Children Not Listed Below.
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Isabel Brittain/McKee (1804-1849)
Elizabeth Brittain/Haley/Cummings (1818-?)
Reverend William and Rosanna Brittain and their family left North Carolina in 1824 and migrated to Madison County, Alabama. In September 1827 they went to Pulaski County, Arkansas and moved to Shelby County, Republic of Texas on January 18th, 1837 where they constructed a home and chapel.
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Macabre note: In 1847, the Saunders family held a wedding for one of their daughters, and all in the community were invited. Persons at the first supper table were finished eating, and the second group had started when the first began to be ill. It was discovered that poison had been placed in the food. All stopped eating, and the third table never sat down. Some guests died there that night, and some on their way home. The death toll was seventeen, with the last to die from the effect of the poison three years later. From that day until this, no one has ever known who applied the poison or the instigator of the murders. It was generally believed that a former lover of Miss Saunders had followed the family from Georgia and bribed a cook to place the poison in the cake or coffee. Victims are buried in East Hamilton Cemetery. This tragic event occurred one year after Elder Brittain had organized his church on the site of the present-day cemetery.
Children Not Listed Below.
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Isabel Brittain/McKee (1804-1849)
Elizabeth Brittain/Haley/Cummings (1818-?)
Reverend William and Rosanna Brittain and their family left North Carolina in 1824 and migrated to Madison County, Alabama. In September 1827 they went to Pulaski County, Arkansas and moved to Shelby County, Republic of Texas on January 18th, 1837 where they constructed a home and chapel.
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Macabre note: In 1847, the Saunders family held a wedding for one of their daughters, and all in the community were invited. Persons at the first supper table were finished eating, and the second group had started when the first began to be ill. It was discovered that poison had been placed in the food. All stopped eating, and the third table never sat down. Some guests died there that night, and some on their way home. The death toll was seventeen, with the last to die from the effect of the poison three years later. From that day until this, no one has ever known who applied the poison or the instigator of the murders. It was generally believed that a former lover of Miss Saunders had followed the family from Georgia and bribed a cook to place the poison in the cake or coffee. Victims are buried in East Hamilton Cemetery. This tragic event occurred one year after Elder Brittain had organized his church on the site of the present-day cemetery.
Family Members
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Elizabeth Wright Arnold
1748–1838
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Capt James Wright Sr
1756–1845
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COL Thomas Wright
1758–1840
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Capt Daniel Wright
1759–1838
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LT GEN John Wright IV
1760–1802
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Amelia Wright Martin
1762–1843
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Sarah "Sally" Wright Riley
1764 – unknown
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Lucretia "Lucy" Wright Pettey
1765–1842
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Frances Wright Riley
1769–1838
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Williams Wright
1779–1835
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James S. Brittain
1806–1855
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Cynthia Jane Brittain Wilburn
1809–1869
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John William Brittain
1810–1888
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William Martin Brittain Jr
1812–1889
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Thomas Franklin Brittain
1815–1892
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Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" Brittain Haley-Cummings
1818 – unknown
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Robert T Daniel "D" Brittain
1822–1893
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William James Brittain
1824–1887
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