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JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT 1861 – 1946 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 AUG 1861

Birth Location: MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

Death Date: 1 DEC 1946

Death Location: Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, USA

Father: Willis Wright

Mother: Nancy Gray

Spouse(s): Emily Moore

Children(s): Wiley Wright, Charles Wright, Madge (Kirkland), Minnie Wright, Waikey Wright, Mary Wright, Rosie Wright, Earnest Wright

JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT was born in 1861 in MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, the child of Willis Alston Wright and Nancy Jane Gray. In 1880, JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT resided in Smithville, Monroe, Mississippi, USA. JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT married Emily Moore, and had children including Wiley Hampton Wright, Charles Floras Wright, Madge Oma Wright (Kirkland), Minnie Arvie Wright, Waikey Wright, Mary Wright, Rosie Wright, Earnest Wright. JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT passed away in 1946 in Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, USA.

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Biography

  • JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT was born in 1861 in MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, the child of Willis Alston Wright and Nancy Jane Gray.
  • In 1880, JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT resided in Smithville, Monroe, Mississippi, USA.
  • JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT married Emily Moore, and had children including Wiley Hampton Wright, Charles Floras Wright, Madge Oma Wright (Kirkland), Minnie Arvie Wright, Waikey Wright, Mary Wright, Rosie Wright, Earnest Wright.
  • JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT passed away in 1946 in Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, USA.

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JACOB WRIGHT's Ancestors

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JACOB WRIGHT
1861 – 1946
Birth Place: MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
Parents
Willis Alston Wright
1833 – 1912
Hardeman, Tennessee, United States
Nancy (Jane) Gray
1835 – 1910
Franklin, Georgia, United States
Grandparents
James (Henry) Wright
1806 – 1845
Halifax, North Carolina, United States
Martha (Elizabeth) Cody
1804 – 1892
Jackson, Georgia, United States
Great-Grandparents
James Wright
1776 – 1809
Elizabeth Roper
1766 – 1808
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Roper
1750 – 1797
Lucy Haws
1740 – 1803

JACOB WRIGHT's Descendants

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JACOB (AUSTIN) WRIGHT (5 AUG 1861 – 1 DEC 1946) m. Emily Moore (17 Jul 1864 – 16 August 1946)
  1. 1. Wiley (Hampton) Wright (29 Dec 1884 – 30 Nov 1946)
  2. 2. Charles (Floras) Wright (25 JAN 1887 – 8 May 1910)
  3. 3. Madge (Oma Wright) (Kirkland) (31 April 1889 – 12 Mar 1949)
  4. 4. Minnie (Arvie) Wright (14 Feb 1892 – 23 Sep 1911)
  5. 5. Waikey Wright (abt 1904 – 10 Mar 1936)
  6. 6. Mary Wright (abt 1904 – )
  7. 7. Rosie Wright (abt 1907 – )
  8. 8. Earnest Wright (abt 1910 – )

JACOB WRIGHT's Timeline

3 Records

1861
5 AUG 1861
Birth of JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT in MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
1880
1880
Age 19
JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT resided here in Smithville, Monroe, Mississippi, USA
Smithville, Monroe, Mississippi, USA
1946
1 DEC 1946
Age 85
Death of JACOB AUSTIN WRIGHT in Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, USA
Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 AUG 1861
    Event Place: MONROE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Smithville, Monroe, Mississippi; Roll: 658; Page: 18D; Enumeration District: 124

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Smithville, Monroe, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Smithville, Monroe, Mississippi; Roll: 658; Page: 18D; Enumeration District: 124

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 DEC 1946
    Event Place: Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, USA

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