_Matthew GLEAVES ____
| (1725 - 1760)
_William GLEAVES ____|
| (1748 - 1820) m 1770|
| |_Esther _____________
| (1728 - 1808)
_Thomas GLEAVES _____|
| (1771 - 1849) m 1797|
| | _Thomas TURK ________
| | |
| |_Elizabeth TURK _____|
| (1753 - 1840) m 1770|
| |_Margaret ___________
|
|
|--Emeline GLEAVES
| (1805 - 1881)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Sarah SMITH ________|
(1776 - 1848) m 1797|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
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Notes from "The Descendants of Matthew Glaves":
Emeline is referenced in her father's will by name, although there is some mystery associated with the entry. Two of her brothers were given a female slave, Janie, to be held in trust "...for the support and benefit of my daughter Emeline Wright and her family during her natural life. And at her death conveyed to her children then living...". It does not appear that Emeline had any children at the time the will was drafted in 1846, since later in the paragraph, additional instructions are included. "But if said Emeline Wright should die without children or the issue of such children (grandchildren). Then Janie and all her future increase shall go to and belong to my children then living.... ". To date no children have been identified as belonging to the family of James and Emeline.
(Davidson County Court Records)
It appears that Thomas did not want Emeline's husband, James Wright to gain control of her inheritance. If there was a problem between them, no other reference to it has been found. The only other suggestion that something was amiss is the fact that Emeline is buried in the Gleaves Cemetery at Central Pike and Old Hickory Boulevard, in Davidson County. The other three graves at that location are those of her nephews. The burial location of James Wright is unknown, although definitely not with his wife.
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