Florance Ann Conger was a daughter of John G. Conger and my great grandaunt, Jane Francis Herring. She was born on December 2, 1860, in Callaway Co., Missouri.
Florance was a granddaughter of Stephen D. Conger and Lucy Jane Gordon, and, George Washington Herring and Lucy Simco. When she was 3 1/2 years old, her father was killed in battle at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga, on the side of the Confederacy.
On April 28, 1879 in Callaway Co., Missouri, she married Madison "Matt" Wright. He was born March 19, 1859 in Callaway Co., Missouri, a son of Thomas Austin Wright and Mary Jane Houchins. He was a grandson of James Overton Houchins and Elizabeth Sarah Hardin.
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.
Madison and Florance Conger Wright had 10 children:
- Ernest Carson Wright b: Apr. 20, 1881 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Aug. 25, 1881 Callaway Co. Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Bessie Wright b: Mar. 1883 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jul. 12, 1934 Fulton, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Never married.
- Russell Wright b: Apr. 18, 1886 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Apr. 16, 1963, Willows Spring, Glenn Co., California.
- Jewett Madison Wright b: Aug. 31, 1887 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 20, 1974, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, Aug. 23, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, Susan Ethyl Potts, b: Aug. 27, 1893, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 27, 2000, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children:
- Charles Madison Wright, b: Jun. 18, 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 11, 1998, Calwood, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, Jan. 1935, Callaway Co., Missouri, Jewel Juanita Dudley, b: Mar. 20, 1919, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 3, 1978, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Samuel Payton "Jake" Dudley and Laura Ethel Craighead. She was my 4th cousin once removed.
- Children:
- Charles Madison Wright Jr., b: Aug. 7, 1935, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 10, 1983, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Four sons, Living, two daughters, Living.
- Bedelia Louise Wright, b: Nov. 11, 1913, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 26, 1998, Sullivan, Franklin Co., Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, June 1935, Ransom Dudley, b: Sept. 29, 1910, d: Feb. 9, 1991, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Benjamin F. Dudley Sr. and Lena Grace Driskell.
- Children: One son deceased, one son Living
- Ernest S. Wright, b: June 10, 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 5, 1995, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Jewett Madison Wright Jr., b: Oct. 27, 1919, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 8, 1938, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Living daughter Wright
- Living daughter Wright
- Married, Feb., 27, 1955, Howard Lee Blansett, b: Aug. 2, 1936, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 9, 2002, Houston, Texas, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Finis Bill Blansett and Ethel Linda Hull.
- Tommie Joe Wright, b: Aug. 5, 1929, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 25, 2006, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, Dec. 16, 1955, Dolores Ann Stufflebeam, b: Apr. 27, 1930, St. Louis, Missouri, d: Mar. 16, 2007, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children: Three sons and one daughter, Living.
- Mary Innez Wright b: 12 Oct 1889 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: 20 Feb 1890 Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- John Thomas Wright b: 9 Nov 1891 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: 28 Dec 1970 Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, Dec. 24, 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri, Eva Merle Woods, b: Jan. 2, 1897, Missouri, d: Nov. 20, 1982, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children: Two sons and one daughter, possibly living
- Marvin O. Wright b: Mar 1895 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: 23 Feb 1934 Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Leonard Wright b: Oct 1897 Callaway Co. Missouri, living in San Marcus, Texas in 1948.
- Married, Aug. 20, 1921, Elizabeth Coil.
- Robert Wright b: 1900 Callaway Co. Missouri, living in Ottumwa, Iowa in 1948.
- Married, Ethel Shallenberger
- Bailey Wright b: abt. 1905, Callaway Co. Missouri, living in Kirksville, Missouri in 1948.
Florance Ann Conger Wright died July 19, 1948, Callaway Co. Missouri.
Madison Wright died May 21, 1942, Callaway Co. Missouri. They are buried in Ebenezer Baptist church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
Obit - July 19, 1948, Fulton 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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