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Monday, December 31, 2012

On This Day : December 31

1701 - Thomas SPOFFORD married Bethiah HAZELTINE in Essex County, Massachusetts.  Thomas was the son of Samuel SPOFFORD and Sarah BURPBEE.  Bethiah was the daughter of Abraham HAZELTINE and Elizabeth LONGHORNE.  They were my 8x-great grandparents.

1732 - Content MAXSON born.  Content was the daughter of Joseph MAXSON and Bethia MAXSON.

1744 - Ruth HAWLEY born.  Ruth was the daughter of Samuel HAWLEY and Ruth CRANDALL.

1767 - Isaiah STANLEY born in Guilford County, North Carolina.  Isaiah was the son of Strangeman STANLEY and Jemima MILLS.

1768 - Esther MAXSON born.  Esther was the daughter of Samuel MAXSON and Mary DOWNING.

1771 - Abraham BYERS born.  Abraham was the son of Charles BYERS and Elizabeth ________.  Abraham was my 5x-great grandfather.

1794 - Elisha CHEW married Mary SPRINGER.  Elisha was the son of Jesse CHEW and Mary RICHARDS.

1814 - Isaac SUMNER married Rachel BLIZZARD.  Isaac was the son of Bowater SUMNER and Rebecca BURRAS.

1821 - Richard WILLIAMS married Ruth REEVE.  Richard was the son of Richard WILLIAMS and Sarah BALDWIN.

1824 - Joshua E. DEACON born in Burlington County, New Jersey.  Joshua was the son of Joseph DEACON and Beulah HAINES.

1829 - Thomas  BALES married Diana JACKSON.  Thomas was the son of William BEALS and Rachel JOHNSON.

1854 - John L. MAXON born in Jamestown, Greene County, Pennsylvania.  John was the son of William L. MAXON and Adaline ANDERSON.

1856 - Amanda M. BRATTON born in Brown County, Ohio.  Amanda was the daughter of Edward BRATTON and Elizabeth J. WRIGHT.

1864 - Daniel SILLS married Harriett TEAGARDEN in Wabash County, Indiana.  Daniel was the son of George SILLS and Mary GRIMES.

1867 - Abraham BYERS died in York County, Pennsylvania.  Abraham was the son of Abraham BYERS and Mary STICKEL.

1874 - William Walter COOK married Martha RALSTON in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio.  William was the son of George COOK and Matilda JACOBS.

1875 - Martha Ann SWAFFORD married Andrew Jackson McCLARNEY.  Martha was the daughter of John Daniel SWAFFORD and Mary Elizabeth KEARLEY.

1878 - John Jackson CUMMINGS married Mary Jane MATLOCK in Lawrence County, Tennessee.  John was the son of Abner CUMMINGS and Mary WRIGHT.

1889 - Thomas Alexander MAXON married Lenora Belle BROWN in Greene County, Pennsylvania.  Thomas was the son of Alexander Young MAXON and Margaret ROSE.

1890 - Martha Angie LEE married Henry Luther COX in Ray County, Missouri.  Martha was the daughter of Burrell Russell LEE and Elizabeth W. NAIL.

1899 - David William KING died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.  David was the son of William KING and Sarah SULLIVAN.

1902 - Minerva SIGLER died in Elwood, Madison County, Indiana.  Minerva was the daughter of Francis S. PIERCE and Rebecca PAGE.

1938  - Mary Seleta ALLRED died in Panola, Texas.  Mary was the daughter of William Jackson FLANAGAN and Elizabeth JACKSON.

1943 - Walter Main GROENENDYKE died in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio.  Walter was the son of Perry D. GROENENDYKE and Eva OWENS.

1947 - Charles Thomas SHERRICK died in Milton Township, Ashland County, Ohio.  Charles was the son of Abraham Leander SHERRICK and Ruth M. THOMAS.

1965 - Mary Jane RUDKIN died.  Mary was the daughter of John Thomas RICHARDS and Mary Jane CROCKETT.

Saturday, November 04, 2006

Today in my database : John Wright (b. November 4, 1814)

Today's featured relative in my database is my maternal 4th-great grandfather, John Wright.

John was born November 4, 1814 in Pleasant Twp., Brown Co., OH, the son of George and Elizabeth (Robins) Wright. John married on September 9, 1834 in Brown Co., OH to Anna Wardlaw, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Nesbit) Wardlaw. Anna was born April 23, 1816 in Brown Co., OH and died October 4, 1893 in Brown Co., OH. John died June 10, 1890 in Brown Co., OH. Both are buried in Wardlow Cemetery # 2, Brown Co., OH.

Children of John and Anna (Wardlaw) Wright are :
i. Elizabeth J. Wright b. 1835 m. Edward Bratton
ii. Joseph W. Wright b. April 1838 d. September 16, 1919 m. Rebecca Ann Heaton
iii. Nancy Ann Wright b. September 20, 1840 d. July 12, 1912 m. Levi Wardlaw
iv. Mary Wright b. 1843 m. Alexander Mahan
vi. Maximelia Wright b. 1846 d. May 23, 1908 m. William L. Wardlaw
vii. Clarissa Wright b. March 29, 1856 d. September 27, 1884 m. William Henry Ballein

I descend from John and Anna (Wardlaw) Wright through their son, Joseph, as follows :
John Wright and Anna Wardlaw
Joseph W. Wright and Rebecca Ann Heaton
John William Wright and Ellen King
Virgil Lee Wright and Edna Muriel Pierce (my great-grandparents)