Person:Emma Wright (24)

"In 1867 in Dawson [Amaziah Ratcliff] wedded Permelia Shankland, who died in 1875, leaving three children: Ida, the wife of Edward Pierce, a business man of Buffalo, Illinois; Effie, the wife of Samuel Huckleberry of Springfield; and Anna, the wife of Edward Crane, of Dawson. About 1884 Mr. Ratcliff was again married, his second union being with Emma Wright, a native of England and a daughter of Samuel Wright of that country. She was reared and educated in Illinois, however, and has become the mother of four children: Arthur, Lorine, Fannie, and Johnnie, deceased. The eldest is now a clerk in Buffalo." {Biography of Amaziah Ratcliff, Past and Present of the City of Springfield and Sangamon County Illinois', 1904, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/1904/ratcliff.htm>}

 In the 1880 census for Riverton, Sangamon Co., Illinois, Samuel Wright is a blacksmith, age 48 from England.  His wife is Harriet, age 40 from England.  The children are Harriet, 20; Emma, 18; John Wm., 15 -- all born England-- and Frank Henry, 6; Joseph Sam'l, 3; and Georgiann, 8 months -- all born Illinois. {p.257c}
Amaziah is listed with his wives in the Mechanicsburg Cemetery. {<http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilmaga/sangamon/cemetery/mcburg/index_r.html>}