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John Burton WRIGHT

John Burton WRIGHT

Male 1880 - 1948  (68 years)

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  • Name John Burton WRIGHT 
    Born 21 Feb 1880  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County, but birth and death records show it as Tyler County.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [3] 
    farm laborer (working out) 
    Census 1930  Elk District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [4] 
    farm laborer 
    Census 1940  Raygans Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation laborer  [1] 
    Occupation 1940  [5] 
    road construction worker 
    Died 20 Oct 1948  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I94274  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2017 

    Father Thomas J. WRIGHT 
    Mother Margaret FLINN 
    Family ID F47750  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Icy E. ROBERTS,   b. 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 20 Mar 1904  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Elk District), enumerated on Apr 24 1930 at Peel Tree Run:
      John B. Wright, 50, farm laborer; wife Icie, 41; son Boyd, 22, single, farm laborer; dau Edith, 14; son Oren, 25, married, farm laborer; dau-in-law Roxy, 29; graddau Betty Jj, 3y 11m; grandson James W, 1y 10m.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 4 1940 at Ragans Run:
      John B. Wright, 60, road construction laborer; Ocie (Icie), 53; son Boyd, 32, single, truck driver of mail car; granddau Betty, 13; grandson James, 11; granddau Violet, 9; grandson Darrell, 7; grandda Doris, 4.
    Children 
    +1. Oren Mansfield WRIGHT,   b. 4 Feb 1906, Roberts, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1953, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     2. Boyd Aaron WRIGHT,   b. 19 Aug 1907, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1969, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. Edith WRIGHT,   b. CA 1916
    Family ID F40697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S2012] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    4. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S2646] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.