Wright Cemetery

COLORADO COUNTY, TEXAS

• Location: just south of Wolfpen Creek, about half a mile northeast of the easternmost point at which County Road 101 turns south, but on private property and therefore inaccessible to public traffic
• Earliest known year of death: 1852
• Racial mix: all white
• Number of known burials to date: 24

Clapp, Caledonia C.; born: Sep 30, 1830; died: Sep 7, 1870;
Daughter of William J. and Sarah Anne (Pigford) Wright, married Eli Dawson Clapp

Clapp, Willie J.; born: Jun 18, 1869; died: Jun 8, 1871;
Son of Eli Dawson and Caledonia C. (Wright) Clapp

Garner, Sarah; born: Apr 24, 1842; died: May 23, 1863;
Daughter of William J. and Sarah Anne (Pigford) Wright, married William Mercer Garner Jun 20, 1861

Hamilton, Wiley Marion; born: Jun 11, 1923; died: Jun 13, 1983;
Veteran of World War II

Johnson, Margaret Virginia; born: Apr 4, 1849; died: Dec 6, 1923;
Née Gibson, married Robert Benjamin Johnson, Oct 22, 1873

McSween, Andrew Legrand; born: unknown; died: Jul 11, 1853;

Pratt, Hannibal; born: c. 1827; died: Dec 15, 1857;
Minister

Pratt, Mrs. R.; born: c. 1813; died: Oct 2, 1869;

Stafford, Laura Leona; born: c. 1849; died: May 2, 1882;
Née Pratt, married William Henry Stafford, Dec 24, 1868, died after child birth

Weller, Infant Daughter; born: c. 1903; died: Aug 4, 1903
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Weller

Wright, Babe; born: May 25, 1852; died: Sep 15, 1852;
Daughter of William J. and Sarah Anne (Pigford) Wright

Wright, Emma Octavia; born: Jan 22, 1864; died: Oct 21, 1869;

Wright, Enoch Thaddeus; born: May 15, 1837; died: Apr 18, 1863;
Son of William J. and Sarah Anne (Pigford) Wright, killed in action while serving in the Confederate army

Wright, Harriet I.; born: Apr 22, 1833; died: Dec 9, 1874;
Née Pratt, married William J. Wright (his second wife)

Wright, Hattie; born: Mar 11, 1860; died: Apr 26, 1871;
Daughter of William J. and Harriet I. (Pratt) Wright

Wright, James F.; born: Sep 7, 1835; died: Aug 3, 1874;
Son of William J. and Sarah Anne (Pigford) Wright

Wright, Robert Earl; born: Dec 11, 1879; died: Nov 7, 1880;
Son of Silas and Ellen Wright

Wright, Robert H.; born: Jul 28, 1857; died: Apr 20, 1871;
Son of William J. and Harriet I. (Pratt) Wright

Wright, Rose Ella; born: Feb 11, 1866; died: Apr 24, 1866;

Wright, Sarah Anne; born: Feb 11, 1811; died: Oct 2, 1853;
Née Pigford, married William J. Wright (his first wife)

Wright, Silas; born: Jun 14, 1848; died: Feb 10, 1923;
Son of William J. and Sarah (Pigford) Wright, married Ellen Howland Jun 14, 1870 [Information from death certificate and Marriage Index]

Wright, William J.; born: May 21, 1806; died: Sep 30, 1861;

Wright, William J., Jr.; born: Aug 27, 1831; died: Aug 22, 1853;
Son of William J. and Sarah Anne (Pigford) Wright

Wright, Wimberk Boney; born: Dec 26, 1840; died: Feb 10, 1860;
Son of William J. and Sarah Anne (Pigford) Wright

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