Mandy P Wright

1886–1972 (Age 86)
Etowah, Alabama, United States

The Life of Mandy P

When Mandy P Wright was born in 1886, in Etowah, Alabama, United States, her father, Francis Columbus "Lum" Adams, was 27 and her mother, Nancy Caroline (Callie) Wright, was 25. She lived in Election Precinct 7 Brocks, Etowah, Alabama, United States in 1910. She died in 1972, in Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Mandy P Wright
1886–1972
Cary Anderson Owens
1885–1974

Spouse & Children

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siblings

(11)

  • Milledge David Adams

    Male1883–1962Male

  • John Thomas Adams

    Male1885–1963Male

  • Mandy P Wright

    Female1886–1972Female

  • Charles Louis Adams

    Male1887–Male

  • Amanda Jane Adams

    Female1889–Female

+6 More Children

World Events (8)

1886

Age 0

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Age 8

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.
1909 · The NAACP is formed

Age 23

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

1 English, Scottish, and northern Irish: occupational name for a maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Old English wyrhta, wryhta ‘craftsman’ (a derivative of wyrcan ‘to work or make’). The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it generally referred to a builder of windmills or watermills.2 Common New England Americanized form of French Le Droit, a nickname for an upright person, a man of probity, from Old French droit ‘right’, in which there has been confusion between the homophones right and wright.

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Mandy Owens in household of Carey Owens, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mandy P Owens, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Mandy P. Owens, "Find A Grave Index"

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