hmtl5 Samuel May Wright b. 24 May 1872 Webster, Wayne County, Indiana d. 11 Jul 1953 Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma: Hedges Genealogy
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Samuel May Wright

Male 1872 - 1953  (81 years)


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  • Name Samuel May Wright 
    Born 24 May 1872  Webster, Wayne County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Valley Township, Grant County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Manhattan, Larimer County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 11 Jul 1953  Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Fairview Cemetery, Grant County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I1248  Hedges
    Last Modified 10 May 2024 

    Family Mary Agnes Parker,   b. Nov 1877, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936  (Age 58 years) 
    Children 
     1. Louis Livingston Wright,   b. 1 Nov 1901, Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1994, Granbury, Hood County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2018 
    Family ID F707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Valley Township, Grant County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Manhattan, Larimer County, Colorado Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Jul 1953 - Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Fairview Cemetery, Grant County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.
      [3, 4, 5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] 1900 US census.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S9] Obituary.

    4. [S87] Newspaper article.

    5. [S82] LKH.


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