Weldon Edward Wright (1819 - 1883)

Born 4 May 1819 in Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy Macon (Green) Wright — married 1854 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee

Died 10 Apr 1883 at age 63 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Biography

• Died at age 63.
• Buried Mount Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
• Married Lucy Macon Green Wright (1831–1911) in 1854 at the home of his ?, ... , William Williamson. Inverness at Memphis, Tennessee.
• He was named after his cousin, U. S. Senator Weldon N. Edwards of North Carolina.
• Orphaned at age 3, raised by maternal maiden aunt, Miss Sallie Williamson of Norfolk.
• Later, lived with his sister, ... , in Leesburg, North Carolina and graduated from North Carolina College. In 1840, finished Medical College of Philadelphia. Interned for a year at Philadelphia Alms Hospital.
• Practice medicine in North Carolina. Boarded in the Martin home. After being spurned by Martha Martin, who married Stephan Arnold Douglas in 1847, he moved to Georgia where his sister, ... , lived.
• In 1846, after hearing of the opportunities in Arkansas and with a sister, ..., he moved to Camden.
• Letter Weldon E. Wright to John M. Moody, Northampton County, North Carolina, ca. June 1843.
• Letter Weldon Edwards Wright, Camden, Arkansas, to John Mason Moody, Columbus, Mississippi, 20 February 1849.

Children

1. Leslie "Lula" Hunt Wright (1855–1868)
2. Mariana Wright (died at age 7)
3. Weldon Edwards Wright (1857–1906)
4. Sallie Lea Wright Brame (1863–1944)
5. Ida Macon Wright (1871–1956)

Notes on The Moody Papers

The letters were sent to and retained by Martha William (Wright) Moody (1816-1885) spanning much of her life beginning in 1829 when she goes to school and ending in 1881 about four years before her death.

The letters describe southern plantation life during the period of western migration in the southern states, illness and death of family members, crop production, slaves, fashion, and religion.

This prominent planter family resided in Brunswick, Greensville, and Southampton Counties and Petersburg, Virginia; and, Northampton County, North Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee. Surnames include Wright, Moody, Dancy, Leigh, Patterson, Crump, Lockhart, Charlton, Rhodes, Sykes and Mason.

See the full collection here.

See a full list of persons mentioned in the letters here.

Research Notes

• 1880 Census record finds Weldon E. Wright (59), born in Virginia, physician, head of household, living in Big Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas with wife, Lucy M. Wright (49), born in North Carolina, son Weldon E. Wright (22), born in Arkansas, student, daughters Sally L. Wright (17), born in Arkansas, and Ida Ann Wright (9), born in Arkansas.
• 1860 Census record finds Wildon E Wright, born in Virginia, doctor and farming, living in Big Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas Lucy Wright (29), born in North Carolina, Lola H Wright (5), born in Tennessee, Weldon Wright, born in Arkansas, and Mari A Wright (1), born in Arkansas.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #6689483
• "Arkansas Families: Glimpses of Yesterday Columns from the Arkansas Gazette" by Lucy Marion Reaves, Copyright 1995, 2000
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Big Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: 55; Page: 404D; Enumeration District: 147
• Year: 1860; Census Place: Big Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: M653_49; Page: 229
• U.S., College Student Lists, 1763-1924, Catalogue of medical graduates of the University of Pennsylvania, April 2d, 1841.
• Guide to the Moody Family Papers 1750-1881, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Accession number 40535