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Mary Elizabeth WRIGHT

Mary Elizabeth WRIGHT

Female 1849 - 1916  (66 years)

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  • Name Mary Elizabeth WRIGHT 
    Born 25 Aug 1849  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1868  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1870  Green District, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 30 Jan 1916  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Buried Arnolds Creek Christian Church Cem, Greenwood (Deep Valley), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on June 26 1880:
      Mary E. Pitts, 31, widowed, cannot read/write; dau Lucinda B, 10; dau Margaret, 8; son Theodore B, 7; son Leander, 4; dau Laura A, 1; brother-in-law George Pitts, 35, farm laborer, marital status (blank).
    Person ID I104657  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2016 

    Father Samuel WRIGHT,   b. CA 1820 
    Mother Rebecca A. ___,   b. CA 1820 
    Family ID F43656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Simon PITTS,   b. CA 1848, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1880  (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Married 1 Aug 1868  Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Children 
    +1. Lucinda Bell PITTS,   b. 1869,   d. 1908  (Age 39 years)
    +2. Margaret R. PITTS,   b. CA 1871, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jan 1916  (Age ~ 44 years)
     3. Theodore B. PITTS,   b. CA 1873,   d. Bef Jan 1916  (Age ~ 42 years)
     4. Leander M. PITTS,   b. CA 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Laura A. PITTS,   b. CA 1879
    Family ID F43655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 George Washington PITTS,   b. CA 1845, Meeker, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1905  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 10 Dec 1887  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Cora E. PITTS,   b. CA 1889, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1913, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 24 years)
    +2. Loranza Gilbert PITTS,   b. 7 Aug 1890, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1971, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +3. Ora Russell PITTS,   b. 12 Oct 1892, Alvy, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1989, Gwinnett Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
    Family ID F43657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S2292] Wetzel County Marriage Records, New Martinsville, WV.

    3. [S1752] Obituary - At home.

    4. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S14] Obituary.

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    8. [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 287 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12040158&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as George W. Pitts, 42, b. & res. in Tyler Co; and Mrs. Mary E. Pitts, 39, b. & res. in Tyler Co. Married Dec 10 1887 "at the home of Geo. Pitts, Tyler Co, W.Va."
      (NOTE: Wife's obituary incorrectly states marriage date as Sep 18 1888.)