Judith Alice Simco and Robert Austin Wright



Judith Alice Simco was my 1st cousin 3 times removed, a daughter of my 2nd great granduncle, Reuben Brooks Simco and Sarah Cowherd Hill.

Judith Alice Simco was born October 20, 1855 in Callaway Co., Missouri. She married Robert Austin Wright, b: Feb. 19, 1847 in Missouri. He was a son of Thomas Austin Wright and Mary Jane Houchins.

Robert Austin Wright and Judith Alice Simco had 8 children:

  1. Ada Betsy Wright b: Sept. 5, 1878, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec. 12, 1958, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Mt. Carmel cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Married Feb. 18, 1903, Callaway Co., Missouri, John Randolph Ebersole Jr., b: Dec. 15, 1877, New Bloomfield, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 23, 1953, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Jacob Randolph Ebersole and Angeline Mirts.
      • Children:
      • Dixie Ebersole, b: abt. 1906, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Ralph E. Reynolds
      • Austin Randolph Ebersole, b: Feb. 14, 1909, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 1986, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Dec. 15, 1934, Mexico, Audrain Co., Missouri, Allie Ethel Owen, b: Dec. 21, 1911, Miles City, Custer, Montana, d: Apr. 24, 1999, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of John S. Owen and Ella Custard.
          • Children: Two living.
      • Mary Alice Ebersole, b: Sept. 10, 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: May 18, 1996, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Billy Williamson Dunavant, b: Nov. 18, 1910, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 28, 1999, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Edmund Womack Dunavant and Nuell H. Smith.
          • Children: Two living.
      • Angie Ebersole, b: Mar. 2, 1916, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Oct. 25, 1986, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Albert Harold "Mack" Lee, b: May 21, 1915, d: Apr. 17, 1985, buried Hillcrest cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
  2. Alma Maude Wright b: Feb 1880, Callaway Co. Missouri.
    • Married, Apr. 8, 1908, Callaway Co., Missouri, Collier Sanders.
  3. Pricci J. Wright b: Dec 29, 1882, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jan. 29, 1966, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Married, Jan 3, 1912 in Callaway Co. Missouri, Grant M. Maddox, b: Jan. 24, 1873, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 6, 1952, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of William M. Maddox and Mildred B. Jones.
      • Children:
      • Ray Moore Maddox, b: Mar. 2, 1914, near Calwood, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 25, 1988, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Aug. 18, 1950, Callaway Co., Missouri, Myra Books, b: Jul. 29, 1912, Calwood, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 8, 1971, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Herman Edward Books and Nora Frances Pugh and was my 3rd cousin once removed.
          • Children: Three, Living
      • Wiley Milton Maddox, b: Oct. 6, 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 18, 1989, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Two additional children, possibly Living.
  4. Grover C. Wright b: Aug 1884, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: 1977, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Married, Sept 26, 1906, Callaway Co. Missouri, Alma E. Hardin, b: 1889, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1972, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Noah Wilfred Hardin and Anne E. Gilbert and was my 3rd cousin twice removed.
      • Children:
      • Harold Hardin Wright, b: 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1996, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Viva Ruth Freeman, b: Aug. 13, 1913, d: Jan. 6, 2006, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of John Cleveland & Claudia Mae Freeman.
          • Children: One, Living.
  5. Leona Merle Wright b: Feb 13m 1887, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Sep. 24, 1967, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Married, Aug 15, 1906, Callaway Co. Missouri, Barton McAninch Acree, b: Mar. 21, 1880, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Mar. 29, 1944, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Children:
      • Gordon Wright Acree, b: July 4, 1907, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1972, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Apr. 8, 1930, Callaway Co., Missouri, Nellie Blanche Corvey, b: July 5, 1906, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 2006, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of Edward A. Corvey and Alice Litrell.
          • Children: One Living
      • Gladys Ruth Acree, b: abt. 1910, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • George R. Acree, b: 1911, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1969, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Dorothy G. unknown, b: 1911, d: 1979, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Grover Barton Acree, b: Jul. 2, 1914, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jun. 25, 1977, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Mary Virginia unknown.
  6. Eula Belle Wright b: Aug 27, 1889, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jun. 26, 1952, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouriburied Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Married Feb 15, 1911, Callaway Co. Missouri, Challey Hester Houchins, b: Aug. 1889, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1973, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of James Edward Houchins and Sallie A. Stultz and was my 3rd cousin once removed.
      • Children:
      • Daniel Edward Houchins, b: July 31, 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 25, 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
      • Margaret Fern Houchins, b: Dec. 28, 1919, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Sept. 5, 2007, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. She never married.
      • Donald D. Houchins, b: abt. 1926, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: before 2007.
        • Married, Living
  7. Ruby Pearl Wright b: Aug. 19, 1895, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Jun. 17, 1936, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
    • Married Feb 11, 1914, Callaway Co. Missouri, Cecil Floral Thomasson, b: Jun. 20, 1894, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: 1918, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Robert W. Thomasson and Sarah I. S. Steele, and was my 2nd cousin 3 times removed.
      • Children:
      • Ralph Lee Thomasson, b: 1915, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 20, 1993, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, 1937, Nadine Davis, b: Nov. 26, 1912, Readsville, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Feb. 19, 2000, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. She was a daughter of J. Ed Davis and Winifred Perkinson.
          • Children: Two, Living
      • Pauline T. Thomasson, b: June 1, 1917, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 2, 1979, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
        • Married, Roy Rusk Carrington, b: Oct. 5, 1914, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Apr. 7, 2008, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Orvis Alexander Carrington and Erna Lucy White, and was my 3rd cousin once removed.
          • Children: One, Living
  8. Susie J. Wright b: July 1897, Callaway Co. Missouri


Robert Austin Wright died May 26, 1932, in Calwood, Callaway Co., Missouri, and is buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.

Judith Alice Simco Wright died July 13, 1936, in Calwood, Callaway Co. Missouri, and is buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.


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