Robert Lee WRIGHT

17 Jul 1862 - 4 Oct 1928

Father: Edward Ausburn WRIGHT
Mother: Sarah Anne CHAPPELL

Family 1 : Ida Gillion DAVIS

  1.  Ausburn WRIGHT
  2. +Lelia WRIGHT
  3. +Ruth WRIGHT
  4.  Kathleen WRIGHT
  5. +Robert David WRIGHT
  6. +Chester Paul WRIGHT
  7.  Martin WRIGHT
  8.  Winnine W. WRIGHT
  9. +Alton Everett WRIGHT
  10. +Cecil Melvin WRIGHT 
                                              _Edward WRIGHT _
                          _Willis WRIGHT ____|
                         |                   |_Fereby WRIGHT _
 _Edward Ausburn WRIGHT _|
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|                        |_Mary (WRIGHT) ____|
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|--Robert Lee WRIGHT 
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|                         _Rowland CHAPPELL _|
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|_Sarah Anne CHAPPELL ___|
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                         |_Veina (CHAPPELL) _|
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(Drawing copied from Lorece Wright)
Robert Lee Wright

In the 1900 Census, DeView Township (ED. 107 sheet 10), dwelling 161, head of house: Robert L. Wright, b. July 1862, a. 33, bp. NC (both parents bp. NC), farmer, enumerated with wife, Ida S., a. 31, bp. Mississippi (father bp. Georgia, mother bp. Alabama) and mother-in-law, Mary Davis, a. 71, bp. Alabama (father bp. Tennessee, mother bp. Virginia). Children: Edward D. (a. 11), Lela (a. 10), Austa (a. 9), Katie (a. 6), Robert (a. 4), and Chester (a. 2). All born in Arkansas.

In 1920 Census, DeView Township (ED. 243 sheet 12), dwelling <?>, family no. 148, head of house: Robert L. Wright, a. 57, bp. NC (both parents bp. NC), General Farm, did not attend school but could read and write, enumerated with wife, Ida G., a. 51, bp. Alabama (father bp. Georgia, mother bp. Alabama) and his mother, Sara N., a. 78, bp. NC (both parents bp. NC), did not attend school nor could read or write. Children (all attended school): Robert B. (24), Chester P. (22), Winnie E. (18), Evert A. (16), and Cecil M. (11).

From Lorece Wright's family history:
  After Robert and Ida Wright married in 1886 they lived in a small house on the farm that his father, E. A. Wright owned, southeast of McCrory, Arkansas. This area had a lot of swampy areas that bred mosquitoes and as a result, Malaria and Swamp Fever ran rampant. Robert and Ida lost three children within a three month period.
Around 1904, Robert Wright moved the family to Magazine, Arkansas, searching for a healthier climate. They moved back to the McCrory area from Magazine about 1910 where they bought a farm next to what is known as the "Beards Cemetery".
Every Saturday, Robert would hitch up their mule named, Ada, to the wagon and they would go to McCrory so Ida could sell her milk, butter and eggs.
Robert Wright was a pillar of the community and was loved by everyone. He was a member of "Good Hope Baptist Church", and in 1928, was elected as a delegate to the Baptist Annual Associational Meeting. He was very proud to be selected and Ida took her butter and egg money and ordered him a new suit from Sears and Roebuck. Unfortunately, a short time before the meeting would occur, Robert suffered a stroke, then developed pneumonia and died in October of that year. His church and the whole community mourned his passing as he was a great humanitarian, helping anyone he could whether it be day or night.		  

(Copied from Lorece Wright)

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