Wright Emerson Lancaster Davis ⁴⁵⁶

  Life Events:

1. Census, 29 Jul 1870, Crenshaw County, Alabama, USA. ²⁰⁵⁶ 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Wright Davis
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Age in 1870: 35
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1870: Township 7, Crenshaw, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Rutledge

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 7, Crenshaw, Alabama; Roll: M593_12; Page: 24; Image: 48.

2. Census, 22 Jun 1880, New Providence Township, Crenshaw, Alabama, USA. ²⁰⁵⁷ 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Wright L. Davis
Home in 1880: New Providence, Crenshaw, Alabama
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Birthplace: Georgia
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Malinda
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: Georgia e
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Wright L. Davis 40 (Head)
Malinda Davis 35 (Wife)
Inez Davis 13 (Daughter)
Zuliema Davis 12 (Daughter)
Courie Davis 10 (Son)
Joseph Davis 7 (Son)
Samuel Davis 3 (Son)
Herbert Davis 1 (Son)

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: New Providence, Crenshaw, Alabama; Roll: T9_10; Family History Film: 1254010; Page: 440.1000; Enumeration District: 58; Image: 0069.

3. Occupation: Justice of the Peace: Crenshaw County, Alabama, USA. ²⁰⁵⁴ Wright also wrote for the Pike County Newspaper.

4. Military: Civil War (Confederate Army). ²⁰⁵⁴

Wright married Malinda Inez Jones, daughter of Josiah "Honey" Jones and Amanda Hagar, on 10 Oct 1865 in Pike County, Alabama, USA.⁴⁵⁶ (Malinda Inez Jones was born in 1844 in Otho, Henry, Alabama, USA,⁴⁵⁶ died on 3 Aug 1906 in Glenwood, Crenshaw, Alabama, USA ⁴⁵⁶ and was buried in Mount Zion Baptist Cemetery (Glenwood, Crenshaw, Alabama, USA) ²⁰⁵⁴.). The cause of her death was Typhoid Fever.