Brief Life History of Samuel Crayton
When Samuel Crayton Wright was born on 10 December 1880, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Blyth Wright, was 34 and his mother, Nancy Albertine Sumner, was 43. He married Mary Whitson about 1903, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States. He lived in Fairview Township, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1972. He died on 7 May 1972, at the age of 91, and was buried in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.
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- Samuel Wright in household of James Wright, "United States Census, 1900"
- Samuel Crayton Wright, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
- Samuel Crayton Wright, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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