Descendants of James Wright

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  JAMES¹ WRIGHT^1,2 was born Bet. 1800 - 1801 in Scotland³.  He married (1) JEMIMA CLARK^4,5,6 Bef. 1831⁷.  She was born Abt. 1814 in NY^8,9.  He married (2) ANNA ?¹⁰ Bet. 1850 - 1860¹⁰.  She was born Abt. 1813.

 

Notes for JAMES WRIGHT:

The death certificate of son, George W. Wright, lists his father as "John Wright". This error caused a many year delay in locating the correct parents of George W. Wright.

 

More About JAMES WRIGHT and JEMIMA CLARK:

Marriage: Bef. 1831¹¹

 

More About JAMES WRIGHT and ANNA ?:

Marriage: Bet. 1850 - 1860¹²

       

Children of JAMES WRIGHT and JEMIMA CLARK are:

2.                i.    ESTHER MIRANDA² WRIGHT, b. Bet. 1831 - 1833.

                  ii.    MARILLA WRIGHT¹³, b. Abt. 1834¹³.

3.              iii.    ALBERT C. WRIGHT, b. 27 Nov 1837, NY; d. 26 Aug 1917, Birch Run, MI.

4.              iv.    JAMES L. WRIGHT, b. 20 Mar 1840, Tompkins County, NY; d. 23 Mar 1900, Vassar, Tuscola Co., MI.

5.               v.    HENRY W. WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1842, Ithaca, NY.

                 vi.    ADELINE WRIGHT¹³, b. Abt. 1845¹³.

                vii.    SARAH E WRIGHT¹³, b. Abt. 1849¹³.

6.            viii.    GEORGE W. WRIGHT, b. 05 Feb 1852, Tioga County, NY; d. 21 Mar 1932, Birch Run, Saginaw County, MI.

 

       

Child of JAMES WRIGHT and ANNA ? is:

7.              ix.    MARY² WRIGHT, b. Sep 1854, NY.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  ESTHER MIRANDA² WRIGHT (JAMES¹)¹³ was born Bet. 1831 - 1833¹³.  She married GEORGE W. WOODCOCK¹⁴.  He was born Abt. 1823¹⁴.

 

Notes for ESTHER MIRANDA WRIGHT:

The 1870 census indicates Miranda was born about 1822, which seems unlikely. We believe the dates of 1831 - 1833 in other records are more likely to be correct.

 

More About ESTHER MIRANDA WRIGHT:

Occupation: 1880, Shoemaker¹⁵

       

Children of ESTHER WRIGHT and GEORGE WOODCOCK are:

                   i.    HENRIETTA³ WOODCOCK^16,17, b. Abt. 1851¹⁸; m. CHARLES STANTON¹⁹; b. Abt. 1854, NY¹⁹.

8.               ii.    SARAH R. WOODCOCK, b. Dec 1853.

 

 

3.  ALBERT C.² WRIGHT (JAMES¹)^20,21 was born 27 Nov 1837 in NY^22,23,24,25, and died 26 Aug 1917 in Birch Run, MI^26,27.  He married (1) LUCY ANNA BUTLER^28,29,30 Bef. 1862³¹.  She was born 10 Sep 1842 in Tioga, Tioga Co., NY^31,32.  He married (2) MARY LOUISE COLVILLE^33,34 27 May 1896 in Saginaw Co., MI^35,36, daughter of ROBERT COLVILLE and CRISTINA ?.  She was born 17 Apr 1849 in Tecumseh, MI^37,38,39, and died 16 Feb 1918 in Birch Run, MI^40,41.

 

Notes for ALBERT C. WRIGHT:

Obituary of Albert C. Wright in the Saginaw Courier Herald, August 28, 1917.

 

"Wright - Albert C. Wright, a resident of Birch Run for the past 21 years died of paralysis at his home Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Mr. Wright was born in New York state November 27, 1837 and May 26, 1890 (correct date - May 27, 1896) was married to Mrs. Mary Colville, who, with four children, survives him. The children are Charles of Jackson, Irving of Flint, Mrs Daniel Wilter of Lansing and Mrs. Arthur Word of Ohio. Two brothers, Henry of Grand Rapids and George of Birch Run, one sister, Mrs. Mary Campbell and one step daughter also survive. The funeral will take place from the Butler School this afternoon at 1 o'clock sun time. Rev. Mr. Hunt of Birch Run officiating. Burial will be in Birch Run."

