William Thomas Wright b. December 1875 Arkansas, USA d. 26 Dec 1930 DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA: Our Family History

1875 - 1930 (~ 55 years)

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Name	William Thomas Wright [1]
Born	December 1875	Arkansas, USA [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Census	4 Jun 1880	Prairie township, Dorsey County, Arkansas, USA [3]
	1. Wright, Thos Y., white, male, 33, married, farmer, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia 2. _____, Bettie, white, female, 22, wife, married, keeping house, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee 3. _____, Mary W, white, female, 7, daughter, single, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas 4. _____, William F., white, male, 5, son, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas 5. _____, Martha A, white, female, 7 months, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas
Census	22 Jun 1900	Pennington township, Bradley County, Arkansas, USA [2]
	1. Wright, Tom, head, white, male, December 1875, 24, married 2 years, Arkansas, Georgia, Arkansas, logging, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Eliza, wife, white, female,Mary 1881, 19, married 2 years, 1 child 1 living, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, can read and write 3. _____, Earl, son, white, male, September 1899, 8 months, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas [Same page, just two households before Tom's parents]
Census	21 Apr 1910	Kingsland township, Cleveland County, Arkansas, USA [4]
	1. Wright, William T., head, male, white, 34, first marriage, married 11 years, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, engineer, locomotive, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Eliza, wife, female, white, 29, first marriage, married 11 years, 5 children 4 living, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, can read and write 3. _____, Gladys, daughter, female, white, 9, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, attending school 4. _____, Neal, son, male, white, 6, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, attending school 5. _____, Ophia, daughter, female, white, 4, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 6. _____, Evalin [Evelyn?], daughter, female, white, 2, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas
Census	7 Jan 1920	Police Jury Ward 1, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA [5]
	1. Wright, W. T., head, male, white, 42, married, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, engineering, train 2. _____, Eliza, wife, female, white, 39, married, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 3. _____, Gladys, daughter, female, white, 18, single, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 4. _____, Neal, son, male, white, 16, attending school, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, laborer 5. _____, Ophie, daughter, female, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 6. _____, Evelyn, daughter, female, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 7. _____, Claud, son, male, white, 9, attending school, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 8. _____, Maureen, daughter, female, white, 4, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 9. _____, Dorthy [Dorothy?], daughter, female, white, 2, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas
Residence	Feb 1930	Arizona, USA [6]
	Tom's mother's obituary states that he lived in "McKay" Arizona. No such town has been located.
Census	12 Apr 1930	Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA [7]
	1. Wright, William T., head, renting, $14, not a farm, male, white, 54, married, first married age 21, can read and write, Arkansas, Georgia, unknown, engineer, railroad, not a veteran 2. _____, Eliza F., wife, female, white, 49, married, first married age 18, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas, can read and write, home 3. _____, Gladys M., daughter, female, white, 29, single, can read and write, Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas 4. _____, Marline, daughter, female, white, 14, attending school, can read and write, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas 5. _____, Dorthy [Dorothy], daughter, female, white, 11, attending school, can read and write, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas 6. _____, Peggy, daughter, female, white, 8, attending school, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas 7. _____, Hiram, son, male, white, 5 9/12, attending school, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arkansas
Died	26 Dec 1930	DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, USA [1, 8]
Person ID	I6237	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	31 Jan 2015

Father	William Y. Wright, b. Mar 1846, Georgia, USA , d. Between 1900-1910 (Age ~ 63 years)
Mother	Bettie Walker Atkinson, b. Jan 1857, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA , d. 8 Feb 1930, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 73 years)
Married	6 Nov 1872	Bradley County, Arkansas, USA [1, 9]
Family ID	F2219	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Eliza Watson, b. May 1881, Arkansas, USA

Married 13 Nov 1898 Calhoun County, Arkansas, USA [10]

Children

	1. Earl Wright, b. Sep 1899, Arkansas, USA , d. Before 1910, Arkansas, USA (Age ~ 10 years)
	2. Gladys Wright, b. bt 1901, Arkansas, USA
	3. Neal Wright, b. Abt 1904, Arkansas, USA
+	4. Ophie Wright, b. Abt 1906, Arkansas, USA , d. 1987 (Age ~ 81 years)
	5. Evelyn Wright, b. bt 1908, Arkansas, USA
	6. Claud Wright, b. Abt 1911, Arkansas, USA
	7. Marleen Wright, b. Abt 1916, Arkansas, USA
	8. Dorothy Wright, b. Abt 1918, Arkansas, USA

Last Modified 31 Jan 2015

Family ID F2220 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents

1880 Bradley County census, William Y. Wright and Bettie (Atkinson) Wright
1880 U. S. census, Dorsey County, Arkansas, population schedule, [Prairie township, enumeration district (ED) 82, p. 6 (penned, recto), p. 350 (stamped, verso), dwelling 54, family 54, Wm Y Wright household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 116 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 43.

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.
[S4657] 1900 U.S. census, Bradley County, Arkansas, population schedule, Pennington township, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 20B, p 354 (stamped, verso), dwelling 362, family 365, Tom Wright household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 51.
[S4618] 1880 U. S. census, Dorsey County, Arkansas, population schedule, [Prairie township, enumeration district (ED) 82, p. 6 (penned, recto), p. 350 (stamped, verso), dwelling 54, family 54, Wm Y Wright household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 116 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 43.
[S4658] 1910 U.S. census, Cleveland County, Arkansas, population schedule, Kingsland township, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 7B (penned), p. 217 (stamped, verso), dwelling 137, family 140, William T. Wright household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 46. .
[S4659] 1920 U.S. census, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Police Jury Ward 1, enumeration district (ED) 81, sheet 7B (penned), p. 7 (stamped, verso), dwelling 160, family 160, W. T. Wright household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 628.
[S4647] "Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice," database and transcriptionsGenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 29 January 2015), for William Grady Goodwin; citing Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.), 2 September 2007, p. 6B.
[S4660] 1930 U.S. census, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Logansport, enumeration district (ED) 21, sheets 8A-B, p. 264a-b (stamped), dwelling 191, family 210, William T. Wright household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 30 January 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 790.
[S4661] Louisiana Department of State, Louisiana Secretary of State (http://www.sos.la.gov/ : accessed 29 January 2015), database, "Louisiana Death Records," entry for W. T. Wright, died 26 December 1930, DeSoto Parish; citing vol. 36: 15561, Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge.
[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 ].
[S4637] "Arkansas, Marriages, 1837-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 January 2015), W. T. Wright-Eliza Watson, 13 November 1898, Calhoun County; citing FHL film no. 980,956.