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Roscoe WRIGHT

Roscoe WRIGHT

Male 1891 - 1959  (67 years)

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  • Name Roscoe WRIGHT 
    Born 8 Nov 1891  Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Dec 1891, but obituary states Nov 8 1891.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as boarder Roscoe Wright, 27, single, clerk/retail merchant in dry goods store, in household of Samuel Jackson Squires and his wife Clemma (Wright) Squires.
    Occupation 1920  [3] 
    clerk/retail merchant in dry goods store 
    Census 1930  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation merchant  [2] 
    Residence Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence FORMERLY  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1931  Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 22 Jul 1959  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Buried Cairo Masonic Cemetery, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I2543  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2018 

    Father Harrison WRIGHT, Jr.,   b. May 1860,   d. 1927  (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Mother Sarah Francis CALHOUN,   b. 2 Oct 1866,   d. 30 Apr 1931, Racket, Ritchie/Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Family ID F9207  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bessie Lee HUSK,   b. 3 Dec 1901, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1977, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 5 Jul 1920 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Arlene WRIGHT,   b. 16 Jan 1923, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 2002  (Age 79 years)
     2. Roscoe WRIGHT, Jr.,   b. 16 Aug 1925,   d. 20 Dec 1982  (Age 57 years)
     3. Donald Wilson WRIGHT,   b. 24 May 1928,   d. 19 Sep 1987  (Age 59 years)
     4. Bradford L. WRIGHT,   b. 3 Aug 1929, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1998, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     5. Eugene Blair "Gene" WRIGHT,   b. 8 Jun 1935, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 2006  (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S2080] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    4. [S1671] Death record of mother.

    5. [S14] Obituary.
      Obituary, an undated newspaper clipping, states only that he died on Wednesday, July 22, at age 67. Birth date not given.