William Wright Family History

This posting is for family to view the detail information from my Uncle Paul Shickle who sent an email with picture of William Wright. The information below is far too long to post as a caption on the Picas Photo Gallery. You can access the Gallery by going my favorite links.

William Wright b. 12 Dec 1812 Horseshoe Bend (East) Tennessee d. 10 Jul 1888
New Middletown, Harrison County, Indiana

buried Musselman Cemetery New Middletown, Harrison County, Indiana
son of Robert Wright and Ginnet Cathcart
m. 1st 15 Jun 1931 Harrison County, Indiana

Mary Biggs b. abt 1811 d. 18 Aug 1842
Harrison County, Indiana, buried Musselman Cemetery on William's right daughter of Robert Biggs and Rebecca Sands
William and Mary had six children:

1. infant girl d. 7 Feb 1832 buried Musselman Cemetery on her mother's right.
2. John Wright b. 8 Feb 1833 d. 1924
m. Annabelle_____ had offspring
3. Thomas Wright b. 9 Feb 1835 d. 17 Aug 1854 killed by a grain cradle

4. Rebecca Wright b. 1837 married John Toops - had offspring
5. Robert B. Wright b. 1839 NFI
6. Mary Wright b. 1842
murdered - placed in barrel with her head cut off and placed on her lap and barrel pushed into a swollen Buck Creek to be carried out to the Ohio. Did not work -it washed ashore.

William Wright married 2nd 6 Oct 1844 Comfort Carr, b. 15 Nov 1824 Harrison County, Indiana d. 20 Nov 1895, buried Musselman Cemetery on William's left daughter of Caleb Carr and Rachel Lemmon
William and Comfort had 9 children

1. James Q. Wright b. 1846 d. 1918 m. Elbertina Blackman - had issue
2. Rachel J. Wright b.24 Apr 1847 d.2 Dec 1848 buried Musselman Cemetery
3. Matilda B. Wright b. 1849 m. George F. Shuck, son of George D. Shuck and Mary Ann Kitterman - had issue
4. Sarah Ann Wright b.10 Jun 1851 d. 14 Oct 1931 m. John Wesley Rowe - 12 children
5. Martha Ellen Wright b. 1854 d. 1937
m 1st John Weaver 20 Dec 1876 had one daughter died young

m 2nd William Stieglitz - no children
Martha did have one son William Wright born prior to her first marriage
6. Margaret Wright b. 1856 d. 1937

m. James Timberlake had issue
7. Caleb Franklin Wright b. 1859 m. Mary Margaret Albin - had issue
8. Charles Henry Wright b. 19 Sep 1862 d. 23
Dec 1901
9. Infant daughter Wright b. 9 Oct 1864 - lived only 12 hours

William and Comfort were my 2 greats grandparents