Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth Jane Pope Wright in Allen County, Kentucky, on June 22, 1840. Father of Mary E. Wright, Nancy C. Wright, and Martha A. Wright. Farmer in Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 342-3.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 305B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Allen County Marriages, Film #000851644, p. 28.

Find A Grave, "Merrick Wright (18 Apr 1820-27 Dec 1908)," Memorial #5546571, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5546571 (accessed August 25, 2020).

Citation

Wright, Merrick. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279610 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
Arden McClanohan et al. to Cicero Maxwell
1863-12-01

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