Wright, Julius Milford and Frances Josephine Hespiana (Thomson)

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Frances Josephine Hespiana (Thomson*) Wright Frances Josephine Hespiana (Thomson*) Wright (1853-1905); dau. of Thomas Arrington and Kerenhappuch (Sellers) Thomson*; granddaughter of pioneer poet Henry Thompson-Tomson* and Elizabeth Lee; m. Julius Millford Wright Jan. 1, 1871; mother of Oliver Lee, Bertha Alpharetta, Maggie Edith, Daniel Paul, and Susan Kerenhappuch Wright. Josephine and Julius left Miller County Missouri in about 1880 and made their home in Hot Springs, AR. She died Sept. 1, 1905 after surgery at Mullanphy hospital in St. Louis, MO and is interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Hot Springs, AR. ( *Thomas Arrington Thomson's father, Henry Thompson, decided late in life to change the spelling of his name to Tomson. This created a lot of confusion among his children. Some changed their names to "Tomson", some to "Thomson", and some not at all.)