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• Name: John Conger WRIGHT ¹
• Sex: M
• Birth: 16 MAY 1811 in Greene Co., Pennsylvania
• Death: 14 JUL 1890
• Burial: Brannon Cemetery, Sharon Twp., Appanoose Co., Iowa.
• Residence:
  1. ABT 1815 in came to Monroe Co., Iowa.
  1. 1847 in came to Appanoose Co., Iowa. ¹
  1. 1878 in Section 10, Sharon Twp.,Appanoose Co., Iowa.
• Person Id: I133
• Tree Id: 179951

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Parents
Father:

• Reuben WRIGHT: Birth: ABT 1765 in Maryland. Death: ABT 1827 in Monroe Co., Ohio
Mother:

• Mary E. CONGER: Birth: 11 OCT 1769 in Pennsylvania. Death: ca 1831/1832 in Monroe Co., Ohio

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Margaret McELROY on 1833.
  
• Margaret McELROY: Birth: 23 FEB 1816 in Ohio. Death: 1845

Children:

1. Melissa WRIGHT: Birth: 8 APR 1834 in Ohio. Death: ABT 1881

2. William(W?) WRIGHT: Birth: 11 MAY 1836 in Monroe Co., Ohio. Death: 8 MAR 1921 in Dodge City, Ford Co., Kansas

3. Reuben WRIGHT: Birth: 14 MAY 1838 in Monroe Co., Ohio. Death: 23 AUG 1919 in Exline, Appanoose Co., Iowa

4. Jesse WRIGHT: Birth: 30 JUL 1840 in Ohio. Death: BEF 1878

5. Mary Ann WRIGHT: Birth: 31 MAY 1843. Death: BEF 1850

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Lucinda McELROY on 1845.
  
• Lucinda McELROY: Birth: 9 JUL 1827. Death: 24 JUL 1862 in Iowa

Children:

1. Isaiah M. WRIGHT: Birth: 21 AUG 1846 in Ohio. Death: 19 DEC 1923

2. Margaret WRIGHT: Birth: 15 JAN 1849 in Iowa. Death: between 1850 and 1860

3. Milton WRIGHT: Birth: 24 MAR 1851.

4. Sarah WRIGHT: Birth: 28 DEC 1853.

5. Elizabeth WRIGHT: Birth: 30 JAN 1856.

Family
Marriage:

• Married: Elizabeth RICHARDS on 8 MAR 1863 at Appanoose Co., Iowa.¹
  
• Elizabeth RICHARDS: Birth: 9 SEP 1816 in Hamilton Co., Ohio. Death: 23 MAR 1902

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