William Thomas Wright, II

1861 - 1942  (81 years)

• Name	William Thomas Wright  [1]
  Suffix	II
  Birth	1861	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Census with parents	1870	Metompkin District, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	He was shown as Thomas Wright, age 10 and at school in HH#MT182 headed by Thomas Wright, a 47 year old farmer.
  Anecdote	1879
  	William Thomas Wright, II, was one of the heirs of his uncle Samuel Wright and received one-third of his father's share of Samuel's estate in 1879. He also inherited one-third of his father's land and personal property in 1876. John W. Gillet was his guardian, to protect his inheritances, until he became 21 in 1882. On 7 October 1884, William T. Wright, for $1200, bought his sister Margaret S. Wright's one-third of their father's land (Deeds 51, p. 649). On 1 February 1892, he bought the other third from sister Willianna Wright, for $1100 (Deeds 64, p. 366). Both deeds stipulated that the land was "subject to the dower of Mary S. Wright", their mother, and the last deed called the entire tract 160 acres. William T. Wright exchanged 4 or 5 acres with Patrick; J. Rew on 21 January 1886 (Deeds 58, p. 125). This was likely an agreement whereby the lines of both farms were straightened, as Patrick J. Rew (1846 - 1923) is buried on the adjacent farm, north of the Wright land. He was a first cousin, a son of Mary Ann Wright Rew and her husband, James H. Raw (1860 census). William Thomas Wright, II, owned his father's farm of 160 acres by 1892. The back or western part of the land consisted of approximately 85 acres that was part of 200 acres his ancestor Mary Wright bought in 1693. This farm is located at Rew, on US. 13, directly across the highway from the Owl Restaurant. It is owned today by Joanne Wright Widmayer, granddaughter of William Thomas Wright, II (Deeds 271, p. 119).
  Biography	Like his father, he was sometimes referred to as Thomas Wright in local records. He was the only living son of William Thomas Wright and his wife, Mary S. Carey Wright. His father died intestate in 1876, when he was 15 years of age, and he lost his mother in 1898.
  Census head of household	1900	Lee District, Accomack Co, Virginia
  	He was shown as William Wright as a 38-year-old farmer, living in Lee District. His wife was Annie J. Wright, 33, and there were three children in their household: Helen L. Wright at 12 years, Annie M. Wright at 9 years and William T. Wright, Jr. at 8 years. They had had three children, all of whom were living. This record also states that they had been married 14 years.
  Census head of household	1910	Metompkin District, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  	They had moved to the home farm by 1910, however, when they were living on "Middle Road" in Metompkin District. William T. Wright was then 48 years of age and a Commissioner of the Revenue for Accomack County. Wife Annie J. Wright was 45 and their three children were 21, 19, and 18, respectively.
  Census head of household	1920	Metompkin District, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  	W. T. Wright, 53 (59?), was again head of a Metompkin District household in 1920, when his occupation was "Oyster Inspector". Living with him and his wife was daughter, Helen L. Wright, at 30 years.
  Record ID	27088
  Death	3 Dec 1942	Rew, Virginia   [2]
  	Mr. William Thomas Wright," former county official and a highly esteemed citizen, passed away at his home near Rew, Virginia, Thursday, December 3 after a short illness", according to his obituary in the December 11, 1942 issue of the Peninsula Enterprise Besides having been Commissioner of the Revenue, he had also been an Oyster Inspector and race secretary of the Peninsula Fair Association. He was a lifelong Democrat and an election official. He was an original subscriber to the Peninsula Enterprise, from its inception on 30 June 1881. He was survived by three children, Mrs. Helen Rew, Mrs. William R. Eggers, and Commander William T. Wright, Jr., and by two grandchildren, Miss Jo Anne L. Wright and Mr. John B. Wright of the U.S. Coast Guard. He did not leave a will. His widow, Annie J. Wright, apparently lived on her land near Pastoria until after the death of her elder daughter in 1945.
  Burial	Parksley Cemetery, Parksley, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Henry Wright, II,   b. Abt 1700, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandfather)  Judah (--?--),   b. Abt 1720   d. Yes, date unknown  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	1 brother and 4 sisters
  1. Catherine Wright,   b. Abt 1858, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Jun 1870, Metompkin District, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 12 years)   2. William Thomas Wright,   b. 3 Jul 1858, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1859  (Age 0 years) + 3. William Thomas Wright, II,   b. 1861, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Dec 1942, Rew, Virginia  (Age 81 years) ▻ Annie Jackson Bundick,  m. Abt 1886 + 4. Margaret Satchell 'Maggie' Wright,   b. 11 Sep 1864, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 20 Feb 1923  (Age 58 years) ▻ Charles Carroll Dix,  m. 27 Oct 1886 > 5. Willianna C. 'Willie' Wright,   b. 13 Jul 1869, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 6 Jul 1932, Eastville, Northampton Co, Virginia  (Age 62 years) ▻ John A. Bundick, Jr.,  m. 30 Oct 1895   6. Mary Carey Wright,   b. 15 Aug 1875, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Aug 1875  (Age 0 years)
  Person ID	I27088	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	24 May 2003

  
  

  Father	William Thomas Wright, I,   b. Abt 1824, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 18 Dec 1876 (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Mary S. Carey,   b. 9 Jan 1833, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 4 Feb 1898 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1857	Drummond Town, Accomack Co, Virginia   [4, 5]
  	He was shown as William T. Wright, a 33 year old farmer, the son of Thos. S. & Rebecca Wright and she was shown as Mary S. Carey, age 24, the daughter of Sam'l S. & Mary Carey. They were married at the Drummond Town Methodist Church by J.F. Chaplain. John J. Blackstone said both were over age 21.
  Family ID	F8713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Jackson Bundick,   b. 1863, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 30 May 1950, Bethesda, Maryland (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1886
  	While no marriage record has been found, it is known from other records that William Thomas Wright, II, married Annie Jackson Bundick circa 1886 (see Bundicks of Accomack County, Virginia). She was a daughter of John A. Bundick by his second wife, Annie W. Hickman, and a sister to John A. Bundick, Jr., who married sister, Willianna C. Wright, in 1895.
  Children	1. Helen Louise Wright,   b. 24 Jan 1887, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 4 Aug 1945 (Age 58 years) ╚═ A.J. Rew  m. Abt 1930   2. Annie May Wright,   b. 24 Oct 1888, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ William R. Eggers  m. Bef 1914 + 3. Dr. William Thomas 'W.T.' Wright, III,   b. 24 Feb 1891, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Mar 1954, Bethesda, Maryland (Age 63 years) ╚═ Eugenia 'Jean' Boteler  m. 25 Oct 1919
  Family ID	F8601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1861 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial - - Parksley Cemetery, Parksley, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1603] Baptist Church Records, 1603. [S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1987), 502. [S675] Gail M. Walczyk, 1870 Accomack Co, VA, Census, Part 1, Accomack Parish, (Coram, NY: Peter's Row, 1999), 675. [S503] Mary Frances Carey, M.K. Miles & Barry W. Miles, Tombstones Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995), 503. [S551] Miles & Miles, Acc Co Marriages, 1854-1895, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1997), 551.