Person:John Wright (131)

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John H. Wright
b.1808 Randolph Co., Virginia (now West Virginia)
d.3 Jan 1895 Calhoun Co, West Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Nov 1795
  1. Annie Wright
  2. William Wright
  3. Mary Wright1804 - 1859
  4. John H. Wright1808 - 1895
  5. Elizabeth Wright1821 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 1830
  1. John Wright1828 -
  2. William Wright1836 -
  3. Sally Wright1837 -
  4. George Wright1839 -
  5. Andrew Jackson Wright1841 - 1913
  6. Mary Wright1845 -
  7. Jane Wright1848 -
  8. Emmett Bryan Wright1850 - 1918
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Facts and Events
Name John H. Wright
Gender Male
Birth? 1808 Randolph Co., Virginia (now West Virginia)
Marriage 1830 to Evaline Fisher
Death? 3 Jan 1895 Calhoun Co, West Virginia

The family moved from Randolph to what is now Calhoun County WV. Eugene Wright of Ohio has the spinning wheel that Evaline carried over the mountains when the family moved to western Virginia.

In 1848, the Governor of Virginia awarded John Right a land grant of 100 acres on the waters of the Little Kanawha River. Although living in what is now Sherman District of Calhoun County, John was at that time a resident of Gilmer County. Calhoun County was formed from Gilmer in 1856. The land was about Route 5, on the hill, between Grantsville and Glenville. The Wright cemetery (near Hattie Road) is located there. In the 1880 Calhoun census (Sherman District), John was 68 and Evaline was 70 years old.

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