Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: Roscoe Wright    
         Census name: Rosco Wright 1,2

                Born: Nov- 8-1891          in Lawford, Ritchie Co, WV  3,4 (see note 1)
                Died: Jul-22-1959          in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  5,3
              Buried:                      in Cairo Masonic Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  4,3
             Resided:                      in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  4
             Resided: formerly             in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  4
             Resided: 1931                 in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  6
              Census: 1930                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      merchant  4
              Father: Harrison Wright, Jr. 
              Mother: Sarah Francis Calhoun 

                Wife: Bessie Lee Husk     

                Born: Dec- 3-1901          in Doddridge Co, WV  4,7,3
                Died: Feb-26-1977          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  4,7,3
              Buried:                      in Cairo Masonic Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided:                      in Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1930                 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: George Washington Husk 
              Mother: Sarah Columbia Lowther Reed 

           F Child 1: Margaret Arlene Wright      
       Also known as: Arlene Wright 2,8,9
                Born: Jan-16-1923          in   7
                Died: Sep-26-2002          in   7

           M Child 2: Roscoe Wright, Jr.      
                Born: Aug-16-1925          in   3
                Died: Dec-20-1982          in   3

           M Child 3: Donald Wilson Wright      
                Born: May-24-1928          in   3
                Died: Sep-19-1987          in   3

           M Child 4: Bradford L. Wright      
                Born: Aug- 3-1929          in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  4
                Died: Jun-12-1998          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  4

           M Child 5: Eugene Blair "Gene" Wright      
                Born: Jun- 8-1935          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  7,4
                Died: May-22-2006          in   4,7


Sources:
(1) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(2) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Murphy District) 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West 
Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Obituary. 
(5) Obituary, Obituary, an undated newspaper clipping, states only that he died on 
Wednesday, July 22, at age 67.  Birth date not given. 
(6) Death record of mother. 
(7) Social Security Death Index. 
(8) Obituary of father. 
(9) Obituary of mother. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Dec 1891, but obituary states Nov 8
1891.

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