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John Thomas Wright 1829 – 1921 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 Jan 1829

Birth Location: Fayette, Tennessee, United States

Death Date: 13 Aug 1921

Death Location: Detroit, Marion, Alabama, United States

Father: Robert Wright

Mother: Nancy Cody

Spouse(s): Talitha WINSTEAD

Children(s): Thomas Wright, John Wright, Robert Wright, Sarah Wright, William Wright, Robert Wright, Mary Wright, Nancy WRIGHT, William Wright, Tom Wright, Eliza WRIGHT, Mary WRIGHT, James WRIGHT, Leoretta Wright

In 1829, John Thomas Wright entered the world in Fayette, Tennessee, United States, born to Robert Richard Wright and Nancy Talitha Cody. John Thomas Wright married Talitha Caroline WINSTEAD, and had children including Thomas Wright, John Henry Davis Wright, Robert B. Wright, Sarah Jane Wright, William Tom Wright, Robert Benjamin Wright, Mary Francis Wright, Nancy Talitha WRIGHT, William Thomas Wright, Tom Wright, Eliza Elizabeth WRIGHT, Mary Frances WRIGHT, James M. WRIGHT, Leoretta Amelia Wright. John Thomas Wright passed away in 1921 in Detroit, Marion, Alabama, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1829, John Thomas Wright entered the world in Fayette, Tennessee, United States, born to Robert Richard Wright and Nancy Talitha Cody.
  • John Thomas Wright married Talitha Caroline WINSTEAD, and had children including Thomas Wright, John Henry Davis Wright, Robert B. Wright, Sarah Jane Wright, William Tom Wright, Robert Benjamin Wright, Mary Francis Wright, Nancy Talitha WRIGHT, William Thomas Wright, Tom Wright, Eliza Elizabeth WRIGHT, Mary Frances WRIGHT, James M. WRIGHT, Leoretta Amelia Wright.
  • John Thomas Wright passed away in 1921 in Detroit, Marion, Alabama, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Wright
1803 – 1853
Birth Location: Halifax, NC, USA
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Nancy Cody
1805 – 1896
Birth Location: Jackson County, Georgia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Talitha WINSTEAD
1830 – 1916
Birth Location: Fayette, Fayette, Alabama, United States
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Children(s)

Thomas Wright
1843 –
Birth Location: Alabama
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John Wright
1850 – 1931
Birth Location: Detroit, Marion, Alabama, United States
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Robert Wright
1851 –
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Wright
1852 – 1928
Birth Location: Marion, Alabama, United States
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William Wright
1853 –
Birth Location: –
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Robert Wright
1854 – 1886
Birth Location: , Marion, Alabama, USA
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Mary Wright
1854 – 1905
Birth Location: Illinois, United States
MW
Nancy WRIGHT
1856 – 1904
Birth Location: Detroit, Lamar, Alabama, USA
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William Wright
1858 – 1950
Birth Location: Detroit, Lamar, Alabama, United States
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Tom Wright
1859 –
Birth Location: Alabama
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Eliza WRIGHT
1861 – 1938
Birth Location: Alabama
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Mary WRIGHT
1864 – 1951
Birth Location: Alabama
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James WRIGHT
1866 – 1868
Birth Location: –
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Leoretta Wright
1872 – 1874
Birth Location: –
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John Wright's Ancestors

Self
John Wright
1829 – 1921
Birth Place: Fayette, Tennessee, United States
Parents
Robert Richard Wright
1803 – 1853
Halifax, NC, USA
Nancy (Talitha) Cody
1805 – 1896
Jackson County, Georgia, USA
Grandparents
James Wright
1776 – 1809
Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Roper
1766 – 1808
Halifax , North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Roper
1750 – 1797
Lucy Haws
1740 – 1803
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Roper
1711 – 1784
Mary Clay
1710 – 1770
John Hawes
1725 – 1790
Mary
1710 – 1730

