Married at Midland, TX by Justice of the Peace JC Rathbone Imprisoned at El Paso TX about 1895 for shooting a neighboring rancher Story as heard from grandson TD Devenport who said he heard it from his mother Sarah Etta Pitt: Sidney had water disputes with his neighbors and repeatedly warned a Mexican sheepherder to not bring his sheep to water at this particular watering hole. One day he brought his rifle to the watering hole and hid up on a windmill behind the gearmotor and when the Mexican brought his sheep to water, shot him in the back.
Other versions of this story heard mostly from Uncle Cug's side of the family state the shooting was in various forms of self defense, etc.
After getting out of jail Sidney had to leave Texas and started the 3 Circle (?) ranch near Lovington NM. Later ranched near Fort Sumner, then ranched in the Crownpoint area, then went bankrupt in the 1929 crash. Started a chicken ranching operation in Albuquerque NM. His Crownpoint ranch went to the banks who later approaced his son "Cug" Pitt to operate it for them, and Cug eventually wound up owning the entire ranch. Sidney supposedly was a womanizer and in Albuquerque supposedly kept a mistress upstairs in the same house his wife and children lived in. Jennie C. eventually divorced him and moved in with her son Cug at the Crownpoint ranch. Sidney was always quite wealthy and according to his daughter Lou the children were not fond of him though they never lacked for material things in life.
Died fairly early, involved in a car wreck not too long before death with sisters, see Laura "Lou's" story
1. SIMEON NEWTON3 WRIGHT (JOHN CLAYTON2, JOHN C.1) was born July 18, 1880 in Knox County,Texas, and died November 18, 1948 in Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico. He married OVA TRUE 1905 in Munday, Knox County, Texas. She was born July 17, 1886 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas, and died April 08, 1978 in Clovis,Curry County, New Mexico.
Notes for SIMEON NEWTON WRIGHT:
Taken from Curry County, New Mexico History
Simeon Newton Wright and Ova True were married in 1905 at Monday, Texas. Sim Wright came to the Territory of New Mexico and filed a homestead near House, N.M. The family, now consisting of two children, Edwin and Ruby, came out in 1907. The trip was made from Knox County, Texas in a covered wagon and the route brought them through Clovis, which then consisted of a railroad, a hardware store, a blacksmith shop and a few houses.
The Wrights built a two room frame house at first, building onto it as the years passed and their family grew. A total of six children were born to them: Edwin (died in 1962), Mrs. Ruby Snider (living at Alamogordo), Nellie (Mrs. Glen Davenport of Winslow, Ariz.), Johnny Wright (died 1977), Minnie (Mrs. Oliver Grabbe of Canyon, Tex.) and Ila Mae (Mrs. Perry Mills of Clovis).
The older children started school at Perry, but they all eventually attended the House school. Sim Wright spent his whole life on the original place farming and ranching. "Everybody liked him," says his daughter, Ila Mae, "and he trusted everyone." Sim Wright died in 1948. (Mr. Wright born July 18, 1880 at Decatur, Tex., died Nov. 18, 1948).
Mrs. Wright continued to operate the farm until 1950. She then sold the farm and moved to Clovis. Ova True Wright, the last surviving member of the True family that came to New Mexico, spent her later years creating hundreds of dolls which she gave away and sold. Born July 17, 1886 in Wise County, Texas, Mrs. Wright died at age 92 on April 8, 1978. She is buried beside her beloved husband in the Mission Garden of Memories in Clovis.
In 1944 Ila Mae Wright was a beauty operator for Nell's Beauty Salon which was near J.C. Penny store in Clovis. That was the year she met Perry Mills who was working for Penneys. Perry Mills, born October 13, 1916 at McKinney, Texas, had come to Clovis and had gone to work for Penneys on July 2, 1942. He had come out to visit his uncle R. C. Mills, of Grier community and had stayed. (R. C. Mills was the father of Marvin Mills, owner of the Furniture Mart in Clovis.)
Ila Mae and Perry were married and from this union were born two children: Glennis and Phillip. Perry continues with J.C. Penney Co. and Ila Mae operates the Yucca Beauty Salon.
When Mrs. Sim Wright died in 1978 she had 17 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.
Clovis News Journal
November 1948
Sim Wright Died At Home Thursday
Sim Wright, longtime resident of New Mexico, who was 68 years old, died at his home near House Thursday morning.
He is survived by his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Perry Mills, Clovis, Mrs. M. C. Snyder, McAlister, N.M., Mrs. Oliver Grabby, Canyon, Texas, Mrs. Glen Devenport, Winslow, Ariz., two sons Ed Wright, Portales, and J. C. Wright, Melrose.
Funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of relatives at Memorial Chapel.
More About SIMEON NEWTON WRIGHT:
Burial: Mission Garden of Memories, Clovis,Curry County, New Mexico
Notes for OVA TRUE:
Clovis News Journal
July 1977
Woman Observes 90th Birthday
A birthday dinner is being held Sunday, July 18, at Running Water Draw Park in observance of Mrs. Sim Wright"s 90th birthday.
Mrs. Wright, born July 17, 1886 in Knox County, Tex. She was married to Sim Wright on July 23, 1905. They moved to House, New Mexico, in 1907 by covered wagon where they homesteaded and raised a family of six children.
Mrs. Wright moved her home place to Clovis where she has resided since the death of her husband in 1948. She is the last living member of a family of 13 children.
