Event details: Imported directly from the current TNG person record.
25 May 1882Birth TNG recordUnverified
1966Newspaper TNG recordUnverified
Place: Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
Event details: According to the Davidson Co., NC Hege, Story #1248 “...Arthur was the son of Thomas Jefferson and Delilah (Hedrick) Wright of Cid. Ida’s family lived on Wright Road. Arthur and Ida made their home in Winston Salem near their first jobs at R.J. Reynolds. They soon longed for life back on the farm and moved to land adjoining Thomas Wright. They had learned the ways of farming from early childhood experiences. To supplement income from the family farm, Arthur went to work as a section-hand on the new railroad and worked in the Emmons Mine. About
1920, he began growing tobacco as a money crop to bring in additional revenues for his family. By the late 1930's, Arthur abandoned the farming of tobacco and began a dairy farm. He kept his dairy farm until his death in 1966. Their children Margie and Luther remained on the homeplace after their parents’ passed away and kept up the family farm on Cid Road.
19 Jul 1966Death TNG recordUnverified
Event details: Imported directly from the current TNG person record.