Newton County GaArchives Photo place.....Wright Home,  Covington, GA abt. 1910 January 1 1910
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About 1900.  Home is that of Robert "Franklin" Wright (1821-1919) and wife 
Salina Frances Robinson (1831-1905), called "The Cedars".  Home later known 
as "Whitehall" on Monticello St. Names of those pictured come from THE GLORY 
OF COVINGTON by William Bailey Williford, page 151.  They are children of 
Franklin Wright: Boykin Robinson Wright (1852-1932) who lived in Augusta and 
served as Atty. General of GA and in GA General Assy., Sara Jane 
Kessiah "Jeannie" Wright Weldon who married of Frank W. Weldon in this home in 
1894, and Robert Franklin Wright, Jr. (1850-1926) who taught school in 
Elberton and served as Asst. Commissioner of Agriculture for Georgia.   

Additional Comments:
Franklin Wright brother of my GG Grandfather Christopher Columbus Wright (1812-
1891).  In 1870 census, these 2 brothers living in Oxford with combined 23 
males students from Oxford College living in their homes, including 8 of their 
children.  

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