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Fannin County TXGenWeb
Wright
Family Cemetery
with Photographs,
corrections and additions from JoLynn Self
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Deep in the Woods in the Selfs Community
On County Road 2720 off
of HWY 100
Map
& More Photographs
Self, Catherine Moore
1784 - Feb 1860
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1860 Mortality Census, Self, Catherine 77 F Feb Born in Pa., died of Kings
Evil
( Tuberculosis of the Lympatic Glands, esp. of those in the neck.)
Self, Melchezedec
1777 - 12 Jan 1854
* In Adam
M. Selfs testimony on behalf of his mother, Catherine Self, reguarding
petition of bounty land warranty, He states that he personally helped bury
his father, when he died at Wm.Wright's farm on 12 Jan Eve 1854 in Fannin
County, Texas
Wright,
William Newton "Newt" 2 Feb 1830-11 Sep 1909
(he
was in the Confederate army see story below)
Wright,
Minerva G. Bruce 1826 - 8 Sep 1889 (second wife of William Wright)
Wright,
Mary E. Jones 16 Feb.1826- Mar.
1856 (first wife of William Wright)
Wright,
William "Willie" - son of W.N.&M.G. Wright 10 Mar 1860 - 28 Jul 1861
Wright,
Mary -dau. of W.N. & M.E. Wright Feb 1853-31 Sep 1860
*" William Newton
Wright was best friends and a neighbor to Standmore H. Allen.They made
a pact that if one of them was killed in the Civil War, that the other
would bring the body back to be buried in the family cemetery. Three days
after the war was over, they were on the way home and were ambushed. Standmore
H. Allen was killed.
William Newton Wright
survived, stole a horse and wagon and brought Standmore H. Allen's body
home. "
Source: Narissa
Wright Cullum, descendant of William Newton Wright.
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