Brief Life History of Robert Lee
When Robert Lee Wright was born on 11 October 1873, in Missouri, United States, his father, Marshall Wright, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Marion Yoachum, was 27. He married Hattie Chandler on 31 August 1896, in Hopkins, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Delta, Texas, United States in 1900 and San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 20 September 1927, in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Robert Wright, "United States Census, 1900"
- R.L. Wright, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Robert Lee Wright, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1874
Historical Boundaries 1874: Tom Green, Texas, United States
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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