Noel Branch Wright (1876 - 1932)

Born 27 Feb 1876 in Greensboro, Greene, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Helena Proffitt — married 26 Nov 1902 in Fulton, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1932 at age 56 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia

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Biography

Noel was born in 1876 to James Augustus Wright and Judith Scott Branch. He evidently met Helena Proffitt at church in Atlanta, and they were married on November 26, 1902, in Atlanta, Georgia. He worked for the railroad all his adult life, and this is likely why he and his wife Helena moved from Atlanta to Savannah (1910 census), and then some years later moved back to Atlanta (1920 census), and returned to Savannah by the 1930 census, where he lived for the rest of his life. In the 1900 census he is listed as a book keeper. Various city directories list him in early years as a clerk, and later as an general freight agent, assistant freight traffic manager, and by the time of his death he had yet a more elevated position. They had two children during their marriage. He died of appendicitis on June 23, 1932, in Savannah, Georgia, at the age of 56, and was buried in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah.

Sources

• Georgia Death Index https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5426&h=464756&ssrc=pt&tid=78490500&pid=30386546071&usePUB=true

• Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/4766/40660_303277-00207/673977?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/78490500/person/30386546071/facts/citation/580109232670/edit/record

• U.S. WWI Draft Registration Cards https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6482/005150624_00957/15836659?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/78490500/person/30386546071/facts/citation/162722877534/edit/record