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Mary Elizabeth Wright 1818 – 1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 09 Jun 1818

Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 16 Mar 1881

Death Location: Nutbush, Haywood, Tennessee, USA

Father: Matthais Wright

Mother: Letitia Tate

Spouse(s): Benjamin Bridgewater

Children(s): James BRIDGEWATER, Letitia BRIDGEWATER, Susan BRIDGEWATER, Martha BRIDGEWATER, John BRIDGEWATER, R BRIDGEWATER, Jesse Bridgewater, Thomas BRIDGEWATER, Catherine BRIDGEWATER, jewel Bridgewater

Born in 1818 in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA, Mary Elizabeth Wright was the child of Matthais Wright and Letitia T. Tate. In time, Mary Elizabeth Wright married Benjamin Phillip Bridgewater, and they raised a family that included James BRIDGEWATER, Letitia Barbara BRIDGEWATER, Susan L BRIDGEWATER, Martha Ellen BRIDGEWATER, John T BRIDGEWATER, R F Fanny BRIDGEWATER, Jesse Buford Bridgewater, Thomas T BRIDGEWATER, Catherine Kitty BRIDGEWATER and jewel j Bridgewater. Mary Elizabeth Wright died in Nutbush, Haywood, Tennessee, USA in 1881.

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Parents

Matthais Wright
1790 – 1870
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
MW
Letitia Tate
1799 – 1884
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
LT

Spouses(s)

Benjamin Bridgewater
1808 – 1887
Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States
BB

Children(s)

James BRIDGEWATER
1836 – 1861
Birth Location: Tennessee
JB
Letitia BRIDGEWATER
1838 –
Birth Location: Fayette, Tennessee, United States
LB
Susan BRIDGEWATER
1840 –
Birth Location: –
SB
Martha BRIDGEWATER
1846 – 1906
Birth Location: Fayette Corners, Fayette Co., TN
MB
John BRIDGEWATER
1850 –
Birth Location: –
JB
R BRIDGEWATER
1852 – 1913
Birth Location: Tennessee
RB
Jesse Bridgewater
1854 – 1911
Birth Location: fayette, tennessee
JB
Thomas BRIDGEWATER
1856 – 1926
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States
TB
Catherine BRIDGEWATER
1858 – 1926
Birth Location: Tennessee
CB
jewel Bridgewater
Birth Location: Dyer Co. Tn.
jB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 09 Jun 1818
    Event Place: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 10, Haywood, Tennessee; Roll: 1262; Family History Film: 1255262; Page: 253C; Enumeration District: 075, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 3, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1526; Page: 229B; Image: 97; Family History Library Film: 553025, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 3, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1248; Page: 427; Image: 263; Family History Library Film: 805248, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 3, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: M432_877; Page: 255B; Image: 181

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: District 3, Fayette, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: District 3, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: M432_877; Page: 255B; Image: 181

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: District 3, Fayette, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: District 3, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1248; Page: 427; Image: 263; Family History Library Film: 805248

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: District 3, Fayette, Tennessee, United States
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 3, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1526; Page: 229B; Image: 97; Family History Library Film: 553025

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: District 10, Haywood, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: District 10, Haywood, Tennessee; Roll: 1262; Family History Film: 1255262; Page: 253C; Enumeration District: 075

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 Mar 1881
    Event Place: Nutbush, Haywood, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Nutbush, Haywood County, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
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