Wright - Extended Family
Hannah Wright
(Abt. 1785 in Newberry Co., SC - Abt. 1848)
Daughter of Nathan Wright (1758-c1805) and Sarah Jay (1761-c1834)
Married Joab Brooks (May 15, 1773 - Sep 12, 1850)
Census: 1820, 1830, 1850
I have 1 DNA match from this line

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The 2 children of Hannah and Joab are:
      1. James Brooks (Oct 30, 1811 in Waynesville, OH - Aft. 1879) - Census: 1860, 1880
          Birth noted in Quaker Meeting Records
          Married Lavina R. Heaton (1824-1884) on Oct 13, 1851 in Howard, IN; no children with Lavina
          Marriage Record (as Lavina Baxter)
          Note: 1880 census has children William and Mary M. Baxter (1852-1922) living with them
                   who are children from Lavina's 1st marriage to Thaddeus Baxter on Feb 26, 1843.
      2. Vashti Brooks (Feb 18, 1814 in Warren Co., OH - Jan 20, 1875 in Hamilton Co., IN)
          Married William Dillon Parsley (1811-a1879)
          Census: 1850, 1860, 1870

               1. Joab B. Parsley (Apr 26, 1833 - Oct 20, 1912)
                   Married Nancy E. Hamer (1836-1914)
                   Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1910
                        1. James D. "Jim" Parsley (Dec 1858 in IN - Oct 7, 1936)
                            Married Lavina Michener (1868-1956)
                                 1. David Alonzo Parskey (May 6, 1887 in IN - Nov 23, 1960 in IN)
                                 2. George M. Parsley (1892 in IN -1916)
                                 3. Nancy Ellen Parsley (Oct 9, 1901 in IN - Sep 29, 1969 in OH)
                                     Married James A. Rowland (1894-1982)
                                          1. David Russell Rowland (Feb 6, 1920 in IN - Apr 19, 1981 in OH)
                                              Married Thelma Litteral (1923-1984)
                                                    1. Maxine Rowland (Dec 10, 1945 in KY - Aug 29, 2016)
                                                        Married Donald Dean Kinney (1949-2002) in 1970
                                          2. Kenneth Delbert Rowland (Aug 26, 1921 in OH - Jul 9, 2009 in OH)
                                              Married (1) Irene J. Smith (1927-2012) in 1945
                                              Married (2) Arlene H. Hanson (1921-2006) in 1974
                                          3. Goldie Blanche Rowland (Feb 12, 1923 in OH - Oct 23, 2005 in OH)
                                              Married Henry H. Stevens (1921-1981) in 1940   
                                          4. Florence Mae Rowland (Nov 29, 1924 in OH - Nov 5, 2017 in OH)
                                              Married Thomas Snipes (1902-1977)

                        2. Anna B. Parsley (Abt. 1860 in IN - May 9 , 1936)
                        3. Frank E. Parsley (Abt. 1863 in IN - Dec 23, 1930 in IN)
                        4. Sarah Alice Parsley (1865 in IN - Dec 30, 1930)
                            Married Jacob E. Pfaff (1853-1928)
                                  1. James Pfaff (Aug 31, 1885 in IN - Nov 25, 1926)
                                      Married Stella Crystal Roberts (1892-1971)
                                           1. Lois Pfaff (1914-1944)
                                               Married Howard Voyle Small (1914-1964)
                                                    1. Donald Robert Small (May 30, 1942 in IN - Nov 17, 1965 in IN)
                                           2. Robert E. Pfaff (Feb 10, 1916 in PA - Nov 25, 1926 in IN) age 10
                                           3. Esther Mae Pfaff (Apr 23, 1919 in IN - Mar 5, 1972 in IN)
                                               Married James William Bitner (1919-1981)
                                                    1. Jimmie Wayne Bitner (Dec 18, 1940 in IN - Apr 20, 1998 in IN)
                                  2. Nelson R. Pfaff (Apr 23, 1893 - Jul 29, 1908) age 15
                                  3. Clara Mae Pfaff (Dec 2, 1895 in IN - Mar 14, 1928)

                        5. John Thomas "Thad" Parsley (Jan 15, 1866 in IN - Sep 15, 1945 in IN)
                            Married Kathryn Cole Hall (1862-1912) in 1890
                        6. Ida Ellen Parsley (Jan 1874 in IN - Sep 14, 1874 in IN)
                        7. Willie Parsley (Nov 1875 - Jul 13, 1876 in IN)
                        8. Edgar Ellsworth Parsley (Feb 28, 1881 in IN - 1953 in IN)
                            Married Essie M. (1887-1984)