John Wright's Descendants

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John (Thomas) Wright (13 Jan 1829 – 13 Aug 1921) m. Talitha (Caroline) WINSTEAD (30 Jan 1830 – 29 Jul 1916)
  1. 1. Thomas Wright (abt 1843 – )
  2. 2. John (Henry Davis) Wright (17 Jul 1850 – 17 Mar 1931)
  3. 3. Robert (B.) Wright (ABT 1851 – )
  4. 4. Sarah (Jane) Wright (9 Aug 1852 – 17 Jul 1928)
  5. 5. William (Tom) Wright (ABT 1853 – )
  6. 6. Robert (Benjamin) Wright (9 May 1854 – 9 Sep 1886)
  7. 7. Mary (Francis) Wright (Oct 1854 – 1905)
  8. 8. Nancy (Talitha) WRIGHT (14 Aug 1856 – 24 Jan 1904) m. Thomas (Green) Gilliland (1 Mar 1857 – 26 Oct 1933)
    1. 1. Talithia (Evelyn) Gilliland (28 OCT 1880 – 21 DEC 1961) m. ROBERT (BENJAMIN) MAXEY (20 Jan 1880 – )
      1. 1. BERTHA (ERLINE) MAXEY (26 SEP 1901 – 22 Jun 1996)
      2. 2. LESSIE (VIVIAN) MAXEY (06 Jan 1905 – 10 November 1981) m. James (Shannon) McCarver (16 November 1903 – 27 Feb 1954)
        1. 1. James (Shannon) McCarver (2 Feb 1928 – 5 May 1957)
        2. 2. Martha (Evelyn) McCarver (October 30, 1932 – Jan.23,2010)
      3. 3. ROBERT (ERNEST) MAXEY (4 JAN 1908 – 10 NOV 1981)
      4. 4. Robert (Ernest) Maxey (4 Jan 1918 – 1 Sep 2005)
    2. 2. Thomas (Washington) Gilliland (19 May 1883 – 19 Aug 1960) m. Eula Stockton (1888 – 1915) m. Bertha (Alice) McCullar (19 Nov 1893 – 6 Jan 1964)
      1. 1. Vernie (Lee) Gilliland (7 FEB 1907 – 20 APR 1996) m. Alford (Marshall) Hunt (10 May 1896 – Feb 1979) m. James (Kerry) Bevill (11 May 1925 – 25 Jun 1994)
      2. 2. LOLA (GRACE) GILLILAND (abt 1911 – 05 Jan 1990)
      3. 3. Carroll (Linwood) Gilliland (1 Apr 1917 – 19 Sep 1980) m. Evelyn Harbin (14 October 1922 – 27 Oct 2001)
      4. 4. Mildred (Ruth) Gilliland (30 Jan 1919 – 26 Sep 2007) m. Monroe (Auburn) Argo (Aug 8, 1912 – Feb 27, 2002)
        1. 1. Jenah (Cole) Argo (abt 1939 – )
        2. 2. Gary (Auburn) Argo (July 28, 1940 – Mar 6, 2013)
      5. 5. Thomas (Edsel) Gilliland (12 May 1922 – 9 Apr 1999)
      6. 6. William (Maurice) Gilliland (abt 1925 – July 7 1989) m. Joyce Gilliland (13 July 1926 – 9 July 1993)
      7. 7. James (Edwin) Gilliland (25 February 1927 – 22 February 2015)
      8. 8. Betty (Joyce) Gilliland (15 Feb 1930 – 6 Feb 2017) m. James (Kerry) Bevill (11 May 1925 – 25 Jun 1994)
        1. 1. Carolyn Bevill
      9. 9. Tom Gilliland
    3. 3. William (Lemuel) Gilliland (07 Feb 1886 – 17 March 1957) m. Ethel Harmon (4 Apr 1892 – 17 Jan 1977)
      1. 1. Jewell (D) Gilliland (2 Oct 1908 – 19 OCT 1908)
      2. 2. Verla (Ethlene) Gilliland (10 AUG 1910 – 28 Mar 2007) m. "MONROE" (WILLIAM MONROE) ROBBINS (22 August 1907 – 25 July 1990)
        1. 1. William (Monroe) Robbins (20 August 1932 – 16 February 2010) m. Lynder (12 September 1945 – 22 February 2012)
