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Consider this:
If you are now 16 and the result of a long line of teen-aged lovers,
You were born 16 years ago, in 1991;
Your father was born 16 years before that, in 1975;
Your grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1959;
Your great grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1943.
If you are now 80 and the result of a long line of men who had a child by their second wife when they were 60,
You were born 80 years ago, in 1927;
Your father was born 60 years before that, in 1867;
Your grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1807;
Your great grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1747.
Your Great-Grandfather born in 1943 could have been a 26-year old soldier in Viet Nam in 1969. When he got home in 1970 he might have gone to a disco in a powder-blue double-knit polyester leisure suit.
Your Great-Grandfather born in 1747 could have been a 29-year old soldier serving under George Washington in the American Revolution in 1776. When he got home in 1781, he might have danced a reel in a pair of silk knee breeches and shoes with silver buckles.
Both examples are extreme, both are physically possible, both show why a birth year or even a birth decade help more than the phrase "my (great) grandfather".
I found a little.
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1930; Census Place: District 6, Macon, Tennessee; Roll: 2263; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 703.0.
George W Wright 58
Altha Wright 48
Ollie D Wright 20
Sedrie Wright 18
Ralph Wright 14
Raymond Wright 12
Allene Wright 10
Clarence Wright 8
Clifford Wright 6
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1920;Census Place: Civil District 10, Macon, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1754; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 100.
George W Wright 51, Tn, Tn, Tn
Alta Wright 36, Tn, Tn, Tn
Mary Wright 16 Tn
Creola Wright 13 Tn
Last Wright 11 Tn
Fedrick Wright 9 KY
Allie Wright 9 KY
Ralph Wright 5 KY
Raymond Wright 3 KY
Alline Wright 7/12 KY
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1910; Census Place: Marrowbone, Cumberland, Kentucky; Roll: T624_472; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 75; Image: 797.
George [C or G] Wright 39 Tn
Altha Wright 24 Tn
Mary Wright 7 Tn
Creola Wright 5 Tn
William H T Wright 1 2/12 Tn
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There are a dozen George Wrights in 1900, none of them married to an Alt*. His parents are still a mystery, I fear, but at least now you have some dates and new counties to search. One of your cousins posted a note on
http://www.tngennet.org/macon/1~2001.html
in 2001; search for "Wright" and hope the address is still good.
I can't find Alta in 1900, either; I was hoping she and George would be living in the same county. Looking at Mary's age, I suspect they were married about 1902, so they were probably living near each other in 1900.
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