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James Nicholas Wright

Male 1855 - Bef 1920  (64 years)


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  • Name James Nicholas Wright  [1, 2
    Birth 9 May 1855  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1920  Hamilton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Douglas Wright shows that he died young, ca 1860 in Hamilton County, Texas. Will Johnson has a later date of death, after 1880, also in Hamilton County. However, Melba Gene McLemore has him marrying Ada Cannefax in 1888, putting his date of death later still. Additionally, a James and Ada Wright can be found in Hamilton County, Texas as of the 1910 cenus. By 1920, Ada was widowed, and living with a son, George, and daughter Eula, who had also been widowed.
    • (Research):Census Listings:

      1880 Census
      Living with his brother and sister-in-law, William and Marg
      aret WRIGHT, in Hamilton County, Texas.

      1900 Census
      not located

      1910 Census
      Texas, Hamilton County, JP No 8
      Enumerated 16 April 1910
      SD 11 ED 73 Sheet 2A
      Hico & Carlton
      HH 18-19
      Wright, Jimmie (age 19, TX) and Cora (age 17, Tx), married 1 year <--Perhaps a son of James and Ada's?
      HH 19-20
      Wright, James Head M W 54 m1 26 Tx Tn Tn Farmer
      Wright, Ada Wife F W 47 m1 26 9/9 Tx Tx Mo
      Wright, Jessie W Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx
      Wright, George Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
      Wright, Eula Dtr F W 10 S Tx Tx Tx
      Wright, Ada Dtr F W 7 S Tx Tx Tx

      1920 Census
      Texas, Hamilton County, Hico
      Ada Wright 58 Tx Widow
      Eula Moss 20 Tx Dtr Widow
      George Wright 22 Tx Son Single
      (Index listing only, unable to pull up image on Ancestry.com)
    Person ID I28471  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father James Wright,   b. Abt 1816, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1855, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Mother Eliza Jane McLemore,   b. 6 Dec 1819, Lincoln County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1883, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 24 Apr 1839  Lincoln County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • "Lincoln County Tennessee Official Marriage Records 1838-1880", by Helen C. Marsh & Timothy R. Marsh, pub. 1974

      McLEMORE
      Eliza J. McLemore to James Wright 24 April 1839

      (Courtesy of Noveda Metzger)
    Family ID F9227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ada Cannefax,   b. 14 Oct 1861, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1940, Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jan 1888  Hamilton County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • Melba Gene McLemore cites their marriage record as reading James Nichols WRIGHT and Miss Ada CANNEFAX, 01/25/1888, 11 Page 015. "C-Brides Hamilton County, Texas Marriages Prior to 1900". Three courthouse fires (Sept, 1863, Mar 1877, and Feb 1886 destroyed the earlies marriage record books. Following the 1886 fire, some pre-fire marriages were recorded on lists in the County Clerk's Office. These marriages have "//" in place of a marriage book number. The handwriting on some of these records is almost impossible to read.
    Children 
     1. Jessie Wright,   b. Abt 1896, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. George Wright,   b. Abt 1898, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Eula Wright,   b. Abt 1900, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ada Wright,   b. Abt 1903, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F9366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 May 2007 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 9 May 1855 - Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jan 1888 - Hamilton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Bef 1920 - Hamilton County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S569] Wright, Douglas (pdwright@bresnan.net) Ver. 2007-12-30 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=douglaswright44.

    2. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Hamilton County, JP 8, SD 11 ED 73 Sheet 2A (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Hamilton County, JP No 8 Enumerated 16 April 1910 SD 11 ED 73 Sheet 2A Hico & Carlton (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S569] Wright, Douglas (pdwright@bresnan.net) Ver. 2007-12-30 ; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=douglaswright44, Instead shows date as 26 April 1839 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S501] McLemore, Melba Gene-Family Researcher/Family Group Sheets, Correspondence, Email (maddoxyellowrose@hotmail.com) ; http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php, (http://www.mclemoregenealogy.org/index.php).