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WRIGHT, Rev. Moses[1]

Male 1892 - 1977  (85 years)


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  • Name WRIGHT, Moses 
    Title Rev. 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 8 Apr 1892  Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Nighclub custodian 
    FSFTID GS8W-166 
    Died 3 Aug 1977  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Aft 3 Aug 1977  Alsip, Worth Township, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Burr Oak Cemetery 
    Person ID I2988  Primary Tree
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2023 

    Father WRIGHT, William,   b. Mar 1865, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Y  [3
    Children 
     1. WRIGHT, Willie Mae
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 
    Family ID F927  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 SMITH, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1901, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. WRIGHT, R.
     2. WRIGHT, M.
     3. WRIGHT, Simeon Brown,   b. 15 Oct 1942, Doddsville, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 2017, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. WRIGHT, T.
     5. WRIGHT, Loretha
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 
    Family ID F926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1105] FamilySearch Family Tree.
      https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GS8W-166

    2. [S2] Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch).

    3. [S166] Mamie Bradley's Untold Story.

    4. [S164] Emmet's Kin Hang On in Miss. To Harvest Crop.

    5. [S165] Moses Wright in Chicago.

    6. [S1495] Simeon Wright oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Chicago, Illinois, 2011 May 23.

    7. [S1496] Simeon Wright, "United States 1950 Census".

    8. [S1497] Simeon Wright, Witness to Abduction of Emmett Till, Dies at 74.