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Family: Benjamin Wright, Jr / Miriam 'Nessa' Flowers (F2078)

• Father | Male Benjamin Wright, Jr

  
  

  Born	1803	Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Died	23 Oct 1875
  Buried		Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Married	17 Jun 1827  [1, 2]	Mason, Mason County, West Virginia  [1, 2]
  Divorced	Between 19 Feb 1845 and Jan 1845  [3]	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  [3]
  Father	Benjamin Wright, Sr | F574 Group Sheet
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Casto | F574 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Miriam 'Nessa' Flowers

  
  

  Born	Abt 1808	Virginia, USA
  Died	28 Aug 1866
  Buried
  Other Spouse	John Greer | F3932
  Married	2 Nov 1846	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Father	Thomas Flowers | F4858 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary Hall | F4858 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Ruanna Wright

  
  

  Born	10 Apr 1827	Virginia, USA
  Died	3 Jul 1911	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Buried
  Spouse	Edward Hart Rader | F2234
  Married	22 Dec 1842	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Elijah B Wright

  
  

  Born	Abt 1831	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Elizabeth Dilworth | F3347
  Married

  
  

  Child 3 | Male James Wright

  
  

  Born	Abt 1835	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Dr Bib Wright

  
  

  Born
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Mary Jane Wright

  
  

  Born	CA 1833	Virginia, USA
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Edwin Samuel Butcher | F2235
  Married	16 Sep 1851	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA

  
  

• Notes

  1840 Jackson Co VA 1m 30-40 1850 Jackson Co VA # 977-983 Wright Benj 46 M Merchant 1000 Va Wright Elija 19 M Doctor Pa Wright James 15 M Va Wright Jane 17 F Va Wright Sarah 82 F Va Jones Roxanna 24 F Va 1860 Jackson Co VA he is living at the hotel in Ripley, age 55 1870 JC Mill Creek Dist l/w daughter Ruhama Benjamin 65 John House "Pioneers of Jackson Co" Second wife was a Flowers 3 daughters married men named White, Brown & Black Another daughter married Joe Bibbee, to this . . .a daughter married Robert Shively.

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Casto manuscript. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV. [S138] Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia.