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Elisha Wright 1801 – 1877 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1801

Birth Location: Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 15 May 1877

Death Location: Died on Trail in Ark with daughter, Sarah Holland, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA

Father: Willis Wright

Mother: Elizabeth (Line)

Spouse(s): Anna Chambers, Anna Chambers

Children(s): Edy Wright, Sarah Wright, Celia Wright, Marshall Wright, Mary Wright, Lucindia Wright, Lewis Wright, Hamilton Wright, Nancy Wright, Martha Wright

In 1801, Elisha Wright entered the world in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, born to Willis Wright and Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Lynn (Line). Elisha Wright married Anna Chambers, Anna Chambers, and had children including Edy Wright, Sarah Sallie Wright, Celia Wright, Marshall Marion Wright, Mary Wright, Lucindia Wright, Lewis Henry Wright, Hamilton W Wright, Nancy J Wright, Martha Wright. Elisha Wright passed away in 1877 in Died on Trail in Ark with daughter, Sarah Holland, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1801, Elisha Wright entered the world in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, born to Willis Wright and Elizabeth Ann (Nancy) Lynn (Line).
  • Elisha Wright married Anna Chambers, Anna Chambers, and had children including Edy Wright, Sarah Sallie Wright, Celia Wright, Marshall Marion Wright, Mary Wright, Lucindia Wright, Lewis Henry Wright, Hamilton W Wright, Nancy J Wright, Martha Wright.
  • Elisha Wright passed away in 1877 in Died on Trail in Ark with daughter, Sarah Holland, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Willis Wright
1776 – 1862
Birth Location: Maryland, United States
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Elizabeth (Line)
1780 – 1862
Birth Location: North Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Anna Chambers
Birth Location: –
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Anna Chambers
1803 – 1860
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Edy Wright
1815 – 1877
Birth Location: Indiana
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Sarah Wright
1817 – 1877
Birth Location: Holly Creek, Wolfe, Kentucky, United States
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Celia Wright
1826 – 1897
Birth Location: Breathitt, Kentucky, United States
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Marshall Wright
1834 – 1911
Birth Location: Owsley Co, Kentucky, USA
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Mary Wright
1836 – 1879
Birth Location: Kentucky, United States of America
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Lucindia Wright
1838 –
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Lewis Wright
1840 – 1921
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Hamilton Wright
1842 – 1863
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Nancy Wright
1852 – 1899
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Martha Wright
Birth Location: –
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Elisha Wright's Ancestors

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Elisha Wright
1801 – 1877
Birth Place: Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Willis Wright
1776 – 1862
Maryland, United States
Elizabeth (Ann (Nancy) Lynn) (Line)
1780 – 1862
North Carolina
Grandparents
John Wright
1763 – 1859
Easton, Talbot, Maryland, USA
Esther Harris
1763 – 1838
Easton, Talbot, Maryland
Aaron Lynn
1760 – 1830
north carolina?
MOLLIE WILLARD
1751 – 1843
Worcester, Worcester, MA, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Wright
1727 – 1765
Sarah Noble
1731 –
James Harris
1733 – 1799
Mary Horney
1740 – 1807
Joseph Willard
1720 – 1799
Hannah Rice
1729 – 1825
2nd-Great-Grandparents
HENRY Wright
1697 – 1742
Sarah Hopkins
1677 – 1735
Jeffrey Horney
1720 – 1779
Deborah Baynard
1716 – 1791
Reverened Willard
1693 – 1774
Martha CLARKE
1694 – 1794
Thomas Rice
1702 – 1785
Mary HALL
1702 – 1749

Elisha Wright's Descendants

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Elisha Wright (1801 – 15 May 1877) m. Anna Chambers m. Anna Chambers (1803 – 1860)
  1. 1. Edy Wright (2 Oct 1815 – 22 Nov 1877) m. Larkin Stamper (4 Sep 1813 – 18 Oct 1875)
    1. 1. Gillean Whisman (20 May 1837 – 15 March 1897)
    2. 2. James (Greenberry) Stamper (1839 – 1864)
    3. 3. William (Houston) Stamper (5 Mar 1842 – 25 Oct 1931)
    4. 4. Mary (Jane "Polly" STAMPER) Spencer (12 Jun 1843 – 15 Apr 1945)
    5. 5. Nancy (E) Stamper (1844 – 1920)
    6. 6. Joel Stamper (Mar 1844 – 1910)
    7. 7. Sanford Stamper (1846 – 1920)
    8. 8. Elisha Stamper (1847 – )
    9. 9. Rebecca Stamper (1848 – 1904)
    10. 10. John (J) Stamper (1850 – 26 Jun 1941)
    11. 11. Emaline Stamper (1852 – 6 Sep 1853)
    12. 12. Lydia (Ellen Stamper) (Kincaid) (15 Mar 1854 – 25 Aug 1918)
    13. 13. Millard (Filmore) Stamper (4 November 1856 – 20 October 1909)
    14. 14. Dillard Stamper (Jan 1859 – 25 Nov 1941)
    15. 15. Larkin Stamper (4 Sep 1861 – 27 March 1958)
  2. 2. Sarah (Sallie) Wright (14 April 1817 – 15 May 1877) m. Andrew (Jackson "Jack") Hollon (14 Apr 1817 – 1877)
    1. 1. Elisha Hollon (8 Mar 1838 – 5 May 1933)
    2. 2. Phoebe (Jane) Hollon (1839 – 5 May 1933)
    3. 3. Good (Larkin) Hollon (19 Sep 1843 – 1916)
    4. 4. Martin (Murriel) Hollon (17 May 1844 – 27 Mar 1937)
    5. 5. Elizabeth Hollon (Jun 1845 – 28 Jul 1930)
    6. 6. John (Lewis) Hollon (about 1847 – Mar 1872)
    7. 7. Elcanah Hollon (14 Sep 1848 – 5 Feb 1938)
    8. 8. Charlotte (Charity) Hollon (7 Sep 1850 – 27 Aug 1910)
    9. 9. Ambrose (N) Hollon (14 Nov 1854 – 13 Jun 1924)
    10. 10. Marshall (Marion) Hollon (10 Mar 1857 – 18 Jun 1924)
    11. 11. Andrew (Jackson) Hollon (1858 – 1 Jun 1934)
    12. 12. Hiram Hollon (May 1860 – 25 Feb 1932)
    13. 13. Rebecca Hollon (1861 – 14 March 1957)
    14. 14. Robinson (Crusoe) Hollon (1 May 1866 – 27 December 1954)
    15. 15. Rhoda Hollon (Nov 1868 – Aug 1869)
    16. 16. Swango Hollon (14 Feb 1875 – 26 May 1942)
  3. 3. Celia Wright (1826 – 1897) m. William (James Sr) Taulbee (Nov 1818 – 1903)
    1. 1. Fannie (Caroline) Taulbee (13 Dec 1842 – 12 Sep 1917)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Taulbee (1845 – )
    3. 3. William (JR) Taulbee (1847 – 1854)
    4. 4. Isaac Taulbee (Sep 1849 – )
    5. 5. Delila Taulbee (1851 – )
    6. 6. Sarah (J) Taulbee (18 Aug 1853 – 1875)
    7. 7. Martin Taulbee (11 Nov 1855 – 22 Apr 1942)
    8. 8. Anne Taulbee (1856 – Oct 1937)
    9. 9. Edy (Ellen) Taulbee (14 Feb 1859 – Apr 1930)
    10. 10. Mary (Bell) Taulbee (01 Oct 1861 – 09 Jun 1899)
  4. 4. Marshall (Marion) Wright (Mar 1834 – 22 Feb 1911) m. Elisa (Alas J) Nickell (18 Jan 1861 – ) m. Eliza (Alice) Nichols (Feb 1860 – ) m. Jemima (Nancy) Spencer (11 Feb 1842 – 15 Nov 1876)
    1. 1. Cela (Ann) Wright (abt 1873 – )
    2. 2. James (Lee) Wright (abt 1875 – )
    3. 3. Martha (E.) Wright (18 Nov 1878 – 12 Jun 1958)
    4. 4. Georgia (A) Wright (Mar 1883 – )
    5. 5. Thomas ("Tom") Wright (28 Dec 1885 – 19 Aug 1948)
    6. 6. Lewis (C) Wright (Apr 1887 – )
    7. 7. Ellis Wright (May 1888 – )
    8. 8. Lula\Lela Wright (Apr 1891 – )
    9. 9. Ina Wright (Apr 1896 – 3 Nov 1918)
    10. 10. Nina Wright (Apr 1895 – )
    11. 11. John (T) Wright (18 Sep 1859 – 27 Sep 1859)
    12. 12. Mary (V.) Wright (abt 1864 – )
    13. 13. Hamilton (Wheeler) Wright (10 May 1865 – 3 October 1940)
    14. 14. William (C.) Wright (May 1866 – ) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Hendrick (Oct 1869 – )
      1. 1. Francis (Oliver) Wright (22 Jul 1894 – )
      2. 2. Flora (Estelle) Wright (Jun 1896 – )
      3. 3. Edward (Kenneth) Wright (12 Mar 1898 – )
      4. 4. Eunice (C) Wright (1901 – )
      5. 5. Harold (W) Wright (14 Jun 1909 – )
    15. 15. Celia (Ann) Wright (1872 – 1938)
    16. 16. James (Lee) Wright (6 Nov 1873 – 14 Jan 1952)
    17. 17. Lucinda Wright (16 Mar 1876 – 1943)
  5. 5. Mary Wright (1836 – Oct 1879)
  6. 6. Lucindia Wright (1838 – )
  7. 7. Lewis (Henry) Wright (15 June 1840 – 18 May 1921) m. Sarah (E) Wright (Mar 1858 – )
    1. 1. Benjamin (Thomas) Wright (11 December 1876 – 14 September 1960)
      1. 1. Homer Wright (11 Jun 1896 – 11 Feb 1948)
        1. 1. Clifford (E.) Wright (16 October 1926 – 18 March 2000)
      2. 2. Mary (B) Wright (31 March 1904 – 9 October 1951)
        1. 1. Wilson (J) Maliry (abt 1926 – )
      3. 3. Eunice WRIGHT (31 Mar 1909 – 12 Aug 1973)
    2. 2. Edith (Ellen) Wright (Feb 1872 – 21 Nov 1964) m. HENRY (JOHNSON) FLETCHER (11 Sep 1862 – 31 Jan 1937)
      1. 1. Susie (Alice) Fletcher (6 January 1888 – 20 Sep 1984)
        1. 1. Audrey (Vanarsdale) Puckett (28 Nov 1906 – 7 Nov 1984)
        2. 2. Mildred (Lorraine "Millie") Puckett (20 Sep 1921 – 26 Dec 1995)
      2. 2. William (Robert) Fletcher (5 Dec 1889 – 2 Sep 1954) m. Margaret (Best) Carroll (14 Sep 1899 – 2 Oct 1996)
        1. 1. Carelia Fletcher (31 Mar 1911 – 28 Oct 1953)
        2. 2. Robert (Clay) Fletcher (17 Nov 1913 – 27 Dec 1988)
        3. 3. Chester (Bailey) Fletcher (17 Sep 1916 – 15 Oct 2002)
        4. 4. Walter (Bosley) Fletcher (29 Nov 1918 – 8 Apr 1973)
        5. 5. Paul Fletcher (24 Feb 1921 – 8 Mar 1984)
      3. 3. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Fletcher (23 February 1892 – 18 Nov 1989)
      4. 4. Raymond Fletcher (4 April 1895 – 1900)
      5. 5. Ida (Belle) Fletcher (06 Dec 1895 – Oct 1979)
      6. 6. Maude Fletcher (9 November 1900 – 11 Nov 1959)
        1. 1. Harley (Eugene) Simpson (19 Sep 1937 – 25 Mar 1981)
      7. 7. Miles (Madison) Fletcher (26 October 1903 – 23 Apr 1972)
        1. 1. Wilma (G) Fletcher (abt 1935 – )
        2. 2. Edith (E) Fletcher (abt 1937 – )
      8. 8. Matthew ("Matt") Fletcher (17 Nov 1904 – Jul 1957)
      9. 9. Claude Fletcher (22 Jun 1906 – 18 Oct 1969)
      10. 10. Claude Fletcher (22 June 1906 – 18 Oct 1969)
      11. 11. Claude Fletcher (abt 1907 – )
      12. 12. Louis Fletcker (abt 1910 – )
      13. 13. John (Lewis) Fletcher (17 Feb 1910 – 12 March 1973) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Fletcher
      14. 14. beatrice fletcher (25 Nov 1911 – 28 Jan 1977) m. Harry (Urohman) Manning (8 Jan 1905 – 16 Nov 1978)
        1. 1. Betty (Ruth) Morgan (12 November 1930 – 5 January 2001)
        2. 2. James (C) Manning (17 June 1932 – 18 August 1997)
        3. 3. Mary (Alice) Manning (4 Oct 1933 – 24 Nov 1999)
        4. 4. Mary (A) Morgan (4 October 1933 – 24 November 1999)
        5. 5. Robert (Franklin) Manning (27 May 1936 – 20 Sep 1936)
        6. 6. Helen (Joan) Manning (10 Jun 1937 – 23 May 2008) m. Jack (Lee) Drew (28 Nov 1932 – ) m. William (J Joiepti) Gunkel (1 Sep 1939 – 12 Oct 2009)
        7. 7. Stella Manning (10 May 1941 – 13 November 1992)
        8. 8. Glenda Manning
      15. 15. Dixie Fletcher (6 May 1916 – 15 Oct 1916)
      16. 16. Dixie Fletcher (6 May 1916 – 15 Oct 1916)
      17. 17. Miles Fletcher (abt 1919 – )
  8. 8. Hamilton (W) Wright (1842 – Jan. 3 1863)
  9. 9. Nancy (J) Wright (1852 – 1899)
  10. 10. Martha Wright

Elisha Wright's Timeline

2 Records

1801
1801
Birth of Elisha Wright in Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Guilford, North Carolina, United States
1877
15 May 1877
Age 76
Death of Elisha Wright in Died on Trail in Ark with daughter, Sarah Holland, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA
Died on Trail in Ark with daughter, Sarah Holland, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1801
    Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 May 1877
    Event Place: Died on Trail in Ark with daughter, Sarah Holland, Breathitt, Kentucky, USA
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