{"id":293,"date":"2012-06-23T01:34:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/?p=293"},"modified":"2012-06-23T01:34:11","modified_gmt":"2012-06-23T06:34:11","slug":"wright-james-w-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wright-james-w-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"WRIGHT, James W. (Biography)"},"content":{"rendered":"

James W. Wright<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cJ.W.\u201d\u00a0(ca. 1810 Virginia – 8 Oct 1873 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0married\u00a0<\/strong>Elizabeth J. \u201cEliza\u201d Edmondson\u00a0(ca. 1816 VA \u2013 aft 1880 Shelby County probably)<\/em>\u00a0on 3 Feb l836 in Lawrence County, Alabama. James was a brick mason and farmer. The family migrated briefly from Virginia to Mississippi where the two oldest children were born: Nancy and Margaret. By 1841 the family (J.W., 40, and Eliza, 34) moved to Memphis.\u00a0(1850 City of Memphis Ward No. 6 Census and \u201cVirginians in Tennessee in 1850″ Part 2)<\/em>\u00a0 The younger children were all born in Memphis, Shelby, TN<\/span><\/p>\n

Between 1848 and 1860, James paid taxes for 3 to 6 children in the Fort Pickering area, 12th<\/sup>\u00a0Civil District, Shelby County.\u00a0\u00a0(In 1798 Fort Adams, a swampy, hard-to-defend location was abandoned and Fort Pike, later named Fort Pickering, was built. On the South Bluffs, Fort Pickering became an encampment by the Confederate troops during the Civil War, the Indian mounds used as redoubts.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The City of Memphis\u2019 population was decimated twice during the 1870s by Yellow Fever. Residents were surprised by the first in 1873 but left the City when the second Fever hit in 1878.\u00a0 A male, J.W. Wright, died in Memphis on 8 Oct 1873 during the first Fever. This was probably James W. as his wife, Eliza, was widowed and lived with her son, Robert, by the 1880 Census.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Issue<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Nancy Wright\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(b. 1837 MS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret J. Wright\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(18 Aug 1840 MS – 17 Aug 1904, Memphis, buried Forest Hill Cemetery)<\/em>\u00a0married (1) John H. Brooks. \u00a0Issue<\/em>: Dr. William Wyatt Brooks, Walter L. Brooks. \u00a0Margaret married (2) Dr. Shelton Hinson.\u00a0Issue<\/em>: Shelton Hinson, Jr.\u00a0(See Hinson)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

John<\/strong>\u00a0Wright<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(b. Jun 1841 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0was a farmer and a brick mason. John married Martha\u00a0(b. ca. 1846\u00a0AL)<\/em>\u00a0about 1864.\u00a0Issue<\/em>: Jesseker (Jessica)\u00a0(b. ca. 1866 TN),<\/em><\/em>\u00a0Maggie\u00a0(b. ca. 1870 MS)<\/em>, Johnnie\u00a0(b. ca. 1872 MS)<\/em>, and James S.\u00a0(b. July, 1877)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

James<\/strong>\u00a0Wright\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(b. ca. 1843 Memphis)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0Wright\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas<\/strong>\u00a0Wright\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(May 1845 Memphis – 17 Oct 1908 Memphis, buried\u00a0Forest Hill Cemetery)<\/em>\u00a0Thomas was a farmer and a brick mason. General Lee was a brick mason and a contractor who built houses. \u00a0Thomas married:<\/span><\/p>\n

(1) Unknown.\u00a0\u00a0Issue:<\/em>\u00a0Jimmie Wright<\/strong>\u00a0(b. ca. 1866 in MS<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0Lizzie Neely<\/strong>\u00a0(b. ca. 1856 TX<\/em><\/em>\u00a0–<\/em>\u00a0ca. mid-1800’s MS<\/em>) on 17 Jun 1872 in Desoto Co., Mississippi. \u00a0Issue<\/em>:\u00a0General Lee Wright<\/strong>\u00a0(b. 28 Dec 1875 MS – 18 Sept 1949 Memphis, buried Forest Hill Cemetery)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(3) Mrs.\u00a0Amelia Reddell<\/strong>\u00a0(Nov 1850 MS – Mar 1913, buried\u00a0Forest Hill Cemetery 8 Mar 1913)\u00a0<\/em><\/em>ca. 1889.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Samuel<\/strong>\u00a0Wright\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(b. ca. 1846)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

