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'''Samuel Houston Wright''' (1836/7 - 1865)

Samuel was born abt 1836 in Tennessee possibly Lincoln County, the son of William B Wright (1800-49) by his wife Mary L W Marshall (1801-).

Samuel died Apr 24, 1865 per an email from Wanda Diomedes.

==Primary documentation==
*1850 Federal Census Family 964, Subdivision No 1, Lincoln County, Tennessee
*1860 Federal Census pg 127, sheet 123, Lincoln County, Tennessee

==Secondary sources==
*Submitted by James McDanley Mar 12, 2007 [http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frank.htm#W "Capt Peter Turney's Company K. &mdash; Wright, Samuel H.] Pvt. Residence Boons Hill. Enr. 29 Apr 61 at Boons Hill, Lincoln Co., aged 24; wounded at Gettysburg, PA, 3 July 63 with gunshot wound to forehead and captured; exchanged and admitted 20 Aug 63 to Confed States Hosp, Petersburg, VA; retired 12 Sept 64 and placed on Invalid Corps.