Jane was born 24 Jun 1826, the oldest child of Rev. Thomas B. Greer, a Primitive Baptist minister, and Ursula Webb. Her family arrived in Monroe Co., MO, from Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA in 1840, joining a large group of family and friends who had made the journey two years earlier in a large wagon train. By the next year, 1841, Jane's father was the pastor of the Middle Fork Baptist Church in Paris, located on the banks of the Salt River, a position he held until his death four years later in 1845.

Jane died 21 Jun 1866, three weeks after giving birth to her eleventh child, a little boy they named John. She was just shy of her 42nd birthday. Baby John would also die two months later. Jane's obituary states that she was buried with her father in the Webb cemetery.

Ursula Jane Greer Wright's obituary – dated 21 Jun 1866

Departed this life, at her residence in Monroe county, Mo, Mrs. Jane W. Wright, wife of Walker Wright, three days before she completed her 42nd year. She was born in Franklin county, Va, June 24th, 1824, and moved to Missouri with her father, Rev. Thos. B. Greer, in the spring of 1840 – married August 8th, 1842. She was for 23 years the best of wives, and long the noblest of mothers. I cannot describe her devotion to her family, especially to her husband. She leaves to mourn her departure a devoted husband, six sons and five daughters, (one an infant but a few days old,) and a very large circle of relatives, warm friends and neighbors. But we mourn not as those who mourn without hope, for she died trusting in the Lord. Such considerations should be a solace to the beloved friends she has left behind. May God in her mercy grant comfort to all the afflicted, and may the influence of her death be sanctified to the spiritual good of her bereaved husband and children, that they may seek to become christians and their last moments be like her's – calm and peaceful. Her remains were placed by the side of her dear old father's, in the Baptist grave yard on the farm of Bird S. Webb.

"Tis finish'd! the conflict is past,
The heaven-born spirit is fled!
Her wish is accomplished at last,
And now she's entomb'd with the dead.
The days of affliction are o'er,
The days and nights of distress;
We see her in anguish no more,
She's gained her happy release."
A FRIEND

Children:

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1. Rev. Thomas S. Wright, b. 8 Dec 1843, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; m.c. 1873 to Evaline Wallis [b. 21 Apr 1853, MO; d. 12 Jun 1915, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; daughter of William Anderson Wallace and his wife Artemesia Frances Turner]; he d. 29 Mar 1912, Moberly, Randolph Co., MO; buried Pleasant View cemetery, Cairo, Randolph Co., MO. He was a teacher and Baptist preacher.

Thomas was a Baptist minister. In 1900 he lived next door to his father and stepmother:

1900 census, Monroe Co., MO, Marion Twp., p. 111
Thomas S. Wright, b. Dec 1843, VA , married 27 yrs, born MO VA VA, farmer
Evaline, b. Apr 1853, MO NC KY; 0 chdn: 0 living

1910 census, Monroe Co., MO, Marion Twp., p. 22
Thomas S. Wright, 66, married 39 yrs, MO VA VA
Evaline R., 57, 0 chdn, MO NC KY

Thomas and Evaline had no children, but when Evaline's sister Laura Araminta Wallace died in 1874, they took in and raised her eldest child, Iola "Ola" Lillian White.

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2. Robert Henry Wright, b. 25 Oct 1845, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; m. 16 Aug 1871, Independence, Jackson Co., MO to Susan Frances Smith [b. 26 May 26 1847, Boyle Co., KY; d. 12 Jan 1932, Lees Summit, Jackson Co., MO; daughter of Wedon and Alpha (Yager) Smith]; d. 13 Jan 1921, Lees Summit, Jackson Co., MO; buried Lee's Summit, Jackson Co., MO.

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3. James Larkin Wright, b. 22 Aug 1847, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; m. 21 Nov 1872, Monroe Co., MO, to Emma F. McNutt [b. Apr 1851, MO; daughter of Dr Elisha George Baxter McNutt and Lucy Jane Holmes McNutt]; he d. 24 Mar 1939, Moberly, Randolph Co., MO, age 91; buried Walnut Grove cemetery, Paris, MO. Residence at time of death was Paris, Monroe Co., MO.

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4. Mary Frances Wright, b. 30 Sep 1849, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; never married; d. 21 Oct 1870, Cairo, Randolph Co., MO, age 21; buried Pleasant View cemetery.

