Abitha Jane WRIGHT

1846 - 1930  (84 years)

• Name	Abitha Jane WRIGHT
  Born	06 Feb 1846	Pullens, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Yeatts
  Reference Number	5750
  Died	09 Mar 1930	Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I5750	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Christopher WRIGHT, Sr.,   b. 30 Dec 1795, Virginia
  Mother	Elizabeth 'Betsy' DEBO,   b. 06 May 1802
  Married	03 Dec 1822	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [2, 3]
  Children	12 children
  1. Allen T. WRIGHT,   b. 01 Sep 1823, Pittsylvania County, Vriginia
  2. John WRIGHT,   b. 15 Jan 1825, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  3. Ardinna WRIGHT,   b. 14 Jan 1827, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  4. Sarah Ann WRIGHT,   b. 25 Oct 1828, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  5. Joseph WRIGHT,   b. 29 Oct 1830, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  6. Polly WRIGHT,   b. 13 Sep 1832, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  7. Elizabeth WRIGHT,   b. 27 Oct 1834, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  8. Christopher WRIGHT,   b. 25 Jun 1836, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  9. Lucinda WRIGHT,   b. Abt 1839, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  10. William WRIGHT,   b. Abt 1841, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  11. Abram WRIGHT,   b. Abt 1843, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  12. Abitha Jane WRIGHT,   b. 06 Feb 1846, Pullens, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 09 Mar 1930, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Richard YEATTS, Sr.,   b. 12 Apr 1840, near Toshes, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 08 Jun 1925, Sandy Level, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 85 years)
  Married	29 Nov 1866	near Green Pond, Virginia   [1, 4]
  Census	1880	Pittsylvania County, Virginia   [5]
  Children	1. John Richard YEATTS, Jr.,   b. 24 Oct 1867, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 07 Mar 1957, Danville, Virginia  (Age 89 years) Married: Mary Frances REYNOLDS (1894), Cornelia WOODY (1938)   2. Mary Elizabeth YEATTS,   b. 25 Apr 1869, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 16 Jun 1909, Virginia  (Age 40 years) Married: Henry Andrew Wise SMITH (1887)   3. Willis Christopher YEATTS,   b. 09 Jan 1871, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 30 May 1957, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 86 years) Married:   4. Nancy Lee YEATTS,   b. 04 May 1873, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 13 Feb 1894  (Age 20 years) Married:   5. Cora Ella YEATTS,   b. 07 Oct 1875, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 25 Sep 1910  (Age 34 years) Married:   6. Lucy Ann YEATTS,   b. 15 Jun 1877, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 10 Jan 1908  (Age 30 years) Married:   7. William Coleman YEATTS,   b. 03 Aug 1879, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 11 Sep 1882, Virginia  (Age 3 years)   8. Lillie Bennett YEATTS,   b. 05 Sep 1881, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 10 Jul 1904  (Age 22 years) Married:   9. Ora Alice YEATTS,   b. 27 Apr 1883, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 08 Mar 1963  (Age 79 years) Married:   10. Abitha James YEATTS,   b. 16 Sep 1884, Sandy Level, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 16 May 1979, Grand Junction, Colorado  (Age 94 years) Married:
  Family ID	F1238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  WHITETHORN1.BMP People identified in the picture are as follows: 1. L to r: Ferd Brumfield, Mrs. Isaac (Sarah) Yeatts, Mattie Murphy (Mrs. Gabe), Mrs. Joseph Craddock Towler, Joseph T. Towler, John Richard Yeatts, Isaac Yeatts, “Dollie” Jefferson 2. L to r: John Henry Towler (oldest son of Joseph & Mary), Loucresie Dodd Yeatts, Abitha Yeatts, Pencie Keesee Mayhew, (Calvin’s mother), UK-----------------Bessie Yeatts, Isaac Keesee, James H. Yeatts, UK-------------------, Elder Tom Oakes, UK---------------------, Benjamin Yeatts. 3. L to r: Mary Octavier Towler, dau of Joseph & Mary), she will marry Walter Lee Shelton, Eliza Midkiff Brumfield (aunt of Jim Midkiff & wife of Tom Brumfield), Tom Brumfield, Mrs. Ferd Brumfield, UK------ (Willis Yeatts’ dau ?), Rebecca Yeatts Shelton, William Henry Shelton, Henry Clay Shelton, James Robert Willis, John Murphy.

  
  

• Sources

  [S145] Ernest Yates Notes, Compiler: Ernest Yates, Owner: Lucille Yates, (bef 1975), Family of John Richard Yeatts, Sr. [S291] Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1767-1850, Campbell, Jeffrey A., (2003), p. 122. [S537] Marriages of Pittsylvania County, Virginia 1806-1830, Williams, Kathleen Booth, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1980), p. 175. [S82] Pittsylvania County Marriages, 1860-1869, Adkins, Posey L., John R. Yeatts & Abitha Wright, 1866. [S502] 1880 Census Pittsylvania Co., VA, (NARA), Jno. R. Yeatts household.