This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Guambaby Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/16460.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you very much for the additional information! Do you know Charles Thomas Wright's death date? I have a Charles E. Wright b. 4 Oct 1869 KY, d. 19 Mar 1922 in Pike Co., IL. His obit: Pittsfield, IL - Pike County Republican March 29, 1922 Charles E. Wright, who has lived at Earl Seaborn's place near Baylis for the past five years, died March 19 at the age of 52 years. He was a Kentuckian by birth and at one time lived in Iowa, from which state he moved to Butler, Mo., where his father resides at the age of 86. He had suffered for two years from locomotor axtaxia or nerve paralysis, from the effects of which he was almost blind, but in spite of this affliction, he struggled on and tried to make a living for his family. His wife, formerly Myrtle Sparks, has been in very poor health and there were four little children: Herbert, aged 9; Charles, 7; Dorothy, 5; and baby Wanda, aged 2 1/2 years. Two days before his death Mr. Wright went to Jacksonville and was treated by Dr. Dollear. The night before his death he did up his chores and retired, soon thereafter passing into a state of coma from which he never rallied. The funeral was conducted from the home by Rev. J. E. Ennis and burial was in Baylis cemetery. His death certificate has his father as "Thomas Wright" b. KY. I have been unable to locate him. From what the family has been told, either Charles or his father was a professor in KY. I'm not sure this is the right man, but the naming pattern and names/dates/locations seemed like a possibility. The family was under the impression Charles had been married prior to Myrtle Sparks (seen as "Hattie" in the obit and d.c.), but nobody knows anything about that previous marriage, or if there were children from it, whether it ended in divorce or death of the wife. Can you please tell me what you do know about your ggggfather? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.