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View Tree for Keaton James WrightKeaton James Wright (b. 23 Sep 1881, d. 11 May 1966)

Keaton James Wright (son of William Keaton Wright and Margaret F. McLemore)18068, 18069, 18070, 18071 was born 23 Sep 1881 in Comanche, TX18072, 18073, and died 11 May 196618074, 18075. He married Dilla Dito Shaw on 23 Sep 1904 in Haskell County, Texas18076.

 Includes NotesNotes for Keaton James Wright:
He married Dilla Dillo SHAW. They were the parents of 14 children. They raised four sons, Wiley Ernest, Buford Earl, Cicero Hazel, and Wayland. Another son, Audry Eugene died at the age of one year. Nine daughters survived and married: Odessa Fanita ATKINSON, Ruth Susie ALLISON, Winnie Mae STARNES, Adeline Magie PUGH, Maggie Lee ALLEN, Opal Joe BELCHER GRIMLAND, Rachel LANGE, Ruby Nell WALKER, and Bobbie Joe HERN.

In 1996, the family celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first K.J. WRIGHT family reunion, from July 5 through July 7 in Breckenridge at the Pugh Ranch. At that time, there were 326 direct descendants of Keaton and Dilla. The first family reunion was held at the Wright home in Rochester, Haskell County, when their son, Cicero was coming home from the service in 1946.

(Excerpted from a scan of a newspaper article from the Thursday, June 27, 1996 THROCKMORTON TRIBUNE titled "Keaton & Dillo Wright -1946," courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)

Note, the DOD in the above article and on the Texas Death Index vary by four days. I used the DOD on the Texas Death Index.
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Census Information:

1910 Census
Texas, Wilbarger County, JP 4
Enumerated 16 April 1910
SD 18 ED 240 Sheet 1B
8-8
Wright, Keton J Hd M W 28 m1 Tx Tx Tx Farmr
Wright, Dilla Wf F W 24 m1 5 3/3 Tx Ms Tx
Wright, Odesia Dtr F W 4 S Tx Tx Tx Tx
Wright, Y.Z. Son M W 2 S Tx Tx Tx
Wright, Audrey Son M W 11/12 S Tx Tx Tx
Wright, John H Brother M W 23 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Laborer

More About Keaton James Wright:
Date born 2: 23 Sep 1881, Comanche County, Texas.18076
Burial 1: Unknown, Willow Cemetery, Haskell Co, TX.18077, 18078
Burial 2: Haskell Cemetery, Haskell County, Texas.
Died 2: 11 May 1966, Jud, Haskell County, Texas.18079, 18080

More About Keaton James Wright and Dilla Dito Shaw:
Marriage 1: 23 Sep 1904, Haskell County, Texas.18080
Marriage 2: 23 Sep 1904, Haskell County.

Children of Keaton James Wright and Dilla Dito Shaw are:
  1. +Y. Z. Wright, b. 24 Aug 1907, Haskel Co, TX18081, 18082, d. Aug 1985, Norco, Riverside Co, CA18083, 18084, 18085.
  2. +Buford Earl Wright, d. Feb 1984.
  3. +Rachel Wright.
  4. +Betty Jo Wright.
  5. +Maggie Lee Wright, b. 12 Jul 1917, Woodson, TX18086, 18087, 18088, d. 14 Dec 1996, Stephensville, Erath Co, TX18089, 18090, 18091, 18092.
  6. +Ruby Nell Wright.
  7. Ruth Susie Wright, b. 24 Sep 1910, Vernon, TX18093, 18094, 18095, d. Jan 1980, Stamford, Jones Co, TX18096, 18097, 18098, 18099.
  8. +Wayland Wright.
  9. Winnie Mae Wright.
  10. +Adeline Magie Wright, b. 19 Oct 1915, Wilbarger Co, TX18100, 18101, d. 24 Nov 1995, Breckenridge, TX18102, 18103, 18104.
  11. +Opal Joe Wright.
  12. Cicero Hazel Wright.
  13. Audry Eugene Wright, d., Died at Birth.
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