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Joel Ellis Wright 1817–1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 July 1817

Birth Location: Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 24 Sep 1879

Death Location: Payne Gap, Pike, Kentucky, United States

Father: Joel 3GGF

Mother: Susannah Wright

Spouse(s): Eliza BATES

Children(s):

Joel Ellis Wright was born in 1817 in Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States, the child of Joel Martin Wright Civil War Union Soldier 3Ggf And Susannah Bentley Bates Wright. Joel Ellis Wright married Eliza Agnes Bates. Joel Ellis Wright passed away in 1879 in Payne Gap, Pike, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Joel Ellis Wright was born in 1817 in Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States, the child of Joel Martin Wright Civil War Union Soldier 3Ggf And Susannah Bentley Bates Wright.
  • Joel Ellis Wright married Eliza Agnes Bates.
  • Joel Ellis Wright passed away in 1879 in Payne Gap, Pike, Kentucky, United States.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joel Wright's Ancestors

Self
Joel Wright
1817–1879
Birth Place: Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States
Parents
Joel Martin Wright Civil War Union Soldier 3GGF
1785–1834
Burke, North Carolina, USA
Susannah (Bentley Bates) Wright
1785–1860
Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
James (Henshaw) Bates
1760–1838
Essex, Virginia, United States
Susannah Witt
1764–1829
Halifax, Halifax, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Bates
1730–1785
Elizabeth line)
1721–1790
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bates
1675–1746
Elizabeth Markham\Bates
1700–1734
Samuel Jr.
1685–1756
Martha Noell\Henshaw
1689–1778

Joel Wright's Timeline

2 Records

1817
17 July 1817
Birth of Joel Ellis Wright in Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States
Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States
1879
24 Sep 1879
Age 62
Death of Joel Ellis Wright in Payne Gap, Pike, Kentucky, United States
Payne Gap, Pike, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 July 1817
    Event Place: Lebanon, Russell, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Sep 1879
    Event Place: Payne Gap, Pike, Kentucky, United States

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