James W and Elizabeth Pyatt Wright
Elizabeth Pyatt was born December 25, 1824, in Illinois to Henry and Rachel Ferrell Pyatt) and died July 5, 1855, in Montgomery County, Illinois. She married May 1, 1845, in Montgomery County, Illinois, James Washington Wright. Washington was born c1817 in Illinois and was a farmer. Their marriage bond was for 'Elizabeth Pyatt' and 'Washington Wright' in vol 2 pg 27 license #690
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The known children of Washington and Elizabeth:
- Alice Wright b: c1847 Montgomery Co, IL
- George Wright b: c1849 Montgomery Co, IL
The family appeared as follows on the 1850 census of Montgomery County, Illinois (22Nd Dist S W Part):
- Wright, Washington age 33 born IL / m / farmer / $640
- Wright, Elizabeth age 25 born IL / f
- Wright, Alice age 3 born IL / f
- Wright, George age 2 born IL / m
- Piatt, Rach age 57 born NC / f
- Ray, Henry age 26 born TN / m / farmer
This family was enumerated 2 Oct 1850 #867/883 page 155. Their neighbors include Elizabeth's brother, Cornelius Piatt and Henry Piatt, at #864 and #865, Daniel Kimbro at #866. Rach Piatt is Elizabeth's mother, Rachel Ferrell Pyatt.
By the 1860 census, Elizabeth had died. Elizabeth's sister, Harriet Griffith, had died in 1859 and we find her widowed husband, John, raising their children and Elizabeth's in Hillsboro, Montgomery County, Illinois, as follows:
- Griffith, John age 53 born TN / m / farmer / $3940/$1400
- Griffith, James age 22 born IL / m / att school
- Griffith, Rachel age 20 born IL / f / att school
- Griffith, John Jr age 17 born IL / m / att school
- Griffith, Henry age 15 born IL / m / att school
- Griffith, Sylvester age 14 born IL / m / att school
- Griffith, Caroline age 12 born IL / f / att school
- Wright, Alice age 13 born IL / f / att school
- Wright, George age 11 born IL / m / att school
This family was enumerated #240/249 on 8 Jun 1860 (ancestry image 34/358). (T8R4) neighbors were #238/247 Wm Stevenson, #238/248 William McAdams, #240 Wm Alterbury, #241 Wm T Dougherty, and #243 Jacob Smith.
If Elizabeth and Washington had other children born between 1850 and her death in 1855 - they were not living with their siblings. However, I think it more likely that these are the only two descendants of Elizabeth Pyatt Wright.
Some marriages of Montgomery County, Illinois, which might be for this family include:
- SULLIVAN, JOHN WRIGHT, ALICE (MISS) 09/29/1872 006/0122 00004659
- WRIGHT, JOHN H WRIGHT, ALICE A (MISS) 08/20/1876 007/0022 00005617
- WEBB, JAMES WILLIAM WRIGHT, ALICE ANN 10/08/1863 / 00002600
- WRIGHT, GEORGE W HICKMAN, MABEL EDNA 06/14/1887 001/0138 00008264
Source:
- Piatt Family Newsletter, Volume 11, 1996
- Phyllis Welsh welsh@cdepot.net CA
- 1850/1860 Montgomery Co, IL, federal census
- Montgomery Co, IL, marriage records
Updated Jul 2004
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