We are looking for the parents of ROBERT LAWRENCE
WRIGHT and his wife NANCY (
NANNIE ) SPAIN Family who lived in Timble Tn but the families are from several counties
OBION - DYER - CROCKETT - DAVIDSON --------ALL IN
TENNESSEE ROBERT LAWRENCE
WRIGHT lived in Nashville TN and was killed in the New Market Train wreck in TN On September 24th, 1904, two Southern Railway passenger trains collided head-on between Hodge's Station and New Market (east of
Knoxville). Tennessee newspapers carried dramatic features on the calamity. More than 62 persons were killed, including both engineers. Not for sure if we have the correct train wreck.
ROBERT LAWRENCE
WRIGHT was suppost to be a conductor on the train
ROBERT LAWRENCE
WRIGHT was the father of Robert Lawrence
WRIGHT JR. born March 23 1904 he was 6 months old when his father was killed in the train wreck .......
HIS WIFE NANCY (
NANNIE ) SPAIN- WRIGHT Married GEORGE
GOODWIN before she married ROBERT LAWRENCE
WRIGHT GEORGE
GOODWIN and NANCY (
NANNIE ) SPAIN
had these children
Roy
GOODWIN -
Charlie
GOODWIN -
Lorine
GOODWIN -
Hobson
GOODWIN They always called
HOBSON ''
UNCLE HOBBS'' not sure of the spelling on
HOBBS.
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The info we have on NANCY
NANNIE SPAIN-GOODWIN - WRIGHT - is she died around 1921 in
TRUMAN ARKANSAS (
Poinsett Co Ar ) and was taken back to Obine Co Tn to be buried.
Her parents were RICHARD ''
UNCLE DICK'' and SARAH ''
SALLIE'' SPAIN ( her maiden name might have been
HOLDERFIELD )
RICHARD WAS BORN
ABT. 1851 IN
HUMPHREYS COUNTY TN they are orginally from
Humphreys Co Tn Sarah and Richard Spain had 8 Children 7 of them are
NANCY ''
NANNIE '' ( SPAIN ) -- GOODWIN -- WRIGHT
CAMILLE ( SPAIN ) -- BARNES
MILLIE ( SPAIN )
IRONS ( or IRIONS )
FORD A. SPAIN
NAPOLEON '' NAP '' SPAIN
ARBY SPAIN
?? LILY ??
NAP AND ARBY MAY HAVE BEEN TWINS
If ROBERT LAWRENCE
WRIGHT was between 20 and 60 yrs old ( Im guessing ) when the train wrecked happened in 1904 then he was born between about 1840 and 1884 I know that is a large range to search in but that is all we have to go on ...
will you please search threw your
WRIGHT / SPAIN decendency charts and see if you have any ROBERT LAWRENCE
WRIGHT OR NANCY ''
NANNIE'' SPAIN . Not 100 % sure if ROBERT's middle name was LAWRENCE.
We have photos of ROBERT LAWRENCE
WRIGHT & NANCY ''
NANNIE'' SPAIN Which we will be happy to share with anyone who wants copies
Thank you very much for your time and effort .We are having a very hard time here finding our
WRIGHT ancestors and any info you could provide will be very appreciated
you can email me at
ladyroses36@aol.com