Alexander Wright 1857 and Mary Matilda Collier
Alexander Wright b
15 Apr 1857 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY d 21 Sept 1929 McRoberts, Letcher Co KY
(alternate dod 21 Sept 1920, Rockhouse, KY) buried Millstone, Letcher Co KY, s/o
Samuel W
Wright and Elizabeth Betsy Adams. Alexander Wright m. to (1) Mary
Matilda Collier b 30 Apr 1855 d 17 Mar 1939 Logan Co W VA, d/o
William D Collier
and Rebecca Meade. Children of Alexander Wright and Mary Matilda Collier;
Samuel P Wright b 21
Nov 1883 Millstone, KY d 16 Sept 1927 at age 43; m. Clarissa Johnson, b Feb 1885
d about 1976;
d/o Winfield Scott Johnson and Lovina Fleming.
Charity Elizabeth Wright b 25
Dec 1885 d 20 Feb 1957 at age 71; buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming, Letcher Co KY; m. 30 May 1901
Letcher Co KY to King Solomon "Red Sol" Hall b 4 Dec 1881 Millstone, KY d 23 Nov 1965
Whitesburg Hospital, Whitesburg, KY at age
83; buried Hall Cemetery Fleming, Letcher Co KY; s/o
Reuben Richard Hall
and Mary Pop Fleming. Children of King Solomon "Red
Sol" Hall and Charity Elizabeth Wright;
1. Elizabeth Hall b 4 Sept 1918 d 18
Jun 1982; buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming, Letcher Co KY; m. James Burl Williams b
19 Jun 1905 d 5 Apr 1978; buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming, Letcher Co KY.
2. Addie Cleo Madaline Hall b 23 May
1922 d 3 Apr 1923; buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming, Letcher Co KY.
Mary Wright
d at birth.
Mary Matilda Collier
and Andrew Wright
Mary Matilda Collier (aka Polly or Jane) b 30 Apr 1855 d
17 Mar 1939 Logan Co W VA, d/o
William D Collier
and Rebecca Meade.
Mary Matilda Collier m. 27 Apr 1873 Letcher Co KY to (1) Andrew Wright
b 18 Jan 1853 d 13 Jan 1886, s/o
Susannah Wright (d/o
Joel Martin Wright and
Susannah Bentley or Bates). Children of Andrew
Wright and Mary Matilda Collier;
Nancy
Catherine Wright b 24 Jun 1874 Letcher Co KY d 30 Mar 1962 Greenup Co KY;
buried Quillen Cemetery, Greenup Co KY, m. 5 Apr 1894 Letcher Co KY to
Sherman Quillen b 16 Mar 1875 Letcher Co KY d 22 Jul 1964 Greenup Co KY;
buried Quillen Cemetery, Lynn, Greenup Co KY; s/o
William Quillen and Marinda
Ramey.
Anna
Hannon Wright b 25 Oct 1876 Letcher Co KY d 30 Mar 1962 Troy, Miami Co OH; m
(1) to Simon Bentley b 10 Oct 1881 KY
d 15 Jun 1963
Pike Co KY; s/o Solomon Bentley and Mary Jane Bentley. Anna Hannon Wright m. 1 Feb 1892 Letcher Co KY to
(2)
George W Cook b
1874 KY; s/o William Cook and Jennie Unknown. Anna Hannon Wright m. 3 Dec 1911 Greenup Co KY to
(3)
Albert Newton
Evans b 10 Jan 1864 Paintsville, Johnson Co KY d 5 Jan 1946 Troy, Miami Co OH;
buried Riverside, Troy, OH; s/o William Wilshire Evans and Louisa Yonts.
Albert Newton Evans m. 8 Apr 1888 Johnson Co KY to
Sarah F
Collins b 1864. Albert Newton Evans m. 6 Nov 1892 to
(1) Sarah E Holbrook b 1872
Letcher Co KY d 1907 Greenup Co KY buried Bentley Cemetery, Big White Oak,
Greenup Co KY; d/o Benjamin Woodson "Woody" Holbrook and Nancy Quillen.
