Individual Details

Ellen Bradley

(1 Aug 1876 - 9 Oct 1947)



Ellen's FindAGrave Memorial has her as Ellen Bullard, not Bradley. She is buried as Ellen W. Abbott so must have married again after the death of John Wright. Her grave is at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Chilton Co, AL. Her obituary made clear the family relationships, naming a brother as H. R. BRADLEY and a half-brother as J. F. BULLARD. So she was born Ellen Bradley.

1940 Census. Stanton, Chilton Co, AL, Hh 177
Listed as a Lodger in the home of William J. Green & wife Roxie
Ellen Abbott, Lodger, 64, widowed, b. AL

Son Lonnie's World War II Draft Registration lists his mother as Fannie Ellen Abbott.

Alabama death record states parents as Mr. Bullard and Mary Ann Richards. The Alabama marriage index on Ancestry gives their names as J. H. Wright and Ellin Bradley.

The Prattville Progress, Prattville, AL, 16 Oct 1947, Thursday, p.7
Died Thursday
Mrs. Ellen Wright Abbott, 71, died in the local hospital Thursday morning of last week following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Friday at Shiloh Church in Chilton County, with Spigener in charge.
The deceased was born and raised in Coosa County, moving to Chilton County after her marriage. Following the death of her husband she moved to White City, residing with her daughter, Mrs. Charles Green.
Surviving the deceased in addition to her daughter are a son, Lonnie G. Wright, Columbus, GA; five step-children, Willie Wright, Verbena; Molle Durden, Birmingham; Tommie Wright, Montgomery; Alfred & Jack Wright, Prattville; a brother, H. R. Bradley, Clanton; a sister, Dolly Hwkins, Birmingham, and a hlaf brother, J. F. Bullard, Verbena

Events

Birth1 Aug 1876Alabama
Marriage23 Jul 1899Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama - John Henry Wright
Death9 Oct 1947Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama

Families

SpouseJohn Henry Wright (1858 - 1929)
ChildMettie Lee Wright (1903 - 1972)
ChildLonnie Grover Wright (1905 - 1979)