Alexander Wright 1857 and Mary Matilda Collier
Alexander Wright b
15 Apr 1857 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY d 21 Sept 1929 McRoberts, Letcher Co KY
(alternate dod 21 Sept 1920, Rockhouse, KY) buried Millstone, Letcher Co KY, s/o
Samuel W
Wright and Elizabeth Betsy Adams. Alexander Wright m. to (1) Mary
Matilda Collier b 30 Apr 1855 d 17 Mar 1939 Logan Co W VA, d/o
William D Collier
and Rebecca Meade. Children of Alexander Wright and Mary Matilda Collier;
Samuel P Wright b 21
Nov 1883 Millstone, KY d 16 Sept 1927 at age 43; m. Clarissa Johnson, b Feb 1885
d about 1976;
d/o Winfield Scott Johnson and Lovina Fleming.
Charity Elizabeth Wright b 25
Dec 1885 d 20 Feb 1957 at age 71; buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming, Letcher Co KY; m. 30 May 1901
Letcher Co KY to King Solomon "Red Sol" Hall b 4 Dec 1881 Millstone, KY d 23 Nov 1965
Whitesburg Hospital, Whitesburg, KY at age
83; buried Hall Cemetery Fleming, Letcher Co KY; s/o
Reuben Richard Hall
and Mary Pop Fleming. Children of King Solomon "Red
Sol" Hall and Charity Elizabeth Wright;
1. Elizabeth Hall b 4 Sept 1918 d 18
Jun 1982; buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming, Letcher Co KY; m. James Burl Williams b
19 Jun 1905 d 5 Apr 1978; buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming, Letcher Co KY.
2. Addie Cleo Madaline Hall b 23 May
1922 d 3 Apr 1923; buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming, Letcher Co KY.
Mary Wright
d at birth.
Mary Matilda Collier
and Andrew Wright
Mary Matilda Collier (aka Polly or Jane) b 30 Apr 1855 d
17 Mar 1939 Logan Co W VA, d/o
William D Collier
and Rebecca Meade.
Mary Matilda Collier m. 27 Apr 1873 Letcher Co KY to (1) Andrew Wright
b 18 Jan 1853 d 13 Jan 1886, s/o
Susannah Wright (d/o
Joel Martin Wright and
Susannah Bentley or Bates). Children of Andrew
Wright and Mary Matilda Collier;
Nancy
Catherine Wright b 24 Jun 1874 Letcher Co KY d 30 Mar 1962 Greenup Co KY;
buried Quillen Cemetery, Greenup Co KY, m. 5 Apr 1894 Letcher Co KY to
Sherman Quillen b 16 Mar 1875 Letcher Co KY d 22 Jul 1964 Greenup Co KY;
buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; s/o
William Quillen and Marinda
Ramey.
Anna
Hannon Wright b 25 Oct 1876 Letcher Co KY d 30 Mar 1962 Troy, Miami Co OH; m
(1) to Simon Bentley b 10 Oct 1881 KY
d 15 Jun 1963
Pike Co KY; s/o Solomon Bentley and Mary Jane Bentley. Anna Hannon Wright m. 1 Feb 1892 Letcher Co KY to
(2)
George W Cook b
1874 KY; s/o William Cook and Jennie Unknown. Anna Hannon Wright m. 3 Dec 1911 Greenup Co KY to
(3)
Albert Newton
Evans b 10 Jan 1864 Paintsville, Johnson Co KY d 5 Jan 1946 Troy, Miami Co OH;
buried Riverside, Troy, OH; s/o William Wilshire Evans and Louisa Yonts.
Albert Newton Evans m. 8 Apr 1888 Johnson Co KY to
Sarah F
Collins b 1864. Albert Newton Evans m. 6 Nov 1892 to
(1) Sarah E Holbrook b 1872
Letcher Co KY d 1907 Greenup Co KY buried Bentley Cemetery, Big White Oak,
Greenup Co KY; d/o Benjamin Woodson "Woody" Holbrook and Nancy Quillen.
William
Ervin Wright b 16 Feb 1880 d 31 Mar 1961; m. Nannie B Johnson b 1902 KY; d/o
Timothy Paul Johnson
and Cosby Jane Quillen. William Ervin Wright m. 15 Dec 1900 to (1) Mary Tolliver
b 20 Oct 1883 d 12 Mar 1922 d/o
Melvin Burton Tolliver
and Arminda A Baker. Mary Tolliver m. 1898 to (1) Ben Craft.
Susan
Wright b 23 Mar 1882 McRoberts, KY d 15 May 1903 McRoberts KY at age 21; buried
Wright Cemetery, McRoberts, KY; m. 20 Aug 1895 Letcher Co KY to James M Wright b
7 Aug 1878 Letcher Co KY d 6 Jun 1930 age 51 years; buried Hemphill Cemetery,
Hemphill, KY; s/o
Joel Martin Wright and Jane R Venters. About 3 months after Susan's death,
James M Wright m. 20 Aug 1903 to (3) to Marthy Jane Brown. James M Wright m. (1)
to
Lillie Hall. (Other source gives information that Susan Wright b 11 Oct 1878 d
19 Aug 1895 m. James Wright)
Elijah
Baker Wright b 18 Mar 1884 Letcher Co KY d 10 Jun 1981 Greenup Co KY; m. 11
Feb 1908 to Maryland Caldonia Quillen
b 4 Aug 1891 d Apr 1984; d/o
William Dowell Quillen
and Mary Frances Vanover.
