Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Ernest C. Wright (1887-1915)

Ernest C. “Frank” Wright was born on September 4, 1887 in Petie Jean, Logan County, Arkansas.  He was the son of James E. Wright and Mary E. “Mollie” Bonds.  Frank was raised on the family farm in Logan County, Arkansas.

On January 13, 1913, Frank married Mary Ethel Kincaid in Faulkner County, Arkansas.  He was 25 years old and she was 17 years.  Ethel was born on September 6, 1895 in Yell County, Arkansas, the daughter of James Brookins Kincaid and Frankie Jane Coats. 

Ernest C. Wright died two years later, on June 20, 1915 and was buried in the Sugar Grove Cemetery in Sugar Grove, Logan County, Arkansas.  He was 27 years old at his death.

Ethel remarried three years after the death of her husband.  She married Edward Jackson Stuart on February 24, 1918 in Pope County, Arkansas.  Edward was born on August 13, 1873 in Texas.

In 1940, Edward and Ethel were renting a home on Nebraska Avenue in Hidalgo County, Texas.  Edward was working as a farm laborer at that time.

Edward Jackson Stuart died on May 26, 1947 in San Juan, Hidalgo County, Texas.  Earl Stuart was listed as the informant on the death certificate.  Edward was buried in the Roselawn Cemetery in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas.  Edward was 79 years old at his death.

Mary Ethel Kincaid Wright Stuart died on September 2, 1964 in Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas.  She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Roselawn Cemetery in McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas.  She died just four days shy of her 69th birthday.


Notes for Ernest C. Wright
Birth & Death:  “Frank C. Wright,” Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.  Find A Grave. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi), accessed on 4 April 2015
1900 US Census:  “Ernest C Wright,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Petie Jean, Logan, Arkansas; Roll: 66; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0056; FHL microfilm: 1240066.  Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US Census:  “Frank Wright,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Revilee, Logan, Arkansas; Roll: T624_56; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0053; FHL microfilm: 1374069.  Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Marriage:  “Earnest C Wright,” Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Notes for Mary Ethel Kincaid
Birth & Death:  “Mary Ethel Stuart,” Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Marriage to Edward:  “Ethel Wright,” Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
1940 US Census:  “Ethel Stuart,” Year: 1940; Census Place: Hidalgo, Texas; Roll: T627_4065; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 108-62Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Notes for Edward Jackson Stuart
Birth & Death:  “Edward Jackson Stuart,” Ancestry.com. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.


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