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5. Ursula L. Wright, b. 20 Dec 1851, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; never married; d. 26 May 1890, Cairo, Randolph Co., MO, age 40; buried Pleasant View cemetery.

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6. Maria Ann Wright, b. 18 Mar 1854, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; m. 14 Oct 1878, to Alexander Bennett [b. 10 Dec 1855; d. 12 Dec 1927, Randolph Co., MO; son of Richard Bennett and Mariah Ridgeway]; she d. 11 Jan 1938, Moberly, Randolph Co., MO, age 83; buried Oakland Cemetery.

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7. Walker Wright Jr., b. 1 Feb 1856, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; m. 27 Dec 1881 to Miss Rosena L. Bennett [b. 13 Feb 1860; d. 22 Mar 1907, daughter of John S. Bennett]; he d. 12 Nov 1930, Duncan's Bridge, Monroe Co., MO; buried Pleasant View Church Cemetery.

He was a pharmacist.

Biography from the Goodspeed 1884 History of Monroe County,
Woodlawn Township:
"WALKER WRIGHT, JR.
(Dealer in Drugs, Medicines, etc., Duncan's Bridge). Mr. Wright, an enterprising and popular young business man of this place, is a native Missourian, born in Monroe county, February 1, 1856. His parents, Walker and Jane (Grear) Wright, were originally from Virginia, and came here in an early day. Young Wright was reared on the farm in this county and had good school advantages. He completed his education at the State Normal school in Kirksville. He carries a neat stock of fresh and well selected drugs and has made a special study of pharmacy, so that he is a successful and capable druggist. December 27, 1881, Mr. Wright was married to Miss Rosena Bennett, a daughter of John S. Bennett, of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have no children. He is a member of the A.F. and A.M. and of the I.O.O.F. He is a young man of popular manners, and is rapidly coming to the front not only as a business man, but as a public-spirited and influential citizen."

1910 Monroe Co., MO, Woodlawn Twp., p. 106
Walker Wright, 54, MO VA VA
Curtis V., 24, MO MO MO
Kittie Levick, 48, widowed sister, MO VA VA

1920 Monroe Co., MO, Woodlawn Twp., p. 175
Walker Wright, 64, MO VA VA
Curtis, 34, MO MO MO

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8. Mattie Lee Wright, b. 9 Nov 1858, Cairo, Randolph Co., MO; m. 9 Mar 1886 to Charley R. Edwards [b.23 Mar 1858, Newton, Hamilton Co., OH; d. 21 Feb 1945, Milan, MO]; she d. 2 Jul 1895, MO, age 36; buried Pleasant View Church Cemetery.

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9. Kittie Betty Wright, b. 29 Apr 1861, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; m. 1st after 1880 to Fred Levick [d. by 1900]; m. 2nd 1910-1920 to Frank J. Newton [20 Jan 1860, MO; d. 19 Sep 1949, Fulton, Callaway Co., MO]; she d. 10 Feb 1938, Cairo, Randolph Co., MO, age 76; buried Pleasant View Cemetery.

1900 Monroe Co., MO, Woodlawn Twp., p. 203
Walker Wright, b. Feb 1866, m'd 18 yrs., MO VA VA
Roena, b. Feb 1870, MO MO MO
Curtis, b. Dec 1886, MO
Kittie B. Levick, b. Apr 1861, widowed, MO

1910 Monroe Co., MO, Woodlawn Twp., p. 106
Walker Wright, 54, MO VA VA
Curtis V., 24, MO MO MO
Kittie Levick, 48, widowed sister, MO VA VA

1920 Randolph Co., MO, Cairo, p. 9
Frank J. Newton, 59, MO VA KY
Kitty, 58, MO VA VA
Rolla M., 30 MO MO MO

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10. William Walker Wright, b. 21 Dec 1863, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; m.c. 1895 to Mary O. _______ [d. by 1910]; m. 2nd 1910-1920 to Mary M. Taines [b. 1865 MO]; he d. 13 Dec 1954, Cairo, Randolph Co., MO; buried Bethel Cemetery, Holliday, Monroe Co., MO.

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11. John Milton Wright, b. 10 Jun 1866, Paris, Monroe Co., MO; never married; d. 21 Sep 1866, Paris, Monroe Co., MO, age 3 months. His mother died when he was three weeks old. Buried Pleasant View cemetery.

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