Ruhama Wright

1806 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Ruhama Wright
  Born	CA 1806	Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I6005	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	10 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Wright, Sr,   b. 1755, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Dec 1829, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Sarah Elizabeth Casto,   b. 10 Mar 1769, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), USA ,   d. Abt Apr 1851, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	27 Jul 1784	Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
  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.
  Family ID	F574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ephriam Sayre Evans,   b. Abt 1801, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1 Feb 1826	Mason, Mason County, West Virginia   [1, 3]
  Notes	1840 Jackson, VA 2m 0-5 Samuel 1m 15-20 1m 30-40 1f 0-5 Miriam 1f 10-15 1f 20-30 1f 30-40 Rhuanna 1f 60-70 her mother? 1850 Jackson, VA # 544-549 Evans E. *. 49 M Farmer Va Evans Ruanna 44 F Pa Evans Myram 14 F Va Evans Samuel 11 M Va Evans Oliver P. 8 M Va Utt Catherine 26 F Va 1860 Jackson, VA # 93-88 Ephraim, 59 Ruama, 53 Hopkins, Miriam, 25 Evans, Samuel G, 21 Oliver P, 18 Hopkins, A B (m), 2 1870 Jackson Co WV Mill Creek Cist # 223 Evans, Ephraim S 69 VA Ruhama 63 PA Davis, Catherine 17 VA Bradley, Jane 8 OH Little, David 75 OH Board, Absalom, 26 VA John House "Pioneers of Jackson Co" Ben Wright's daughter married Squire Evans, for whom the town is named
  Children	1. Miriam Florence Evans,   b. 19 Nov 1835, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 7 Nov 1896  (Age 60 years)   2. Samuel G Evans,   b. Abt 1839, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Oliver Perry Evans,   b. Abt 1842, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 1 Feb 1826 - Mason, Mason County, West Virginia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Casto manuscript. [S1205] Census. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV.