Father
Joseph W.
Wright
June 7, 1869
Apr. 4, 1947
Mother
Maude LaRue
Wright
Jan. 23, 1872
Dec. 27, 1919
This stone
commemorates only the body in which we lived here on earth. We have gone to
live with Jesus. Jesus wants you to come. We want you to come. Won't you?
According to
his death certificate,[1] Joseph
W. Wright was born June 7, 1870 in
Kentucky and was a funeral director. His
parents were Joseph Wright, born Kentucky, and Martha Tate, born Virginia. His
obituary[2] stated
he was a prominent Livingston County businessman, a resident of Hampton, and
died at his home." He had been in ill health for several years, having
retired from general merchandising business a few years ago. Funeral services
were at the Hampton Methodist church Saturday. Burial in Salem Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ladd Robinson, and a grandson, Joseph Franklin
Robinson."
Joseph W.
Wright appears on the 1870 Union County, Kentucky census in the household of
Joseph and Martha Wright.[3]
Maude LaRue
Wright was born in Kentucky and was the daughter of Marion LaRue and Lyda Kidd,
both of whom were born in Kentucky. [4]
[1]
Kentucky Death Certificate #13932 (Delayed), Joseph W. Wright, Ancestry.com,
accessed 30 Dec 2017.
[2]
Livingston Leader, 10 Apr 1947.
[3]
1870 Census, Union County, Kentucky, Roll: M593_501, p. 321A, Post Office
Morganfield, Ancestry.com, accessed 30 Dec 2017.
[4]
Kentucky Death Certificate #33204, Maude L. Wright, Ancestry.com, accessed 30
Dec 2017.
Published 6 Mar 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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