Jul-28-2018
Husband: Alexander Wright
Born: Mar-14-1847 1 Died: Jan- 7-1916 1 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: Mother:
Wife: Louisa Gregg 2 Married: Jan-10-1869 in Ritchie Co, WV 3
Born: Feb-19-1847 1 Died: Jul-21-1892 1 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Addison A. I. Wright 4 Born: Apr-30-1869 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 4,5 Died: Nov-14-1946 in Eva, Ritchie Co, WV 6 (see note 1) Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 4,1 Resided: in Eva, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: 1929 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Resided: 1893 in Gilmer Co, WV 5 Occupation: farmer 4,8 Wife: Lenora L. "Nora" Wright b. Apr-14-1875 d. Nov-23-1929 Also known as: Lenore Married: Sep-28-1893 in Gilmer Co, WV 9
F Child 2: Celia Wright Born: ca 1877 10 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
M Child 3: James Washington "Wash" Wright Born: Sep-21-1879 at Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 4 (see note 2) Died: Jan- 6-1928 at Racket, Ritchie/Gilmer Co, WV 4 Buried: in Mt. Olive Cemetery (old, aka Dunkard), Co Rd 47/18 north of Racket, Ritchie Co, WV 4,1 Wife: Sarah Smith b. Jan-14-1888 d. Apr-27-1916
F Child 4: Milly Wright Born: Jul-28-1880 11 Died: Sep- 1-1880 1 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1
F Child 5: Clemma Wright Born: Feb-15-1884 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Died: Aug-21-1968 in Norwood, Hamilton Co, OH 13 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 14 Resided: in Leavittsburg, Trumbull Co, OH 12 Resided: formerly in Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Samuel Jackson "Jack" Squires b. Jan-27-1884 d. Nov-18-1967 Also known as: Jack Squires 15 Married: Jan-27-1915 in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV 16,17,18,19
M Child 6: Napoleon Wright Born: ca 1888 10 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Sources: (1) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (2) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 249. (3) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm). Participants identified as Alex Wright and Louisa Gregg. (4) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (5) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989) (6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Although the community of Eva is located in Ritchie County near the Gilmer County border, the death record reports place of residence and death as Eva in Gilmer County. (7) Death record of wife. (8) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (9) Gilmer County WV Marriages 1845-1933, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Jan 1989), Identified as Adison Wright, 23, b. Ritchie Co, res. Gilmer Co; and Nora L. Wright, 18, b. Ritchie Co. Married Sep 28 1893. (10) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (11) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. (12) Obituary. (13) Obituary - Nursing home. (14) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (15) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (16) Newspaper anniversary announcement. (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (18) Obituary of husband. (19) Obituary of wife. Event Notes Note (1) recorded in Gilmer County Note (2) Birth date given as Sep 21 1879 in death record, but date on headstone is Oct 21 1880. Name on headstone: Wash Wright.Name Index