 

More About ALBERT C. WRIGHT:

Burial: Aug 1917, Birch Run Cemetery.^42,43

 

More About ALBERT WRIGHT and LUCY BUTLER:

Marriage: Bef. 1862⁴⁴

 

Notes for MARY LOUISE COLVILLE:

Obituary of Mrs. Mary Louise Wright in the Saginaw Courier Herald, February 17, 1918.

 

"Wright - Mrs. Mary Louise Wright, a pioneer resident of Saginaw county, died at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning at her home in Birch Run of complications. She was born in Tecumseh, Mich., April 17, 1847, and came to Birch Run in 1855, and has lived there since. Her husband, Albert G. [C] Wright, died August 25, 1917. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Flora B. Wate (Waite). The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the Horton School and Interment will be in the Birch Run cemetery."

 

More About MARY LOUISE COLVILLE:

Burial: 18 Feb 1918, Birch Run Cemetery.^45,46

 

More About ALBERT WRIGHT and MARY COLVILLE:

Marriage: 27 May 1896, Saginaw Co., MI^47,48

       

Children of ALBERT WRIGHT and LUCY BUTLER are:

9.                i.    CHARLES E.³ WRIGHT, b. Mar 1862, NY.

10.             ii.    IRVING AMI WRIGHT, b. 19 Apr 1870, Birch Run, MI; d. 13 Jul 1937, Hurley Hospital, Flint, MI.

11.            iii.    GRACE ANN WRIGHT, b. Feb 1872, Clio, MI; d. Bet. 1910 - 1920.

12.            iv.    RUPERTA WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1877, MI.

 

 

4.  JAMES L.² WRIGHT (JAMES¹)⁴⁹ was born 20 Mar 1840 in Tompkins County, NY^50,51, and died 23 Mar 1900 in Vassar, Tuscola Co., MI⁵².  He married (1) ELLEN AUGUSTA SHARP⁵³ 08 Jul 1860 in Tioga County, NY by Thomas Goodenough J.P.⁵⁴, daughter of AMOS SHARPE and ELLEN MOSHER.  She was born 11 May 1847 in Chaumont, NY^55,56, and died 19 Apr 1934 in At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Martin, Lapeer St., Flint, MI.⁵⁷.  He married (2) MARGARET LEWIS TAYLOR⁵⁸ 31 Dec 1885 in Otisville, MI⁵⁸.    He married (3) ELIZA WINCHEL 07 Nov 1896⁵⁹. 

 

Notes for JAMES L. WRIGHT:

Enlisted into Company D, 50th New York Engineers, on the 29th of January, 1864, he was wounded by a explosion of a shell at Fort Hell (real name was Fort Sedgwick, In Petersburg, Virginia) Virginia on the 28th of September 1864 to the chest, gun shot to the right arm at Halctez (should be Hatcher's Run) Run, in Virginia on the 28th of October 1864, right arm, plus developed diarrhea for his pension case. He was discharged on the 13th of June 1865. James went AWOL in the month of February or March of 1864, at Elmira, New York, but gave "delivered himself up" on the 21st of June 1864.

 

Length of service was 1 year, 4 months and 15 days. Pension was for gun shot wound in left breast and chronic diarrhea.

 

More About JAMES L. WRIGHT:

Burial: Riverside Cemetery,  Block F, Seciton 71, Vassar, MI

Cause of Death: Pneumonia⁶⁰

 

More About ELLEN AUGUSTA SHARP:

Burial: 23 Apr 1934, Grace Lawn cemetery, section H, lot 191.⁶¹

 

More About JAMES WRIGHT and ELLEN SHARP:

Marriage: 08 Jul 1860, Tioga County, NY by Thomas Goodenough J.P.⁶²

 

More About JAMES WRIGHT and MARGARET TAYLOR:

Marriage: 31 Dec 1885, Otisville, MI⁶³

 

More About JAMES WRIGHT and ELIZA WINCHEL:

Marriage: 07 Nov 1896⁶⁴

       

Children of JAMES WRIGHT and ELLEN SHARP are:

13.              i.    PHOEBE S.³ WRIGHT, b. 1863, NY; d. 1946.

14.             ii.    LUWILDIA WRIGHT, b. Mar 1866, MI.

