Samuel J Wright and
Martha Jane Reynolds

Martha Jane Reynolds Wright and Granddaughter, Ona Blaine Quillen

Front 2nd From Right: Martha Jane Reynolds Wright, Front Right: Essie Wright Quillen. Back Center: Willie M Quillen, Front Center: Robert Vernon Adams and Ona Blaine Quillen Cutting their Wedding Cake

Samuel J Wright (aka "Kinky Haired Sam") b 10 Dec 1859 d 7 Aug 1921, buried Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, KY; (1860 Letcher Co KY Census), s/o Joel Ellis Wright and Eliza Agnes Bates. Samuel J Wright m. 4 Sept 1880 to Martha Jane Reynolds b 20 Nov 1860  d 26 Jun 1950 Neon, Letcher Co, KY, buried  Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, KY; d/o William Henry Reynolds and Frances Matilda Baker.

Samuel J "Kinky Haired Sam" Wright was brother of John Wesley "Devil John" Wright and Annette Potter's (this website Author) Great Grandmother, Sarah "Sallie" Wright Potter 1847. Picture of Tombstone of Martha Jane and Samuel Wright in Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY. Children of Samuel J Wright and Martha Jane Reynolds;

 1. Samuel Washington "Washie" Wright b 22 May 1896 KY d 6 Jun 1970, buried Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY; m. Sarah "Sallie" Potter b 28 Jan 1899 d 16 Jan 1944, buried Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, KY, d/o Joel Martin Potter and Eliza Frances Reynolds.  Sarah "Sally" Potter m. 2nd to Roy Brown (no children?). Samuel Washington "Washie" Wright m. Dixie Rose and Dorothy Killen.  Children of Samuel Washington "Washie" Wright and Sarah "Sally" Potter;

 i. Dave Wright b 11 Nov 1917 d 8 Feb 1971, buried Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, KY m. Carnella Banks?

ii. Don Wright

2. Essie Blaine Wright b 12 Jan 1900 Letcher Co KY d 15 Jul 1985 Letcher Co KY, buried Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY m. 27 Feb 1913 Letcher Co KY to William "Willie" M Quillen b 26 Sept 1888 Letcher Co KY  d 6 Jun 1960 Neon, Letcher Co KY, buried Reynolds Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY, s/o Wiley Webb Quillen and Sarah "Sally" Holbrook.

 3. John Wesley Wright b 11 Aug 1881 b 26 July 1957, buried Reynolds Family Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY,  m. 26 Jan 1905 to Sarah Margaret Hall b 1 Dec 1883 d 27 Jan 1975, buried Reynolds Family Cemetery, Seco, Letcher Co KY, d/o Lafayette Mack Hall and Eva C Poindexter. Children of John Wesley Wright and Sarah Margaret Hall;

 i. Barney Wright b 12 Jan 1906.

 ii. Charles Wright b 12 Apr 1908.

 iii. Ruth Wright.