Pat, Mrs. Wright was Texana Ford who married Joe L. Wright Oct. 8, 1862 in Holland, Tx. He was born in Ala. in Dec. 1860 and father was Hugh Wright born in Georgia. Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 6:16 AM Subject: Re: [TXBELL] Dallas Cemetery burial (Mrs. Wright) > I don't have a Mrs. Ford in my family (at least not that I know of) but > I have many Wrights from Bell Co and surrounding counties. Is there > anyone who knows the Mrs. Wright mentioned? > > Thanks, Pat in OK > > Kathy Jones wrote: > > > > For those researching the Dallas Cemetery, the following obit appeared in the Bartlett Tribune and News on Friday, December 12, 1913. > > > > Grandma Ford Dead > > > > Yesterday afternoon, about > > 1:30 o'clock, Mrs. Ford, familiar- > > ly known as Grandma Ford, sud- > > denly expired at her home in > > this city. She had been sick for > > the past week, confined to her > > bed, but her condition was not > > considered serious. While the > > family were at dinner she at- > > tempted to rise from her bed and > > fell---never regaining conscious- > > ness, and soon her spirit was > > called where "the weary are at > > rest." > > Mrs. Ford was 82 years of age, > > and was among the oldest set- > > tlers of this section, ahving re- > > sided in Bartlett with her son, > > Ed Ford, and her daughter, Mrs. > > Wright, for many years. She > > was a member of the Christian > > church, a good neighbor, a lov- > > ing mother, who will be greatly > > missed. Her husband preceeded > > her to the grave several years > > ago. She leaves one son and > > two daughters to mourn her > > death. They are: Ed Ford, > > Mrs. Wright, Bartlett, and Mrs. > > J. D. Jackson, Alpine. > > To the bereaved we extend our > > sympathy. May a kind Provi- > > dence be over them, and may > > they so live that when the sum- > > mons shall come, they will be re- > > united iwth the one for whom > > they now mourn. > > Mrs. Ford's remains will be > > laid to rest in the Dallas ceme- > > tery, near Holland tomorrow. > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > > Hosted By The Fine Folks At RootsWeb, For Genealogy > > Bell County Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Hosted By The Fine Folks At RootsWeb, For Genealogy > Bell County Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell >

Thanks Joan, for the reply on Mrs. Wright. Noty mine but one never knows :) My Wrights were from Youngsport, 2nd GGF was Joshua Haworth Wright, Baptist minister at Gravel Hill, Williamson Co. Pat Walter Mundell wrote: > > Pat, Mrs. Wright was Texana Ford who married Joe L. Wright Oct. 8, 1862 in > Holland, Tx. He was born in Ala. in Dec. 1860 and father was Hugh Wright > born in Georgia. Joan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 6:16 AM > Subject: Re: [TXBELL] Dallas Cemetery burial (Mrs. Wright) > > > I don't have a Mrs. Ford in my family (at least not that I know of) but > > I have many Wrights from Bell Co and surrounding counties. Is there > > anyone who knows the Mrs. Wright mentioned? > > > > Thanks, Pat in OK > > > > Kathy Jones wrote: > > > > > > For those researching the Dallas Cemetery, the following obit appeared > in the Bartlett Tribune and News on Friday, December 12, 1913. > > > > > > Grandma Ford Dead > > > > > > Yesterday afternoon, about > > > 1:30 o'clock, Mrs. Ford, familiar- > > > ly known as Grandma Ford, sud- > > > denly expired at her home in > > > this city. She had been sick for > > > the past week, confined to her > > > bed, but her condition was not > > > considered serious. While the > > > family were at dinner she at- > > > tempted to rise from her bed and > > > fell---never regaining conscious- > > > ness, and soon her spirit was > > > called where "the weary are at > > > rest." > > > Mrs. Ford was 82 years of age, > > > and was among the oldest set- > > > tlers of this section, ahving re- > > > sided in Bartlett with her son, > > > Ed Ford, and her daughter, Mrs. > > > Wright, for many years. She > > > was a member of the Christian > > > church, a good neighbor, a lov- > > > ing mother, who will be greatly > > > missed. Her husband preceeded > > > her to the grave several years > > > ago. She leaves one son and > > > two daughters to mourn her > > > death. They are: Ed Ford, > > > Mrs. Wright, Bartlett, and Mrs. > > > J. D. Jackson, Alpine. > > > To the bereaved we extend our > > > sympathy. May a kind Provi- > > > dence be over them, and may > > > they so live that when the sum- > > > mons shall come, they will be re- > > > united iwth the one for whom > > > they now mourn. > > > Mrs. Ford's remains will be > > > laid to rest in the Dallas ceme- > > > tery, near Holland tomorrow. > > > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > > > Hosted By The Fine Folks At RootsWeb, For Genealogy > > > Bell County Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > > > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > > Hosted By The Fine Folks At RootsWeb, For Genealogy > > Bell County Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > > > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > HINT: If you would like to maintain all of your Rootsweb e-mail > discussion list subscriptions, Password Central is the place: > http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/