15.            iii.    SIDNEY J. WRIGHT, b. 27 Apr 1873, MI.

16.            iv.    IRA LEONARD WRIGHT, b. 25 Mar 1876, Lapeer County, MI; d. 1953.

17.             v.    OLIVER FLOYD WRIGHT, b. 04 Mar 1879, Millington, MI; d. 20 Jan 1947, Flint, MI.

18.            vi.    MAYTIE WRIGHT, b. 24 Oct 1882, Millington, MI; d. 24 Jan 1976, St. Joseph Hospital, Flint, MI.

19.           vii.    HARRIET MURIEL WRIGHT, b. 18 Mar 1886, Shiawassee Co., MI; d. 18 Dec 1948, McComiskey Conv. Home, Flint, MI.

 

 

5.  HENRY W.² WRIGHT (JAMES¹)^65,66,67,68 was born Abt. 1842 in Ithaca, NY^69,70.  He married (1) DELENA ?^71,72 Abt. 1870⁷³.  She was born Sep 1850 in Scotland^73,74.  He married (2) MARY JANE GARDNER SLATER⁷⁵ 04 Jan 1912 in Caro, MI⁷⁵.  She was born Abt. 1855 in Buffalo, NY⁷⁵.  He married (3) CLARA POWELL FORD⁷⁵ 20 Jul 1922 in Flint, MI⁷⁵.  She was born Abt. 1856 in Tuscola, County, MI⁷⁵.

 

Notes for HENRY W. WRIGHT:

1890 Veterans Census for Forest Township, Genesee County, line 12, house #276, family #284, Wright, Henry W., private, Company D, 50 N.Y. Eng., date of enlistment 21 Jue 1864, date of discharge 13 June 1865, length of service 1 year 5 months, Post Office Millington, Michigan, disability is Chronic Rheumatism.

 

From the Clio Messenger.

 

1919-01-02 - "Henry Wright, of Saginaw, is making an extended visit at the home of his brother, George Wright."

 

We also have an undated photo of "Uncle Hank and Ida" that we assume is Henry Wright and Ida Belle Foster.

 

 

More About HENRY WRIGHT and DELENA ?:

Marriage: Abt. 1870⁷⁶

 

More About HENRY WRIGHT and MARY SLATER:

Marriage: 04 Jan 1912, Caro, MI⁷⁷

 

More About HENRY WRIGHT and CLARA FORD:

Marriage: 20 Jul 1922, Flint, MI⁷⁷

       

Children of HENRY WRIGHT and DELENA ? are:

                   i.    WILLIEMINNIE³ W.WRIGHT⁷⁸, b. Abt. 1875, NY⁷⁸.

                  ii.    GEORGE H. WRIGHT⁷⁸, b. Abt. 1877, PA⁷⁸.

20.            iii.    JAMES L. WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1879, MI; d. 1927.

                 iv.    MARGARET WRIGHT⁷⁸, b. Oct 1883, MI⁷⁸.

                  v.    SARAH E. WRIGHT⁷⁸, b. Mar 1886, MI⁷⁸.

                 vi.    MABEL A. WRIGHT⁷⁸, b. Nov 1888, MI⁷⁸.

 

 

6.  GEORGE W.² WRIGHT (JAMES¹)^79,80 was born 05 Feb 1852 in Tioga County, NY⁸¹, and died 21 Mar 1932 in Birch Run, Saginaw County, MI^81,82.  He married CELIA E. WEEKS^83,84,85 27 Jul 1874 in Saginaw County, MI⁸⁶, daughter of LEWIS WEEKS and ANN WILBUR.  She was born 26 Apr 1859 in MI, and died 11 May 1920 in Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI.

 

Notes for GEORGE W. WRIGHT:

From the Clio Messenger, dates as listed.

 

June 12, 1914. "George Wright and wife, of Birch Run, were guests of their son, L.A. Wright, and family, Sunday."

 

March 29, 1918 - "George Wright and wife, Arthur Wright and family, of County Line and Mrs. A. M. Wilbur spent Sunday with George Geiger and family."

 

January 2, 1919 - "Henry Wright, of Saginaw, is making an extended visit at the home of his brother, George Wright."

 

March 13, 1919 - "Miss Gladys Wright, of Detroit, recently visited at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wright. [Birch Run]"

 

1926-02-04 - "George Wright is quite sick at his home north and east of the village [Birch Run]."