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 Letcher Co KY 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
(alternate burial, Country Club, Jenkins, Letcher Co KY; source, Patsy Wheeler
- pwhe815815@aol.com) d/o James Bolling and Mary Polly Hammonds. Children of
Hiram Wright and Lurena Bolling;1. R T Wright
2. Mary Alice Wright b 1869
3. John M Wright b Mar 1868 Letcher Co KY m.
Martha Potter b about 1876.
4. Benjamin Wright b 14 Apr 1870
d ? killed by a train; 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. 26 Sept 1892 Letcher Co KY to
(1) Nancy Jane Clay
b 12 Jun 1877 Beefhide, Letcher Co KY
d 4 May 1945; d/o
William Giles Clay and Laurania Bentley.
5. Henie R Wright b 9 May 1872 d 8 Jun 1954 buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming,
Letcher Co KY; m. 9 Oct 1892 (at the home of Hiram Wright) to Reuben Anderson b 4
Nov 1864 d 11 Sept 1940 (or 11 Oct 1940); buried Hall Cemetery, Fleming, Letcher
Co KY; s/o Aaron Anderson
and Nancy Elizabeth Hall.
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 or 29 Sept 1878 Letcher Co KY d 26 Jul 1964 m. 6 Jun 1907 to
Winnie Mullins.
9. James Monroe Wright b about 1886 m. Sarah Ann Unknown.
10. Nancy Wright b 3 Jan 1881
d 20 Nov 1958; buried Elk Cemetery, Dundas OH; m.
John D Howell b 6 Jan 1883
Pulaski Co KY d 26 Oct 1957; buried 29 Oct 1957 Dundas OH; buried Elk Cemetery,
Dundas OH; s/o George
Washington Howell and Artemina M "Artie" Potter.
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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