William
Ervin Wright b 16 Feb 1880 d 31 Mar 1961; m. Nannie B Johnson b 1902 KY; d/o
Timothy Paul Johnson
and Cosby Jane Quillen. William Ervin Wright m. 15 Dec 1900 to (1) Mary Tolliver
b 20 Oct 1883 d 12 Mar 1922 d/o
Melvin Burton Tolliver
and Arminda A Baker. Mary Tolliver m. 1898 to (1) Ben Craft.
Susan
Wright b 23 Mar 1882 McRoberts, KY d 15 May 1903 McRoberts KY at age 21; buried
Wright Cemetery, McRoberts, KY; m. 20 Aug 1895 Letcher Co KY to James M Wright b
7 Aug 1878 Letcher Co KY d 6 Jun 1930 age 51 years; buried Hemphill Cemetery,
Hemphill, KY; s/o
Joel Martin Wright and Jane R Venters. About 3 months after Susan's death,
James M Wright m. 20 Aug 1903 to (3) to Marthy Jane Brown. James M Wright m. (1)
to
Lillie Hall. (Other source gives information that Susan Wright b 11 Oct 1878 d
19 Aug 1895 m. James Wright)
Elijah
Baker Wright b 18 Mar 1884 Letcher Co KY d 10 Jun 1981 Greenup Co KY; m. 11
Feb 1908 to Maryland Caldonia Quillen
b 4 Aug 1891 d Apr 1984; d/o
William Dowell Quillen
and Mary Frances Vanover.
Alexander Wright and Hannah Houston
Alexander Wright b
15 Apr 1857 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY d 21 Sept 1929 McRoberts, Letcher Co KY buried Millstone, Letcher Co KY, s/o
Samuel W
Wright and Elizabeth Betsy Adams. Alexander Wright m. (2) to Hannah Houston b
29 Dec 1863 Letcher Co KY d 29 Sept 1960 Haymond, Letcher Co KY, d/o
Nathaniel "Thaney" Houston
and Elizabeth Betty Fleming. Children of
Alexander Wright and Hannah Houston;
Kantuck Wright
Nathaniel
"Nathan" Wright b 14 May 1890 d 2 Jul 1964 age 74, m. 1907 to (1)
Nancy E "Nan" Meade
b 1888; d/o Riley
Meade and Rachel Hampton. Nathaniel Wright m. (2)
Pearl Evans.
Sarah
Ann "Belle" Wright b 29 Mar 1893 Millstone Letcher Co KY d 12 Sept 1979 age
86, m. (1) to Thomas Quillen b 1903, s/o
Britton "Britt" Quillen and Arta M Meade.
Sarah Ann "Belle" Wright m. (2) Willard McCoy.
Barbara
Ellen "Ella" Wright b 2 Sept 1896 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 30 Mar 1980
age 83 years. (Source
states that Ellen Wright's parents were Sam and Polly Wright). Barbara
Ellen "Ella" Wright m. (1) to Marion Meade b about 1895.
Children of Marion Meade and Barbara Ellen "Ella" Wright;
I. Myrtle Meade b about 1921 d Sunday, 5 Sept 2010 Whitesburg
Appalachian Regional Healthcare Center, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; buried
Green Acres Cemetery, Ermine, Letcher Co KY; m. Clyde Bentley (deceased).
September 5, 2010
- Myrtle Bentley, 89, of Neon passed away Sunday,
September 5, 2010 at the Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Healthcare Center.
Myrtle was the daughter of the late Marion and Ellen Wright Meade. She was
the widow of Clyde Bentley. Surviving are a stepdaughter: Ann Collins of
Wise, Virginia; 3 brothers: Paul Meade of Jackhorn, Silas Meade of Neon and
Winston Meade of Neon; 1 sister: Rosa Tackett of Deane; 1 stepgrandchild:
Rosetta Carol Nickel of Coeburn, Virginia; 1 special nephew: Derek Meade.
