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Clara Lee WRIGHT

Clara Lee WRIGHT

Female 1877 - 1948  (70 years)


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  • Name Clara Lee WRIGHT
    Birth 31 Mar 1877  Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age 5 in the 1880 Census would put her birth in about 1875. Among her siblings was 3-year-old brother David. But her death record states her birth date as 31 Mar 1877, and the date on her headstone is also 1877.
    Gender Female
    Census 1910  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920, 1930  DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 15 Mar 1948  DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Cause: metastatic breast cancer 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Person ID I24793  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2025

    Father Alexander WRIGHT,   b. 14 Mar 1847   d. 7 Jan 1916 (Age 68 years)
    Mother Louisa GREGG,   b. 19 Feb 1847   d. 21 Jul 1892 (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F2216  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Alexander RIDDLE,   b. 10 Mar 1871, Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1944, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [5, 6]
    Marriage 22 Oct 1901  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Chloia RIDDLE,   b. 6 Oct 1902, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1974, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +2. Ova Bernice RIDDLE,   b. 15 Jun 1904   d. 1 May 1987 (Age 82 years)
     3. Ralph RIDDLE,   b. 1906   d. 26 Nov 1980 (Age 74 years)
     4. Ray Feris RIDDLE,   b. 26 Jul 1909   d. 5 Apr 1984, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    >5. Lois Vashie RIDDLE,   b. 13 Apr 1911, Racket, Ritchie/Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1987, Tanner, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     6. Woodrow R. RIDDLE,   b. 16 Sep 1914   d. 23 Apr 1963, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     7. Elwood RIDDLE,   b. 18 Feb 1917   d. Sep 1984 (Age 67 years)
     8. Wilbur M. RIDDLE,   b. 28 May 1921   d. 19 Apr 2002 (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F9289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), https://dach-image-proxy.digital-relativity.workers.dev/?film=1984019&frame=00049.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1620] Death record of husband.

    6. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    7. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).