville, Marion County, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Melinda Elizabeth Gray was born to Manson Gray and Lucy Kidd on 17 Sep 1832 in Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia. In 1858, in the state of Alabama, she married Miles Franklin Wright. She died, age 89, on 8 Dec 1921 in Barnesville, Marion County, Alabama. She is buried in Barnesville Cemetery.

Children

1. Henry Waldo Wright
2. Arry J Wright
3. Willis Jasper Wright
4. Margaret Modine Wright (Ballard)
5. Robert Goodlow Wright
6. Davis Dee Wright
7. Hirem Wright
8. Miles Franklin Jr Wright
9. Ida Madora Wright (Holloway)
10. Henry Waldo Wright
11. Thomas Jefferson Wright
12. Susan Lou Wright
13. Lizzie Wright
14. Louie Wright
15. Lon Neighbors Wright

Census Records

1910 census finds Miles J Wright (71), born in Alabama, married, can read and write, survivor of CA, head of household living in a rented house in Brown, Lamar, Alabama with wife Malinda E Wright (68), born in Georgia, can read and write, eleven living children, married 52 years, and daughter Lizzie Wright (28), born in Alabama, can read and write, single, sales person in disabled store. ^[1]

1900 Census finds Miles J Wright (61), head of household, born in Alabama, married, can read and write, working as a peddler, living in a mortgaged home on farm in Rye, Marion, Alabama with wife Malindy E Wright (57), born in Georgia, can read and write, eleven living children, 14 total births, married 42 years, daughter Lizzie Wright (18), born in Alabama, can read and write, single, farm laborer and son Louie Wright (16). ^[2]

1880 Census finds Miles J Wright (40), head of household, born in Alabama, married, can read and write, farming, living in a mortgaged home on farm in Rye, Marion, Alabama with wife Malindy E Wright (38), born in Georgia, keeping house, son, Willis J. Wright (18), born in Alabama, single, farm hand, daughter, Margaret Wright (15), at home, born in Alabama, can read and write, single, son, Robert G. Wright (12), born in Alabama, single, farm hand, Davis D. Wright (10), born in Alabama, single, farm hand, son, Miles F. Wright (8) born in Alabama, single, daughter, Ida Wright (7), born in Alabama, single, son, Henry Wright (5), born in Alabama, single, Thomas J. Wright (3), born in Alabama, single and daughter, Sousan L. Wright (1), born in Alabama, single. ^[3]

1870 Census finds Miles Write (33) born in Alabama, Farmer living in the Western District, Marion, Alabama with wife M E Write (29), born in Georgia, keeping house, J M Write (10), M J Write (8) and R E Write (3). ^[4]

1850 Census record finds Manson Gray (45), born in Georgia, living in Beat 15, Randolph, Alabama with Lucy Gray (40), born in Georgia, Jane Gray (16), born in Georgia, Alland Gray (13), born in Georgia, farmer, James Gray (12), born in Georgia, Malinda Gray (10), born in Georgia, Oliver Gray (8), born in Alabama, Lucy Gray (6), born in Alabama and John Gray (4), born in Alabama. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1910; Census Place: Brown, Lamar, Alabama; Roll: T624_20; Page: 18b; Enumeration District: 0059; FHL microfilm: 1374033
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #183293993 (accessed 5 February 2024)
   Lizzie Wright (28), single daughter, Salesman, in household of Miles J Wright (71) in Brown, Lamar, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama.
2. ↑ 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1900; Census Place: Rye, Marion, Alabama; Roll: 30; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0059
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #3282398 (accessed 5 February 2024)
   Miles F Wright (61), married, Peddler, head of household in Rye, Marion, Alabama. Born in Alabama, USA..
3. ↑ 1880 Census: :"1880 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1880; Census Place: Marion, Alabama; Roll: 23; Page: 78B; Enumeration District: 242
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #6223911 (accessed 5 February 2024)
   Miles F Wright (40), married, Farming, head of household in Marion, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama.
4. ↑ 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1870; Census Place: Western District, Marion, Alabama; Roll: M593_29; Page: 51B
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #13039067 (accessed 5 February 2024)
   Miles Write (33), Farmer, in Western District, Marion, Alabama. Born in Alabama.
5. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Beat 15, Randolph, Alabama; Roll: 14; Page: 401b; Line Number: 23
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #16761582 (accessed 6 February 2024)
   Manson Gray (45) in Beat 15, Randolph, Alabama, USA. Born in Georgia.

Acknowledgments

• Heather Dobbins imported My Alabama Roots.ged on Oct 20, 2013.