Alexander Wright and Hannah Houston
Alexander Wright b
15 Apr 1857 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY d 21 Sept 1929 McRoberts, Letcher Co KY buried Millstone, Letcher Co KY, s/o
Samuel W
Wright and Elizabeth Betsy Adams. Alexander Wright m. (2) to Hannah Houston b
29 Dec 1863 Letcher Co KY d 29 Sept 1960 Haymond, Letcher Co KY, d/o
Nathaniel "Thaney" Houston
and Elizabeth Betty Fleming. Children of
Alexander Wright and Hannah Houston;
Kantuck Wright
Nathaniel
"Nathan" Wright b 14 May 1890 d 2 Jul 1964 age 74, m. 1907 to (1)
Nancy E "Nan" Meade
b 1888; d/o Riley
Meade and Rachel Hampton. Nathaniel Wright m. (2)
Pearl Evans.
Sarah
Ann "Belle" Wright b 29 Mar 1893 Millstone Letcher Co KY d 12 Sept 1979 age
86, m. (1) to Thomas Quillen b 1903, s/o
Britton "Britt" Quillen and Arta M Meade.
Sarah Ann "Belle" Wright m. (2) Willard McCoy.
Barbara
Ellen "Ella" Wright b 2 Sept 1896 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 30 Mar 1980
age 83 years. (Source
states that Ellen Wright's parents were Sam and Polly Wright). Barbara
Ellen "Ella" Wright m. (1) to Marion Meade b about 1895.
Barbara Ellen "Ella" Wright
m. 12 Nov 1896 to (2) to Orbin Lorenzo Patrick "Pridemore" Fleming b 17 Jul 1876 Wise
Co VA d 28 Aug 1927 Clintwood, Dickenson Co VA, s/o
Robert Jefferson "Big
Jeff" Fleming and Margaret Ann "Peggy" Rose. Orbin Lorenzo Patrick "Pridemore"
Fleming m. (2) to Flora Carpenter.
Grant
Wright b 7 Aug 1900 Pike Co KY d (murdered) 14 Nov 1920 WV age 20 years.
Nancy
Jane "Nannie" Wright b 7 Jan 1904 Pike Co KY d 23 Jul 1981; m.
William Ballard Meade b
12 Dec 1904 Letcher Co KY d 24 Jul 1976 Letcher Co KY; s/o
William Newton Meade and Mora Elizabeth McFall.
Jesse
Enoch Wright b 21 Nov 1908 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 22 Jul 1984 Jenkins,
Letcher Co KY, buried 25 Jul 1984, Thornton, Letcher Co KY, m. (1) to Elma Adams, m.
(2) to
Julia Cook.
Joshua
Wright b 2 Mar 1912 d 29 May 1987 Millstone, Letcher Co KY, buried Millstone,
Letcher Co KY, m. 25 Dec 1936 to
Ida Mullins b 26 May 1914 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 3 Mar 1983 Whitesburg
Appalachian Regional Hospital, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY, d/o Joshua Mullins
and Rosa B "Rosie" Adams. Children of Joshua Wright and Ida Mullins;
Beulah
Mae Wright b about 1938 d 7 May 2004 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; buried Green
Acres Cemetery, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY, m. Male Wright.
3
Female Wrights
3
Male Wrights
Hannah Houston and William Milton
"Milt" Meade
Hannah Houston b 29 Dec 1863 Letcher
Co KY d 29 Sept 1960 Haymond, Letcher Co KY, d/o
Nathaniel "Thaney" Houston
and Elizabeth Betty Fleming. Hannah Houston m. 8 Nov 1921 Letcher
Co KY to William Milton "Milt" Meade b 6 Aug 1887 Letcher Co KY d 1935, s/o
Albert R Meade and Elizabeth Estep.
William Milton "Milt" Meade and Lucy
Taylor
William Milton "Milt" Meade b 6 Aug
1887 Letcher Co KY d 1935, s/o Albert R Meade
and Elizabeth Estep. William Milton "Milt" Meade m. 24 Sept 1907 to Lucy Taylor
d about 1918 KY in childbirth, d/o John W Taylor and Lavina Catherine Roman.
Children of William Milton Meade and Lucy Taylor;
1. Hillard Meade b 27 Jun 1908 KY d 16
Oct 1988; m. (1) to Myra Wright; m. (2) to Evelyn Hall b 16 Feb 1891 d 15 May 1965 d/o
Elijah Hall and Nancy
Meade. Evelyn Hall m. (2) to Charles Yonts b 1885; Evelyn Hall m. (3) to James Ritchie.
2. Millard Meade b 4 Mar 1910 KY d 17
May 1918
3. Oggie Meade b 4 Mar 1912 KY d 1928
KY drowned as a child.
4. Ollie Meade b 23 Jan 1914 KY d 6
Oct 1976; m. Leon Sechrest; m. 17 Aug 1933 to Elijah Yonts
5. Willard Meade b 23 Mar 1915 KY d
1994; m. Gladiola Yonts
6. Milford Meade b 11 Nov 1918 KY d 18
Aug 1986; m. Mattie Richardson

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