Augustus Romaldus Wright
Born: June 16, 1813
Birthplace: Wrightsboro, Georgia
Father: William Ambrose Wright 1783 – 1843
Mother: Mary Williams McCall 1783 – 1877
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
1st Wife: Elizabeth Rebecca Richardson 1819 – 1845
(Buried: Cave Spring Cemetery, Cave Spring, Georgia)
2nd Wife: Adaline Elizabeth Allman 1828 – 1922
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Children:
Mary Ann Wright Shropshire 1836 – 1916
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
William Augustus Wright 1837 – 1903
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Alexander Hamilton Wright 1843 – 1919
(Buried: New Armuchee Cemetery, Armuchee, Georgia)
Charles Edward Wright 1844 – 1919
(Buried: Pleasant Valley North Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Allman Romaldus Wright 1848 – 1922
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Thomas S. Wright 1850 – 1866
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Anna Wright Graham 1851 – 1875
(Buried: Graham Cemetery, Pinewood, Tennessee)
Paul David Wright 1853 – 1927
(Buried: Citizens Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Seaborn Wright Sr. 1857 – 1933
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Robert Toombs Wright Sr. 1859 – 1938
(Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Frances Ava Wright King 1862 – 1927
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Judge Moses Rochester Wright II 1866 – 1925
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Francis Carlton Wright 1868 – 1916
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Adaline Allman Wright Jackson 1874 – 1966
(Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
Attended Franklin College
Attended Litchfield Law School
Occupation before War:
1835 – 1836: Attorney in Crawfordville, Georgia
1836 – 1842: Attorney in Cassville, Georgia
1842 – 1849: Judge of Cherokee Circuit Superior Court
1849 – 1855: Attorney in Cassville, Georgia
1855 – 1857: Attorney in Rome, Georgia
1857 – 1859: United States Congressman from Georgia
1857 – 1859: Member of House District of Columbia Committee
1859 – 1861: Attorney in Rome, Georgia
Civil War Career:
1861: Opposition Delegate to Georgia State Secession Convention
1861: Signer of the Georgia State Ordnance of Secession
1861 – 1862: Georgia Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment
1862: Resigned as Colonel in the Confederate Army on February 14th
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from Georgia
At First, he was known as Strong Confederate Nationalist
Advocate for Bill to let the President bypass state governors and call directly into service for special duty as many as 100,000 volunteers.
1862 – 1863: Against most of the emergency legislation presented
Leader and Guardian of Personal and Property rights.
1862 – 1864: Chairman of House Medical Department Committee
1862 – 1864: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee
1862 – 1863: Member of House Pay and Mileage Committee
1862 – 1864: Member Congress Joint Printing Committee
1864: Proposed resolution asking to open peace negotiations
1864: Arrested by Union Army and sent to Washington, D.C.
Refused appointment from Lincoln as Provisional Governor of Georgia
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1891: Attorney in Rome, Georgia
1877: Member of Georgia State Constitutional Convention
Died: March 31, 1891
Place of Death: Glenwood Plantation, Rome, Georgia
Cause of Death: Apoplexy
Age at time of Death: 77 years old
Burial Place: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Georgia
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