well, first of all regarding Hiram Wright, I think he was a rascal. :P He married 3 sisters, the Bowden girls I call them. The first one, Sarah, being my ggggrandmother. He married her in 1840 and apparently she died about 5 years later and he married another sister, she died, apparently and he married the youngest sister. I guess to take care of the children. I wish we could go back and find their reasons for doing some of the things they did. I know he was in the Home Guard during the CW but did not qualify for a pension since it wasn't a paying position. After he married the last sister I lost track of him. I know his daughter, Charity married Edward Robert Newell in 1863 and when he returned from the POW camp they left and ventured to TX and stayed there a few years and then came across the Gulf of Mexico to Marco Island, FL and Charity went back, in the 20's to live with their eldest son, Ashford and she died in NC. Edward died in Chattahoochee, FL in the insane asylum. But, do not know, and cannot seem to trace ol Hiram Wright to see what happened to him. I'm going to have to, if they have records, write to the records place in NC and see if they have a death record for him but I don't know what year he died, nor who his parents were, but guess that might be a good way to find out. I know they do not have birth records for the 1820' when he was probably born. I'm also trying to trace the Bowden family now too, but there isn't much activity on the Bowden list. Sarah had brothers, I believe them to be brothers, Major and Colonel Bowden as they signed the bonds for Hiram to marry their sisters or nieces, whichever, and he signed bonds for them. But, there is no information on these bonds telling who parents were or anything. At least none that I can find. I know, I rambled on, but hopefully something might ring a bell to point me where they are.. This is virtually all I know about Hiram Wright and Charity Ann Wright Newell, his daughter. Margaret I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free and I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today cause there ain't no doubt I love this land, God Bless AMerica. by L E E G R E E N W O O D _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.