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| Birth: | 1 Dec 1809 in Carthage, Tennessee |
| Death: | 2 Aug 1877 in Paris, Texas |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Claiborne Wright b. 1789 in North Carolina? |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Travis b. About 1780 |
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| Matilda Holman (Wife) b. 6 Mar 1817 in Missouri?
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| Marriage: | 3 FEB 1834 in Little River County, Arkansas |
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 Nancy Jane Wright b. 1834
- Elinor Wrightt b. 1835
- William Travis "Joggles" Wright b. 1837
 Emily Brown Wright b. 12 Apr 1839 in Kiomatia Plantation, Red River, Texas
- James Holman Wright b. Mar 1841
- Mary Eliza "Pig" Wright b. 13 Sep 1847 in Paris, Lamar, Tx.
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| Sarah Jane Mebane (Wife) b. 22 May 1822
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| Marriage: | 13 MAR 1850 in Paris, Lamar, Tx. |
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- Infant Wright b. 1853
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| Sara Ann Wingo (Wife) b. 20 Jun 1824 in Charlotte Court House, Virginia
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| Marriage: | 7 OCT 1860 in Paris, Lamar, Tx. |
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- Henrietta Armon Wright b. 27 Jul 1861 in Lamar County, Texas
- Sarah Elizabeth Wright b. 21 Jun 1863 in Paris, Lamar, Tx.
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Individual:
George Wright came with his family to the Red River in the Fall of 1816. He later purchased a farm in what is now Red River County. In 1839 he purchased 1,000 acres from Larkin Rattan, in what is the middle of current Lamar County.
In 1842 he offered 50 acres for the county seat, in the northeast side of his acreage. Paris was probably named by a worker in his store.
In 1836 he went to participate in the independence effort by former Red River friends who had moved to central Texas. He did not get there in time for San Jacinto and served near Victoria on a frontier watch assignment. While there he was elected as a representative in the RofT Congress. He was elected once more and then in 1846 was chosen as a senator by the Lamar County voters. Thus, he also served as a member of the Annexation Convention in Austin in 1848.
After a failed effort to win a Congressional seat, he was one of three from Lamar County to serve in the Secession Convention of 1861. He was one of only 8 who voted against Secession but later served as Confederate provost marshal in Paris. He died just two weeks before Paris burned to the ground in 1877.
His painting now hangs over the reading area of the Texas Capitol law library.
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