Lillie Ross Deese was my 1st Cousin twice removed. She was borne 11 May 1892, a daughter of Zechariah Taylor Deese and Clara W. Gathings. Lillie Ross was their first borne. The family would continue to grow over the next nine years with the addition of 4 more children giving Lillie two brothers and two sisters.
Her father Zachariah was a farmer, and they lived in the Morven and Lilesville communities.
Lillie, age 20, married Daniel Robert Wright, Sr. on 21 November 1912 in Anson County, North Carolina. Daniel Robert Wright, Sr. was borne 9 December 1890. His patents are unknown; he is first listed as a 9-year-old Boarder in the N. B. [Nelson B.] Harrington household, Wadesboro, Anson County, NC in 1900. The Richmond County Death Index shows Daniel Robert Wright father’s to be Jim Wright. Lillie Ross and Daniel Robert Wright would raise a family of 9 children with one of those nine dying young at age 1.
Daniel Robert Wright and Lillie Ross Deese had the following children:
i. Georgia Lillie Wright, born 23 Aug 1913, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina; married Thomas Dargin Gilliam; died 1 Jan 1991, Richmond, North Carolina.
ii. Lorenia Wright was born on 5 Mar 1915 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina. She died on 23 Jan 2000 at the age of 84 in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina.
iii. Heywood Wright was born about Mar 1918 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina. He died on 20 Aug 1936 at the age of 18 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
iv. Ishmel Thomas Wright was born on 1 Feb 1919 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina. He died on 28 Dec 2003 at the age of 84 in Richmond County, North Carolina. He served in the military.
v. Daniel Robert Wright Jr., born 12 Jan 1921, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolinas; married Ella Florence Gilliam; died 7 Feb 1951, Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina.
vi. Samuel Jackson Wright was born on 13 Feb 1923 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina. He died on 17 Apr 1924 at the age of 1 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina.
vii. Kenneth Mendal Wright was born on 17 Mar 1925 in Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina. He died on 31 Mar 2000 at the age of 75 in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina.
viii. Bernice Vivian Wright, born 9 Sep 1927, Lilesville, Anson, North Carolina; married Walter Benford Garrison; married James Gilliam Jr,; died 5 Jul 2012, Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina.
ix. Betty Jean Wright was born on 16 Sep 1932 in Anson County, North Carolina. She died on 15 May 1993 at the age of 60 in Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina.
Daniel Robert Wright Jr. died Apr. 24, 1979 in Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina.
Lillie Ross (Deese) Wright died at the age of 90 on 24 December 1982.
Mrs. Lillie Ross Wright ROCKINGHAM - Mrs. Lillie Ross Wright, 90, homemaker, died Friday. Funeral is 2 p.m. Sunday at Cordova Baptist Church. Survivors are sons, Ishmal Wright, Kenneth Wright; daughters, Betty Jean Carpenter of Wadesboro, Mrs. Georgia Gilliam, Mrs. Lorenia Richardson, Mrs. Vivian Gilliam; sister, Mrs. Martha Atkinson of Troy. Marks is in charge.
Lillie Ross Deese was my 1st Cousin twice removed
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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 15 December 2015); Memorial page for Lillie Ross Deese Wright; (11 May 1892–24 December 1982); Find a Grave memorial # 62535286, Citing Zion Methodist Cemetery; Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA.
2. 1900 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0008, Page: 4A/152(stamped); Line 20, Dwelling #50, Family #50, Household of Zachariah DEES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 15 July 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.
3. 1910 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0009, Page: 4B/115B & 116 (stamped); Line 99, Dwelling 62, Family 62, Household of Zack DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 15 July 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1096.
4. 1920 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0010, Page 11B/147(stamped), Line 98, Dwelling #209, Family #211, Household of Daniel WRIGHT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 15 July 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Series: T625, Roll: 1283.
5. 1930 U. S. Census, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0012, Page 8B/261(stamped); Line 84, Dwelling #185, Family #185, Household of D. R. WRIGHT; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: viewed 15 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_Roll: 1672.
6. 1940 U. S. Census, Richmond County, North Carolina, population schedule, North-West and South Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 77-27, Page: 13B/145(stamped); Line 48, Household #210, Household of Daniel WRIGHT; digital images, 1940 CENSUS (http://1940census.archives.gov: viewed 15 July 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2963.
7. State of North Carolina, death (24 December 1982), Lillie Ross [Deese] Wright; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Lillie Ross Deese Wright (11 May 1892–24 December 1982), Memorial # 62535286.
9. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index." Database, Ancestry,
(http://www.ancestry.com:
11. State of North Carolina, death, (24 April 1979), Daniel Robert Wright.
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