Person:George Wright (105)

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George Washington Humphrey Wright
b.1 Dec 1809 Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
d.2 Aug 1877 Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 Feb 1802
  1. William Fowler Wright1802 - 1833
  2. Henrietta Wright1803 - 1853
  3. Travis G. Wright1806 - 1875
  4. George Washington Humphrey Wright1809 - 1877
  5. Adam Marley Wright1811 - 1834
  6. Alexander Wetmore Wright1820 - 1868
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  George Washington Humphrey Wright1809 - 1877
  • W.  Matilda Holman1817 - 1848
m. 3 Feb 1834
Spouse and Children
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m. 13 Mar 1850
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  George Washington Humphrey Wright1809 - 1877
  • W.  Sarah A. Wingo1824 - 1878
m. 7 Oct 1860
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Facts and Events
Name George Washington Humphrey Wright
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Dec 1809 Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Marriage 3 Feb 1834 Little River County, Arkansas(his 1st wife; 6 children)
to Matilda Holman
Marriage 13 Mar 1850 Paris, Lamar County, Texas(his 2nd wife; no surviving children)
to Sarah Jane Mebane
Marriage 7 Oct 1860 Paris, Lamar County, Texas(his 3rd wife; 2 children)
to Sarah A. Wingo
Death[1] 2 Aug 1877 Paris, Lamar County, Texas
Burial[1] Old City Cemetery, Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States

In Oct 1838, he was elected to the 3rd Congress of the Republic from the part of the Red River district that became Lamar County in 1840. In 1861, he supported Houston and voted against secession, though he owned 35 slaves. A majority of Lamar County voters agreed and a majority voted against secession (one of 19 Texas counties to do so).

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grave marker, Old City Cemetery, Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States.
  2.   Texas. General Land Office. Abstracts of All Original Texas Land Titles Comprising Grants and Locations. (Austin, Texas: Texas General Land Office)
    Patent #195 (Abstract # 895).

    On 7 Dec 1848, he received 1st Class headright certificate #127 for 3,437 acres, which he located on the Red River in what is now the northwest corner of the county. (Most of his land ended up being in Lamar County, of which he was one of the principal founders.)

  3.   Clarksville, Red River, Texas, United States. Northern Standard (Clarksville, Texas)
    26 August 1848.

    He placed an ad in the Northern Standard for his Lamar Hotel in Paris, a "house of entertainment, happy to serve all who may favor it."

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