George<\/strong>\u00a0Wright\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(b. ca. 1849)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Robert Richard Wright<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(24 Oct 1851 Memphis – 5 Apr 1936 Memphis, buried\u00a0 Forest Hill Cemetery)<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Robert was a\u00a0farmer and truck farmer\u00a0who specialized in raising berries. Robert married:<\/span><\/p>\n

(1) Unknown.\u00a0 \u00a0Issue:\u00a0Lucius Wright<\/strong>\u00a0(b. ca. 1873 MS).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0Litiana Augusta Daily<\/strong>\u00a0(July, 1860 TN – 2 Nov 1915 Memphis, buried Forest Hill Cemetery<\/em>)<\/em>\u00a0ca. 1878. \u00a0Issue<\/em>: Maggie\u00a0(Jan 1880 Memphis),<\/em>\u00a0Robert Elmer\u00a0(Apr 1884 Memphis)<\/em>, and Lena\u00a0(15 Oct l885 Memphis – 2 April 1924 Memphis, buried Forest Hill Cemetery)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(3) Cambria ?\u00a0(b. ca. 1870 TN<\/em><\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The James W. Wright and\u00a0John Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0families may have known each other in Mississippi before moving to Memphis. They were neighbors in Memphis by 1850. John and his wife, Narcissa, were born in North Carolina. They migrated to Tennessee where their son,\u00a0John H. Brooks,<\/strong>\u00a0was born ca. 1835. Their daughter,\u00a0Ellen Brooks<\/strong>, was born in Mississippi ca. 1837.\u00a0 By 1850 John H. was 15 and Ellen, 13, and lived in Memphis.\u00a0 The Wright and Brooks\u2019 neighbor children, Margaret J. Wright\u00a0(1840-1904)<\/em>\u00a0and John H. Brooks\u00a0(1835)<\/em>\u00a0married on 28 Jan 1858 in Shelby, TN. John H. Brooks was a farmer in Fisherville, Shelby, TN in 1860. The family is listed in Memphis with their first child, William Wyatt Brooks, age 1 in 1860. Wyatt became a dentist, studying under his step-father, Shelton Hinson. John H. Brooks died bef. 1870 and Margaret\u00a0(1840)<\/em>\u00a0married (2) Dr. Shelton Hinson, Sr. ca. 1871 in Memphis.\u00a0(See Hinson)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Issue of Margaret Jane Wright and John H. Brooks<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. William Wyatt Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0(3 May 1859 Shelby, TN \u2013 18 Mar 1927 Memphis)\u00a0<\/em>practiced dentistry at the age of 20 in 1879 with his step-father, Dr. Shelton Hinson in Memphis.\u00a0(Southern Business Guide 1879-80<\/em>.) Wyatt became the foremost pyorrhea specialist in the south. He\u00a0<\/em>married a fellow Memphian, May L. Peyton, who became Memphis\u2019 first female dentist after their marriage. They divorced.<\/span><\/p>\n

Issue:<\/em>\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Ruth<\/strong>\u00a0Brooks\u00a0<\/strong>(ca. 6 Jan 1897 Memphis \u2013 ca. 15 Dec 1971 CA)<\/em>, attended Randolph Macon, the University of Chicago, and the University of Tennessee to become a dentist. She met Dr.\u00a0John H. A. Campbell<\/strong>, D.D.S., Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and married in Memphis. They moved to Los Angeles and had a daughter,\u00a0Mary L. Campbell<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 (See Peyton)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Walter L. Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0(ca. 1860 \u2013 Aft. 1952)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Issue of Margaret Jane Wright and Dr. Shelton Hinson<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Shelton Hinson, Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0(19 Dec 1871 Memphis \u2013 18 Aug 1952 Memphis)<\/em>\u00a0(See Hinson)<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

To date, no relationship has been determined between the John Brooks and the James M. Brooks families with whom they inter-married. (See Brooks, Hinson, and Peyton)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Submitted by\u00a0Brenda B. Watson<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James W. Wright\u00a0\u00a0\u201cJ.W.\u201d\u00a0(ca. 1810 Virginia – 8 Oct 1873 Memphis)\u00a0married\u00a0Elizabeth J. \u201cEliza\u201d Edmondson\u00a0(ca. 1816 VA \u2013 aft 1880 Shelby County probably)\u00a0on 3 Feb l836 in Lawrence County, Alabama. James was a brick mason and farmer. The family migrated briefly from Virginia to Mississippi where the two oldest children were born: Nancy and Margaret. By 1841 … Continue reading “WRIGHT, James W. (Biography)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[107,106,64],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","tag-campbell","tag-edmondson","tag-wright"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}