Hiram Wright and
Lurena Bolling
Hiram Wright b 1 Oct 1843 Letcher Co KY d 5 Oct 1917 at age 74 b Wright Cemetery, Dorton, KY s/o
John Wright and Mary Bentley. There is a civil War memorial on Hiram Wright's grave. Hiram Wright m.
10 Mar 1866 to Lurena Bolling (aka Serina) b 23 Apr 1845 Pound, Wise Co VA d 3
Jul 1907 (alternate dod 4 Mar 1907) Jenkins, Letcher Co KY at age 61 buried beside her husband, Hiram Wright, Wrights Cemetery, Dorton, KY,
d/o James Bolling and Polly Unknown. Children of Hiram Wright and Lurena Bolling;
1. R T Wright.
2. Mary Alice Wright
3. John M Wright b Mar 1868 Letcher Co KY m.
Martha Potter b about 1876.
4. Benjamin Wright b 14 Apr 1870 m.
Sarah Ann Ratliff b 6 June 1882 d 27 Nov 1965 at age 63 d/o
Paul Ratliff and Emma Hall. Benjamin Wright m. 1st to
Nancy Jane Clay b May 1876 d/o
William Giles Clay and Laurania Bentley.
5. Henie R Wright b about 1872 Letcher Co KY m. 9 Oct 1892 at the home of Hiram Wright to Ruben Anderson.
6. Wiley Wright b 23 Nov 1873 d 5 Sept 1956 at age 82 m. 28 Dec 1896 to
Matilda Hughes b 5 Mar 1872 d 26 Sept 1948 at age 76, d/o
Gabriel Hughes and Nancy Potter.
7. Andrew Jackson "Andy" Wright b 19 Aug 1876 d 3 Aug 1945 Floyd Co KY at age 68 buried Webb Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co KY. Andrew Jackson "Andy" Wright m. 25 Dec 1902 to
Mary Emma "Polly" Holbrook b 6 Jan 1887 Letcher Co KY d 23 Jun 1973 Pike Co KY d/o
Jason Lewis Holbrook and America Morgan.
8. Joseph H "Joe" Wright b 28/29 Sept 1878 Letcher Co KY d 26 Jul 1964 m. 6 Jun 1907 to Winnie Mullins.
Children of Joseph H "Joe" Wright and Winnie Mullins;
I. Sammie Wright
2. Cleon Wright
3. Archie Wright
4. Jimmie Wright
5. Lurena Wright m. Male Greer
6. Martha Wright m. Male Greer
7. Goldie Wright m. Male Johnson
8. Cordelia Wright m. Male Travis
WRIGHT, Joe b: Sep 28 1878 in Letcher
Co., Ky d: Jul 26 1964 s/o the late Hiram and Rena (Bowling) Wright; md: Winnie
MULLINS; 4 sons, Sammie, Cleon, Archie and Jimmie Wright; 4 girls, Lurena Greer,
Martha Greer, Goldie Johnson, and Cordelia Travis. Member of the Old Regular
Baptist Church.
9. James Monroe Wright b about 1886 m. Sarah Ann Unknown.
10. Nancy Wright.
WRIGHT, Lurena, born 4/23/1845 in
Pound, Va, was the daughter of James and Polly Bolling. She died 7/3/1907. She
married Hiram Wright of Letcher County, Ky., 3/10/1866 and became a citizen of
that county. She was the mother of 10 children, four boys and six girls. She
joined the Bethel Church of the Old Regular Baptists July 1883 and remained a
faithful member until her death.
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