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Willis Grant Wright 1867–1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Dec 1867

Birth Location: Moultrie County, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 2 Jan 1918

Death Location: Butler County, Missouri, United States of America

Father: Jesse Wright

Mother: Anna Wright

Spouse(s): Mary Cook

Children(s): Dewey Wright, Clara Wright, Ernest Wright, Wilbert Wright, Curnel Wright, Bertha Wright, Clarence Wright, Marion Wright, Dorothy Wright

Willis Grant Wright was born in 1867 in Moultrie County, Illinois, USA, the child of Jesse Andrew Wright And Anna Goodwin Wright. Willis Grant Wright married Mary Elizabeth Cook, and had children including Bertha Wright, Clara Mabel Wright, Clarence Edmond Wright, Curnel Ellsworth Wright, Dewey Sheldon Wright, Dorothy Lellon Wright, Ernest Melvin Wright, Marion Lester Wright, Wilbert Allen Wright. Willis Grant Wright passed away in 1918 in Butler County, Missouri, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Willis Grant Wright was born in 1867 in Moultrie County, Illinois, USA, the child of Jesse Andrew Wright And Anna Goodwin Wright.
  • Willis Grant Wright married Mary Elizabeth Cook, and had children including Bertha Wright, Clara Mabel Wright, Clarence Edmond Wright, Curnel Ellsworth Wright, Dewey Sheldon Wright, Dorothy Lellon Wright, Ernest Melvin Wright, Marion Lester Wright, Wilbert Allen Wright.
  • Willis Grant Wright passed away in 1918 in Butler County, Missouri, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Willis Wright's Ancestors

Self
Willis Wright
1867–1918
Birth Place: Moultrie County, Illinois, USA
Parents
Jesse Andrew Wright
1811–1883
Greene County, Indiana, USA
Anna (Goodwin) Wright
1830–
Logansport, Cass, Indiana, USA
Grandparents
Jesse (W) Wright
1781–1863
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Susannah Pennell
1794–1860
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Wright
1752–1837
Barbara Morgan
1758–1794
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Immigrant
1726–1785
Nancy Evans
1760–1795
Mary Davis
1736–1805

Willis Wright's Descendants

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Willis (Grant) Wright (4 Dec 1867–2 Jan 1918) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Cook (24 Oct 1867–19 Mar 1924)
  1. 1. Dewey (Sheldon) Wright 1908–1966
  2. 2. Clara (Mabel) Wright 1898–1962
  3. 3. Ernest (Melvin) Wright 1902–1933
  4. 4. Wilbert (Allen) Wright 1906–
  5. 5. Curnel (Ellsworth) Wright 1892–1973 m. Rosa (Pearl) Mounts 1900–1992
    1. 1. Rex (Lee) Wright 1921–1980 m. Helen (Beatrice) Bates 1923–1997
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Wright 1947–2003
    2. 2. Elmer (Grant) Wright 1926–1989
    3. 3. Howard (Eugene) Wright 1935–2002
  6. 6. Bertha Wright 1897–
  7. 7. Clarence (Edmond) Wright 1889–1966
  8. 8. Marion (Lester) Wright 1900–
  9. 9. Dorothy (Lellon) Wright 1894–

Willis Wright's Timeline

2 Records

1867
4 Dec 1867
Birth of Willis Grant Wright in Moultrie County, Illinois, USA
Moultrie County, Illinois, USA
1918
2 Jan 1918
Age 51
Death of Willis Grant Wright in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, USA
Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Dec 1867
    Event Place: Moultrie County, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1918
    Event Place: Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Butler County, Missouri, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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