Family: William Y. Wright / Bettie Walker Atkinson (F2219)

• Father | Male William Y. Wright

  
  

  Born	Mar 1846	Georgia, USA
  Died	Between 1900-1910
  Buried
  Married	6 Nov 1872  [1, 2]	Bradley County, Arkansas, USA  [1, 2]
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Bettie Walker Atkinson

  
  

  Born	Jan 1857	Dallas County, Arkansas, USA
  Died	8 Feb 1930	Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried		Methodist Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Father	Thomas A. Atkinson | F2138 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary J. Adams | F2138 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Mary W. Wright

  
  

  Born	Abt 1873	Arkansas, USA
  Died	1880
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male + William Thomas Wright

  
  

  Born	December 1875	Arkansas, USA
  Died	26 Dec 1930	DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Eliza Watson | F2220
  Married	13 Nov 1898	Calhoun County, Arkansas, USA

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Martha A. Wright

  
  

  Born	Abt 1879	Arkansas, USA
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Female + Ritha Wright

  
  

  Born	Jun 1882	Arkansas, USA
  Died	5 May 1920	Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	John Felix Gravier | F2228
  Married	17 Jan 1903	Bradley County, Arkansas, USA

  
  

  Child 5 | Female + Jewell Wright

  
  

  Born	Apr 1886	Arkansas, USA
  Died	17 Aug 1951	Caddo County, Louisiana, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	William Grady Goodwin | F2236
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Female Hallie Wright

  
  

  Born	11 Mar 1890	Arkansas, USA
  Died	4 May 1942	San Francisco County, California, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Albert Louis O'Rourke | F2242
  Married	1914	Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Spouse	Ray G. Jacobs | F2241
  Married	Abt 1921

  
  

• Sources

  [S4614] Mary Lee (Bailey) Shelton (mlbs1@aol.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 12 January 2015, subject “Re: Walker match, FTDNA - Ritha Walker”; regarding her descent from Ritha Walker, one of at least nine Walker siblings including Elijah Walker, born 1802, Georgia. [S4622] Bradley County, Arkansas, Marriage Book B: 133, Wm Y. Wright-Bettie W. Atkinson, 6 November 1872; digital image, "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1957," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 16 January 2015); citing FHL film no. 981960; original records, County Clerk, Warren. [url: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11566-109591-39?cc=1417439 ].