LARKIN WRIGHT FAMILY PAPERS
M89-14
The Larkin Wright Family Papers consist of personal correspondence between Wright family members and friends and business papers. Originally from Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Larkin Wright moved most of his family to Rosebud, Arkansas, in White County, about the time of the Civil War. His son C. P. Wright stayed behind in Pittsylvania County. Though Larkin Wright probably made his living as a farmer, he also had an interest in prospecting minerals.
The papers suggest that Martha Wright Brewer and James Robert Wright were the children of Larkin Wright and much of the correspondence centers on these two siblings. The papers provide an interesting look at student life at Quitman College, a Baptist institution at Quitman, Cleburne County.
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Arrangement
This collection is arranged chronologically in three file folders.
Tracings
Civil War
Cities & Towns ‑ Quitman
Colleges & Universities ‑ Quitman College
Counties ‑ White County
Counties ‑ Cleburne County
Mines & Mining
Box 1
File 1 ‑ Correspondence, 1861‑1893
File 2 ‑ Correspondence, 1894‑1937 and undated
File 3 ‑ Records and Documents, 1817‑1926 and undated
END OF BOX 1
END OF COLLECTION
Persons Mentioned in Larkin Wright Family Papers
Larking Wright ‑ Patriarch of Wright family. Rosebud, White County, Arkansas
C. P. Wright ‑ Son of Larkin Wright Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Martha Wright Brewer ‑ Daughter of Larkin Wright, sister of James Robert Wright. Shiloh, Cleburne County, Arkansas
James Robert Wright ‑ Son of Larkin Wright, brother of Martha Wright Brewer. Eglantine, Van Buren County, Arkansas
W. T. Bromley ‑ Cousin of Martha and James Wright Quitman, Arkansas
Tom Brewer ‑ Son of Martha Wright Brewer
Nancy L. Bromley ‑ Sister of Mrs. K. L. Brewer
Mrs. K. L. Brewer possibly Martha Wright Brewer
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