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Eldridge Bailey Wright (1894 - 1972)

Eldridge Bailey Wright
Born in Lauderdale, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 31 Oct 1915 (to 1939) in Lauderdale, Alabama, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 31 May 1964 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United Statesmap
Died at age 77 in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Biography

The son of Thomas Wright and Rebecca (Forsythe) Wright, Bailey Wright was born in Lauderdale County in 1894.[citation needed] His family farmed in Green Hill.[1][2] Bailey married Frances Phillips (1896-1962), the daughter of William W. Phillips and Martha Joiner, marrying in Lauderdale County on October 31, 1915.[citation needed] Their children included:

  1. Grace (Wright) McGaffic (1919-1982)
  2. Mary Evelyn Wright (1920-1999)
  3. William Arvelyn Wright (1921-1994)

When he registered for the draft at the age of 22, in 1917, he was described as a man of medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair. He stated that he was employed farming, on his own account, in Green Hill.[3][4] In 1930, residing in Florence, Alabama, Eldridge worked as a deliveryman for a grocery store.[5] Eldridge and Fannie Wright filed for divorce in Tennessee in 1939.[6] It's likely that the divorce was canceled or annulled, they continued to live together. In 1940, they lived in Florence, Alabama, where he worked as a clerk in the grocery store in Florence.[7] In 1950, residing in Florence, Bailey worked as a service man for the Tennessee Valley Authority.[8]

After Fannie's death in 1962, Bailey Wright married Alma Grace (Moore) Mitchell, marrying in Montgomery, Alabama on May 31, 1964.[9] Eldridge Wright passed away in Florence at the age of 77[10][11] and is buried at Greenview Memorial Gardens there.[12]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DS-4R6 : accessed 14 August 2021), Eldredge B Wright in household of 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.
  2. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK7W-4DR : accessed 14 August 2021), Eldred B Wright in household of 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.
  3. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3PV-6PQ : 22 February 2021), Bailey Wright, 1917-1918.
  4. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX8J-JVK : 31 January 2021), Baley Wright, 1920.
  5. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3L64-YN2 : accessed 6 May 2022), Bailey Wright, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 23B, line 82, family 592, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 34; FHL microfilm 2,339,769.
  6. Divorce Records 1911-1950, Wi-Za. Tennessee. County records. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm roll numbers 99 to 108, 115, 336 to 337, 428 to 431, 519, A-4098, A-5278, B-1 to B-9, B-44 to B-127, B-314, B-441 to B-445, B-471 to B-473, B-1607 to B-1613, and B-1781 to B-1789. Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Ancestry Record 1237 #26638 with attached Image
  7. United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Year: 1940; Census Place: Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: m-t0627-00050; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 39-20: ELECTION PRECINCT 10 FLORENCE, FLORENCE CITY WARD 5 BOUNDED BY (N) JACKSON HIGHWAY; (E) ROYAL AV; (S) TENNESSEE; (W) WOOD AV; ALSO ELIZA COFFEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, LITTEN MEMORIAL HOME. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry Record 2442 #65668718 with attached Image
  8. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: 223; Sheet Number: 12; Enumeration District: 39-30: Election Precinct 10: Florence city - That part Bounded by Jackson Highway, Royal Avenue; Royal Avenue; Tennessee; Chestnut, Tuscaloosa, Cherry. Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Ancestry Record 62308 #98266397 with attached Image
  9. "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1C-4VNR : 19 February 2021), Eldridge Bailey Wright and Alma Grace Mitchell, 31 May 1964; citing Montgomery, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,893,339.
  10. "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JN2R-XKS : 11 January 2021), Eldridge Bailey Wright, 1972.
  11. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYKJ-9XS : 10 January 2021), Eldridge Wright, Feb 1972; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  12. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKT-JNG6 : 16 December 2020), Eldridge Bailey Wright, ; Burial, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States of America, Greenview Memorial Gardens. Find A Grave: Memorial #54617234




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