Samuel May Wright
1872 - 1953 (81 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Samuel May Wright was born on 24 May 1872 in Webster, Wayne County, Indiana; died on 11 Jul 1953 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant County, Oklahoma. Other Events:
- Census: 1900, Valley Township, Grant County, Oklahoma
- Census: 1910, Manhattan, Larimer County, Colorado
- Census: 1920, Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma
- Census: 1930, Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma
Notes:
Sam Wright Succumbs After Brief Illness
Last Rites For Pioneer Resident Are Arranged
Samuel M. Wright, 81, prominent Medford resident, died early Sunday at an Enid hospital.
He was stricken unexpectedly Saturday.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m., at Hills Chapel. Rev. J.W. Oden, Methodist pastor, will be in charge.
Burial will be made in the McKeeman cemetery by Hills funeral home.
Mr. Wright was born near Webster, Ind., May 24, 1872. He moved as a boy to Larned, Kans., and later resided for a number of years near Haysville, Kans.
He mad the race at the opening of the Cherokee Strip for settlement in 1893 and homesteaded five miles west and two miles south of Medford.
He left the fam in 1907 and resided at Denver, Colo., until returning to Medford in 1911 to operated a barber shop.
He took a prominent part in community affairs and served for many years as a member of the Medford board of education.
He is survived by one son, L.L. Wright of El Reno; one grandson, Richard Wright of Fort Worth, and a great grandson, Sam, also of Fort Worth.
Grant county Journal, Medford, Oklahoma. Monday, 13 July 1953.
LKH note:
McKeenan Family Cemetery is now known as Fairview Cemetery.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124233969/samuel-m.-wrightFamily/Spouse: Mary Agnes Parker. Mary was born in Nov 1877 in Missouri; died in 1936; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grant County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Louis Livingston Wright
was born on 1 Nov 1901 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma; died on 18 Sep 1994 in Granbury, Hood County, Texas; was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
Generation: 2
2. Louis Livingston Wright (1.Samuel1) was born on 1 Nov 1901 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma; died on 18 Sep 1994 in Granbury, Hood County, Texas; was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Other Events:
- Census: 1940, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Notes:
GRANBURY - Louis L. Wright, a retired divisional special agent for Rock Island Railroad, died Sunday at a Granbury hospital. He was 92.
Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Laurel Land Memorial Park in Fort Worth.
Laurel Land Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wright was born in Medford, Okla., and had lived in Granbury for five months. He was a former Fort Worth resident.
He worked for the railroad for 39 years before his retirement in 1963.
Mr. Wright was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Medford Masonic Lodge 108, Scottish Rite and Moslah Shrine Temple.
He enjoyed fishing, traveling, bowling and watching television.
His wife, Florence Wright, died in 1977.
Survivors: Two sons, Richard Wright of Granbury and Harry Tweedy of Fort Worth; 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) Date: September 20, 1994
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75117147/louis-l-wright
Evergreen Masonic 25Louis married Florence Cleo Cassity on 19 Jul 1934. Florence (daughter of Isaac Newton Cassity and Viola Irene Brewer) was born on 1 Feb 1898 in Soldier, Shawnee County, Kansas; died on 6 Oct 1977 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Laurel Land Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]