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Birth |
2 Dec 1860 |
, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Gender |
Female |
Obituary |
19 Jul 1948 |
Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Sun Gazette |
- Mrs. Madison Wright Dies Monday Morning
Native Callawegian Had Been Ill For Past Several Months
Mrs. Madison Wright, 87, died Monday morning at her home five miles northeast of Fultonm, after several months illness.
Funeral services are incomplete, pending word from members of her family. The body will lie in state at the Maupin Funeral Home until the arrival of her sons. Funeral services and burial will be at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Mrs. Wright was the former Miss Florence Ann Conger and was born near New Bloomfield on December 2, 1860. She lived in Callaway County all her life.
On april 28,, 1880 she and Madison Wright were married. They had ten children, four of whom, Carson, Bessie, Mary, and Marvin, preceeded her in death. Mr. Wright died on May 21, 1942. Surviving are Russell Wright of Willows Spring, Calif., Jewett Wright of Calwood, John Wright of Fulton, Leonard Wright of San Marcus, Texas, Robert Wright of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Bailey Wright of Kirksville. She also is survived by a half-brother, Otho Suggett of Fulton, and two sisters, Mrs. Mollie Beavens, Kansas City, and Mrs. A.G. Graves, Dallas, Texas. She had long been a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church and was a charter member of its missionary society.
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Died |
19 Jul 1948 |
, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Cause: pneumonia |
Buried |
21 Jul 1948 |
Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Person ID |
I310 |
Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri |
Last Modified |
05 May 2008 |
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Father |
John G. Conger, b. 1838, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 19 Jun 1864, Kennesaw Mountain, Kennesaw, Cobb, Georgia, USA |
Mother |
Jane Francis Herring, b. 9 Dec 1838, G.W. Herring Sr. Home, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 24 Feb 1929, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Married |
22 Oct 1857 |
, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Family ID |
F19 |
Group Sheet |
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Family |
Madison Wright, b. 19 Mar 1859, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 21 May 1942, , Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Married |
28 Apr 1879 |
, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
Children |
| 1. Ernest Carson Wright, b. 20 Apr 1881, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 25 Aug 1881, , Callaway, Missouri, USA |
| 2. Bessie Wright, b. Mar 1883, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 12 Jul 1934, Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
| 3. Russell R. Wright, b. 18 Apr 1886, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 16 Apr 1963, Willows Spring, Glenn, California, USA |
> | 4. Jewett Madison Wright, b. 31 Aug 1887, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 20 Jan 1974, , Callaway, Missouri, USA |
| 5. Mary Innez Wright, b. 12 Oct 1889, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 20 Feb 1890, , Callaway, Missouri, USA |
> | 6. John Thomas Wright, b. 9 Nov 1891, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 28 Dec 1970 |
| 7. Marvin O. Wright, b. Mar 1895, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 23 Feb 1934 |
| 8. Leonard Wright, b. Oct 1897, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 9. Robert Wright, b. 1900, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 10. Baily Wright, b. Abt 1905, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown |
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Last Modified |
06 Jan 2007 |
Family ID |
F1288 |
Group Sheet |
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| Wright, Madison and Florance Florance Ann Conger Wright was my 1st cousin twice removed, daughter of John Conger and Jane Francis Herring. Madison was a son of Thomas Wright and Mary Jane Houchins. |
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Headstones |
| Madison Wright & Florance Conger Madison Wright, Mar. 19, 1859 - May 21, 1942. Florence Wright, Dec. 2, 1860 - Jul. 19, 1943. Madison Wright was a son of Thomas Austin Wright and Mary Jane Houchins. He was a grandson of James Overton Houchins and Elizabeth Sarah Hardin. On Apr. 28, 1879 in Callaway Co., Missouri, he married Florance Ann Conger. She was a daughter of John G.… |
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Death Certificates |
| Death Certificate of Wright, Florance Ann Conger 2 Dec 1860 - 19 Jul 1948. She was my 1st cousin twice removed. |
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Notes |
- Madison Wright Miss Florence Conger 28 Jun 1880 D109
They lived with her husband's parents when they were first married.
From the 1984 Callaway Book:
Madison "Matt" Wright and Florence Ann Conger were married April 28, 1880. They lived all of their married lives near Calwood on property homesteaded by Matt's parents, about one mile northeast of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Route Z, near Calwood.
Her son, John T. Wright, gave the information for her death certificate. His address at that time was R.F.D. #1, Fulton, Missouri.
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Event
| Birth - 2 Dec 1860 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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| Married - 28 Apr 1879 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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| Obituary - Sun Gazette - 19 Jul 1948 - Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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| Died - Cause: pneumonia - 19 Jul 1948 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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| Buried - 21 Jul 1948 - Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Callaway, Missouri, USA |
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