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Descendants of Samuel Lafayette WRIGHT
First Generation

1. Samuel Lafayette WRIGHT was born on 14 Jul 1839 in Alabama.1 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Etowah County, Alabama. He was buried in Forest Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. He died on 22 Nov 1904 in probably Etowah County, Alabama.

Samuel Lafayette WRIGHT and Martha Ann HENSLEY were married on 9 Oct 1877 in Etowah County, Alabama.

[Source: Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (selected counties) from Dodd, Jorda R., comp. [database online], Orem, UT; MyFamily.com, Inc., 1999. Original data: Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920--online at Ancestry.com.]

Martha Ann HENSLEY2 (daughter of Randle "Randal" HENSLEY and Lementine "Clementine" JOHNSON) was born on 3 Sep 1853 in Georgia. She died on 1 Feb 1925 in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.

Samuel Lafayette WRIGHT and Martha Ann HENSLEY had the following children:

+2 i. Viola Thelma WRIGHT (born on 1 Jul 878).
+3 ii. Rufus Oscar "Red" WRIGHT (born on 17 Oct 1882).
+4 iii. Mary Annie WRIGHT (born on 10 Feb 1885).
+5 iv. Eliza Clementine WRIGHT (born on 23 Sep 1888).
6 v. Sumter Lafayette WRIGHT was born on 29 Jun 1893 in Alabama. He died on 27 Feb 1911 in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama.

Samuel Lafayette WRIGHT and Unknown [--?--] were married. Unknown [--?--] died before 1878 in probably Alabama.
Samuel Lafayette WRIGHT and Unknown [--?--] had the following children:

7 i. Charlie WRIGHT was born on 26 Apr 1861. He died on 22 Nov 1904.

Second Generation

2. Viola Thelma WRIGHT (Samuel Lafayette-1) was born on 1 Jul 878 in probably Etowah County, Alabama. Viola Thelma WRIGHT and J. B. WILSON were married. Birthdate unknown for J. B. WILSON


3. Rufus Oscar "Red" WRIGHT (Samuel Lafayette-1) was born on 17 Oct 1882 in Alabama.
Rufus Oscar "Red" WRIGHT and Ida HOOD were married on 23 Sep 1900 in Etowah County, Alabama. Birthdate unknown for Ida HOOD


4. Mary Annie WRIGHT (Samuel Lafayette-1) was born on 10 Feb 1885 in Alabama.

Mary Annie WRIGHT and Kenny "DA" BURNS were married on 23 Sep 1900.
Birthdate unknown for Kenny "DA" BURNS


5. Eliza Clementine WRIGHT (Samuel Lafayette-1) was born on 23 Sep 1888 in probably Etowah County, Alabama. She died in 1960/61.

Eliza Clementine WRIGHT and Henry Walter BURNS were married on 22 Jan 1905 in probably Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. Henry Walter BURNS (son of D. P. BURNS) was born in 1873 in Georgia. He died in 1965 in Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama. Eliza Clementine WRIGHT and Henry Walter BURNS had the following children:

+8 i. Mary Edith BURNS (born on 3 Apr 1910).