They were in Jackson Co AL in 1850. Wm WRIGHT, b c1800, b NC, Clarissa
SELF, b c1804, TN or NC, m c1825 AL, child which connects to my family is
Zina Catherine WRIGHT, b c1831. The whole family moved to Fannin Co TX
1853, moved to Benton Co AR Autumn 1867. This last information is from a
Goodspeed's biography of Zina's brother, Isom WRIGHT.
History of Benton County
BENTON COUNTY.
page 910
Isom M. Wright.Prominent among the successful and wealthy farmers of Benton
County, Ark., may be mentioned Mr. Wright, who is deserving of special
mention. He was born, reared, educated and married in Alabama, the first
event taking place in 1826, and the latter in December, 1847. His wife,
whose maiden name was Barbara Latham, was born in Alabama on the 20th of
May, 1832, and by Mr. Wright became the mother of the following family:
William A., James A., Celestia (wife of E. H. Pass), Elizabeth Jane (wife
of Samuel Garret), Henry W., E. L. and Isaac J. In 1850 Mr. Wright moved to
Fannin County, Tex., and after residing there about seventeen years came to
Benton County, Ark., in the autumn of 1867, where he has been engaged in
tilling his valuable farm of 290 acres. He is a Democrat, and during the
late war served a few months in the Confederate army. His parents. William
and Clarissa (Self) Wright, were born in North Carolina in 1800 and 1804,
respectively. The father was reared in his native State, and was married in
Alabama when he was about twenty-five years of age. He moved to Fannin
County, Tex., in 1853, [p.910] and there resided until his death in 1872.
His wife died in Washington County. Ark., October 16, 1885. The following
are their children: Isom M., Susan E. (widow of J. F. Dabs), William
Newton, Zina Catherine (wife of William Shaffin), Mary Adeline (wife of W.
L. Gualtny), Jasper A., and Vina Jane (wife of Charles Johnson).