Jul-28-2018
Husband: Daniel Wright
Born: ca 1813 1 Died: bef Jun 1880 2 Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
Wife: Prudence George 3 Census name: Pruda Married: 1837 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 4
Born: ca 1816 in Virginia 5,6 Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Nancy Wright Born: Mar- 7-1838 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 7 Died: Jun- 7-1917 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 8 Buried: (unmarked) in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV 9 Resided: since 1914 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 8 Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Resided: 1857 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 7 Census: 1850 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Husband: Benoni Alan Swiger b. ca 1836 d. Feb- -1908 Married: Dec-10-1857 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 10
F Child 2: Melinda J. Wright Born: Jan- -1844 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 11,12 Census: 1930 at Raygans Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Husband: Israel P. Ferrell b. ca 1859 Married: Jan-21-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 12
F Child 3: Martha Jane Wright Born: Mar- -1846 11 Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Never married: 13
M Child 4: William S. Wright Born: Jul-15-1847 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 14 (see note 1) Died: Dec-16-1937 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 15,16 Buried: in Underwood Cemetery, near Ashley (Rt 23), Doddridge Co, WV 15,16 Census: 1930 at Raygans Run, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1877 in Tyler Co, WV 14 Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 15 Wife: Replezey Haught b. ca 1851 d. bef Jun 1900 Married: Sep-29-1877 in Tyler Co, WV 14
M Child 5: Silas Wright Born: Apr-30-1848 17,5,18 Died: Feb- 4-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Buried: in Swiger (aka Broad Run) Cemetery, near Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Wife: Elizabeth E. Swiger b. Aug-12-1858 d. Mar-11-1890 Also known as: Eliza E. Swiger Married: Jul- 9-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 19
M Child 6: Isaac N. Wright Born: May-30-1855 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 20,21,6 (see note 2) Died: 1935 22 Buried: in Underwood Cemetery, near Ashley (Rt 23), Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1880, 1900, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Wife: Eliza Ann Laughery b. ca 1856 d. Dec-26-1938 Also known as: Elissa N. Laughery 16 Married: Aug-13-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 23
M Child 7: Benonia S. (Benjamin N.) Wright Census name: Bennona Wright Born: May-20-1857 in Tyler Co, (W)VA 20 (see note 3) Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Resided: 1879 in Wetzel Co, WV 24 Census: 1870 in McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Census: 1860 in Tyler Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 11 Occupation: farm laborer 2 Wife: Flora Parker b. May- -1857 d. Apr-20-1923 Married: Aug-23-1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
Sources: (1) 1860 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA. (2) 1880 Census, Tyler County, WV. (3) Marriage record of daughter. (4) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (5) 1850 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA. (6) 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV. (7) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (9) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (10) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, Identified as Benoni A. Swiger, 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Tyler Co, blacksmith & farmer, son of Thomas & Nancy Swiger; and Nancy Wright, 19, b. & res. in Tyler Co, dau of Danl & Prudence Wright. Married Dec 10 1857 in Tyler County by Jacob Yeater. MR p. 5 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12037586&Type=Marriage. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 232, Line 5 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792318&Type=Marriage. (13) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (14) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, MR p. 40, Line 49 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12038851&Type=Marriage. (15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1967467&Type=Death. (16) Obituary. (17) Findagrave.com. (18) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (19) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (20) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (21) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (22) Headstone (year only) (23) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Isaac Wright, 20, b. Tyler Co; and Eliza Ann Laughrey, 17, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Aug 13 1874. (24) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 234, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792345&Type=Marriage. (25) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Benonia Wright, 21, b. & res. in Wetzel Co, son of Daniel & Prudence Wright, occupation farmer; and Flora Parker, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Levi & (blank) Parker. Married Aug 23 1879 in Doddridge County, officiated by Samuel Starkey. MR p. 234, Line 18 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792345&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as July 1848, but death record shows it as Jul 15 1847, age 90y 5m. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1857. But age 20 in Aug 1874 marriage record would put birth in about 1854, age 5 in the 1860 Census would put it in about 1855, and age 16 in 1870 would put it in about 1854, while the birth date on his headstone is 1858. His birth record shows that he was born on May 30 1855. Note (3) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1857.Name Index