Husband: Christopher Columbus WRIGHT (1, 2, 3, 4)
Birthdate: 11 Sep 1812 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Greene Co., GA (2)
Death date: 26 March 1891 (1)
Place of death: Newton Co., GA
Father: Robert WRIGHT, Jr. (2)
Mother: Margaret "Peggy" Bledsoe (2)

Marriage date: 13 May 1838 (5)
Marriage place: Greene Co., GA (5)

Wife: Rebecca Billingslea MOORE (1, 4, 5)
Birthdate: 18 March 1822 (1)
Birthplace: Greene Co., GA (1)
Death date: 6 Nov. 1906 (1)
Place of death: Newton Co., GA (1)
Father: Burnette Russell MOORE
Mother: Rebecca Billingslea

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Christopher Columbus WRIGHT (1, 2, 4)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1839 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Greene or Newton Co., GA
Death date: 1862 (2, 4)
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Child No. 2: Robert B. WRIGHT (1, 2, 4)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1840 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: 1862 (2, 4)
Place of death: Civil War Battle, Ashland, GA
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Child No. 3: Rebecca Eleanor WRIGHT (1, 2, 3, 6)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1844 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: 1904 (2, 4)
Place of death:
Marriage date: 11 Sep 1870 (2, 3)
Marriage place: Newton Co., GA
Spouses' names: Emmett WOMACK (2, 3, 6)

Child No. 4: Dr. Franklin Billingsley WRIGHT (1, 2, 4, 6)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1846 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: 16 October 1904 (6)
Place of death: Home of brother John S. Wright, Newton Co., GA
Marriage date: After 1880 (11)
Marriage place: Texas (2)
Spouses' names: Dollie LAWLER (2, 4)

Child No. 5: William Clement WRIGHT (1, 2, 4)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1848 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: Before 21 Oct. 1904 (6)
Place of death: Texas (2)
Marriage date:
Marriage place: Texas (2)
Spouses' names:

Child No. 6: James Augustus WRIGHT (1, 2, 4, 6)
Sex: m
Birthdate: 25 November 1850 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: 20 October 1922 (1)
Place of death:
Marriage date: 23 October 1873 (7)
Marriage place: Greene Co., GA
Spouses' names: Judith Scott BRANCH (2)

Child No. 7: Henry W. WRIGHT (1, 2, 4)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1853 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: 1880 (2, 4)
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Child No. 8: John Sharp WRIGHT (1, 2, 4, 8)
Sex: M
Birthdate: September 1855 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: 1907 (2, 4, 9)
Place of death: Newton Co., GA
Marriage date: 12 June 1878 (10)
Marriage place: Newton Co., GA
Spouses' names: Althea WHITE

Child No. 9: Rev. Edwin Marion WRIGHT (1, 2, 4)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1857 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: 1918 (2, 4)
Place of death:
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Spouses' names: Sallie SMITH (2, 4)

Child No. 10: Lucius Oscar WRIGHT (1, 2, 4, 6)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1859 (2, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: 1919 (2, 4)
Place of death:
Marriage date: After 1880 (11)
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Emma BANKS (2, 4)

Child No. 11: Margaret Louisian WRIGHT (1, 2, 4, 6)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17 Oct 1862 (1, 4)
Birthplace: Newton Co., GA
Death date: 13 July 1947 (1, 4)
Place of death:
Marriage date: 1882 (4)
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Felix Hardeman FRANKLIN (1, 2, 4, 6)
 
 
Documentation:
(1) Mary Smith D'Orsay, great-granddaughter of CC and Rebecca Wright;
(2) STEVENS-DAVIS AND ALLIED FAMILIES, by Marie Stevens Walker Wood, 1957;
(3) THE GLORY OF COVINGTON by William Bailey Williford, 1988;
(4) THE HISTORY OF NEWTON COUNTY,GEORGIA by Newton County Historical Society, 1988.;
(5) Greene County, Georgia Marriages (1787-1875),
(6) THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE, 21 Oct 1904;
(7) Greene County, Georgia Marriages (1787-1875),
(8) 1900 Census of Newton Co., GA,
(9) Wright Family Cemetery, Newton Co., GA;
(10) Southern Christian Advocate, 25 Jun 1878;
(11) 1880 Census Newton Co., GA.