Marty and Karla Grant
The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.
Arabella Cirkendal Wright
1839 - 1916 (76 years) Has 38 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Arabella Cirkendal Wright Nickname Ary Birth 14 Oct 1839 Surry Co, NC 
Gender Female _UID F6B4888DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000CE81 Death 31 Jan 1916 Cherokee Co, NC Burial Valleytown Cem, Cherokee Co, NC Person ID I437 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 10 Nov 2012
Father James S Wright, b. 23 Nov 1813, Surry Co, NC d. 9 May 1902, Rhodo, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 88 years)Mother Caroline C Winfrey, b. 13 Dec 1822, Surry Co, NC d. 5 Dec 1916, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 93 years)Marriage 1837/1838 Surry Co, NC _UID D5E12B095BA0E548AD7DA984965C02FE5BB7 Notes - !MARRIAGE:
No marriage record was found for James and Caroline in either Surry or Wilkes Counties. The 1900 census lists them married 62 years, which is ca 1837/38. They were living in Surry at that time, but near on the Wilkes border.
!CHILDREN:
James S. Wright and Caroline C. Winfrey had 17 children as proven by the 1900 and 1910 census. Only nine of these lived to adulthood. My grandmother Luella George Grant and her sister Marynell George Lequire both told me that there was more than one set of twins who died as infants, or who were stillborn. Of the 8 children who died young, only one of them is known to us by name. The other 7 (probably including at least two sets of twins) are unknown to us. They may not have received names, or else they were forgotten over the years. Unfortunately no family bible has come to light that might have all the names and birth dates in it.
The other 10 children are well proven by various records, including the 1850 through 1900 census, as well as family knowledge, death records, and scads of other records.
Family ID F394 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Pinkney Benton Tatham, b. 6 Feb 1835, Macon Co, NC d. 3 Mar 1926, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 91 years)Marriage 1860 Cherokee Co, NC _UID 616D54C98F96314C89E1FF7FB09D512B3E44 Children 1. James Leander Tatham, b. 10 Nov 1861, Cherokee Co, NC d. 19 Oct 1882, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 20 years)2. Jasper Marion Tatham, b. 8 Apr 1863, Cherokee Co, NC d. 2 Mar 1932, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 68 years)3. John Alexander Tatham, b. 30 Jan 1865, Cherokee Co, NC d. 25 Jun 1951, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 86 years)4. William Thomas Tatham, b. 5 Jan 1867, Cherokee Co, NC d. 28 Mar 1867, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 0 years)5. Julia Texas Tatham, b. 6 Aug 1868, Cherokee Co, NC d. 2 Jul 1940, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 71 years)6. Jarilla Rozana Tatham, b. 10 Jul 1870, Cherokee Co, NC d. 11 Dec 1954, Los Angeles Co, CA (Age 84 years)7. Joellen Tatham, b. 30 Jan 1872, Cherokee Co, NC d. 1900/1910, Blount Co, TN (Age 37 years)8. Jaronia Carvella Tatham, b. 18 Dec 1873, Cherokee Co, NC d. 13 Mar 1961, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 87 years)9. Janora Grazel Tatham, b. 8 Nov 1875, Cherokee Co, NC d. 2 Mar 1928 (Age 52 years)10. Jeptha Hooper Tatham, b. 6 Jan 1878, Cherokee Co, NC d. 26 Dec 1954, Graham Co, NC (Age 76 years)11. Jetharoe Ulyssus Tatham, b. 28 Dec 1879, Cherokee Co, NC d. 25 Jan 1880, Cherokee Co, NC (Age 0 years)12. Edna Juanita Tatham, b. 17 Oct 1881, Andrews, Cherokee Co, NC d. 18 Sep 1959, Raleigh, Wake Co, NC (Age 77 years)Family ID F404 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
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Notes - !NOTES:Marty Grant's 2nd Great Grand Aunt.;
!NOTES:Special thanks to Blanche Pullium Johnson (deceased) for data shared on this family. I also owe alot to a chart compiled by Spray Bradley Adams (Mrs. Garland W. Adams) that was published in the Southwestern North Carolina Genealogical Society Quarterly (now defunct), Vol V, Number II, Spring 1988. Her chart was the source for many of the birth and death dates I have for the Tatham family;
!CENSUS:1840 Surry Co., NC pg 112 Caleb Winfrey age 40-49 (1790/1800)
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Analysis (who each person *might* be):
1m 40-49 (1790/1800) Caleb Winfrey (c1799)
1m 20-29 (1810/1820) James S. Wright (1813) son-in-law
1m und 5 (1835/1840) Isaac Winfrey (1835) son
2f 30-39 (1800/1810) Arabella Moody Winfrey (c1803) wife
..................... Eliza Moody (c1810) sister-in-law
2f 15-19 (1820/1825) Caroline Winfrey Wright (1822) daughter
..................... Emaline Winfrey (1825) daughter
1f 10-14 (1825/1830) Eliza Winfrey (1829) daughter
1f 5-9 (1830/1835) Elizabeth Winfrey (1831) daughter
1f und 5 (1835/1840) Arabella Wright (1839) grand-daughter;
!CENSUS:1850 Cherokee Co, NC # 915/915
James Wright, 37 Farmer $600 NC
Caroline, 27
Arabella 17
Martha 6
Alexander 4
Richard 1
James Cromwell 15;
!CENSUS:1860 Cherokee Co, NC Valleytown Dist. Valley Town PO # 891/891
James S. Wright 45 Farmer $2200/530 Surry
Caroline 35 "
Orra 20 "
Alexander 12 Cherokee
Richard 10 "
Laura 8 "
Emaline 6 "
Plutine 4
Americus 2
Ivlee 2/12
Jerry Rogers 22 farm laborer, Macon;
!CENSUS:1870 Cherokee Co, NC Valleytown # 71/71
Benton Tatham, 35 Farmer $300/100 NC
Arry 31
James 8
Jasper 6
John 5
Julia 2;
!CENSUS:1880 Cherokee Co., NC Valleytown # 86/86
P. B. Tatham, 45 Farmer, Heart Disease, NC-NC-NC
Arra 40 wife
James L. 18 son
Jasper 17 son
John 15 son
Julia 12 dau
Jerrilla 10 dau
Joellen 8 dau
Jerona 6 dau
Jenora 4 dau
Jepthie 2 son;
!CENSUS:1900 Graham Co., NC Cheoah # 6/6
Bent Tatham, Head, Feb 1835 66 M 40 NC-NC-NC Farmer
Ira, wife Oct 1839 60 M 40 9-9
Nita, dau Oct 1881 18;
!CENSUS:1910 Cherokee Co., NC Valleytown # 339/351 & 351
Pinkney B. Tatham, head, 75 m1 49 NC-NC-NC Farmer
Arie K. wife 70 m1 49 12-8
# 339/352
Nick O. Hampton head 36 M1 14 NC-NC-NC
Rona wife 36 M1 14 5-5
Addie M. dau 13
Inez G. dau 12
Frank T. son 10
Lillian M. dau 8
Annie L. dau 2;
!NOTES:See Death Certificate for more information (North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 Ancestry.com) -
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/wright/documentation/Tatham_Ara Wright_(1839-1902)_Death_Certificate.jpg
- !NOTES:Marty Grant's 2nd Great Grand Aunt.;