Miriam 'Nessa' Flowers

Abt 1808 - 1866  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Miriam 'Nessa' Flowers
  Born	Abt 1808	Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Aug 1866  [2]
  Person ID	I6012	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Flowers,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Hall,   b. 1787, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1858, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	Aft 1806  [3]
  Family ID	F4858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Benjamin Wright, Jr,   b. 1803, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 23 Oct 1875  (Age 72 years)
  Married	17 Jun 1827	Mason, Mason County, West Virginia   [4, 5]
  Divorced	Between 19 Feb 1845 and Jan 1845	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [6]
  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.
  Children	1. Ruanna Wright,   b. 10 Apr 1827, Virginia, USA ,   d. 3 Jul 1911, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 84 years)   2. Elijah B Wright,   b. Abt 1831, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. James Wright,   b. Abt 1835, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Dr Bib Wright,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Jane Wright,   b. CA 1833, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	John Greer,   b. 14 Dec 1803, Bath Co, VA ,   d. 1900  (Age 96 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1846	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [7]
  Notes	Jackson Co marriages: Green (Greer?) John to Wright, Mary Ann (Marion?)11/2/1846 1850 Mason Co WV Greer, John 46 VA Miriam 42 Sarah 13 John L 9 Adela 7 Oscar 5 Hugh J 3 Mary M 2 Friend Canter 17 O 1870 Mason Co WV Cooper dist #28 Greer, Jasper 24 Martha 21 Edgar C 3 Charles W 1 John 67 constable Kenneth R. Reffeitt: John Thomas Greer, Sr., b. 1803 – d. 1900, was the father of Hugh Jasper Greer. He was an early Justice of the Peace (called “Squire” then) of Mason County and was commissioned Major in the 141st Regiment, Thirteenth Brigade and Fifth Division of the Virginia Militia on April 24, 1834. He had served as a drummer boy in the War of 1812. I have one of his drum sticks given to me by my great aunt by marriage (and cousin by blood) Iva Daugherty Greer (Mrs. Wm. Wirt Greer). The Greers of Jackson County were all Democrats and those of Mason County were always Republican. So maybe this is why they were rather “distant” and didn’t do too much socializing. John Thomas, Jr., Hugh Jasper, and Oscar Newton served in the Union Army.
  Children	1. John Thomas Greer, Jr,   b. 3 Apr 1840, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 3 Aug 1923, Mason County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 83 years)   2. Adelia Greer,   b. 5 Apr 1842, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 1887  (Age 44 years)   3. Oscar Newton Greer,   b. 25 Feb 1842, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 1928  (Age 86 years)   4. Hugh Jasper Greer,   b. 4 Jan 1846, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 16 Jun 1896  (Age 50 years)   5. Mary Margaret Greer,   b. May 1848, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. John William Greer,   b. 1851,   d. 18 Feb 1884  (Age 33 years)   7. James Filmore Greer,   b. 1852,   d. 1859  (Age 7 years)
  Family ID	F3932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1808 - Virginia, USA Married - 17 Jun 1827 - Mason, Mason County, West Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1205] Census. [S432] Kenneth R. Reffeitt. [S70] John House. [S75] Casto manuscript. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV. [S138] Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.