Individual Details

5 Jun 1918 World War I Draft Registration
Joel Martin Wright of Rt. 1, Clanton, AL was age 21, b. March 12, 1897 in Coosa Co, AL. Nearest relative is father, J. W. Wright who is also his employer. Brown eyes, black hair.

Alabama Military Card Files, 1917-1918; Chilton County
8 Aug 1918. Men entrained for Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, MS
includes Joel Martin Wright, Farmer.

US Army Transport Lists
Empress of Britain, Departing from New York, 6 Oct 1918. Battery D, 137th Field Artillery, 28th Division
Includes Joel M. Wright, Pvt. Notify Mrs. Emma Wright, Mother, in case of emergency, at RFD 1, Box 105, Clanton, AL.

Alabama Death Records: Joel M Wright died 17 May 1932 in Sylacauga, Talladega Co, AL. He was 35 years old and married to Icie Bell Maherg Wright. Parents listed as J. S. Wright and Emma Bone.

Birth	12 Mar 1896	Alabama
Death	17 May 1932	Sylacauga, Talledega County, Alabama
Burial		Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Chilton County, Alabama

Father	James Shadrick Wright (1855 - 1936)
Mother	Emma Bone (1867 - 1936)
Sibling	William Jackson "Jack" Wright (1885 - 1964)
Sibling	Willis J. Wright (1888 - )
Sibling	Floyd Lushon Wright (1889 - 1935)
Sibling	Luther Marshall Wright (1892 - 1968)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Bettie" Wright (1894 - 1972)
Sibling	Nettie Georgietta Wright (1899 - 1973)
Sibling	Thomas J. Wright (1901 - 1974)
Sibling	Bartow Winfield Wright (1904 - 1941)