Funeral: 11:00 O'clock A.M. Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at the Letcher
Funeral Home Chapel with Alfred Fields officiating. Visitation: 6:00 P.M.
Monday at the Letcher Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Green
Acres Cemetery at Ermine, Kentucky.
II. Silas Meade
III. Paul Meade
IV. Winston Meade
V. Rosa Meade; m. Male Tackett
Barbara Ellen "Ella" Wright
m. 12 Nov 1896 to (2) to Orbin Lorenzo Patrick "Pridemore" Fleming b 17 Jul 1876 Wise
Co VA d 28 Aug 1927 Clintwood, Dickenson Co VA, s/o
Robert Jefferson "Big
Jeff" Fleming and Margaret Ann "Peggy" Rose. Orbin Lorenzo Patrick "Pridemore"
Fleming m. (2) to Flora Carpenter.
Grant
Wright b 7 Aug 1900 Pike Co KY d (murdered) 14 Nov 1920 WV age 20 years.
Nancy
Jane "Nannie" Wright b 7 Jan 1904 Pike Co KY d 23 Jul 1981; m.
William Ballard Meade b
12 Dec 1904 Letcher Co KY d 24 Jul 1976 Letcher Co KY; s/o
William Newton Meade and Mora Elizabeth McFall.
Jesse
Enoch Wright b 21 Nov 1908 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 22 Jul 1984 Jenkins,
Letcher Co KY, buried 25 Jul 1984, Thornton, Letcher Co KY, m. (1) to Elma Adams, m.
(2) to
Julia Cook.
Joshua
Wright b 2 Mar 1912 d 29 May 1987 Millstone, Letcher Co KY, buried Millstone,
Letcher Co KY, m. 25 Dec 1936 to
Ida Mullins b 26 May 1914 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 3 Mar 1983 Whitesburg
Appalachian Regional Hospital, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY, d/o Joshua Mullins
and Rosa B "Rosie" Adams. Children of Joshua Wright and Ida Mullins;
Beulah
Mae Wright b about 1938 d 7 May 2004 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; buried Green
Acres Cemetery, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY, m. Male Wright.
3
Female Wrights
3
Male Wrights
Hannah Houston and William Milton
"Milt" Meade
Hannah Houston b 29 Dec 1863 Letcher
Co KY d 29 Sept 1960 Haymond, Letcher Co KY, d/o
Nathaniel "Thaney" Houston
and Elizabeth Betty Fleming. Hannah Houston m. 8 Nov 1921 Letcher
Co KY to William Milton "Milt" Meade b 6 Aug 1887 Letcher Co KY d 1935, s/o
Albert R Meade and Elizabeth Estep.
William Milton "Milt" Meade and Lucy
Taylor
William Milton "Milt" Meade b 6 Aug
1887 Letcher Co KY d 1935, s/o Albert R Meade
and Elizabeth Estep. William Milton "Milt" Meade m. 24 Sept 1907 to Lucy Taylor
d about 1918 KY in childbirth, d/o John W Taylor and Lavina Catherine Roman.
Children of William Milton Meade and Lucy Taylor;
1. Hillard Meade b 27 Jun 1908 KY d 16
Oct 1988; m. (1) to Myra Wright; m. (2) to Evelyn Hall b 16 Feb 1891 d 15 May 1965 d/o
Elijah Hall and Nancy
Meade. Evelyn Hall m. (2) to Charles Yonts b 1885; Evelyn Hall m. (3) to James Ritchie.
2. Millard Meade b 4 Mar 1910 KY d 17
May 1918
3. Oggie Meade b 4 Mar 1912 KY d 1928
KY drowned as a child.
4. Ollie Meade b 23 Jan 1914 KY d 6
Oct 1976; m. Leon Sechrest; m. 17 Aug 1933 to Elijah Yonts
5. Willard Meade b 23 Mar 1915 KY d
1994; m. Gladiola Yonts
6. Milford Meade b 11 Nov 1918 KY d 18
Aug 1986; m. Mattie Richardson

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