Bryant Wright Papers, 1859-1864

Bryant L. Wright (b. North Carolina 1823) was a farmer. In 1860, he and his wife lived in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, but they had met and married in Harris County, Georgia. At the time of the 1860 Census, he and his wife, Lydia Jane Wright (1826-1889) were living on their Alabama farm with three children, Hepsaba/Hepsibah (1850-1929), Zachariah (1852-1929), and Martha (b. 1855). Bryant L. Wright served as a private in Co. C, 29th Alabama Infantry. During the war, the couple had another son, Bryant A. (1864-1944). After the war, the family relocated to Sebastian County, Arkansas and had several more children, including Mary E. (b. 1866) and John O. (1869-1899). After Lydia’s death in 1889, Bryant remarried in 1891 at the age of sixty-seven to Frances Sterling (b. ca. 1837).

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Letters

Displaying 1 - 16 of 16
ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11391 Wright3 Bryant L. Wright Lydia Jane Wright Tallapoosa County, AL
11389 Wright1 July 10, 1862 James J. W. Banks Bryant L. Wright Hanover County, VA
11390 Wright2 August 19, 1863 Bryant L. Wright Lydia Jane Wright Macon County, AL Tallapoosa County, AL
11392 Wright4 October 15, 1863 Zachariah Wright Lydia Jane Wright , George Washington Birmingham Harris County, GA Tallapoosa County, AL
11393 Wright5 November 15, 1863 Lydia Jane Wright Bryant L. Wright Tallapoosa County, AL
11394 Wright6 November 26, 1863 Lydia Jane Wright , Lot Dodson Bryant L. Wright Tallapoosa County, AL
11395 Wright7 November 26, 1863 Zachariah Wright , Permelia Wright Lydia Jane Wright Tallapoosa County, AL
11396 Wright8 December 20, 1863 Lydia Jane Wright Bryant L. Wright Tallapoosa County, AL
11397 Wright9 January 7, 1864 Bryant L. Wright , Thomas Tucker Lydia Jane Wright Pollard, AL Tallapoosa County, AL
11399 Wright10 February 1, 1864 M. A. Evans Bryant L. Wright
11401 Wright11 February 14, 1864 Neal F. Hendry "Dear Brother" Tunnel Hill, Whitfield County, GA
11408 Wright16 March 31, 1864 James S. Chappell Lydia Jane Wright Orange Court House, VA Tallapoosa County, AL
11403 Wright12 April 3, 1864 Lydia Jane Wright Bryant L. Wright Tallapoosa County, AL
11404 Wright13 April 8, 1864 Bryant L. Wright , Thomas Tucker Lydia Jane Wright Pollard, AL Tallapoosa County, AL
11406 Wright14 July 17, 1864 M. H. McCarter "Dear Cousin" Atlanta, GA
11407 Wright15 August 2, 1864 Bryant L. Wright Lydia Jane Wright Atlanta, GA Tallapoosa County, AL

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