Jeff . . . Let me recant what I said in my last email to you. Through some extensive and exhaustive researching in Census records, with your idea of the initial "D" being Dison . . . I believe I have a match to the article I copied when I was in Salt Lake City last year. William D. or Dison WRIGHT was b. either 1852 or 1857 (depending on which Census your reading) and still hails from Alabama. His father, I now believe, is one James B. or Brantley WRIGHT Sr. b. 2 Feb 1830 in Alabama. He d. 20 Jan 1858 in Carroll county, Arkansas. I already had the name of Nancy as his wife, but not her maiden name. When I started searching with the name of Brantley . . . then I referred back to my article and . . . the rest they say is history. Her maiden name was Thompson. Nancy was b. 23 Nov 1825 in Kentucky and d. 23 Dec 1872 in Carroll county, Arkansas. The 1870 Census helped a great deal. It listed Nancy as being 44 and from KY. Her children were Elizabeth b. abt 1846 (still not too sure that she belongs as a child of Nancy's), James B. (Brantley) b. abt 1851, Martha E. b. abt 1854 and William D. (Dison) b. abt 1857. James Brantley Jr. m. Mary Elizabeth Keeland and they had 11 children. Martha E. m. William A. Aery and had 1 child and William D. (Dison) m. Malissa J. ?? and the correct number of children varies. First I had 3 and now I have 4. There are probably more unaccounted for. I have James Brantley WRIGHT (the one married to Nancy Thompson) as a Sr. however . . . something I was reading last night indicates to me that his father may have been a Brantley WRIGHT married to a Martha. Aahh . . . and the "hunt" continues. :-) Would you happen to have a maiden name for William Dison WRIGHT's wife Malissa J. ? Her "J" may be a "Jane". Thank you again for your help . . . Lynn
I don't have any primary records on this family, but the person posting a RootsWeb tree says she was Malissa Jane Moreland. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a66894&id=I18 Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn R. Hudson" <alanlynn@medford.net> To: <WRIGHT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 08:18 Subject: [WRIGHT] To Jeff - Re: Williiam Dison WRIGHT > Jeff . . . > Let me recant what I said in my last email to you. Through some > extensive and exhaustive researching in Census records, with your idea of > the initial "D" being Dison . . . I believe I have a match to the article > I copied when I was in Salt Lake City last year. William D. or Dison > WRIGHT was b. either 1852 or 1857 (depending on which Census your reading) > and still hails from Alabama. His father, I now believe, is one James B. > or Brantley WRIGHT Sr. b. 2 Feb 1830 in Alabama. He d. 20 Jan 1858 in > Carroll county, Arkansas. I already had the name of Nancy as his wife, > but not her maiden name. When I started searching with the name of > Brantley . . . then I referred back to my article and . . . the rest they > say is history. Her maiden name was Thompson. Nancy was b. 23 Nov 1825 > in Kentucky and d. 23 Dec 1872 in Carroll county, Arkansas. The 1870 > Census helped a great deal. It listed Nancy as being 44 and from KY. Her > children were Elizabeth b. abt 1846 (still not too ! > sure that she belongs as a child of Nancy's), James B. (Brantley) b. abt > 1851, Martha E. b. abt 1854 and William D. (Dison) b. abt 1857. James > Brantley Jr. m. Mary Elizabeth Keeland and they had 11 children. Martha > E. m. William A. Aery and had 1 child and William D. (Dison) m. Malissa J. > ?? and the correct number of children varies. First I had 3 and now I > have 4. There are probably more unaccounted for. I have James Brantley > WRIGHT (the one married to Nancy Thompson) as a Sr. however . . . > something I was reading last night indicates to me that his father may > have been a Brantley WRIGHT married to a Martha. Aahh . . . and the > "hunt" continues. :-) > Would you happen to have a maiden name for William Dison WRIGHT's wife > Malissa J. ? Her "J" may be a "Jane". > Thank you again for your help . . . > > Lynn > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message