        2. 2. Elouise Robbins (abt 1936 – ) m. Bill Brunson
      3. 3. George (Lance) Gilliland (12 Feb 1912 – 2 Sep 1956)
      4. 4. Louse Gilliland (abt 1913 – )
      5. 5. Flora (Belle) Gilliland (1 Jul 1914 – 15 Jun 2001) m. Renford (Napoleon) Chrismond (30 Sep 1911 – 17 Jun 1979)
        1. 1. Renford Chrismond (abt 1938 – )
        2. 2. Betty (Jane) Chrismond (abt 1940 – 15 Sep 1991) m. George Makamson
        3. 3. Beverly Chrismond m. Smith
        4. 4. Brenda Chrismond m. Hamby
        5. 5. Carolyn Chrismond m. Nix
      6. 6. Jewel (Olene) Gilliland (4 Jul 1916 – 24 Dec 1987) m. Alford m. Morris Mahan
        1. 1. Morris Mahan (abt 1937 – )
      7. 7. Edward (Leroy) Gilliland (7 Nov 1918 – 28 November 1999)
      8. 8. Marie (Ruth) Gilliland (30 Jul 1920 – 7 Jun 2011)
      9. 9. Lillian (Irene) Gilliland (31 December 1922 – 1 September 2009)
      10. 10. Mavis (Evelyn) Gilliland (16 Nov 1924 – 27 Jan 1983)
      11. 11. Euginia Gilliland (9 May 1926 – 5 Jul 1927)
      12. 12. Hilda Gilliland (8 May 1928 – May 1929)
      13. 13. Katherine (Juanita) Gilliland (17 April 1930 – 13 August 1983)
      14. 14. William (Kenneth "Ken") Gilliland (30 Apr 1932 – 4 Jan 2003)
      15. 15. Virginia (Dale) Gilliland (19 Aug 1935 – Jan 1984)
      16. 16. Mabel Gilliland (1938 – Jan 1984)
      17. 17. Lethia Gilliland
    4. 4. Annie (Vilola) Gilliland (02 Feb 1889 – 28 July 1958)
    5. 5. Mary (Clementine) Gilliland (15 Aug 1892 – 07 Nov 1971)
    6. 6. Francis (Burkett) Gilliland (04 Sep 1895 – 10 July 1944)
    7. 7. Francis (Burkett) Gilliland (4 Sep 1895 – 10 Jul 1944)
    8. 8. Eugene (Bryan) Gilliland (22 Oct 1899 – April 1987)
  9. 9. William (Thomas) Wright (22 Aug 1858 – 29 Nov 1950)
  10. 10. Tom Wright (abt 1859 – )
  11. 11. Eliza (Elizabeth) WRIGHT (2 Apr 1861 – 16 May 1938)
  12. 12. Mary (Frances) WRIGHT (9 Aug 1864 – 4 Dec 1951)
  13. 13. James (M.) WRIGHT (29 Dec 1866 – 25 Jul 1868)
  14. 14. Leoretta (Amelia) Wright (7 Sep 1872 – 20 Jan 1874)

John Wright's Timeline

2 Records

1829
13 Jan 1829
Birth of John Thomas Wright in Fayette, Tennessee, United States
Fayette, Tennessee, United States
1921
13 Aug 1921
Age 92
Death of John Thomas Wright in Detroit, Marion, Alabama, United States
Detroit, Marion, Alabama, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1829
    Event Place: Fayette, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Aug 1921
    Event Place: Detroit, Marion, Alabama, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Detroit, Lamar County, Alabama, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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