Being mindful about what someone said recently about conversations happening off the group and the results not being posted, I thought I would send a copy of my email to Karen in case it might help anyone else and in case it might help me find a connection! Thank you, Allison > Karen: > > A good bit of this comes from the "History of Monroe County" and a cousin of > mine, Mary Anna Riggan, who has done most of the research on this line. > > Descendants of Robert Richard Wright > > 1 Robert Richard WRIGHT b: February 03, 1803 in Halifax County, NC d: > July 12, 1880 > .. +Nancy T. CODY b: December 24, 1805 in Jackson County, GA d: August 22, > 1896 > .... 2 John Thomas "Jack" WRIGHT b: January 13, 1829 > ........ +Talitha C. "Tabitha" WINSTEAD b: January 30, 1830 m: November 09, > 1848 d: July 29, 1921 > ........... 3 John D. WRIGHT b: July 17, 1850 d: March 17, 1931 > ........... 3 Sarah Jane WRIGHT b: August 09, 1852 d: July 17, 1928 > ............... +James ATKINS > ........... 3 Robert B. WRIGHT b: May 09, 1854 d: September 09, 1886 > ........... 3 Nancy Talitha WRIGHT b: August 14, 1856 d: January 24, 1904 > ............... +Thomas G. GILLILAND > ........... 3 William Tom WRIGHT b: August 22, 1858 d: November 29, 1950 > ........... 3 Eliza Elizabeth "Bettie" WRIGHT b: April 02, 1861 d: May > 16, 1938 > ............... +Leonidus BRASFIELD b: 1848 d: 1916 > ........... 3 [1] Mary Frances WRIGHT b: August 09, 1864 d: December 04, > 1951 > ............... +? ALRED > ........... *2nd Husband of [1] Mary Frances WRIGHT: > ............... +R. J. GLOVER > ........... *3rd Husband of [1] Mary Frances WRIGHT: > ............... +General Jackson BRASFIELD b: 1849 d: 1923 > ........... 3 James M. WRIGHT b: December 29, 1866 d: July 25, 1868 > ........... 3 Eliza Ann WRIGHT b: November 13, 1869 d: April 27, 1888 > ........... 3 Leoretta Amelia WRIGHT b: September 07, 1872 d: January 20, > 1874 > .... 2 Sally WRIGHT > ........ +Dee ALLEN > .... 2 W. E. "Edd" WRIGHT > ........ +Sarah Ann GRAY b: July 04, 1834 > .... 2 Henry WRIGHT b: July 07, 1839 > ........ +Ellen A. b: December 05, 1842 d: June 11, 1924 > .... 2 [2] Robert F. "Bob" WRIGHT b: June 22, 1842 d: December 17, 1919 > ........ +Charlote MAXCY > .... *2nd Wife of [2] Robert F. "Bob" WRIGHT: > ........ +Mary MEADERS > .... 2 Matt WRIGHT > .... 2 Benjamin P. WRIGHT b: November 13, 1845 > ........ +Mary C. CANTRELL > .... 2 Mary Melinda Nancy Jane WRIGHT b: June 05, 1851 d: October 04, > 1929 > ........ +Columbus Washington "Lum" COKER b: July 21, 1844 d: March 22, > 1917 > ........... 3 Victoria Clementine "Pink" COKER > ............... +Lon THOMPSON > ........... 3 Robert Marshal "Cooper" COKER > ........... 3 Nancy Ellen COKER > ............... +Jack BROOKS > ........... 3 Helen "Zed" COKER > ............... +Floras BROOKS > ........... 3 Sarah Jane "Sally" COKER > ............... +Wash MEADOWS > ........... 3 Henry Murtis COKER > ........... 3 Hillard Larn "Hill" COKER > ........... 3 [3] Dessie Mazel COKER b: November 07, 1892 d: April 13, > 1976 > ............... +Carlie WELCH > ........... *2nd Husband of [3] Dessie Mazel COKER: > ............... +Fowler > ........... 3 Nola Lee Anna COKER b: May 05, 1890 in Monroe County, MS d: > January 11, 1966 in Amory, Monroe Cnty, MS > ............... +Ellie Oliver MASSENGILL b: June 30, 1888 in Itawamba > County, MS m: December 27, 1908 in Smithville, MS d: March 19, 1959 in > Batesville, MS > ........... 3 Mert COKER > ........... 3 Hill COKER > ........... 3 Unnamed Girl COKER b: March 03, 1888 > ........... 3 Unnamed Dau COKER b: March 03, 1888 > ........... 3 Unnamed Son COKER b: March 03, 1888 d: March 03, 1888 > > I do not know when the Wrights arrived in Itawamba County, MS for sure - > will have to check with my cousin on that. > > See any connections? > > Thanks in advance! > > Allison > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Ladykdee@aol.com> > To: <MSITAWAM-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 3:34 AM > Subject: Re: [MSITAWAM-L] Massengill, Coker & Wright & Ita. Co. book lookup > > > > In a message dated 08/03/2000 7:53:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > alisax@sedona.net writes: > > > > << WRIGHT: Robert Richard Wright and Nancy T. Cody were parents of Mary > > Melinda Nancy Jane Wright, who married Columbus Washington "Lum" Coker > (see > > above). >> > > > > Allison, do you know who the parents of Robert Richard Wright are? What > time > > period this was? > > > > Thank you, Karen > > > > ______________________________ >