ELEVENTH GENERATION


1217. Hiram Lee WRIGHT was born on Jul 22 1865 in Latham, Moniteau Co., Missouri. He died on Mar 21 1921 in Pope Valley, Napa Co., California.

He was married to Stella Mae TOMLINSON (daughter of John TOMLINSON and Rena ADAMSON) on May 1 1907 in St. Helena, Napo Co., California. Stella Mae TOMLINSON was ill with Cancer & Hyper-thyroid. Per death certificate she possibly died of a "thyroid storm". Hiram Lee WRIGHT and Stella Mae TOMLINSON had the following children:

child+1814 i. James Jefrey WRIGHT.
child+1815 ii. Loleta May WRIGHT.
child1816 iii. Eva Virlee "Virlee" WRIGHT was born on Mar 31 1910 in Pope Valley, Napa Co., California. She was ill with Hodgkin's Disease......Lymphoma about 1963. She died on Nov 17 1968 in San Bernardino, California. She was a Registered Nurse. Did not follow or use the profession after graduating from nursing school. She attended the same nursing school as Neomi Ruth Waldron and encouraged her to write to her brother James Jeffrey...that is how they met and then married. She was a Furniture Upholsterer. She was Loved horses.. Eva never married.

She was with her mother the day she died. They had attended a movie together in San Francisco and she died very suddenly after they got home.
child1817 iv. Phillip Palmer WRIGHT was born on May 9 1911 in Pope Valley, Napa Co., California. He died on Dec 27 1931 in Angwin, Napa Co., California.
child+1818 v. Wilbur Franklin "Bill" WRIGHT.
child1819 vi. Barbara Leah WRIGHT was born on Nov 23 1920 in Pope Valley, Napa Co., California. She died on Apr 8 1927 in San Francisco, California. She was killed when she was 6 1/2 years old as she and her mother got off a trolley car and an errant (drunk) driver hit she and her mother. Stella was hospitalized for a while, due to injuries. She was buried in San Fernando, Los Andeles Co., California. Mt. Olive Cemetery with her mother and grandparents. She was 4 months old when her father died. Stella was allowed to keep her.

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