William Alonzo Dossey Wren^{[1, 2]}

1840 - 1867  (26 years)

• Name	William Alonzo Dossey Wren
  Birth	6 May 1840	Putnam, Georgia, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  _AMTID	162485320742:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	LCXW-3YT
  _UID	432DC4E0D65E47308AF280098BA6372E5A48
  Death	20 Jan 1867	Bienville, Bienville, Louisiana, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I6771	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	George Washington Wren,   b. 7 Feb 1802, Waxhaw, Lancaster, South Carolina, United States d. 29 Jul 1884, Sibley, Webster, Louisiana, United States (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sarah Bridges,   b. 19 Apr 1813, Greene, Georgia, United States d. 25 Apr 1912, Uvalde, Uvalde, Texas, United States (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1828	Putnam, Georgia, United States   [2]
  	I am unable to find a record of this marriage in Putnam County, which appears to have intact records during this period.
  Family ID	F644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 May 1840 - Putnam, Georgia, United States Death - 20 Jan 1867 - Bienville, Bienville, Louisiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  This person is a mystery. He is rarely mentioned, but is found enough to have really existed. Betty Wren's theory is that he was handicapped or retarded. That's why he died relatively young and they used his name again. Even though A.D. Wren was living during the same time. The record I find of this person, though, is the marker in the Wren cemetery, erected much later than this person's life. I suspect that there is a general confusion of this person and Alexander H.S. Wren or another child. I really believe that A.D. Wren was named for William Alonzo Dossey, but never went by William and just dropped it. I do not believe that W.A.D. Wren is a different person than A.D. Wren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Wren Family Research Notes. [S808] Betty Wren Research Notes, Descendants of William Wren and Mary Tomlinson.