All of the photographs on this page sent in by Janet Donner

Related families are Wright, Pogue, Powell, Harbaugh.

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FAMILY OF SAMUEL AND ANGIE WRIGHT, c. 1897



Front row: Minnie, James, and Edward
Second row: Samuel, Fern, Homer, Samuel Jr, Angeline
Top row: Addah, Walter, and Carrie, (the submitter's great grandmother)

Samuel Jr. died.....




FOUR GENERATIONS OF WRIGHTS



Counterclockwise from the left: (1) James M. Wright, (2) his grandson Walter, (3) Samuel W. Wright, Walter's father and son of james M., and (4) Walter's baby Linder.

Samuel was a senator from Illinois.

Linder was born in November 1902, so this photo was probably taken in 1903.



FIVE GENERATIONS OF WRIGHTS


Counterclockwise, from lower left: Mildred (Dazy) Wright; her son, Senator Samuel W. Wright; Samuel Wright's daughter, Carrie (Wright) Ray; Carrie Ray's son, Truman Ray holding his son, Willard Ray Sr.
This picture was taken in 1913.



FAMILY OF SAMUEL AND ANGIE WRIGHT, c. 1920



Front row: Samuel Wright and wife Angeline (Powell) Wright
Second row: Fern, Carrie, Addah and Minnie
Back row: Walter, James, Edward and Homer




SAMUEL and ANGIE WRIGHT

Samuel and Angie are on the left.

Both of these photos were taken on the front porch of Samuel and Angie's Sullivan home.



ANGIE (POWELL) WRIGHT






EDWARD EARL WRIGHT



Edward Earl Wright, son of Samuel & Angie (Powell) Wright, and brother of Walter (above). This may be his high school graduation picture.



THREE GENERATIONS OF WRIGHTS



Edward Wright, center, holding infant Harold. His father, Samuel, is on the right, and son Kinsman is in front.



ADDAH O. WRIGHT



Addah O. Wright, daughter of of Samuel & Angie (Powell) Wright, and sister of Walter and Edward (above).



MINNIE MARY WRIGHT



Minnie Mary Wright, another daughter of of Samuel & Angie Wright, is on the right; on the left is Cora Gauger.

Minnie married Tom Finley on 11 July 1911.



CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND ANGIE WRIGHT, 1940's



First row: Carrie, Edward, and Addah
Second row: Homer, Fern, Walter, Minnie and James

Addah was the first to die, in 1946. The rest survived into the 1950's



EDNA PURL RAY



Edna Purl Ray, daughter of of Carrie (Wright) Ray, and granddaughter of Samuel Wright (above).



CASSIUS M. POWELL



Cassius M. (Cash) Powell, son of John and Sarah (Harbaugh) Powell.

He was born 11 Oct 1860 and died 4 Jan 1942.



ANNA (POGUE) POWELL (in youth)



Anna (Pogue) Powell, wife of Cassius M. Powell.

She was born 18 Aug 1860, married Cash on 16 Oct 1883, and died in Mar 1932.

Cash and Anna are buried in Greenhill cemetery



ANNA (POGUE)POWELL (in later life)



A later photo of Anna Pogue Powell.

PEARL POWELL

       

Pearl Powell, Daughter of Cassius M. and Anna Powell. She was born in Feb 1886.
Left, about 1889; right, about 1896

PEARL POWELL, GRADUATION PHOTOGRAPH

Pearl was a school teacher kin both Sullivan and Decatur. At the time of her father's death, she taught at Roosevelt Junior High School.



Sullivan High School class of 1893



In the back row, second from the right is Ella Lowe Harbaugh, a teacher. Fourth from the right is Adda (Wright) Whitfield. William Whitfield, her husband, (fifth from the right, in profile) is behind her.



Nancy Monroe Family, late 1890's



In the back row, second from the right is Ella Lowe Harbaugh, a teacher. Fourth from the right is Adda (Wright) Whitfield. William Whitfield, her husband, (fifth from the right, in profile) is behind her.