West Virginia Pioneers
Family: Benjamin Wright, Sr / Sarah Elizabeth Casto (F574)
m. 27 Jul 1784-
Father | Male
Benjamin Wright, Sr
Born 1755 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA 
Died Dec 1829 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Married 27 Jul 1784 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Father Jonathan Wright | F575 Group Sheet Mother Sarah Yard | F575 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Sarah Elizabeth Casto
Born 10 Mar 1769 Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), USA Died Abt Apr 1851 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Father David CASTO | F149 Group Sheet Mother Phebe GANDY | F149 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
Daniel Wright
Born Died Bef 15 Nov 1827 Buried Spouse Sarah Polly Woodruff | F1463 Married Spouse Mary Blatchley | F2083 Married 18 Jan 1825
Child 2 | Male
Jonathan Wright
Born Abt 1785 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Rachel Long | F2073 Married
Child 3 | Female
Elizabeth Wright
Born 17 Jan 1787 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 26 Jan 1859 LaPorte, Indiana Buried Spouse Gideon Long | F2074 Married 13 Jan 1820 Meigs County, Ohio, USA
Child 4 | Male
Joseph Yard Wright
Born 15 Nov 1788 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 18 Feb 1850 LaPorte, Indiana Buried Spouse Tabitha Evans | F2075 Married 1820
Child 5 | Female
Mary Jane Wright
Born 8 Mar 1801 Died 18 Mar 1861 Meigs County, Ohio, USA Buried Meigs County, Ohio, USA Spouse Elijah Bibbee | F2076 Married 9 Feb 1820 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia
Child 6 | Male
David C Wright
Born 1 Nov 1790 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Edith McKown | F1848 Married 1817
Child 7 | Female
Millicent Permelia Wright
Born Abt 1793 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Michael Shively | F2081 Married
Child 8 | Male
Robinson Wright
Born 1 Jan 1796 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 18 Dec 1869 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Buried Spouse Elizabeth Woodruff | F2077 Married CA 1816
Child 9 | Male
Benjamin Wright, Jr
Born 1803 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Died 23 Oct 1875 Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Spouse Miriam 'Nessa' Flowers | F2078 Married 17 Jun 1827 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia
Child 10 | Female
Ruhama Wright
Born CA 1806 Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Ephriam Sayre Evans | F2082 Married 1 Feb 1826 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia
Child 11 | Female
Sarah Wright
Born Abt 1807 Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Benjamin Rockhold | F2080 Married 23 Jul 1827 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Spouse Joseph Brown | F2079 Married
Child 12 | Female
Charlotte Wright
Born Abt 1811 Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Dr Jeremiah B Achley | F2084 Married 10 Mar 1831 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia
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Notes
1840 Jackson, VA - is she the woman 60-70, living with Ruhanna & Ephraim Evans
1850 Jackson, VA , she is living with son Benjamin
"Jackson County in the Wars"
Revolutionary Soldiers
Wright, Benjamin Sr. He and his wife living in Mason county in 1820 census, both aged 45 and up, with 5 boys and 2 girls in family. Erected the first grist and sawmill at present Cottageville, long known as Wright's mill for Benjamin. He was a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Yard) Wright, of Pennsylvania. An article by Mrs Corinne Staats Fisher in the Jackson Herald states that he was a soldier of the Revolution, as, indeed, were most young men his age living on the Pennsylvania frontier at the time of the war. His son, Benjamin Wright, Jr, age 46 in 1850 census of Jackson county, was the first County Clerk of the new county in 1831. Benjamin Wright, Sr (heirs) owned 1015 1/2 acres of land in the county on Washington's and Fall Runs and Mill Creek in 1832, reference JC Land Book for 182.
This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek"
Wright Family
Benjamin Wright, who built the mill at what is now Cottageville, came from Greene County, Pennsylvania, about 1800. He married Sarah Casto, as his first wife, and later married a Flowers. Of his children, if the river story is to be credited, he had three daughters who married respectively, a White, Black and Brown. Of others, I find:
A daughter who married Squire Evans, for whom the town was named.
Benjamin Wright, Jr, who was the first Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County. Benjamin Jr had children: Ruenna who married Hart Rader, Dr. "Bib" Wright, of Ripley and a daughter who married Ed Butcher.
Another daughter of Benjamin Wright, Sr, married Joe Bibbee. To this, another historian adds a daughter who married Robert Shively.