Samuel W Wright and
Elizabeth Betsy Adams

Samuel W Wright

Samuel W Wright b 22 Jun 1822 Russell Co VA d 10 Oct 1906 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY, at 84 years of age, buried Samuel Wright Cemetery, Beefhide KY,  s/o Joel Martin Wright and Susannah Bates. Samuel  W Wright m. about 1841 to 1st Elizabeth Betsy Adams, b about 1822 KY d about 1872  buried Wright Cemetery, Beefhide, KY,  d/o William Adams and Christina Cress Crase. Children of Samuel W Wright and Elizabeth Betsy Adams;

George Wright b about 1838 KY (s/o Elizabeth Betsy Adams and 1st husband, Frenchy Rucker)

Clarissa Wright b about 1840 KY (d/o Elizabeth Betsy Adams and 1st husband, Frenchy Rucker)

Joel Wright b about 1842 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY m. Margaret Elmers b about 1846 NC.

Charlotte Charity "Chat" Wright b 1846 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY d after 1900 m. 31 Jul 1867 to Booker Mullins, b Jul 1851 KY, s/o James Sheridan Mullins and Mary Polly Newsome.

 Andrew J Wright b 14 Nov 1847 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY d 28 Jan 1919 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY, at 71 years of age; buried Wright Cemetery, Beefhide, KY, m. 9 Dec 1870 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY at the home of Joel Wright to Nancy Bates b 28 Oct 1848  Millstone, KY d 10 Sept 1927 Beefhide KY, at 78 years of age buried Nancy Wright Cemetery Beefhide, Letcher Co KY, d/o James Bates and Elizabeth Adams.

 Samuel Wright b 8 May 1850 Beefhide, KY d  6 Feb 1928 at age 77 buried at Marshall's Branch, Pike Co KY m. 16 Feb 1871 at the home of Isaac Potter to Mary Elizabeth Bentley Vanover b 8 Mar 1842 Letcher Co KY d 19 Jul 1916 at age 74 buried at Marshall's Branch, Pike Co KY.

 William Wright b Aug of 1855 KY m. 16 Mar 1871 to (1) Arta Artemia M "Artie" Potter b 1 Jan 1853 Letcher County, KY d 29 Jul 1917, d/o John Boone Potter and Susannah Sookie Ellen Sanders. William Wright m. (2) to Cindy Johnson. William Wright m. 11 Apr 1875 KY to (3) Elizabeth Wright b 15 Jul 1852 Letcher Co KY d 27 Aug 1931 at age 79; buried Hall Trivett Cemetery, Jonancy, Pike Co KY; d/o John Wright and Mary Ann Bentley. Artemia M "Artie" Potter m. George Washington Howell b 4 Jul 1859 Letcher Co KY d 13 Dec 1948 Eubanks, Pulaski Co KY; buried Clay Co Cemetery, Waynesburg, KY; s/o Samuel Howell and Sarah Watson. George Washington Howell m. (1) Millie Howell.

 Elizabeth Wright b 10 May 1856 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY d 18 Feb 1918 in Long Fork, Etty, KY m. 23 Feb 1873 Pike Co KY to Benjamin F Johnson, s/o William Johnson and Matilda Mullins.

 Alexander Wright b 15 Apr 1857 Beefhide, KY d 21 Sept 1920  Rockhouse, KY age 63 buried Millstone, Letcher Co, KY m. 1st to Mary Matilda Collier b 18 Mar 1863.  Alexander Wright m. 2nd to Hannah Houston b 29 Dec 1863 d 29 Sept 1960 Haymond, Letcher Do KY, d/o Nathaniel "Thaney" Houston and Elizabeth Betty Fleming.

 King Solomon "Sol" Wright b 12 Aug 1860 d 4 Jan 1931 McRoberts, Letcher Co KY of influenza, buried Seco, Letcher Co KY, m. 19 Jul 1883 Pike Co KY to Louisa "Eliza" Jane Addington b 1 Jan 1865 Wise Co VA d 25 Jul 1954 Letcher Co KY of myocardial failure, senility, buried Whitaker, Letcher Co KY, d/o William Billy Addington and Nancy Ann Kilgore.

 James "Chigger Jim" Wright b Dec 1862 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY buried Samuel Wright Cemetery, Letcher Co KY m. 1st Elizabeth "Lizzie" Quillen.  Elizabeth "Lizzie" Quillen m. 2nd to Sam G Kelley. James "Chigger Jim" Wright m. 2nd to Louisa Long. James "Chigger Jim" Wright m.  3rd  8 Mar 1884 Pike Co KY to Melvina Mullins b Dec 1862 d after 1900.

 Samuel W Wright and
2nd Margaret S Addington