Individual Details
Alfred Hudson Wright
(16 Aug 1895 - 24 Sep 1954)
World War I Draft Registration
5 Jun 1918
Alfred Hutson Wirght, age 21, lived Rt. 8, Clanton, b. 16 Aug 1896. Employer was Mr. A. Kilgore. Mr. John H. Wright his nearest relative. Signed with his mark.
Tall, slender, gray eyes, black hair
US Army Transport Service
Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, New Jersey
Karoa, Sailing 6 Oct 1918 from Brooklyn, NY
Company G, 152nd Infantry, 38th Division
Alfred H. Wright, pvt. Father, John H. Wright, Billingsley, AL - marked out - Transferred Camp Mills, NY
Alfred H. Wright, age 31, was married to Bessie Green, age 18, 29 Jul 1927, Billingsley, Autuaga, AL
In 1930 Alfred H. Wright was living in Prec 15, Chilton Co, AL, Hh 158.
Alfred was age 33, married at 30. Bessie, wife, was 19, married at 17
William H., son, age 2 years, 9 months
Natalee Green, mother-in-law, was 59, widowed
In 1940 - Bessie Wright, head of household, widowed (likely divorced - women seldom owned up to divorce in this period) - her mother still living with her and two sons - William Hudson, age 12, and James Thomas, age 5.
1950 Census. Chickasaw, Mobile Co, AL, Hh 565
14 Grand Street
W. Hudson Wright, 22, Pressman, Bag Mill
Bessie O., mother, 39, widow
Clifton F. Hunter, Cousin, 21, Cabinet Makers Helper; Furniture manufacturer and wholesaler
1959 Mobile, AL City Directory
Wright, Bessie O. (wid Alford), residence: 7 Sutherland Drive
From Register of the U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Johnson City, Tennessee, is the following:
#26433. Alfred H. Wright, served in Co M, 12th Inf, Discharged 30 Sep 1919. When admitted to the Home he had defective vision, chronic tonsillitis and atrophy of the left testicle.
Born in Alabama, age 35, Protestant. Single. Nearest relative was Aunt Marika Bryant of Rt. 2, Clanton, AL (she must have been related on his mother's side of the family)
Admitted ? Br. (presumably branch of the home) on 31 Dec 1930, Discharged 10 Apr 1931
ReAdm. Mt. Br. (Mountain Branch was the home in Johnson City) 18 Aug 1931
Death record gives father as John H. Wright, mother as Frances Haywood.
Alfred has a military grave marker. The application on Ancestry has that he enlisted 8 Aug 1918, was discharged 30 Sep 1919. He served as a private in Company M, 12th Infantry, 8th Division.
On 1 Oct 1954, Mrs. Alfred H. Wright, 215 Riverside Drive, Montgomery, applied for the marker to be placed in Shiloh Cemetery. Cecil V. Rainwater of Alexander City would place the stone in the cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 16 Aug 1895 | Alabama | |||
| Death | 24 Sep 1954 | Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama | |||
| Burial | Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Chilton County, Alabama |
Families
| Father | John Henry Wright (1858 - 1929) |
| Mother | Frances Haywood (1857 - 1896) |
| Sibling | William H. Wright (1882 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Mollie Bee Wright (1885 - 1954) |
| Sibling | James Thomas Wright (1888 - ) |
| Sibling | Annie B. Wright (1891 - ) |
| Sibling | Andrew Jackson Wright (1893 - 1962) |