Hosting Sunday's dinner event will be her four daughters, Mrs. Perry Mills, Clovis; Mrs. Oliver Grabbe, Canyon, Tex., Mrs. Glen Devenport, Winslow, Ariz., Mrs. Mackie Snider, Alamogordo; and one son, Johnnie Wright, House. Others planning for the event will be her 17 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
All friends and relatives of Mrs. Wright are invited to come and bring a covered dish.
Clovis News Journal
10 April 1978
Ova Wright
Funeral services for Mrs. Ova Wright, 91, who died Saturday at Clovis Memorial Hospital will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday from Steed Memorial Chapel with Rev. Mark Dorff officiating. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Memories under the direction of Steed-Todd Funeral Home.
Mrs. Wright was born July 17, 1886 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas. She was married to Sim Wright in 1905 and they moved to New Mexico in 1907. She resided in the House community until retirement when she moved to Clovis. She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1948; two sons, Edwin and Johnny and 12 brothers and sisters also preceded her in death.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Ruby Snider of Alamorgordo, Mrs. Nellie Devenport of Winslow, Ariz., Mrs. Minnie Grabbe of Canyon, Texas and Mrs. Mae Mills of Clovis; 17 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
More About OVA TRUE:
Burial: April 11, 1978, Mission Garden of Memories, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico
More About SIMEON WRIGHT and OVA TRUE:
Marriage: 1905, Munday, Knox County, Texas
Children of SIMEON WRIGHT and OVA TRUE are:
2. i. EDWIN M.4 WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1906; d. May 1962.
ii. RUBY K. WRIGHT, b. November 18, 1909; d. November 01, 1995, Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico; m. MACK C. SNIDER; b. December 15, 1906; d. April 1967, New Mexico.
More About RUBY K. WRIGHT:
Social Security Number: 525901147
More About MACK C. SNIDER:
Social Security Number: 525901136
3. iii. NELLIE LAURA WRIGHT, b. May 26, 1912, Quay County, New Mexico; d. June 17, 1993, Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona.
4. iv. JOHNNY MARTIN CREED WRIGHT, b. May 06, 1917; d. August 03, 1977, House, Quay County, New Mexico.
5. v. MINNIE ELLEN WRIGHT, b. October 1921.
6. vi. ILA MAE WRIGHT, b. October 1916, McKinney, Texas.
Generation No. 2
2. EDWIN M.4 WRIGHT (SIMEON NEWTON3, JOHN CLAYTON2, JOHN C.1) was born Abt. 1906, and died May 1962. He married NINA FAY SCROGGINS. She died November 30, 2001 in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi.
Notes for EDWIN M. WRIGHT:
Clovis News
21 May 1962
Rites Set For Area Resident
Funeral services for Edwin M. Wright, 56, of Rt. 3, a lifelong resident of this area, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Trinity Methodist Church with the Rev. Arthur Shaw, pastor and the Rev. B. B. Harrison, local Baptist Minister, officiating.
Burial will follow in Mission Garden of Memories under the direction of Steed Funeral Home. Nephews will be pallbearers. Members of the Clovis Carpenters' Union 671 will be honorary bearers.
Mr. Wright, a carpenter, died at noon Sunday at his home here. He had moved here 12 years ago from the House-McAlister area.
Surviving are his wife, Nina Fay; two sons, E. M. Jr and Doyce, both of Clovis; one daughter, Mrs. Norma Jean Davis of Janesville, Wisc.; six grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Sim Wright, Clovis.
Also one brother, Johnny Wright, of House, and four sisters, Mrs. M. C. (Ruby) Snider of McAlister, Mrs. Glen (Nellie) Devenport of Winslow, Ariz., Mrs. Oliver (Minnie Ellen) Grabbe of Canyon, Tex., and Mrs. Perry (Mae) Mills of Clovis.
More About EDWIN M. WRIGHT:
Burial: Mission Garden of Memories, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico
More About NINA FAY SCROGGINS:
Social Security Number: 417688591
Children of EDWIN WRIGHT and NINA SCROGGINS are:
i. EDWIN M.5 WRIGHT, JR..
ii. DOYCE WRIGHT.
iii. NORMA JEAN WRIGHT.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ova Wright, 91, who died Saturday at Clovis Memorial Hospital will be conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday from Steed Memorial Chapel with Rev. Mark Dorff officiating. Burial will be in Mission Garden of Memories under the direction of Steed-Todd Funeral Home.
Mrs. Wright was born July 17, 1886 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas. She was married to Sim Wright in 1905 and they moved to New Mexico in 1907. She resided in the House community until retirement when she moved to Clovis. She was a member of Trinity Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1948; two sons, Edwin and Johnny and 12 brothers and sisters also preceded her in death.
Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Ruby Snider of Alamorgordo, Mrs. Nellie Devenport of Winslow, Ariz., Mrs. Minnie Grabbe of Canyon, Texas and Mrs. Mae Mills of Clovis; 17 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be grandsons.
More About OVA TRUE:
Burial: April 11, 1978, Mission Garden of Memories, Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico
More About SIMEON WRIGHT and OVA TRUE:
Marriage: 1905, Munday, Knox County, Texas
Children of SIMEON WRIGHT and OVA TRUE are:
2. i. EDWIN M.4 WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1906; d. May 1962.
ii. RUBY K. WRIGHT, b. November 18, 1909; d. November 01, 1995, Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico; m. MACK C. SNIDER; b. December 15, 1906; d. April 1967, New Mexico.
More About RUBY K. WRIGHT:
Social Security Number: 525901147
More About MACK C. SNIDER:
Social Security Number: 525901136