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Descendants of Mary Wright

Mary Wright was born 1795.In the 1860 Appomattox Census she is listed as 65yr. and living with son William Wesley Wright.

child of Mary Wright:

William Wesley Wright b. 1820

Generation 2

William Wesley Wright b. 1820 m/ Susan F. Turner. In the 1860 census of Appomattox, he is listed as 40yr. old tenant farmer.Susan is listed as 26yr.old and neither could read or write.

children of William Wright and Susan Turner:

1/ John W. Wright b. 1850 m/ Perdelia Layne,d/o James Layne and Elizabeth Drinkard 2) m/ Victoria Smith

2/ Nancy Wright b. 1852

3/ Thomas H. Wright b. 1854

4/ William Fletcher Wright b. July 25, 1856 d. June 27, 1923 m/ Blanche Walker Layne d/o James Layne and Elizabeth Drinkard

5/ Elizabeth S. Wright

6/ Mary F. Wright b. Mar. 1860 m/ Childress

7/ Joseph J. Wright b. 1862

8/ Benjamin Wright b. 1865 d. Feb. 1872 in Buckingham Co.

9/ Amanda Wright b. 1868 d. Apr.1,1872 in Buckingham Co.

10/ James A. Wright b. 1869 d. Jan. 1891

11/ Lucy Jane Wright b. May 1872 in Buckingham Co. m/ William M. Newman on Dec.7,1892 in Appomattox Co.

12/ Charles Wright b. July 24, 1874 in Buckingham Co.

Generation 3

John W. Wright was born 1850 in Appomattox,Va. He married 1/ Perdelia Layne, daughter of James Layne and Elizabeth Drinkard. He married 2/ Victoria J. Smith on Aug.5,1906 in Appomattox Co., Va.

children of John Wright and Perdelia Layne are:

1/ J. William Wright b. Aug.20,1879

2/ Elizabeth C. Wright b. Nov. 13,1882 m/ Edgar Cameron Wheeler on June 22, 1900 in Appomattox Co.,Va.

3/ Rosa H. Wright b. Sept. 14, 1885 m/ Luther E. Merris on Nov. 30, 1904 in Appomattox Co.,Va.

4/ Annis L. Wright b. April 1894

5/ Minnie B. Wright b. April 1889

William Fletcher Wright was born July 25, 1856 in Appomattox, Va. and died June 27, 1923 in Appomattox. He married Blanche Walker Layne, daughter of James Layne and Elizabeth Drinkard.

children of William Wright and Blanche Layne are:

1/ Edward Wright m/ Jacqwelyn ?

2/ Thomas Wright m/ Alice ?

3/ Molly Stevens Wright b. July 6,1879 d. Dec.26,1945 m/ Joel Holmes Martin on Mar.30,1898

4/ Bertle Wright b. June2,1881 m/ Fred Smith on Feb.13,1901

5/ Lillie Wright b. Feb.28,1883 d. Apr.6,1932 m/ John A. Steppe

6/ Benjamin Wright b. Sept.7,1885

7/ Chessie Wright b. June13,1888 m/ Joel Morris

8/ George Wesley Wright b. Mar.24,1892 d. May7,1939 m/ Fanny Banton

9/ Josie Wright b. Jan.1896 m/ Herley Ferguson