Brief Life History of Martha Elizabeth
When Martha Elizabeth Wright was born in 1849, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States, her father, Abner Blair Wright, was 24 and her mother, Mary Ann Pollock, was 21. She married James Robert Luker on 1 November 1867, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 11 July 1876, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 27.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- M E Wright in household of Abner B Wright, "United States Census, 1860"
- M. E. Wright, "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911"
- Bettie Wright in entry for N B Luker, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (6)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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