               2. James Dillard "Dill" Parsley (1844 - Jul 6, 1903)
                   Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900
                   James married (1) Julia Ann Heady (1844-1879) in 1867
                        1. Eatney L. Parsley (-) 11 months
                        2. Mary E. Parsley (-) 1 year
                        3. Luther Delmar Parsley (Feb 8, 1870 in IN - Nov 25, 1926 in IN)

                        4. Charles Wesley Parsley (Dec 18, 1872 in IN - Oct 10, 1941 in IN)
                            Married Lelia Belle Vert (1881-1942)
                                 1. Gladys Julia Parsley (Dec 14, 1902 in IN - Mar 16, 1974 in IN)
                                     Married Roy Theodore Lacy (1900-1990)
                                 2. Alda Mae Parsley (Apr 20, 1904 in IN - Nov 2, 1991 in CA)
                                           Married Edward Fentz (1899-1986)  

                        5. Ollie Elsie Parsley (Dec 18, 1872 in IN - Feb 20, 1948 in IN)                           
                        6. Fred Clarence Parsley (Jun 11, 1875 in IN - Jul 9, 1921 in IN) - 1 DNA match
                            Married Gertrude (-1923)
                   James married (2) Anna E. Lemon (1845-1913) in 1879

                3. Elizabeth C. Parsley (1846 in IN - Aug 15, 1864 in IN) - Census: 1850, 1860

                4. Washington Taylor Parsley (Abt. 1848 in IN - Jun 26, 1898 in Carmel, IN)
                                                                Census: 1850, 1860, 1870
                    Married Elexzene Virginia "Ellie" Williams (1853-1928)
                         1. Eva May Parsley (May 11, 1887 in IN - 1964 in IN)
                         2. Claude Parsley (Jul 21, 1889 in IN - )

                5. Nancy H.M. Parsley (Jan 1, 1854 in IN - Jan 18, 1922 in IN) - Census: 1860, 1880
                    Married John Harvey West (1841-1888) - Marriage Record
                         1. Charles Wesley West (1873 in KS - Jul 23, 1945 in IN) - Census: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1940
                             Married Lucille Etta Johnson (1879-)
                                   1. Blanche Roberta West (Dec 29, 1920 in IN - Jan 2, 1921 in IN) infant

                         2. Della Mae West (1877 in IN - Aug 4, 1906 in IL)
- Census: 1880
                             Maried James A. Laird (1845-1918)
                                   1. Margaret Mae Laird (Dec 4, 1894 in IL - Dec 7, 1916 in IL)

                                       Married Frank W. Broadhurst (1882-1960)
                                            1. Frank W. Broadhurst (Nov 12, 1914 in MT - Jul 5, 1994)
                                            2. Margaret Louise Broadhurst (Feb 9, 1916 in PA - Jan 1, 2006)
                                   2. Andrew Lincoln Laird (Oct 13, 1898 in IL - Jul 1985 in MI)

                                       Married Grace Mildred Beck (1905-1993)
                                            1. Andy J. Laird (Dec 20, 1929 in MI- Jul 2, 2021 in PA)

                                   3. John Alexander Logan Laird (Jun 2, 1900 in IL - Aug 20, 1974 in FL)
                                       Married (1) Margaret Crane (1910-)
                                       Married (2) Lillian Kensler (1898-)
                                   4. Thomas Jefferson Laird (Aug 16, 1902 in IL - 1971 in CA)

                                       Married Jacquelyne Z. (1907-1964)
                                   5. Esther Belle Laird (Aug 4, 1904 in IL - May 3, 1967 in IL)

                                       Married Thomas Alexander Freed (1895-1980)
                                            1. Jacqueline I .Freed (Nov 17, 1930 in IL - Aug 10, 2014 in IL)

                                                Married Robert R. Neal (1929-1993)
                                                    1. Robert M. Neal (Jun 24, 1956 in IL - Nov 4, 2003 in IN)

                                            2. George A. Freed (Mar 9, 1935 in IL - Nov 19, 1999 in IL)
                                                Married Alice L. Doner (1824-2007)
                                            3. Margaret Mary Freed (Nov 21, 1937 in IL - Sep 23, 2018 in IL)

                         3. Earl West (Mar 18, 1879 in IN - ) - Census: 1880

                6. Milford (G. or I.) Parsley (Abt. 1854 in IN - ) - Census: 1860, 1870          

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