Husband: Benonia S. (Benjamin N.) Wright Census name: Bennona Wright
Born: May-20-1857 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 1 (see note 1) Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1879 in Wetzel Co, WV 2 Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 3 Occupation: farm laborer 4 Father: Daniel Wright (1813 - 1880) Mother: Prudence George (1816 - )
Wife: Flora Parker
Married: Aug-23-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 5
Born: May- -1857 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3,2 (see note 2)
Died: Apr-20-1923 in Alvy, Tyler Co, WV 6
Buried: in Alvy, Tyler Co, WV
Cause of death: pneumonia fever 6
Resided: 1918 in Blue, Tyler Co, WV 7
Resided: 1914 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV
Resided: 1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Father: Eli Parker
Mother: Isabell Pitts
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 3
Notes
Sources: (1) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 234, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792345&Type=Marriage. (3) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (4) 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV. (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Benonia Wright, 21, b. & res. in Wetzel Co, son of Daniel & Prudence Wright, occupation farmer; and Flora Parker, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Levi & (blank) Parker. Married Aug 23 1879 in Doddridge County, officiated by Samuel Starkey. MR p. 234, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792345&Type=Marriage. (6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1424906&Type=Death. (7) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795238&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1857. Note (2) Birth date May 28 1851 in death record is inconsistent with other records. Age 21 at time of her August 1879 marriage puts her birth in about 1858, and the 1900 Census gives her birth date as May 1857. Birthplace given in her death record as Wetzel County, but in her marriage record as Doddridge County.