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- !MARRIAGE:
No marriage record was found for James and Caroline in either Surry or Wilkes Counties. The 1900 census lists them married 62 years, which is ca 1837/38. They were living in Surry at that time, but near on the Wilkes border.
!CHILDREN:
James S. Wright and Caroline C. Winfrey had 17 children as proven by the 1900 and 1910 census. Only nine of these lived to adulthood. My grandmother Luella George Grant and her sister Marynell George Lequire both told me that there was more than one set of twins who died as infants, or who were stillborn. Of the 8 children who died young, only one of them is known to us by name. The other 7 (probably including at least two sets of twins) are unknown to us. They may not have received names, or else they were forgotten over the years. Unfortunately no family bible has come to light that might have all the names and birth dates in it.
The other 10 children are well proven by various records, including the 1850 through 1900 census, as well as family knowledge, death records, and scads of other records.
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Children |
| 1. Arabella Cirkendal Wright, b. 14 Oct 1839, Surry Co, NC d. 31 Jan 1916, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 76 years) |
| 2. Martha Wright, b. 1843/1844, Cherokee Co, NC d. 1850/1860, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 16 years) |
| 3. Aaron Alexander Wright, b. 2 Oct 1847, Rhodo, Cherokee Co, NC d. 21 Oct 1907, Rhodo, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 60 years) |
| 4. Richard Murphy Wright, b. 28 Jan 1849, Union Co, GA d. 14 Feb 1924, Swain Co, NC (Age 75 years) |
| 5. Laura Caroline Wright, b. 13 Apr 1852, Rhodo, Cherokee Co, NC d. 5 Jun 1943, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 91 years) |
| 6. Emaline Rebecca Wright, b. 15 Apr 1854, Rhodo, Cherokee Co, NC d. 16 Oct 1941, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 87 years) |
| 7. Plutinie M Wright, b. 12 Apr 1856, Rhodo, Cherokee Co, NC d. 29 Feb 1904, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 47 years) |
| 8. Americus Erastus Wright, b. 18 Mar 1858, Rhodo, Cherokee Co, NC d. 7 Apr 1934, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 76 years) |
| 9. Ivalee M Wright, b. 21 May 1860, Rhodo, Cherokee Co, NC d. 7 Apr 1947, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 86 years) |
| 10. Media Ann Wright, b. 30 Apr 1866, Rhodo, Cherokee Co, NC d. 23 Aug 1947, Clay Co, NC (Age 81 years) |
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